Guild Wars 2

Took us long enough Sam :P Hide and Seek was always my favorite game.

Flarfle.7345:

To those on all three servers that joined in the great golem jumping puzzle celebration, thanks for the silliness. Was a fun change of pace from a normal weekend night.

That’s how TC sieges the JP

Was fun, especially since we had that anet developer joining us

ykyk.2740:

It’s great how the servers respect each other enough that there is really minimal inter-server ribbing even in the face of a lopsided matchup. So much so that most of the arguments are now between server-mates!

Unlike the server in the previous matchup that went to T1 recently, we all realize that the game is won with coverage. There is nothing brag worthy about ticking away at 500 while our opponents are sleeping and offline.

With that said, I hope we move up soon so this doesnt keep happening to you. After dealing with it ourselves for a couple of months, I understand completely that it sucks.

All you can really do is your best during your play hours and keep bringing the fight, and not worry about the points that happen while you are sleeping.

Sam.3645:

Indo.8629:

Shout out to PINK and AL for being out there doing their thing regardless of the situation.

Nothing but respect and admiration for your persistence.

Appreciate what you said, this week is indeed very frustrating for TC.

Dont get frustrated man. Keep bringing the fight when you play and dont worry about coverage issues you can do nothing about. It is far more fun that way Just keep smashing us in the face whenever you are online.

Kerithlan.1659:

Here’s a pipe dream:

SoR, you guys are going to win this week. No one has any doubts about that. Would you guys be cool with your guilds running skeleton crews on Thursdays so that you can come party with us instead?

I am cool with it, but I think out oceanics that recently joined will want to get to T1 quickly so they actually have people to fight during the weekdays besides doors. So with that said, if it will ruin our chance of getting there quicker, I would have to decline.

hey TC… why did you build point-blank Catapults at NW bay gate ?
in TC borderland.

Is there a score to this battle people are vaguely referring to?

Score @ 2:30PM GMT

Thank you kind Sor.

Well another interesting night in Eternal Battlegrounds. Want to thank LNM, french transfer guild who have been helping us maintain out +75 during the day. I know you guys could just PvE for the next couple of days till Thursday when you flee the server. Dunno if we’d be able to produce any showing during day without you.

Want to thank the militia again, especially KARMA for comming out last night and holding out against multiple attacks. Hope we see you some more in WvWvW. We had a force conceived of mostly lowb’s, which is good. I encourage even more lowb’s to come out, they can help make a difference, and i hear arrow carts are almost like being powerleveled ;D

We’re roughly 50 people prime time, kind of showing how much of a hit we have taken. I have seen that a lot of the older militia type guild stayed, hopefully with their presence we can continue to win some fights and get more people involved.

Reset Night Video on TC Map.

TC and SBI both had me moving non-stop you guys were relentless! Much props to TC on the retake of their garrison, nice persistence there!!

I think that TC’s problem is that some people want this to be a T1 WWW server, with chains of command and common communication networks and daily meetings and what not.

Most of TC is not like that. Most are a group of people for who WWW is fun by itself by itself, not just when we win.

Lately there has been attempts by some to become a pro-WWW server. To be a pro-server you need (due to game mechanics) a zerg-only mentality where people follow orders.

This is never gonne happen on TC. The sooner everyone in TC realises that, the better.
!

This is not true. Whatsoever. There is no grand scheme to make TC a T1 server, nor any scheme to setup “hardcore” chains of command, etc. We are happy with where TC is at, we just want to better organize in a VoIP server (for those who use it) and to help us train and teach those who want to learn.

We love the community, it is why almost all of us chose TC. We want to improve the community and continue growing as a server.

For the Coast!

Is there someone that wants to duel me? This match up is just so boring :/

Score update and eye candy!

Look at that workers hair cut… kitten even i think thats sexy.

How come after we left tier2, SoR reign supreme with 500+ PPT during oceanic time? Did they received new oceanic guilds transferred to SoR that i didnt aware of? Or it’s just SBI’s lack of influence?

GL for the fight btw, Zombie coast i have faith in you guys! Stop them or may be we will have to meet again soon for the cookies i happens to left at the coast :P

28th January 2013 Doomsday calling is what happened to SoR and many other servers at that matter.

Queue times weren’t that bad yesterday. Really happy and excited for the recent population influx. Glad to see that regardless of the score, all three servers remain cordial and are still able to have fun times in JPs.

Do I miss a certain server that recently went up to Tier 1? nah, I much prefer to roll with the awesome folks from TC and SBI… much better company and much more epic fights!

Cheers!

Scores @ 6PM GMT

(Recommended music for looking at the screenshot if from T1)

Tajz.9826:

How come after we left tier2, SoR reign supreme with 500+ PPT during oceanic time? Did they received new oceanic guilds transferred to SoR that i didnt aware of? Or it’s just SBI’s lack of influence?
kitten you SoR guys make us a hard time here in tier1. I thought we could have more weeks to adapt but the rating gap become closer too fast than anticipated

GL for the fight btw, Zombie coast i have faith in you guys! Stop them or may be we will have to meet again soon for the cookies i happens to left at the coast :P

Several guilds from SBI, IOJ and JQ joined us recently; most of them are oceanic guilds. Couldn’t be happier to have them on board

Maladon.5760:

Kerithlan.1659:

I’m also sure that there are people on SBI that are burned out from weeks of rough matches.

I’m sure this week’s match is already wearing a bit thin with some people, especially our commanders who are trying to put points on the board. However, we’re winning a lot of fights out there. We just don’t have the resources available to hold many objectives on the map. Doing well in open field fights is going to have to be enough for awhile, at least while we’re up against a server with such a large WvW presence.

And now a couple of pics from a fight earlier tonight to encourage our fellow SBI soldiers. Don’t give up, there’s still plenty of fun to be had…

Pic 1 – Wow that’s a lot of red names

Pic 2 – Hey don’t leave, the party’s just getting started!

Who is that Choo with the afro?? I’ve been trying for weeks to duel with that guy, but pugs always get involved, same thing with the Afro-asura ganker from KoM. I’m gonna git you sucka!

I kinda feel this is needed to go alongside that picture Durakone.

Doomdesire.9365:

Flarfle.7345:

To those on all three servers that joined in the great golem jumping puzzle celebration, thanks for the silliness. Was a fun change of pace from a normal weekend night.

That’s how TC sieges the JP

Was fun, especially since we had that anet developer joining us

Short lil video I did of the golems and anet dev in the Jumping Puzzle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2KE_UA7Gs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ2KE_UA7Gs&feature=youtu.be

-Seems I can’t get the embed to work

Obligatory “Too bad SoR didn’t get this support when Blackgate was still here!” Would have been interesting to see if SoR lived up to the excuses.. just kidding

How can you tell what gear is my WvW set? Easy, it the ones with the orange/red shields over it.

What do you call a group of mesmer clones? a glass corps

What do you call a necro in WvW? a glass corpse

How many thieves does it take to kill a lord? Don’t know its never happened.

How many golems does it take to destroy a burning oil? Reply hazy, Ash em again later.

Why did the ele’s wife divorce him? Every time he when down he misted the spot.

What did the warrior say to the swingset? DEATH FROM ABOVE!

How do you kill a thief? Spam AoE around the upleveled teammate.

How do you solo a guardian? Kill its teammates.

Whats the best thing about engineers? The badges they drop.

Whats the max IQ of a ranger pet? Trahearn

My Friends , My Countrymen, My Tarnish Coast Brothers an Sisters ,
My Zombies that rise , The Pirates that Plunder, that yak that owes me 20 bucks for the escort, That skritt that Stole my watch . (%^%7).
FEAR NOT THIS DAY , SHY NOT FROM THIS BATTLE …We proud few have arrived on this battlefield with Glory an Honor . We have shown the World on all fronts that WE , TARNISH COAST , Stand Strong …. We Stand UNITED.

The Enemy numbers may stand vast and many , But We Stand TOGETHER.
They make open war and their trumpets soundoff in the distance. The very ground tembles at their feet as they march on our Land , our Towers and Our Keep. Our very Lives Standing as though a stone bracing for the Storm of waves yet to come. We Proud few know the strengths of our Enemy well as well as thier weakness .. We’ve seen the whites of their eyes an extingished many. Our brothers that have fallen shall Rise Once more to meet you in Battle. Our FIERCE WAR CRIES shall carry us thur your rank an file. They Say Your legion shall over run us …BUT I SAY MY ARROWS AND SWORD SHALL FEAST IN YOUR SOULS. I Stare down all that opose us with a conviction that all outsiders an invaders will never truly understand. That any one Man ,Woman or Child that DEFENDS their home is Worth fifty of any who try an take take it .

Kormir Taught us that we are never alone , Turai Ossa has shown us the No Army will Stand forever but it is in what they do now that will resonate thur the ears an hearts of the world . Balthazar , god of war and fire Stands side by side with us .. His Blood flowing Violently in our Veins. The Hell and destruction that we will reign down upon thy enemys as Underworld Prepares to recieve our Bountiful Offer. Grenth Arms Wide Open . THIS DAY MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS is OUR TIME
This I Decree here an now …That
I ,GWEN WILL MEET YOU HEAD ON . I WILL ARRIVE VIOLENTLY AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU FLEE THIS BATTLEFIELD. SHOULD I FALL , I WILL RISE .
{TSF} THE SHINING FORCE WILL BE THERE.
(should be noted that a epic soundtrack was playing in the backgound while typing this)

Ethan Mccloud.3218:

My Friends , My Countrymen, My Tarnish Coast Brothers an Sisters ,
My Zombies that rise , The Pirates that Plunder, that yak that owes me 20 bucks for the escort, That skritt that Stole my watch . (%^%7).
FEAR NOT THIS DAY , SHY NOT FROM THIS BATTLE …We proud few have arrived on this battlefield with Glory an Honor . We have shown the World on all fronts that WE , TARNISH COAST , Stand Strong …. We Stand UNITED.

The Enemy numbers may stand vast and many , But We Stand TOGETHER.
They make open war and their trumpets soundoff in the distance. The very ground tembles at their feet as they march on our Land , our Towers and Our Keep. Our very Lives Standing as though a stone bracing for the Storm of waves yet to come. We Proud few know the strengths of our Enemy well as well as thier weakness .. We’ve seen the whites of their eyes an extingished many. Our brothers that have fallen shall Rise Once more to meet you in Battle. Our FIERCE WAR CRIES shall carry us thur your rank an file. They Say Your legion shall over run us …BUT I SAY MY ARROWS AND SWORD SHALL FEAST IN YOUR SOULS. I Stare down all that opose us with a conviction that all outsiders an invaders will never truly understand. That any one Man ,Woman or Child that DEFENDS their home is Worth fifty of any who try an take take it .

Kormir Taught us that we are never alone , Turai Ossa has shown us the No Army will Stand forever but it is in what they do now that will resonate thur the ears an hearts of the world . Balthazar , god of war and fire Stands side by side with us .. His Blood flowing Violently in our Veins. The Hell and destruction that we will reign down upon thy enemys as Underworld Prepares to recieve our Bountiful Offer. Grenth Arms Wide Open . THIS DAY MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS is OUR TIME
This I Decree here an now …That
I ,GWEN WILL MEET YOU HEAD ON . I WILL ARRIVE VIOLENTLY AND I WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU FLEE THIS BATTLEFIELD. SHOULD I FALL , I WILL RISE .
{TSF} THE SHINING FORCE WILL BE THERE.
(should be noted that a epic soundtrack was playing in the backgound while typing this)

That’s the spirit!

Durakone.5237:

Who is that Choo with the afro?? I’ve been trying for weeks to duel with that guy, but pugs always get involved, same thing with the Afro-asura ganker from KoM. I’m gonna git you sucka!

The afro-asura thief from KoM would be Airspider. If you want to 1v1 him, just give me a shout. I am sure he will be delighted.

Durakone.5237:

How many thieves does it take to kill a lord? Don’t know its never happened.

It takes a theif about 13 minutes to kill a keep lord. Tower lord, significantly less.

Dear Choo,
Grrrrr… thats all I can say.
=)

During Gwen’s speech, I saw Ethan McCloud riding up and down in front of the TC people on a horse.

Score update and eye candy!

Usagi.4835:

Score update and eye candy!

^ I want all score updates to look like this from now on.

RoninDB.9540:

During Gwen’s speech, I saw Ethan McCloud riding up and down in front of the TC people on a horse.

Gwen is my little bit of happy on these forums.

ConradR.6940:

Usagi.4835:

Score update and eye candy!

^ I want all score updates to look like this from now on.

You happy now?

Gwen with and Update.

Maladon.5760:

Durakone.5237:

How many thieves does it take to kill a lord? Don’t know its never happened.

It takes a theif about 13 minutes to kill a keep lord. Tower lord, significantly less.

And it takes a 5 man squad of theifs seconds. We’ve been nuking every wall after flipping towers and keeps since this bug went mainstream, thankfully necros can detect thiefs easy by life transferring walls and checking to see if the % bar goes up (hitting something)

Hope this is hotfixed asap, would hate to see this continue in T1

Looking at the scores minimised thinking what happening por ole blues getting stomped wondering what went wrong did the SOR server crash. then zoomed..

WTK were green when did this happen why wasnt i told ….i gota stop taking time off.

Time and a half working a weekend is simply not compesation for missing out on so much WvW

Here’s a score update from the members of [PiNK]!

Sunspots.9861:

Here’s a score update from the members of [PiNK]!

I was sleeping

Here’s a better score update with eye candy!

Usagi.4835:

Here’s a better score update with eye candy!

You need to get to the beach and get some sun hon

SBI dont have mostly any wvw players like before anyway i will stay in my server to teach people, also i have very fun vs the 2 zerg servers vs us.

Also as i say the people who roll to others server are mere random players just dont know a competitive pvp.

Sam.3645:

Sunspots.9861:

Here’s a score update from the members of [PiNK]!

I was sleeping

Likely excuse. I bet you were still punching that wall in bay and forgot about the party :p

Usagi.4835:

Here’s a better score update with eye candy!

Whats with the human fetish here, come one lets see some sylvari score updaters.

Wo Ho Honey show us some bark

cargan.5689:

Usagi.4835:

Here’s a better score update with eye candy!

Whats with the human fetish here, come one lets see some sylvari score updaters.

Wo Ho Honey show us some bark

I would post a score update on my sylvari but I’m turning over a new leaf

We will stand strong… No matter the odds… We will never back down… Once more TC into the breach !

Who cares if we win… we just have to fight em !

gvaughn.4163:

Indo.8629:

I don’t think anyone on SoR is in the mentality of “Let’s dominate T2” but rather the mentality of "Let’s prepare for T1.

(i do not speak for my server or my guild, only myself)

I present to you, Humans, Charr, Norn and Asura alike, the very attitude that is poison to a population and an attitude which, I feel, is poisoning WvW. The rest of this person’s post is worth reading, because it tries, at some length, to justify a strange premise: We should all, eventually, be in T1.

That is the focus. To ‘win’ wvwvwvw. Not to have any sort of fun or any good fights. Indeed, this person goes on to suggest that other servers should be like SoR, or any of the other servers in T1, or any of the other servers clawing their way up to what? Glory? Perfection? A better challenge? We all know it’s a zerg; let’s not pretend.

I would prefer a different goal: that those of us on TC disregard this ongoing clamor for some rarefied air and focus on what we do best. When we make WvWvW a ’player’s club’ we chase off many of the people who make this community bright and beautiful. I bring my thoughts to the Charr present, the Asura present, the Norn present and the Humans present.

Great post. I’d like to respectfully disagree in one aspect however.. Trying to have the TC player community become more organized, and strategy focused, which I’ve heard are apparently causing complaints on the server, does not in any way make it a “players club”.

I thoroughly enjoy the TC server community, and have since I first logged in. However, trying to bring a bit of structure to the herd of cats that can sometimes abound on WvW maps from the TC side of things, shouldn’t be seen in a negative light.

Even roleplayers like to be competitive and even win sometimes you know.

It’s not bad to try to teach and help people learn the strategies of how WvW functions, i.e. there is much, much more to it than blindly following a zerg or waiting for a commander to tell you what to do. I know roleplayers can be very “free spirited” (been known to RP a bit myself) but I just hope that there is a realization that WvW is it’s own type of game, it’s not the same as PvE with more intelligent NPC’s. There is a strategy and method to it.

I think some would really like it if they asked around and tried to learn and didn’t just stop thinking, and blindly follow the commander. These can sometimes also be the same people who complain in mapchat that no one has done anything, when they’ve sat around for hours waiting for someone else to step up.

None of this makes it a “players club”, unless perhaps people feel that any attempt to try to wrangle all the cats somehow is imposing on their freedoms.. Who knows.

Ascii.9726:

Maladon.5760:

Durakone.5237:

How many thieves does it take to kill a lord? Don’t know its never happened.

It takes a theif about 13 minutes to kill a keep lord. Tower lord, significantly less.

And it takes a 5 man squad of theifs seconds. We’ve been nuking every wall after flipping towers and keeps since this bug went mainstream, thankfully necros can detect thiefs easy by life transferring walls and checking to see if the % bar goes up (hitting something)

Hope this is hotfixed asap, would hate to see this continue in T1

I wasn’t referring to the current wall exploit, just responding to a comment regarding thieves killing keep/tower lords. To be honest I can’t believe that bug has been allowed to go on this long. Seems pretty simple to fix.

It’s a shame we have to go to such extremes to counter cheating when, by many accounts, the players on these servers are generally good people. I thought we’d see less of this type of behavior once we got out of Tier 1. I guess that was a pretty silly assumption on my part. Lets hope this isn’t allowed to continue for very much longer.

Tallis.5607:

Urrid.4593:

I don’t want to win I want to enjoy the community we had. Splitting TC into VoIP and not VoIP has been something I’ve opposed since day one.

I will still be around hoping for good things come February but the state of our WvW community and the state of the game is not helping.

Go ahead and yell at me in game I’ve put in my weeks and months.

Can I hug you instead? :-)

I think that TC’s problem is that some people want this to be a T1 WWW server, with chains of command and common communication networks and daily meetings and what not.

Most of TC is not like that. Most are a group of people for who WWW is fun by itself by itself, not just when we win.

Lately there has been attempts by some to become a pro-WWW server. To be a pro-server you need (due to game mechanics) a zerg-only mentality where people follow orders.

This is never gonne happen on TC. The sooner everyone in TC realises that, the better.

So, no, Coral, I won’t yell at you for voicing the opinion of alot of people on this server. I will yell at your side.

We can make signs and stuff!

Following orders is zerg like? Really? How about volunteering when someone asks for a supply camp to be protected? Or to escort yaks? Both of these actions I’ve heard others instructed to do. Or rather requested in chat. Most agree, at least for awhile.

Is the idea that people on TC are too disorganized and refuse to do anything but follow a zerg? That our TC community refuses to look at overall WvW strategy and think about what needs to get done, without just following whoever has the blue tag turned on?

Is that your premise? It appears to be so.

Perhaps some clarification.. Trying to get everyone who steps into WvW to think of over-all strategy is not a bad thing. It’s not impinging on their rights. It’s a simple acknowledgement, or should be a simple one, that you don’t have to just follow a commander around in a zerg to get anything done.

I know people who disliked WvW until I pointed out them there there was much more to it than following a zerg. That without supply you lose. That the actions each does; building siege in the wrong spots so it can be countered easily, costing not only the support it offered but the supply that’s now gone, and sometimes small little actions (taking a golem for on a joyride and destroying it, when others paid for it and built it) can cause your entire server to suffer.

Once they had a taste of the strategy, how their actions can make a large positive difference, they really enjoyed it. It’s not just running out and beating on more mobs, it can add a whole new dynamic to the game.

Is simply trying to help people understand some of the strategy’s of WvW, that’s it’s really not just the single player out there, but all of us as a team, does that make me some sort of “T-1 pro-WvW” person? If so.. I honestly don’t know what to say..

I always thought that people enjoyed learning new things. That if they just thought beyond themselves, to what the whole group could accomplish, they’d see the big picture.

I guess that just makes me a ‘pro’, and part of some perceived problem with stomping on someone’s fun. Simply because I do want all of the group to do well, as opposed to caring what my personal fun was and doing things randomly.

I do think it’s puzzling however when some of the same people complain that making things organized is making the server “pro-WvW” are the same people who complain that we’re not winning.. And they either don’t care to show up to help or don’t listen to anyone and do their own thing which can sometimes cause additional problems.

Lanthrudar.1437:

I do think it’s puzzling however when some of the same people complain that making things organized is making the server “pro-WvW” are the same people who complain that we’re not winning.. And they either don’t care to show up to help or don’t listen to anyone and do their own thing which can sometimes cause additional problems.

You do realize you just insulted two of our more dedicated WvWers? Coral and Tallisi, like me, are often in there 10-12 hours a day working their butt off.