The old guy hobbled into view slowly, stopping briefly to adjust himself as old men sometimes do when they’ve lost their sense of public propriety, then continued on down the street.  As he neared the patio where I was taking in the sunshine and a bit of people watching along with my morning tea, I could hear that he was humming to himself.  He looked up and at me, waved his cane and nearly toppled over.  I repressed a chuckle, but I did give him bright smile.  He took that as a cue to introduce himself.  Erfoc he said he was looking for the SE guild hall, then pulled out a small flask from a rather cavernous pocket.  He winked and waved it in my direction with a questioning look.  Natrually, I accepted.   The  drink was smooth and well aged … like my new friend.  Welcome to SE, Erfoc.

In other news, we’ve dungeoned with Intuo and Wikeon this week and  Hailwing dropped by to bestow gifts on various folks.  Both myself and Fish-stick have acquired full Soft Oak sets with the help of many generous guild members.   Blocking Oralind’s shot has been elevated to a guild sport, Peique continues to menace the denizens of Kwismas Taiga and Fish-stick has been elevated to Proctector status.

With the recent inactivity of Rushu, Superlative Exemplar was none to be avoiding the plague. Governors have gathered once again to stand up for this Ice Age and made an unanimous decision to promote recruitment (yay, democracy. It actually works!)

Let us introduce three of our new Recruitment Officers, big-heart, El-Queyle, and WorshipMe. Congratulations on your promotion guys, let those recruits keep on coming!

Today (well, actually  weeks ago. But it’s better late than never… right?) ladies and gentlemen, I introduce another candidate to our SEED.

Smashing her way to 150 Alhia has made her way to the big SEED family. And her hammer smash I think most SE’ers can attest – oh the sensation of getting smacked on the head with pain. Err healing, with Hammer Ican. But you now have hands on the epic Hammer Sheys! Show those critters the skill you’ve got from practising.

Congrats on SEED Alh!

Good day to you all, we have another SEED announcement to make shortly after our last one! The pandas of panda of SE,  Thyfatone has attained the epic phase status recently. Thyfatone marks our first follower of the Pandawan of Superlative Exemplar. It’s been long… but a worthwhile journey! In the midst of his Panda rivals Thesenuts and Sytry racked through the levels of epic phase, Thyfatone had waited patiently until his time had come. And it has arrived!

Congratulations to the big level 150 mark Thy! Your full class set is available to you now for some more haxage.

Aye, aye… I know I’ve been slacking with news headlines. That’s why this announcement is a tad belated. But an announcement nevertheless!

Let’s give a round of applause to blaow for attaining Protector! Congratulations for surviving through SEISMIC (Superlative Exemplar Initiation…. okay, I’ll stop with these lame acronyms) – a test of courage, knowledge, virtue and faith that all pre-SE’ers must endure to reach true status of the Finest Example.

Ahem, old SE’ers down the back row, stop giggling. Just because we don’t really have it is no reason to rain on the speech.

Anyhow congrats again blaow. You mark our 10th Enutrof in SE! It’s no lie we love Enutrof’s and who wouldn’t! With their wild olden day stories and there uncanny ability to find treasure it’s a win-win in our eyes!

Our very own Hiroe has been selected as one of 3 possible Eniripsa representatives for Rushu in the GOULTARMINATOR tournament! We couldn’t be more proud of our Eni-extraordinaire! She is definitely one amazing Eni, but don’t take my word for it… read what Hiroe wrote herself:

I believe a strong character is one who knows how to combine class spells abilities with tactics and competitive equipment. I am proud to say I’ve been following this belief which resulted in the character I am today, based upon: – Experience: I’ve been playing Dofus for over 3 years. Being level 200 there is no spell I haven’t tried, no mystery I haven’t solved, no trick I haven’t heard of. I took the time to know myself as well as my enemies. – Skill: tactical thinking, able to make optimal decisions in short time. – Very competitive end-game equipment supporting all of the above.

It’s hard to argue with a pitch like that! Now Hiroe needs your vote on the official forums! Click here to go to the voting page. (and don’t let the forum maintenance screens discourage you, keep trying and you’ll get in eventually!)

Ladies and gentlemen, today I announce two special candidates who have gained entry into SEED (Superlative Exemplar Epic… eh, what’s a word that starts with D to make it a nice acronym. Desperado-club). Let’s give a round of applause to CrazyKoopa and Thesenuts!

Upon achieving SEED CrazyKoopa notes, “[I don't know] what to say, I’m flabbergasted”. “flab-ber-gahs-ted“, he corrects. Unfortunately the World of Twelve collapsed into it weekly armageddon known as “maintenance” so Thesenuts could not be reached.

The two marks our scarce earth hitters of SE, long live strength characters and congrats you two!