World of Warcraft AWC 2020 BFA Circuit - Week 4 - Discussion Thread

AWC 2020 BFA Circuit - Week 4 - Discussion Thread
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AWC 2020 BFA Circuit - Week 4 - Discussion Thread

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:01 PM PDT

Arena World Championship | Battle for Azeroth 2020 Circuit | Week 4

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Sixteen of the best Arena World Championship (AWC) teams from North America and Europe will compete in the very last stage of the AWC Battle for Azeroth season. Watch the AWC Battle for Azeroth Circuit live every weekend for four weeks beginning August 22 at 10 a.m. PDT only on YouTube Gaming to see who will compete at the AWC Regional Finals.

All matches for AWC BFA Cup #3 will be played on 8.3.

To catch all the action live, Subscribe to Youtube.com/Warcraft

📚 Arena World Championship Circuit Viewer's Guide

⚔️ The 2020 Arena World Championship is Changing ⚔️

To help protect the health and safety of players, staff, and partners, the 2020 Arena World Championship Battle for Azeroth season will be held entirely online. We have also made some necessary and innovative new changes to the format of AWC outlined here.

🗨 Follow @WoWEsports on Twitter!

Exclusive behind the scenes content
Competition updates / Schedule
Contests & polls
New #AskAWC and get your questioned answered by the caster desk live!

🎞️ AWC 2020 BFA Circuit - Official Trailer

▶️ Week 1 VODs

▶️ Week 2 VODs

▶️ Week 3 VODs

Top 5 Plays

▶️ Week 1 Top 5 Plays

▶️ Week 2 Top 5 Plays

▶️ Week 3 Top 5 Plays

Player Profiles

▶️ Change - Pikaboo | AWC 2020

▶️ Validation - Whaazz | AWC 2020

🗓️ Schedule

Note: click the links below and set a reminder on youtube to be notified when the events begin!

Day	PDT	CEST	EST
AWC BFA Circuit - Week 3 - Day 1 - Sept 5	10:00AM	18:00	1:00PM
AWC BFA Circuit - Week 3 - Day 2 - Sept 6	10:00AM	18:00	1:00PM

DAY 1 - Complete	SATURDAY	VOD LINK
MATCH 1	🃏 Wildcard Gaming	vs	🔤 ABC
MATCH 2	🚮 nLite	vs	⚰️ Coffin Dance
MATCH 3	❌ XSET	vs	🏔️ Bergen Boys
MATCH 4	😈 Diabolus	vs	🕉️ F2K MyWay
MATCH 5	👨‍🚀 Spacestation Gaming	vs	🔵 Unitas
MATCH 6	🐈 M2KC	vs	🧐 Mystery Team ????
MATCH 7	🤴 Golden Guardians	vs	🐥 Charlotte Phoenix

DAY 2	SUNDAY	VOD LINK
MATCH 1	🚮 nLite	vs	🏔️ Bergen Boys
MATCH 2	❌ XSET	vs	⚰️ Coffin Dance
MATCH 3	😈 Diabolus	vs	🔤 ABC
MATCH 4	☁️ Cloud9	vs	🧐 Mystery Team ????
MATCH 5	👨‍🚀 Spacestation Gaming	vs	🐥 Charlotte Phoenix
MATCH 6	🤴 Golden Guardians	vs	🔵 Unitas
MATCH 7	🐈 M2KC	vs	🐢 Turtle

🎤 Hosts and Casters

👉👈 Gillian "Eiya" Long
🧊 Elliott "Venruki" Venzcel
🦉 Sid "Supatease" Compston
🧙‍♂️ Mohammed "Ziqo" Beshir

🔎 🚀Starship's Inspection Tool - Now updated!

For those of you who have been following the AWC, you're likely familiar with the Inspect Extension. We'll be partnering with GCDTV yet again for tournament administration, however, they will also be providing a portal to the builds and gear all top 8 Arena competitors will be running in real-time, just like you would in-game and see the gear; talents, Azerite Traits, Corruption, and Essences.

So, if you're spending time in the Arena you now have more reasons than ever to tune in and find out just how the pros dominate their foes. Click here to see an example of the tool. Note: This tool will likely not be live until closer to Friday.

🔗 Resources

📜 Format & Structure

AWC Circuit consists of a 4 week Round Robin
All series but the Finals will be Best of 5
Team roster shall be a minimum of 3 players up to a maximum of 4 players
Team compositions cannot consist of greater than one "Healer" specialization or greater than one "Tank" specialization.
The first game of every series will take place on Nagrand Arena and compositions will be chosen blind to each team.
All subsequent games, the losing team of the previous game will select the next map, followed by the winning team publicly locking in their composition before the losing team locks in their own composition.
Maps cannot be played twice in any given series.

Circut Teams

EU Teams

🕉️ F2K MyWay

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Tonycatmeow	(Feral Druid)	tonyferalmovies
Kasuxoxo	(Survival Hunter)	Kasuxoxo
Hydra	(Discipline Priest)	Hydramist

⚰️ Coffin Dance

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Trenacetate	(Demon Hunter)	Trenacetate
Lontar	(Restoration Shaman)	Lonartv
Joefernandes	(Arms Warrior)	Joefernandes123
Rezuz	(Windwalker Monk)	Razuzww

🚮 nLite

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Zunniyaki	(Discipline Priest)	Zunniyaki
Cassidy	(Feral Druid)	Cassidy38_
Facile	(Survival Hunter)	Facilez1337
Cara	(Retribution Paladin)	Caara

😈 Diabolus

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Gelu	(Fire Mage)	Gelubabatv
Clyde	(Holy Paladin)	Clydeytv_
Merce	(Destruction Warlock)	Mercedesa
Jaime	Elemental Shaman	Jaime

🔤 ABC

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Alec	(Fire Mage)	WoWAlec
Asgarath	(Holy Paladin)	AsgarathPvP
Niksi	(Assasination Rogue)	Niksi
Wallirikz	(Destruction Warlock)	Wallirik

🏔️ Bergen Boys

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Berly	(Restoration Shaman)	Berlyirltv
Joel	(Unholy Death Knight)	Joelxuh
Infernion	(Destruction Warlock)	Infernion
Monkarn	(Windwalker Monk)	Monkarn

🃏 Wildcard Gaming

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Maro	(Fire Mage)	Maro
Loony	(Mistweaver Monk)	Loonart
Blizo	(Arms Warrior)	Blizotv
Zeepeye	(Elemental Shaman)	Zeepeye

❌ XSET

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Raiku	(Mage)	Raikubest
Chas	(Mistweaver Monk)	ChasTV
Whaazz	(Rogue)	Whaazz
Swapxy	(Destruction Warlock)	Swapxy

NA Teams

🤴 Golden Guardians

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Absterge	(Restoration Shaman)	thesterge
Wizk	(Shadow Priest)	Wizkx
Pikaboo	(Assassination Rogue)	Pikabooirl
Jellybeans	(Survival Hunter)	Jellybeans

🧐 Mystery Team ????

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Mes	(Unholy Death Knight)	Notmes
Cdew	(Restoration Shaman)	Cdewx
Samiyam	(Frost Mage)	Samiyam
Trill	(Windwalker Monk)	Trilltko

☁️ Cloud9

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Chanimal	(Destruction Warlock)	Chanimaly
Wealthyman	(Frost Mage)	Wealthymanx
Kubzy	(Mistweaver Monk)	Kubzy
Snutz	(Assassination Rogue)	Snutzy

🐢 Turtle

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Dilly	(Survival Hunter)	Dilly_WoW
Gekz	(Discipline Priest)	Gekz
Syfoxy	(Feral Druid)	Syfoxe
Smoove	(Mistweaver Monk)	Smoove3

🐈 M2KC

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Ceral	(Frost Mage)
Brain	(Holy Paladin)	Kappathebrain
Drake	(Windwalker Monk)
Roastyz	(Assassination Rogue)	Roastyz

🔵 Unitas

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Cmd	(Fire Mage)	Cmdxyz
Oxygen	(Discipline Priest)	Oxygen_au
Aiden	(Rogue)	Aidenzx
Yoske	(Arms Warrior)	Yoskexz

🐥 Charlotte Phoenix

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Korlic	(Holy Paladin)	Korlicx
Nick	(Subtlety Rogue)	Nicktherogue1
Burn	(Destruction Warlock)	Burnx_23
Jahmilli	(Fire Mage)

👨‍🚀 Spacestation Gaming

Twitter	Armory	Twitch
Gorecki	(Holy Paladin)	Goreckitv
Thugonomicz	(Destruction Warlock)
Smexxin	(Arms Warrior)	smexxin
Chunli	(Windwalker Monk)	Chunliww

EU Standings

Top 8	Team	MATCH RECORD	GAME SCORE
1	WILDCARD GAMING	5-1	15-9
2	XSET	4-1	14-5
3	COFFIN DANCE	3-2	11-7
4	NLITE	2-3	8-11
4	DIABOLUS	2-3	8-11
4	BERGEN BOYS	2-3	7-10
4	ABC	2-3	7-12
8	F2K MYWAY	1-5	10-15

NA Standings

Top 8	Team	MATCH RECORD	GAME SCORE
1	CLOUD9	5-1	15-8
2	CHARLOTTE PHOENIX	4-1	12-4
2	????	4-1	14-6
4	M2KC	3-2	11-6
5	SPACESTATION GAMING	2-3	9-11
6	TURTLE	2-4	8-14
7	GOLDEN GUARDIANS	1-4	8-13
8	UNITAS	0-5	1-10

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Official Guild Recruitment Thread

Posted: 12 Sep 2020 02:37 AM PDT

Are you looking for more people for your guild? Are you looking for a guild? Put your recruitment posts here! Don't forget about /r/wowguilds in the meanwhile; sometimes you can't wait a couple of weeks to find a guild.

Please respond to the top level comment that matches the Region and Faction of your guild. If you're neither NA, Oceanic or EU then post under Other.

Other Guild Recruitment Resources: Here

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Rogue Tip of the Day: you can pickpocket one of the invasion bosses in Uldum. I hope you realize what this means.

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:40 PM PDT

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Rate my comp

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:55 PM PDT

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I can't afford Microsoft's delicious Flight Simulator

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 09:16 AM PDT

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Darkmoon Faire by overnoes

Posted: 12 Sep 2020 12:11 AM PDT

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An Open Letter from the Monk Community to Blizzard: Your Monk communication has been pure garbage

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 11:57 AM PDT

This is going to be somewhat of a rant, because things are just not acceptable anymore. I will not go into the details and problems of the specs (specifically WW & MW) because there's been several posts on here, on forums, on Peak of Serenity, on Wowhead and elsewhere that have gone in full depth and detail about them and at this point we're really tired of talking and all of our feedback falling on deaf ears.

Our only hope is getting enough attention from the community, and content creators, that we finally get what we need just to be a balanced and functional class (brewmaster aside) that is (at least) a serious raid option and not riddled with bugs, lack of utility and awful tuning (we're just asking for the bare minimum to be average or above average, not left at the bottom again). This seems like the only way for Blizzard to get things done.

To preface this, I've been playing Monk since the end of Legion and for the entirety of BFA, and I'm one of only a few hundred Windwalker Monks who got Cutting Edge this tier (since June). Monk is one of the most fun classes to play, and at a surface level, just like every new person and content creator who picks it up and plays with it for a bit, it feels amazing. This is not our issue and is exactly the reason why loyalists stick with it. The issue is, at the surface everything looks fun and fine, but it's at the surface only and this unfortunately causes content creators (for example) to give off a very wrong and misleading image about Monk to their audience (and Blizzard), which actually damages us.

The issues lie deeper, far beyond where someone taking Monk for a spin will look. What if I told you your Combustion, your Metamorphosis and your Vendetta's are usually dealing only 45% (instead of 135% in total) of your damage that you should be dealing? That hitting your most 'exciting' DPS cooldown is essentially a nerf button, or hitting another ability (such as your max level talent) simply doesn't work or activate at all? That's the weight of the bugs and issues we're experiencing. It's just a complete shame that all of these issues make one of the most fun classes to play one of the worst statistically and the most frustrating.

For the record, and extremely late into the tier, they gave us a 5% damage aura buff given how miserable our state was, which papered over cracks and pulled us very slightly from the bottom, but after a couple of weeks we slipped back into total obscurity at the bottom because of our lack of scaling and fundamental class issues which carry on into SL and introduce more issues with the new systems. No matter how well polished you're trying to make the new systems, if the class is broken then the game is just not fun to play.

As I said, though, if you're looking for details, there are a ton of posts and resources, along with interviews (like Sloot's interview for Monks). This post is just regarding the state of communication that Monks have received from Blizzard regarding more than 5 months of alpha and beta Shadowlands feedback. The truth is the communication has been nothing short of absolute garbage.

Let's start with the beginning after the Shadowlands announcement at Blizzcon. Monks received absolutely no mention or coverage on any panel, including the class and unpruning one. A while after Blizzcon, Holinka finally posted something about Monks (for some reason, the original tweet is now deleted) which stated the following:

Yes, Monk was a class we didn't cover in the panel. Sorry about that. We are currently working on them and weren't sure exactly what was coming back just yet. Stay tuned!

This wasn't an issue in itself, but it just shows how we're not really in their focus or attention and how neglected we generally are.

For around 5 months since the Alpha started, tons of feedback were posted regarding bugs and other core and fundamental problems, while some classes have had more than ten blue posts (with the majority receiving at least a few), but we were met with pure radio silence from Blizzard. It personally feels like over the past few years they hardly acknowledge or recognise us as a class anymore, and we're always just an afterthought. Do any devs even play Windwalker or Mistweaver?

On 27 August, however, Monks finally had a blue post. What did the post include? A new rank for Xuen that was already datamined months ago for Windwalkers. It was very disappointing, but the post stated this on the Monk feedback thread in reply to the excellent beta testers who have been putting in tons of effort compiling huge, exhaustive and comprehensive lists of every bug and providing very careful, precise and detailed feedback:

We've been working hard to address the many bugs that have been submitted, with a focus on those bugs that are impacting testing, and we expect to have Monk testing in a much better place with next week's build of the Shadowlands Beta (the first week of September).

Our goal is to make use of the feedback we've received here and elsewhere, with respect to Covenant class abilities, core class abilities, and legendaries. Thank you for your commitment to providing us with so much valuable information. Please look for more updates next week!

This gave some hope and something to finally look forward to the following week. Come the next week, however, and there were absolutely no posts about Monks. This was really strange, we waited and waited during the day until the new beta build went live, and there were still no posts. Some remained optimistic on the Monk discord that it could be late, while some were already resigned to the fact that nothing will be posted.

Ok, we'll look forward to the next week, maybe something happened or it's not entirely done yet and they decided to delay it. Another week later, and there's still been no posts from Blizzard, and zero communication or updates regarding Monks. Back to radio silence.

It's definitely understandable that they're probably super busy with getting everything ready, but if you can't address the feedback regarding and fix one of your core classes and dedicate some resources to doing so, you might as well give up, especially when other classes have received a huge amount of attention (compared to a class where WW & MW have been at the bottom for successive raid tiers), which is just utterly beyond comprehension.

I'm honestly struggling to believe and accept that the expansion is planned to release in just over a month. If things are just not ready yet, at least let us know what's going on and what you're planning to do - give us something - a crumb at least, we can work with that. Right now, a lot of things on beta, including covenants, are simply broken and cannot be tested.

Please get your shit together and start communicating. It's very disheartening to have seen so many Monk loyalists reroll (if not quit) over the past expansion even though they only played the spec for fun (but at some point enough is enough), and what's left of them is also considering and planning to reroll with the way things are headed so far. We already suffer from the lowest class population, and at this point there will be no one left because you're literally ignoring the class when as a historically below than average class it should be one of your top priorities to address.

Regards,

One of many extremely disappointed and hopeless players in the Monk community.

TL;DR - Monks, specifically Windwalker and Mistweaver, have been neglected in a broken state and at the bottom for most of the past few years, carrying the same core and fundamental issues and bugs into the new expansion which introduce even more problems with the new systems and abilities. After over 5 months of alpha and beta testing (with the class literally being in an untestable state) and feedback on the Monk feedback thread with some of the most well written and detailed posts among all classes about the issues we're facing, there has been a complete lack of communication from Blizzard and nothing but radio silence. A blue post was finally made more than 2 weeks ago which acknowledged our patience and mainly told us to look out for more Monk updates the following week, but 2 weeks on so far (with only over a month left till Shadowlands launch) and there's still been completely no updates or communication.

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Dwarf Problems

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT

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Night Elf Druid from the WoW Vanilla opening cinematic cosplay by Narga

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:46 PM PDT

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My man deserved so much better, so I gave him 8K and better colors (ZOOOOOOM for the best effect)

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:52 AM PDT

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When blizz says that they gave Horde players a choice whether they want to participate in the war of thorns or not.

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 12:40 PM PDT

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Shamans apparently have a gatling gun spec

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 04:15 PM PDT

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Wait, there's no ripcord?

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:46 AM PDT

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After Ursoc's passing, 2 queens same vibe

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:08 AM PDT

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Please make conduit setups spec specific, let people play their offspecs!

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:16 PM PDT

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Malessa Dawnrose by Fanfoxy on deviantart

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:05 AM PDT

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I've built an open source World of Warcraft addon manager

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 12:12 PM PDT

Hi all,

I've built a World of Warcraft addon manager called Ajour with a strong focus on performance and simplicity. The project is completely advertisement free, privacy respecting and open source.

Currently Ajour supports both Retail and Classic, and it can handle addons from multiple repositories (CurseForge, Tukui and WoWInterface). It runs and has been tested on Windows and macOS but it should also work just fine on Linux.

I began working on Ajour shortly after Twitch announced they sold CurseForge to Overwolf. I have basically spent all my evenings after work hacking on this application, and with some help from a handful of talented contributors we are very pleased with the current state of Ajour.

Feedback is very much appreciated, so let me know what you think and what I can do better. You can download Ajour for free here:

Ajour – An open source World of Warcraft addon manager

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The Gang joins Ardenweald

Posted: 11 Sep 2020 07:42 AM PDT