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03-13-2009, 06:11 AM
Filed under: Events (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/events/), PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/pvp/), Arena (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/arena/)
Hate Arenas (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/arena/) all you want, but I love it for the fact that you will sometimes see the grandest display of skill and mastery of the game in PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/pvp/) and when those moments happen... it's magic. How appropriate then, that the most magical moment in quite possibly all professional Arena Tournament history was performed by none other than a Mage (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). It's a phenomenal comeback tale that ranks right up there with the greatest comebacks in sports -- and not just eSports.
Team H O N was down 1-2 against SK-Gaming Asia, better known as the Council of Mages, winners of the Worldwide Invitational (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/worldwide-invitational/) in Paris. Both teams from Korea sported the same RMP comps, with some spec changes in between matches to keep everyone guessing. In the fourth match, played in the Ruins of Lordaeron, SK-Gaming showed superb control despite H O N going offensive in the first few minutes... so superb, in fact, that at one point the shoutcasters were already congratulating SK-Gaming. If you've kept abreast of the tiny bits of the ESL Global Finals (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/esl/) here at WoW Insider, you'd already know that H O N won the tournament (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/09/korean-team-h-o-n-takes-the-trophy-at-esls-global-arena-tournam/) so it should be no spoiler that they escaped from being down 1-2 to tie and eventually win it all.
That's not the magical moment, though. You have to see it for yourself. Don't worry, the video might be long (that's just the first part of the match) but the most jawdropping moment happens right before the four minute mark. The movie may well be Moviewatch (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/moviewatch/) material if only because it's so unbelievable you're tempted to think it's all machinima. But the coolest thing about it is that it's not, and OrangeMarmalade will be celebrated as one of the greatest PvP Mages of all time. Continue reading Victory from the jaws of defeat (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/13/victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat/)
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Hate Arenas (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/arena/) all you want, but I love it for the fact that you will sometimes see the grandest display of skill and mastery of the game in PvP (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/pvp/) and when those moments happen... it's magic. How appropriate then, that the most magical moment in quite possibly all professional Arena Tournament history was performed by none other than a Mage (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/mage/). It's a phenomenal comeback tale that ranks right up there with the greatest comebacks in sports -- and not just eSports.
Team H O N was down 1-2 against SK-Gaming Asia, better known as the Council of Mages, winners of the Worldwide Invitational (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/worldwide-invitational/) in Paris. Both teams from Korea sported the same RMP comps, with some spec changes in between matches to keep everyone guessing. In the fourth match, played in the Ruins of Lordaeron, SK-Gaming showed superb control despite H O N going offensive in the first few minutes... so superb, in fact, that at one point the shoutcasters were already congratulating SK-Gaming. If you've kept abreast of the tiny bits of the ESL Global Finals (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/esl/) here at WoW Insider, you'd already know that H O N won the tournament (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/09/korean-team-h-o-n-takes-the-trophy-at-esls-global-arena-tournam/) so it should be no spoiler that they escaped from being down 1-2 to tie and eventually win it all.
That's not the magical moment, though. You have to see it for yourself. Don't worry, the video might be long (that's just the first part of the match) but the most jawdropping moment happens right before the four minute mark. The movie may well be Moviewatch (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/moviewatch/) material if only because it's so unbelievable you're tempted to think it's all machinima. But the coolest thing about it is that it's not, and OrangeMarmalade will be celebrated as one of the greatest PvP Mages of all time. Continue reading Victory from the jaws of defeat (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/13/victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat/)
http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Victory from the jaws of defeat (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/13/victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Read (http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season3/hannover/) | Permalink (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/13/victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat/) | Email this (http://www.wowinsider.com/forward/1486514/) | Comments (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/13/victory-from-the-jaws-of-defeat/#comments)
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