The Karazahn That Could Have Been

So Sunday I had signed up for the raid early, I was ready, I have spent all week working on my DPS gear and have spent close to 1000g improving it. The guild have already cleared the entrance half so for my first run in kara I will be going in by the side entrance.

There are two other druids with us, one is tanking and doesn't need any gear so I look at the other and he looks like he will be rolling against me, oh well.

Nightbane, man it is an absolute blast. Im DPSing, CRing the mage, innervating the healers, playing with my [item]Drums of Battle[/item] (I love these things so much) doing the druid thing had an absolute ball and I even come 2nd on the Damage meter. Nightbane down. (I actually end up with a healing chest piece that I was pretty much forced to roll on, not that I ever heal).

Clear some trash. Using Maim so they dont explode, Im useful its fun, its sort of what I've been working towards for two weeks. Longer really, since I started the character if Im honest. I get to tank a little.

Shade of Aran. I die early due to concentrated damage during a flame wreath. We wipe, a couple of stupid things. Saddle back up and try again, everything is great everyone is up, he is down to 20% and suddenly nothing is happening, I shout lag and then hear ventrillo close in the background.

No way.

No f***ing way.

Ive DCed, game over man. No can do. Check connection, check connection, connection down, check again, check again. No way man you're not coming back. Check connection, give up and have something to eat. Check connection and I'm back, I'm running, I'm flying and they've downed Aran and thats cool.

The druid lead pushes for me to get back in the raid, they need the DPS for Illhoof. I need the cloak, Im more than happy with this agreement.

He's going, he's going, I'm gone.

No way, wipeout, your nets dead and it ain't coming back dude.

I phone my ISP, cause they are going to get a big piece of my mind. They don't, no ones there apparently and all I get is a pre-record saying "No way man, our lines our up, systems 100% operational, can't be us man."

Try, try, try again...

Illhoofs down, Im in Shattrath (wtf?) two seconds after login the other druid in the raid, the one with no enchants, useless gear links me [item]Gilded Thorium Cloak[/item], rubbing it in my face like. I kinda shut down a little, I wouldn't have minded so much if I'd even have had a chance to roll, a fair chance but I have nothing and I watch as this guy, who apparently finished the raid with less DPS than I ever put out get the cloak I wanted.

He's picked up 3 more DPS items uncontested, but Im out of the raid long ago due to "unreliability" his gear is still probably worse than mine even with the upgrades according to the druid lead.

I just pray they give me a second chance next week.

At least I have my [item]Violet Signet[/item] and also picked up [item]Tree-mender's Belt[/item] when the raid finished and a couple came to help me do Heroic Ramps.

I DCed one last time last night. I had just jumped off the Aldor lift.

Aldor Lift (with ISP assist): 1 - Treebiter: 0