This is the arena that never ends
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Jul 23rd 2007 at 6:12PM
It just goes on and on my friend. Jbangalanga, Weaslelawd, Spiked and Deunan started playing it, not knowing what it was, and they continued playing it for ten hours and twenty minutes just because ...
Yes, you heard right: there was a 2v2 arena match that lasted for over ten hours. According to Weaslelawd, the DPSers of the teams -- the warrior and the warlock -- got killed in the first few minutes. This left Weaslelawd, an orc resto shaman, and Spiked, a night elf resto druid, to battle it out. Neither healer could out-DPS the other's heals, and both were too stubborn to give up. The druid was unable to rez his own partner due to cooldown restrictions, but stayed alert enough to interrupt any attempts from the shaman to rez the warrior.
Jbangalanga created a character on Spiked's server to try to negotiate a settlement, but talks fell through as neither Weaslelawd or Spiked was willing to throw the match or /roll for it. Weaslelawd actually talked to a GM halfway through, but unfortunately chose to host the picture on imageshack, where they can't be seen due to excessive bandwidth usage.
Eventually, it hit 5 AM in Spiked's area and he began to zone out. Also, he said, eight pieces of his gear were broken. He emoted to Weaslelawd that he was ready and let the shaman kill him. Weaslelawd walked away from his ten-hour match with ... 15 added to his arena rating. Wow.
Spectators on both Burning Legion and Shadowmoon have suggested that both teams deserve a couple thousand arena points and a Manly Man award for a ten-hour fight. I would probably have given up around the twenty minute mark. What would you have done in the same situation -- fight it out or give up?
Filed under: PvP
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Kevin Jul 23rd 2007 6:18PM
I call Shenanigans.
CVJ Jul 23rd 2007 9:09PM
Sounds like BS to me
CVJ Jul 23rd 2007 6:25PM
Sounds like BS to me
James Jul 23rd 2007 6:26PM
A couple of thousand arena points? Both of them were too stubborn (and foolish), to give up, and they get exactly what they should get: 0 points for one, and a whopping 15 for the other. I hope it was worth it. I'm sure now that Weaslelawd has won, he'll be able to take his new found fame and glory and use it to gain money, houses and women. I know the ladies are just going to swoon when he recounts his epic battle that lasted 10 hours between his orc shaman and an elf druid on some online role-playing game. Women really like that kind of stuff. Hell, the next time he goes for a job interview, he can list this whole thing under accomplishments. I'm sure he'll be hired and promoted immediately.
And the loser, well, he should just admit what an utter failure he is and go live out his remaining life in the jungles of South America, or up above the Arctic Circle somewhere. We don't need his kind, the kind that can be defeated in a computer game with make believe points, weapons and armor, in our society. He should be ashamed, and I'm sure his parents have disowned him by now.
Okay, sarcasm aside, both of these guys, even though one has 15 arena points, are equal losers, for so, so many reasons.
BaboonNL Jul 23rd 2007 6:36PM
James deserves to be anally raped by Kungen with a thunderfury.
Dan Jul 23rd 2007 6:40PM
"The druid was unable to rez his own partner due to cooldown restrictions"
Um, what? Cooldown is 30 minutes, unless it's different in arenas. Or maybe he didn't have the reagent?
BaboonNL Jul 23rd 2007 6:43PM
You can't use skills with a cooldown of over 15 minutes in the arena.
Krishan Jul 23rd 2007 6:47PM
Erm, wow? I personally can't believe this but if it's true, sure give them a nice epix :D
But that is truly, TRULY sad.
What a waste of a day ^^
Corrodias Jul 23rd 2007 6:52PM
Hmm, people had fun playing a game for 10 hours. Tell me again why they're supposedly losers?
For that matter, define what it is to be a loser. Is it just someone who isn't like you, or do you have something more significant to attribute to it?
RogueJedi86 Jul 23rd 2007 7:04PM
You'd think maybe the Druid would go Cat form, go into prowl, and ambush the Resto Shaman, during downtime. Despite being Resto, the Druid would still have access to Cat and Bear forms.
James Jul 23rd 2007 7:14PM
@8
You're making a pretty big assumption that they had fun playing those 10 hours. I'd confirm that somehow before you decide its all shits and giggles sitting in the same arena for 10 hours repeatedly healing yourself over and over.
And as for my definition of loser? Its actually very, very narrow. Its not people who are different than me, regardless of what you might think. It involves 2 groups of people:
1. Those who play in the Arena for 10 hours, nonstop, for 15 arena points.
2. Those who are so easily offended by the idea people who do waste 10 hours for 15 arena points could be branded losers by others that they feel the need to stand up for them in forum posts.
Scruffy Jul 23rd 2007 7:14PM
Oh, hey, I did something like this for a whole 5 minutes (if that) before I conceeded how futile my efforts as a shadow priest against either a tank bear or a restro druidy.
I was trying to capture the two points in Zanga and hide with my bird in one of those little towers. The druid found me and I scurried out. He stood on the tower now and I started popping dots, trinkets, everything on cooldowns. He /laughed, he /sighed....
Maybe I could have done enough damage with a fear but after silence wore off, he'd just heal up. I /laughed, /saluted, and let him keep the Zanga buff.
Alms Jul 23rd 2007 7:24PM
Well, resto shammies cant whine anymore about not being able to last..
rcdan Jul 23rd 2007 7:26PM
@james
/win
Kyr Jul 23rd 2007 7:27PM
I had this exact same situation today with me being the resto shaman. This fight didn't last nearly as long though, the druid outdps'd me in catform and soaked dmg in bearform at low hp. He then healed himself and innervated. Since he could destroy my totems with less than 1 sec attacks, they were useless and the fight quickly turned in his favor.
I don't see how it could possibly last that long without being rigged somehow.
Freehugz Jul 23rd 2007 7:28PM
I think the real losers in the story are the ones that actually believe it's true
Kamileon Jul 23rd 2007 7:32PM
As a resto druid in a 3v3 arena, I have to say that if I were ever in the same situation, I'd just forfeit.
Xonate Jul 23rd 2007 7:57PM
I had a 62 resto shaman and decided to duel a friend's level 65 prot pally (actually she decided to duel me, but meh). The duel lasted for 30 minutes, mostly of me running back and forth and throwing down earthbind totems, mana totems, then turning around and blasting the occasional shock at her. We dueled for 30 minutes, in which time our party had left us (our fault.) Eventually she won, and we decided never to duel again. Though I'm of the impression that had I been the same level of her and she wasn't resisting half of my attacks, I'd have won.
Deathlike Jul 23rd 2007 8:46PM
I have a REAL narrow definition of a loser. People who say things just to piss off other people to start a fight. In essence, trolls.
Sorry, James! Guess that means you're a troll. I mean.. a loser.. I mean... Well, you get the point.
Know how I know? 'cause I'm trolling you, right now. Before you get all riled up and ready to reply again, consider that. And hey, if you don't reply ('cause I know you're gonna read this,) good for you! Learn from your mistakes, try to be a better person.
And if you DO reply, well, go right ahead. I won't be reading it!
;D ;D ;D
/win
Sam Jul 23rd 2007 9:24PM
my resto druid and i (hunter) were vs warlock and resto shammy, me and the lock died so they faught for 13 mins.
all the druid had to do is do the stun to get out of combat then put on feral gear and just dps him untill the shammy is dead