Time to Bet on the Ladder!

In case you haven't heard, there is a Xunlai Tournament Representative walking around Kamadan, and he has this to say when you talk to him:

Finally, a use for the ladder for the average Guild Wars gamer, a sort of worldwide sporting event that appeals to not only the top percentage of PvP-ers. I applaud this attempt at making PvE-ers actually interested in PvP without forcing them to PvP to do what they want.

hrm seen this on the mainsite the other day sounds cool...and I guess someone "who knows" about pvp should create a seed chart for us nonpvpers so we can try to accurately pick the correct placement of different guilds.

Heh, its just like picking stocks only you don't win money, all you get is a silly candy sword ;P
I want one for my caster heroes.

first anet makes their version of iq's ladder now they make their version of iq's gvg tournament betting.. cool ~_~, i wonder what they copy next

I honestly hope Anet doesn't think this sort of thing appeals to hordes of PVE players. I think they are targeting PVP players that are in lower ranked guilds to spark discussion/competition. Why would a PVE player care about betting on the GVG ladder when they don't even know who the guilds are for the most part?

I applaud the added feature for PVP players but it will do little to garner PVE player's interest.

Actually I play mainly PvE but this sounds like a nice feature to me. I'll definetly take part in it.

Because almost every PvE player lit up the boards when it was announced that the wintergreen items would be pvp rewards, with the implication being that that would be the ONLY way to get them.

^ same

Ohh, looking forward to this one.

Yaaa cant wait to vote, im sure others will love this feature as well. Not all of us can be in a top guild, nice of anet to offer this.

Heh, when I saw the thread title I assumed it would be something against the EULA that would promptly get locked.
Hey, fantasy sports-management games are all the rage, don'tchaknow. As for being well known, there's always Observer mode - I know I use it as a screensaver all the time!

(or alternatively, if I'm snacking and want something interesting to watch that keeps my hands free)

Pvers and PVPers will watch/bet on this for the same reason people watch/bet on football, soccer, baseball (pete rose), basketball...well u get the picture, I am not talking about the seaon games I am talking about the Playoffs and World Championship games. I for one never watch soccer but when the World Cup was going on I watched ALOT of games even tho I don't follow the sport it was still interesting. I applaud them for trying to make something that has no effect on the reason/how i play GW interesting. GOOD JOB ANET!

I used to make bets with guildies already...always won till now Time to collect some more gold

Sounds like a great addition to me. And yes, it will get some PvE players interested in the guild ladder. To what extant we can't tell just yet, but I can see some of those who play PvE at least taking a look at the ladder between 12/13 and 12/16.

Hmm.

So I guess the best thing now will be to see who's in the running and find some background information.

Any big PvPers want to give a quick rundown of, say, the top 10 guilds that are expected to be in this thing and their favorite playstyles? That might help us get a better idea of who we think will win.

iQ or QQ.

saw the representative guy in LA, spoke to him, saw it was for pvp and thought 'i dont give a rats backside about betting on a bunch of doofus's playing a game'
no interest in pvp whatsoever and that includes betting on it

pvpers feel free to flame or send your little PM's i dont really care

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Hey, fantasy sports-management games are all the rage, don'tchaknow. As for being well known, there's always Observer mode - I know I use it as a screensaver all the time!

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How do you do this? This is the first I've heard of observer mode.

Press B and pick a match from the list.

Well dT are looking quite strong as well.