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I would say that my biggest noob mistake happened during Vanilla WoW days. My former guild was still raiding Molten Core back then and we’ve been spending weeks and weeks trying to get Ragnaros down. These were the days when summoning stones didn’t exist and every time you wipe, you have to run ALL the way back to wherever you wiped. These were the days when shaman ankhs and warlock soulstones were called “wipe-prevention tools”.

So after 3 hours of raiding on day 2, we reach Ragnaros. The Raid Leader briefly explains the fight for those who aren’t familiar. We all buff up (I remember the days when buffing was only group wide! Talk about spending so much reagents!). Soulstones weren’t given out yet since we had a couple of shammies in the raid.

We pull. Phase 1. Good!

Come Phase 2. We all /faceplant.

But that’s fine. A shammy anks up and starts ressurrecting people.

Take 2! Take 3! Take 4!

By this time the Raid Leader has asked the warlocks to put soulstones on healers. On the second to the last pull, the Raid Leader said, “Soulstone on Veeka pls. Make this pull count, it’s the second to the last!”

We pull. We all /faceplant.

I click the soulstone button, and pop up. I target another healer, click my ressurrect button and wait for the spell to finish.

Spell finishes.

And I get hearthed to town.

AUGH! Apparently, my res button was beside my hearth button and I clicked it accidentally!

So that’s my biggest noob mistake EVER.

Lesson learned: Never place your resurrect button near your hearth.

Luckily for me, my guildmates were forgiving enough that they found it quite funny. Or else I would have probably cried if they started screaming at me on vent.

Thank the geek gods I’m a female gamer!