ratings shmatings

so, i've done it. i've jumped blindly into a world where i'm not quite sure i fit. a world that leaves me far less jubilant than i was expecting. yep, that's right. i've started doing arenas. and wow, do i suck. some unsuspecting friends who had been fooled by my stellar healing skills in instances invited me to join up. somewhere right now they are probably kicking themselves. i hopped onto their 3v3 team, which consisted of myself, a hunter, and a lock, or myself, hunter, shammy - he used both. we did the whole "mad monday night dash to get our points in" and ended up 3-7, on the matches i played. the thing is, i was expecting immediate doom and death, but it seems like if i stealth in, i don't end up getting targeted immediately. then, as soon as they start taking damage, i hop out and start healing. that way, it seems to take the other team a moment to realize that i'm the healer. but, as soon as they do, it's all over. i have no resilience. zero, zip, none. not one point of it. i'll have to work on that.

somehow, after that painful first experience, i coerced a guildie of mine into setting up a 2v2 with me. we debated on our name, wondering "should we emphasize the fact that we are utter noobs, or that we just don't care?". we opted for indifference, and thus "Whatever with Cheese" was formed. that was even more painful. he is an arcane/fire mage, and a good one. but team us up together and you'd think we had never played before. we tried to strategize. really, we did. we said, "we can sheep!" "let's cyclone!" "let's trick them into thinking i'm a bear and hitting me first!" and then the match would start, and no one was sheeped or cycloned and i'm pretty sure i never went bear. i get all verklempt. he's all squishy. and together we are 0-5. i'm trying to research some druid/mage strategies, and the only thing i've found so far is that....there's really not a lot of strategy for us floating around out there. if we come up with a good one, i will happily share my findings. until then, whatever. with cheese.