Technically PVP Show Notes

 

Episode 64 - Pre-Blizzcon 2018

 

Upcoming WoW PVP Events (14:43)

• AWC 2018 2-3 Nov
  • https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/22568650/arena-world-championship-at-blizzcon-a-viewer-s-guide
  • https://liquipedia.net/worldofwarcraft/Arena_World_Championship/2018
  • Streams are available free.  You don’t need the virtual ticket.  And it will be available in 6 languages!
• Not a real event… just a teaser for engagement, but has some interesting ideas
  • https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20769728162

WOW PVP NEWS (19:19)

• Opening week is over and we are seeing how the tournament is starting to shape out
  • Some amazing upsets: Unitas knocked Super Frogs into Lower Bracket.  Pen and Paper knocked Reformed down too. Skill Capped decisively knocked Tempo Storm down?!  Gosu Crew had to fight to stay in the upper bracket (vs. P&P).
• Hotfixes
  • https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/21973195/hotfixes-october-26-2018
• More 8.1 PTR stuff.  We’ve been seeing new trait designs and honour talents coming up
  • https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/8095-Patch-8-1-0-PTR-Build-28202
• Holinka is back!
  • https://twitter.com/holinka/status/1053697167968362496
  • https://www.wowhead.com/news=288050/brian-holinka-returns-to-the-wow-team-as-lead-combat-designer
• Watch streams on FB Gaming and you could win some rewards!
  • https://blizzcon.com/en-us/news/22548102/facebook-gaming-to-run-blizzcon-livestreams-with-in-stream-rewards
• Blizzard Esports App was launched.  Get your news and calendar of events!
  • https://twitter.com/Sunset_SC2/status/1055878958619607040
• Blizzcon Q&A Thread
  • https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20769758452
• Catch Andallyn as a panelist on the Pod before the Con
  • iTunes: http://bit.ly/WorldOfPodcastsiTunes
  • Google Play: http://bit.ly/WorldOfPodcastsGoogle

 

Subject of Analysis (57:50)

 

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 (1:31:28)

Previous episode question was: AWC 2017, only one team used a ret paladin in their comps.  Which team was it? A: Sneaky Snakes!

Congrats to Verlane for being the first person to correctly answer, and earn two ballots to the game time prize!

 

 

Send your answer to [email protected].  First correct answer will earn a shout out on the next show

 

Shoutouts

Congrats to Darkpen for winning our Blizzcon ticket!  Looking forward to seeing your face when you get your badge!

To Rho for hosting an awesome Pod Before the Con and to Medieval Times for the support!

 

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