TW Cup finals

Cup is finally over and zone can go to summer vacation mode. I must say finals were not really up to hype, mainly due to pretty poor showrates, apart from avengers in 3rd round and crab champions, all other teams missed some key players.

WB
Avengers vs Happy Hippos (2-1)
Avengers definitely went to finals as favorites as Hippos already knew they were missing both rainbow seeker and tiny, key players in their team. But as lines were formed, it was also clear that morph was nowhere to be seen, so avengers started with rough, okyo, iron survivor, berzerk and lee. Hippos lined up with bike, dreamwin, refer, stayon and zapata. First game was pretty equal but hippos managed to kill me off after very poor game and looked to go for win with 5v4 and solid lead. But maybe being too overconfident, rest of avengers started picking them off one by one. Soon lead was made into tie and soon after that refer and stayon were KOd and end of game was pretty easy finish from avengers with okyo mvping. Second game was tied for a while, but extremely poor performances from jabra and myself (1-6 and 0-4) and crazy zapata going 17-6 tied up the matches with everything being decided in last game. That game was sealed once morph showed up. He gave perfect rainbow seeker performance being first one out but with 15-10 (at the time iron was something like 7-0

). Once again hippos were 5v4, but lead was alraedy so massive avengers didnt have any issues finishing the game in a landslide. Iron going 8-0 is an achivement worth mentioning as well.

Here is what captains had to say after game:

Lee> hey
Iron Survi> gg pal thanks for show
Lee> time for quick interview
Lee> for review
Iron Survi> lets go
Lee> how do you feel after season, did u think you would win it after draft?
Iron Survi> ye, always confident about our team.. we had really good and competitive players, was just worried about the showrate
Lee> who was mvp for season?
Iron Survi> guessing okyo, but morph and rough also did really well
Lee> who did you think would be your toughest opponent?
Iron Survi> not gonna lie, wanted to face rackas team on finals, cause we lost 2 times for them during red season and i wanted the revenge, sad didnt happen
Lee> okey thank you, planning on being captain again sometime in future?
Iron Survi> ye maybe who know, ppl are so hard to deal with, lets see. And wanna thanks my whole team that showed up and put some effort on this league. except for paky dude, suck me bitch
Lee> thank you for interview, have a nice summer
Iron Survi> lets go

Lee> hey
bike> sup
Lee> how do you rate your season?
bike> good! had a few rounds we had significant leads in that we blew at one point or other during the season and round 1 of finals, so thats unfortunate
Lee> did you think you would make it to finals after draft?
bike> i expected to win
bike> i drafted only players with no major attendance restrictions and veterans so i thought that would carry us through
bike> didnt expect players like okyo with unknown show rate and morph with 30% show rate to show up both 90% of the season lol
Lee> who do you think was mvp for season?
bike> for my team? or overall?
Lee> overall
bike> hmm didnt watch much of otehr teams or games. okyo maybe had best K:d so hard to argue against that. morph was obviously the monkey wrench in round 3 here
Lee> okey, planning on captaining again sometime in future?
bike> sure. yea for cup league next time i'd hope for wb and jav to be one draft. makes double league players more valuable
Lee> and any last words you want to say for everyone reading?
(bike)>thanks to everyone for playing. glad there's a decent number of us still grinding away from 20-25 years ago. epic cult energy
:bike:thank you and enjoy your summer
(bike)>cool thanks Lee!

JAV
Monster vs Pub Crackheads (2-1)
Monster came to finals as definite favorite with undefeated season. Pub Crackheads had really good semis, but biggest hero yeh was missing from finals. Monster lined up with okyo, rampage, morph, byakko and spirit with kangal replacing spirit in later phase. Crackheads played with rough, stayon, rekashi, hellzno! and paradise, but he was having lag issues and was replaced with siaxis. First game in finals produced quite a bit of a surprise as monster did lose their first game of season. Stayon/rough duo were playing at high quality and spirit/kangal and also rampage were not really having their best games. Second game was also pretty tight fight, but having kangal in from beginning proved to vital as monster kept everyone on crackheads at bay and secured the tie. Last game was more or less equal but with paradise lagging out it was sort of game over as siaxis had only 1 life as a sub and was eliminated fast. Morph had massive game with 20-9 and Monster were declared champions after dominating league from beginning.

Here is what rampage had to say as stayon had to leave right after game:

Lee> congrats, time for small interview?
Rampage> sure
Lee> how do you rate your teams season?
Rampage> 10/10, i did a great job drafting, wasnt able to perform much in finals but when you draft a team as good as i did, there will always be a player or two that stand out and bring it home
Lee> did you expect to do so good after draft?
Rampage> ya, i knew if my people showed, we would be a huge threat, it all came down to showrates, they didnt let me down
Lee> which team did you consider your biggest threat?
Rampage> pure luck forsure, they had a seasoned team of great javs , not sure how they werent able to see it through
Lee> if you would have to name season mvp, who would that be?
Rampage> hmm, tough. i think morph deserves it
Lee> okey, do you plan on being captain any time in future as well?
Rampage> im not sure, i had time to cap this time around, idk how the future looks in terms of capping again. but so far 1/1 with a undefeated season. im not sure if its been done before but this is definitely going down in history
Lee> okey thank you for interview, anything else you want to tell your fans out there?
(Rampage)>Yes, id like to give a shout out to my boy vys, also my brother Best. And fuck Ease lol
:Rampage

k thanx and have a nice summer
(Rampage)>you too bud

Base
Crab Champions vs Ethereal (2-0)
Unfortunately the cup finished with really poor base finals. Crab Champions had all their people showing up while Ethereal had to get really creative with people like rabbit and telemanus getting surprise gametime in finals. So not really much to say CC never gave Ethereal any chance and won in 2 easy games. Shame for league to end like this, but sometimes it happens.

Here are thoughts from captains:
Lee> Hey what are your thoughts after finals?
Zizu> Really satisfied with the team. We had a rough start the first few weeks but people kept showing up with a good attitude and also we got lucky with the FA draft getting zidane.
Lee> did you expect to win this after draft?
Zizu> Had no doubt we could fight for the win if our best line showed up.
Lee> who would you consider mvp for base this season?
Zizu> I'd have to say zidane. His impact was huge to our lineup. Cripple and TJ hazuki both get honorable mentions tho. They played great week in week out.
Lee> which team did you consider biggest threat at the beginning of season?
Zizu> I didn't really think about that in the beginning of the season. However the real final was the semi-final against terrorist. They could've easily beat us with the momentum they had in game 2. Luckily we snatched the win in the end.
Lee> okey, do you consider being captain in some future leagues as well?
Zizu> Nope
Zizu> 1 and done. ur welcome ekko
Lee> okey thank you for your interview, any last words for your fans out there?
Zizu> go buy crab champions on steam
Lee> awesome, have a nice summer!
Zizu> thank you sir. you too!

Lee> hey, got time for interview?
Ekko> ?
Ekko> LMFAO
Ekko> LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Ekko> SURE
Lee> how would you rate your season?
Ekko> 2
Lee> out of?
Ekko> 10
Lee> what went wrong?
Ekko> no shows plagued all my teams because of the spring/summer season
Ekko> my jav team felt sabotaged by BOMBED unsportsmanship and lack of respect for me as a captain
Ekko> my base team still made finals, its disappointing for it to end in a forfeit like that, i think we could have pulled a win if people showed
Lee> understandable, how did you predict your teams would do after draft?
Ekko> i thought i would triple crown
Lee> who would you consider mvp for season in base?
Ekko> henry saari
Ekko> oh wait stayon
Ekko> but he couldn't make finals
Lee> which team did you consider your biggest threat for base?
Ekko> renzis team
Lee> okey, do you consider being captain in future as well in some league?
Ekko> until spookedone brings back multiple arenas, i would not, i might return as a player, but even today i was having screen lag issues, the laptop i use to play is very old, and my other computer is a mac
Ekko> which i cant play on, it registers keystrokes and movements in a weird way
Lee> that is sad to hear, thank you for interview any other last words to fans out there?
Ekko> vive la revolution, it was an honour to run leagues for the zone for the short period i did, obviously someone else is better suited as that flop base finals showed.. i hope we will have a fall/winter DT and i have a set up that i can return to
Lee> awesome, have a nice summer!
Ekko> play in, this game is special to me and i want to see it thrive.
Ekko> thanks lee./

MVPs for season:
WB - okyo
JAV - morph
BASE - zidane

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