[GAME] The Helheim Battle Royal!

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KSunstrider

[Dartz1979]

kale gets my vote

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Saving Kaelthas

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Voting for the blood prince

[Zulkhan]

Sad, Kael'thas is losing to a literal walking meme.

To be fair, that's what Kael'thas became too eventually. Well, except the fact that he tendentially lied down rather than walking.

Kalec you monster! Kael would be winning if it weren't for your treachery!

That's why I'll be sure that'll not gonna happen.

Throwing not only my legit vote but all my 3 extra votes on daddy Saurfang, which makes a total of 4.

[Aeula]

Both characters are bad memes. Can't be assed saving either.

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On the topic on who might win, let's look at the remaining:
Gul'dan
Anub'arak
Medivh
Illidan Stormrage
Aegwynn
Vanessa VanCleef
Nazgrim
Lei Shen
Ragnaros

Let's be honest now, Anub'arak and Vanessa will be among the first to fall. Unless they pull an Uther. Why? Because one is a minor character and one wasn't around much, in WC3 he was around a bit and then in WotLK they dropped the ball on him and we met him in a dungeon where he died in 30 minutes (when people were ungeared, when other dungeons took 1-1.5 hours) and by the end of the expansion in 5. He also appeared in Trial of the Crusader, which, unfortunately, is considered one of the worst raids ever. Instead of an expansion or at least a zone about the nerubian kingdom, this is all we got.

Then characters which people don't know much off will start falling. Aegwynn isn't mentioned much in the game, so, I'm sorry to say, she'll fall. Lei Shen is only known to MoP players, so... he'll also fall.

So we'll be left with Gul'dan, Illidan, Nazgrim, Ragnaros, Saurfang/Kael(putting both although it's obvious who wins this round).
At this point Ragnaros and Saurfang/Kael will not have enough of a lore shield left and they'll fall.
Illidan will also fall due to his white washing.

And the remaining combatants will be Gul'dan vs Nazgrim. 2 orcs which I don't really like as much, one because I don't agree with his motivation and one because he's evil just because he's evil. From here it depends behind whom people rally.
This is my prophecy.


I'm going to vote Saurfang, since he saved me in the Borean Tundra when Garrosh sent my hero to die.

He killed Thunderaan and devoured his essence, He shattered Redridge Mountains

May I ask where is this mentioned please? I'd like to read the full story about it.

But they are akin to goats at best. Quillboars are humanoid pigs and they squeal like pigs when they die, that's consistency.

Which raises the question if Saurfang remembering the draenei squealing like pigs was actually a memory he self-implanted of killing quillboars. Or, did his PTSD trigger when killing quillboars?

Sad, Kael'thas is losing to a literal walking meme.

Voting for him obviously, but did expect this outcome already anyway.

I personally didn't vote for Saurfang for the meme-effect. In the end, outside the 4th wall breaking (for example the achievement for killing him or some quest names regarding to him), he actually acts like a regular character, not a walking meme. He's a veteran orc commander, participated in many battles, has his own inner demons and faults still. But if you ignore the whole cult built around him by players, he's just a regular orc. And to me, a believable orc.

[Arrashi]

That whole "extra" votes sure as hell makes the thing far less engaging.

[Zulkhan]

That whole "extra" votes sure as hell makes the thing far less engaging.

Looking at the previous matches, it's just Kael having very bad luck. Shandris managed to lose even after she got 3 extras.

[OverFanNisseFrasse]

I am a little confused on how the extra votes function. Do we all got 3 extra votes for the rest of the battle royal and may do
with them as we pleases? o:

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That whole "extra" votes sure as hell makes the thing far less engaging.

It was only a gimmick for this bracket. We never had it before and I already said that no similar gimmick will be introduced further down the line.

And I agree, it turned out pretty underwhelming so I doubt that the next year's Battle Royal (after S2) will have it revisited.

Plus, and again; we will return to the elimination process which will make the whole thing much more intense, with a character initially needing 10 votes to survive, and 20 when the top 5 are reached.

By the way, Days S2 will start in 3 weeks or so. The Battle Royal after that will be based on S2's characters for a change of pace.

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I am a little confused on how the extra votes function. Do we all got 3 extra votes for the rest of the battle royal and may do
with them as we pleases? o:

No. The winners got a set number of votes to use as they please in this bracket (consumable votes). They were never present before and they won't be present after.

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Currently: We stand at 17 - 22, and we still have half the time so everything is still possible!

A reminder that the game will be on a break until Jan 3, 2017 after this match is over.

Another reminder that DAYS S2 will be in 3 weeks!

[Sangris]

I personally didn't vote for Saurfang for the meme-effect. In the end, outside the 4th wall breaking (for example the achievement for killing him or some quest names regarding to him), he actually acts like a regular character, not a walking meme. He's a veteran orc commander, participated in many battles, has his own inner demons and faults still. But if you ignore the whole cult built around him by players, he's just a regular orc. And to me, a believable orc.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I actually like Saurfang. He along with Nazgrim are probably the only orcs i feel any kind of sympathy for.
It's just that he started out as a meme, and still is one to this day (even Blizzard does this). Granted, Kael isn't that much better in that regard because of that whole setback bullshit, but he at least was a serious character in WC3. (btw Blizzard is REALLY overdoing their stupid memes, be it "merely a setback", "you are not prepared" or, the new "I have sacrificed everything to defeat the legion")

I guess I'm just really pissed that they completely ruined my most favorite character for epics. Ah well, at least Rommath can somewhat close that gap, although he's not as active as I would like (even though he's in Suramar, he's basically just standing around the whole time doing nothing.)

[OIS]

Which raises the question if Saurfang remembering the draenei squealing like pigs was actually a memory he self-implanted of killing quillboars. Or, did his PTSD trigger when killing quillboars?

I thought it was like the tools you use for slaughtering pigs make the same noise when you start killing draenei left and right.

[Ethenil]

On the topic on who might win, let's look at the remaining:
Gul'dan
Anub'arak
Medivh
Illidan Stormrage
Aegwynn
Vanessa VanCleef
Nazgrim
Lei Shen
Ragnaros

Let's be honest now, Anub'arak and Vanessa will be among the first to fall. Unless they pull an Uther. Why? Because one is a minor character and one wasn't around much, in WC3 he was around a bit and then in WotLK they dropped the ball on him and we met him in a dungeon where he died in 30 minutes (when people were ungeared, when other dungeons took 1-1.5 hours) and by the end of the expansion in 5. He also appeared in Trial of the Crusader, which, unfortunately, is considered one of the worst raids ever. Instead of an expansion or at least a zone about the nerubian kingdom, this is all we got.

Then characters which people don't know much off will start falling. Aegwynn isn't mentioned much in the game, so, I'm sorry to say, she'll fall. Lei Shen is only known to MoP players, so... he'll also fall.

So we'll be left with Gul'dan, Illidan, Nazgrim, Ragnaros, Saurfang/Kael(putting both although it's obvious who wins this round).
At this point Ragnaros and Saurfang/Kael will not have enough of a lore shield left and they'll fall.
Illidan will also fall due to his white washing.

And the remaining combatants will be Gul'dan vs Nazgrim. 2 orcs which I don't really like as much, one because I don't agree with his motivation and one because he's evil just because he's evil. From here it depends behind whom people rally.
This is my prophecy.

You're forgetting Medivh.

[steelballfc]

Voting Varok Saurfang

[Skyforge1]

That whole "extra" votes sure as hell makes the thing far less engaging.

Yeah agree, But i guess it was a bit of experimentation, dont know whats fun until its been tried

I just hope Kael doesnt get knocked out because of it because starting off the round 6-0 is dumb af

[Dyra]

Voting for Kael'thas.

[Zulkhan]

Yeah agree, But i guess it was a bit of experimentation, dont know whats fun until its been tried

I just hope Kael doesnt get knocked out because of it because starting off the round 6-0 is dumb af

I thought (and probably Kalec too) that extra votes would have likely worked as that 1 or 2 votes given between matches. However, I either got matches I didn't give a shit about or matches where I could have used these votes but my "favorite" won regardless. More or less the same occurred to Kalec.

And so, here we are at this match with most (all, in my case) of our votes intact and ready to be used to gangbang the combatants of the last available match of the bracket.

As I said, Kael'thas had some really tough luck.

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And with that, Saurfang stands tall in the end, despite the Prince's very admirable performance. The name of all the War Potentials have been determined. They will soon be fighting in one, gruesome, final battle...

Kalec remained behind, observing the now empty arena. He lets out a slight smirk as he feels a familiar shadow approaches. He looks behind, and there they both were.

Aegwynn and Medivh. The three exchanged a meaningful nod as Kalec followed the two into the Victors Chamber, his smirk lingers and spreads wider across his face gradually, as his two companion escorted him to meet the Top 10 War Potentials and execute the upcoming phase of his plan...




Happy New Year, folks! It has been an honor to play with you as always. I hope you spend a great holiday with your families and loved ones. We will take a little break and resume our final battle; the royal rumble for the title of Helheim Champion, on 3/1/2017.

I am also pleased to announce that the Days Game (Rate the Character/10) Season 2's date has been determined, and that it will start on Friday 20/1/2017! Hopefully we can stick together for another fun game; let's make it count!

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I thought (and probably Kalec too) that extra votes would have likely worked as that 1 or 2 votes given between matches. However, I either got matches I didn't give a shit about or matches where I could have used these votes but my "favorite" won regardless. More or less the same occurred to Kalec.

And so, here we are at this match with most (all, in my case) of our votes intact and ready to be used to gangbang the combatants of the last available match of the bracket.

As I said, Kael'thas had some really tough luck.

Just so that we are clear, this post is spot on.

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Yeah agree, But i guess it was a bit of experimentation, dont know whats fun until its been tried

I just hope Kael doesnt get knocked out because of it because starting off the round 6-0 is dumb af

I don't regret it in the sense that it potentially would have been a fun gimmick like the favor of the first half of the competition. In a way, it actually IS alright because the whole point of it is giving an advantage. That said though, I doubt I will bring this particular gimmick back in the next Battle Royal, and the Days game got no gimmicks considering their poll nature.

The issue is, like @Zulkhan said, the match ups in this bracket wasn't that hard on my favorites apparently. The funny thing is, when I made the bracket initially and had Nazgrim going against The Hero, I almost shit in my pant because I knew Nazgrim was a goner for sure. That was when I planned to use them, but not enough people wanted a meme to win apparently, and so my aid was not needed.

Besides, let's not forget that the other winner, Felixon, used his 3 to elevate a favorite and still came out short, so in a sense it did work as intended.

[Emerald Archer]

Just so that we are clear, this post is spot on.

Just to chuck my 2 cents in, I think it's a great idea. But I think it would have been better if there was a bigger pool of heroes when bonus votes came in, and maybe made more public "this is what you have to do to win an extra vote" I think if this was the round before, and we had the bonus votes, that there would have been many good opportunities to chuck bonus votes in.

Oh and maybe making it so the bonus votes have to be used by the half way mark (so 6hrs in on each round) just because then people can't hold tightly onto their votes and see if they need it at the end. Instead they'll have to take the risk with their votes and save who they truly want to.

I definitely think it's worth re-looking into for S2, just maybe adjusting how it works a little.