13-hour Arena match leaves Warlock the victor

Aug 22nd, 2008

In the Arena, long matches sometimes happen. The longest I've ever been involved with left me watching my Holy Paladin partner and a Resto Druid chase each other around the Blade's Edge bridge for a half hour. And I thought 30 minutes was pretty long-in-the-tooth for an Arena match. It turns out, that's nothing.

Richard tipped us off to a show-down that ran for 13 hours and 30 minutes. It seems like a long time, but when you check out the discussion thread -- it's revealed that the Warlock and the Druid weren't really fighting no-holds-barred for the entire time. The druid was skilled enough at his LOS and heals that Bandiago, the warlock, couldn't do enough damage to kill him. In return, the resto druid didn't have the DPS to burn down the Siphon-Life/Soul-Link warlock.

The two players started exchanging messages during the match. Bandiago would apparantly get up to go make brownies and post on the official forums. Whenever the druid would try and kill him, the warlock-chef would come back long enough to get in the fight. It eventually wound down, according to Bandiago, when he was able to get a Drain Life to keep channelling through a pillar. At 13.5 hours, Bandiago pulled off a win.

I guess we should offer congratulations, but I don't know. 13 hours is a long time. Many of us have had shorter love affairs. It seems like a long time to chase a bear around an Arena, to me.

Tags: 13-hours, arena, bandiago, brownies, forums, holy-smokes, longest-match-ever, official-forums

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Forums, Arena

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

8-22-2008 @ 6:08PM

mallet said...

Anyone spending that amount of time in something like needs to get outside and get some fresh air, I thought 4 hours of playing was long granted i have played much longer but i was seeing different things and going different places. 13.5 is nutzo

8-22-2008 @ 7:43PM

Wade said...

Gratz on trying to insult someone for playing a game you play.

8-22-2008 @ 10:01PM

Faar said...

What's it to you how other people choose to spend their time? If you don't want to sit on your behind in the arena for 13 hours then YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

Maybe it was raining outside all day. Maybe the warlock had come down with a summer cold and couldn't go outside. Sheesh, don't be such a self-righteous git, deciding how other people should live their lives...

What's so funny is this warlock dude readily admits he was watching movies and whatnot most of the time and returning only when he heard his char taking damage... Well guess what... If the druid had only specced insect swarm he would have WON. IS doesn't really make any sound at all while it ticks. Match would have been over a few minutes after the lock left keyboard to make brownies. :P

8-22-2008 @ 10:56PM

TotalBiscuit said...

Don't be stupid. Adults get to choose what they want to do. One day inside isn't going to kill you. Geez, if I performed as many wonderful and varied things as you I'd never get anything done.

8-23-2008 @ 7:28AM

Aerimos said...

How do you kill.....that which has no life?

8-25-2008 @ 3:29AM

bos said...

Just look at the killing blows stats. if the lock killed the drood, then the pally killed the warrior ,so the drood killed the pally? lol! how?

8-22-2008 @ 6:12PM

Zep said...

I've had matches like that. It's ridiculous, you wonder if you should just forfeit, but you don't want to lose valuable points (double the loss since otherwise you'd win valuable points).

The part about brownies is pretty funny :D

8-22-2008 @ 6:26PM

Frank Smith said...

the part about brownies sounds fake :p

8-22-2008 @ 6:31PM

rhys said...

thats quite sad

8-22-2008 @ 6:32PM

lol said...

admitedly I play wow a lot and thought that I had no life.

after reading this, I think otherwise.

8-22-2008 @ 6:38PM

jay said...

There has to be something seriously wrong with someone who spend 13 hours chasing 16 points - fucking crazy.

8-22-2008 @ 6:43PM

epsilon343 said...

In the time it took him to finally win they could've lost and made up the points. Why do these people think this is even *remotely* the smart thing to do?

8-22-2008 @ 7:40PM

Smurk said...

These are probably the same people whose first response to ever forum thread is "LOL NICE RATINGS," so, you know, this is pretty importatnt to them.

After something like this is over, though, and you've lol'd to your guild over vent about it, there has to be a moment of searing remorse as the sink full of Pillsbury-soiled baking trays catches your eye on the way to the can.

8-22-2008 @ 7:47PM