Kilda said:
I would love Blizz to merge Blackout and Cruelty (original Nightfall realms), as I believe strongly the competition here is just as good as Blackout, if not better
Players have migrated to Blackout already, but still havent had as many games as Cruelty. I find it somewhat strange Blackout now have more players than before but can't seem to get games going
I'd hate to imagine Blackout before people transferred, it must have been a ghost town.
I stand my ground, Blackout twinks are not into 'competitive games' anymore than Cruelty!
Don't get me wrong, but you haven't been following 29's for very long it seems, and I think we have different priorities when it comes to twinking.
When I say competition, I mean people with decent skill level and the will to prove themselves in a competitive (e.g.: guild vs guild, arena) format. Fair enough, Cruelty has xp locked wsg games going on atm, big woop, it'll get fixed in some form sooner or later and everyone will be able to play more wsg/ab than currently.
Blackout has pretty much always been the place where the 'skilled' players have been or gone to apart from a very brief period where a few players went to Reckoning. When I was on Bloodlust before going Reckoning, arugably the best players we (my guild and I) faced, and have ever faced went to Blackout (Tyrnas/Frustrazione/Battlecry), whereas we went Reckoning thinking it was going to be more active - and it probably was, for it had a stupidly large and active horde guild...but all they cared about was wsg with a few exceptions.
I've followed all the twink forums since x-realms were introduced (with the exception of twinkinfo...zz) and anyone that wanted to prove something went to Blackout - it has had the most iconic players (atleast in my eyes) of eu-29, even attracting a legend or two from US bg's for a brief time. Some of the more well known players include Sorby, Twoblasted, Optixwife, Pizzabaker/Siouxie 2v2 combo, Wanted, I Said Lay Down, and even 1-2 players from eu-19's such as Bragh.
I've only played with a few of them - and I know the few I've played with are good players of the game, knowing the games mechanics and not relying on gear/class to beat people less well geared in a pug wsg. I'm hardly biased because I haven't played with the rest, they're just figures that have stood out from the crowd consistantly over the whole of eu's 29 scene, I could name perhaps - 1-2 of players from other bg's of a similar renown, but these don't play anymore (Stormfist and Gex@misery).
Anyway, I don't even play atm - but I know who has transfered to Blackout and I know they're decent players that want to do more than pug wsg - they're the type of people that want to be the best and will attempt to prove it in arena; will create drama and rivalries and ultimately promote competitive play on that battlegroup.
Obviously the choice is anyone's to make, and different people prefer different things. If all you want to do is have an active pug wsg scene, then by all means, Cruelty/Frenzy look somewhat alright right now don't they?
Utlimately if I (and my friends) were to play again, we'll be going Blackout - because we know (from moving to reckoning over blackout in the first place, - the other bg's weren't an option because they simply don't have the same drive or skill level) that if anywhere is going to be the proving grounds - for us -, it's going to be Blackout.
