Week 3 Arena Tournament Update
by Amanda Dean 
May 7th 2008 at 1:00PM
Teams continue to vie for top position in the $200,000 3v3 arena tournament Slash Bark continues to hold on to the top spot with a rating of 2056. Last weeks second and third place teams Let's Be Friends and Jacked as F have dropped into fourth and fifth places respectively, giving way to MoB Gaming (2022) and Eclipse (2020).
RMP teams are well represented among the top contenders. The top 11 teams are all within 100 points of first place, and I wouldn't count out any of the 20 teams over 1900 ratings just yet. At this point all team rosters have been locked and new additions cannot be made.
RMP teams are well represented among the top contenders. The top 11 teams are all within 100 points of first place, and I wouldn't count out any of the 20 teams over 1900 ratings just yet. At this point all team rosters have been locked and new additions cannot be made.
The remainder of the tournament will include a second qualifying round, followed by regional contests for a shot at the prize money. MLG Is preparing a $22,500 tournament as Blizzard works to make a place for WoW PvP as an Esport, without damaging the PvE game. I suspect that the second qualifying round on the tournament server will be much less popular than the first.
The WoW Insider team fell prey to scheduling difficulties with our Friday Night bouts, but should be back in the saddle this week.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Reygunz May 7th 2008 1:11PM
Have you noticed that SlashBark has only 1 member on their 3's team?
mcclary May 7th 2008 1:19PM
probably a druid
Treima May 7th 2008 1:22PM
He's just THAT DAMN GOOD.
Doffencrag May 7th 2008 1:58PM
Shhh.... the other two are stealthed
Den May 7th 2008 8:15PM
I'm pretty sure Slashbark is a bugged team thats ranking didn't reset on the armory when the 2nd phase started, there are a number of bugged teams still showing up :-/
Kaibedz May 7th 2008 1:18PM
I dont know alot about the tournament server but it seems teams are having a harder time getting thier ratings up in a more even, skill based setting. With the current standings no one could even buy a set of shoulders.
brittwilson May 7th 2008 1:29PM
And thats what a lot of people think is going to happen when S4 come out, and the casuals stop playing, or play only for a short period of time, since there is not much for them to get without being good, and all the fights turn into the good against the good, and those new ratings might be a bit high......
William May 7th 2008 1:36PM
Slashbark 3's team has a priest as the only listed member... I'm puzzled as to how that works...
Milktub May 7th 2008 1:41PM
If I needed any more proof that I'm not fit for PvP, it's the team names on display. They read like the scribbles on a 12-year-old boy's algebra notebook.
Sakerin May 7th 2008 1:48PM
I hope you're joking (I'm laughing my ass off), but if not I will just be laughing harder.
matt May 7th 2008 1:55PM
The article is incorrect. The rankings page is broken, see Bornakk's post:
http://tinyurl.com/6g6tj4
matt May 7th 2008 1:56PM
I should say "the article may be incorrect". There's no specific information in Bornakk's post, except "we're looking into it".
pudds May 7th 2008 2:06PM
We get it, you don't like the arena.