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but with everyone being given gear and there being no variation in gear allowed, no enchants etc... it will be fucking stupid.
And by fucking stupid you mean completely fair and actually 100% about your **playing skill** like it should be, right?
no i mean fucking stupid due to the fact that no variation means that there will be no difference in anything. If you are only allowed pvp gear what if you want some PVE trinkets or wanna use some t6 gear instead?

making an even playing field does not make it who has the most skill... it is whoever has the most experience with that gear set and with teammates. Not to mention if you have almost exact gear sets you'll see mostly the same teams. I'd bet that lock/ms warrior/resto wins.
If you're playing the same video game with the same characters and the same gear, the only thing that's going to seperate you winning from losing is your's and your team's playing ability. I think it's the perfect way to host a tournament.

I think I see what you mean, though, about the gear variety. Maybe what they could do to that end is still use premade characters, but give you access to gear vendors with the PvE gear on them. That way you can use a Void Star Talisman, for instance, on a warlock... or the ZA attack power/use:attack power trinket for warriors... or the Nigh-Invulnerability Belt from engineering. As long as everyone has access to the same gear, though. You know what gets me, though? I hope they don't host it liks WGS was hosting their 3v3 tournament -- you used premade characters, but they didn't have every RACE combo available. In some cases that makes a big difference in playstyle, so I hope they offer every race combo.

I don't doubt that a lock/ms warrior/resto team might win, or the current power house combo Rogue/Mage/Priest, but at least whoever wins you'll know they're excellent players. Why? Because everyone's playing the same game, and everyone can all form a RMP team makeup... but they did it better, and that's the difference. There are some clearly ideal makeups in 2's, 3's, and 5's, but there's also a clear difference between the guys playing those combos who can't break 1800, and those who are hitting 2400.

Sorry, I guess I'm ranting. I've had alot of friends QQ'ing lately, it must have gotten to me a bit lol. =]