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nix1016 · Jul 22, 2008, 04:57 AM // 04:57

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

Joking, right?

Sarcasm right?

Everyone knows that Dwayna's side has the advantage with avalanche... which doesn't matter as much when your teams are random and people can blame the noobs on their team but if you make a TA version of it then things get competitive and there will be alot more complaints regarding the unbalance of the game... which I doubt will get fixed since it's been that way for 3 years and every year people have complained and every year anet doesn't listen.

People don't like snowball arena for the reasons the OP mentioned... i.e. serious players getting frustrated of getting into teams with 'noobs' and casual gamers going in for a few kills getting called 'noobs' for not running the present

Lykan · Jul 22, 2008, 08:47 AM // 08:47

Snow arena is fine, any actual organising would imbalance it to hell. Its already biased to the grenths anyway.

The Arching Healer · Jul 22, 2008, 09:41 AM // 09:41

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Originally Posted by nix1016

Sarcasm right?
Everyone knows that Dwayna's side has the advantage with avalanche

Yellow Snow removes 1 condition ^^

btw
SNOWBALL ARENA IS SRS BSNS

Mr. Undisclosed · Jul 22, 2008, 10:10 AM // 10:10

Fcuk fun, I'm in it for the gamer points. Since these games are worth the most I'd prefer better teams. Tbh you should have foreseen all the "srs bsns" responses because it makes them think they're kewl.

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hah its not designed to be any spectacularly outstanding opportunity for gamer points...they aren't designing these for your titles and ranks they are simply adding a little variation to the normal GW life, just something different, if ur so focused on ur points and titles, ur a tool but thats ok we all got our own thing...not worth making a big deal out of it at all like has been already said its only around for a short time,,,zomg noob team...haha sorry sorry

You're baed, please /uninstall because I don't want you in my guildwars.

RiKio · Jul 22, 2008, 01:07 PM // 13:07

And then add a Gamer Emote.

jiggles · Jul 22, 2008, 01:09 PM // 13:09

korean dis1, when the huge group starts moving hit enter and pray. if your quick enough (theres about a second between them moving and then going into a game. Your guaranteed gamer points.

But yeah id love a TA style system for both here and for DA. All you people saying its only a game dont understand gamer points are srs business.

Skitsefrenik · Jul 22, 2008, 06:08 PM // 18:08

We should get christmas like emotes. r15 can be santa clause >.>. r3 can be the red nose thing

Jetdoc · Jul 22, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22

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Originally Posted by Mr. Undisclosed

Fcuk fun, I'm in it for the gamer points.

If you are doing something that you don't consider to be fun, you may want to rethink why you are playing this game.

nix1016 · Jul 23, 2008, 12:17 AM // 00:17

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Originally Posted by The Arching Healer

Yellow Snow removes 1 condition ^^

btw
SNOWBALL ARENA IS SRS BSNS

In a game where running presents is the key to winning, crippling a.k.a avalanche has the advantage as opposed to removing the cripple a.k.a yellow snow... the time it takes someone to remove cripple allows their opponent to catch up to them, so no it's not balanced.

Snowball arena is a game, and as with all games you have fun in it... and how do you have fun when you're getting frustrated by the noobs you have in your team or getting called a noob by your team? Though I still don't think a TA version is a good idea until they balance it out...

Tearz1993 · Jul 23, 2008, 12:27 AM // 00:27

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Originally Posted by Jetdoc

If you are doing something that you don't consider to be fun, you may want to rethink why you are playing this game.

Because it wasnt obvious that his entire post was joking, right?

Shayne Hawke · Jul 23, 2008, 01:55 AM // 01:55

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Originally Posted by nix1016

... and how do you have fun when you're getting frustrated by the noobs you have in your team or getting called a noob by your team? Though I still don't think a TA version is a good idea until they balance it out...

There's nothing to do about getting angry at lesser-skilled players than to stop caring or taking it as seriously. At the same time, that can forefit your chances at gamer points, so it's a decision between whether having a title or being in a good mood.

As far as the balance issue, you're absolutely right on how Avalanche > Yellow Snow. However, a team's skill or gift placement can sometimes be more of a determining factor than your faction. The only kind of change I could think of for Avalanche is to change it from a Cripple to a KD.

nix1016 · Jul 23, 2008, 06:13 AM // 06:13

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

The only kind of change I could think of for Avalanche is to change it from a Cripple to a KD.

That's actually not much better since KDs are sometimes more needed than cripples in this game - especially in close contact present steals. I'd suggest changing yellow snow to something like:

"remove 1 condition. for the next 10 seconds you cannot be crippled"

Mr. Undisclosed · Jul 23, 2008, 06:21 AM // 06:21

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Because it wasnt obvious that his entire post was joking, right?

I think hes a tad slow :/

jiggles · Jul 23, 2008, 11:39 AM // 11:39

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Originally Posted by nix1016

"remove 1 condition. for the next 10 seconds you cannot be crippled"

id much rather see "remove 1 condition. For the next 10secs you cant be the target of any conditions."

Alicendre · Jul 23, 2008, 12:00 PM // 12:00

Ummm...
We ARE talking about an event arena here, right?

Alicendre · Jul 23, 2008, 12:00 PM // 12:00

Ummm...
We ARE talking about an event arena here, right?

Shayne Hawke · Jul 23, 2008, 01:00 PM // 13:00

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Originally Posted by Alicendre

Ummm...
We ARE talking about an event arena here, right?

Gj @ double post, and are you suggesting that we're not allowed to take it seriously?

shoogi · Jul 23, 2008, 07:51 PM // 19:51

This has been asked for since the first wintersday.

Doesn't show any signs of happening though.

N1ghtstalker · Jul 23, 2008, 07:53 PM // 19:53

we're talking about a fungame and not serious pvp
keep the fun in it
/notsigned

jiggles · Jul 23, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

thats just it, there is no fun in being constantly crippled/dazed/stupid hex interupting you/constantly knocked down. I wouldnt mind daze/stupid hex/KD as much. It's a imba game, anet usually tend to nerf imba things...