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Changes to the 2v2 Bracket

Jul 3, 2009 12:11PM by Tyveris

These changes don't go into effect until Season 7, but here is how they have decided to move the focus from 2v2 to 3v3 and 5v5.

Official Blizzard Quote:

After further consideration, and after hearing from many players, we are going to change how we approach the 2 vs. 2 arena bracket in Arena Season 7. We still think the 3 vs. 3 and 5 vs. 5 brackets will ultimately offer the best play experience, especially for very competitive gamers for whom game class balance issues are most noticeable. However, we recognize that many players just prefer to play in the 2 vs. 2 bracket and will miss the chance to earn the current season's gear. Therefore, we are going to still allow the 2 vs. 2 bracket to grant access to the current season of gear with three important exceptions: the current season's weapons will not be available for purchase, the current season’s shoulder armor will not be available for purchase, and players will not qualify for the Gladiator title/rewards unless you earn the appropriate rating in the 3 vs. 3 or 5 vs. 5 bracket. We look forward to the changes in the next major content patch and hope to have a great next Arena Season.

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Faction Change Service

Jun 29, 2009 5:06PM by Tyveris

We aren't anywhere near April 1st, so this must be legit. It isn't completed yet, but it is something they are working on. This could be an incredible boon to arena by allowing people to find teams without restrictions (and potentially change racials?). Looking forward to hearing more on how they plan to do it.

Full info can be found here:

Official Blizzard Quote:

We wanted to give everyone a very early heads-up that, in response to player requests, we’re developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change their faction from Alliance to Horde or Horde to Alliance. There’s still much work to do and many details to iron out, but the basic idea is that players will be able to use the service to transform an existing character into a roughly equivalent character of the opposing faction on the same realm. Players who ended up creating and leveling up characters on the opposite factions from their friends have been asking for this type of functionality for some time, and we’re pleased to be getting closer to being able to deliver it.

As with all of the features and services we offer, we intend to incorporate the faction-change service in a way that won’t disrupt the gameplay experience on the realms, and there will be some rules involved with when and how the service can be used. The number of variables involved increases the complexity of implementing this service, but we plan to take the time needed to ensure that it lives up to expectations before officially rolling it out. We’ll go into much more detail on all of this here at http://www.WorldofWarcraft.com as development progresses. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that because this type of functionality requires extensive internal testing well in advance of release, you may be seeing bits and pieces of the service in the test builds we use for the public test realms moving forward.

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Warcraft Regional Finals 2009	Jun 26, 2009 7:34AM by Tyveris
The winners at the Regionals will determine who advances to the finals at BlizzCon this year. You can watch the stream here: http://eu.blizzard.com/rf09/ Tournament Information can be found here: http://eu.blizzard.com/rf09/information.xml North American Bracket: http://eu.blizzard.com/rf09/brackets-wow-na.xml European Bracket: http://eu.blizzard.com/rf09/brackets-wow.xml Comments (809)

ESLTV Invitational Cup Week 5

Jun 17, 2009 3:02PM by Rapture

The ESLTV Invitational Cup continues today with the final four teams competing in Week 5 of the competition. This week will be the grand finals.

If you missed last week's excitement, check out the matches, results, discussion right here.

Tournament Format:
ESLTV has invited 16 of the top arena teams from Europe to participate in the tournament. The tournament is organized into double elimination brackets. On Week 5 the winners from each week will play each other to determine the champion of the first ever ESLTV Invitational Cup.

Teams are competing in this tournament purely for the love of the game and your viewing pleasure as there is no prize money, just the prestige of taking the title as being ESLTV Champion. So be sure to tune in every Wednesday and watch on our ESLTV Page.

Week 5, June 17, 4PM EST or 2200CET:

Watch the Stream

This week's lineup:

eDawgs
- Stg
- Flyn
- Raeli
aAa Nawak
- Anelit
- Hiss
- Phoenix
SK Gaming
- Another
- Enigmz
- Rdsa
iNNERFiRE
- Phenomenon
- Desis
- Coold

Be sure to tune in right here on Arena Junkies.

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MTV asks: Are you Addicted to Video Games?

Jun 15, 2009 11:14AM by Tyveris

I was recently contacted by a producer for the MTV True Life shows, and they are putting together a show that might be relevant to some of us here. The official casting announcement can be seen below. If this is something you are interested in being a part of, please contact them at the email address seen below.

TRUE LIFE: I'M ADDICTED TO VIDEOGAMES

Have video games totally taken over your life?
Is your game play increasingly getting out of control?
Have your friends or family confronted you about your gaming habit?
How about your marriage or personal relationships - are they being affected?
Is it difficult to balance work and gaming time?
Do you sometimes skip doing homework or household responsibilities to play?
Have you played video games as a way of escaping your problems?
Has your game playing habit become so encompassing that you may
need to go to rehab to kick it?

If you can identify with any of the above, MTV wants to hear from you.

If you appear to be between the ages of 17 and 29 please email us at truelifecasting@banditofilms.com and tell us ALL of the following:
Your age, your city and state, why you feel you're addicted to gaming, and how its affecting your life. Be sure to include a recent picture or two and a current phone number.

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