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Sounds Like a Contradiction in Terms

As the PvP aspect grows a significant portion of the Warcraft audience has been left out of this competitive e-sport simply because they dislike PvP. Many MMOG gamers play for the social and cooperative aspects. While raiding, where players compete against progression, is an outlet for some, there are many other players out there who simply do not have the time that raiding requires. Yet these players still want an opportunity to better their group play abilities. Why should they be left out?

In this week's editorial Byron "Messiah" Mudry takes a look at the current push on PvP competition by Blizzard and asks the question: "Is there any way for non-PvP / Raiders to compete?" He and a group of guild mates recently found an outlet for their competitive nature. Are "Timed Heroics" for you and your friends?

That's right, we started doing timed heroic instances for fun and competition. We started this by accident, when we noticed one day that we were blazing thought heroic Hellfire Ramparts. Someone looked at the time when we were done and said "Cool we did that in 45 minutes". Being a competitive group, one of us bragged "Betcha' we could do in less than 35 tomorrow". Needless to say, everyone was online early the next day eagerly awaiting the others to try. We did it in 34 minutes, then 30 the next day and then 26, which is our current record.

• WoW Editorial - Competitive PvE