Curse

Jatt · Mar 20, 2009, 01:26 AM // 01:26

rawr went 9-1 (27-3)in winning the last 3 monthlies and gained a total of about 40 rating. Considering the euro guilds affinity to tanking there is a chance we could go 9-1 next month and actually LOSE rating. We have now won 10 monthlies on rawr, a milestone that we'd been working towards for quite some time. there is literally nothing to gain by playing again on rawr. THAT is why we are playing on a new guild. We actually have something to gain there (a gold cape, maybe another top 5 ladder guild with the Rebel Rising name)

But now i'll move on to this monthly. Rawr doesn't practice very much as a team. We play maybe 3 full ATs a month, and those are american hours where we usually only play 0-3 rounds. This month looks to be the same. Over the past 4 month's we've played in about 7 dATs and 3 mATs. That's about as much GvG as a guild like KMD does in a week, so it's only a matter of time until someone can overtake us

Predictions:

inside track
[BOSS] -always really good
[Shat - really good
[AA] - very underrated
[rawr] - ???
[KMD] - Pblock
[Badv] - 1/2 sup
[dP] - EURO PRESSURE
[Dirt] - solid

outside looking in
[nH] - build city
[yumy] - no more lemming no more cry
[vR] - remember when they got top 3? - they are better now
[OG - vR that can stay up past 8:30
[Land] - goobden hoobden
[Cry] - Rau = 1 man army
[StP] - know what they're doing despite forum posts which would make you think otherwise
[be] - very strong 8v8 if they can flag right.
[EUR] (are these guys a real guild?) - if so = solid

Stop The Storm · Mar 20, 2009, 02:38 AM // 02:38

so will rawr still be playing under a rawr tag? if not, whats the name of your other guild?

thanks

Silent Treason · Mar 20, 2009, 04:30 AM // 04:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asplode

Basically everyone is getting wind of how beatable we are, and we're ducking for cover to minimize collateral damage while we find the next big imbalance to obfuscate our skill inadequacies with.

The nuances of the ritualist bar.

Seraphim of Chaos · Mar 20, 2009, 05:31 AM // 05:31

i need to find a pretty shitty guild that abuses mechanics and meta shifts so i can suck their dicks before they get trim so they will invite me if they get top 8

(poop trim is low standards even for me)

esthetic · Mar 20, 2009, 07:33 PM // 19:33

1) Shat ....1)rawr
2) BOSS....2)Shat
3) rawr.....3)KK
4) StP......4)StP
5) dp........5)dp
6) cry.......6)KMD
7) yumy....7)nH
8) KMD......8)AA

I think these are safe picks.

Miss H O T · Mar 20, 2009, 11:39 PM // 23:39

sorry nub question here.
smurfing is joining in on other guild's tournaments? as in: rawr players split up over different guilds or something like that?
ty

Edwards · Mar 21, 2009, 12:16 AM // 00:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss H O T

sorry nub question here.
smurfing is joining in on other guild's tournaments? as in: rawr players split up over different guilds or something like that?
ty

No, it's when a guild plays with their full roster, except on an alternate guild. So it's still the same players, just under a different name.

Seraphim of Chaos · Mar 21, 2009, 01:45 AM // 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss H O T

sorry nub question here.
smurfing is joining in on other guild's tournaments? as in: rawr players split up over different guilds or something like that?
ty

basically, if they win it's one more guild that has a gold trim, and if they lose, the general guild wars population (pvers) don't give a shit and the guild's reputation isn't as badly damaged if they get raped brutally

Div · Mar 21, 2009, 01:49 AM // 01:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss H O T

sorry nub question here.
smurfing is joining in on other guild's tournaments? as in: rawr players split up over different guilds or something like that?
ty

Smurfing is generally when a team with their full roster plays on a second guild because they're scared of losing rating or reputation on their main guild by performing badly.

In ladder play, it's often used to get faster matches.

In tournament play, it's often used because a guild is trying something different and are scared testing new things would result in a rating loss of the main guild.

Miss H O T · Mar 21, 2009, 02:03 AM // 02:03

great, ty ^^
also: iv been doing rather well on my predictions lately(got 155 last month)
and i know theres predictions for this month already, but what's with rawr? they're smurfin i read but what guild then? :P
i'd like to put em on spot 4 or smt if theyre trying new stuff..

much appreciated

/HOT

icedwhitemocha · Mar 21, 2009, 05:07 AM // 05:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phelann

Asps posts always give me the impression that rawr is more surprised than anyone else when they win monthlys.

As far as I can tell, Asp is in charge of spreading uncertainty every mAT. Jatt is in charge of defending rawr from trolls.

rapskallyon · Mar 21, 2009, 10:08 AM // 10:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miss H O T

but what's with rawr? they're smurfin i read but what guild then?

In the first post on this page, Jatt explains that [rawr] will be playing on their Extended Edition. More than likely this will be the only [rawr] that you will be able to select on your prediction page.

Edit: This is also evidenced by what dusanyu found Here

shoogi · Mar 21, 2009, 11:25 AM // 11:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jatt

That's about as much GvG as a guild like KMD does in a week, so it's only a matter of time until someone can overtake us

I smell sarcasm!

IMMORTAlMITCH · Mar 21, 2009, 01:39 PM // 13:39

We play 3 monthlies a week.

Lykan · Mar 21, 2009, 03:01 PM // 15:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tamuril elansar

rawr isn't going to archive much this monthly.

They gave up their jobs at the Reference Library?

Morgan Crowe · Mar 21, 2009, 04:04 PM // 16:04

Quote:

[EUR] (are these guys a real guild?) - if so = solid

yes, we are a real guild :P we'll see how the mat goes, because we have our good/bad days and we're sometimes struggling to some builds.

#1 shat (it's so hard to say, how they'll do, because sometimes they lose to not-so-good guilds and then they win to good guilds easily)
#2 rawr (they don't have their own build this monthly, so I think shat have a decent shot in beating them)
#3 KMD (I'd normally put dP over them, because dP just plays more often, but this month KMD played a lot and more different builds)
#4 dP (awsm midline, their backline is sometimes a bit weak, but tho)
#5 dirt (they have tested a bunch of builds and are prepared for nearly any map)
#6 AA
#7 1warrspikeguild - (I don't know yet, which one will be the best)
#8 a guild who plays a strong split build on uncharted - we'll see which one can do this, or maybe vR got top8 because they profit from errors and american ping. who knows.

other guilds:
stp, cry, eur (but we're guesting a ranger for the mat, so let's see what comes - I'm fine with anything, since it's our first mat), nH, boss/KK/now (I don't think they are that strong in this monthly), be, yumy, og

PyrAnkh · Mar 21, 2009, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Top8 in no particular order:

-rawr
-stp
-shat
-kmd
-dirt
-now or whatever smurf
-badv
-AA

other guilds to consider:
dP...is strong at pressure builds
nH...you never know what they come up with
sKy...even though they had easy opponents last monthly i think its a solid guild
FGJ...seems to be a new guild, did pretty well on a few obs modes i saw.
yumy...i've mostly seen them play with guests, guess we will see how they do on their own

Derelict Daily · Mar 22, 2009, 12:42 PM // 12:42

1. Rebel Rising Extended Edition (don't have a clue what they're running right now - but they simply play together better than any guild in the game)
2. Shat
3. BOSS
4. yumy (I think they're the best split guild in the game right now)
5. KMD
6., 7., 8. - still under consideration. I'm looking for three more guilds who I think can win that first playoff game on Uncharted.

leetLoLa · Mar 22, 2009, 03:45 PM // 15:45

BadV is not going well with that map rotation QQ

Aera · Mar 22, 2009, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Woa after one somewhat less good mAT hardly anyone thinks we're not gonna make top 8

Don't forget we don't have Oln now. No Oln = gold