A Small Idea
“BRK! Hey down there.”
“What up, brain.”
“You are slacking.”
“Slacking?”
“Totally.”
“Explain.”
“You need to do something epic.”
“Epic?”
“Epic.”
“Like what?”
“You know what.”
“You mean…”
“Yes. Do it.”
“People won’t do it.”
“They might.”
“They won’t.”
“Ask.”
“No, it’s too much.”
“But it’s epic.”
“Oh it’s epic. It’s probably the most epic thing we’ve ever conceived.”
“You’d need some help.”
“A lot.”
“You could get it, you know the right people.”
“They might be busy.”
“Maybe. Ask.”
“It’s too epic.”
“Too epic? Can you have too much epic?”
“If anything’s too much epic, this is.”
“Too epic.”
“Yes. Much too epic.”
“See? You’re slacking.”
“It’s not slacking, it’s being… well… what happens if we tell everybody it’s epic, but then people don’t think it is, and they don’t show up.”
“It’s epic.”
“But the Miss-issue. There’d be a whole lotta Miss. The Miss would counter the epic.”
“A little. Yes, the Miss-issue would counter the Epic.”
“But it could still be epic.”
“We’d have to name it properly. No screw ups. Have you thought about that?”
“You do the thinking here!”
“Oh yeah. We’ll yes, I’ve thought about it.”
“Did you come up with something good?”
“Honestly, we couldn’t improve upon your original idea.”
“BRK’s Running of da Bulls for Ezra: The Sacking of Stormwind”
.
“That’s the one, very catchy. Powerful. Very graphic.”
“The graphic part is important.”
“Very much so. The bold text is pretty.”
“Problem. Six hundred level four Taurens can’t sack Stormwind. That’s a flaw.”
“It is a big flaw.”
“Don’t suppose you have a solution?”
“Possibly.”
“Does it involve 70s? We’d need 70s to do a good and proper sacking.”
“We do know some 70s.”
“Some, true.”
“Some. But we’d want more.”
“More?”
“Lots more.”
“How many more?”
“An entire server.”
“That certainly meets the definition of more.”
“It does.”
“But Alliance won’t attack their own capital. It’s not proper.”
“Good point. We should be specific. The entire Horde population of a server.”
“The entire Horde population of a server.”
“And all the Baby Taurens we can get to roll on that server.”
“Yes, all of them. Maybe 1000.”
“They race to Stormwind and set the entire city on fire”
“With extreme prejudice and malice aforethought.”
“Level-four Taurens aren’t going to hit level 75 elite NPCs.”
“That’s the Miss problem.”
“You have a valid concern.”
“We don’t have a solution.”
“As long as people understood that it would be a very largely symbolic sacking of Stormwind, they’d accept that situation.”
“They’d have to.”
“Of course, half the population of the server, the level 70 Horde we brought, they wouldn’t Miss.”
“No, they’d do much more than symbolic sacking. So we’d have three hundred level-70 Horde, one thousand baby Taurens, and Stormwind at our mercy.”
“Mostly.”
“Mostly?”
“Mostly. The Alliance on that server will hear about your plans. They may not take kindly to one thousand baby Taurens burning their city into the ground.”
“Trying to, but Missing frequently.”
“Yes, the Missing, we discussed that.”
“You think the Alliance would defend Stormwind from the onslaught of the Baby Tauren Army?”
“They could.”
“It’s certainly within the realm of possibility, you’re right.”
“So, if things worked out… there would be 300 Horde 70s, 1000 baby Taurens, and 250 to 400 Alliance defenders, of all levels, lying in ambush for us. Is that what you’re anticipating?”
“In a nutshell, yes.”
“I think that meets everybody’s definition of epic.”
“That’s the goal. Have one great big, monstrous shoot-out and barbecue before WotLK arrives.”
“Do you have the server in mind?”
“Yes. Argent Dawn US, enlisting the help of our friends, Bloodmoon Chosen.”
“Argent Dawn?”
“Yes.”
“The biggest baby Tauren PvP event in the history of Warcraft?’
“Yes.”
“With every member of the Horde on Argent Dawn invited to join us?”
“Yes.”
“And every member of the Alliance on Argent Dawn dared to stand in our way.”
“Yes.”
“When?”
“Saturday, November 8th, 6:00pm EST, 11:00pm GMT.”
“Can people pre-roll on Argent Dawn and level a toon before hand?”
“Yes.”
“So it’s not a level-one only race?”
“No, it’s not.”
“But they can just show up on a baby Tauren if they want?”
“Yes, they can.”
“Then what’s the prize?”
“There are two:
“One, all participants would be encouraged to make a small donation to the Make a Wish foundation, in Ezra Chatterton’s honor. As little as one dollar can make the difference in the life of a sick child. That’s pure, undiluted, epic Win.
“Two, those baby Taurens would have the lowest-level toons in all of Warcraft with a For The Horde! achievement completed. It’ll be the greatest screenshot of all time.”
“I wonder if anybody’ll come…”
“Ditto, foshizzle.”
Edit: Saturday, November 8th. We gotta quit writing stuff at 1am.
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Aren’t you worried about crashing the server?
We took down Sargeras with 120 Alliance attacking Cairne Bloodhoof.
I’ll be there, BRK
You do realize Nov 11th is a Tuesday, right?
Oh my dear sweet lord…
The achievement you would receive is Storming Stormwind, a prerequisite of the For The Horde! achievement.
I will so be there!
If I’m not working, I’ll be there. Might level a tauren hunter or druid to ten, just so we get some baby animals in on this. XD
*ahem* that’s MY server!!!!
hehe I’m alliance… but i have NO plans to defend SW, I cannot miss this most epic of events… I’ll roll a tauren tonight! Best plan you have every come up with
Holy crap…that’s my server….I’ll so be there…standing in your way!
BTW, Boom crashed the server during his farewell “party” in Stormwind. You probably heard of that.
Hi,
Great idea!
I play on a EU server, english version of the game, and I’m not sure how I an participate.
Can you or anyone post a quick howto play on US server if you’re EU?
Thanks!
Too bad you aren’t doing this on Norgannon (Ezra’s home server btw) since I would totally be down to joining this. But, you know, if anything ever changes, feel free to send a contact to Dahkeus on Norgannon. ~.^
Only one word is necessary. And you said it, multiple times, and then your brain reiterated , multiple more times, just to be sure everyone reading understood.
Epic.
Count me in.
Pure win.
Will try to get there.
“Saturday, November 11th, 6:00pm EST, 11:00pm GMT.” <- November 11 is a Tuesday. I know this since I have an exam on the 12th, which in NZDT means I won’t be there.
Best of luck, and I’ll be with you in spirit.
RIP: Ezra Chatterton.
I have read in various places people questioning (quite rudely, more often than not) why Ezra should be honored when there is so much suffering elsewhere in the world. To you, I would say this:
Just because we cannot help, remember, honor and love EVERYBODY in the world who suffers, that does NOT mean that we cannot help, remember, honor and love ANYBODY in the world who suffers. Ezra’s story touched a lot of people. It is fitting that the WoW community should honor him and support his family.
I would make a suggestion to BRK: perhaps have a requirement (or suggestion, really) that anyone who intends to roll a baby cow, at least level up to 5, and complete Ezra’s quest (Kyle’s Gone Missing!). Imagine having all 1000 cows standing and saluting next to Ahab Wheathoof before we all left to sack Stormwind.
Now image being Ezra’s father, and receiving that picture in an email. Or hell, since he plays too, invite him along!
THAT, my dear friends, is what I would call epic.
Guess I’ll have to delete my Lvl 1 Gnome that I use for the Argent Dawn Raids when Blackrock is down and make a Tuaren Hunter.
Nice One BRK cannot wait.
This is the cutest, the epicest, the most touching thing I read in a long, long time. BRK, BRK’s brain, you guys are my idols. If I anyhow menage to connect to WoW before 11th November, I’ll be there.
Well BRK you have conviced me to do something WoTLK couldn’t do:
Reactivate my account.
I only wish my $15 could go to make-a-wish instead.
Lohn’goron, Ezra.
Im in. As an alliance player i say: FOR THE HORDE!
Me big cow butt be there….please….make change on day so i know fo-shizzling sure when.
[...] and touched so many people…we have decided to honor him with an epic event. Big Red Kitty had A Small Idea…he’s going to gather the biggest group of Taurens he can, and make a run at Stormwind. He’s [...]
Well, I’ll be there (if I don’t forget and end up late) and I’ve shared the details with as many places as I could…now just to get WoW updated so I can start leveling a hordie to help.
FOR EZRA!
And O.o at one of those places posting a comment here…
BRK… This is beyond Epic. This is Legendary. Count me in.
While I appreciate the sentiment of what you’re trying to do here, you really are just going to end up crashing the server. Argent Dawn can’t even handle our own players congregating for a popular player’s (the aforementioned Boom) retirement from the game. Let alone an influx of people on baby Tauren alts.
Any Argent Dawn alliance that doesn’t roll a baby tauren for one day is a loser.
All we gotta do is warn Bliz…they’ll be able to shuffle servers to handle it.
Argent Dawn has had queues for login on busy nights since the 3.0 patch hit. if you do this, you WILL bring the server down. As epic as it would be, I predict it will fail with server outage. Please BRK, find another server.
I’m Ganieda of Argent Dawn, and I approve this message.
!! I want to go
Epic! I’m there
Hey BRK.
I love this idea, I really do. But I have two major concerns. #1: Argent Dawn is an rp server. It’s not *my* rp server, but it is one, and inviting hundreds of non-rp’ers there can be really disruptive.
#2: Last I checked, that server was pretty darn close to full. Heck, right now (9am on a Sunday, EST) it’s already got a high pop on the in-game realm list. Not exactly prime staging ground for 1000 new characters. =\
The concern about Argent Dawn population is extremely valid. So we’ll ask this: if you are a member of a Horde guild that is large, established, run by adults, have many members willing to participate in this event, are on a medium or low population PvE server, and are interested in helping us raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation, send us an email. Talk it over with your guildies first; we cannot have a half-@ssed effort here.
I am in, whatever server you choose.
Actually. If you figure out a server within a day or two, I will move my one level 70 cow to said server. Good times.
Any excuse to put an end to Varian Wrynn is beyond OK with me… Taking the big jerk out for such a good cause makes the whole thing that much sweeter.
Count me in!
I do wonder though if Blizz has any plans for that necropolis parked outside of SW that might throw a monkey wrench into this epic plan.
BRK, I’m about to cry.
I can’t express how awesome this will be. I will tell EVERYONE in the guild…(Ezra’s guild) . We WILL sack stormwind.
Thank you.
Oh heck yeah! I already have a belf on AD … no better time than the present to roll a Tauren. Epic foshizzle!
Ill be there
I smell win.
Ezra Chatterton was Ephoenix… a proud Hunter and avid WoW player. There is no other community that could represent him, and remember him, as well as his fellow Hunters.
I wrote you a few days ago, BRK, asking for a run for Ezra and whether I sparked some gears in your head or not, I am grateful you are taking the time to organize this where others could not.
I will most definitely be there and capturing the run for posterity as a Baby Moo.
Hunters we need to step up… be there and represent!
For the Horde?.. nay..I say, for Ezra and for Hunters!
BRK, you’re effing brilliant.
Solimal, my level 70 Tauren Druid is mired in a tight raiding schedule on Shadowsong – transferring him away for a month would upset a lot of my guildies.
But Actaeon, my level 61 BE Hunter … now HE could definitely be spared
I’ll squeeze out as many levels on him as I can this week, and when the time comes, he will stand and fight alongside your army of baby cows.
For Ezra! And FOR THE HORDE!
I may be an Alliance main, but this is completely epic! I wouldn’t miss it for anything! I’m going to re-roll a tauren right now just to join in!
FOR EZRA!!!
He who attacks must vanquish. He who defends must merely survive.
ICETRAP THE FRONT GATE, WE’LL FLANK EM AS THEY ENTER THE FIRST STREET INTO STORMWIND, WE’LL FLOW OUT OF THE BUILDINGS INTO THE APPROACHING ARMY, EVERYBODY DRANK THEIR CAMO POTIONS AYE? HERE THEY ARE!! CHARGE!!!..
Yeah, you’d be royally screwed if the alliance could work as a team, but as you can see in nearly all non premade BGs, We… Are… Screwed.
But the true meaning! For Ezra!
If only my realm was pve, I’d volunteer it. Alterac Mountains is the 3rd lowest pop server active right now.
Wherever you decide to hold this, count me in!
And they say that gaming is bad for developing people skills!!
This is the most awesomest (new word alert) idea I have seen. Gifting to a great charity AND doing something special to remember a kid for whom this game was one of the few highlights in a really tough life: THAT is social networking.
BRK, for this idea alone you rate as the best blogger in WoW.
Come to Khadgar US, we won’t cry even if the server were to crash. Great idea, and it will be epic.
If this does go down on AD, I will be pleased since I have a level 30-something Tauren hunter. I can get my tiny little guild to help out.
Hunters for Ezra! I’ll be busy, sadly, but I’ll be there in spirit … after all, it’s about your heart, right?
I demand a damn good story about the aftermath. And a contingency plan if you crash the world server.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Yet another event on a Saturday that I am unable to attend.
/cry
I’m sure it will be crazy EPIC…and I have to miss it.
I will most *certainly* be there…FTH, baby. RIP Ephoenix.
No luck…server’s locked now. QQ
The server is locked with an over 170 queue…this does not bode well BRK.
BRK already stated that he wanted to do it on a low pop PvE server after the server concerns were voiced. So hold on and don’t create any new toons till we find out what server it is going to be held on. Waiting patiently … we’ll kinda.
That event says Epic all over it.
I’m sick of hearing about Ezra. I don’t care that he died. I’m not saying this to be cool, or to be edgy, or to be an arse, I truly do not care that some kid in a foreign country I didn’t know died of a disease I don’t have. I know that people die, I know that I will die. I’ve accepted it.
Also, you are in effect, organising a server crash. Congratulations on ruining people’s evening.
Normally I enjoy BRK but this is so amazingly short sighted.
So if you don’t care Dan then simply don’t participate. You might enjoy another activity. Simply walk west till your hat floats.
Dan, read some other blog, because this is BRK’s blog, and this is who he is.
@ Tchann
“#1: Argent Dawn is an rp server. It’s not *my* rp server, but it is one, and inviting hundreds of non-rp’ers there can be really disruptive.
”
hmmm… I’ve been playing on Argent Dawn for almost a year now and I have yet to encounter any RP… ever… anywhere…. so I wouldn’t worry about that too much
Mokk
rolled a tauren huner named forezra on AD, ready to go
I did a real brain fark when I failed to notice Argent Dawn was one of the Free Charater Transfer realms.I didn’t pay attention since I don’t have a toon there.
Dang another strike against that realm.That just stinks!
Epic idea though BRK.Hope you can find a Horde-of-Taurens realm soon.
Something I thought of, just now…
For those of us who roll a brand new baby Tauren…
Make him a Hunter, level him to 10, then tame a Mulgore coyote and name him Kyle. Take your new friend to Stormwind when we go.
[...] honor of Ezra, Big Red Kitty is hosting an in-game event, “BRK’s Running of da Bulls for Ezra: The Sacking of Stormwind” this Saturday November 8th at 6pm EST. BRK encourages all participants who are able to make a small [...]
I would almost transfer servers for this. However, this tauren shall be there. I may even manage to lvl to 20 just so I can Secret Agent Cat my way all the way to Stormwind.
Perenolde. Not overpopulated and it’s mine.
If I don’t make it there in person (so to speak), I will definately be there in spirit.
This is THE epic idea of the year.
<3
I’ll notify guildies as soon as the server is selected…and start leveling my cow asap.
I’ll be there and I’ll bring friends! If Argent Dawn is an oust, please let us know what server we’re using ASAP so we can level.
Sweet, that’s my server. I’ll be on trying to stop you. see you then
A word that has been used too much in this post and still does not convey the depth of the moment…..Epic….I will be there representing…never met the kid (Ezra) , barely knew his story, but that darn quest Kyle’s gone missing breaks my heart whenever I play it! I purposely avoid Ahab just so I don’t hear his forlorn plea for his dog! I will be contributing to Make a Wish, I wish his family nothing but joy and to a fellow Tauren Hunter who has left this realm way too soon… FTH brother!
Hmm, I might be in flight at that time on Saturday??? if I don’t get to run as a bull on Argent Dawn, I’ll be there as a spirit guide for those who don’t make it against the baddies.
Hehehehe, FTH!!!
As many as I can get to come from will be there. See http://www.willquestforfood.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=4&func=view&catid=16&id=2506#2553 where I (as Guild Leader) asked for this gesture.
Honor the fallen.
Urgh. “Click to Edit” no workee. We are Will Quest For Food of Trollbane (Alliance. I don’t care. This is for Ezra).
I’m sure Ezra would want a server crashed in his honour.
The blog seen really is filled with blinding idiocy.
Ooo! Just saw this and posted it on my guilds event calendar.
Also, a thought. Given that 1000 Tauren or even 300 probably WILL crash the server, you could always divide forces. Send 1/3 to SW, 1/3 to IF, 1/3 to Darnassas.
I knew Ahab Wheathoof was a new(ish) Tauren/Quest but was not familiar with the story behind why he was suddenly there, although I did wonder at the voice acting as it wasn’t your typical Tauren voice.
I’ve been leveling my Tauren Hunter (yet another Alt) and I just ran up to Ahab, who turned and looked at me and said in what is now very recognizable as a little boy’s voice, “I miss my dog so much.” It was enough to make this old Hunter shed a tear.
Blizzard, you’re on notice. We will be raiding Stormwind this Saturday at 3pm PST. You need to either contact BRK and tell him to call this off, or make damn sure the Server can handle a thousand stampeding Tauren.
I’ll be there, that’s for certain.
For those who think this is stupid? Go jump off a high cliff into a shallow lake please. We honor others how we see fit, if you don’t like it, go read something else.
As for now? On to Stormwind!
Gaah!
Any other weekend of the year I would have been there. Hell, I have a 70 Troll hunter sitting in retirement that I would have paid to bring over just for the event.
Sadly I am going to be out of town and away from the interwebs for the whole weekend.
Should be a hoot though.
Since the servers went down and I can’t level…I’ve been looking at the maps and trying to figure out what would be faster: Start>Ratchet>Booty Bay>Darkshore>Elwynn>SW OR Start>Org>Grom>Darkshore>Elwynn>SW…the run to Org would be longer distance on foot, I think…but would the lack of corpse runs more then make up for that extra distance?
I have 3 level 70’s on Argent Dawn and, even though this will probably crash the server, I wholeheartedly approve.
What sort of organization will there be as far as a date/time to start and where folks’ll meet?
Also, perhaps it would be a good idea to make a guild (or two or three) for the baby Tauren that indicates that they’re doing this for Ezra.
Fastest way from Mulgore is certainly: Start>Barrens>Ratchet>BB>Duskwood>Elwynn>SW
Orgrimmar to GG via zep would be nice, but that’s an extra run from XR to Durator and you gain little in light of the run from BB to GG.
If this is definite on the Argent Dawn server, I’m making my toon TONIGHT. Look for the white one horned tauren – UNIQUORN (hope my name is still available.)
I’ll start one (Guild) tonight, I use the same name on server. Send me a pst or email and we’ll get the charter signed…I’m thinking “For Ezra” or “For Ephoenix” unless ya’ll can come up with something better.
The easiest way to get from Tauren land to Orgrimmar is just to run up the side of the mountains and on top. There are no mobs up there. You can run all the way to Org. But, the fastest way to SW will be to run to Ratchet and take the boat to Booty. Not sure what lvl you get water walking, but I have run a lvl 12 orc hunter up the coast of STV only dying once. Back when westfall was the only place to learn and train crab. You have to swim and I had track on so I could dodge mobs. But, swimming far surpasses running the road. You can go all the way to westfall and from there, its easy.
THe only difficult parts of the swim is watching for crocs past Grom gol and the occasional murloc close to shore around the Vile Reef. Most of that water is fairly empty though.
“If this is definite on the Argent Dawn server, I’m making my toon TONIGHT. Look for the white one horned tauren – UNIQUORN (hope my name is still available.)”
I guess Argent Dawn is a go, then. Unless I see an update on the event today, I’ll start my new character tonight and let my guilds know.
“Run for Ezra” now has a charter, looking for signatures…contact Teaakius.
As always we are honored to assist.
Mortious
Officer Bloodmoon Chosen.
I demand Epic Miss!
Upright running cow invasion FTW. I’m there.
I’m commin’ (if I can on my lunch hour)
[Run for Ezra] has been founded. “/who Run for Ezra” and pst any online members for an invite. All members should have permissions to invite. Make sure you’re promoted to the rank of “Runner” so you can do the same.
Let’s see if we get past the spam filter this time.
Well, thanks BMC for adding to the pain of a queue time. A lovely idea, on the WRONG SERVER!
Such a beautiful idea, id love to be there but im stuck on the eu server.
However i will be there in spirit as a baby moo, following your group and mentally sticking my tongue out at the alliance who dare to get in your way.
For Ezra!
[...] But I cannot condone this. [...]
[...] noticed a few days ago that BRK was organizing another of his events, this one in memory of Ezra Chatterton, the young fellow who gave us Kyle and [...]
Good job everyone you crashed the world when you did this
(yes I play on Argent Dawn) I was in shatt when the raid went down and the whole realm had lag very very bad. It kicked me cause of it.
Have another event lijke this soon, maybe for ally to go ot Org! I wana join!