Guild Wars 2

rhonyn.6810:

ravendd.4209:

So… I shouldn’t hold respect for or dislike the way someone or a group of people behave because it’s a game? How silly of me. I’m quickly reminded of the FA that posted two weekends ago how dirty and underhanded it was of YB to assault a Garrison with GOLEMS! Gimme a break. So if I cede that “contempt” might just be TOO strong of a word, can we go with maybe “Disdain” – we can maybe get past the finer points of what you should and shouldn’t like about a game, and get on with it?

The golem rage poster was actually from ET not FA. Regardless, obviously 1 or 2 posters are representative of an ENTIRE servers playerbase. WvW is serious bizness it seems. lol.

Maniac.5163:

quick judgements are usually the wrong way to approach a lot of things in my experience.

True.

I stand corrected then – I’ve misplaced my disdain it seems, and with that, I offer my public apologies.

Shadow Gathering.5649:

FA: 26,266 +240
TC: 19,900 +250
YB: 19,416 +210

This is WvW at its finest. Three worthy adversaries.

To my fellow FAers, lets institute a no complaining rule. Makes us look bad. Sometimes we’ll lose to superior foes. Sometimes we’ll lose to shenanigans that are PART OF THE GAME. Salute your foe’s cunning, don’t whine.

LETS BE AS RESILIENT AND THICK SKINNED ON THE FORUM AS WE ASPIRE TO BE ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

Now that’s a comment and concept both I can quickly respect.

So… I shouldn’t hold respect for or dislike the way someone or a group of people behave because it’s a game? How silly of me. I’m quickly reminded of the FA that posted two weekends ago how dirty and underhanded it was of YB to assault a Garrison with GOLEMS! Gimme a break. So if I cede that “contempt” might just be TOO strong of a word, can we go with maybe “Disdain” – we can maybe get past the finer points of what you should and shouldn’t like about a game, and get on with it?

Maniac.5163:

Gee, Yak’s still have really hurt feelings from a fortnight ago. I’ve never seen a server so upset about winning a match before. This little rivalry is cute, it adds an interesting dynamic to the game. Can’t wait for Baazutai to get up in this thread too and start giving us pointers on how to play!

Nice defense at Golanta, TC – incredible response times.

YB here. See a great many of us actually have a lot of respect for certain other servers, even when they’ve beaten us – say TC or even CD. It seems obvious to me you’re confusing “hurt feelings” with contempt; While decidedly less cute, I do agree it should make for an interesting dynamic, and really more what true rivalries are based upon, dislike.

I look forward to a week’s worth of great fighting. See you on the other side,

YB here, and a massive shout out to both TC and CD guilds and players. This has been one of the best matchups I’ve ever had the pleasure of participating in. CD I’ve come to think of as the closest competitor we’ve had since our Tier 4 days of SoR-V.1 – all of our matches have been great. TC – when you guys roll – you roll – not only do you guys bring the numbers most of the time, you also bring the pain with or without them. FA is probably a stronger candidate for solid Tier 3 status than either CD or YB atm, but I suspect we’ll take turns moving up and down 3/4 for a while until the situation changes again – which it always seems to do. MAD PROPS ALL!

“The second night we did not really get close and things like being able to build 30 golems while everyone is asleep is the reason why.”

So everyone is asleep at 9pm PST eh?

The best part is… we only built that many because he cried about it the night before.
True story.

We told people to go have fun with them since there wasn’t anything else to take – and they were obtained by first collecting, distilling, fermenting, and then selling the accumulated tears of forum kittens to Chinese gold farmers (for US dollars of course) – and behold – Andrew Jackson wins again.

Golems are only “underhanded” when you’re not the one using them I suppose.

P.S.
Yaks do it in herds.

Yak’s Bend here. A shout out to Crystal Desert. Much respect to you guys – earned from last week. Best of luck to you!

Please stop indicting whole servers for the actions of singular twits.
I’ve been YB since day one, have not, will not, and do not, ever, endorse cheating. Most YB I know feel the same. If you insist on pointing the finger of blame, point it squarely at Anet for not putting an END TO THIS!

Yak’s made the top 3 on reddit a few weeks back when this happened vs SoR/NSP – not the first time. Wish there was something to be done regarding the hackers though – it strikes me as highly odd this hasn’t been resolved yet.

Nano, I believe it would be more accurate to blame arena net for the system currently in place – i.e badly chosen chess elo rating system designed to measure slow improvements over time with a system that allows for rapid changes in strength via unlimited free transfers. Moreover, it would also be more precise to blame the transfers from HoD/JQQ to SoR rather than the population there at the time that wasn’t asking for the hours long q’s they now have as a consequence.

Yak’s has excellent coordination for their population, and as has been mentioned previously, punches above their weight class – Friday night’s especially. In straight up prime time, Yak’s can compete with any server we’ve matched with. When the match is decided within 16 hours – the first 8 competitive, the next not – the why bother factor kicks in – and understandably so – for a great many people. What Prime.1337 would call "giving up and qq’ing’, many of the rest of us would call making a wise decision not to waste additional time.

Not me of course, and nor am I alone, some of us are just masochistic enough to keep playing against the increasing odds and repair bills. Expecting a realistic view from 1337’s however is a fool’s game. Trolls will troll.

Crystal Desert 33,711/340 *
Yak’s Bend 18,842/265
Darkhaven 16,943/90

@ “Deathcarlyle.6075”:

I played from the opening bell until about 4am central last night. I don’t know if you had that luxury so to recap, the score was tight, within 1K of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for the entirety of that duration.

Is it claimed there’s a different reason or are you just chest thumping?