Basing Cup Power Rankings Week 3

[Rab]

Justice
Well I guess you should never underestimate the ability of Mouse to cause a team to implode. Even a much more tempered Mouse from what I could see while watching the video, TPZ still folded. The bigger hit to this team than Mouse, was the fact that TPZ went from 8 TEK’s in week 1 to bailing on his team before it ended in week 2. No matter what “abuse” you are taking, bailing on your team is a reflection of your character. Watching the play that TPZ fumbled on, it left spartan wide open to make a huge play killing the rest of the team and getting the TEK. [...]

xcuse me but fuk off

1. Play was not a fumble on my part. I made the correct play and executed it correctly. Other players fumbled, including mouse.

We're blessed with a recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk080u2YHg0&t=848s

Fumbles:
- Henry shouldn't have died
- Mouse shot a wall then typed and was slow to attach
- Henry shot a wall
- siaxis went left instead of defending jackie with cig
- jackie had poor positioning and wasted a burst
- dwopple rammed

Me:
- killed Rough
- had a chance of a tek pincer with Cape
- killed hulk
- used some of spartan's nrg (if dwop hadn't rammed I would have had enough nrg to finish hulk and then fight spartan)

Note that spartan wasn't a threat to jackie after mouse died, only after henry died. So there was plenty of time to do other shit while spartan wasted his time and then still kill him.

2. The reflection of my character is "I don't have to take shit from little bitches on the internet", it's true, I don't tolerate shit people irl either.

[ogron]

thanks for the content, appreciated

[Ekk0]

Awesome write up MVP! Race for playoffs starts this week! Everyone on high alert.

[afghan]

Here’s my better late than never update on the power rankings. As predicted, the number 1 and number 6 teams remain the same amidst some shake up in the middle of the pack.


As a reminder: This is not simply a standings based on record. Criteria involved with evaluating the rankings will include but not be limited to prior results, lineups within those results, anticipated lineups, and expected final standings.


Week 3 Power Rankings

1. Terrorist
2. Dun vs me +1
3. Resistance -1
4. Thunder +1
5. Justice -1
6. Blood

Terrorist
Dreamwin and his companions continued their dominance against the only other team that was 2-0 going into week 2. They didn’t leave any room for hope against a Justice team that is still working out some kinks to say the least. Week 3 will be a more valuable measuring stick for Terrorist (if all lineups are fully loaded) as they go up against the current #2 that is stronger than 2 weeks ago and the current #3.


Dun vs me
Wiping of some dust in week 2, they showed a little bit of what they can do with a full lineup and some time to create some chemistry. I expect a much different rematch against Terrorist that will be contested until the end, definitely the match of the week.


Resistance
Hard to make any huge changes with the analysis compared to last week. They only played one game and did not have their full lineup. They did better than what they should have versus a full Thunder lineup so that’s part of why they remain ahead of them in the rankings. They will need a full lineup versus a strong Terrorist lineup for week 3 if they want to have any hope of passing the 5min mark but regardless, a win versus a scrambling Justice will be helpful for their long term playoff hopes.


Thunder
They kept their strategy the same in game 1 of week 2 versus dun vs me with Tiny in terr. He again was made waste against a seasoned terr with Ogron dropping 4 TEKs on him after Mikkiz dropping 6 the week before. After making the inevitable switch to apt in terr (which still should make your stomach churn some), they were able to show a little more of what they were capable of. They still have a huge upside if they continue to make strides with their plethora of veterans but also have a lower floor with the x-factor in what apt brings to the terr situation. If they can squeak out a win this week against Justice and Blood, their chances of entering the playoffs will be looking much better.


Justice
Well I guess you should never underestimate the ability of Mouse to cause a team to implode. Even a much more tempered Mouse from what I could see while watching the video, TPZ still folded. The bigger hit to this team than Mouse, was the fact that TPZ went from 8 TEK’s in week 1 to bailing on his team before it ended in week 2. No matter what “abuse” you are taking, bailing on your team is a reflection of your character. Watching the play that TPZ fumbled on, it left spartan wide open to make a huge play killing the rest of the team and getting the TEK. This team still has a lot of potential if they can get it together. I believe a lot of their success will hinge on starting the game ahead or even so that Mouse remains calm and so that they don’t make too many on the fly adjustments in their lineup such as putting Jackie in spider.


Blood
Not much to say here, very unfortunate that they weren’t able to field a full lineup. Even if they did, their chances of pulling off a win in week 2 was still slim. Hopefully they will be able to produce a full lineup in week 3 and continue to fight for the remainder of the season.