What Do You Do When You Reach Your Goal?

Dato and I decided long ago that gettng to 1800 was all we really cared about. Why? Well, we aren't hardcore (at least by hardcore standards) and we didn't really think we had a shot at more.

So what do you do when 1800 becomes a mere memory? A dot behind you it's so far back? With (to quote the intrepid Thompson) fear and loathing, we queued up Thursday morning for our first game since hitting 1883.

My hands were sweaty and my heart was racing. This was not good, considering I had a stress related case of Bell's Palsy. That's where half your face goes whacko and decides that what you decide isn't what it wants to do. That's a nice way of saying half my face is paralyzed as I write this. It isn't permanent, but it's not fun. Dato said he, too, was losing it.

We ran in and won the first game, but it was harder that hard. A damned warlock and druid, full affliction and unending healing. Oh what fun and joy. But we won, and get 12 points. NINE more games to go, is what I was thinking. Turns out Dato was thinking the same thing. We won the next couple easily, only getting 5 points and 3. Those games were hilarious. Seriously outgearing your opponents in Arena becomes more and more apparent. It was slow motion I can get a coke and watch a sitcom while we played that team. Neither of us took our healthstones and my entire healing was a couple of renews and a PoM or two.

We ended up losing to a team that was so far superior to us we lost 5 points. At 1900 that scared us, lol. Then, we traded with another lock/druid team, giving up 16 getting 15, losing 14, getting 16... In the end, we got a few more from them than we lost.

At the close of 10 games, we found ourselves in new and uncharted territory. 1939 - ranked in the top 350 teams. SO CLOSE TO THE TOP 3%!!!!

Our new goal is just that. Top 3% and the title of Duelist. Purples are sweet, but titles are rare. Getting that will be so nice, considering on our server, Duelist is REALLY rare.

Which brings me to 3v3, where things heated up just as nicely. The last three weeks have seen us jump up nearly 200 points there. We are now sitting at 1768, ranked at 868, I believe. Considering we weren't as serious (Fishhead, however, is serious, it's his only team) about the 3v3, Dato and I have changed on that and believe we can push up even higher. It's so fun. Competitive as hell.

One horde team actually called us dicks and mocked us as we won. We won again, and he really went off on us. When they beat us, he acted as if they were the winning team in a tournament. On the last game, we destroyed them so badly, they stopped queueing. They went 1-4 against us, gained 21 in their win but lost 43. Total loss of 22 means shut it and don't mock. In fact, mocking is just plain stupid. When we fight a horde team and it's tight, we don't mock them, we whisper "great fucking game" and/or "god you guys are good." Good fights are awesome, whether you win or lose. Well, winning is more fun, but you get the point. We prefer competition to the quick 5 point games.

That leaves us going into next week with a rare and new thing: something to lose.

I'm not quite sure what to do with myself now.