Rexba

Raiding will always be some of my favorite memories. No matter which phase or raid there was ALWAYS something going on. I think some of my favorite raid memories starts with if you knew there was any sort of gauntlet style area whether it be AQ, BWL or even Naxx, you knew Sketch was going to crash out because of a totem pulling mobs, we even got to the point where we are pulling bosses with rogue totems.

Another favorite memory was you just knew who was going to be playing floor PoV half the raid and they would always swear they were never in anything, but it never was not funny when it happened.

I would probably say my favorite phase would be between phase 4, phase 1 and phase 8.

Phase 1 was definitely a wild ride. It was the 1st time something like this was done in WoW especially in a classic environment. The mystery of what runes we would be getting, how we would get them, the new level 25 EPICS (though that staff still avoids me to this day), the amazing open world PvP in Ashenvale. Phase 1 had it all, even BFD was great. The raid was smaller with only 10 people so it felt more personable in a sense. Though we attempted to always mix up groups, there were certain people I just always looked forward to playing with as they were just amazing people to be around.

Phase 4, we finally got to level 60 and the journey to prebis began. We constantly had tons of dungeon groups going trying to go for the .5 quest chain. We were setting up groups for silithus to get people their pre-bis, doing all these things just to get us prepared for what was at the time, the 1st raid that had different difficulties which was suuuper exciting at the time to be able to work through, even though Heat level 3 was by far the easiest of them all lol.

Phase 8 might edge it out just a little for me because we got the brand new raid. Not only was it original content but it was challenging content. It was sooo much fun to finally be able to truly progress through a raid with the people I have not just enjoyed playing with but being around in general. It was fun to see how we progressed with hitting some speed bumps and talking through it as a guild in terms of strategy and what works best for us.

One of the best memories was Caldoran. From our 1st pulls of struggling with fire positioning to coming in the next week with all of Thursday available for progression. We had strong prog throughout the night and it was such an amazing feeling seeing the bosses health drop lower with each pull as we cleaned things up. Getting to Phase 2 the 1st time, you could feel it that everyone knew we were so close to the kill. Wiping on Ashbringer in Phase 2 at 1%, you just knew everyone was fully locked in and it was insane to see that happen. Until next pull happened and Shears' internet decided it was too excited as well and DC'd him which forced us to run into fire to make sure he could get the guilds 1st Ashbringer.

Jas logging in right before the last pull just felt like it was meant to be since he had been with us since Phase 3 and became such a pillar of the guild.

Seeing Caldoran fall over and everyone just let out cheers, it was probably the most rewarding feeling I have had in SoD, and the fact that we were able to get this done before the raid buff came in.

I came into SoD with the intention of just sitting back and just playing the game without really any responsibility, but boy did that change almost immediately. Editor's Note: lol Sketch came to me about co-leading a guild with him and I just couldn't say no.

Co-leading the guild has definitely come with some difficulties. Not many (if any) know about the amount of drama there was behind the scenes at times. We definitely have some "Regret Lore" that we will touch on later (small hint).

Even with all the drama, totem pulling, loot drama and a marriage almost breaking up (or maybe it did) I would do it all over again. I was glad to be able to do it with Sketch. We have spent countless hours at work and at home brainstorming ideas how to make the guild as transparent and fair as we could while also making sure it was as fun for everyone involved and I think we did almost as good of a job as we could.

Most of all though, we have met some pretty great people starting all the way in Phase 1 with the OGs that are still left standing Aloki, Fullofowls, Jujaba, Ashketchum, Skeezelord(aka instagib), Surtain, Turboblastin and everyone in-between and up to Phase 8. Every raid night is always something I still look forward to and get excited for.

Fullofowls

It's been a fun ride with Regret. I really appreciate Sketchit and Rexba taking on the leadership burden and letting slackers like me have a wonderful place to chill each week. I think it's like after you have a bad headache and afterward you are like wow I don't appreciate enough days where I feel great. Looking back on not only you two but the rest of the motley crew, its easy to take for granted what a great group this is, even if 1 or 2 furries snuck in.

Remember when we had 4 (or more) raid groups in BFD and Group 3 led by Prime threatened to rebel because loot took almost an hour? That was hilarious...

My favorite memory of SOD will be when we were still on the Living Flame PVP server and it was a pretty one-sided affair; the alliance outnumbered us by a mile and world-pvp was a constant thorn. During phase 1 one day about 10 of us gathered together and camped the pool on the way to the BFD entrance. Body after unsuspecting body dropped from above to their doom as we slaughtered alliance chars for over an hour. Obv it didn't make up for the rest of the time there, however :)

Thanks to everyone!

Turboblast

Some of my favorite memories with <Regret> were the no life leveling groups at the beginning of each phase as well as just the overall hype of everyone being online when a new phase started. It was incredible to get the chance to no life with some of my friends whom I haven't gotten to play much with in the last 10 years. We used to just play games nonstop.

I have been touching grass the last few years and I am so excited for the timeskip arc to begin. Shout out to my besties: Ashketchum, Sketch, and Rexba, as well as my former best friend: Stardragon (M.I.A).

One of my favorite phases was Gnomeregan. New raid fights were so fun to experience together and beating the last bosses of new raids was so fulfilling. It was fun trying to beat the other raid group and see who could clear first.

Phase 1 was also just amazing. I missed the first raid clear of BFD (my biggest <regret>) but I was grateful my friends let me nepo baby along with the alt raids and then the main raids at the end of the phase. Obviously some of the most memorable single moments have to be the Hero of Azeroth defeating KT and the first kill of Caldoran.

Thanks to Sketch for leading the guild and Rexba for leading a bunch of noobs and for putting up with me being late. I flaked out when we did Classic TBC and that's probably my second biggest <regret>. Thanks to everyone in the guild for being overall just so much fun to play with. I haven't raided with a dedicated raid team in years and it felt so good.

Overall SoD was amazing, I hope there is more content going forward. I'll try and be less <antisocial> going forward. Throwback. Editor's Note: Antisocial was the name of the guild I ran during TBC Classic. I lasted until Gruul's Lair. :D I still think about Rexba explaining raid mechanics gently in my ear every night before I go to bed.

Aloky

• stv event was a ton of fun, regret smashed it and back then the guild was very active.
• favorite raid was definitely AQ, everyone was excited to progress and farm it despite never seeing weapon drops
• tanks Hoo keep forgetting to change their runes (seemed to happen a lot in BWL)

also I'd like to add my favorite thing:

how you (Sketchit) and rex deal with all the drama we've had and how it somehow never managed to impact the guild
i love the "if you don't like it, fuck off" attitude—it made the guild solid.

Jujaba

• Random banter in disc during raids (the game is 20 at this point) theres nothing (besides Scarlet Enclave) that no one hasnt done before it's the people and the camaraderie that keeps people playing long term
• Finally getting High Warlord at least once before I die
• Getting a 100 parse on KT but only because I had 4 piece and MoM week 2 before other shamans geared up

Best Phase would be 7 for me eventhough I dont like Naxx too much

Sraehs

Didn't play with you guys the first four phases, but I've loved every moment playing with you cunts, my memory sucks too bad to pick any highlights

Being able to clear all the content I didn't do in vanilla and having a fucking awesome time doing it is my highlight

you cunt

Surtain

Phase 8 - SE: By far my favorite raid. Swapping to feral has been a BLAST and the jokes have been at an all time high. Always a great time.

Phase 7 - Naxx / Kara: Coming back and feeling welcomed like I never left. The help I received to catch back up was amazing. Finding a home Mk.II

Phase 6 - AQ: Still being G-kicked by association Editor's Note: Oops Part 2

Phase 5 - ZG & BWL: Being G-kicked by association Editor's Note: Oops

Phase 4 - MC: First real challenge as a group. Farming FR gear was fun and the teamwork was at an all time high.

Phase 3 - Sunken Temple: The Greedy Saga was one for the ages.

Phase 2 - Gnomeregan / Blood Moon: Swapping from DPS to tank and really finding a home for SoD

Phase 1 - BFD: N/A

Skeezelord

While every phase that I've gotten to play with you fine folks has been a blast, it's definitely a tie between P6 and P8. P6 for the fact that when I last played WoW in Classic, my guild was never able to clear C'thun, which basically resulted in the guild disbanding. Loot Council, Guild Leader rage, and general lack of progress led to some really harsh vibes, and a group that I was beginning to become somewhat comfortable in suddenly just stopped having fun. I have never felt that in <Regret>, as we still always find a way to make things fun, even if we are hitting a wall in progress (which never lasts more than a week, haha). I've been an on-and-off player since Vanilla, but despite having less free time than ever as I get older, I always try to carve out what time I can for the folks here, because I genuinely enjoy the peeps, the attitudes, and of course the laughs.

P8 has been a blast too, with new gear, plenty of new challenges, and it's extremely fun to figure out the new strategies together and perfect them. I'd consider everyone here a friend, because even if distance separates us, the totems will always pull us (and bosses) together ❤

Vuhduh

FUN IS A LIMITED RESORCE P3 WAS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE HATED IT AND I GOT TO MAXIMIZE MY FUN SKINNING AND COLLECTING THEIR DRAGON BALLS, EVERY WEEK I WOULD COLLECT 9 DRAGGON BALLS TO SUMMON SHENRON TO WISH THAT P3 WAS EXTENDED ANOTHER WEEK.

MY FAVORITE MEMORY BEFORE regret IN P1 GETTING A RUNE EARLY ON DAY 1 AND CONVINCING EVERY SHAMAN THEY NEEDED TO FISH IT OUT OF THE TROLL VILLAGE NEAR THE ORC STARTING ZONE

THEN ALSO P1 CONVINCING A ENTIRE PVP RAID GROUP TO RUN TO BOOTY BAY FOR A DEEZ NUTZ JOKE

MY FAVORITE MEMORY FROM regret WAS GETTING US TO ATTEMPT TO DRAIN MANA TO GET THAT SACRIFICE TOY THAT WAS NEVER IN THE GAME
I SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE MEMORYS BUT IM USIALLY DRUNK FOR RAIDS

Ashketchum

Season of Discovery is one of those rare sparks that remind me of how powerful the medium of video games can be sometimes. It was the first time in a very long time that I was genuinely excited to play World of Warcraft again, a feeling I don’t think I’ve really had since Burning Crusade. Funnily enough, for me, one of my favorite times playing WoW in vanilla was actually after I had left Star and Sketchit and server transferred, where I got more into world PvP and light raiding. I was excited to be able to finally share that experience with my old friends whom I’ve since played so many games with. You’ll of course imagine my shock when half of them didn’t show up and Star left a bit after turning 60. Fortunately for me, at least, Rexba was more than willing to try and fill the holes that they left, like he is with so many others. While we started the season off on a bad foot by picking a bad guild name when a perfect one was presented right in front of us, I think Sketchit was able to recover and craft what I think was a beautiful guild experience for the duration of this season. It is also good that nobody in the guild would remain bitter over the name for the entirety of the season.

Picking a favorite phase of SoD for me isn’t particularly hard at all, it’s phase 1 by a landslide. Part of this is because of my love of seeing the potential in something while it is new, letting me daydream and explore in my head how new systems will play out and evolve over time. This feeling was abundant in phase 1, runes were such a cool new system that breathed life back into the dated combat of classic WoW, and they left plenty of room for us to speculate on what runes we would get in the future and how that would tweak our builds. The long and arduous quests needed for some of these runs were fun too, it was cool to watch Warlocks have to do what felt like a legendary item quest chain just to unlock the cornerstone of their new tank build they were promised for SoD. The mystery of not knowing exactly where to find the new runes was fun, too. I still regret losing patience and looking up the Beast Mastery rune unlock in Eastern Kingdoms when I would have just naturally stumbled upon the way to unlock it in Kalimdor if I had just continued questing. It brought that feeling of community back to WoW that so many people agree has long since faded from the retail version of the game. People were sharing locations of NPCs needed for runes, forming groups to go hunt down runes that, for some reason, were locked in Alliance starting zones.

Which leads into the second main reason that phase 1 was my favorite phase; it was the only phase where we spent the entirety of it on a PvP server.Editor's Note: We didn't transfer off Living Flame until the end of Phase 3, my cousin is a goober. World PvP was something that I have always felt was done really well in vanilla WoW. It was the perfect storm of a world that felt very connected while still requiring a decent amount of time and effort to traverse. This is the perfect world to have that sense of danger added by the threat of other players able to kill you and cost you time. It takes something as simple as grinding turtles as Aman’thul intended, and turns it into a lesson in tension and risk management. Do I kite several turtles at once to save time and optimize my ammo usage with multi-shot, or does that leave me too open to getting ganked alone? Is this place too popular for me to farm alone, or should I find a lesser-known and more secluded spot to farm? Is my getting camped urgent enough to call friends for help, or should I just take a break or hearth to go elsewhere? Well, that last one is a trick; retribution always takes priority, but it’s nice to at least consider it. The moment we left for a PvE server, that tension was gone. And with it went my sense of engagement and immersion in the world. Sure, we could now get into Gnomer and other dungeons unmolested. But was it worth it to shave away a crucial part of the game's soul?

But I digress, because truthfully, I feel both of these reasons are actually eclipsed by the final aspect of phase 1 that made it my favorite: the creativity that the framing of it forced on the players and the devs. This was a phase that capped at level 25. With no mounts, not even half of our kits, and access to only level 150 crafting, we were expected to complete a raid while also engaging in the best World PvP event they’ve ever put into the game. This forced a wholly creative experience on the player base. Remember those small shadow protection pots you probably just vendored in vanilla WoW while leveling alchemy? These are now a premium, high-end consumable, and no, I don’t think you have the credit score to afford what this did to the price of grave moss. Mana potions were essential for this phase, but they were also entirely uncraftable, so sneaking into Desolace to fish for lockboxes to loot them became a legit gold farm. Bottlenecking all the late-game activity to Ashenvale was also a beautiful move. The zone was already tricky to navigate with an Alliance town right in the middle of the zone, while the Horde controls the edges, which made the world PvP feel mostly organic, and lorewise, this fit the feel of the zone.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of fun in the following phases, and the community that we built made for some of the best times I’ve ever had in World of Warcraft. From lifeguarding the entrance to BFD to seeing who could piss off grumpy the most with Gift of Gob, I have loved sharing this season with all of you. And while I could never pick favorites outside of Vuhduh, I want you all to know you are the best WoW players I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing with.

Jasmiller

Probably phase 4, when I felt like belonged with regret. Just spamming dungeon with aloky, getting rich in the process.

Killing alliance scum in front of AQ or NAXX with Shears, etc.
In general, shaman tanking dungeons is for sure the most fun Ive had playing sod, just feeling unstoppable.

Even if Rexba and Sketch tried their hardest to keep us SHAMAN apart Editor's Note: This is a conspiracy theory peddled by elemental extremists., Im proud to say that we never let their hatred get in the way of our love.

Ziffy

I joined <Regret> on Living Flame after being a Chaos Bolt refugee during the Sunken Temple fun patch. I wasn’t super active and everyone probably talked shit about me over it, but I’m thankful I never got the wangwiggler special.

Fav memories were doin daytime karas with the boys. A close second would be our first HM4 KT kill #hero Editor's Note: #Hero references The Hero of Azeroth, Ziffy's Felguard. Ziffy was mind controlled, and was the last man standing. His Felguard managed to kill KT.

Favorite phase probably AQ because the vibes got way better and we were free from BWL PTSD

Thank you Rexba and Sketch for making this SoD experience unforgettable and for letting me tank. As a warlock main of 20 years it’s meant the world to me

Drazi

Favorite phase probably phase 1 with the initial leveling rush and all the friends, the 10 layers on the server constantly with tons of people. Started out with all of my friends who I cleared TBC classic with through the last boss of Sunwell and it was good times. People here met one of them briefly twice in the priest Photon. This guild alas died in early phase 3, my main tank through Sunwell did one daily run of incursions at level 43 and said wtf is this shit and promptly logged off, he still hasnt re-subbed to this day. Most of the rest of my original guild never made it to level 50 that phase. But i persevered, tried to find a few places to raid ST, I was really hoping to see what the kara and scarlet content would be in the long term. Not too long after that Regret came over to Wild Growth and I found my new long term home.

Favorite raid phase has probably been Scarlet Enclave, I have been very pleased with how they made the raid given their small team. I find it very enjoyable and well done, plus its actually brand new. More than I expected with the low budget I am sure Blizzard is allocating to this project. Close 2nd place was the kara 5 man, incredible instance with lots of lore. Felt like the first truly classic + content.

Favorite Regret specific memory is joining this guild shortly after you xfered to wild growth (I have been on wild growth the whole time) and I saw how easily you cleared sunken temple while my old dead guild couldnt kill eranikus and it was such a breath of fresh air. And you weren't a bunch of assholes as a bonus!

Forditude

I joined Regret in Phase 4, after having been abandoned by all my buds who quit when our server got locked. I had a hard choice in that I could either stop playing SoD or try to find a group I could work with. What I found was a "Merry band of retards" who accepted me, helped me when I needed it, made me laugh, and let me find new friends.

I don't have a specific phase I loved more than any others, but I do have a favorite moment/memory. It was the day KC dropped. I logged in and got immediately shanghai'ed by Jas to get attuned so that we could run it. That first run was honestly one of the most fun times I have ever had in an MMO. Exploring the new dungeon with people who were kind, patient and happy to laugh at stupid situations as they happened was the moment I genuinely felt like I wasn't just a raid fill but part of the guild.

From running Strath for gold with Fyra, Shears or Jas, learning to PVP on a priest with Shears, to trying and help whenever anyone asks, I wouldn't trade a moment of SoD, and fully plan to try and stick around with you guys for as long as we can find games to goof off with together.

Drexbe

What are some of your favorite memories of SoD while you've been in <Regret>?
- Reaching level 60, 45 mins before big AQ and vacuuming up all the gear and yoinking the first weapon drop from C'thun (shout out Jas and Fyra for all the boosts, Rexba too i guess). Also it was my favorite when Rexba kept giving me a bunch of gold, that was poggers.

What was your favorite phase was, and why it was your favorite (and if you weren't with <Regret> during your favorite phase, what was your favorite phase with <Regret>?)
- Phase 7 and 8, During Naxx/Kara I was able to play more consistently and play in smaller groups with people trying to gear up, shooting the shit and getting know more people in guild outside of raid. Naxx was also sick because the gear wanted actually dropped (Mr Blizzard people drop more rogue priest lock tokens .. k thanks). SE was fun to prog and see new content, wish they'd do more after it 😟

If there's too many memories to choose from, feel free to include multiple 😊
- When shamans would leave totems in the gauntlet leading up to Heigan and you'd (Sketchit) get upsetti spaghetti and call people the r word Editor's Note: The R word in this case would be Retard.

Justkidding

I joined up in AQ, but I would have to say SE has been my favorite. It's been tough content but it's a good feeling once we cleared it and now we are one night clearing.

I think my favorite phase overall was BFD; it was just super chill and everyone was raiding on like 10 characters.

MC phase was fun too even though the raid was pretty meh. Reaching 60 and doing all the just hit level 60 stuff is always fun.

Fosto

Since its basically my only phase with Regret I will say I have enjoyed phase 8 the best. Best memories so far has been clearing SE, the golden corral chronicles and just the general hilariousness of raid nights.

Editor's Note: golden corral chronicles refers to an interesting story from a former member who we shall reference as EyeBS. EyeBS basically said that people who ordered chocolate milk from Golden Corral were pedophiles. That's the short version of this story.

I started hating the game from raiding so much from the start of Classic re-release through SoD Phase 3. Plus it didn't help playing with shit guilds and people. Playing with <Regret> during phase 8 has been awesome and being part of the guild is what has made it so great. Thank you for letting me come back to raid and be part of the team.

you can add to my profile page "doesnt know how the atiesh quest line works" now too haha

Hayderz

I joined Regret towards the very end of Phase 6. I was new to WoW, playing with my WoW veteran buddy Tectonictim (M.I.A :(). We were leveling doing some SM spams when Jas joined us on his priest. Shortly we hit lockout cap and Jas invited us to Regret.

I didn't really start raiding with the rest of the guild until a few weeks into Phase 7. As a new player I was nervous to join a guild raid without having a firm grasp on my class utility/rotation, as well as raid mechanics (Even MC/BWL/ZG were unknowns). After the first Naxx I joined, I quickly realized that isn't necessarily a requirement for this guild (Jokes).

As I started to attend raid on a regular basis I was blown away by how quickly everyone was willing to help me outside of raid with Kara runs, idol runs, etc.

Phase 8 has definitely been my favorite phase so far. The first week of Scarlet Enclave learning mechanics as a guild for the first time, while frustrating, was particularly enjoyable for me as a newish player. Collaborating with guildies, researching strats, and trial and error was a fresh experience compared to clearing a raid that had been solved for ~20 years. Jumping into SE with Regret has quickly made Tuesdays one of my favorite days of the week.

The first Caldoran kill was definitely my favorite memory to-date. Just a few weeks prior, we were struggling to 3/8 clear, and now we have got it down to a full 8/8 in one raid night. Despite the nerfs/adjustments that occurred, the early struggle made the final victory all that more rewarding.

Big thanks to Sketch and Rexba for managing this whole thing. I feel lucky that Regret has been my first guild experience and look forward to what comes next. Shoutout Jas for inviting some rando warrior to the guild. Editor's Note: I'm really glad I didn't gkick the randos Jasmiller invited on a whim. ;)

And to my fellow Warriors Shears and Sache, it has been so fun competing with you guys on the meters and talking warrior shit outside of raid. Y'all have helped me improve tremendously and I am incredibly thankful.

Fyra

Some of my best World of Warcraft experiences have been with this guild, from day one i was welcomed and made to feel like part of the group.

Everyone helped me get where I am today as a filthy horde shaman and I've loved every moment of it.

My favorite raid has been this tier because it feels like a culmination of all our hard work and ability to keep the retard pants off, through trial and error and mostly doing it blind without too many guides, this raid especially felt earned to me for us as a group.

My favorite memory of my time in the guild was when the guild made 2 raids to farm a stupid dungeon just to help me get a skill book that wasn't that big of a deal, not because I'm glad i got it but because it was what really told me everyone cared and i belonged here.

This group of players truly feels like none before, everyone is there as a group and is heard and special to our identity in there own way, that's definitely not something you find often in life and i appreciate it. ❤️

Ashiv

Phases 2, 5, and 7 were good ones.

My best memories were of Tivon the shaman legend who single-handedly carried Gnomer raids while we chased parses with extremely undergeared alts.

Sunken Temple when the raid leader called out for 2 to stay out during dragons to wake everyone up and all the pumpers to go in the dream and do big damage. Nobody stayed out and we wiped lol, but big damage was done! Almost.

ZG when we did a 20 man power raid with our all of our Gnomer groups even tho we were in like 5 different guilds at that time.

Phase 7 when Shears got locked out of Maexxna and we still bust his balls about it every raid haha.

And my favorite is our video of a completely smooth fail/win raid video from Phase 2. Shears friend made it and it really sums up SoD.

Vorph

What are some of your favorite memories of SoD while you've been in <Regret>?
The one when Fenris says all of us are perverts XD (when Aloky promise the photo of his wife...)
the moment per se was funny, but hear Fenris say that for me was even more funny adn also was the 1st thing we can hear after we kill the boss.
Editor's Note: We were progging Sapph on HM4 Naxx. We were about to give up and bump it back down to HM3. Aloky promised us that he would post his wife's boobies if we killed Sapph HM4 on the next pull. I've never seen my guild lock in so quickly. We killed Sapph that next pull. We're perverts, I suppose.

What was your favorite phase was, and why it was your favorite (and if you weren't with <Regret> during your favorite phase, what was your favorite phase with <Regret>?)
AQ i feel part of the team and stop been the new guy on that raid. Even i just join a couple of days week before that phase.

Sache

I was a late edition to the Regret family. I joined in phase 6 after taking a 15 year hiatus from Warcraft and most games in general. I got the itch to start playing and leveled to 60 mostly alone due to having the new account restrictions for 30 days after reinitiating my account. It was lonely. But when I hit 60 I started doing raids with pug groups and was kicked out of some because my gear wasn't up to snuff. I'm pretty sure I responded to a LFG add Rexba had put out and surprisingly the guild welcomed me when so many others had turned me away. You were well into AQ 40 and I was geared in greens. I remember getting crap from someone the first night as one of my trinkets was the DFC entry trinket and someone helped me save up for the Speedstone. I was fresh fresh and hadn't earned my epic mount gold yet but with the guild I got an AQ40 HM bug which made life in the game so much better.

The guild was welcoming and friendly and while I didn't get all the inside jokes at first grew to love the degeneracy that we all exhibit. Raid nights were chill for the most part until we had the wrong pants on and had to get straightened out by Sketch but we managed to clear some great content, if not helped slightly by the Hero of Azeroth from time to time.

Naxx was my favorite raid, as I never got to see inside it the first go around in Vanilla. I dreamt about wielding Ashbringer way back then and was excited to see it in raid, only to find out they had replaced it with Blade of Inquisition for that phase. The hype that we might finally get an epic questline to secure the purified version was so exciting. Until we found out about Scarlet Enclave I was content to hang with the gang and try my damndest to keep up with all my warrior buds, Shears, Marz, Hayderz and few others we lost along the way.

My favorite moment of the game was just this evening. I struggled on Tuesday to complete the Ashbringer fight and after I ran out of consumes and hearths I packed it up for the night. My head wasn't in it and honestly it would have felt hollow with no one else on to share the experience with. Tonight I went back and again struggled, but Marz and Shears were there, watching my live stream, cheering me on and calling out cleaves (I know, I stood in the giant glowing mechanic, hard to believe huh?!). The energy was amazing when I finally got to phase 3 and cleaved down the shades and watched The Ashbringer fall! A moment I'm super glad to have shared with my warrior friends. And also to Hayderz who donated to me get the Mats for the Inquisitor enchant after I had spent all the gold I had on Ashbringer mats. This was the culmination of 20 years of my Warcraft experience and the quest for the sword.

All in all, Regret has made me feel like I have a family and home in the game and I wouldn't have it any other way. Thanks to everyone for making it great!

Louda

5/8

Editor's Note: Either his favorite phases, or how many bosses he expected us to clear in Scarlet Enclave.

Guju

I played SoD from Phases 1-3, took a break for 4-5 and then came back near the end of Phase 6. With each phase, I had a new guild as in the earlier Phases, guilds would lose people, lose the spark to continue or just fizzle. In each of those guilds, I never really felt a kinship with people in them. People were always either too serious, not serious enough or just a bunch of blowholes trying to fill their guts with loot.

That all changed when I joined you fine people in Regret.

I can honestly say my happiest moment was every raid after joining this guild as I found myself often whispering the buds I came over with that I am so glad we joined this guild. Though very late in the game, it was a shift that I am grateful to have in my SoD experience.

With Regret, we have had so many laughs around peoples roommates, Australian parents, the appropriate time and place to consume chocolate milk, the appropriate time and place to take a number 2 and especially, the love and comradery that all us barely heterosexual men have with our bros.

We have killed Caldoran together so many times and with each kill, I find myself more elated to be with you all.

Heres to whatever comes next and I cannot wait to experience whatever that is with all of you!

Zakje

Hello baby cakes, you are such a cutie for doing this but of course not as cute as Rexba’s calves.

My favorite memory was when you read a Poem dedicated to Rexba before a Sunken Raid and the moment Owl’s shared an AI made song about Sreahs getting locked out of Maexna. And of course when we killed KT HM4 because of the Hero of Azeroth Ziffy’s pet.

The global camaraderie and homoerotic jokes overall have been a great vibe.

I have fond memories of all the phases even though I wasn’t there for Phase 5 & 6.

I’d say my two favorite were Naxx and BFD. But I’m really enjoying SE just haven’t had the chance to see it cleared yet since I’m away. Editor's Note: He's since come back and cleared SE with us. ❤️

Now, I would love you to compile this massive totem pole between my cheeks. UwU kiss kiss

I really appreciate how you and Rexba are leading this. Even though we clearly know who’s pulling the strings in the background : Sasha! Kudos to you both.

Fenris

I regret not playing with Regret since phase 1, when I chose to just be guildless but had a blast anyway. My favorite phase with you guys has been this last one. Progressing on truly new content with you all was awesome-- thank you Rexba for raid leading and Sketchit for leading the guild!! 🙂

But seriously it's been good vibes just about every raid night, y'all have the best, most wildly inappropriate sense of humor. And I appreciate everyone who helped me to embrace the totally real furry I am.

Based

P8, Caldoran kill number 1. It was if I was sucked into a time portal and it was 2003 again. I became a total bag of nerves on a raid, like I was a 17 year old version of myself again in an EQ raid. Terrified of fucking up and horrified of sucking ass at the raid. About an hour into the raid I started to relax and realized I didn't need to be nervous around any of you guys. I could just be myself, which I've yet to have been able to be in a SoD guild since P3.

When we all threw ourselves into the P2 fires to wipe because Shears got locked out and then proceeded to kick caldoran's ass and make the man of the people our first assbringer. Easily in my top 10 MMO memories.

Ghazzmog

Season of Discovery was an incredible journey, it started with me and a hand full of buddies just trying to make our way in the world of Azeroth. Now I'm constantly being touched in the head by treeoflife's maple syrup accent on Tuesday's and weekends. No regrats!

Istaria

Favorite memory, finally getting to raid with you guys. Phase 5 I liked the most.

Members of the Past

I reached out to these folks – because even though they weren't here for Phase 8, they were important to our community, and I have strong hopes they'll be with us in our next adventures.

Sketchit

World of Warcraft Classic: Season of Discovery - boy, what a season it's been.
I discovered...

• A renewed love for one of my favorite games.
• Many new friends.
• Nothing brings people together quite like bromance.

I love this community that we've built. Rexba and I may have created and maintained the infrastructure, but it's our members that gave the guild its soul. It's what fosters my love for the game. It's the main reason why being the guild master has been so relatively enjoyable and almost pain-free. "It's not work if you love what you do," - you guys made it easy. Most of the time. ❤️

As the winds of discovery calm down, I asked my guild members the following:

1. What are some of your favorite memories of SoD while you've been in <Regret>?
2. Feel free to include what your favorite phase was, and why it was your favorite (and if you weren't with <Regret> during your favorite phase, what was your favorite phase with <Regret>?)

The questions were meant to be a fun retrospective - a look back on our journey together. What I received in response blew away Rexba and I's expectations. Reading over everyone's responses had me grinning like an idiot.

Favorite memories... there's way too many to list, and I feel like I'll forget some. I'll give some from each phase.

Phase 1 – Blackfathom Deeps & Battle for Ashvenvale

We were on a PvP Server (Living Flame). There was an unspoken truce that there was rarely any pvp while people did the BFD logout skip in the water. We decided after raid one night to be "Lifeguards" and kill all alliance that jumped down into the pool, eventually making it look like a scene straight from Karazahn Crypts. It was glorious. Amazing. I loved it.

The Ashenvale event was also cool, before people decided to just make it a PvE event and go from camp to camp. In the beginning days, before that meta was found, I remember how awesome it was to see alliance and horde forces clash together on their Ashenvale Specific Mounts. Alliance on their war kittens, horde on their wolves. It felt as epic as Southshore vs Tarren Mill.

Phase 2 – The STV Blood Moon Event & Gnomeregan

Gnomeregan was a neat raid, and it was there we could really discover who had more than 3 brain cells to do some basic mechanics. The cosmetic sunglasses and the rare mount drop from the final boss – those were fun little additions that really added some extra flavor to SoD.

The real star of this phase was the FFA PvP Blood Moon Event in STV. The WoW Classic Developers really cooked with this one, and it really added such a level of crazy wonderful gameplay to the world. Going in and grabbing 4 other guildies and trying to claim a spot as ours as we fended off hundreds of other players… it clicked – it felt like a World of WARcraft. It will be one of my top WoW memories.

Phase 3 – Sunken Temple & Incursions

The cursed incursions and the Sunken Temple. I had to stop myself from providing feedback on what I think could be done differently. I was one of the weirdos that liked the move to 20 man raiding. We got to experience raid wipes from hunters (Ashketchum) pre-pulling bosses, people falling into holes due to poor positioning (Ragepuffs) and ghosts clapping cheeks of priests in melee range (Rexba).

Was this phase my least favorite? God yes. Nothing brings people together quite like suffering. This phase really helped shaped the core of our Merry Band of Re… greters.

We made the jump to transfer to a PvE server at the end of Phase 3, and I’m happy we did.

Phase 4 – Molten Core

The phase we thought we had all had been waiting for. In raiding, there are DPS and Heal checks. Phase 4 was an organization & logistics check. As much of a pain in the ass it was to make sure everyone was attuned, and to get all the fire resistance gear – I was so proud when we got to kill the Fiery Meatball on Heat lvl 3 – it also helped show me who was willing to go the distance in preparation.

We always joked about how we wanted to jump off the ledge that overlooks Golemagg and kill him that way. “It’s a shortcut,” everyone giggled, lying through their teeth. One night, we took that shortcut.

After tossing the idea around, it sounded like everyone was onboard with it. Ziffy was so hyped, “Alright we’re doing this!” He looked so majestic with his demonic wings fluttering behind him. There had been no ready check or pull timer – and we all hastened to yeet ourselves off the cliff after him.

Uh, we wiped. We were laughing the entire time at the silliness of the whole thing. We got close on our first attempt, too! On our second attempt, with everyone prepared *cough* we leapt again, and won. It was so stupid. I loved it.

Phase 5 – Zul’Gurub & Blackwing Lair

There have been times, as a guild master, I would feel bad at laughing at something that I should probably be correcting or not encouraging. Being “Gift of Gobbed” or “Wanded” (the Halloween wands that turn you into something different, you perverts) is something some people hate, and some people enjoy.

For me, it was a little annoying, but it’s so easy to just right-click it off and keep it moving. There were 2 former members, Admeris and Badarog who legit would crash the fuck out whenever they were gobbed or wanded. It was never not funny when it happened. You know how difficult it is to sound serious when you say, “Guys can we not do that?” while holding back giggles?

Phase 6 – Ahn'Qiraj

The phrase Rexba Monologues was born here, even though he had been doing them for all of SoD, I love that we eventually named it. Whenever we would go on to wipe on silly stuff, we would start to say, “Can you believe we killed hard mode C’thun?” – we would go on to say that for when we killed HM4 KT in Naxx, and Caldoran in the Scarlet Enclave.

Ashketchum was proud to use a Void-Touched Emblem on his Larvae of the Great Worm. We would go on to joke that it was a Void-Touched fleshlight.

Phase 7 – Naxxramas & Karazahn Crypts

The first few times running Karazahn Crypts would go on to be one of my top WoW memories, next to the blood moon STV event. Yes, it was buggy, but God did it feel like what we had all imagined Classic+ would feel like. The vibes were right, and it was just so cool to explore and discover it with everyone for the first time. The attunement was slightly annoying to some, but I really loved the creativity and the love you could feel they put into it to make it feel like it belonged in the world, and not just slapped there.

Pushing progression on hard mode 4 in Naxxramas – I touched on this earlier, but on Sapphiron, we were about to give up and bump it back down to HM3 because of the amount of wiping we were doing. Aloki promised us that he would post his wife's boobies (cleavage shot, non-nude) if we killed Sapph HM4 on the next pull.

It was as if suddenly everyone did a posture check and a line of cocaine. I’ve not once seen the guild lock in so hard and so quickly. We killed Sapphiron that next pull. It wasn’t even close. What a bunch of perverts. The discord erupted in cheers and laughter, and of course, calls for Aloki to honor his debt.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that for our first KT HM4 kill, the only reason we did kill him was because while Ziffy was mind controlled (and being the last man standing), his felguard ended up killing KT. A win is a win. His felguard would go on to be known as The Hero of Azeroth.

Phase 8 – Scarlet Enclave

It’s difficult for me to determine if Phase 8 is my favorite because it’s the most recent one and last one. I love it. It felt like the World of Warcraft Classic team wanted to write us a love letter. It was as if to say, “this was amazing, we don’t want it to be over, we want to show you everything we’ve learned and what we can do in the future. Let us show you our lessons learned.”

They really fucking cooked. Was it perfect? Nah. Did it feel like Classic+ material? Fuck yes. You could feel the love and the fan service they poured into the Scarlet Enclave area and the raid itself. The pace of the raid was excellent, with just the right level of challenging.

As we pushed progression through the Scarlet Enclave, each victory tasted sweeter. You could really feel the guild locking in and attempting their best. With the traditional Tuesday and Thursday raid days, we were thrilled when we got the chance to spend an entire Thursday locked in and ready to kick Caldoran’s ass. Each pull, we got better and better. At one point, the person who needed the Caldoran kill for his Ashbringer (Shears), disconnected during the final phase. We were so confident that Caldoran was dying that night anyways. Without hesitation, we wiped on purpose. When Shears re-connected, we flawlessly defeated Caldoran.

The cheers in discord and the taste of victory were damn near euphoric.

It was a beautiful swan song for Season of Discovery.

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This is tough. I’m a sentimental person – if you couldn’t tell by a website I made to gather everyone’s stories of their time in SoD.

Rexba – Co-Leader
My strong suits were running the day-to-day guild stuff, organizing the discord, defining who we were and what we wanted to be, being the bad guy when needed, and making tough decisions.

Rexba was the brains, the voice of calm, and the anchor that kept us grounded. Someone I, and many others, could go to for advice, and he would always offer his unbiased opinion.

We both had the same vision for the guild:

1. Keep things fun.
2. It’s a game, not a job, but try to coach where we could. (This was difficult to balance).
3. Have an environment where you would look forward to logging into and playing in.
4. Have a loot system that’s fair, relatively hands off, self-regulating, free from perceived corruption, and transparent.
5. Have a consistent raid schedule. Lives are busy, consistency is key.
6. Try to put others before ourselves. Too many guilds have leadership where there is a perceived level of corruption or bias. We didn’t ever want that here.

Thank you so much for co-running this guild with me. I think we made an excellent team. I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that I would’ve burnt out long before ever seeing Phase 8. Raid leading is a thankless task, and in my eyes, you’ve 99 avg parsed as a raid lead. Thank you for filling in the gaps during times I started checking out, for stopping me from gkicking folks whenever I was upsetti spaghetti.

Guild Veterans
The “youngest” guild veteran has been with us for 7 months. The rest of you, it’s been 10 months or longer. You guys are the core of Regret. That sounds kinda funny. Core of Regret… lol. You have helped make this guild something amazing.

• Ashketchum – Phase 1 OG – You know the only reason I put up with your gray parses and raid wipes was because you’re my cousin, right? I love ya, though. I, and most of the other hunters and shaman, appreciate you for being the scapegoat for most raid wipes or extra trash pulls. You’re my favorite lil roleplayer.
• Fullofowls – Phase 1 OG – You’re a hoot. Thank you for being someone that’s consistent, dependable, and bringing your quirky, calm sense of humor when we need it. It’s probably a good thing you kept turning down being an officer, eh?
• Turboblast – Phase 1 OG – Rexba and I had our doubts that you’d stick it out. You’d disappear for what felt like months at a time, but you always came back. I didn’t think you’d outlast Stardragon, and I’m glad I was wrong. You’re really poggers.
• Aloki – Phase 1 OG – If all hunters were like you, they wouldn’t be as stigmatized. Your happy go lucky golden retriever energy is poggers. Thanks for helping us prog HM4 Naxx 😉. You should’ve probably stayed ranged, though. <3
• Jujaba – Phase 1 OG – One of the main reasons we’ll be going alliance for classic+ is for showing us the importance of totem management. For real, I don’t know how you died, you were totally not standing in it. Game is bugged.
• Skeezelord – Phase 1 OG – Such a shy lil guy, I wish you talked more in voice chat, but to each their own. You never let us down, and we could always depend on you to show up! That alone is a feat.
• Surtain – End of Phase 1 OG – Rexba and I still talk about how he never got the staff from Blackfathom Deeps. When you and Rescue joined and won it during the last 2 raids, we came up with our SR Point system. You’re one of the few gkicks I ended up <Regret>ing, but I’m so thankful you found your way back to us.
• Vuhduh – You’re such a lovable troll. Ashketchum could never keep up with your skinning techniques.
• Jasmiller – You’re the reason I understand why you don’t piss off a Canadian. Thanks for being my beautiful little angry goose when I needed it, even if I didn’t agree with it at the time.
• Ziffy – Thanks for being such a great father to the Hero of Azeroth. I didn’t know players could get zooted and not perform like dogwater.
• Zakje – If Jasmiller is our attack goose, you’re the spicy baguette cheering from the breadbasket.
• Drazi – A level-headed person in the sea of chaos. Soft-spoken and dependable. You would’ve been the “warlock class lead” if Ziffy didn’t bribe so well.
• Forditude – Basically Drazi’s twin brother (in terms of being soft-spoken and dependability). Being a healer is a thankless job, and you’ve stuck with it, with us, since Molten Core.
• Sraehs – I remember stumbling over your name the first couple of times I said it out loud, and I felt like such an idiot when someone said, “It’s just ‘shears’ backwards.” Thanks for bringing that Australian Outback adventure I didn’t know I needed in my life.
• Fenris – You’re definitely a furry. Thank you for being a fellow healer with us, and for always showing up. It’s a shame you didn’t start using your mic until Phase 7 or 8, but we finally got ya out of that shell!
• Louda – A veteran in the guild.

I’m forcing myself to stop writing. I could do a little thing for each member.

Thank you for making the Season of Discovery such an amazingly wonderful experience.