MLG Dallas 3v3 WoW Tournament

[Boubouille]

Fnatic Orz wins the tournament ! They get $12,000 and 3 HP Blackbird 002 ! Congratulations to them !

Cash Prize
1st Place = $12,000 & 3 HP Blackbird 002 - Fnatic Orz
2nd Place = $6,000 - Gravitas Gaming
3rd Place = $3,000 - Team Pandemic
4th Place = $1,500 - GotGame West
Total Prizes = $31,500

MLG Dallas 3v3 WoW Tournament - Day 2
The tournament is now using the double elimination rules between the 4 remaining teams.

Now Playing Fnatic Orz vs. Gravitas Gaming (Grand Final !)
The winner of this match will win $12,000 and 3 HP Blackbird 002 ! The losing team will end at the 2nd place and win $6,000. Match start at [ 3 - 1 ] because of their previous match and the best of 11 will win.

• Round 1 (Blade's Edge) - Gravitas [ 4 - 1 ] Fnatic Orz
• Round 2 (Lordaeron) - Gravitas [ 4 - 2 ] Fnatic Orz
• Round 3 (Blade's Edge) - Gravitas [ 5 - 2 ] Fnatic Orz
• Round 4 (Nagrand) - Gravitas [ 5 - 3 ] Fnatic Orz
• Round 5 (Lordaeron) - Gravitas [ 5 - 4 ] Fnatic Orz
• Round 5 (Nagrand) - Gravitas [ 5 - 5 ] Fnatic Orz
• Round 6 (Nagrand) - Gravitas [ 5 - 6 ] Fnatic Orz
  

Fnatic Orz vs. Pandemic (Lower Bracket Finals)
Fnatic Orz wins and will face Gravitas Gaming in the Grand Final in a few minutes ! Team Pandemic ends 3rd and wins $3,000. Congratulations to them !

• Round 1 (Blade's Edge) - Fnatic Orz [ 1 - 0 ] Pandemic
• Round 2 (Blade's Edge) - Fnatic Orz [ 2 - 0 ] Pandemic
• Round 3 (Nagrand) - Fnatic Orz [ 2 - 1 ] Pandemic
• Round 4 (Nagrand) - Fnatic Orz [ 3 - 1 ] Pandemic
  

Pandemic vs. Gravitas Gaming

• Round 1 (Lordaeron) - Pandemic [ 1 - 0 ] Gravitas Gaming
• Round 2 (Blade's Edge) - Pandemic [ 1 - 1 ] Gravitas Gaming
• Round 3 (Nagrand) - Pandemic [ 1 - 3 ] Gravitas Gaming
• Round 4 (Blade's Edge) - Pandemic [ 1 - 3 ] Gravitas Gaming
  

Fnatic Orz vs. GotGame West

• Round 1 (Lordaeron) - Fnatic Orz [ 1 - 0 ] GotGame West
• Round 2 (Blade's Edge) - Fnatic Orz [ 2 - 0 ] GotGame West
• Round 3 (Nagrand) - Fnatic Orz [ 3 - 0 ] GotGame West
  

Pandemic vs. GotGame West

• Round 1 (Nagrand) - Pandemic [ 1 - 0 ] GotGame West
• Round 2 (Nagrand) - Pandemic [ 2 - 0 ] GotGame West
• Round 3 (Blade's Edge) - Pandemic [ 2 - 1 ] GotGame West
• Round 4 (Ruins of Lordaeron) - Pandemic [ 3 - 1 ] GotGame West
  

Fnatic Orz vs. Gravitas Gaming

• Round 1 (Blade's Edge) - Fnatic Orz [ 1 - 0 ] Gravitas Gaming
• Round 2 (Lordaeron) - Fnatic Orz [ 1 - 1 ] Gravitas Gaming
• Round 3 (Lordaeron) - Fnatic Orz [ 1 - 2 ] Gravitas Gaming
• Round 4 (Nagrand) - Fnatic Orz [ 1 - 3 ] Gravitas Gaming
  

Day 1 Recap

• MLG set up day
• MLG opens its doors
• Dallas Round 1 Group Play Roundup
• fnatic takes down GotGame in a nailbiter
• fnatic DC'd, Pandemic loses out
• MLG Dallas Roundup - second half of Day 1
• Gravitas sneaks into bracket play

MLG Dallas 3v3 WoW Tournament - Day 1
Seven teams have arrived and registered and as such the tournament will run a different format than it's predecessors. A seven team round robin will be played tomorrow, providing the teams six matches each. Top four from this stage will move onto the double elimination bracket until a champion is determined.

Results
Detailed scoreboard are available on Gotfrag.

Streaming
Watch it live on http://tv.gotfrag.com

Cash Prize
1st Place = $12,000 & 3 HP Blackbird 002
2nd Place = $6,000
3rd Place = $3,000
4th Place = $1,500
Total Prizes = $31,500

Schedule (CST Time)
Saturday October 4th
9:00 AM CST - GotFrag TV Live Stream Coverage Begins
10:00 AM CST - Sponsored by RNG vs. GotGame West | Pandemic vs. Gravitas Gaming | BMFC vs. Cya Bro |
11:00 AM CST - fnatic Orz vs. Cya Bro | Pandemic vs. BMFC | GotGame West vs. Gravitas Gaming
02:00 PM CST - fnatic Orz vs. Gotgame West | Sponsored by RNG vs. Pandemic | Cya Bro vs. Gravitas Gaming.
03:00 PM CST - fnatic Orz vs. Pandemic | Sponsored by RNG vs. Cya Bro | GotGame West vs. BMFC
04:00 PM CST - fnatic Orz vs. Gravitas Gaming | Sponsored by RNG vs. BMFC | Pandemic vs. Cya Bro
05:00 PM CST - fnatic Orz vs. BMFC | Sponsored by RNG vs. Gravitas Gaming | GotGame West vs. Cya Bro
06:00 PM CST - fnatic Orz vs. Sponsored by RNG | Pandemic vs. GotGame West | BMFC vs. Gravitas Gaming

Sunday October 5th
9:00 AM CST - GotFrag TV Live Stream Coverage Begins
10:00 AM CST - 11:00 AM CST - Winners Finals
11:00 AM CST - 12:00 PM CST - Losers Finals
12:00 PM CST - 1:30 PM CST - Finals

Teams
WoW 3v3 Tournament Teams Preview on Gotfrag.com

BMFC
Mark "aimlessgun" Claborne
Darren "Thorrior" Vinarsky
Brian "Kardonnis" Mitchell
Chris "Ocius" Funderburk



Cya Bro
Jason "Amingo" Franicevich
Maksim "Salemlol" Sokolov
Nathan "KVlol" Crandall
Steven "Pballerlol" Strasberg

Gotgame West
Ryan "Didyz" Pinkham
vauxz
John-Paul "Greenrangerz" Grenier

Gravitas
Corbin "cbnz" Crnkovic
Corey "Emolol" Ratliff
Daniel "Ely_" Vulis
DJ "Celex" Roggenkamp

Pandemic
Joe "NoktyN" Romano
Greg "Ecilam" Risselada
Mason "Nitrana" Groendal
Chris "Douja" Cossey

RNG
David "Finzo" Finley
Simrin "bossdhillon" Dhillon
Chris "Rensy" Kurlemann
Jason "KoldVM" Waits

Fnatic
Rumay "Hafu" Wang
Andrew "Rhaegyn" Miller
Alexander "glickzz" Haderski

[Servior]

Why does the live stream starts automatically?

[Boubouille]

Because that's how it works, and I don't really have any problem doing that on week-end to be honest, it would be an issue during the week when most of my readers are at work. Also, keep in mind that MLG owns MMO-Champion and we obviously want a maximum coverage of the event.

[Maneken]

Nice stream thx.
P.s. I cant w8 to see shaman and paladins in tournament... ah yeah i forgot its Wow arena

[MatadorBID]

Why does the live stream starts automatically?

Yeah I hate having to stop it every time I open my browser (home page)

[Panoramixe]

That first game was fast ... druids aren't invincible after all.
Btw get firefox and noscript, nothing will ever open automatically again unless you want it.

[Sahaquiel]

Dumb WoW "Esport"
If Blizzard supports this why:
- do they claim to balance on 5on5 when all tournaments are 2on2 or 3on3 and the imbalances in these brackets are pretty big OH HAI DRUIDZ ROGUEZ
- its possible to watch ongoing games during these tournaments yet not on live?
- the teams get premade Equip and can choose their race/class at will

Arenas destroyed real MMORPG PvP.

[Janz]

If you try to say something intelligent why:

-you use Z instead of S HAI SAHAQUIELZ

Yes you are 1400 rated and its 100% cause of rogues and druids. We know. Now stfu and watch the stream.

Arenas as e-sport have nothing to do with MMORPG PvP, that's why the tournaments are played on private realms, numbnut. Nobody forces you to play arenas either, they havent destroyed anything. You're just jealous cause in AV you feel like god smacking noobs in mid field, while in arena when actual skill counts, you get smacked.

[Panoramixe]

The 5vs5 comment is old, from early tbc. Far before they realised 5vs5 tournaments are unlikely to happen.
The classes that are used the most often in 3vs3 seem to be:
druid
rogue
warlock
mage
warrior
priest

6 out of 9 classes that are used a lot, just means there are 3 classes that aren't balanced. Hunters are a bit on the edge, some comps use them very well but it's less cookiecutter.
So you have shamans and paladins that needs buffs, we'll see how they do in wotlk.

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You compare 3-4 games going on at the same time with their own server to hundreds? Blizzard will likely enable it in the future, but without plenty of research it would be an insane strain on the servers.

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On test/beta realms we often get premades too, I don't see why you should get them on live realms though. The largest part of this game is pve, which includes levelling. I don't see tournament force people to level new characters though.

You seem extremely frustrated with a game, take a break of it ...

[Sahaquiel]

If you try to say something intelligent why:

-you use Z instead of S HAI SAHAQUIELZ

Yes you are 1400 rated and its 100% cause of rogues and druids. We know. Now stfu and watch the stream.

Arenas as e-sport have nothing to do with MMORPG PvP, that's why the tournaments are played on private realms, numbnut. Nobody forces you to play arenas either, they havent destroyed anything. You're just jealous cause in AV you feel like god smacking noobs in mid field, while in arena when actual skill counts, you get smacked.

Sorry to disapoint you my very mature yet angry PvPer, but I have no intention playing in the arenas. Want to use skill in a game? Play Starcraft or something other where RNG does not play that much of a part and factions are actually balanced.

[AStoryToScream]

I'm enjoying the live stream. Thanks for putting it up.

[Maneken]

Just all of you guys take deep breath and calm down.
Wow isnt perfect, if some1 disagree with arena its their right to do so. This game will allways have pvp problem and im pretty sure paladin and shaman will be allways last in utility for arena, its Blizzard way of making this game.
Sure its fun to watch arena tournament here and there but its hardly to say that arena is where you can show skills, its all about whats your comp is, and who will die first, its just deathmatch fights, no big plaining no high creative strategy cause there isnt any bigger goal then smacking fast other team.
Im pretty sure if i would love playing druid/rouge/warior/priest maybe i would be on other side and defend arena but i play paladin and shaman so im not.
Anyway enjoy in this streaming cause its fun and very well done.

[aidda]

This game is about pillars. Run arround them and win. Who run best arround pillar wins.
Long live blizzard and their pillars.

[Nubs]

Actually, if you watch the matches, a good portion of the fights are mid map, the healers aren't really pillar humping. The priests are being aggressive. The druids on the other hand...

[Kuijan]

Is there again a link for an external player? I know last times there always was the opportunity to watch it in a external player, but i can´t find it, does someone has the link for me?

[Druidsftw]

Its funny to watch the MLG and see how serious they all take it. This is a VIDEO GAME. It's really pathetic how emotional the announcers and players get over this.

[kÄrma_]

this isnt a video game... its life.

[summ3r]

Its funny to watch the MLG and see how serious they all take it. This is a VIDEO GAME. It's really pathetic how emotional the announcers and players get over this.

well, football commentators crying like nabz too? its just FOOTBALL GAME wtf, so pathetic zomgzor!
if u will post somethink like "football players got $millions contracts and this nabz luz their time just for $20k for three", then go n check how many football players took, when football was 4 years old
if people like and do somethink and shows hes emotions - its really not so bad, as u think. and no difference - video game, football game, work etc.

ps i dont hate football and thier manymillions contract players i like n playing wow, i like, wathcing n playing football and im working

[Kodaks]

Its funny to watch the MLG and see how serious they all take it. This is a VIDEO GAME. It's really pathetic how emotional the announcers and players get over this.

What's worse:

Somebody watching it and clearly enjoying it, or somebody thinking it's pathetic yet watching it anyway?

The only emotional person I see here is you, Druidsftw.

[Bad Acid]

Arenas as e-sport have nothing to do with MMORPG PvP, that's why the tournaments are played on private realms, numbnut. Nobody forces you to play arenas either, they havent destroyed anything. You're just jealous cause in AV you feel like god smacking noobs in mid field, while in arena when actual skill counts, you get smacked.

So tell me why almost all top PVP gear is only available through arena. "Not forced" haha.

So tell me why my class trees are constantly being retuned to avoid arena imbalance.

So tell me why despite retuning, 3 classes never had their primary issues in 2v2 addressed, and 3 of them make up the majority above 2.2k. I guess that's "Balanced", (-1)x3 + (0)x3 + (+1)x3 = 0 amirite?

So tell me why, in an MMO's PVP, every class is pidgeonholed into virtually the same spec, and follows virtually the same gear route, with the only exception being Paladins (lol 2v2) or Shamans (lol 2v2) and *some* priests or hunters (lol 2v2).

Glad I have NoScript on so I'm not automatically adding to the # of views, giving Blizzard the idea that people actually want this. I love the site, but shame on you for auto-playing it