Server:Earthen Ring US/SASU
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Introduction
SASU is an Alliance raiding alliance on Earthen Ring (US). SASU is an acronym for Swords And Spells United.
Structure
SASU is primarily an association of Earthen Ring guilds. Every member of SASU's member guilds is automatically a SASU member. SASU also has a number of free agents: these are SASU members who do not belong to a member guild. Free agent membership is intended for non-guilded Earthen Ring players, or for players whose guilds are not current members of SASU for whatever reason.
SASU runs multiple raids to almost every instance in the game. Each raid has a single raid leader, who is responsible for that raid. Raids may form their own policies regarding loot, skill and gear standards for raid members, signups, and so on. Raid leaders choose the time and date of their raids at their own discretion.
SASU has one primary bank, which handles money, most rare and epic bind on equip items, and most crafting materials. There is also a second bank which handles quest tokens from Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj and Zul'Gurub.
Every SASU member guild has one or two guild representatives, who serve on the officer council. Raid leaders, bankers, and a single free agent representative also serve on the officer council.
SASU membership currently numbers in the hundreds; there are over a thousand users registered on the SASU message boards, but not all of them are full SASU members. The membership policy is fairly open door; SASU's goal is to provide raid content for all interested parties, and joining is fairly simple as either a free agent or as a guild.
History
SASU was founded in 2005 by guilds including Skyseekers, Explorers of Evermoore, and Templars of Light. The first figurehead of SASU was Ortega, guildmaster of Templars of Light.
SASU made slow progress into Molten Core throughout the summer of 2005. In September of that year, internal arguments and dissension resulted in the departure of both the Skyseekers and Ortega, leaving SASU without a leader. Diallia, then the guildmaster of Lunarian Knights stepped up to take the figurehead role.
In the fall of 2005, SASU began serious attempts at Zul'Gurub (led by Ulveig) and restarted its Molten Core run (led by Ninshubar). Both runs made substantial progress; Hakkar the Soulflayer was finally downed in early February of 2006. Ragnaros was killed later that spring.
By that time, Ulveig had moved on to Unified, a high end raiding guild, and two new Zul'Gurub runs were created to fill the void. Another Molten Core run was also started in that time frame. This set the pattern SASU continued to follow: a loose framework of guilds with multiple raids to any given instance at any given time.
Also, Diallia stepped down as figurehead in March of 2006; Razov of Nature's Elite took on the role at that time.
Progression
As of the release of Burning Crusade, SASU has completely cleared Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj, Zul'Gurub, Molten Core, and Blackwing Lair. SASU has also killed Onyxia. SASU raids have ventured into Naxxramas with little progress, and a SASU raid has killed The Prophet Skeram multiple times but has not seen success against Battleguard Sartura.
As of October 9, 2008 (approximately a month before the release of Wrath of the Lich King), SASU has completely cleared Gruul's Lair, Magtheridon's Lair, The Eye of Tempest Keep, Serpentshrine Cavern, and Mount Hyjal. SASU has also completely cleared Black Temple with the exception of Illidan Stormrage. SASU raids have gotten to Kalecgos in Sunwell Plateau, but have not succeeded against him.
