Q2. "Omg I saw a video and you're a CLICKER!” Also any variant of “Omg you SUCK!"
A. I've seen this sort of comment on many of my 8-12+ month-old 1500-1700s videos. And yes: you probably will see me clicking a decent amount as I slowly made my way through Season 3, becoming ever-more keybind-dominant as time went on (thank goodness!). I started the season as 100% Feral, so there was a lot of learning on the way to really “meshing” with PvP Resto-Druid play.
But see, here’s the thing: I ended Season 3 as a 2k+ rated Duelist on BG9/Bloodlust (#621 out of over 53,000+ teams). In Season 4 I was playing in the 2.1k+ (Gladiator) range, and even into Season 5 now I am now leading a top 20 rated 5v5 team on BG9. I got there with a lot of practice and dedication, and I simply do not believe that "old" videos have no value. It's always a work in progress.
My older videos are clearly labeled in their respective tiers for a reason for a reason: that was what it was recorded in, and that was my skill level at the time it was recorded. Like many of my "old" videos on YouTube (including 1500-1700s rated matches), I do not intend to pull them down because I think a lot can be learned, especially from more inexperienced players, by seeing the good and the bad along the way of what ended up being my personal quest for 2K+. It took a lot of work, and I certainly didn’t get there overnight.
Half the reason I improved at all to where I am now is because I FRAPsed my own matches, the wins and the loses too, to figure out how I could improve: where I went wrong and the other team went right. By watching these strengths and weaknesses in each match I was able to (hopefully!) improve my own game in future matches. So if people are watching going “Oh MAN you screwed up when you spammed like 8 Moonfires and used half your mana bar!” or "Man, it took FOREVER for you to click your trinket! The fear was almost over by the time you did!" Believe me: I know those weren't my prime decision-making moments, and well, hopefully those are painful lessons you can learn by watching rather than doing yourself. ;)
So if some trolls aren't interested in seeing this older matches and the commentary I put to it, no one is forcing you to watch it. I started putting up videos for the fun of it and to get feedback, and lately I’ve been trying to give back to the Arena community at-large.
I don't pretend we're top-notch, but scathing, trollish comments because it was old footage seem tremendously misplaced to me, especially comments from people too cowardly to post their own server/character name and put up their own videos for people to dissect and tear apart. ;)
And to those that will complain that I still occasional click my targeting and a few spells: I'm thankful to say I'm still working on keybinding those suckers, but it takes time to learn said keybinds and put them into practice in the heat of battle.
I hope others can learn from the tactics seen in my videos as well as my own mistakes.
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