I'm just starting up a blog here so I can add stuff fast with comments or edits. There is no Internet access on the computers for us Gamers so ATM I'm paying for it, $0.50 every minute! The hotel/resort is super sweet, and so is the weather. We must go to the mall now however and buy converters for both the power supply at the hotel room and a PS2/USB converter for our keyboards.
Some problems regarding the WoW tournament: You can't enchant anything, except healing on helm. You can't choose race, only faction. So our warrior will be forced to play Human. Mages don't have the highest rank of Conjure Bread, however they have added arena water now. There is some kind of tournament addon installed that gives stuff like movable unit frames and neat stuff like that, but: It also gives you focus target casting bar. This is IMO 100% bullcrap. Stuff like that removes alot of skill from the game.
FIRST EDIT:
Fygg! When i saved my edit of the blog it removed like 75% of it. Already upset after our loss in our first game I am now close to shooting myself in the head. Should I try to rewrite or just let it be? Hmm. Let's do a fast recap:
We were under the impression that we had to use the tournament addon. Apparently this is only true if you play on stage, we now know after complaining after the game to the head admin. As there is no warmup play allowed I got very confused during the games and in the last one I didn't even know that oteus was low on health. I also spamed dispell trying to remove buffs that actually was my party memmbers target. So frustrating. Next game I can use my dear default UI though, if it's not on stage we play.
I also wonder how they manage to get 300-500 ping on a LAN. And freezing cold inside, in Texas. That's good work right there! Anyway, we played vs a 3 dps setup and we won 2 games quite easy but the other 3 Oteus just insta died or close to it. Thats just how it goes in 3vs3 I guess. But we should of course not have lost that match anyway. We feel ashamed for losing. Next game we will win, we must win.
We are playing very soon I think. Do or die. If we lose now you might never ever hear from me again. QQ
SECOND EDIT
We won our second game with 3-0, phew. We played much better now, mainly thanks to no shitty tournament addon. Lets keep this up, I'd say. Think we are facing a team in the next round that use the same setup as us, so that game we should/must win. If we win that one I might be able to walk with my head up straight again. :)
I'll be back with an update after our next game, 4 hours from now or so.
THIRD EDIT:
Yeehaaa! We won again. 3-0 against a team using the same setup as we did. It was nice games and they were not bad at all, just one level below us. Tomorrow we face another team I have no info about, if someone CBA and do some research on them troguh Armory it would be nice. I'm just borrowing a computer for a couple of minutes every time so I can update this blog etc.
BTW: First night we spent in a very nice club, getting free beer and everything from a very friendly bartender. Yesterday we went to a huge mall (together with Check Six, Pandemic and Insurrection) doing what Americans do. We ate crapy fast food and watched Transformers in a HUGE movie teather. Tonight we probably will visit the arcade hall and have a couple of drinks/beer while playing some silly game with toy guns. \o/
SATURDAY EDIT:
We just lost, and are out. I'm not really that upset about it though. It's hard to do better than we did with only 3 players and such limited time of 3vs3 preparation. The next WSVG we will have much better chance to go far. The ones we lost to are very good players according to the other teams here. With a week more of 3vs3 behind us we could have probably won. Maybe.
The sun is shining outside now, they say it wil be atleast +35c outside. Inside it's still very cold though, I'm freezing all the time. My throat and nose are kind of fygged up also. Think I will cure that by hanging out by the pool and having a couple of drinks. \o
Howdy.