Hydra’s trip to Belgium!
So I’m back in sunny sunny UK (lol) after two weeks of non stop Diablo 3 action and i can honestly say although it was a lot of fun, although very tiring and I’m glad to be home so I can have some chillout time. Having said that I’ve done anything but chillout since getting home since there’s just one week left of rated phase of TR to qualify for regionals so most of my efforts have been and will be on that for the next few days.
So i figured I’d cobble together a blog quickly before streaming this afternoon to let everyone know a bit more about the trip and how it went etc.
First of all it’s important everyone realises the purpose of the trip which wasn’t just to get first 60, but to gain publicity and awareness for athene’s charity campaign http://opsharecraft.com/. Over the duration of my visit of about two weeks they managed to raise $130,000 for people in the horn of africa due to the increased stream views gained from the Diablo 3 event.
The trip started out with the usual 2hour bus ride to London Heathrow airport where i would meet up with redhot aka mike aka bigbadmike where we would enjoy an english breakfast/tropical smoothie combo.
Moral of the story, food at airports sucks and is a ripoff; but i guess everyone knew that already.
Yaspresents Final Stage Stream
Winners:
Yas Suprise Effect: Khuna (Rogue), Xandyn (Mage), Zunniyaki (Priest)
Second:
Survival Tactics: Shawir (Warrior), Braindeadly (Hunter), Flubbah (Shaman)
Third:
Tag Team Stomp: Talbadar (Priest), Snutz (Warlock), Cdew (Shaman)
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to Yaspresents and everyone involved for putting on a fantastic tournament.
Tournament Hosted by Yaspresents. Check them out and show them some support. For full details on the event, check out our Yaspresents Tournament information post. Today we enter the final stage of the tournament which will be double elimination. For the results of Group A, check out our coverage here and for Group B, here.
Teams Qualified:
Survival Tactics: Shawir (Warrior), Braindeadly (Hunter), Flubbah (Shaman)
IntroDucing: Taku (Rogue), Dakkroth (Warlock), Glyptic (Shaman)
Tag Team Stomp: Talbadar (Priest), Snutz (Warlock), Cdew (Shaman)
Yas Suprise Effect: Khuna (Rogue), Xandyn (Mage), Zunniyaki (Priest)
Matches for the Semi Finals:
Winner (Top) and Losers (Bottom) Bracket:
Losers Bracket for place in the Final:
Final:
PvP Map Blacklist in Mists of Pandaria?
MMO Champion has unearthed a number of new interesting client strings in the latest Mist of Pandaria Beta build:
ERR_PVP_BLACKLIST_CAP - You have already blacklisted the maximum number of maps.
ERR_PVP_MAP_NOT_FOUND - Blacklisted map not set.
This suggests players will be able to blacklist a certain number of PvP maps in Mists of Pandaria. This will most certainly apply to Random Battlegrounds. Whether it’ll apply to Arena is questionable.
In terms of Battlegrounds, both Alterac Valley and Isle of Conquest will be heading straight to my list. These pseudo Battlegrounds are merely PvE features posing as PvP Battlegrounds. The PvV or Player vs. Vehicle Battleground known as Strand of the Ancients would also be an additional member of my blacklist should the cap stretch to three.
This feature applying to Arena is a fantastic idea on paper. In reality, however, it would be ruined by the continued existence of Ring of Valor. A map so despised by the PvP community, its appearance on 95% of all blacklists at a minimum would not be surprising.
While it’d be fantastic to eliminate this map from proceedings, the blacklist feature should not be about players correcting Blizzards own mistakes. Indeed, it’s easier to remove RoV in its entirety, not least to prevent the map deciding the victor in PvP tournaments rather than the players. Blizzard should leave the map in War Games for those who want to experience the abomination, but it should have no place on ladder or in tournaments whether the blacklist applies to arena or not.
How about you? Which Battlegrounds would have the honour of been included on your blacklist? What about for Arena?
Yaspresents Group B Tournament Stream
Winners of Group B:
Tag Team Stomp: Talbadar (Priest), Snutz (Warlock), Cdew (Shaman)
Runner up of Group B:
Yas Suprise Effect: Khuna (Rogue), Xandyn (Mage), Zunniyaki (Priest)
Teams qualified for tomorrows final stage:
Survival Tactics: Shawir (Warrior), Braindeadly (Hunter), Flubbah (Shaman)
IntroDucing: Taku (Rogue), Dakkroth (Warlock), Glyptic (Shaman)
Tag Team Stomp: Talbadar (Priest), Snutz (Warlock), Cdew (Shaman)
Yas Suprise Effect: Khuna (Rogue), Xandyn (Mage), Zunniyaki (Priest)
Tune in tomorrow at 19:00 CET for the finals.
Tournament Hosted by Yaspresents. Check them out and show them some support. For full details on the event, check out our Yaspresents Tournament information post.
Today Group B will duke it out in a round robin format. The top two teams from Group B will then advance to Sundays double elimination phase. For the results of Group A, check out our coverage here.
GROUP B:
Bleached Bones: Mir (Rogue), Skenz (Warlock), Geru (Shaman)
Yas Suprise Effect: Khuna (Rogue), Xandyn (Mage), Zunniyaki (Priest)
Tag Team Stomp: Talbadar (Priest), Snutz (Warlock), Cdew (Shaman)
Multivites: Abni (Mage), Maldiva (Warlock), Karvinen (Paladin)
Matches for Group B
Yaspresents Group A Tournament Stream (Group Featuring Hydra)
The Tournament is over for Today
Winners of Group A:
Survival Tactics: Shawir (Warrior), Braindeadly (Hunter), Flubbah (Shaman)
Runner up of Group A:
IntroDucing: Taku (Rogue), Dakkroth (Warlock), Glyptic (Shaman)
Both teams will move on to stage two of the tournament this Sunday. Group B is tomorrow at 19:00 CET.
Yaspresents Group A Tournament
Tournament Hosted by Yaspresents. Check them out and show them some support. For full details on the event, check out our Yaspresents Tournament information post. Today Group A will duke it out in a round robin format. The top two teams from Group A will then advance to Sundays double elimination phase. Group B will enter the fray tomorrow, with action kicking off at 19:00 CET once again.
GROUP A:
Survival Tactics: Shawir (Warrior), Braindeadly (Hunter), Flubbah (Shaman)
Vanguards Cleave: Vanguards (Paladin), Mes (Death Knight), Sodah (Priest)
IntroDucing: Taku (Rogue), Dakkroth (Warlock), Glyptic (Shaman)
Baylyfe: Salv (Druid), Dicegg (Hunter), Hydra (Priest)
Matches for Group A