AJ Vent Server
http://www.arenajunkies.com/vent/

Hey guys, as promised we now have a vent server up and running. It has a 100 person limit (which we will up if the demand is there). Right now, we created a bunch of generic channels. If you have any ideas for new channels, or would like to request a personal channel, please let us know (Personal channels will be created based on user contributions to the site such as posting, content submissions, etc.). Expect the rules and setup to change as we sort through the issues as we have never tried to run a vent server this big.

Here is how access works. We will have a script continually adding new users based on the order the request access. You must be registered here to get a vent account, and you must request access to get in the queue. This page will allow you to request access, find your initial password, and see where you stand in the queue. The script is only about 95% automated, so if it says Account Creation: Paused, it means new accounts are not being created at the moment. They will be created at a pace of 1 per ~5 seconds, so expect your wait time based on that.

Also, once you have access, if you are interested in helping moderate the vent server, please respond in this thread. People who abuse the vent server can expect action to be taken against their account here.

EDIT: Any feedback on the codec would be greatly appreciated. Is it clear enough, too bandwidth intensive, etc.?

Beta Guild
A few of us are now in beta, and we know from the threads many of you are as well. We created a guild, if you are interested in joining just do a /who ArenaJunkies and ask for an invite. We are currently on the Horde PvP Server, but if someone wants to get an Ally guild going, please feel free. We figured this might aid in testing new content and testing the pvp more effectively. Back to Top

The CGS championship is taking place tomorrow in Los Angeles. The four remaining teams will be battling it out for a total prize pool of $50,000. The first game will begin at 4PM ET (1PM PT). We will be providing the live stream for all 3 matches here on Arena Junkies. The stream, schedule, teams, and more info can be found here: http://www.arenajunkies.com/cgs/

Please keep the discussion in this thread. Best of luck to MoB, FDD, Agita, and Nihilum.


Results
1st Nihilum Arena
     Beasteh
     Cherez
     Hydrah

2nd Frag Dominant Duelists
     Celex
     Ely
     Emolol

3rd MoB Gaming
     Offcell
     Kollektiv
     Mazud

4th aÄa Agïta
     Hornyix
     Zéphiris
     Léa

Grand Final
Nihilum Arena def. Frag Dominant Duelists 2-0-1

Semifinals
Frag Dominant Duelists def. MoB Gaming 3-2
Nihilum Arena def. aÄa Agïta 3-0
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We got a great suggestion today from Pigvomit about doing some analysis of Battlegroup activity. We have gone ahead and compiled data from our database on 2,000+ rated team activity for the last week. We have also gone ahead and pulled out how many 2,000+ rated teams are on each BG for each bracket and the average ratings.

If you guys would like to see more things like this or have an idea for some data that might be interesting for the community, let us know in Site Feedback.

Active Teams per BG over the last week:




Number of 2k+ Teams On Each BG by Bracket:

US Battlegroups

US-Bloodlust - 128 Teams 2k+
88 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2070 - Avg Games Played: 139
34 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2066 - Avg Games Played: 137
6 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2031 - Avg Games Played: 101

US-Ruin - 114 Teams 2k+
86 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2064 - Avg Games Played: 153
22 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2061 - Avg Games Played: 134
6 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2049 - Avg Games Played: 97

US-Stormstrike - 114 Teams 2k+
84 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2056 - Avg Games Played: 137
28 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2045 - Avg Games Played: 119
2 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2097 - Avg Games Played: 77

US-Rampage - 107 Teams 2k+
77 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2068 - Avg Games Played: 176
25 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2048 - Avg Games Played: 132
5 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2030 - Avg Games Played: 94

US-Cyclone - 105 Teams 2k+
86 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2066 - Avg Games Played: 160
16 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2040 - Avg Games Played: 121
3 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2047 - Avg Games Played: 117

US-Vengeance - 98 Teams 2k+
75 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2057 - Avg Games Played: 142
19 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2059 - Avg Games Played: 129
4 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2039 - Avg Games Played: 107

US-Nightfall - 97 Teams 2k+
74 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2063 - Avg Games Played: 130
22 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2053 - Avg Games Played: 132
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2000 - Avg Games Played: 70

US-Shadowburn - 96 Teams 2k+
68 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2064 - Avg Games Played: 170
22 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2069 - Avg Games Played: 137
6 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2057 - Avg Games Played: 102

US-Reckoning - 93 Teams 2k+
67 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2063 - Avg Games Played: 132
25 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2057 - Avg Games Played: 133
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2056 - Avg Games Played: 108

US-Vindication - 83 Teams 2k+
65 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2053 - Avg Games Played: 121
16 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2051 - Avg Games Played: 98
2 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2065 - Avg Games Played: 73

US-Whirlwind - 83 Teams 2k+
65 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2053 - Avg Games Played: 158
14 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2045 - Avg Games Played: 120
4 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2024 - Avg Games Played: 76

US-Retaliation - 58 Teams 2k+
47 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2052 - Avg Games Played: 151
11 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2046 - Avg Games Played: 127
No 5v5 Teams

US-Emberstorm - 56 Teams 2k+
46 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2061 - Avg Games Played: 158
8 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2050 - Avg Games Played: 151
2 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2015 - Avg Games Played: 86

EU Battlegroups

EU-Misery - 115 Teams 2k+
89 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2063 - Avg Games Played: 160
22 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2036 - Avg Games Played: 115
4 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2029 - Avg Games Played: 81

EU-Blackout - 111 Teams 2k+
82 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2050 - Avg Games Played: 126
26 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2042 - Avg Games Played: 117
3 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2040 - Avg Games Played: 64

EU-Rampage - 105 Teams 2k+
79 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2065 - Avg Games Played: 151
21 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2056 - Avg Games Played: 162
5 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2032 - Avg Games Played: 160

EU-Cyclone - 104 Teams 2k+
74 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2060 - Avg Games Played: 125
26 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2060 - Avg Games Played: 104
4 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2008 - Avg Games Played: 74

EU-Reckoning - 102 Teams 2k+
85 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2058 - Avg Games Played: 155
16 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2044 - Avg Games Played: 132
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2005 - Avg Games Played: 165

EU-Blutdurst - 97 Teams 2k+
71 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2053 - Avg Games Played: 139
24 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2044 - Avg Games Played: 148
2 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2049 - Avg Games Played: 109

EU-Nightfall - 88 Teams 2k+
73 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2056 - Avg Games Played: 132
12 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2042 - Avg Games Played: 100
3 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2023 - Avg Games Played: 92

EU-Cataclysme - 86 Teams 2k+
71 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2062 - Avg Games Played: 137
14 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2049 - Avg Games Played: 107
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2030 - Avg Games Played: 78

EU-Crueldad - 84 Teams 2k+
65 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2061 - Avg Games Played: 160
16 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2062 - Avg Games Played: 131
3 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2061 - Avg Games Played: 97

EU-Glutsturm - 79 Teams 2k+
64 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2059 - Avg Games Played: 148
14 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2057 - Avg Games Played: 141
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2062 - Avg Games Played: 74

EU-Conviction - 67 Teams 2k+
54 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2064 - Avg Games Played: 162
12 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2037 - Avg Games Played: 137
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2051 - Avg Games Played: 142

EU-Raserei - 67 Teams 2k+
55 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2062 - Avg Games Played: 124
12 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2034 - Avg Games Played: 98
No 5v5 Teams

EU-Bloodlust - 64 Teams 2k+
49 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2062 - Avg Games Played: 151
14 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2044 - Avg Games Played: 147
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2001 - Avg Games Played: 81

EU-Némésis - 64 Teams 2k+
55 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2061 - Avg Games Played: 190
9 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2061 - Avg Games Played: 127
No 5v5 Teams

EU-Férocité - 61 Teams 2k+
48 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2065 - Avg Games Played: 148
12 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2047 - Avg Games Played: 142
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2145 - Avg Games Played: 107

EU-Schattenbrand - 47 Teams 2k+
41 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2063 - Avg Games Played: 147
5 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2050 - Avg Games Played: 112
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2013 - Avg Games Played: 95

EU-Vengeance - 42 Teams 2k+
34 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2064 - Avg Games Played: 153
7 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2070 - Avg Games Played: 115
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2014 - Avg Games Played: 81

EU-Vindication - 41 Teams 2k+
36 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2055 - Avg Games Played: 149
5 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2044 - Avg Games Played: 79
No 5v5 Teams

EU-Verderbnis - 39 Teams 2k+
30 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2044 - Avg Games Played: 141
7 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2026 - Avg Games Played: 112
2 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2014 - Avg Games Played: 114

EU-Sturmangriff - 38 Teams 2k+
32 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2053 - Avg Games Played: 130
6 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2078 - Avg Games Played: 102
No 5v5 Teams

EU-Hinterhalt - 37 Teams 2k+
32 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2051 - Avg Games Played: 110
4 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2018 - Avg Games Played: 115
1 5v5 Teams - Avg Rating: 2014 - Avg Games Played: 59

EU-Ruin - 31 Teams 2k+
24 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2062 - Avg Games Played: 155
7 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2096 - Avg Games Played: 127
No 5v5 Teams

EU-Todbringer - 28 Teams 2k+
23 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2060 - Avg Games Played: 126
5 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2054 - Avg Games Played: 113
No 5v5 Teams

EU-Représailles - 24 Teams 2k+
20 2v2 Teams - Avg Rating: 2068 - Avg Games Played: 113
4 3v3 Teams - Avg Rating: 2028 - Avg Games Played: 116
No 5v5 Teams Back to Top

The MLG Pro Tour is hosting tournaments in Orlando this weekend. The WoW 3v3 Tournament will begin tomorrow. We will be providing the live stream here on Arena Junkies. The WoW tournament stream begins at 9:00 AM EST. The stream, schedule and teams can be found here: http://www.arenajunkies.com/mlg/

Tournament Rules

• Best of 5 Matches
  
• Double Elimination
  
• Season 2 Items
  
• Default UI. No Mods.
  
• Macros Allowed

Discussion should be kept in this thread. We will keep you updated with the results.

Have a great weekend!

Results
1) :druid::warlock::warrior: Orz - Hafu, Glickzz, Rhaegyn
2) :mage::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists - Celex, Ely, Emolol
3) :druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses - Spoh, Zyz, Azael
4) :druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West - Greenranger, Didy, Hoodrych



Grand Final

Frag Dominant Duelists (1) vs Orz (3)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:mage::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 2: Ruins
:mage::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:mage::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists (W) vs Orz :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 4: Blade's Edge
:mage::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:


Sunday, July 13

Pandemic (1) vs Frag Dominant Duelists (3)
Match 1: Nagrand
:druid::rogue::rogue: Pandemic (W) vs Frag Dominant Duelists :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 2: Ruins
:druid::rogue::rogue: Pandemic vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 3: Ruins
:druid::rogue::rogue: Pandemic vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 4: Nagrand
:druid::rogue::rogue: Pandemic vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :mage::priest::rogue:

Takes No Skill (2) vs Got Game West (3)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::shaman: Takes No Skill vs Got Game West (W) :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 2: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::shaman: Takes No Skill (W) vs Got Game West :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 3: Ruins
:druid::rogue::shaman: Takes No Skill vs Got Game West (W) :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 4: Ruins
:druid::rogue::shaman: Takes No Skill (W) vs Got Game West :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 5: Nagrand
:druid::rogue::shaman: Takes No Skill vs Got Game West (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:

Got Game West (1) vs Frag Dominant Duelists (3)
Match 1: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 2: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West (W) vs Frag Dominant Duelists :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 3: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 4: Blade's Edge
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :mage::priest::rogue:

Evil Geniuses (0) vs Orz (3)
Match 1: Ruins
:druid::shaman::warrior: Evil Geniuses vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 2: Blade's Edge
:druid::shaman::warrior: Evil Geniuses vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:

Frag Dominant Duelists (6) vs Evil Geniuses (3)
Match 6: Nagrand
:druid::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists (W) vs Evil Geniuses :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 7: Blade's Edge
:druid::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists (W) vs Evil Geniuses  :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 8: Blade's Edge
:druid::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists (W) vs Evil Geniuses  :druid::rogue::warrior:
Match 9: Nagrand
:druid::priest::rogue: Frag Dominant Duelists (W) vs Evil Geniuses :druid::rogue::warlock:

Saturday, July 12

Insurrection (0) vs MoB G. Family (3)
Match 1: Nagrand
:rogue::rogue::rogue: Insurrection vs MoB (W) :priest::shaman::warlock:
Match 2: Nagrand
:rogue::rogue::rogue: Insurrection vs MoB (W):priest::shaman::warlock:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:priest::rogue::rogue: Insurrection vs MoB (W):priest::shaman::warlock:

Evil Geniuses (3) vs See You in the Hot Tub (0)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses (W) vs See You in the Hot Tub :paladin::shaman::warrior:
Match 2: Nagrand
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses (W) vs See You in the Hot Tub :paladin::shaman::warrior:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses (W) vs See You in the Hot Tub :paladin::shaman::warrior:

SK (0) vs Orz (3)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:paladin::shaman::warrior: SK vs Orz (W) :druid::paladin::warrior:
Match 2: Ruins
:paladin::shaman::warrior: SK vs Orz (W) :druid::paladin::warrior:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:paladin::shaman::warrior: SK vs Orz (W) :druid::paladin::warrior:

Got Game East (1) vs Frag Dominant Duelists (3)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:druid::priest::rogue: Got Game East (W) vs Frag Dominant Duelists :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 2: Blade's Edge
:druid::priest::rogue: Got Game East vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 3: Ruins
:druid::priest::warrior: Got Game East vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 4: Blade's Edge
:druid::priest::warrior: Got Game East vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :druid::priest::rogue:

Insurrection (3) vs SK (1)
Match 1: Nagrand
:druid::rogue::warrior: Insurrection (W) vs SK :paladin::shaman::warrior:
Match 2: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warrior: Insurrection (W) vs SK :paladin::shaman::warrior:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warrior: Insurrection vs SK (W) :druid::shaman::warrior:
Match 4: Nagrand
:druid::rogue::warrior: Insurrection (W) vs SK :druid::shaman::warrior:

Orz (3) vs MoB G. Family (1)
Match 1: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Orz (W) vs MoB G. Family :priest::shaman::warlock:
Match 2: Blade's Edge
:druid::warlock::warrior: Orz (W) vs MoB G. Family :priest::shaman::warlock:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::warlock::warrior: Orz vs MoB G. Family (W) :druid::shaman::warrior:
Match 4: Blade's Edge
:druid::warlock::warrior: Orz (W) vs MoB G. Family :druid::shaman::warrior:

Got Game West (3) vs Pandemic (0)
Match 1: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West (W) vs Pandemic :druid::shaman::rogue:
Match 2: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West (W) vs Pandemic :druid::shaman::rogue:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West (W) vs Pandemic :druid::priest::warrior:

Evil Geniuses (3) vs Frag Dominant Duelists (2)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses (W) vs Frag Dominant Duelists :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 2: Ruins
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses (W) vs Frag Dominant Duelists :mage::priest::rogue:
Match 3: Ruins
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses  vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 4: Ruins
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses  vs Frag Dominant Duelists (W) :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 5: Blade's Edge
:druid::rogue::warlock: Evil Geniuses (W)  vs Frag Dominant Duelists  :druid::priest::rogue:

Got Game West (0) vs Orz (3)
Match 1: Ruins
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 2: Nagrand
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::warlock::warrior: Got Game West vs Orz (W) :druid::warlock::warrior:

No Mods No Chance (1) vs Pandemic (3)
Match 1: Blade's Edge
:druid::mage::warrior: No Mods No Chance vs Pandemic (W) :druid::shaman::rogue:
Match 2: Blade's Edge
:druid::mage::warrior: No Mods No Chance (W) vs Pandemic :druid::shaman::rogue:
Match 3: Blade's Edge
:druid::mage::warrior: No Mods No Chance vs Pandemic (W) :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 4: Blade's Edge DRAW
:druid::mage::warrior: No Mods No Chance vs Pandemic :druid::priest::rogue:
Match 4 (Replay): Ruins
:druid::rogue::warrior: No Mods No Chance vs Pandemic (W) :druid::rogue::warrior: Back to Top

Blizzard had updated all of the Armories for Season Four. We have followed suit and purged the S3 Rankings. The current rankings for Teams, Players and Guilds are now based on Season Four statistics. A Clean Slate! Good luck to everyone competing this season.

Profiles have also been update to display S3 Gladiator and Vengeful Gladiator Icons. In addition, China has been added to the global rankings.

We also want to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our members who were awarded with the Gladiator title and prestigious Vengeful Gladiator Title for their performance in Season Three. Of all members registered here, 3195 received Gladiator, 93 received Vengeful Gladiator, and 7 of those Vengeful Gladiators are now Merciless/Vengeful Gladiators.

Merciless/Vengeful Gladiators
Veex of US-Medivh
Styler of EU-Kargath
KobK of US-Crushridge
Cherez of EU-Stormscale
Hydrá of EU-Stormscale
Looped of US-Medivh
Wintrader of US-Burning Legion

Vengeful Gladiators
Bzariah of US-Mal'Ganis
Noxn of US-Mannoroth
Conradical of US-Mannoroth
Svadilfari of EU-Antonidas
Kardonnis of US-Icecrown
Ocius of US-Alterac Mountains
Mido of US-Hyjal
Somi of US-Alterac Mountains
Spex of US-Mug'thol
Dewk of US-Quel'dorei
Lene of EU-Ahn'Qiraj
Zugrug of US-Burning Blade
Bombazur of US-Area 52
Nevar of EU-Bloodscalp
Gammer of US-Detheroc
Nitric of US-Hydraxis
Reasonable of US-Burning Blade
Mêro of EU-Azshara
Malautus of EU-Azshara
Quantity of US-Chromaggus
Shinnu of US-Korgath
Xarcles of EU-Vek'nilash
Triks of US-Cho'gall
Nurtles of US-Mal'Ganis
Amorath of US-Hydraxis
Yunisha of EU-Mug'thol
Kraum of EU-Stormscale
Jeyce of US-Cenarius
Brøseph of US-Hyjal
Hankk of US-Hyjal
Feoria of US-Shadowmoon
Vizioso of US-Mal'Ganis
Barov of US-Dragonblight
Woks of EU-Karazhan
Aimlessgun of US-Icecrown
Fayde of EU-Outland
Panza of US-Hydraxis
Loutus of EU-Draenor
Vereor of US-Alterac Mountains
Milkofamnsia of US-Stormreaver
Bharion of EU-Festung der Stürme
Browndog of US-Crushridge
Emolol of US-Cho'gall
Sodah of US-Detheroc
Boocraft of US-Antonidas
Direction of US-Antonidas
Bani of US-Mannoroth
Jones of US-Cho'gall
Ariezs of US-Korgath
Syia of US-Shadowmoon
Tenku of US-Shadowmoon
Triks of US-Cho'gall
Ecthelion of EU-Antonidas
Ylandriá of EU-Agamaggan
Footwerk of US-Korgath
Optimuzo of US-Illidan
Sonydigital of US-Detheroc
Thorrior of US-Icecrown
Druained of US-Quel'dorei
Draintrain of EU-Bloodscalp
Mephs of US-Boulderfist
Cyshy of EU-Karazhan
Maimage of US-Korgath
Serration of US-Stormreaver
Usad of US-Illidan
Vertez of US-Darrowmere
Snaafy of EU-Xavius
Thaloris of EU-Madmortem
Neilyo of US-Tichondrius
Mell of EU-Todeswache
Millzi of EU-Ghostlands
Serben of EU-Draenor
Ezmac of US-Medivh
Jonlowery of US-Burning Legion
HL of US-Black Dragonflight
Zyz of US-Burning Blade
Paradorn of US-Cenarius
Tuskatappaja of EU-Stormscale
Papafrost of US-Area 52
Jorkk of US-Mannoroth
Gnubby of EU-Kargath
Jedihamster of EU-Molten Core
Kelinadez of US-Shadowmoon
Cerberuss of EU-Madmortem
Merox of EU-Kargath
Vorrent of US-Dragonmaw

Congratulations from all of us here at Arena Junkies! Back to Top

A very interesting interview on Onlinewelten with Rob Pardo, the Executive Vice President of Blizzard Game Design, confirms that there is a fourth development team working on an unannounced, "unknown" Next Gen MMO. Speculation as to what it will be ranges from a Starcraft MMO to an entirely new Blizzard franchise. An interview with Paul Sams on Gamasutra addresses speculations of a new franchise, saying Blizzard will release a new franchise sometime.

Exerpt from the Rob Pardo interview:


Excerpt from Paul Sams Interview:
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Arena Finals
Arena Finals are scheduled to begin at 8:45 AM EST (5:45 AM PST)
Discussion and Coverage

PVP Game Systems

Northrend Arenas

• Keep it Simple - Basic Maps
  
• Keep room for innovation
  
• Dynamic Points of Interests - Moving Objects
  
• New Spin to Starting Zones - ie. Starting teams close to each other
  
• Room to grow - Anticipate lots of changes through Beta.
  
• Dalaran Arena - No Mounts. Small like Blade's Edge. Get right into Game play. Pipe in middle drops wall of water. When it comes its a compete Line of Sight Blocker.Small Ledge around outside.
  
• Dynamic Line of Sight - Move objects and effect line of sight as it moves. IE. Moving Columns. Could Move Randomly or Move on a Timer. Generally mixing up the game play while still focusing on Class vs. Class combat.
  
• Play Testing New Arenas
  
• Orgrimmar Arena - Pillars Moving Up and Down on Timer. Adding Wheels/Gears to the side spin up to give warning. Objects that Cause Player Damage - Pillars Go Down, Wall of Spikes Go Up. Stresses making it more dynamic. Extremely close starting areas. Starting on elevators that rise out of the ground, only 10 yards away from each other - face to face. Get a couple seconds to identify other players. Larger arena in the back of Org, mounts allowed here. NPC's watching like Gladiatorial combat. Cheers from crowd tied into players HP.
  
• Arena's Still in early design phase.

Northrend Battleground

• Island
  
• Attack and Defend Gameplay - Half on Offense/Half on Defense
  
• Achieve victory by knocking down players walls and getting the objective in a certain time period. Then you swap.
  
• Requires Siege Vehicles
  
• Based on "Titan Lore"
  
• Attackers Come in out Boats. Land On Beach and Fight the Way up.
  
• 3 Sections of Defensive Walls. Capture Point a the top

Winter Grasp

• Non-instanced PVP Zone
  
• Air Combat
  
  • Flying Machine - Fast, Fragile, Vulnerable to Anti-Air
    
  • Bomber - Drops bombs. Slower. Carries passenger.
• Siege Vehicles:Still working on how you get Siege vehicles, want it to feel fast paced
  
  • Demolisher - Baseline Vehicle, Short and Long Range attacks, Ram Attack
    
  • Catapult - Quicker than Demolisher. Lowest Cost.
    
  • Siege Engine - Hardest Hitting. Longest Range. Carries Driver and Turret Gunner and transport passengers. Ramming attack
    
  • Goblin Shredder - Anti-Air Rockets. Saw Blade Melee. Jump into the air closer to the Air planes or jump over walls.
• Destructible Elements "Anything that players will need to destroy to gain an advantage will be destructible
  
• Attack/Defend Game Type
  
• Persistent Game. Winner controls area for a certain time gaining the bonus and then becomes the Defender.
  
• If same side has multiple failures in a row they will gain resource advantage - Balance unbalanced Horde to Alliance realms.
  
• Earn Spirit Shard type items from bosses in Area for controlling Wintergrasp.

Q and A

• Q: Some people lose BGs on purpose to gain mark of honor quicker. Will anything be done to solve this problem?
  
  • A: Very difficult way to solve. If no rewards provided for losers it seems to punishing.
• Q:Plans for Spectator Mode?
  
  • A: On list of features. Want a spectator mode. Have to be careful how its implemented. Lots of players would want control of if they are being spectated. Idea of using spectator mode for raiding as well.
• Q: City Raids make computers struggle a bit. Problem in Wintergrasp?
  
  • A: Doing things on technology side to help this. Hard to predict how many people will be in an given area any time. Change players area of interest range based on players in the area - see less distance if area is very crowded. Map is also spread out to prevent player clumping.
• Q: Love BGs, but since BC feel forced to play Arenas, etc. Are we going to have freedom again?
  
  • A: Plan on keeping similar reward structure. Best items for PVP come from Arena. Honor set still to be there to fill in the other slots.
• Q: Some talent trees for classes seem to be PVP centric. Make things unbalanced?
  
  • A: All classes have abilities that are specific to PVP and PVE.
• Q: Warlock - Problem with Pet Scaling.
  
  • A: Can spec into demonology making them more powerful. Think balance is pretty good.
• Q: Trouble with BGs starting with far more players than the other
  
  • A: Agree its a problem. Results from players being able to queue for multiple BGs at the same time. Changing Queue system to make sure there isn't same overlap to help ensure starting with full teams.

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Blizzard's World Wide Invitational in Paris has officially begun. Blizzard is providing 4 streams of all the events going on this weekend. To view the streaming video you will need to follow the instructions on Blizzard's WWI site and install the Octoshape Streaming Video Plugin.

*All Times Are Eastern Standard Time*
**The Full Schedule can be found on the WWI website**

WoW Arena Tournament
Discussion and Coverage

Diablo 3
Officially announced! It will be the classic Diablo third person style Action RPG. The demo looked fantastic. New Flash Diablo 3 Splash Screen on Blizzard Sites. The Ice has given way to fiery halo framing the new Diablo 3 logo. "The Heavens Shall Tremble"  

Diablo 3 Site Now Up with Screen shots, video and more.

Diablo 3 Forums Live on WoW Forums.

FAQ

Notes from WoTLK Developer Panel
Death Knights

• Avoid Pigeon holing the DK class to the Spec they choose. Essentially, they want to be sure they can always tank.
  
• Runes have 10 Second Cooldown

:hunter: Hunters

• Steady Shot will not clip Autoshot. Hunter's can now Smash Steady Shot.
  
• Pet Talent Trees - Current Pet skill point system will move to talents.
  
• Pet Ability, "Cornered", Pet's damage increases when they are below 20% health

:mage: Mage

• Frostfire Bolt
  
• Intended as king of AE damage. Mages should deal equal to or more AE damage than Warlocks.

:priest: Priest

• Divine Hymn - Stun player that strikes the player buffed with Divine Hymn
  
• Talent Dispersion - 51 Point Shadow Talent - 90% Regen. Allows to turtle and regen. Designed to make SPriests more viable in Arena.
  
• Guardian Spirit - Cheat Death for priests. Summon Spirit to follow party member. If party member about to die from a blow, the Spirit takes the fall instead.

:druid: Druid

• Entangling Roots for indoor use.
  
• "Flourish" - Quick Cast Direct Heal. Heals for different amounts depending on what  HoTs are up.

:shaman: Shaman

• Too Many Totems - Strength of Earth and Grace of Air Combined
  
• Totems Effect Entire Raids
  
• New Weapon Enchant Earthliving - +Healing
  
• Hex - Emergency, Short Duration CC. Hexed players can move but can not cast.
  
• Windfury no longer Weapon Enchant. Changed to Buff - Usable in Druid Forms as well as with poisons.

:rogue: Rogue

• AOE - Phantom Daggers - Hurl Knives at targets. Burst AOE. 1 Minute Cooldown.
  
• Increase SAP effectiveness against more target types (Beast, Giant, Dragons, "anything with Skull and brain")

:paladin: Paladin

• Improve Itemization of Retribution Paladin - Use Items identical to the Warrior
  
• Hand of Purity - Reactive, preemptive healing. "Single Target Prayer of Mending"
  
• Some Blessings Non-exclusive - Freedom and Protection. Will Be Renamed so they are not "blessings".

:warrior: Warrior

• Add Warcraft 3 Talents - Blade Storm and Shockwave. Make Warriors feel Big and Strong
  
• Titan's Grip - Fury Tree - Dual Wield 2 Handed Weapons.

:warlock: Warlock

• Demonic Circle - Runic Circle on ground. Teleport back to circle as well as gain benefits for summoning demons
  
• Demon Form - "Illidan Form" No summoned demon. AE Shadow Bolts

Opening Ceremony Live

• 6:00 AM: Presenting the 16 WoW Arena Teams
  
• 6:06 AM: Founder of Blizzard Mike Morhaime takes the stage. Thanking the players for being there.
  
• 6:10 AM: Discusses TBC's success. More than 2.4 Million Copies Sold in the first 24 hours. Discuss the merger with Activision. Players won't notice a difference in quality from Blizzard.
  
• 6:12 AM: Showing video from last years WWI (In French)
  
• 6:15 AM: Announced Diablo 3!.
  
• 6:19 AM: Third person RPG. Reminded its a work in progress. Showing demo. "Who wants to crush some demons!" Familiar UI. Showing off the Barbarian - "Brute Force".
  
• 6:21 AM: UI Improvements allow for hot keys and quickly swapping skills with the mouse wheel. Simple enough to play with just the mouse, but allows for more complex game play as well. New type of Item item the "Red Globe" allows for healing after combat without the need for potions.
  
• 6:24 AM: Destructible Environments. Barbarian hits wall that crumbles and kills a group of zombies.
  
• 6:25 AM: Finds an entire gear set in one chest, notes that this is not typical of normal game play ;) All gear is custom designed for each classes look. "Endless stream of items"
  
• 6:25 AM: Showing off skill: Whirlwind. Wrecking enemies.
  
• 6:27 AM: More Story Events and Quests than ever before Dekard Cain found in the dungeon to begin an escort style quest. "Stay a while and...."
  
• 6:32 AM: Diablo has always been a cooperative game. New class: Witch Doctor. Uses tribal magic, pets, diseases, and mind control. Master of Disease and Fire. "Mass Confuse" spell turns enemies against each other.
  
• 6:35 AM: Summons Zombie Walls like Fire Wall
  
• 6:36 AM: Showing group of Female Barb, Female Witch Doctor, and Male Witch Doctor. "You'll be able to quickly and easily form groups like this over Battle Net."
  
• 6:37 AM: Been a pleasure showing Diablo 3. "But first, lets show you a real fight" Group fights gigantic demon as a demo.
  
• 6:39 AM: Jay Wilson leaves the stage saying it was a pleasure presenting D3.
  
• 6:42 AM: Presenters working the crowd asking the crowd where they are all from going through European Countries.
  
• 6:45 AM: Dance performed on stage by fire dancers to new music from Diablo.
  
• 6:51 AM: Hosts concluding the opening ceremonies.

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This weekend Blizzard is hosting its Worldwide Invitational Conference in Paris.

Blizzard will be streaming all of the Conferences events on the WWI website. The full schedule of events can be found found at http://eu.blizzard.c...i08/streams.xml.

Some of the streams we think you may be interested in are the Opening Ceremony as well as the WoW Arena Tournament.

The Opening Ceremonies will begin at 11:45 AM CEST/Paris (5:45 AM EST) on Saturday and are expected to run until 1:00 PM CEST/Paris (7:00 AM EST). We expect they will talk about the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion, Starcraft 2, and the enigmatic splash screens first showed up on Blizzard sites earlier this week. It is largely expected to be the announcement of a new game. If you haven't been keeping up with it throughout the week a nice summary of this week's puzzle can be found over at World of Raids. We're keeping our fingers crossed for Diablo 3.

The WoW Arena Tournament's Schedule is as follows:

• Tournament Stage: Saturday, June 28 2:30 PM CEST/Paris (8:30 AM EST) - 5:30 PM CEST/Paris (11:30 AM EST)
  
• Tournament Stage: Saturday, June 28 8:30 PM CEST/Paris (2:30 PM EST) - 10:00 PM CEST/Paris (4:00 PM EST)
  
• Main Stage: Sunday, June 29 2:45 PM CEST/Paris (8:45 AM EST) - 4:30 PM CEST/Paris (10:30 AM EST)

Be sure to check the Schedule for the full listing of events that will be streamed live from WWI.

Update: Diablo 3
Back of the shirt hints at what it could be. Along with all the other rumors and theory crafting, we will hopefully get to hear about Diablo 3 tomorrow :)
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Realms should be starting to come back up from weekly maintenance shortly. This ushers in the start of Arena Season Four. (Season Four on EU realms will begin tomorrow). We're very excited to see whats in store for Season Four. Let the 2200 rating race begin!

In conclusion to Season Three: We know lots of you were working very hard to achieve the title of Gladiator. We wish you the best of luck on having a Netherdrake in your mailbox next week!

Here is a recap on Items and Item requirements for the new S4 Gear:

Season 4 Item Requirements

Season 4 Arena Rewards

Feral Druid S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Idol
  
• Staff

Restoration Druid S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Idol
  
• Healing Mace
  
• Haste Mace
  
• Healing Offhand

Balance Druid S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Idol
  
• Spell Damage Mace
  
• Haste Mace
  
• Damage Offhand
  
• Spell Pen Offhand

Hunter S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Main Hand Axe
  
• Off Hand Axe
  
• Bow
  
• Gun
  
• Crossbow

Mage S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Damage Wand
  
• Spell Pen Wand
  
• Crit Staff
  
• Spell Pen Staff
  
• Damage Offhand
  
• Spell Pen Offhand
  
• Damage Dagger
  
• Haste Dagger

Holy Paladin S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Shield
  
• Healing Mace
  
• Haste Mace
  
• Libram

Retribution Paladin S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Libram
  
• Two Hand Axe
  
• Two Hand Mace
  
• Two Hand Sword

Spell Damage Paladin S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Shield
  
• Spell Damage Mace
  
• Haste Mace
  
• Libram

Discipline/Holy Priest S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Wand
  
• Healing Mace
  
• Haste Mace
  
• Healing Offhand

Shadow Priest S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Damage Wand
  
• Spell Pen Wand
  
• Crit Staff
  
• Spell Pen Staff
  
• Spell Damage Mace
  
• Damage Dagger
  
• Haste Dagger
  
• Haste Mace
  
• Damage Offhand
  
• Spell Pen Offhand

Rogue S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Thrown
  
• Main Hand Mace
  
• Off Hand Mace
  
• Main Hand Sword
  
• Off Hand Sword
  
• Main Hand Dagger
  
• Off Hand Dagger - Shiv
  
• Off Hand Dagger - Mutilator
  
• Main Hand Fist
  
• Off Hand Fist

Enhancement Shaman S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Totem
  
• Shield
  
• Two Hand Axe
  
• Two Hand Mace
  
• Main Hand Axe
  
• Off Hand Axe
  
• Main Hand Fist
  
• Off Hand Fist

Elemental Shaman S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Totem
  
• Shield
  
• Spell Damage Mace
  
• Haste Mace

Restoration Shaman S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Totem
  
• Shield
  
• Healing Mace
  
• Haste Mace

Warrior S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Two Hand Axe
  
• Two Hand Mace
  
• Two Hand Sword
  
• Thrown
  
• Shield

Felweave Warlock S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Damage Dagger
  
• Haste Dagger
  
• Damage Wand
  
• Spell Pen Wand
  
• Crit Staff
  
• Damage Offhand
  
• Spell Pen Offhand

Dreadweave Warlock S4 Gear

• Shoulders
  
• Helm
  
• Gloves
  
• Chest
  
• Pants
  
• Damage Wand
  
• Damage Dagger
  
• Haste Dagger
  
• Damage Offhand
  
• Spell Pen Wand
  
• Spell Pen Staff
  
• Spell Pen Offhand

Season 4 Quality Honor Gear

Boots - Rating Requirement: 1700

• Guardian's Chain Sabatons
  
• Guardian's Dragonhide Boots
  
• Guardian's Dreadweave Stalkers
  
• Guardian's Kodohide Boots
  
• Guardian's Lamellar Greaves
  
• Guardian's Leather Boots
  
• Guardian's Linked Sabatons
  
• Guardian's Mail Sabatons
  
• Guardian's Mooncloth Slippers
  
• Guardian's Ornamented Greaves
  
• Guardian's Plate Greaves
  
• Guardian's Ringmail Sabatons
  
• Guardian's Scaled Greaves
  
• Guardian's Silk Footguards
  
• Guardian's Wyrmhide Boots

Rings - Rating Requirement: 1650

• Guardian's Band of Dominance
  
• Guardian's Band of Salvation
  
• Guardian's Band of Subjugation
  
• Guardian's Band of Triumph

Bracers - Rating Requirement:1575

• Guardian's Chain Bracers
  
• Guardian's Dragonhide Bracers
  
• Guardian's Dreadweave Cuffs
  
• Guardian's Kodohide Bracers
  
• Guardian's Lamellar Bracers
  
• Guardian's Leather Bracers
  
• Guardian's Linked Bracers
  
• Guardian's Mail Bracers
  
• Guardian's Mooncloth Cuffs
  
• Guardian's Ornamented Bracers
  
• Guardian's Plate Bracers
  
• Guardian's Ringmail Bracers
  
• Guardian's Scaled Bracers
  
• Guardian's Silk Cuffs
  
• Guardian's Wyrmhide Bracers

Belts - Rating Requirement: None

• Guardian's Chain Girdle
  
• Guardian's Dragonhide Belt
  
• Guardian's Dreadweave Belt
  
• Guardian's Kodohide Belt
  
• Guardian's Lamellar Belt
  
• Guardian's Leather Belt
  
• Guardian's Linked Girdle
  
• Guardian's Mail Girdle
  
• Guardian's Mooncloth Belt
  
• Guardian's Ornamented Belt
  
• Guardian's Plate Belt
  
• Guardian's Ringmail Girdle
  
• Guardian's Scaled Belt
  
• Guardian's Silk Belt
  
• Guardian's Wyrmhide Belt

Necklaces - Rating Requirement: None

• Guardian's Pendant of Conquest
  
• Guardian's Pendant of Dominance
  
• Guardian's Pendant of Reprieve
  
• Guardian's Pendant of Salvation
  
• Guardian's Pendant of Subjugation
  
• Guardian's Pendant of Triumph

Trinkets - Rating Requirement: None

• Battlemaster's Alacrity
  
• Battlemaster's Audacity
  
• Battlemaster's Cruelty
  
• Battlemaster's Depravity
  
• Battlemaster's Determination
  
• Battlemaster's Perseverance

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