Zach has always been a Kobe Bryant fan, ever since Pwxvqlf his rookie year and even through those air balls he took in game 5 of the first round of the playoffs against the Utah Jazz in 1997. In fact, it was those three air balls that convinced Zach
wow power leveling that Kobe was his favorite basketball player ever. Because taking those shots took guts. And taking those shots eventually resulted in Kobe's hitting game-winner after game-winner many years later. Zach also writes about the battlegrounds, and this is his cue to tell you that if you keep trying and you have guts, you just might become the Kobe Bryant of WoW PvP. All right, probably not -- but it's an inspiring thought, anyway. More than a few comments on last week's column made me pause for thought, in particular some responses to my assertion that battleground play is an excellent stress reliever. I have to admit I've had more than my fair share of hair-tearing moments in the
wedding dresses battlegrounds ... I might have made it easier on myself and my blood pressure had I pursued achievements using premades. But I'm a pugger at heart. That's likely to change when rated battlegrounds debut in Cataclysm, but for the vast majority of my PvP life, I've lived and died through PUGs. The glaring exception would be the old school honor grind, when going it alone was tantamount to tanking your weekly ranking. I think PUGs are awesome. Yes, they can totally drive you nuts and sometimes be a colossal waste of time, but I've come to appreciate the wonder in a group of strangers coming together and performing well. There's a certain satisfaction to be gained from that -- I'm sure many of you have found PUGs that just clicked, where everything just worked out and everyone else on the team possessed more than half a brain and a decent
Replica rolex grasp of the game. Those instances feel good, don't they? They happen only on occasion, but when they do, I personally think they make up for the times when I feel I've been grouped with, um, complete morons. For today's column, I've prepared a handy guide for you folks that should help you survive the wonderful world of battleground PUGs. After all, between now and Cataclysm, you just might need it. Before anything else, understand that I'm advocating a stress-free battleground environment. These aren't the rated battlegrounds. These aren't arenas. Battleground grinds for honor should be fun, another means to enjoy the game. While I don't condone
louis vuitton handbags ruining the experience for your fellow players by playing poorly -- and by poorly I mean whether as an obnoxious armchair general, a road fighter or an AFKer -- there's no reason to take it so seriously. This brings me to my first survival tip. Unlike deaths in any other area of the game, battleground deaths are largely inconsequential. In arenas, a death is pretty much permanent and often directly leads to your team's defeat. In dungeons, raids and even questing, deaths burn a hole in the
wow gold pocket as well as waste everyone's time with corpse runs or rez resets. Battlegrounds are pretty unique in the sense that players don't have to treat deaths as a game-breaker. Character deaths are part of the process. I will even go so far as to say they're part of the fun. Taking away the gravity of character death also takes away a lot of the pressure. This doesn't mean I play recklessly and carelessly, though. Every second I spend with the Spirit Healer is a second spent away from a flag or tower. Every second I spend dead is a second that could have been spent dealing a killing blow. Basically, I hate dying in a battleground just as much as the next guy -- probably more -- but I
wow power leveling understand that it's not going to impact the game in the same way as it would in other areas of the game. This allows me to play at a more relaxed pace because there's a much larger room for error for individual performance.zcy
