Forum post of the day: If the NBA was like the Arena...
by Amanda Dean 
Jun 20th 2008 at 2:08AM
It's pretty clear that despite it's flaws, I love the Arena. I know that a lot of people don't but usually the forums are filled with complaints rather than constructive criticism. I was pleasantly surprised by a post in the PvP forums that was amusing and made a great analogy for the Arena Syatem. Phel of Tichondrius compared arenas to the NBA. I've included his complete list after the break.
1a. Players over 7 feet tall would also point to Spud and Mugsey as proof that all other short people simply need to L2P.
2. The team that wins the championship would also get the first round draft pick, because it just makes sense to give the best team an even bigger advantage to make sure they stay the best.
3. College teams of any level would be able to hire NBA players to get them into the playoffs or further, depending on how much they were willing to spend.
3a. NCAA Division 3 and NAIA college teams would constantly be running into last year's NBA champions and having their win/loss record reflect it like they just played another college team. The NBA players would say it's because they're bored, L2P noobs.
3b. The championship teams that play the NCAA and NAIA teams from 3a will never figure out that the college teams do not care that the NBA teams have better shoes, jerseys, and gatorade than they do. They just want to play other college teams at their own skill level.
4. Once a team realizes they cannot win the championship legitimately, they'll split the team into 2 or more teams and just play against each other to boost one team's playoff seed to as high as possible.
5. Every year, the rules are changed to make one position much better than another. One year it will be Guard, the next it will be Power Forward. Centers will always be overpowered though.
5a. The MVP from each season will be someone who plays the position that the rules currently favor most. They will insist they are simply more skilled. Except for Centers, they're always just skilled.
5b. The championship team will contain a disproportionate number of the position of players who the rules have recently been changed to favor. They will also insist they are simply more skilled. Except for Centers, they're always just skilled.
6. Number of points awarded for a basket increases every season.
7. The head of the NBA itself would release statistics that show that Centers are actually not as dominant as they would like them to be.
7a. The head of the NBA would also be playing Center and rockin' a championship ball in the first week of the season.
8. Centers would vehemently insist that it is not them that is "overpowered", it is the damn Guards that give them the ball. Nerf Guards.
8a. Centers would conveniently forget that last season they insisted their dominance was due to the Forwards giving them the ball. The rules have since been changed to make Forwards considerably less useful, so all Centers now must get the ball from a Guard.
- Some players would be allowed to "cheat turnover." After losing the ball, they are given 3 seconds in which they cannot be called on a violation, foul or otherwise, so that they can get the ball back. This is perfectly balanced by only allowing them to use it once per minute.
EDIT: To include some of the better ones that I didn't make
9. Nba centers would be given "get over here" cords. On attempting any sort of long ranged shots, shooters would be immediately catapulted with 1 yard of a center or the center shot to within 1 yard of the shooter. Centers would insist this is entirely fair because "how am i supposed to block your shot if i can never reach it".
10. Foul calls would be RNG based.
11. Baskets would be RNG based, there would be a "reject mechanism" install in basket rings, upon a ball passing through it a random number would be generated, if the number was a "fail roll" the net would close launching the ball back out.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Heilig Jun 20th 2008 2:54AM
This is so full of win.
The arena is completely absurd, and this just highlights it in a way that actually makes sense.
Fenom Jun 20th 2008 3:23AM
no, if the nba was like arena, then the whole game would only consist of free throws, because that's what arena did, strip wow of almost everything and condense it to only one thing, group duel
Justus Jun 20th 2008 3:40AM
Group duel that leaves out half the specs and trees.
Arena blows.
Everyone that competes in arena should earn the same amount of points each week, no matter their skill. having the top team earn 10x as much as anyone else just ensures they stay on top, and noone else can move up.
As it is, im expected to farm 250 points or so per week for 6 weeks to get 1 item while the top teams gets 1 item per week. Unless youre already at the top, youll never get there.
Leon Jun 20th 2008 5:28AM
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Magikot Jun 20th 2008 11:23AM
So if you put in your 10 games a week to rank and get points you claim to have a right to the same number of points awarded to those that put in 50, 60, or even 70 games a week regardless of the win:loss ratio?
I personally despise Arena and have never been in a team that was rated over 1600 nor have I played arena at all during s3 and don't plan to during s4. Arenas, just like everything else in this game, rewards those that put the most effort into it.
mbenitez1992 Jun 20th 2008 3:44AM
' 7. The head of the NBA itself would release statistics that show that Centers are actually not as dominant as they would like them to be.
7a. The head of the NBA would also be playing Center and rockin' a championship ball in the first week of the season. '
^win.
mbenitez1992 Jun 20th 2008 3:53AM
Oh and wowwiki has just removed their article on Kalganism in fear of bias and/or a DMCA takedown by Blizzard! :0
Lazaria Jun 20th 2008 4:31AM
This post is full of epic win. I by the way play a center ! but on a serious note I for one welcome a path of progression that does not involve 25 people hitting their head against an NPC that will eventually break sooner or later once the planets align ( and hopefully continue to align until said NPC is "on farm")... sure it needs work but what doesnt? if you want complete balance play chess .. then again white always starts before black .. hmmmm Imbalanced .. I blame Canada .. and ofcourse Druids. Nerf Druids
Nick S Jun 20th 2008 3:25PM
haha yeah.
i used to arena very casually with a midget (mage)... but i recently got a center to 70.
with little to no PvP gear, suddenly i win all the time!
weird, right? must be the mad skillz.
Nick S Jun 20th 2008 4:05AM
this is so full of win it hurts.
if the NBA was like arenas... you'd have to shoot 10 million free throws (not make, just shoot) before they give you shoes to play in.
Erikamel Jun 20th 2008 4:39AM
This made my day! I love WoW and the NBA, what a great combo!
baudkarma Jun 20th 2008 5:05AM
This post sucks! It's stupid, the author has no clue and is clearly biased! And those of you who are praising it... lrn2play, n00b! QQ some more!
(not really, I've never played arena, but someone had to say something negative)
susurration Jun 20th 2008 5:49AM
7a. The head of the NBA would also be playing Center and rockin' a championship ball in the first week of the season.
Brought tears to my eyes I laughed so hard.
Vladius Jun 20th 2008 5:49AM
This post is nothing but the truth. The arena system has no place in this game and should be removed.
What really needs to happen is a focus on World PVP. Maybe put PVP objectives in Ashenvale, Hillsbrad and Arathi Highlands. I know there are battlegrounds that reflect these three areas but the BG's are old and stale. The one new BG we get is a rehash of 2 of the three old ones.
Radiophonic Jun 20th 2008 6:03AM
I enjoy pvp, I don't enjoy arena. The payoffs are too slow for the time you spend doing it. It's just not worth it. I'd rather grind AV for a month than spend my hours wondering if I have enough points for this and that in...3 weeks...1 month or more.
This article does an excellent job of painting how absurd arena is. GJ!
Dightkuz Jun 20th 2008 7:03AM
Only read to #4 and then it got boring
PeeWee Jun 20th 2008 11:02AM
Well, if you learn to read properly, it wouldn't take you all day to get to #4.
Brandon Jun 20th 2008 7:26AM
Awesome post.
1234 Jun 20th 2008 7:46AM
You can see why people like NBA and hate arena.
For everything everyone hates theres some that love it,but still its a hate hate relationship for most.
Absurd arena killing our wow.
SpaceLady Jun 20th 2008 7:54AM
Sweet.