The Dingus Brigade

Alliance Guild • Greymane • US • Retail

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Swim with the Orcas!

A few Dingus Druids converged on Booty Bay to celebrate Pirate's Day, friendship, and the Dingus Brigade family.

The Dingus Brigade

Alliance Guild, Greymane, US

September 26, 2021 by shaunajo

Last Update: 27 September 2021

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It was late in the evening on a fine September day. Pirates run amuck all over Booty Bay, and the Brigade was asked to gather in the first event of its kind. There was one requirement, and that was to be a druid leveled to an arbitrary level 28. For no other reason, other than shenanigans, and maybe a little pocketgnome’s three-year anniversary, at least 10 dingus were down to get into trouble.

 

 

While waiting for the hour of festivities to begin, Dingus danced on the roof, showing off their pirate wares and doing some quick and dirty Talk Like A Pirate Day quests. Things shortly got started, and Marlin provided festive tunes for everyone gathered in Discord. Dingus dove in, lined up for a picture- and that was about the easiest task of the night.

 

 

It all went downhill trying to explain a race that used 5 minute cooldown paint sprays from Mechagon that only stayed active for 3 minutes. Three teams of druids were created after an attempt at Kickball-team-captain picking didn’t work out so well. The members divided themselves to the 3 locations- starting at the water ramp in Booty Bay- swimming to the end of the pier to get blue and pass off to the second member, who then swam super-fast to the island. Tagging off and getting green, the third leg sprinted back to the Booty Bay ramp where the entire team was to get sprayed orange and run upstairs to the finish line. Lusty was NOT prepared to call out a winner as they came right in after each other, but it was great to see!

 

 

Dingus took a 5- minute breather to dry off, refill their beverages and meet up at the entrance to Booty Bay to strut their stuff. Sashay, Shantay- there be pirates! It happened so fast, I don’t think anyone could really enjoy everyone’s outfit. Lusty pondered having everyone send in their mog list so she could announce them one at a time and their accessories properly but opted not to. That’s a lot for a Dingus coordination!

 

 

In our small group, we had not one, but TWO Bloodsail Buccaneers, and a few more in progress! There was a lot of tight black leather- just the way we like it- Check out Nighthoots (#1) who had prior practice strutting and twirling around; Scorcali (#3) – What the heck did she use to be a dead pirate wearing bear foot shoes???; and Kazzie (#5) Pirate pepe, 2 parrots, and Barnaby escorting her!

 

 

Low and behold- the Dingus line danced, as they attempted to prepare for a team-effort Pirate Shanty! Lusty’s desire to keep plans a surprise led to the downfall of this activity, but she persisted. It didn’t help that there was a slave-trader RP happening, and no easy way to distinguish teams.

~Say-Yell-General~: Lusty ~ Group 1 repeats ~ Group 2 repeats~ Everyone: Early in the morning!

  • Round 1 What will we do with a drunken sailor?
  • Round 2 … Way hay and up she rises
  • Round 3 Shave his belly with a rusty razor
  • Round 4 … Way hay and up she rises
  • Round 5 Put him in a long boat till his sober
  • Round 6 … Way hay and up she rises
  • Round 7 Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe bottom
  • Round 8 … Way hay and up she rises
  • Round 9 Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
  • Round 10 … Way hay and up she rises
  • Round 11 That's what we do with a drunken sailor

 

While Lusty bellowed out the shanty, Dingus defended their honor, drank some party beverage and food, launched a bunch of fireworks and tossed some balls around. To help end the evening chaos, Kirrin ran off the raffle for 4 mounts and gave everyone a random toy. All dingus are winners! Last, but not least, knowing what a great effort this was for all the Dingus, Lusty-loot-boxes with some traditional southern boiled peanut Snack, Swedish Fish, underwater grow critters, Pirate tattoos, Dingus stickers, and some love from the Captain - were sent out to any dingus willing to share some of their personal information for pirates to deliver.

 

Thanks everyone for coming out tonight to spend some time and funs with your fellow dingus! Many thanks to Marlin/Troy for the tunes, Kirrin/Bob & Tease/Tara for trying to vocalize my vision in discord, and Hark/Jim - for without him, or any of you, (and all the dingus members) such fun could not be had. Members are encouraged to share their favorite quotes and parts of the evening. We look forward to getting together again!

This past Sunday, a few Dinguses converged on Booty Bay for Pirates Day! You may have seen a post a few days ago! The event was for Druids to come out get their Orca glyph and swim around Booty Bay and return to the start with your team! Have you heard the expression herding cats?! Well it took Lusty and Hark a bit of time to herd us, explain the rules a bunch of times, herd the cats again and start the race. Not much was able to be understood on Discord through all the laughing, sighing, and rules explaining! It was an absolute blast to laugh until you cried! Been too long Dinguses! The participants scored some awesome Lusty Loot boxes and all had a great time! Thank you to Lusty and Hark for throwing the Booty Bay swim with the Orcas event together! I have never swam the Bay so fast before! If you missed the loot box this time, stay tuned and reach out to Kirrin for clearing that up for next time round matey!! Argh!! Bob/Kirrin

 

 

Hark Jim didn't even get on discord and share the orca story! He never would have found out that I'm just a girl who loves orcas if not for his friend phil ! ~Lusty

 

 

thanks for setting that up. Though I could have done without What to do about a drunken sailor Hakuna Matata What to do about a drunken sailor Hakuna Matata What to do about a drunken sailor early in the morning early in the morning going through my head all night. Geez lol ~ Tara/Tease

 

Thanks for the recap, Lusty! The event was much fun! Trying to "sing" while the outsider tried to coerce us all into ownership was hilarious. I had tears from all the laughing! Thank you for coordinating such a fun evening. ~ Troy/ Marlin

 

That part was funny! Lusty did an awesome job! It was the first time that I had ever been a part of something so big guild-wise. Thank you for everything! I appreciate you allowing me to join in on the fun Sunday! It was a blast! Anala/WinchesterFan


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