2:15 pm EST Raid forms
2:30 pm EST Zone in
5-5:30 pm EST stop inspecting the floor

CRA Brig 5 is on pause until next year. From Trin:

Brigade 5 is on a temporary hiatus. With the holidays and expac coming... you all know the drill. We are going to work on individual progression and resume Sunday February 4th. (I will be out of town a LOT between now and then) But we really will be recruiting in the mean time. I plan to start putting feelers out in January for those still interested in continuing the legacy. Until then, we are all still here and still playing so hit me up on Discord if you need anything.

Be ready next year for the restart!

On August 1 7, 20 16 at noon pacific, the Legends of Norrath Trading Card game server will close.

The monthly All Access Membership claim of Legends of Norrath booster packs and the ability to purchase Legends of Norrath booster packs will no longer be available after July 18, 2016 at 10 AM Pacific. Legends of Norrath packs will need to be opened in the LON client and all loot rewards will need to be claimed prior to August 17, 2016 at noon Pacific to ensure your loot rewards are available in EverQuest or EverQuest II.

For more information regarding this announcement, please see the Legends of Norrath website.

Butcherblock, Crushbone, and Oasis are merging. After the September 8 hotfix, the servers being consolidated will find a poll delivered through in-game mail with the top 5 appropriate name suggestions for their new servers. The vote will last 1 week until the next hotfix scheduled the following Tuesday, Sept. 15.

The choices for our server are Desert of Flames-themed and are:

• Maj’Dul
• Poet’s Palace
• Shimmering Citadel
• Cleft of Rujark
• Scornfeather’s Roost

...none of which are particularly mellifluous, IMO. =(

The actual date that the server merge will occur is still pending.

Social engineering by the poolside...

This year's Fan Faire united two events: The Fan Faire and DEF CON 21!

The Crushbone contingent combined with a slippery Toukai (who, with a little hacker social engineering, crashed the party), and whooped it up until the pool closed at the strike of midnight.

It was a great pleasure to once again meet the people behind the characters; an especially warm welcome to Adaac, who traveled far to attend his first Fan Faire!

I sincerely hope the opportunity for us all to meet again comes soon, and that the timing is more favorable. (Sequential cons next time, not concurrent!)