Curse

josh axiom · Jul 10, 2006, 12:47 AM // 00:47

http://www.ampedesports.com/news/2542

For the hardcore fans of competitive play, there may be no greater treat than picking apart a match between The Last Pride and War Machine. Innovators at their game, perennial front runners, and bitter rivals, the Season 3 finals promised a metagame within a metagame, and certainly did not disappoint. Having already secured the number one seed for the GWFC Finals in Germany, War Machine was playing for pride, while EviL was playing for the chance at their own bye in the first round of the championships, and a guaranteed $10,000. With the pressure weighty, and money on the line for the first time in an online qualifier, EviL were simply the more prepared, more coordinated team on this day, and will receive Season 3’s surprise prize for their victory. What could it possibly be? (I’m guessing it’s a Gaile Gray mini-pet)

AndrewAtHome · Jul 10, 2006, 01:26 AM // 01:26

GG to The Last Pride, they truely are the greatest. It gets more exciting when there's money to be made from victory. I bet they don't pull out their pumpkin heads and gingerbread shields during a match with 10k of real cash up for grabs! ;-)

P.S. Why would Korean's want a minipet of an english-speaking PR person?

The Last Cruzader · Jul 10, 2006, 02:00 AM // 02:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewAtHome

GG to The Last Pride, they truely are the greatest. It gets more exciting when there's money to be made from victory. I bet they don't pull out their pumpkin heads and gingerbread shields during a match with 10k of real cash up for grabs! ;-)

Ditto

and a Gaile Gray minipet would be kinda cool

konohamaru heaven · Jul 10, 2006, 03:35 AM // 03:35

Izzy Mini pet > Gaile Mini pet any day also it should be gold

Alleji · Jul 10, 2006, 03:37 AM // 03:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Last Cruzader

Ditto

and a Gaile Gray minipet would be kinda cool

If only minipets could be killed...

Zinger314 · Jul 10, 2006, 03:42 AM // 03:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alleji

If only minipets could be killed...

Mini-pets can be deleted.

shadowfell · Jul 10, 2006, 04:55 AM // 04:55

Keep it on topic please.

I myself was very excited to see the last pride win! The decisive factor of the second match really surprised me, but in all honesty.. I think it was the only chance WM had to save any face at all.

yspark901 · Jul 10, 2006, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Besides the season 2 of this tournament.. I haven't really seen Last Pride not being on the top.. Either way, I found the matches to be interesting.

Arkantos · Jul 10, 2006, 05:44 AM // 05:44

I havent seen the match yet, but im happy last pride won

yspark901 · Jul 10, 2006, 05:46 AM // 05:46

라스트 프라이드가 제일입니다. 'ㅁ'//

Silent Kitty · Jul 10, 2006, 07:42 AM // 07:42

Evil didn't underestimate WMs assassins. They killed them both right out, and they didn't get a chance to come back. Assassins are easily underestimated in GvG, but these two didn't get one single chance

Rathcail · Jul 10, 2006, 09:51 AM // 09:51

I certainly am not that experienced in GvG's, but the final sure was joy to watch.

Amadei · Jul 11, 2006, 07:02 AM // 07:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Kitty

Evil didn't underestimate WMs assassins. They killed them both right out, and they didn't get a chance to come back. Assassins are easily underestimated in GvG, but these two didn't get one single chance

And wasn't that cool to watch? I was with a bunch of people on observer mode and we were all like, "... Wow." Expunge Enchantments FTW.

EvIL had a much harder time with WM in the first match, but they dominated the second one right from the start. Both their wins were deserved, as were the ones against Esoteric Warriors in the semis.

Gizmo Loco · Jul 11, 2006, 01:09 PM // 13:09

It has been said that WM hadn't wanted to win this match..if they did, EvIL would finish 4th seeds and face WM in their first (EvIL's second) match. They believed they had a better chance facing SoTW, iB, EW or the qualifying team, and hence wanted EvIL to win. This guaranteed not facing them until the final round when they would already have more prize money in the bank. I'm not sure if it's true though, but that is a rumor I have heard...

J3mo · Jul 13, 2006, 01:11 AM // 01:11

PvP is nice in GW but taken waaaay to serious lol

Vahn Roi · Jul 13, 2006, 01:44 AM // 01:44

I don't understand much about PVP at all, but I have enjoyed watching battles between the two guilds for a little while now, very cool stuff.

Mera Regila · Jul 13, 2006, 08:37 AM // 08:37

War Macine messed up BIGTIME in that last match. They brought two Assassins using Shadow Form as their elite. EviL used Shatter Enchantment on them and they were dead within the second it took to cast the spell. WM shouldn't have used those assassins knowing shadow form was crap and that EviL would have a shatter enchant mesmer with them.

EviL showed a lot of skill in the first round. Both sides suffered losses, but EviL triumphed in the end. The second round was too easy for EviL since WM messed up second round with those assassins, gave EviL two easy kills.

Paperfly · Jul 13, 2006, 09:34 AM // 09:34

Mera: You're missing the fact that Shadow Form actually prevents most enchantment removal in the same way that Spell Breaker does. Expunge Enchantments is a rare skill to run into, one of the only ones that works against Shadow Form*, and an inspired piece of metagaming.

*Order of Apostasy, Well of the Profane... I'm probably missing at least one more. Shatter Enchantment would have been completely useless.

Tien ak · Jul 13, 2006, 09:54 AM // 09:54

PVP is good but to compete with the top guilds you do have to play it 24/7 if you read what the winning guild says it is beyond belief how much they play.

But fair play to them tho if thats what they want to do with their lives = )

Spura · Jul 13, 2006, 12:10 PM // 12:10

WM used the same build before playoffs. They used arcane echo and arcane whatever to get 5 shadow forms in a row. 100 seconds of invulnerability.
I was watching in observer mode and it was full of pve noobs commenting "OMG that is so overpowered..." blah blah blah and so on. I couldn't get it through their thick skulls that shadow form is a gimmick elite at best and that if this build ever becomes popular a simple expunge enchantments will make it suicide to use it, wasting you 3 slots on 2 characters.

Evil knew they had that build and planned on it even in game 1. I didn't count enough skills on assassins, and I distinctly remember seeing signet of disenchantment on one of the evil's mesmers. That is another counter, but can be countered by covering shadow form, something expunge is much less vulnerable to.