where do people organise GM duels on west? and other (noob) questions..

I've been asking around and it seems like there is no real place to organise a GM duel on west. I'm a bit sick of pubs and I don't have that many friends to duel against. This has led me to a few questions..

1. is west dead? does everyone just duel on east? i saw alot of threads for organising gm duels on east on an unnamed trading site

2. how are people ranked? i always see people saying he's #1 blizz sorc, or bowzon, or whatever. well if there is no place to organise gm duels (that i'm aware of) then how can you have rankings?

3. is all this duel organisation/ranking business done between clans? this would explain why i feel like i know nothing about it

4. wtf is tpk and d2pk? i know they are some sort of dueling thing but what's the deal?

that's about all for now

thanks

PS if there's a site duelers use that you can't link just PM me - i'm not too sure about forum rules, etc|||You can assume that any self-proclaimed number 1 is not actually number 1.

I have a non ladder Nec and a ladder Barb.

I'm mostly on WC3, though.

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You can assume that any self-proclaimed number 1 is not actually number 1.




You mean the thousands of #1's aren't actually #1? Fascinating.

@1. i dont want to get into a east vs west, but closed in general is dying.

@2. they claim #1. It's as easy as that.

@3. It used to be, but I think clans died out. There may be some, but not as prominent or good. =/

@4. private realms. Also dying.|||TPPK is Town Portal Player Kill/ing and D2PK is a Modified Realm where you don't bother with Leveling and can have 99 level character from the start ...|||You can also ask for GM TCP/IP Duels. Pings are often better if you have a good host.|||I used to run a legit dueling club on west back in 2002.

im thinking of coming out of retirement for the new ladder season in 1.13 and I may start it back up if i can get enough interest in it.|||I didn't play much D2PK but I found that the general skill level was much higher than your average bnet pub. You actually see BvC's/good ww sins/etc there but the people there are far from GM.

TPPK is a hack that takes you to town and hostiles everyone in literally 0 seconds. The idea is to cast some projectile (i.e. ice blast, blizzard) that usually one hit kills the victim. Obviously you don't see it too much in Softcore and tbh it's actually pretty funny when you do see it. I remember standing next to some random pally in a baal run and all of a sudden some sorc hostiled the whole party and he died lmao. But of course hacks like these ruin hardcore.|||I always enjoy GM duels, and I'm considering switching to West with the ladder reset, since my ping is about 80ms lower there. Can't remember why I chose East to begin with all those years ago, probably because it was larger.|||Quote:








I've been asking around and it seems like there is no real place to organise a GM duel on west. I'm a bit sick of pubs and I don't have that many friends to duel against. This has led me to a few questions..

1. is west dead? does everyone just duel on east? i saw alot of threads for organising gm duels on east on an unnamed trading site

2. how are people ranked? i always see people saying he's #1 blizz sorc, or bowzon, or whatever. well if there is no place to organise gm duels (that i'm aware of) then how can you have rankings?

3. is all this duel organisation/ranking business done between clans? this would explain why i feel like i know nothing about it

4. wtf is tpk and d2pk? i know they are some sort of dueling thing but what's the deal?

that's about all for now

thanks

PS if there's a site duelers use that you can't link just PM me - i'm not too sure about forum rules, etc




1. Quite a few people still duel on west, maybe more on east at this point I'm not sure.

2. There is no ranking except for some leagues for zeal and BvB that keep track. People just like to say #1.

3. The leagues and tourneys for zeal/bvb are done on JSP and I think d2pk might still do it.

4. tpk is team pk meaning team duels. tppk is the hack that people use in hardcore mostly to kill you. d2pk is a private server you can google it basically is just dueling server all leveling/gear is provided.|||Quote:








I always enjoy GM duels, and I'm considering switching to West with the ladder reset, since my ping is about 80ms lower there. Can't remember why I chose East to begin with all those years ago, probably because it was larger.




I can't speak for East as I never played there but I think the average bnetter on West is really ignorant, even more ignorant than other bnetters LOL

You wouldn't believe the pains I had to go through when trying to sell my eth Hoto, no one wanted it because "it would break".