Curse

M1h4iL · Oct 23, 2007, 09:10 AM // 09:10

/SIGNED and also /signed to bring back all the Korean guilds back, from the army, like WM, EvIL, ZPZG etc.

*lemming* · Oct 23, 2007, 09:11 AM // 09:11

/signed.

The GW player pool has nothing to lose and stands to gain significantly from a potential revival of interest.

Yue · Oct 23, 2007, 09:22 AM // 09:22

/signed

wtb more champ pts.

Medic · Oct 23, 2007, 09:22 AM // 09:22

/signed. Twice even

Burton2000 · Oct 23, 2007, 09:24 AM // 09:24

Wow I didnt even realise they made videos on the championships they're a really good watch.

/signed for sure

IMMORTAlMITCH · Oct 23, 2007, 10:09 AM // 10:09

/signed

1234

DoomFrost · Oct 23, 2007, 10:11 AM // 10:11

/signed

Absolutely, loved watching the World Championships.

AlsanShail · Oct 23, 2007, 10:32 AM // 10:32

/signed

Grenths Entropy · Oct 23, 2007, 11:15 AM // 11:15

/signed
/signed
and /doublesigned

DutchSmurf · Oct 23, 2007, 11:42 AM // 11:42

Although I loved watching the movie, I think I understand why Anet never used it. It hardly shows any in game action and when it does it almost never shows anything important happening. Also because in many of those matches there wasn't anything important happening. They show 2-3 minutes of a 40 minutes match, without missing anything important. The interviews with the players are nice, but you don't sell games with that. You sell games with exciting gameplay, that movie doesn't show any of that.
About doing another championship... Well, I doubt any new players will start playing the game because of it. Some old players might come back, but those won't give Anet any money. While organizing another championship will cost them a lot. It can't be used to promote the next chapter either this time. So basically there is nothing to win for Anet, except that the very small percentage of pvp-players that actually get involved will be a little happier. Also, one tournament isn't going to save the game or anything. It will delay its dead with a couple of months if we are lucky. Is it worth it to invest tons of money into a dying game to do something that only delays things? I don't think so. If Anet wants to waste money I'm sure the people on this forum can think of better things.
Now if they suddenly found a way to make GW's pvp exciting to play and watch, make random grouping actually possible, make the high end gameplay (gvg itself, not the high level gvg of course, only skill can take you there) actually accessible, then maybe a new tournament would be worth it. Maybe. But I have to say, great post and if it actually has any result, I will be the first to say I was wrong.

Paul McKenna · Oct 23, 2007, 11:51 AM // 11:51

/signed
great idea

Railin · Oct 23, 2007, 11:57 AM // 11:57

/signed if it has a RA WC too. Now that would be funny.

Heinrich · Oct 23, 2007, 12:31 PM // 12:31

/signed

Gogo WC3

Renegade26 · Oct 23, 2007, 12:47 PM // 12:47

/signed

123213

Ego · Oct 23, 2007, 12:47 PM // 12:47

/Signed

1234

Zabe · Oct 23, 2007, 12:47 PM // 12:47

Signed it in QQ forums, signing it here too

/signed

Drunkn Munky · Oct 23, 2007, 01:11 PM // 13:11

/signed.....

Signation · Oct 23, 2007, 01:30 PM // 13:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by DutchSmurf

Although I loved watching the movie, I think I understand why Anet never used it. It hardly shows any in game action and when it does it almost never shows anything important happening. Also because in many of those matches there wasn't anything important happening. They show 2-3 minutes of a 40 minutes match, without missing anything important. The interviews with the players are nice, but you don't sell games with that. You sell games with exciting gameplay, that movie doesn't show any of that.
About doing another championship... Well, I doubt any new players will start playing the game because of it. Some old players might come back, but those won't give Anet any money. While organizing another championship will cost them a lot. It can't be used to promote the next chapter either this time. So basically there is nothing to win for Anet, except that the very small percentage of pvp-players that actually get involved will be a little happier. Also, one tournament isn't going to save the game or anything. It will delay its dead with a couple of months if we are lucky. Is it worth it to invest tons of money into a dying game to do something that only delays things? I don't think so. If Anet wants to waste money I'm sure the people on this forum can think of better things.
Now if they suddenly found a way to make GW's pvp exciting to play and watch, make random grouping actually possible, make the high end gameplay (gvg itself, not the high level gvg of course, only skill can take you there) actually accessible, then maybe a new tournament would be worth it. Maybe. But I have to say, great post and if it actually has any result, I will be the first to say I was wrong.

Dutch, there has been alot of talk about this, and although perhaps ArenaNet is a bloodsucking company out to take all of our money, they have in the past produced some incredible events, even if they were economically strategic. I think, however, that with better marketing, and maybe you're right, a bit more attention to gameplay excitement, that the game could be marketable on terms with Halo and CS; obviously not even in the same ballpark, but I think there is definitely something to say to many who are anticipating the release of Warhammer, HGL, and Fury if ArenaNet were to take a keen interest in its player base while the game transitioned into GW2.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lagg

Honestly, I'd rather have them focus their full attention on making Guild Wars 2 a balanced PvP experience.

Then we'll have new Championships, truly worthy of their names, without even having to ask for them.

Right now I'm afraid a Championship would simply garner too little attention to invest any substantial amount of time and money into.

Still a good idea, though.

Lag, I would love to see GW2 be as amazing as prophecies and the competitive era of Guild Wars was, but I think if ArenaNet doesn't try to revive interest in the pvp community now, many will see GW2 as an extension of the current malaise that really didn't surround GW in say November of last year(though many will of course still buy the game), I think therefore if they truly want to be able to market Guild Wars 2 as well as the first, they need to take an interest in the PvP community, that which really sets Guild Wars apart from games like WoW, and perhaps other communities in general. Also, I think that a new competitive atmosphere wouldn't just bring old people back, it might help create an incentive for those who were only by right PvE players to experiment and have fun with the revived Guild Wars interest in PvP. I think the two communities are not mutually exclusive.

Warmaster Sidious · Oct 23, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49

woot woot /signed

Fril Estelin · Oct 23, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49

/signed

(I'm no PvP player but I feel this part of the community totally deserves that, the GWFC videos were absolutely awesome and I want to see more!)