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How Pro Gaming Will Change World of Warcraft

Posted by Zonk on from the for-the-honor-of-mountain-dew dept.

1up has a piece looking at the impact that commercial support of WoW Arena teams might have on the game. There are already two teams backed with corporate money, both pulled from prominent PvP guilds in the Bloodlust battlegroup. "It's a challenge to pick teams to sponsor in WoW's PvP: 'The same team that may be ranked #2 or #3 in one Battlegroup may be ranked #1 in another," said Stephen Schoder of Check Six. "this makes the proposition of scouting out the right team more difficult than most other competitive eSports. The arena system in World of Warcraft is much more complicated than the simplistic FPS and RTS games in terms of being able to immediately pick up on what is going on.'"

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  1. This tunic brought to you by... by Friedrich+Psitalon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to see corporate logos on their gear if they're getting sponsored. Heh.

    Or character names that reflect it: "MountainDewMage" and "RedBullRogue."

    C'mon, if you're going to commercialize something, let's go the whole way, people.

    On the other hand... I hesitate to think about what would happen with the characters sponsored by Bawls.....

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  2. make it open to spectators by joejor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't pvp, I'm not into that style of play. But every time I run through STV, I stop by Gurubashi Arena just to watch players beat each other up over that stupid chest.
    I wish Blizzard would develop a facility by which one could simply be a spectator at in the new arenas or the battlegrounds. Maybe create a special portal into these zones so you can see the action but not affect it.