Guild Wars 2

Ascii.9726:

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Lefty and I were just talking about this lol

I shudder to think if we’ll be able to hold one tower or keep tonight. This is why the need to get rid of transferring and make people reroll. Either transfer now, or deal with outmanned for the next 10 weeks till we get to tier 8.

Ascii.9726:

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lol

Ascii.9726:

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Nice!

Proumbro.1376:

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

Picture of the week goes to Maladon for his photo titled “I’ve got this guys, don’t worry”

Totally get my vote. In my head I was hearing “You Shall Not Pass!”

Let’s go Coast! Reset Day. Get out of your computer chairs and do a push-up or two, go to the bathroom, get some snacks, tell your mom to tape the final episodes of Fringe, give yourself some reassuring words in the mirror (you are a special person and people like you), and let’s put on our red shoes and dance the blues.

I resisted the urge to Rick Roll here, but as the RP server, wouldn’t it be more like:

Possibly this:

Hey we’re gonna hold a Dueling (1v1, 2v2, etc) event before Reset!

Shoot me a whisper in-game for more info

I watched that whole thing. I want my 3 minutes back plz.

I grew up during that era, I want a lot more time back.

For those of us at work… Score update?

Score update. I just want to say that if SBI guilds are all hopping servers, I hope that the rumors are wrong and that some will consider TC, or other servers that are not winning their tier. Otherwise, this week is going to be pretty meh.

EDIT: The image uploader on these forums suck.

The Battle of Champion’s Demise – Part 1

The supply camp overseer grunted in pain as she fell to her knees at the feet of the two Tarnished Coast engineers. Her armor fused to her skin by the intense heat, and a single hole between her eyes trailed smoke. As she fell flat-faced into the dirt, the engineers moved into the camp, checking for additional enemies.

The Norn Engineer spun his pistol and shoved it in its holster in one fluid motion. He hung his shield from his back and moved forward to kneel at the overseer’s body, his blonde hair blowing in the smoke-filled breeze of the battlefield. His ice blue eyes narrowed as he shut the eyelids of the fallen enemy. He muttered his prayer.

“Here I lie
The same I fell at first.
Give me anything but apathy or love and curse.
Waiting for my soul to stir
And wake, rejoice, and come alive again.”

The other engineer stepped forward. A striped Charr wielding a heavy flamethrower, his fangs wide in a smile, like a Cheshire cat. Only his red eyes betrayed his true emotion. Concern for his friend.

“Aww. Aint no thang, Sceptus.” He said as he watched the Norn’s strange ritual of honoring a fallen enemy. He looked down at his hairy clawed feet, not knowing what else to say, his ears fidgeting nervously. The Norn grunted and stood. Eyeing his friend, Erk Muss of The Tarnished Coastguard. The poor Charr had very little understanding of his sorrow in taking a life. The race of warriors lived for battle, and a death by war was the highest honor. Still, Sceptus would consider no being a greater friend than the great Erk. Always a smile on his face and a joke rolling from his fanged mouth the next moment. The Norn nodded once and turned to study their captured camp.

“Right then. Let’s setup some defenses to the north near the bridge. Do you have any mines left over from the last skirmish?” He asked as he looked over his own supplies. The charr pulled his gigantic backpack to the ground and began sorting through its contents.

“Hrmm. Huh huh hmmm.” He said as he looked at the various explosives and weapons. “Ah! Yes, one trip mine. Oh and this too this too!” He spoke excitedly, his grin wide as he pulled a Rallian head from his bag. “Vulkus said the head wasn’t much good for powering his golems so he created a very nifty poison bomb for me!” Sceptus raised an eyebrow. The necromancer of the ‘guard. What a pathetic and evil creature. To think he was also Norn. He must surely be a servant of The Dragon, he thought as he looked on the Charr’s despicable new weapon.

The Battle of Champion’s Demise – Part 2

“You know, Erk, you can make a poison bomb out of all natural components? You don’t have to rig a Rallian head to do it.” Sceptus suggested. The Charr looked offended.

“Come now my serious friend! This is far more fun. Just imagine the indignation, confusion, and anger as this head rolls in front of our enemies, spewing forth its destruction! Vulkus is a—” The Charr stopped short as his eyes widened and he reached his claws out to push his friend aside. Sceptus stumbled in confusion, hoping the Charr hadn’t tired of his good heart. His hopes were confirmed as a stream of arrows flew through the spot he had been standing in previously. “Duck and cover!” The Charr yelled as he went for cover.

Howls of battle emerged from the treeline as two Rallian humans charged into the camp. One carrying a bow, clearly a Ranger, and the other wearing spiked armor wielding a gigantic hammer nearly as tall as himself. Their fury unmistakable as they charged the engineers.

Sceptus rolled forward using his shield, evading a swing from the hammer Warrior that would have felled trees and split hillsides, drawing his pistol with his other hand and spinning to meet the next attack. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Erk Muss downing a couple potions.

The Charr smiled with glee, raising his flamethrower while pressing a small button on its handle. A fireball spit out with a loud bang and arched into the startled ranger’s body. Erk pulled the trigger on the weapon and rushed his opponent, turning the poor Rallian into a pile of screaming, dripping flesh. He tensed as he heard Sceptus grunt in pain.

The Norn engineer had taken a knee on the ground and raised his shield over his head to block a jumping overhead two-handed hammer strike from the warrior. The shield buckled on his arm and broke in two pieces. Sceptus shook out the numbness in his arm, a snarl on his face.

“That was my best shield, you son of a Dolyak.” He said while pulling a large wrench from his tool belt. He spun it in his hand much like the pistol earlier. He rolled under another hammer swing and smacked the warrior on the bridge of his nose with the wrench. Grinning as he was awarded a sickening crunch, and a startled yelp from the warrior, he dropped his pistol and pulled a huge magnet and pointed it at the warrior. The Rallian flew through the air into the magnet and fell to the ground in a heap. Sceptus bashed him repeatedly with the wrench until the helm caved and blood oozed from the enemy’s helmet. He stepped back, wiping the sweat from his head with the arm still holding the bloody wrench.

“Uh… Sceptus?” Erk said as the Norn looked over at his friend questioningly. He followed his friend’s view to see fifty Rallion soldiers charging across the bridge towards the camp. He sighed, and then stood to his full height, ready for battle. Erk Muss walked over to stand at his side, ready for the wave of death to approach.

“Aint no Thang.” The Charr said with a toothy smile.

to be continued

No, the Benny Hill theme suits SOR and their Golem rushes much better.

Here’s TC coming out of our spawn location:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET5Tx5J_lHw

And here we come heading for Pang camp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo8Qls0HnWo

Yeah, it’s gonna be one of those nights. “Marty, you have to come with me…back to 1985!”

It’s good to be getting old :-)

Ubi.4136:

It’s good to be getting old :-)

It definitely beats the alternative

Sceptus, these stories are awesome. Keep writing them. They give me a unique vision of whats happening in WvW while I’m at work.

Ah the 80’s, a fount of great culture.

Hey everyone. Im an Officer from one of the guilds in SBI.

Let me start off by asking you this question: What makes WvW or GW2 fun for you personally?

For me , What makes WvW fun is the teams you get to work with, the competition you face and the friendships you create in the end.

Yes, SBI was Tier 1 for awhile then things started getting tiring facing the same competition for months and a lack of new WvW material. Can you imagine doing the same tactics week after week after week and knowing your enemy to the point where you mind as well marry them?!! Take it from me, the WvW experience gets very DULL when you are facing the same competition for a lifetime.

My server, StormBluff, grew alittle weary & worn over the months. We all kept our fingers crossed to either face new competition or drop down to Tier2 just to face new blood. And thats where SoR and TC came in and gave us a new challenge again. That first night we fought you guys especially at one of the Garrisons was one of the best WvW experiences Ive ever had and I can say that for many others on our server. Im pretty positive you guys had the same thoughts as well.

Now with the recent annoucements from Anet, everyone is trying to brainstorm, think ahead and figure out what to do before the January 28th deadline. Are people transfering? Yes. Am I worried? No, and you shouldn’t either.

“One” of the main reasons people are transfering is due to many WvW headstrong players not getting along very well with each other. Everyone wants to be in charge and do things their way and what the WvW community needs is more open minded leadership who are willing to work with others. If you want Drama, there’s plenty of reality tv shows on these days to fulfill your needs. But this is a game, and all that anger energy should be used in the battlefield! >:D

Whether it be that some people are transfering to get an early advantage in WVW or to be with other WvW heavy guilds, thats their choice. Just remember that when your on Top, there’s no other direction to go except down. And thats only if you grow weary of the same competition.

Ive seen so many great stories of Servers moving up the ladder after “falling from grace”. This talk going on about SBI “falling from grace” or SBI “dying” is very dramatic and very silly at best. Nothing lasts forever and Guild Wars 2 is still a new game. Things are destined to change along the way.

This game has so much to offer. But in the end,
creating new friendships with other guilds in the GW2 community is a major blessing. And friendships can last forever. Thats all that should matter in the end.

So, with that being said, I strongly encourage everyone to sit back, relax, and just have fun.

My Name is Mighty Tempest and I am in Before The Storm[CaLM], a PvX guild. feel free to whisper me. I’m Always looking for friendships whether your in a different server or guild. :-D

pot.6805:

Really curious to see who has the bigger overnight presence between these 3 servers.

Its not SBI, sadly we never ever have the bigger presence except for maybe from 5-7 PST. So frustrating that we constantly lose simply because we have 1/2 to 1/3 the numbers of SoR or TC and WvW comes down to who has the bigger thoughtless zerg.

But of course nerfing AoE will address this /facepalm

Anyway I think we’ll do okay in T4 or T5

tkalamba.2541:

Sceptus, these stories are awesome. Keep writing them. They give me a unique vision of whats happening in WvW while I’m at work.

Will do!

rhyein.6172:

Score update. I just want to say that if SBI guilds are all hopping servers, I hope that the rumors are wrong and that some will consider TC, or other servers that are not winning their tier. Otherwise, this week is going to be pretty meh.

I’m someone who is of NO consequence on TC, so I don’t speak for the server at all

My own personal thought is that anyone who jumps out of SBI should jump to a server which is clearly outgunned – look at the servers FA or Kaineing are fighting. Or even go help motivate WvWers in Tier 7 or 8, rather than come to TC with the expectation that TC will somehow roll into T1 in the future and dominate.

People should come to TC if they think they’ll enjoy the things TC has to offer which they won’t find on another server which is outgunned in terms of coverage. They shouldn’t come to TC if they are looking for ‘teh win’.

Honestly, as much as I like the like the idea of people transferring to TC, I don’t want TC to become ‘Yet Another FOTM’. And I do not want the PvPers who are on SBI or ANY server to leave their server unless they are so disheartened they are going to stop playing the game.

tkalamba.2541:

Proumbro.1376:

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

Picture of the week goes to Maladon for his photo titled “I’ve got this guys, don’t worry”

That’s one defiant Asura. Maladon, the fact that the Asura is staring them down vs hightailing it sells this picture.

Asura are OP nerf them

Master Race……..

Naznin, that probably explains why our servers fought so well against each other. SBI is a great community server. I rather do everything the game offer insteadoffocusing mainly on wvw. Trust me, after being tier one after awhile, there really isnt much challenge or fun anymore.

I wish Anet came out with a system where the Tiers are re-labeled as groups, and each group has a different competitor each week.

Like SBI vs TC vs SoR one week, then it changes randomly next week to SBI vs BG vs HoD.

this tier stuff is not really fun

Proumbro.1376:

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

Picture of the week goes to Maladon for his photo titled “I’ve got this guys, don’t worry”

This image has inspired me to work on my Asura thief. If we all bring the shortest stature’d Asuras we can to a fight maybe culling might make us look like grass with blades. Or else we’ll at least look cute (and pitied) in front of dat zerg.

Hey SBi and TC! Remember the reset night fight for Bay Keep on SBI Map! here is part 2 uploaded of that 2 hour battle!!!!!

Part 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYRhBIAg5fE&list=UUUhWAOgBZb_OdQ9wGGaF3Eg&index=2

Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOxv38aBA3M&list=UUUhWAOgBZb_OdQ9wGGaF3Eg&index=1

Tyaen.5148:

Ah the 80’s, a fount of great culture.

And big hair …. And neon …..

I’m just hoping we didn’t pull in a lot of NA primetime guilds. I would prefer my queues stay under double digits.

Wait, were there guilds from SBI that transfered to SoR mid-match?

Come to SBI, where our queue is non-existant!
(wonder if we’ll have queue after reset)

Azaruil.3406:

Wait, were there guilds from SBI that transfered to SoR mid-match?

I don’t believe so (could be wrong). I think they are actually waiting for the reset (or just recently started transferring today).

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

That is an awesome picture!

Having been up against SoR for a few weeks now, I can certainly sympathize LOL

I just want to know one thing though… what kind of computer do you have that can handle the culling? Usually when I see that many SoR at once, it’s after I’m dead and they are running past my still twitching corpse.

Kaleden.9386:

I’m just hoping we didn’t pull in a lot of NA primetime guilds. I would prefer my queues stay under double digits.

Supposedly [HIRE] can field 100 players in NA primetime. More than their Oceanic players in fact. Add in [RMA] who is from South America but still plays in NA prime, and the likelihood of other additions we don’t know about yet, and yeah ….

If you guys already have queues during NA prime, I can’t help seeing that getting worse. Much worse possibly. Add in the big WvW update potentially a month later and things could get grim for awhile. Hopefully not.

Anyone on SBI want to take a mesmer and/or engineer under your wing? Engineer is 80, but I’ll get my mesmer to 80 in a couple of weeks if I focus on it. Mesmer is 64 or 65 as of lunchtime today. When it comes to PvP, consider me to be “bad.” But I’m willing to listen and learn. I’ve got 7 kids and a full time job in the CST time zone, but I’d love to actually be an asset when I hop into WvW even if it’s only for short periods at a time.

Maladon.5760:

Nah, we’re fine…

This made my laugh out loud at work. Yes, I get to read forums and get paid.

-Mosslyn / Coral

Hi TC! <3

Aiyumu.3542:

Come to SBI, where our queue is non-existant!
(wonder if we’ll have queue after reset)

SoR definitely started notice this issue, prior to this week it was all smooth sailing. The past week I’ve hit queue in every BL during EST prime time…

Cover Girl.2580:

Interesting news coming for tonights matchup.

Same arch enemies (we know who they are^^), bigger and stronger allies. Good thinking.

Naznin.2584:

Cat Amiss.9463:

yay for people hating on a server finally getting some recruitment after being in 5th place for…3-4months straight now? gg guys

Weve been trying to get a strong community and more strong guilds to be a part of the community and actually stay with us forever…it’s finally paying off…just because you haven’t gotten that doesn’t mean you need to hate.

Nobody from TC is hating on SoR for getting transfers, please read posts again. That’s just not our style. Some of us are bemused, however. SBI has been downright classy about this, in my opinion. They haven’t shown their aggravation much, if at all.

I suggest expanding your sentiment detector beyond just love or hate. Neither SBI nor TC have flamed SoR for this. If you think we’re ‘hating’, I have to wonder what you would call a server in T1 DDOSing another server’s voice comm server or sending their commanders/leaders hate messages and boasting about it.

Well JQ and SoS has always been specially classy.

Gwen here for another update

As of right now , i’ve been hiding in stone mist castle for the past 2 days .. While yall were defending the outer breaches .. i was busy using up all your cell phone mins and drinkin up all yer milk. Those cookies laced with (W**D) goodness were especially good. Right now im currently running circles up stairs messing with your mortars.. instead of shells they now fire toliet paper and candy (the sucky kind).

Ever wonder why your trebs are turned the wrong direction … Your welcome .. ever wonder where your archers are half the time .. well in the basement of that castle we keep a friendly game of poker going , winner gets to keep the supplys . So far their winning but hey its a start. I ’ve just spent the last 3 hours sneaking up on people firing the seige weapons and making faces at them (take that your scurvy Lot).

Wait i gotta go .. looks like Tarnish Coast is making another attemp to get in .. Time to go mess with the vets in the center room again ……………..

TigerDragon.4037:

Anyone on SBI want to take a mesmer and/or engineer under your wing? Engineer is 80, but I’ll get my mesmer to 80 in a couple of weeks if I focus on it. Mesmer is 64 or 65 as of lunchtime today. When it comes to PvP, consider me to be “bad.” But I’m willing to listen and learn. I’ve got 7 kids and a full time job in the CST time zone, but I’d love to actually be an asset when I hop into WvW even if it’s only for short periods at a time.

I’m on TC, but since nobody’s replied to you, check out SBI’ community forum: http://www.stormbluffisle.com/index.php/forum

Please make a post on that forum. I’m sure someone there will respond positively to you.

I’ve also sent you this message with the SBI forum link in a forum PM.

OldRodKS.9758:

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

That is an awesome picture!

Having been up against SoR for a few weeks now, I can certainly sympathize LOL

I just want to know one thing though… what kind of computer do you have that can handle the culling? Usually when I see that many SoR at once, it’s after I’m dead and they are running past my still twitching corpse.

I built a new computer right before launch with the following hardware:

ASUS P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT LGA 1155 Motherboard
Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz Processor
ASUS GeForce GTX 670 2GB Graphics Card
Corsair Force Series GT CSSD Hard Drive
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (x2) 16GB total RAM

It’s not top of the line by any means but it gets the job done. I think culling issues exist on just about any machine to some degree but having an updated system helps.

Proumbro.1376:

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

Picture of the week goes to Maladon for his photo titled “I’ve got this guys, don’t worry”

Why isn’t “Picture of the week” a thing that we do? Can we start doing this? Can this be a thing? Please?

TigerDragon.4037:

Anyone on SBI want to take a mesmer and/or engineer under your wing? Engineer is 80, but I’ll get my mesmer to 80 in a couple of weeks if I focus on it. Mesmer is 64 or 65 as of lunchtime today. When it comes to PvP, consider me to be “bad.” But I’m willing to listen and learn. I’ve got 7 kids and a full time job in the CST time zone, but I’d love to actually be an asset when I hop into WvW even if it’s only for short periods at a time.

I will gladly take you under wing on the mesmer part. and have a friend who would do the engineer. I won’t be on till next Wednesday (vacation) but hit me up on my character, Thel.

If you are looking for a friendly guild to learn WvW in, check out our guild, The Amazon Basin. We are always looking for new recruits!

Ya we’re also recruiting as well if you want to be in a guild. we’re an all around PvX guild. If you have real life stuff going on alot or a hectic schedule, welcome to the club lol.
To us, GW2 is our getaway

beforethestorm.enjin.com

Before The Storm[CaLM]

Maladon.5760:

OldRodKS.9758:

Maladon.5760:

Rising Dusk.2408:

Man, we’re losing people left and right. I live in the EST timezone and during my 6PM-10PM period SBI is outmanned in every single map…

Nah, we’re fine…

That is an awesome picture!

Having been up against SoR for a few weeks now, I can certainly sympathize LOL

I just want to know one thing though… what kind of computer do you have that can handle the culling? Usually when I see that many SoR at once, it’s after I’m dead and they are running past my still twitching corpse.

I built a new computer right before launch with the following hardware:

ASUS P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT LGA 1155 Motherboard
Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz Processor
ASUS GeForce GTX 670 2GB Graphics Card
Corsair Force Series GT CSSD Hard Drive
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (x2) 16GB total RAM

It’s not top of the line by any means but it gets the job done. I think culling issues exist on just about any machine to some degree but having an updated system helps.

Not really. The culling is all server side and has nothing to do with your system. ANET has explained this numerous times. I am comparable to you system wise except I have a 3rd generation I7 ivybridge. Culling is exactly the same on this system as it was on the nearly 5 year old rig I scrapped.