WM and EvIL defeat devs at G-Star tournament, will return for GW2

[shawn]

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...098#post985098

I wasn't there but I can confirm that what we at ANet heard was that the Warmachine/Last Pride team won vs. Karl, Izzy and some NCSoft employees. Karl and Izzy are the only "PvP experts" that we sent to G-Star, they will of course be asked to fall on their swords when they get back into the office to atone for their disgrace.

WOW! I just heard that our #ArenaNet #PvP team lost to old school #GuildWars War Machine & Last of Pride members @Gstar_GameShow!

The vid of the final tournament matches may not have been posted yet, from what I can tell. It's 11:30pm here and I have to go to work, but I'll keep this thread updated with any new vids I find when I get back in the morning.

[Lady Rhonwyn]

So, a group of players beat the devs in a game that the players have never really played and the devs did? Good job, WM/Last Pride!

[shawn]

Yeah, exactly. High end Korean players. For what it's worth, the group composed of QQ + others also made it to the finals at PAX. Coincidence, or does the gw1 experience translate to a gw2 advantage? I guess only time will tell.

[Lensor]

That is really cool. I do hope they will come back to competitive GW2 play :)

I would say that the advantage from GW1 is probably stuff like recognizing profession aesthetics and being used to weapon swapping and "limited hot bar" play. For the most part though I expect them just being excellent PvP players, and having a strong group, is their main advantage.

[Vana]

Yeah, exactly. High end Korean players. For what it's worth, the group composed of QQ + others also made it to the finals at PAX. Coincidence, or does the gw1 experience translate to a gw2 advantage? I guess only time will tell.

The biggest advantage is probably their experience playing in an environment where communication was such a big focus. Seems to be equally important in GW2.
This does suggest that GW2 has been made very intuitive to play (at least to old GW players) in terms of controls and skill usage, though, which is awesome.
Crazy koreans.

[Akirai Annuvil]

Good for them.

[Lady Rhonwyn]

The biggest advantage is probably their experience playing in an environment where communication was such a big focus. Seems to be equally important in GW2.
This does suggest that GW2 has been made very intuitive to play (at least to old GW players) in terms of controls and skill usage, though, which is awesome.

This implies that the best player will win, not so much the player with the most hours behind them... (hours played doesn't always imply knowledge gained...) Tactics is just as important (if not more important) as knowing your skills...

[Alaris]

A GW1 advantage might also be present in that the balance is probably closer to GW2 than current MMOs. Although GW2 is a bit closer to fps games, there is still the dynamics of conditions etc. This might help in 2vs2 and 3vs3.

[Ryuujinx]

This makes me happy, I loved watching them play way back in GW1.

[kokabel]

Amazing. That was so fun to watch... can't wait until I can play it!