Yeah I pretty much knew there was a high probability in dieing when trying to retrieve against Healer warrior shaman and one or two thieves. But even then I pulled off the odd retrieval. There was one I swear I must have been one hit away from the Vanquisher dying when Shezeral got the kill on me. If only I had gone for a heal instead of a rake! Oh well.
I tried to set traps for you all the time, and of course those were the times you would never gate to me. And then all the times you did gate were those when I was still half way though gathering. The most annoying was you and Denzibah's tag team, I knew it was coming but had failed treeform 4 times in a row, then the chase through Hillcrest, only to lag up and get caught in the forest.

Empire will not be as bold without you I'll warrant. As Khas mentioned don't be too quick to accuse folks of the mass login effect. I saw the same thing when you arrived, empire ranks would swell.

Killing you finally got the gnome-endzone dance, just because you were such a slippery bastard!

Kudos though. It can't be easy when english is your second language especially when in a preacher type role.