ampedesports.com — A group of American World of Warcraft players made the trip to China this weekend to compete with all the gold farmers for $30,000 in the first WoW tournament. Sadly, the team bears an uncanny resemblance to Kenny/Kyle in the WoW Southpark episode.
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ampedkarshApr 30, 2007
Outstanding report even tho i did not do it myself :P.
abortedfetusMay 1, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://www.teampandemic.net/gallery/view/845">http://www.teampandemic.net/gallery/view/845</a>Dude all the way on the left looks like he spotted a plate of donuts across the room...
zeeroMay 1, 2007
lol typical looking nerds that look like they haven't stepped out of a basement in years.. in khaki pants...and shorts
dmobleyMay 1, 2007
The thing I love most about this is knowing that the douchebags in Notorious really ARE the kind of people I expected them to be. It's almost hillarious. They're known for being a total dick guild to anyone they see, and now that I see that they're all mostly 20 and fit the stereotypical "we're angry we don't get laid" nerd profile, it all makes sense! Knowing that the game is "run" by these 20 year old kids really makes me glad I ditched WoW for better things in life. (and yes, I've been ganked and camped by most of the dickbags in Notorious, and a few of them in the article. You may have ganked me noto, but I'm feeling pretty good about the end result! If only there was the same amount of openness from other guilds!)
bodhesatvaMay 1, 2007
rej1587 said: "Can someone explain the tournament a little more? I can't find any info.What I'm curious about is how this works for an MMO? Is it just assumed that all players in the tournament have the highest levels and the best equipment? And then they just face eachother?"This is incorrect: the players at the tournament won't even be playing their own characters. They will be handed characters whose levels are maxed out with standardized, equal gear. This is only possible because of a recent in-game implementation by Blizzard: something called the Arena. People make an Arena team, and those teams enter 5 at a time (or 3 at a time, or 2 at a time. There are 3 brackets). They then face another team in a fight-to-the-death, last team standing wins. In the real game, you cannot enter these Arenas unless you are the maximum level. As for gear, the best gear available is actually acquired BY BEING GOOD AT ARENAS, meaning that the people mentioned above have good gear because they rocked at the Arenas, not the other way around. As already stated by several in the article -- the system is far from perfect, but it's about as close as any MMO has ever gotten to competitive play, and Blizzard is clearly pouring tons of effort into making it more so. We'll see how it develops.
dhakbarMay 1, 2007
I'm so happy I quit this "game".Enjoy waking up at 40 years old and wondering where the hell your youth went, losers.
kesinMay 1, 2007
Whereas your "youth" is spent calling people losers on the internet? k.
Closed AccountMay 1, 2007
While I agree that we should all exercise extreme self-control and moderation over all areas of our lives, that just doesn't happen for most of us. I just happen to be one of many who have an *extremely* addictive personality. And that's not just an excuse to be lazy and do bad things -- I can become addicted to "good" things as well, as evidenced by my addiction to bike riding that I developed last year. The good news is that addicts like us can also drop the addictions suddenly and completely cold turkey. We just need the proper motivation to do so. I dropped a 20 year addiction to Diet Coke (was drinking upwards of a 12 pack/day) cold one day and never looked back. I did the same with cigarettes after smoking 1-2 packs/day for 8 years. The key is to surround yourself with positive ideas and influences and get hooked on those. Unfortunately, a video game such as WoW offers very little in the way of positive contributions to one's life. I spent almost every waking hour of two years of my life immersed in a virtual world that left me with nothing to show for it except extra weight, a lost girlfriend, and increased levels of depression.
fastchapterMay 2, 2007
Your drama smells like stale Cheetos.
fastchapterMay 2, 2007
Click really really REALLY fast.
fastchapterMay 2, 2007
I still have to wonder how players in WoW can take a headshot from an axe and only take 3% health damage... whereas the rest of us would be kindasortamaybe DEAD.Played the game on/off until Level 70 and cancelled my account. Fun, but not as addicting as people claim it to be.
richeyalApr 11, 2008
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rubio22Mar 23, 2009
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