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There have been threads like this before. Such as this one by @saxxon, as well as others throughout the years. After having written one of these myself in late WoD I decided I would see if saxx wanted to write one himself, and even thought about asking @Blueprint if he wanted to go at this thread with me. In the end saxx and I decided i'd take the reins this time, which seems fitting, as I will be stepping down from Head Admin imminently
The 2016 Twink Cup ended - The Father of Modern Twinking @Pizza was Usurped by the a conglomerate of twinks from different backgrounds flying under the Gurubashi Surf Club Banner, who have continued to play as a team and serve as a dominant base for the frequent Wargames which have just started to occur. However Members from teams Like Wacka Flocka Seagulls, STARTER, Skill Ratio, UGGTW and others remain active, may it be queuing 5 man PuGs, or organized 10v10s. The sudden and sustained activity months into legion makes me hesitant at first, with @Hunnybuns coming back to the scene, Saxxon and Blueprint along side him, GSC has risen from their slumber, alongside the rest of the bracket, including @Pizza himself, while pizza has been threatening activity for a while with sporadic 5 man Skill Ratio PuG squads he is now queuing within other 5 mans on a regular basis, bringing a massive increase to the quality of PuGs, Pizza was the first to make a habit of this but once Hunnybuns tuned in(and some people prior) others were soon to follow suit, getting on voice coms, and queuing often times against other 5 mans, and intentionally against other members of the 19s wargame scene.
Getting into twinking - Easier than ever, leveling up takes minimal time, gear is mostly vendor and BG crates, BiS is nearly irrelevant yet having proper gear type and all your gear slots equipped creates a big difference, transmog is lit, and there are 19 twink guilds actively experiementing in world PvP, bringing luster to the twink economy, for duels, world pve, and just to look dope. Bleeding Hollow is still the place to be as it always will be, about 8+ active twink guilds, if you play on another server and want to reroll one of them will fund you, if you want to transfer, bring over some twink items and sell them, I've made over a million gold transferring twink items to Bleeding Hollow US
PuGs - PuGs are better than I expected, the massive HP increase and survival hunter nerf has really balanced things out. Ques are faster on alliance yet its always best to queue wherever you can find a 5 man for the sake of quality as your comp can ensure a well rounded team, and often times ques are shorter when in group, neither horde nor alliance win a significant amount of games over the other.
Wargame Scene - Far more inclusive than WoD, this will continue to be a key factor in promoting the quality of play within the twink cup, the more people interested in the wargame scene who get to play and gain the knowledge to bring back to their teams, the higher quality of play will be in The TC. This year 6/8 teams will be invited to the twink cup, that means that in order to be invited as a team, The NWL and by extension it's sub-existence within the community needs to know you exist, and know you're worth a spot in the most competitive Battleground event in World of Warcraft - The Twink Cup.
Spectated Events - After tracking down and putting together a mix of versions of BGlive that Vadrak edited for the twink cup, and a copy of Arena live Dmachine and Starship edited in early legion we were able to tackle enough of the issues with spectating BGs to make the BG part of the addon functional, and able to be distributed. This presents an excellent opportunity for new teams to show off their skills, and get a birds eye view of high caliber wargames and their own exhibition games to study and learn from. If you would like to set up spectated/commentated wargames on the XPOFF Twitch channel than contact an Myself @Hunnybuns @Muskie @Arkte @Burg or any other member of the XPOFF staff/19s wargaming community
The 2017 Twink Cup - in terms of team turn out, this is a hit or miss, it could be far beyond expectations or it could be like last year and require some last minute magic, it comes down to how nurturing and enabling certain aspects of the community are, from inclusiveness, updated guides, streams, and donations the community can provide all the incentive a twink could need to come back and make a team, or for an endgame group to come here and play like in previous years.
All and All things are looking absolutely stellar, It took some time to get stabilized but Legion Twinking is real, and its dominant. Let me know how you guys feel about Legion at this point?
The 2016 Twink Cup ended - The Father of Modern Twinking @Pizza was Usurped by the a conglomerate of twinks from different backgrounds flying under the Gurubashi Surf Club Banner, who have continued to play as a team and serve as a dominant base for the frequent Wargames which have just started to occur. However Members from teams Like Wacka Flocka Seagulls, STARTER, Skill Ratio, UGGTW and others remain active, may it be queuing 5 man PuGs, or organized 10v10s. The sudden and sustained activity months into legion makes me hesitant at first, with @Hunnybuns coming back to the scene, Saxxon and Blueprint along side him, GSC has risen from their slumber, alongside the rest of the bracket, including @Pizza himself, while pizza has been threatening activity for a while with sporadic 5 man Skill Ratio PuG squads he is now queuing within other 5 mans on a regular basis, bringing a massive increase to the quality of PuGs, Pizza was the first to make a habit of this but once Hunnybuns tuned in(and some people prior) others were soon to follow suit, getting on voice coms, and queuing often times against other 5 mans, and intentionally against other members of the 19s wargame scene.
Getting into twinking - Easier than ever, leveling up takes minimal time, gear is mostly vendor and BG crates, BiS is nearly irrelevant yet having proper gear type and all your gear slots equipped creates a big difference, transmog is lit, and there are 19 twink guilds actively experiementing in world PvP, bringing luster to the twink economy, for duels, world pve, and just to look dope. Bleeding Hollow is still the place to be as it always will be, about 8+ active twink guilds, if you play on another server and want to reroll one of them will fund you, if you want to transfer, bring over some twink items and sell them, I've made over a million gold transferring twink items to Bleeding Hollow US
PuGs - PuGs are better than I expected, the massive HP increase and survival hunter nerf has really balanced things out. Ques are faster on alliance yet its always best to queue wherever you can find a 5 man for the sake of quality as your comp can ensure a well rounded team, and often times ques are shorter when in group, neither horde nor alliance win a significant amount of games over the other.
Wargame Scene - Far more inclusive than WoD, this will continue to be a key factor in promoting the quality of play within the twink cup, the more people interested in the wargame scene who get to play and gain the knowledge to bring back to their teams, the higher quality of play will be in The TC. This year 6/8 teams will be invited to the twink cup, that means that in order to be invited as a team, The NWL and by extension it's sub-existence within the community needs to know you exist, and know you're worth a spot in the most competitive Battleground event in World of Warcraft - The Twink Cup.
Spectated Events - After tracking down and putting together a mix of versions of BGlive that Vadrak edited for the twink cup, and a copy of Arena live Dmachine and Starship edited in early legion we were able to tackle enough of the issues with spectating BGs to make the BG part of the addon functional, and able to be distributed. This presents an excellent opportunity for new teams to show off their skills, and get a birds eye view of high caliber wargames and their own exhibition games to study and learn from. If you would like to set up spectated/commentated wargames on the XPOFF Twitch channel than contact an Myself @Hunnybuns @Muskie @Arkte @Burg or any other member of the XPOFF staff/19s wargaming community
The 2017 Twink Cup - in terms of team turn out, this is a hit or miss, it could be far beyond expectations or it could be like last year and require some last minute magic, it comes down to how nurturing and enabling certain aspects of the community are, from inclusiveness, updated guides, streams, and donations the community can provide all the incentive a twink could need to come back and make a team, or for an endgame group to come here and play like in previous years.
