My MLG tourny experience, 3's is actually doable for multiboxing!! woot :)

[Ellay]

First off, I went to the Major League Gaming event here in Orlando where I live and it was pretty interesting. WoW overall didn't have the audience Halo3 pulled in, but definitely held it's own against the other titles at the event. Being a spectator though is definitely not the same as participating. The show is partitioned in a way that attempting to watch the players play at their PC if you want to focus on just 1 person is impossible, having to resort into sitting down/ or standing (not enough chairs) and watching the big screen, which is the equivalent of streaming it in the comfort of your own home. I did get to talk to quite a few of the top end players at the event, they gave me their experiences of playing against me which lead to some interesting convo all on it's own.
I don't see myself going to another one unless they change the layout to accommodate spectators better or I'm actually participating in it, to which I'm trying to find out if I can. I'll let everyone know how that turns out.

As for Multiboxing in 3v3? I suppose I can never say never

I usually don't tap into the 3v3 department for Multi-boxing, but after attending the MLG and watching the Tournies - I had to get my fix.
After swapping around multiple specs including triple Resto Shaman to try and feel out what exactly is the best method I went back to my usual layout of 40/0/21. I would say my record or rating at the moment isn't anything close to amazing but it's definitely a start in the right direction. Currently sitting at 1803 rating at the start of Season 4 with 32-9, and that includes all the goofy spec's inbetween.

The greatest thing I noticed is 3v3 is all about counter comping and Triple Ele Shaman layout is very strong against all the current popular specs out there including RMP / RWD / RRD and so on, it is weak though to the crazy comps that don't make it very far. I imagine if I can break through the lower brackets of unusual comps it will be a lot easier to excel. We shall see though!

[Chaosomega]

Gotta confession.

I logged onto mmo-champion and streamed about 3hrs of the tournament live. I was addicited.
Ya it was fun to watch the others play.

But as i was sitting there watching and doing heriocs, and my girlfriend telling me to turn it down, I couldnt look away.

Secretly i wanted to annouce ellay just entered the tournament!

Maybe next time lol

[-silencer-]

My girlfriend and I met up with an out-of-state coworker of hers for lunch yesterday, and it happened to be at the convention center where MLG was being held. Her coworker's son was competing in the Halo 3 tourney. It looked decent, but as an event, it looked like it fell far short of the summer/winter CPL events of a few years ago with regards to spectators & prizes. I can't believe how many conversations I heard at lunch of players thinking of skipping college to play competitive games. WTF. The gaming community is so fickle as it is, so why seriously derail your future for a major risk that will still be there in 4 years.

[Sina]

problem is,...
they don't allow any 3rd party programs or ANY mods. You would be forced to control through alt + Tab,... and GL with that.
I was very curious about the 3s and to see if it was viable.... my guess is if you find a way to control the burst in RMP or keep the warrior in defensive mode in rwd u might have a chacne at the higher brackets,... but it would be near impossible to live through shatter + wound as 40/0/21 and on top of that drop one of the targets.....

purge spamming the mage and getting a lucky ns cl followed by shocks is the only way i could see a win... but i have yet to even step foot into 3 boxing 3v3s....


Any strats yet ?

[Ellay]

No strats yet, I need more games in - it's a bit different than 5's due to lacking a healer.

[Talamarr]

I did get to talk to quite a few of the top end players at the event, they gave me their experiences of playing against me which lead to some interesting convo all on it's own.

I want to hear more about this. How did some of the conversations go? Positive, Negative?

[Ellay]

All positive, some were hesitant to say the enjoyed playing against me, more so said it was frustrating but face to face it's a lot easier to get along and be respectful.
Someone even said they made an appearance in my movies

[Stack]

cant wait for 3s strats Ellay!

ive been doing 3s but i keep getting wrecked by non standard comps. but then anything with a warrior in it is usually a cake walk. sadly ive been hovering in the 1400 bracket with vindicators, s3 chest, s2 shoulders/shield, s1 where not listed.

[Skuggomann]

HAHA nice man!

[kwschs]

Ellay, you're getting around haha.

I was gonna drive over only 1 hr from where I live, but ehhh gas there and back is a flat screen off ebay

I just orderd 20 17" CRT screens for $149.99 lol

Building them into my wall