Mini rvr dueling event/tournament tonight 20:00 CEST

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Dreams

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I've already messaged most of the rogues in the bracket in-game but I thought I'd post it here too in case someone was unaware.

Hosting a rogue vs rogue dueling event tonight at 20:00 realm time. Alliance only.

Ground rules:
  • Standardized gear - you have to use a specific gear set that I will post below
  • Burst of speed is banned because it makes for some really boring duels
  • Besides that you are free to choose talents and glyphs
  • Combat spec is banned because we're using a high haste, low ap set, which would benefit combat more than the other specs (nobody plays combat anyway)
  • Format will be decided once I see how many people turn up
  • All non-humans will be using a pvp trinket with no stats and will not be permitted to use their on-use racials. This way nobody has a racial advantage.
  • You cannot enchant your gear or gem it in any other way than specified below.
  • First aid and food is not permitted.
  • Flying mounts are not permitted. You can use ground mounts, but not the instant mount from hallow's end.
  • In the event that someone is caught using illegal gear, talents, or otherwise breaking a rule, the opposing player may choose between taking a win or redoing the duel
  • You are free to transmog your gear, but there will be people keeping an eye on your gear at all times so you can't for example swap weapons mid-duel
  • Duels will start with both rogues out of stealth, running towards each other spamming gouge. Once the first gouge lands you are free to do whatever you want.

Prizes are 20k gold for 1st place, 10k gold for 2nd place. The gold will be given on Argent Dawn. If you don't play there you can just buy a battle pet and sell it on your own realm.

Here is the gear that will be used:
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Note that there are no enchants and that all the gems are +20 haste gems. Non-humans should also get an Insignia of the alliance which can be bought here:
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The rest of the gear can be bought from vendors in shattrath. It's unfortunately quite expensive, but if you are on argent dawn I can provide you with 500g for the gear and the 17 haste gems required, free of charge. The vendors can be found here:
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If you want to join just whisper me. Sall#2989 in case you don't have me on btag.
 
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Tournament is over, top 3 finishes were:
1. Fameboyx
2. Complex
3. Roguetrainer

Overall scores were:
Roguetrainer 2 - 1 Fameboyx
Fameboyx 2 - 2 Complex
Complex 2 - 1 Roguetrainer
Note that me and fameboy played an extra game (the finals).

The format of the tournament was bo1 round robin. After each round the lowest scoring player got eliminated from the tournament and we played round robin again. This continued until 2 people were left and then we played a final game. In the future if we get some more players we'll probably do a more traditional tournament style with brackets. The gear seemed fine, the pace of the duels was pretty slow which allowed for some fairly interesting duels.

This time around we held the tournament on some ice platforms in howling fjord:
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We've decided to change the location for the next tournament as the water got a little annoying, for example if someone fell down while trying to jump between platforms or simply used the water as an escape route. If anyone has some cool suggestions please post below. Keep in mind that the dueling space can't be too big.

Unfortunately we had 3 people back off at the last minute, significantly reducing the size of the tournament. But overall it was a successful event and I'll definitely host more of these in the near future.
 
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Onlydreams said:
I've already messaged most of the rogues in the bracket in-game but I thought I'd post it here too in case someone was unaware.

Hosting a rogue vs rogue dueling event tonight at 20:00 realm time. Alliance only.

Ground rules:
  • Standardized gear - you have to use a specific gear set that I will post below
  • Burst of speed is banned because it makes for some really boring duels
  • Besides that you are free to choose talents and glyphs
  • Combat spec is banned because we're using a high haste, low ap set, which would benefit combat more than the other specs (nobody plays combat anyway)
  • Format will be decided once I see how many people turn up
  • All non-humans will be using a pvp trinket with no stats and will not be permitted to use their on-use racials. This way nobody has a racial advantage.
  • You cannot enchant your gear or gem it in any other way than specified below.
  • First aid and food is not permitted.
  • Flying mounts are not permitted. You can use ground mounts, but not the instant mount from hallow's end.
  • In the event that someone is caught using illegal gear, talents, or otherwise breaking a rule, the opposing player may choose between taking a win or redoing the duel
  • You are free to transmog your gear, but there will be people keeping an eye on your gear at all times so you can't for example swap weapons mid-duel
  • Duels will start with both rogues out of stealth, running towards each other spamming gouge. Once the first gouge lands you are free to do whatever you want.

Prizes are 20k gold for 1st place, 10k gold for 2nd place. The gold will be given on Argent Dawn. If you don't play there you can just buy a battle pet and sell it on your own realm.

Here is the gear that will be used:
0fbccd0e11.jpg

Note that there are no enchants and that all the gems are +20 haste gems. Non-humans should also get an Insignia of the alliance which can be bought here:
6f234884ef.jpg


The rest of the gear can be bought from vendors in shattrath. It's unfortunately quite expensive, but if you are on argent dawn I can provide you with 500g for the gear and the 17 haste gems required, free of charge. The vendors can be found here:
7d28c87896.jpg


If you want to join just whisper me. Sall#2989 in case you don't have me on btag.
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......That's not how 1v1 rogues, dueled. It was first duel one rogue had the opener an next duel the opposing rogue had opener....who's old school?
 
Zelpher said:
......That's not how 1v1 rogues, dueled. It was first duel one rogue had the opener an next duel the opposing rogue had opener....who's old school?
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If you take turns to have opener then one person will have the advantage unless you play an even amount of matches, in which case you risk a tie.
In my opinion the most fair way to open a rvr is double sap. But with the server latency fix two cc abilities rarely land simultaneously which makes double sap extremely unreliable.

The gouge opener seemed pretty fair though. First off it's more or less random who gets the first gouge, and secondly getting the first gouge isn't a gamebreaking advantage (like getting a free opener is). Since it's not worth vanishing on your target without slice or bleeds up, all the first gouge really gives you is the first global of the duel. You're essentially just one cp ahead from that point.
 
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