I'm really curious how WoW arena teams communicate over voice comms. There's so much shit going on in such short amounts of time, how do they prioritize their info? ex: "i'm feared, cc the shaman, dispel x, attacking y, z on cd, using trinket" etc. Do they just know their team and the game well enough to not have to communicate so much? or do they just let the huds do most the talking ;p
On August 07 2011 21:53 Sixes wrote: Even for an MMO though WoW is pretty unwatchable. I played DaoC for ages and the 8v8 fighting in that made for good videos and was relatively watchable even without having spectator or seeing all health bars and the like.
:D DAoC! There was nothing quite like 8v8 or even just mass RvR keep defenses/raids or relic raid/defenses. That's before New Frontiers obviously. Although I left shortly before the expansion after Shrouded Isles came out, so the PvP I'm familiar with was changed a ton by Mythic.
Still though... I've never been able to play an MMORPG for anymore than 2 weeks thanks to how awesome DAoC was.
As far as this goes... I have no idea what's going on. It seems really odd to only have a 3v3. And even with just a 3v3 I can't really follow at all what's going on.
Now here's two people with REAL taste in mmo's, now lets put a gun to EA's head till they make a propper daoc 2
if daoc 2 gets released i'm going to hardcore nerd it even if i'm 40 years old...
On August 07 2011 22:04 Meancookie wrote: DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AGREE WOW IS A TERRIBLE ESPORT
but let's not forget, SC2 requires quite some preparation to be able to follow ingame
what is stim? what are drops? what's a natural? etc
Keep in mind that when saying drop, its not that hard. Usually we see the dropship as they say it. Usually we see them taking the natural when they say it, its much easier to get into.
Some terms may need knowledge of the game. But the big difference is that in SC2 you can actually see what is happening. You can see the fights, you can see flanks, you can see forcefields, you can see a ship dropping units in the base and destroying workers and buildings.
In WoW you hear the commentators name a bunch of spells but you don't see jack. Nobody can distinguish the spells or what they are doing. You can't see who belongs to which team. You can't even distinguish heros if you haven't played the game. The ONLY thing that you can actually follow is the health bars.
On August 07 2011 22:04 Meancookie wrote: DON'T GET ME WRONG, I AGREE WOW IS A TERRIBLE ESPORT
but let's not forget, SC2 requires quite some preparation to be able to follow ingame
what is stim? what are drops? what's a natural? etc
Keep in mind that when saying drop, its not that hard. Usually we see the dropship as they say it. Usually we see them taking the natural when they say it, its much easier to get into.
What's an SCV? Whats a mineral? What's a command center? What is supply?