Curse

Div · Feb 22, 2008, 02:06 AM // 02:06

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Originally Posted by JR

All of the decent competitive teams have spent the last two or three weeks practicing sin split and practicing counters to it. To change it just before the AT would put all of that time and practice to waste, and leave them flailing.

You know, kinda like before last monthly when Anet screwed over everyone who spent 4-6 weeks practicing either eurobalance, eurospike, or dR balance? O ok.

JR · Feb 22, 2008, 09:23 AM // 09:23

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Originally Posted by l Teh Mighty Warrior l

JR in case you don't realize what I'm implying, it means you're one of the ones in the scrub category if you really mean what you said.

It's just straight up bad practice to make gameplay changes before a tourney. No serious competitive game should consider doing it unless the situation is ridiculous (i.e. Signet of Might). Sin split is very lame, but it's not a that bad.

I don't know your gaming background or if you are a particularly competitive player, but based on my experience I can't fault ANet at all for not releasing a balance update yet. I might start getting a little edgey if there isn't one very soon after the mAT though...

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Originally Posted by l Teh Mighty Warrior l

PS: Just for the record, I don't like it when there are radical changes right before the monthly myself, but in this case sin split is so ridiculously queer I can make an exception.

When you start shifting the line and creating grey areas people will start to get annoyed. You can't bend rules based on opinion.

Relambrien · Feb 22, 2008, 10:38 AM // 10:38

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Originally Posted by JR

I don't know your gaming background or if you are a particularly competitive player, but based on my experience I have can't fault ANet at all for not releasing a balance update yet. I might start getting a little edgey if there isn't one very soon after the mAT though...

He's in HGH currently, former Call.

I don't think he's been competitive in any games other than GW, though I could be wrong on this point.

Just FYI.

Captain Robo · Feb 22, 2008, 04:54 PM // 16:54

Skullclamp dominated US Nationals the day before it was banned in Standard (an action decided a month earlier, enacted solely so it would not interfere with high-level competitive play).

If a game like M:tG doesn't ban ultra-gay shit during a tournament season, I doubt Guild Wars will.