How can guilds and individuals claim to be highly skilled, or “hardcore”, when they either sit on a winning server while it’s winning, or transfer to a winning server if they start to lose? I’m sure they tell themselves the server is winning BECAUSE of their significant contribution…but we all know that a single player or guild makes little difference in those crowds. It proves nothing, and requires little of you. Sit at the top of your tier, or jump to a higher one, just so long as you’re a part of a winning team, a small cog in a machine you really have no control over and for which you can claim little credit. That’s the coward’s way. It’s how most players and guilds have been approaching WvW since launch.
Why work for wins? Why struggle against even odds or odds stacked against you? It’s so much easier and simpler to just jump on a bandwagon that’s already rolling at full speed, and then claim credit and take pride in wins you had little to do with. Stop being wimps…get off that bandwagon and build one of your own. You think you’re good? Prove it.
Do you want to prove you’re a highly skilled player? Do you want to show the high level of organization and participation your guild brings? Do you claim to be a powerful tactician or leader? Why not transfer to a server where you can actually make a difference? Where you can claim credit and all the glory and irrefutably prove that you and your guild are one of the best in the game. You don’t do that by joining a winner, you do that by joining a loser and turning it around.
Real winners…those with truly exceptional skill… don’t ride out their careers in the shadows, as a single face in an overwhelming crowd. They don’t spend their time pushing the small loads up the hill in a place where nobody would notice if they were gone. True winners take on the toughest battles and turn the tide. They prove their skills and knowledge in a way that actually shows.
Why pay the highest possible transfer cost just to ride the coat tails of a winning server? You can’t claim to be skilled or knowledgeable or even lay claim to common sense by making that sort of move. Why not pay the lowest possible transfer cost, and move to a server where you can stand apart? Where your skills will shine. Where the contribution you make will be clear and measurable and significant?
If you think you’re a great leader, take a small server, one with tons of heart and server pride but a small population, and organize it into a successful team. Turn around a losing record and make a server competitive. If you have something to prove…if you think you’re good…that’s how you show it. I challenge anyone who claims to be a winner to prove it by actually turning losses into wins, rather than being a faceless winning_player_38902 on a server with the highest possible population.
Transfer to Ferguson’s crossing. We’ve fought valiantly against the forces of the rating system and overwhelming odds for months, and we’ve suffered from the snowball effect that losing causes in an environment where fair-weather players and guilds would rather join a team already winning than build one for themselves. If you want to truly make a difference, this is the place to do it. If you want to prove you’re good… if you are TRULY hardcore…this is the place to show it. Those left playing WvW on this server are the most dedicated, loyal, and stubborn players you will find anywhere. We refuse to give up and refuse to leave our server even with a ratings hole that seems insurmountable and the most lopsided populations in battles every day. Come play with us, make us stronger, and help us turn this server around into a competitive and popular place to play.
Build a great WvW server from the ground up. That’s the warrior’s way.
(edited by Fozzik.1742)
I approve.
