Curse

thunderpower · Feb 16, 2006, 03:56 PM // 15:56

I was reading the material published by anet about the teams that will compete in the Taipei final in just a few hours/days.

I am curios if any of you know some of the players, if you have played with them, or just based on the description and the interviews you feel you have something to say.

I will not express my taughts just now, i want to see if some1 had the same impressions as me.

And finnaly, who would you like to see as winner.

dargon · Feb 16, 2006, 06:42 PM // 18:42

I'm aquainted with Paladin from IQ and I'd love to see them win, but I think War Machine will probably take it due to how much time they actually spend playing/practicing in a given day.

tuperwho · Feb 16, 2006, 06:49 PM // 18:49

All I'm pulling for is a US champion!

sleazeh · Feb 16, 2006, 07:30 PM // 19:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by thunderpower

I am curios if any of you know some of the players, if you have played with them, or just based on the description and the interviews you feel you have something to say.

Many of the members of Idiot Savants and Treacherous Empire are regular posters here, some also being Mods.

I'm very much looking forward to watching the matches. Great luck to all teams involved, in particular, iQ and Te.

Chuba · Feb 16, 2006, 08:24 PM // 20:24

Always following the home team, so Go Valandor ! Hyvä Suomi !

twicky_kid · Feb 16, 2006, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Guildy of mine knew some members or war machine. Had them guest with use in GvG a few games. Nice players. Bad english but that didn't matter

Both are getting paid either way. Korea just get sponsers and paid more

Quozz · Feb 16, 2006, 08:48 PM // 20:48

To be honest I find watching any of the top guilds battling it out to be as interesting as watching grass grow. The battles follow a set pattern and frankly it gets dull seeing the same pressure and spike tactics.

Now the low ranked guilds when they battle it out is far more fun to watch. You never know what your going to see and the battles can develop into wild, chaotic free for alls. Not necessarily tactically sound but more enjoyable to see.

I am really looking forward to the whole tournament thing being done with. As a mostly PVE player with only casual PVP, the tournament has interrupted the normal flow of skill tweaks and other minor changes that had been occuring prior to its start.

{IceFire} · Feb 17, 2006, 12:19 AM // 00:19

iQ for teh win!!!11!

Esrever · Feb 17, 2006, 01:16 AM // 01:16

I would like one of the American teams to win, because they're representing my country. I got Paladin from iQ to swear at me once, and I hit Stepn from Te with a hammer in Random Arena once. Other than that, I don't know anyone from any of the teams.

As for who is going to win, I honestly couldn't tell you. At this level of competition, whoever loses is the one who makes the last mistake.

Divine Elemental · Feb 17, 2006, 01:25 AM // 01:25

Go War Machine!

Don't Forgot about Val. i actually have a few Friends in it.
although i live in CA, i want WM To win... although im sure iQ / Te are gonna show us a AWESOME KICK ASS MATCH

im looking Forward
Good Luck WM! i mean iQ!

kvndoom · Feb 17, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

...and I'm gonna miss most of it because of work. When's the DVD coming out?!?

If I can't watch, I'm not rooting for anybody.

I've seen more War Machine than anyone else in observer mode lately, so I guess they have a special place in my heart. Planeswalker... what a name.

michaeldt · Feb 17, 2006, 10:28 AM // 10:28

played guest GvG with some friends, only to see Danjang (evil) playing too!!

(it was really funny seeing him give tips to the guy leading, who was a very experienced PvP'er anyway!! but i guess he thought he was helping out...

)

Xasew · Feb 17, 2006, 10:35 AM // 10:35

Finland all the way baby, go Lamers&Valandor!

I'm finnish btw.

fenix · Feb 17, 2006, 10:39 AM // 10:39

I'm looking forward to EvIL vs War Machine. The way Last Pride played, I think that iQ will have a hard time beating them. Te we're pretty crap, dunno what happened

Xanthar · Feb 17, 2006, 10:46 AM // 10:46

I'm sad to see Val going out of the tournament on the first day, but LuM defeating Te is at least some solace

In any case, tomorrows battles are going to be very interesting indeed! Will we see an all-korean final?

Rieselle · Feb 17, 2006, 01:31 PM // 13:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by kvndoom

...and I'm gonna miss most of it because of work. When's the DVD coming out?!?

It seems like the matches will be available in observer for a while, so maybe you'll get a chance to watch it.

Although.... I must say, GW is really not a spectator game. I wonder what the crowd's reaction was at the live event? Did they have some commentary explaining what was going on? 35 minutes of warriors taking a couple of swings against someone for no visible effect, and then switching targets, along with magical sparkles appearing around people every now and then, again with no obvious indication of what they're supposed to be doing (unless the spectator is savvy enough to work out that purple/green = bad, and blue = good), until the end where one side kills the guild lord during VoD and wins. (speaking about the LuM vs Te games 1 & 2)

Maybe Te's air spike in game 3 was an attempt to do something flashy and obvious, although it backfired pretty badly since they weren't able to spike anyone out at all and mostly just ended up running away and casting blinding flash.

SilentAssassin · Feb 17, 2006, 01:51 PM // 13:51

saw the games, and got to say EVIL will be unbeatable... man they just kicked val its but, to bad I was voting for them

oh well, go LuM !!!

TheOneAndOnlyX · Feb 17, 2006, 01:55 PM // 13:55

Anything that represents America is good for me!

trevok · Feb 17, 2006, 02:35 PM // 14:35

You guys do realize that America doesn't mean United States, and means America, as in western hemisphere don't you?

One of the American teams had players from Brazil and Canada.

crimsonfilms · Feb 17, 2006, 02:59 PM // 14:59

Its called the American Empire mentality

deal with it