VIDEO: Neilyo vs CLC 5v5, Inactive-Chan's Troubled Childhood

With the creation of SK-100, me and Andreas were hoping that over time,
players that are willing to market themselves will eventually get
serious about competing in all three brackets, and maintain the highest
possible ratings. For someone like Neilyo I never understood why would
he bother selling points for measly gold when he should be maintaining
a top notch armory to make his fans feel good, and his sponsors happy.
Gold is easy to make and in the end meaningless compared to the
attention you can bring to yourself with high armory ratings. Serennia
put himself on the map by holding the 1st spot of BG9 in all three
brackets, and from there he became a magnet for attentions, eventually
got himself offers from MOB and SK. RL gold or in-game gold? It is an
easy choice.

The tournament scene is going to heat up
eventually, and the invitational-only format will eventually die out.
All future tournaments should have very strict rating requirements, so
we don't see out-of-shape players falling off bridges in matches that
looked worse than 1850 games at times. For anyone who doesn't have a
sponsor, it is time to put yourself on SK100 as it will be the
equivalent of SAT scores for college admissions. No it is not
everything, but it matters. You won't find terrible players on SK100,
just like you won't find idiots who can score top 1% in SAT.

Fortunately,
it seems Neilyo is finally serious about his 5v5 with the upcoming BG9 tournaments, and he took a page from European rogue heroes like ZOM and Adrassill with the rogue/druid 3DPS team. Yes, there
is a top 10 rogue 3DPS team in BG9 after just the second night of Neilyo & crew playing the comp seriously, BG9 is months behind the European
BGs on this one. In fact, Neilyo's team is within single digit
of Inactive-chan's CAPSLOCKCREW in ratings. Despite Inactive-chan's belief that training a warlock is "never gonna work in BG9", his very own team fell to the European rogue comp/style and they were never even close to scoring a kill. Some may say they looked worse than the European teams they trashed on the forums.  Keep in mind Neilyo's team are still nowhere near as good as the best European teams that have ran the comp for months, I expect them to completely rip apart 2345 and 2346 once they smooth out the rough edges.

Stream: http://www.sk-gaming.com/video/1740-SK_vs_CLCAG_POV_Neilyo

Direct Download: http://www.sk-gaming.com/file/6184

The rogue 3DPS team is very easy to play
at lower ratings. You can play it exactly like a 4DPS team and hit 2000
by zerging the warrior no problem. Your offense is just as good as a
true 4DPS team's (especially if you use shaman over druid at final
slot) thanks to priest's mana burn spams and your survivability is so
much better. Once you get to higher ratings you do have to work out
proper CC rotations but with so much control you really don't have to
target swap much at all. When you are playing a rogue team it takes
time to build the 5 wound stacks, target swapping is generally not
needed unless there is a wide open target. It is a very different playing
style than 2345 and 2346. CC rotations is much more important than
targeting swapping and ultimately offers a higher skill cap as it
demands much more from individual players.

Like many others of
the WOW community, I have been deeply concerned about Inactive-chan's
mental health since CLC started its recent struggles. At first I
thought I was merely seeing a child holding onto his most precious toy
and shedding a few extra tears when it is no longer shiny. But Jasi-san
recently mentioned in one of his comments "Inactive-chan at age 16
probably had to go through more than most of you at age 25!" Knowing
Jasi won't spill any secrets I had to do my own investigations.

I
will eventually have a full article on Inactive-chan's story. Given
WOM's professional journalism I do careful research before I release
anyone's personal stories. However, with just the bits and pieces I
have gathered, from the bottom of my heart, I wish Inactive-chan a very
happy Chinese New Year and hopefully, he will find peace and harmony as
his traumatic childhood fades into distant memory. Inactive-chan, rage
and toughness can't hide the pain and tenderness you have inside. We
all love you and care for you and once I obtain all the pieces, I will
share your story with the world. I believe your fans will all give
their support and blessing to you and your family.

PVE vs PVP:

Seems like to get any of the T6 quality loot (even the new engineering helmet) you have to raid Sunwell for recipes. The gap between raiders and non-raiders is really going to get out of control in this one. The new 4S3 + 4T6 is also going to be extremely nasty. The two classes that benefit most are holy paladins and shadowstep rogues and I am not sure if I can truly compete when the time comes. Of course so far all the contents are PVE only, I am hoping we will see PVP changes soon.