Pandemic wins again at WSVG Louisville
by Mike Schramm 
Jun 25th 2007 at 3:30PM
WSVG's Louisville event took place this past weekend, and the results say that Pandemic has done it again, winning the Pandemic, you'll remember, won it all in China as well. They definitely look like a winning arena team-- Warrior, Paladin, two Priests, a Shammy and a Mage. Strangely enough, both Priests are Disc/Holy, which might not surprise you arena vets, but it surely surprised me. Their Paladin is Holy, too, while the Shammy is a more reasonable Elemental, and their Warrior is specced Arms.
Grats to Pandemic for that one-- the next WSVG WoW arena event will be in Dallas on July 5-8 (and if you haven't signed up yet, they're giving away Blizzcon tickets to a few lucky participants). Will Pandemic three-peat? Considering their arena season 2 score is 22-1, it seems a pretty safe bet.
Full list of this weekend's winners and their prizes after the jump.
*Update: My fault, this was a 3v3 tourney, not a 5v5. The team on the Armory may or may not have been the team that played, or if it was it's likely they switched players in and out. Thanks, commenters evo_dragon and Den!
1. us Team Pandemic - $10,500 + $3,000 travel
2. us Insurrection - $6,000 + $3,000 travel
3. us MoB Turtle Beach - $4,200 + $3,000 travel
4. us MoB TurtleForce - $2,400 + $3,000 travel
5. us Check-Six - $2,400
6. us 519 - $1,500
7. us Cute Baby Elephants - $1,500
8. us Evil Geniuses - $1,500
9-12. us Cloak of Shadow word: Death Coil
9-12. us Elitist Jerks
9-12. us MoB *Turtle Power*
9-12. us The One Shots
13-16. eu Fnatic.WoW
13-16. us Sapped Girls Can't Say No
13-16. us Serenity Now
13-16. us The Challenge
Filed under: Events, Guilds, News items, PvP
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kirby1612 Jun 25th 2007 3:42PM
So...what are they going to do with that money anyways? Split it among team members and just spend it on whatever they want. I;m not really into
e-sports but whatever pays right =D
Aziraphale Jun 25th 2007 4:07PM
"...9-12. us The One Shots
13-16. eu Fnatic.WoW
13-16. us Sapped Girls Can't Say No..."
Wow, that's a really messed up name. Anybody else notice that one?
K Whitt Jun 25th 2007 4:09PM
10.5k split amongst a 5-man team? 2k apiece, with likely the US$500 going directly to entrance fees to the next competition. Not a bad sum to make in a single comp. However it isn't a living. Not unless there are comps constantly, or they have mad skills in other games as well to rank in those games so they can go to other competitions besides just WoW arena. RTS (StarCraft, etc), FPS (solo, think deathmatch), tactical FPS (team, think Rainbow Six, or UT2k4 Onslaught), and even arcade games (usually fighter games like GuiltyGear or Tekken, but sometimes shooters like Raiden or classics like Pac-Man)... They all have competitions. However trying to be good enough at all forms in order to actually make money is difficult if not impossible. There could be memebers of a full gaming team that are specialized in different skillsets, but still it doesn't make a living.
However that is where endorsements, corporate sponsorships, and self or team-name pimping on gear comes in (see: F4T4L1TY line of products).
More power to them, and congrats on sweeping the WoW arena events so far.
Annwn Jun 25th 2007 4:35PM
Warrior + 2 priests, + shaman + paladin = warrior being uncc'able, unkiteable, windfury + sweeping strike whirlwind...
ouch.
evo_dragon Jun 25th 2007 5:43PM
#4 it was a 3v3 competition, they just had 5 players who could sub when needed. Their shaman also played a rogue, and played a rogue during their last few setups.
War/Pal/Priest
Rogue/Priest/Mage
Were a couple of the setups they used. Gratz to all, tons of great games to watch.
kerrizor Jun 25th 2007 5:44PM
@2 - yeah.. I popped into the comment thread to point that out.
:(
kylepeyton Jun 26th 2007 7:39AM
Anyone have any links to videos of the fights?
kylepeyton Jun 26th 2007 7:56AM
Anyone got any video links?
kylepeyton Jun 26th 2007 7:57AM
sorry bout that
Kaylek Jun 26th 2007 8:34AM
Gogo Holy Paladin.
Grats to Pan.