Posts with tag 5v5Arena

While the WoW Insiders out here in Anaheim haven't been following the ongoing Arena tournament too closely, I can tell you the action is getting pretty exciting. Power Trip, professional gamers with Team Pandemic, was swept out of the tournament in the first round with a 3-0 loss to Warders of the Melee. And this coming off a sweep of the World Series of Video games! (If you're wondering why such an obviously strong team got taken out so quickly, you don't have to wonder long -- two of Power Trip's Priests had been disqualified from the competition, however, leaving them light on healing.) We've got two more rounds of competition today, and we'll get back to you with the final results of competition out here when we have it! However, if you're looking for a more detailed roundup of the action, GotFrag has some detailed impressions of the first round of play as well as a rundown of Power Trip's loss.

The Electronic Sports World Cup took place this past weekend in Paris, and featured a 5v5 exhibition (read: no bearing on the standings) arena match between two world-renowned guilds: Millenium (one of the top PvP guilds in Europe) and Nihilum (the top PvE guild in the world, though they've recently started participating in the arena). The results? Millenium's extensive PvP let them sweep the match, defeating Nihlium 5-0. For more pictures an info on the match, check the official ESWC page on WoW's European site.

[via Curse Gaming]

Update: As pointed out in our comments, this is a repost. For Elizabeth Wachowski's take on the topic, check her post on the subject.