Guild Wars 2

Check out https://competitive.guildwars2.com/en for what’s going on

Season 1 just ended and Season 2 starting up soon enough. Another $200,000 on the line for NA and EU.

LordOtto.2650:

This ranked game mode now is a pip farm for elites, who are even make pre-made teams to… so how could a good solo player advance?! Watch Helseth?! That arrogant person shows what you want to see, blinds you like the media, he played some games solo, but he duo queued 50% of the time, and I even bet he 5 man pre-made many matches… there is no solo queue, only for the best players, who play several hours… so this" tournament" how Anet claims is a solo players joke, an insult..
HOW CAN BE THIS BE A TOURNAMENT, WHEN THERE IS A FULL PRE-MADE TEAM, AGAINST 5 MAN SOLO TEAM?! OH THERE IS A 2 PLAYER DUO TEAM! AND THEY CALL IT TOURNAMENT?! PHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
You know what is a tournament?! This is a “Cheating Tournament”, if you call it “tournament”. PPL asked pure solo queue, solo vs solo, ANET given us cats…
And want to ask me were I am, I am at ruby 28 pips, I played twice the entire season with 3 man pre-made, not more!

No one ever called it a tournament. It’s a called a season.

EU will be back next week with a pugquest format. Unfortunately no one wants to sign up as a team on EU. Well..only a few teams.

Definitely true. Remember this is back tomorrow!

kdaddy.5431:

Question,

We use to see the PvP AG tournaments at the top of the PvP page. Is there a reason GW2 took it down?

I feel Anet should show the GW2 tournaments on the actual GW2 forum page, just seems odd to me.

Unfortunately, I don’t know why the official tournaments post was taken down.

I’m not sure if it really grabbed any players/viewership anyhow.

Fivedawgs.4267:

No, we won’t watch your stream storm!!!! Jk, I am looking forward to it. Just wished it was postponed one hour.. but eh I can always watch the replay.

Haha, well are you talking about EU or NA? EU is coming back at the same time it was in the past.

The stream start time is generally an hour after it begins, but could take longer depending on how many teams sign up.

It’s been a while since I’ve made a post about the Academy Gaming PvP tournaments. Here’s a little bit of information on where I’m going with the weekly and reinstating the European side of things.

North America

The North American scene is still going strong with our Free Agency and premade teams. If you’re without a team, you can signup solo and be paired with four other people to play against another Free Agent team in the first round.

Most of our teams that participate are premades, so there is still plenty of competition. We also restrict all Pro League players (that have participated in more than 3 weeks) from participating.

Signups: http://battlefy.com/academy-gaming
Time: 5:30pm PST/8:30pm EST on Wednesdays
Stream: http://twitch.tv/gamewithstorm @ 9:30pm EST
Prizing:

• 1st: 2k gems per player + mini llama
• 2nd: 800 gems per player + mini llama
• Winning a single set: Mini llama per player

Brief Rulings:

• No class stacking
• All players are required to use the Academy Gaming Teamspeak (listed on Battlefy)

For more in depth information, be sure to read all rulings on the signup page.

Europe

Europe has been on a break for a while now but is being brought back to life! The European region will allow any and all teams to participate. Solo signups are currently not allowed at this time, but will be brought into play in the coming weeks.

I’ve decided to allow everyone into this competition due to the lack of participation in any EU weekly at all. We’ll need as many teams as possible to try to bring a weekly back in the mix.

Signups: http://battlefy.com/academy-gaming
Time: 10:30am PST/6:30pm GMT on Wednesdays
Stream: http://twitch.tv/gamewithstorm @ 11:30am PST/7:30pm GMT
Prizing:

• 1st: 2k gems per player + mini llama
• 2nd: 800 gems per player + mini llama
• Winning a single set: Mini llama per player

Brief Rulings:

• No class stacking
• Players are not required to use the Academy Gaming Teamspeak, but can if they need a way to communicate

For more in depth information, be sure to read all rulings on the signup page.

If you have any questions feel free to reply here or message me in game.

Interesting. I know of someone that did have issues, so just being cautious.

I know this was an issue during the previous season and would like to know if it still is (if anyone has tried it).

If I transfer from NA to EU will it keep my current pips, placement, etc? What if I transfer back to NA from EU after the first transfer?

Thanks.

Fantastic new website: https://competitive.guildwars2.com/en

Also, you’re looking for more insight for the finals, check out my article I wrote: http://wp.me/p5OCKb-Pl

Let me know your thoughts!

In spectator mode in custom arenas all players appear as a teal/green color, no matter their side.

Must have come with the latest patch?

John.3697:

surrge.3214:

cam newton and two other panthers from last night

nice pick ups!

Not really. Means they lose.

#GoBroncos

No idea why the tournament post was removed.

Academy Gaming still happens on Wednesdays – battlefy.com/academy-gaming

Getting different answers from people.

Primordial Legend statws “cross 6 league division thresholds during a single pvp season”.

So technically when you get to Legendary x2 you should get the title since it’s a division threshold, not getting 6 Legendary prestige, correct?

As soon as I got to Legendary I was 2/6 which makes no sense.

I’m hosting a second Academy Gaming 1v1 tournament!

Signups: http://battlefy.com/academy-gaming/na-holiday-berserker-1v1-cup/568016b87cedfda1022207ff/info

This tournament is once again based around the berserker and marauder amulet. Be sure to read the rules.

If you have any questions, PM me in game as I will not be referring back to this post: tichorum.2415.

64-bit. Windows 7.

@OP-

You must be new to how the competitive scene works in gaming. It’s not always fair. You’re not always paired with the same skill level because there’s not always enough people online in your current range. The leagues just came out, not everyone that would potentially be where you’re at has played enough matches to make it there.

A second note: League of Legends has nearly 70 million players and I am still paired up with people divisions above and below me…quite frequently I might add.

tldr: it will never be fair, so you shouldn’t have the mindset that it will.

I considered doing a stronghold tournament every third or fourth AG for NA. I’m not sure how much interest there is but I will send out a message to regular participants and get a feel for it. Thanks for bringing this back up!

~ Storm

Here’s a neat little trick:

I have three I use per week but only need them up for one day. Due to how arenas work, you can use 1 token for your arena (24 hours) and let it expire until you need to use it again.

If your arena is expired you have 2 weeks to add another token before it is deleted. If you let it sit for less than two weeks (any given amount of time) and add a token, all ‘debt’ is erased and your arena will work.

Example: If I let my three arenas expire and let them sit for 1 week and 3 days, adding a single token to them will make them available for 24 hours.

~ Storm

The signups were available but were removed. I’m asking the EU team right now and will get back to this post with an update.

~ Storm

Two weeks is plenty. LoL players get patches in middle of their regular season. They had 2 weeks to adapt to the new patches before the LoL Worlds Championships.

I don’t think this is a huge issue.

Hi everyone, Storm here to inform you of some major changes that are coming to Academy Gaming for both NA and EU over the next month.

For those of you that are new to Guild Wars 2 or are unsure of what Academy Gaming is, read the paragraph below. If you’re familiar with us, feel free to skip over it.

Academy Gaming has been host to one of the most popular weekly tournaments for nearly 10 months now. Our tournaments are aimed at the low to mid tier players and have a strict policy on keeping the higher tier players out of our tournaments. We currently host one 5v5 conquest tournament every Monday evening for EU and NA (one for each), all details of such can be found at battlefy.com/academy-gaming.

With the recent announcement of Pro Leagues, obviously a lot will be changing with competitive Guild Wars 2 as well as our tournaments. While NA and EU differ slightly in rules and participation, we are aiming to stay in sync with one another.

Day change: Beginning on November 18th, we will be moving both our NA and EU weekly tournaments to Wednesday evenings. The times will remains the same for both of these. This decision is, of course, due to the ESL Pro Leagues being held on Mondays which wouldn’t make sense to interfere with.

Eligibility: The finer details of eligibility are still being worked out and will be updated when Pro Leagues come around, but the general ruling as of now is that no team or player participating in Pro Leagues will be allowed to play in AG. Further restrictions may be imposed when more details on the guild leaderboard are introduced (ex. the top 5 teams on the leaderboard are ineligible).

Our aim: One thing I have noticed over the last 10 months is how confused many players are with what is going on in top tier tournaments. With the recent influx of players I am going to make it our aim to change the style of our commentating for strictly AG. This style would include, but is not limited to, a more new-player-friendly approach explaining basic decision making and more or less a less chaotic experience. With this in mind, I hope to make Academy Gaming more true to its nature.

If someone should have any questions or concerns feel free to reply and let me know!

Note: Free Agents will still be allowed for the NA tournaments.

Because, as the rules say, this is a tournament for all players. There are no restrictions this week since there is only one stronghold tournament.

Be sure to get signed up for tomorrow’s tournament!

Kitta.3657:

Registrations are open, you have to click on the arrow to show the appropriate page for the EU and NA signups.

Also your suggestions/complaints/random comments on the game mode are completely irrelevant to the subject.

Looking forward to it

Should be fixed now

TheLargeUnit.2793:

Will the regular ag 5v5 conquest tournament still be available?

No this week is only stronghold.

Battlefy is a big buggy for some reason currently.

Just type in ‘Stronghold’ to find them on Battlefy.

Hype for all 16 teams getting llamas!

I’ve considered it. Would this be something you’d like to see live on Twitch or on someone’s YouTube channel? ..or both?

Ranger is played on one of the top four teams on NA currently and is bound to be on at least 2-3 teams come pro leagues. Don’t count them out for HoT either!

A replay function in competitive matches I take it? Meaning during our post-game analysis having a replay to go back on?

This takes a dedicated crew behind the scenes to put something together very quickly during the game and with the very limited amount of time after the game before it’d be brought on screen.

I don’t foresee anything like this happening for pro leagues on a weekly basis, but it’s something I’d like to see for the season finals and world championships.

THIS Saturday. You don’t want to miss out!

Karaoke hype.

We’re only a few days away and at 59/64 not including no-shows. Get signed up guys!

Rule change: Players may switch between two classes throughout the tournament. If you’ve already signed up, I encourage you to unjoin and signup again including the new field of information.

@Obindo – Only available on NA currently. I will see about an EU tournament in the future.

Opened up to 64 players!

Still plenty of spots open for this!

BurrTheKing.8571:

What are your guidelines for the use of terrain? I’ve been in servers where players will constantly use skills like Blink and Lighting Flash to reach areas that melee focused builds generally can’t deal with.

The rocks on the side of the water near both spawns and even the “stands” in the middle of Legacy are often used to break LoS and imo makes fights much less interesting. Even hugging those pillars can make ranged builds and AoE builds have a big advantage.

Some argue that using the map takes skill but I believe that a duel should be like a boxing match where it’s just you and your opponent.

We don’t really need to worry about this. It’s the beach on Forest. We’ll outline it before it begins.

Ryan.9387:

Your rules are bad.

Great feedback. I’m sorry taunt in banned. The last tournament have 3/4 rangers in the final due to taunt.

Info & Signups: http://battlefy.com/academy-gaming/na-ag-1v1-cup-1/55d9f83372e7d54700566e82/info

Date: September 19th
Time: Check Battlefy for your specific timezone

After a recent trial run a couple of weeks ago I’m happy to say we’re beginning a 1v1 cup. To be clear, this will be held on North American servers, open to all players, and will be held bi-monthly.

The reason for this not being held every week is due to it relying heavily on community-funding and it is a lot of work. We’re just trying to give players something fresh every couple of months.

ALL rulings are located in the Battlefy rulings, so get familiar with them if you plan on participating.

FAQs:

Q: Why aren’t you allowing Carrion and Rabid?
A: We’re allowing 32 players, potentially 64, in a double elimination format and we’d like to get this finished in a timely manner. Also, it ruins the nature of a “glassy-builds” 1v1 tournament.

Q: How can I donate to the prize pool?
A: Send donations for the prize pool to Tichorum.2415 in-game. Also, please refer to the “Prizing” section on Battlefy for the specifics.

Q: So if I signup now I’m guaranteed a spot?
A: No. As the rulings say, the first 32 to check-in, which begins 30 minutes before the tournament begins, are guaranteed a spot. This is so we do not have to deal with no-shows.

All rules are final. If you aren’t happy with them, I apologize, but they will not be changed unless there are serious concerns.

If you have any legit concerns, please don’t hesitate to let me know. This is for fun, so please treat it as that, thanks!

The use of vamp runes on Elementalists in the AG tournaments will be banned until further notice due to this bug.

Hey, I am Storm and I do put the AG and ESL VoDs on Youtube. Still trying to reach 500 subs to get an actual URL, but I’ve posted it below for you.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5JOguoa_CsP7k-58VAKcA/

I also put a reddit post about the ESL VoD up every Monday.

The Abjured are by and far leagues ahead of any other current NA team, that much can’t be denied. However, I think there are several other NA teams that could compete very well with teams below Orng and TCG.

Tarcis and ROM are leagues above any other that no third can be brought into perspective. ;P

Toker for MVP. Definitely had some incredible rotations are rezzes all tournament long, among many other big plays.

Good idea. Let’s get some more progression in the game that doesn’t revolve around items or currency.

First. Lb.

Can’t wait.

lordhelmos.7623:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Qog7zj-C8

Here’s the link for anyone who didn’t see.

About 2:43, players cursing each other out on the live broadcast

Shortly after that the shoutcaster trash talks the ranger class despite the ranger playing doing amazing as an underdog.

Awesome presentation of Gw2 PvP. I guess we see the real face of things and player’s thoughts. Last tournament I ever watch.

Nos was a guest on the show and as a player I do not believe he has to reserve his opinions on classes.

Players trash talk each other all of the time. We can only hold them back so much. Should I ban players for saying bad words? If I start banning everyone for saying a few words there won’t be much of a tournament anymore.

How much damage per tick? @OP

The finals were postponed this Sunday for NA. The finals video is below.