General Discussion

Blizzard has launched the Arena Tournament Information page.  As the name implies, the page features information on the upcoming 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament, including registration details, character creation, tournament structure, and more.

We invite the most dedicated and skilled Arena combatants around the world to enter the new World of Warcraft Arena Tournament. Your glorious victories in the tournament will not only grant recognition and renown for your prowess, but they'll earn your team a chance to win cash prizes as well.

Within a structured format comprising two six-week-long qualifying rounds, players will battle on special tournament realms purely dedicated to the competitive format of 3v3 Arena matches. The characters used on these realms are new level 70s that you create, decked to the brim with PvP armor and weapons. The top teams from each qualifier will battle in regional live events, culminating in the global finals, which will feature a total prize pool of $120,000 -- $75,000 of which will go to the grand-prize-winning team!

Tournament registration is open to any active World of Warcraft account. Registration costs one payment of $20.00, which grants one World of Warcraft account access to the tournament realms for the duration of the six-week tourney. Players will be able to create up to three new characters on these realms, instantly level them to 70, and deck them out with a full set of PvP gear. Then form your new 3v3 team and enter the Arenas, where a whole new level of competitive play awaits you. Good luck!

Read more here.

Uberguilds crying are sweet music to my ears.

Althought they are grossly misinformed, reading them complain at how "unfair" it is that for this PvP tournament peoples get max level + max gear for their toons.  The fact these characters are temporary and only limited to the PvP stuff for that tournament goes blind on these guys...who are just crying.

These peoples crying, they are the peoples who make most MMOs unplayable and unfun to me.  Hearing them cry, especially when they are mistaken, is extremely pleasing in itself.

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Originally posted by Anofalye
Uberguilds crying are sweet music to my ears.

Althought they are grossly misinformed, reading them complain at how "unfair" it is that for this PvP tournament peoples get max level + max gear for their toons. The fact these characters are temporary and only limited to the PvP stuff for that tournament goes blind on these guys...who are just crying.

These peoples crying, they are the peoples who make most MMOs unplayable and unfun to me. Hearing them cry, especially when they are mistaken, is extremely pleasing in itself.

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Quoted for its undeniable truth.

The uberguilds are just mad because they can't win this tournament by farming 24/7.

Look very much like the PvP concept of Guild Wars (almost 3 years old), except it dont cost money in Guild Wars to enter a tournament.

3v3 is very few players i think.

Originally posted by Nasa

Look very much like the PvP concept of Guild Wars (almost 3 years old), except it dont cost money in Guild Wars to enter a tournament.

3v3 is very few players i think.

If the tournament was free WoW would have all 10 Million of its customer base entering the contest...they'd basically have to shut every server down during the tournament to be able to run it.  20 USD scares off anyone who's not a serious competitor.

Its an Arena tournament 3v3 is a decent size for a small team & easier to monitor as well since they'll probably have some serious security on this server to Try and weed out the cheaters.

But I agree...with above sentiments...the ones that are crying over the Auto Uber char for a temporary time ...their tears..make me happy.