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My first PvP video of Backstab build thief in action.

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Pretty good, better then a lot of thief/rogue/assassin/spy/insert-stealth-class-here pvp videos out there.

Keep in mind everything I say is in first person, this is my opinion on the matter, not absolute truth. I do feel that I have legitimate reasons for all my opinions though.

Some suggestions on the videos:
-I personally don’t like having the viewscreen shake around, I find it distracting, I’m here to watch sick kills and my focus point moving around makes that difficult. Similar with other effects, though the only one you used was B/W, which confused the old wow player in me, since my brain thought you were dead. Not a big issue though, since this isn’t wow. Transitions are different, though I would stick to more basic ones (directional slides, covers, and turns; avoid things like shaped wipes and similar), I generally view overuse of visually distracting elements to be a big sign of insecurity of ability.
-I find not showing the killing blow to be almost equivalent to going to put a tasty sandwich in my mouth and taking it away at the last second (sorry, I wanted to use a different metaphor); mostly because I’m very fond of the finish animation. You can do some neat tension things with this if you edit the video the right way.
-I like to see what gear and builds are, due to possible permutations of GW2 builds putting them at the end is a bit better then at the beginning.
-Music was good, things along the same line as Pendulum work well, very explicit tracks are usually a bad choice, again makes it look like you are trying to distract the viewer from the play itself.

Some suggestions on your play:
-Don’t forget about your other weapon set, dunno if you use it, I just didn’t see you swap to or from it. Just a thing to keep in mind, P/P can do a surprising amount of damage with a crit build and the extra mobility from shortbow helps you get better positions on the maps.
-Facestabs make for a sad panda, if you are having a bit of trouble lining the combo up, practice at the golems and slow it down a bit. Remember you have about 3s to pull off the backstab and a lot of lower-skilled opponents will run or dodge at the steal puff, which makes it really easy to line it up, since they will always be facing away from your position. Relying on this is a bad idea though, since better opponents won’t move so linearly.

Hope this helps you out.