WOW regional finals dated, detailed News
PC MMO News by Robert Purchese
Blizzard has announced that the regional World of Warcraft 3v3 Arena and Warcraft III finals will be held in Cologne, Germany between 26th and 28th June.
The top teams from both Europe and North America will compete for a place at the global finals, which take place at BlizzCon 2009 in Anaheim, California on 21st and 22nd August. Korean and Taiwanese teams will meet them there.
Two WOW teams will emerge victorious from the regional finals, earning USD 15,000 and USD 6000 in the process. We're not sure how much the Warcraft III teams get. Last year's photo shows USD 10,000 as the top prize.
The overall global winner will receive USD 25,000. Gosh.
Spectators, friends, family or even fans are welcome to attend for free. World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King and beta versions of StarCraft II will be open for all to play.
Head over to the official site for videos of last year's regional final. Those players are bloody good.
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Aye, watch a bunch of smelly lads playing a shallow unbalanced MMORPG and winning loads of cash for it in the process. Sounds splendid.
Quite amusing to consider that the majority of these "skilled" players taking part are the type to spout about their skills in a relatively unskill-reliant game, and then proceed to instantly fail should they ever play a game like Ninja Gaiden II. |
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Waffleaber
11/06/09 @ 14:43
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Watched the video. Lots of standing behind a big door. Llots of people hiding behind pillars. Big rush. Big guy kept hitting a smaller guy who was jumping round till he died. The end.
Made it quite hard to see the skill. |
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I always thought this was pretty impressive, even more so when you watch the video someone made which explained all the little things he did to get the kill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrNorOf1bs |
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here is the explanation, if you dont judge that as skill, then I would love to see you do better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8UZR72o... |
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"People who dont PvP aren't going to notice the skill are they?"
Not exactly true. If you watch Olympic runners you can see skill. Simple. Furthermore, I've played WoW and it's hilarious PvP function and so am in a position to know if there's skill on display -- let me announce to you all: There isn't. "Jealous much? " Jealous that unemployed young men play a basic game too much to the extent that they are deemed skilled and are subsequently rewarded for it? I'll put it this way, I'm really not the type of person to get jealous of anything. However, when it comes to respect and earning said respect then that's when my attitude alters. |
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Emilia'sHorse
11/06/09 @ 16:02
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If that is the case Crofto why didn't you enter and win big money? Seems with no skill required we would all have no doubt won.
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There is certainly a good amount of skill at that absolute highest level, but WoW Arena is nowhere near as skill demanding as a lot of other pvp games I've played, there simply isn't enough variety in viable builds or abilities for diverse tactics. A lot of it just comes down to practise rather than actual talent as well as hard work.
I remember playing Season 3 arena on Cyclone EU BG, which was then the strongest in Europe and arguably the world. Got to 1900 rating despite being in mostly blue gear as a shaman and in a team that was just randomly put together. It ain't hard to do well if you put some time in to get the gear and pick a meta build. Especially not compared to Guild Wars GVG which even as another fantasy game was just on another level in terms of demands for teamwork, tactics as well as individual fast reactions and decision making. |
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