Two Bosses Enter: Eregos wreaks havoc to claim season title
by Lisa Poisso 
Feb 17th 2010 at 5:00PM
Ladies and gentlemen, gnomes and ghouls ... We have our season champion: Ley-Guardian Eregos of The Oculus! In the hotly contested finals of the Wrath Original Five-Man season, Eregos tipped the scales to triumph over Anub'Arak, 48% to 42.6%. Such was the confusion that spectators hardly knew which way to look, with nearly 10% of them throwing up their hands to declare the death match a tie.
In fact, the Ley-Guardian's time inside the Two Bosses Thunderdome was anything but routine.
The Ley-Guardian's first sortie of the season was actually the last match of the season's first bracket, setting the tone: the beginning of the end. This match originally appeared to be the end of the road for Eregos. Loken easily took down the great dragon, 59.8% to 36.9%, knocking the Ley-Guardian out of the race.
The spectators roared their support of the defeated Eregos later in the season, voting him back in a move designed to balance the season's brackets.
Eregos was first up for the next bracket of Thunderdome matches, taking on Keristrasza of the Nexus. The emotional match was close, but Eregos finally downed Keristrasza 50.7% to 44.2%.
Fresh off his victory against Keristrasza, an energized Eregos blazed into the Thunderdome once again to face Skadi the Ruthless. This time, Eregos pulled off one of the most one-sided victories of the season, with 75.3% of the spectators roaring their approval (compared to Skadi's paltry 22.6% vote).
Revenge! The luck of the draw finally brought the Ley-Guardian full circle to face his original opponent in the season's semi-finals. This time, Eregos exacted his revenge, snaring 56.5% of the vote to Loken's mere 36.9%.
He may have gotten off to a rough start in the season, but Eregos pulled through in the end, toppling the mighty Anub'Arak in the finals, 48% to 42.6%. Nearly 10% of the spectators found themselves milling about in the "Tie/Something Else Happens" area of the Thunderdome lobby, despairing of being able to choose between the powerful foes in this tightly contested match. We encourage you to visit the original battle post to enjoy the many in-depth reader comments, many of them posted in hopes of being selected for the new Thunderdome judges' panel for the upcoming season.
And speaking of the judges' panel ...
The season ahead
In looking at the possibilities for our upcoming season, we're slightly revising the plan for our new panel of Thunderdome judges. The final plan:
- 2 permanent WoW.com panelists; the esteemed Messieurs Michael Gray and Matthew Rossi have graciously accepted panel seats
- 1 "celebrity" judge from the WoW community at large; filling the seat this season will be ICC-raiding mage/sci-fi author John Zakour
- 1 reader judge from WoW.com's own [1.Local] channel; reader Sky Paladin (he of the crazy Eck story) has enthusiastically accepted the position
And who will they be judging? Come back next week, as we kick off the next season of Two Bosses Enter, One Man Leaves: the Icecrown Five-Mans -- Trial of the Champion versus Icecrown Citadel!
They're as cold as ice ... You'll need full frost resist gear to survive a spot in the spectators' stands for the Icecrown Five-Man season of Two Bosses Enter, One Boss Leaves. Come back next week for a bone-chilling season!Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Lore, Two Bosses Enter
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Draol Jul 27th 2010 1:37PM
I'm not surprised.
Fraul Pench Feb 17th 2010 5:06PM
Eregos = studliest boss?
Clydtsdk-Rivendare Feb 17th 2010 5:12PM
IMO, either TBK with his exploding ghouls and the ghost phase in general; Tyrannus because of Rimefang; Forgemaster because of the aura; or the Champions due to shammy heals is going to take the victory.
Then again, I just picked a third of the entire bracket.
Noid Feb 17th 2010 5:13PM
I am surprised. Oculus is the worst dungeon and Eregos is the worst boss. Mainly because its a guaranteed wipe the first time because no one knows what to do. Worst boss. Start the voting down of this comment................now.
kozom Feb 17th 2010 5:14PM
Do all noids enjoy ruining fun?
Eliezer Feb 17th 2010 5:20PM
That's where you are both right and wrong. The panel WAY overthought this.
Eregos wins by Default:
Anub joins queue. Anub zones into Occulus. Anub /facepalm's. Anub disconnects in disgust.
:-p
However, in all fairness, Occulus is lot easier now than it originally was.
Phil Feb 17th 2010 5:20PM
I take it you aren't old enough to remember the "Avoid the Noid" commercials from Dominos? Man those were awesome.
Necrolord_Bob Feb 17th 2010 5:24PM
I was a mage on a green drake the first time I ran Oculus. We aced it.
Dreamstorm Feb 17th 2010 5:42PM
So just because you said "start downvoting now" its okay to post it, since you'll be able to show people "see, I told you so"? Of course your post will be faded into oblivion, because it's just another unfounded rant:
"Oculus is the worst dungeon" - we're not talking about what the most fun dungeon is, we're talking about fictional fights between bosses.
"Eregos is the worst boss" - again, this is completely determined by YOUR experience with GROUPS of players. This is a boss vs boss fight in which it is presumed that both bosses have a IQ of at least 20 or higher.
Please don't post here if you have nothing sensible to say. Forum Trolls are not part of any faction for a reason.
Para Feb 18th 2010 9:30AM
Occulus was always easy, you had 2 freaking abilities up untill the last boss and then you even had 1 abilitywhich actually made things easier. Why people hate the place is obvious but people seem to think that the place was and is hard after the nerf, and it wasnt hard before and its practically a free 8 badges + gems now.
Noid Feb 18th 2010 12:02PM
Para is right. Upon completion of the dungeon i am always happy.
Massa Feb 17th 2010 5:16PM
Awesome! Congratulations to Sky Paladin for the position, I remember reading that Eck story (my comment is still there--woot) and it is just as amazing re-reading it. You definitely deserved the position.
I know lots of us would love to have gotten it, but I think the perfect choice was made for this. I can't wait to see the new season. (I'll still go QQ in a corner to myself for not getting it though.) ;)
lisapoisso Feb 17th 2010 5:20PM
Plenty of seasons still ahead!
Massa Feb 17th 2010 5:22PM
Hurrah! Oh, what tales could be told after the great Cataclysm--I'm going to have sweet dreams tonight. (And by that I mean running around screaming as a giant dragon and the elements try and blow up my town.)
Melchior Feb 17th 2010 5:24PM
Of course Eregos would win... To take on Eregos the boss would have to make a selection of three lovely drakes and have no idea what it's doing.
Xetan Feb 17th 2010 5:28PM
I get the feeling that Pre-Nerf H HoR Trash will be winning the next bracket....
Eregos ftw! Feb 17th 2010 5:49PM
Yay! Go eregos! He is my most favorite dragon of all times! Good job, buddah!
jasonkidd1234 Feb 17th 2010 5:51PM
Gasp.
Eregos is my new hero.
I think the main reason for his comeback was a mixture of occulus becoming more acessible, and people's tendency to vote against people they don't like later in tournaments.
People were voting for Eregos because they thought he'd probably lose against the next person, and those few, combined with the original supporters, AND the ones who didn't know occulus during the first matchup, make up the difference between the first vote and the second.
I was hoping a dragon would win it though, the dragons are cool, and in a fighting scenario dragons are pretty beast.
Sarah Bee Feb 17th 2010 6:00PM
Oh. So now Eregos is everyone's favourite boss ever since he got the extra loot bag? Poor Anub'arak. :(
Gemini Feb 17th 2010 6:23PM
Man, screw that.
The only reason Eregos kept winning is because people had no creativity when it comes to imagining the match. Everyone's arguments were summed up as "omg he flies therefore he wins" with no consideration given anywhere else. I'm sorry but that's as specious an argument as saying "Chrono-Lord Epoch would win any fight because he could just travel back in time to do the fight over."
Anub'arak killed Sapphiron in Warcraft III and is far more crafty and conniving than Eregos. He would have won that fight.