Hey everyone, just a little eye candy for you get your jollies off when you should be taking the next customer in queue but forget that guy he seems like a jerk anyway. Let DLC and Teh Gladiators make it all better.

It’s the ugly part of the Arenas. One more importantly that was unavoidable for Blizzard. Most readers know my stance on the complete joke and enormous let down the Arenas have been for me and many other players. But at least Blizzard is showing the capability to learn from it’s mistakes and take a factor [...]

There are tons of leaked items on the PTR files that WOWDB has managed to snag. There have been mishaps left and right of GMs giving out season 4 gear instead of Season 1 to players around the world. So when exactly will we be seeing the 4th and final Arena season for the Burning [...]

It’s a novel idea, I like it a lot actually but it isn’t something we already have with the Arena System. Group duels (such as you’re in a party and you can right click the leader of another party to have a group duel) are doable as well in the world arenas. When you’re grouped [...]

The DonLolo z Wladem Team on the EU-Burning Legion server (Bloodlust Battlegroup) reached 3000 Arena Team rating in the 2v2 bracket. It’s a team made up of a Holy Paladin and a Subtlety Rogue. Noksil, a human paladin, is the first player to reach 3000 Personal Rating. It kind of strikes me as odd though [...]

Well it’s a story that won’t die folks. That’s a good thing too because if not then we wouldn’t get to see the pretty now would we?
In response to all the hype about the Season 4 gear sported by a certain druid, more screenshots and information has been released. I’d like to thank Teza one [...]

I’ve been following this comic for a while now since I first saw their site when they only had 10 comics up. Teh Gladiators are rounding their 19th comic so far and the story/art is actually pretty good. I like to read into the funny a bit and kind of point out that at least [...]

It seems they still haven’t worked out the kinks yet and GMs are still giving season 4 brutal gladiator gear instead of season 1 equipment as restorations. Either that or these screenshots are trickling in later when the player in question was worried about retribution on part by Blizzard.
Anyway you look at it we still [...]

There’s a pretty big argument going on that the face of PVP has been changed forever and I agree. I posted about it much earlier but here are some more details reitterated for the sake of anybody who might have missed it. I like my PVP, I like world PVP and fighting in the battlegrounds. [...]

And they’re OFF!
2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament Phase 2 Has Begun
Phase 2 of the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament’s first qualification round has begun. Tournament participants have had ample time during the practice phase to hone their strategies, try various team compositions, and gain experience playing with their team. It’s now time for [...]

In lieu of all the other changes to the arena coming up in Patch 2.4.2 they have added another rule. If a team does not enter an arena match that is starting they will lose points equal to the amount that would have been deducted if they had played and lost. This change makes it [...]

A bunch of my hunter friends are going nuts over this new change in Patch 2.4.2 which I really don’t seem to understand. Obviously the change to Scare Beast is amazing. It’s now instant cast, has a 30yrd too, basically they’re right; hunters might become the anti-druid in Arena combat. But druids are getting all [...]

Yes, the Season 3 honor items will still be available for purchase without a rating requirement after Season 4 starts.
There will be two sets of “non-set” items once Season 4 begins. The Season 4 honor items (boot/belt/bracer/etc) some of which will require a rating, and the Season 3 items (boot/belt/bracer/etc) which still won’t require [...]

Any where to see arena standings? Yes - characters, ladders, and all the regular stats you see on the Armory should be available for the Tournament Realms now. If something is missing, let us know and we’ll try to resolve it. (src) This is for those of you interested on checking the current standings directly [...]

GET READY TO HOLD YOUR COLOUR!
While Season 3 is still going strong, we wanted to announce ahead of time the rating requirements that will be present for arena items once Season 4 begins. We also wanted to give everyone a heads up to some changes that will be in an upcoming patch, altering [...]

GMs around the world are giving this stuff out like candy. Having worked a customer service job before almost exactly like that of a GM, I can only assume that somebody in the IT department screwed up the program GMs use in some update. This would explain why there have been so many separate instances [...]

When 2.4 went live Blizzard promised that they were addressing the issue of long wait times to get into an arena match. Drysc posted today looking for collective and constructive feedback from the player base. All signs point to this being a very effective and positive change so good job Blizzard, keep up the good [...]

It sounds crazy and yet intriguing to me. I’ve said before, arenas in WoW are NOT real arenas. It’s some bastardized version of what a classic FFA arena was in ancient times. The concept of NPC combatants for practicing or even NPC combatants in general around the world would be great. How awesome would it [...]

As in the live realms, there is a problem with certain classes being extremely cookie cutter in the Arena Tournament. Frankly you’re going to see the standard rock/paper/scissors makeup with a resto druid, mace rogue, and so forth. Given that all players have the same access to gear and such it really is coming down [...]

Something I never really paid any mind to before, when you’re in the arenas fighting you are either on the gold team or the green team. Presumably throughout all team vs team battles it’s been red vs blue. Since the Alliance are typically the blue team and the Horde the red (viva la red team!) [...]

A player on the Arathor realm (EU) accidentally deleted s1 items, and a GM gave him back by mistake 2 parts of the S4 priest Brutal Gladiator set (chest and head), thus he activated the ids for these 2 items. I’m pretty sure that GM got fired for this. Thanks to Teza for this update.

A lot of interviews going around, guess Blizzard wanted to get some face time with the associated press before Summer kicks in. This is more for all of my Gladiators out there, but very interesting to read as they also get a little bit into Wrath of the Lich King. Goes to show Arenas are [...]

I’m not that big a fan of the whole Arena thing. It’s fun and I can see the obsession it’s garnered by many players since it’s inception; but I just can’t seem to get into it. When I think Arenas I think spectators, special events, I think Gladiator.
Vhairi released a bunch of interesting stats on [...]

Hold onto your butts. Two season 4 items have been activated on the armory today, and as you can see below the personal arena rating needed for shoulders has been increased to 2200. You can check out the PTR stats of some Season 4 armor sets and weapon here.

So hey, I’m not a bad enough [...]

Q u o t e:
1. After the qualifying at what point would we be traveling to compete?
2. Will mod’s be used at these locations?
3. If we will not be traveling, will mods be aloud in the tournament at all? (Heard they were being turned off when the 4 week period starts)Thanks.

1. Traveling would occur at [...]

Good luck to all the gladiators in the tournament, take advantage of this opportunity.
We have extended the first phase of the Arena Tournament for the First Qualification Round by one week. The practice phase of the tournament will conclude on April 22, 2008 with scheduled maintenance. The second phase of the tournament will begin [...]

Here’s a little clarification from Bornakk regarding the 200 game rules. There’s been a little confusion since we have to get 200 games for qualification, but people didn’t know if they had to have the team as a whole getting 200 matches in or if each player had to get 200 games individually within [...]

Bornakk posted this on the EU forums regarding the Arena Tournament.
With the first round of qualification for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament underway, we wanted to provide a schedule for the remainder of this qualifier and details on what each of the phases entails. This tourney is a big deal folks so if [...]

The official forum for the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament is now live! We are very excited to launch this Tournament that allows our players to lay down their skills and battle it out in the Arena for fun and prizes!
All players are able to read this forum but you must have a [...]

So there are some questions regarding the current arena season (season 3) and a few issues that have been cropping up.
Q u o t e:
2 Questions.1st Is it just me or has the Armory not updated for like 2 weeks?
2nd Question how exactly are “inactive teams determined”? I am asking this question because my [...]