US I Am Realstate

Sputnick

Made in EU
Hello everyone,

Some of you will ignore this thread. I even dare to say most of you will. Unless you are bored and have nothing else to read, keep reading.

I took a break from twinking and WoW in general in 2014. At the time I was leading the oldest active guild in Europe, Against All Odds. After fighting Tough Love in what was known as the most heated event of the year (where the best achievement we got was a single tie) and losing the first time as a veteran guild on Alliance, it took a toll to all of us. So some of us decided to take a break.

Roughly 2 and a half years later (2016) I came back into twinking and I first heard about the Twink Cup and The National Wargaming League. I was thrilled with such development from the twinking community, it was a major progress. I saw people regularly streaming and a small but devoted audience.

I immediately contacted all my core players, so I could be updated regarding current guild affairs and twinking in general. To my surprise and sadness, half my roster was gone. I noticed that @Hardbass was no longer fighting for Against All Odds, same for @Smull and @Jva . Some of my best players were now a part of Gurubashi Surf Club/Hey I'm Average.

They all explained to me that their decision was due to the fact that they created great bonds with the people they fought, enough to represent their colors. It's something honorable and I greatly appreciate their sincerity with me. I also talked with @Blueprint which updated me, and I am happy for them.

I was left with half a roster which was severely outdated and/or inactive. I convinced some players to come back, such as @Mesikämmen which I consider a brother, same for @Roula , @Outplayed and @Slacknul . Later on @Squidgy and @Scope (US) joined us, which gave me hope to rebuild Against All Odds once more.

But unfortunately we couldn't fill the void, not on EU as it currently stands. So I broke my own sacred rule: never play on any other region besides EU.

That's where Realstate comes in. That would be my US persona, my alias. My reason to come over to the US, to scout. I wanted to find players whiling to compete for us, and in exchange we would give them conditions to play on EU.

But the tides changed after my first weeks. I found myself surrounded by a climate of competition, naturally a result from the upcoming Twink Cup. I felt that I was doing it all wrong, I shouldn't be bringing people from US to the EU... but the contrary. I should get my players to the US.

You made an impression on me and changed my mentality regarding your region. I've had the pleasure to fight with and against players like @Darklumiya @Pizza @Kancer @Grizzlefoot @LennywBT @Apnea @Phobia @saxxon @Camo @bigmoran and countless more.

Thank you for making my time worthwhile. Hopefully I will move my guild over in time for the Twink Cup Qualifiers.


Peace out,


Sputnick/Realstate
 
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Good to see you're giving US a try. ;)
 
I really enjoyed reading this, I really hope to see you guys throw down in this years TC!
 
I'm glad you came over, you're a lot of fun to play with and against. After some of the games we've been in the last couple weeks, I've come away with the impression that you are among the top of the top at playing hunter.

Looking forward to more quality games with you.
 
wow had noo idea real! I was blahzay and some other ppl, had some great games with you
 
This was a good read Sputnick.

I personally enjoy the idea of being active on US again. However, my most recent experiences in the pug scene there haven't really had all the attractive qualities that they had this time last year when people like myself, squidgy, slacknul, kiri, sapah, gingerbread, outplayed and others were all pretty active on US, and the vast majority werent even there for the cup.

For starters, the games were popping at around 10pm (local time) if we rewind a year. Now, I feel lucky to be getting in US games before 1am, and I'm as west of EU as you get, so it'll be 2am or 3am for some before they begin popping. That doesn't stop me keeping up my US acct active though cause I do enjoy the bracket, but just pointing that out as a difficult selling point for getting people to come across.

I like the idea of another mass exodus, but the players I mentioned above who could potentially make this happen either have no interest in the current meta, or are enjoying different aspects of the game more than 19s (20-29, v quality etc.) And don't really show interest in EU pops nevermind US. I think though that if say we DID manage to get around 10 players set up on US. And say for arguments sake, told people to queue at 11pm paris time (which I think is 17:00 EST time) we would not only have to work with EU players and get them into this routine, but also get US guys on board and actually queueing pugs and queuing them earlier.

It's a sad day when I log BH and see around 15+ twinks with no games going. So, while I am all for the idea of gathering a squad on US for war games and potentially TC(and I'm sure that it will be doable) it's a difficult task to actually make people active during times where there are no pug pops, without active effort from both corners of the world to get quality games happening more frequently and earlier.

Maybe EU and US should team up to make an exchange programme to fund players from each continent and aid the bracket. I love my old toons and GF'd goodies, and I gave all that up to play US, a personal decision for sure, but a bittersweet one when it's also compounded with higher MS and awkward pop times. But the attraction is the promise of games! I'm sure that people on both sides of the pond would be interested in this, who knows.

Sorry I'm rambling now, and typed all this on my phone. When I'm on the computer later I'll come back and fix it incase it makes no sense at all!

Tl:dr: love u sput, maybe there is hope for EU and US again in the run up to the TC if we get people from either side to step up and answer the call of duty <3
 
idk whats wrong with this kid, whats funny u fucking retard? you're a shitty player from endgame that no1 knows about until Roula juked you lets be real here..
atleast sputnick is a real Tink, do me a favor and dont post here go back to skillcapped and write some guides like a fucking retard to get 20$ a day so u can buy a pack of clothes from Amazon u poor fuck..
 
idk whats wrong with this kid, whats funny u ducking moron? you're a shitty player from endgame that no1 knows about until Roula juked you lets be real here..
atleast sputnick is a real Tink, do me a favor and dont post here go back to skillcapped and write some guides like a ducking moron to get 20$ a day so u can buy a pack of clothes from Amazon u poor duck..

YO LMAO
 

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