Episode 62 - Esports Articles

Technically PVP Show Notes

Episode 62 - Esports Articles

Upcoming WoW PVP Events

• AWC NA/EU fall cup schedule:
• • EU Cup #3 - 5 Oct - https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-fall-eu-cup-3/5b73ae432fb09103c4fbcc41/info?infoTab=details
  • NA Cup #3 - 6 Oct - https://battlefy.com/world-of-warcraft-arena-world-championship/awc-fall-na-cup-3/5b73b503d42e2c0399803627/info?infoTab=details
• GsA guild 3v3 Tournament - 6 Oct - (looks to be EU guild only tournament; top 4 will be streamed)
• • https://battlefy.com/gsa/gsa-3vs3-tournament/5b8ea36b71e27a03b93cd116/info?infoTab=details
• Resurgent Esports Tournament 13-14 Oct
• • https://battlefy.com/resurgent-esports-broadcasting/resurgent-pre-blizzcon-open/5ba05f0bf1c8ed03b3178725/info?infoTab=details
• Blizzcon Opening Week - 29 Oct

WOW PVP NEWS

• The APAC finals happened 22-23 Sep. Congratulations to team Mad Dog from Australia (Yoske, Oxygen, Featherfeet, and Fresh) for winning!
• • https://liquipedia.net/worldofwarcraft/Regional_Championships/2018/APAC
• The Latin America finals happened on 22-23 Sep.  Congratulations to Unitas Red (Aiden, Hozito Jones, Pride and Shdxw) for winning and securing their spot at the World Championships at Blizzcon.
• • https://liquipedia.net/worldofwarcraft/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica/2018/Grand_Finals
• EU Cup #2 finished on 28 Sep.  Congrats to XRB to the Moon (Blizo, Loony, Wallirikz and Zeepeye) for winning that cup!
• • https://liquipedia.net/worldofwarcraft/Arena_Cup/2018/EU/8
• NA Cup #2 finished on 29 Sep.  Congrats to Gosu Crew (Absterge, Pikaboo, Jellybeans and Wizk) for winning!
• • https://liquipedia.net/worldofwarcraft/Arena_Cup/2018/NA/8
• Hotfixes… get your hotfixes here! https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21973195/hotfixes-september-24-2018
• • Big Red button nerfed
  • More class and trait balancing
  • Spirit Link talent has a cast time now?
• Found this neat tid-bit on twitter: https://twitter.com/WarcraftDevs/status/1044303711101579264
• • So if you cast starfall on a pillar and person is LOS from center of ring, it won’t put them into combat (won’t stop drinks).  How does this affect stealth? hmmm.
• Someone did some math… found azerite power was inversely proportional to ilvl.  https://www.reddit.com/r/worldofpvp/comments/9hbnj4/tested_some_azerite_trait_scaling/
• Tempo Storm change up their roster!
• • Boetar joins - https://tempostorm.com/articles/boetar
  • Minpojke is now a content creator!
• Watch some IRL PVP at Medieval Times during Blizzcon (with discount!): https://twitter.com/ConBeforeStorm/status/1047210148366831616

Warcraft PVP Scene

NA Bracket

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

EU PVP Brackets:

https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-gb/game/pvp/leaderboards/2v2

Trivia question

Previous episode question was: What debuff follows the Paladin protection spells Divine Shield and Blessing of Protection to disallow them from casting similar spells on the same target? A:Forbearance!  Congrats to Leocede on Area 52 for being the first to correctly answer!  

Send your answer to [email protected].  First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show and 2 ballets for free game time!  Every one else will get 1 ballet.  Draw will happen on our New Year's show!

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