Fellas, we have an exciting day today. As some of you may be aware, I am currently a part of a large Warcraft community called DJ’s and Zeroes to Heroes. We have multiple raid teams at varying degrees of progression. The raid team formerly known as Team Salt is undergoing a rebrand. The team had the opportunity to make suggestions and then – get this – it will be voted upon in a single elimination, best-of-1 bracket. This may well be the most important democratic race this year!
Let’s take a look at the selections, shall we?
As we check out the top half of the bracket, we see Team Westfall against Team Last Pull. Below them, Team Pepper squares off against Team Phoenixer. You’ll also notice that there are two names with a bye between Team Benched and Team Dumpster Fire.
My analysis? Westfall is the name for one of the earliest zones in the game where you’re levelling, and it’s full of Defias and this giant tornado. I don’t see Team Westfall making it out of round 1. Team Last Pull is pretty apt, and the raid team formerly known as Salt has had its share of securing its first kills on the last pull of the night. I think it embodies them quite well, but whoever wins this one is going to have to take on a rested Team Benched.
Predictions: Team Last Pull moves on to round 2.
Below them, we have Team Pepper versus Team Phoenixer. For context, we have a raid team in the community that’s called Team Phoenix. I’m not sure who decided to be lazy and suggest Team Phoenixer but it doesn’t appear they were trying hard! Then again, Team Pepper didn’t really have much of a creative spin to it either especially with the previous name of Team Salt! Salt goes together with Pepper, so it stands to reason to change up the name with a close pairing, right? It’s a good thing the winner of this set is going to move on and face Team Dumpster Fire, because that’s my opinion of both of these submitted names!
Predictions: A jump ball here with the edge to Team Pepper.
Let’s scroll on down to the lower half of the bracket!
We have some even more questionable matchups!
Let’s start off with Daddy’s Whelplings against Guild Level Zeroes. I’m not sure what Daddy’s Whelplings are meant to be, but when I see Whelplings, I think of tiny, immature, upstart drakes that are trying their hardest to fly but can’t quite get the velocity for their tiny little wings. Guild Level Zeroes is a mouthful on its own, and it sounds a little cooler. Team Zero might’ve been a more solid suggestion. The winner of this matchup has to tackle Eclipse in the next round.
Predictions: This is a tough one. I think the meme voters will come out in force and give Daddy’s Whelplings the go-ahead vote.
To finish off the first round of voting, we have Ouroboros against Team Salt and Pepper. An Ouroboros is the embodiment of a snake eating its own tail. It represents an endless cycle of death and rebirth, or something. On the other side, you have the ever so creative Team Salt and Pepper! Maybe it represents half of the squad who are showing signs of their age! This one’s a bit tough to predict, but I’m a fan of the Ouroboros. Hopefully it isn’t representative or symbolic of the team wiping and respawning repeatedly.
Predictions: Giving the the W to Ouroboros.
We’ll find out soon what the results will be!