Archive for August 21st, 2007
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
pissed at myself.
So everyone knows I play City of Heroes/City of Villains. Everyone knows I’m into it for the PVP. I play a mean rad/psy/power defender and I know it. Well, tonight I played my best, and I also did things I am not proud of.
The PVPEC event went down like this:
16 Players signed up for the 1v1 Tourney, I registered late and got a match against a poorly build BroadSword/Regen Scrapper. Easy for my rad/psy, I took him 5-0 in the 10 minute match. No inspirations burned. I advanced. 2nd Round I was pitted against an Energy Melee/ Energy Aura stalker, which normally should beat the snot out of me. The whole Energy Melee stuns and crap just hurts.. Well.. I wiped the floor with him too, 5-0 in a 10 minute match. Third match I was fighting another stalker, this time someone I had seen in zones alot, Energy Melee/Regeneration (2 click heals, 1 toggle heal, 1 activation healing), basically a n00b build, but powerful. His build had phase shift (intangible click) and his tactic was rush me off the start, got 2 kills that way within 30 seconds, and placate+phase if he got into trouble. This saved him 3 times, I had to pull my shit together in the match because I really fell apart. I let my inspirations that protected me from stuns run out, rather than keeping a cycle. I basically just played sloppy, and it showed. He beat me 5-0. I was under the impression that I was out of the ranking their and that it was an elimination round, I was wrong. This event was based on points, and I had 4 for the 2 other matches I had won.
My next match was against another Rad/Psy that had gone 2 matches won- and a draw, this was someone I normally would never talk to, let alone play with.. but had known he made a presence on the test server in Arena PVP. He sent me a message before the match, saying that the two of us would be into the top rankings to advance for the invitational, all we had to do was draw our match. Basically telling me not to fight him, and just run around pretending to attack. At first, I thought ‘man, this is fucked up.’ But then I got to fearing fighting him, thinking I would lose.. So I went along with it. The whole time we both spammed our low damage attacks, almost working the same attack chain. And before I knew it, the match was over, draw. I exited the event just to find out that my team leader, a fellow TA member had pulled a draw on his match, leaving us at the same point scale, fighting for the 4th position on the invitational.
What was I to do? Do I fight someone I have a good chance at beating, to just go onto test and make an idiot of myself against the people that really came for PVP? I really don’t have the time to schedule fight matches. And I have a tendency to get angry when I’m not winning in the arena 1v1. So, I figured what the hell, I’ll throw this match too and not bring my A game. Afterall, I don’t want to make my team leader look bad if I do happen to beat him. I told him before the match to base up, which he didnt. He rushes me right off the bat and I burn him out of his whole inspiration tray. I get sloppy and stop watching my health (I have an uninterruptable heal that would have restored my health to nearly full) and let him take me down. He runs off hiding after that since he had his kill needed to win the match. I let 6 minutes pass, then venture out to find him, knowing that the PVPEC event committee, and everyone else in the rankings were watching the match. I find him, based up, in a small corner, I had a few inspirations I popped, tried a base break. No dice, got him to about half health and was stunned by his tornado. I prettymuch called the match right there.
What should I have done? Should I have fought the Rad/Psy that I could have probably beaten if I believed in my abilities? I do play my character better than most, and have impressed alot in my ability to pick it up so quickly. I kept thinking to myself, laying in bed, unable to sleep.. feeling like I’ve cheated myself out of an opportunity.. What if I had turned on the other Rad/Psy and spammed my full attack chain, killed him within the last 30 seconds of the match, leaving him unable to recover? He would have still advanced.. Just, not in 1st position. I gave that honor to someone that had exploited my guild in the arena before. Using a cheap tactic that ensured them a definate win. I cheated myself, and anyone that wears the tag I bear. I feel horrible. What if I had told my team leader to reset the arena map and start over when he requested to? I would have possibly rolled a better map, something I could have atleast played better to my advantage, giving him less spots to hide and lure me to.
I am going to find that rad/psy, even if I can’t make it worth the credit in the PVPEC, I want a rematch.