Curse

Demigod Heracles · Jun 27, 2009, 10:18 PM // 22:18

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Originally Posted by Still Number One

Rumor has it that Ackmed had to go and they didn't invite his replacement to the guild in time. No 8 members = forfeit. Sad too because I was pulling for them all month.

confirmed - i was supposed to replace ackmed and i was too busy rolling and getting vented up to remember

Still Number One · Jun 27, 2009, 10:24 PM // 22:24

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Originally Posted by Demigod Heracles

confirmed - i was supposed to replace ackmed and i was too busy rolling and getting vented up to remember

It sucks but stuff like this happens. I just hope they don't disband, and come back next month looking even stronger than they did this month.

Lykan · Jun 27, 2009, 10:35 PM // 22:35

the lesser of 2 evils

Div · Jun 27, 2009, 11:55 PM // 23:55

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Originally Posted by Still Number One

It sucks but stuff like this happens. I just hope they don't disband, and come back next month looking even stronger than they did this month.

uP's lost to the join button twice in the last three monthlies. They'll be back for revenge.

deluxe · Jun 28, 2009, 12:11 AM // 00:11

Byob for life! Yet another poopie, almost silver for random builds.

Ouch!

Phelann · Jun 28, 2009, 12:14 AM // 00:14

Was that fire ele / corrupt enchantment build that alot of europe seemed to be using around pre monthly? that was the first I saw of it

also wtf dP

Motoko · Jun 28, 2009, 12:17 AM // 00:17

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Originally Posted by Phelann

Was that fire ele / corrupt enchantment build that alot of europe seemed to be using around pre monthly? that was the first I saw of it

As much as people were addicted to the dual fire ele build the past month... It seems the hex pressure was the best bet this mAT. Especially the map rotation. For split to be successful you needed to fight a team that made at least 1 screw up while your team played flawlessly.

I Angra I · Jun 28, 2009, 12:53 AM // 00:53

tbh I don't think the current split builds need to play flawlessly at all. In fact, it's quite forgiving on mistakes when playing vs an 8v8 build as long as it's not like your monks full wiping to hex pressure. You run around and take some deaths and keep running around and have tons of chances to try and draw out a mistake from the other team. And as soon as the other team makes one mistake, your split has so much damage output that the lord is dead before anything can respond. Fire eles are too OP, zzzz.

Also the 1 corrupt/1 fire ele build is confusing. It doesn't seem like it is very effective in any one area, but it seems to handle splits really well because of the necro and is able to pressure 8v8 too. I guess it's sort of a build designed to handle multiple things but not be great in any one thing, unlike most other builds currently.

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Originally Posted by Derelict Daily

High Ping Victims [FFS] won by forfeit in round 6 of the swiss, and then again in the first round of the playoffs. Just bizarre!

sup and StS are playing, rawr vs Cry, yumy vs hent

They didn't win by forfeit in the 6th swiss round, we played them that round for silver spot. It was a pretty close match but we ended up not being able to accomplish enough on split before they wiped our monks at a good time like 20 minutes in.

I'm pretty sure they only won by forfeit once against uP in the single elims, though I may have missed another time also, I dunno.

lord of all tyria · Jun 28, 2009, 01:02 AM // 01:02

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Originally Posted by I Angra I

Also the 1 corrupt/1 fire ele build is confusing. It doesn't seem like it is very effective in any one area, but it seems to handle splits really well because of the necro and is able to pressure 8v8 too. I guess it's sort of a build designed to handle multiple things but not be great in any one thing, unlike most other builds currently.

Does that mean it is now honour balanced build?

MMSDome · Jun 28, 2009, 01:17 AM // 01:17

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Originally Posted by lord of all tyria

Does that mean it is now honour balanced build?

We let Euro's think all their bar's are balanced so they stop crying.

I Angra I · Jun 28, 2009, 01:25 AM // 01:25

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Originally Posted by lord of all tyria

Does that mean it is now honour balanced build?

If that old lingering/weaken knees/2 fire eles/ranger build was also honor balanced because it dealt with split effectively and could both split and pressure 8v8, then sure. D:

Div · Jun 28, 2009, 02:48 AM // 02:48

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Originally Posted by Gladiator Motoko

As much as people were addicted to the dual fire ele build the past month... It seems the hex pressure was the best bet this mAT. Especially the map rotation. For split to be successful you needed to fight a team that made at least 1 screw up while your team played flawlessly.

Hexes were powerful because of the lack of a dominant flagger bar with solid party heals after just about every skill on the E/Rt bar got nerfed. In typical Anet style, they gave us a week's time to test builds (which generally equates to 2 days of actual play, or 0-1 for some guilds). I went through 5 different elites and 7 different bars in 10 matches this mAT because I've only done one full AT since the update and was still trying to figure out the best bar to run...

Woo for using the mAT to test builds!

Still Number One · Jun 28, 2009, 02:57 AM // 02:57

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Originally Posted by holymasamune

In typical Anet style, they gave us a week's time to test builds (which generally equates to 2 days of actual play, or 0-1 for some guilds). I went through 5 different elites and 7 different bars in 10 matches this mAT because I've only done one full AT since the update and was still trying to figure out the best bar to run...

Woo for using the mAT to test builds!

I tried arguing that point in riverside about why delaying skill updates negatively effects the mat's but no one seemed to want to listen and instead insisted I stop whining and be thankful they even do skill updates. Maybe if someone who wasn't a complete unknown said something about that people would listen, then again...I doubt it.

Div · Jun 28, 2009, 03:03 AM // 03:03

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Originally Posted by Still Number One

I tried arguing that point in riverside about why delaying skill updates negatively effects the mat's but no one seemed to want to listen and instead insisted I stop whining and be thankful they even do skill updates. Maybe if someone who wasn't a complete unknown said something about that people would listen, then again...I doubt it.

The general populace in Riverside isn't exactly known for its intellect. Some people just don't get it, and some others haven't developed the mental capability of comprehending anything beyond the surface. And I don't blame them. People just want the game to be as easy as possible, and never having skill updates along with superbuffed PvE items makes that possible.

lutz · Jun 28, 2009, 07:20 AM // 07:20

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Originally Posted by Gladiator Motoko

As much as people were addicted to the dual fire ele build the past month... It seems the hex pressure was the best bet this mAT. Especially the map rotation. For split to be successful you needed to fight a team that made at least 1 screw up while your team played flawlessly.

Hex pressure?
There's one character with hexes on it, and 0 aoe hexes.

bitchbar player · Jun 28, 2009, 11:47 AM // 11:47

you must have watched a different MaT because i have seen alot of vor mesmers and corupt necro's with fainth and stuff. maybe you only watched frozen and uncharted where fire ele's where the meta.

sweet555 · Jun 28, 2009, 11:50 AM // 11:50

ugh cant believe cry won again, even though they played well... think uP had a shot if that crap didnt happen...

Jeydra · Jun 28, 2009, 02:50 PM // 14:50

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Originally Posted by I Angra I

We should have gotten silver but we played a really terrible game on imperial and made the wrong build choice. ;c

Laaaaame.

Hey you got to give us credit for successfully splitting on Imperial

... although we sucked in our two matches on Meditation ...

Sierraa · Jun 28, 2009, 03:40 PM // 15:40

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Originally Posted by Jeydra

Hey you got to give us credit for successfully splitting on Imperial

... although we sucked in our two matches on Meditation ...

If only you knew what our vent sounded like right before the match. "They're retarded if they split on imperial." :P Oops.

You just got tomahawked · Jun 28, 2009, 08:00 PM // 20:00

VD now has had silver and bronze cape. To complete the trilogy we need gold. Oh baby.