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I was secretly hoping someone else would step up to do this, but the likely candidate (kthx) wasn't around yesterday as far as I can tell. So despite me hosting 3 games and thus only getting to watch 3 of the 12 games, I'll break down the box scores and try to get some inside information from people who saw the games.
TWDTD
HOT
First up was Pum Pum Crew (captained by I.D.) against Audrey and her Ass (Renzi). Kid Kaos (12-5) led a fairly balanced attack for PPC who overwhelmed their opponents (50-36). His partners in crime were Cres (10-6), Skepsis, and beam (both 11-9). Renzi (11-10) saved face for himself by being the only WB on the Ass to go positive.
I actually watched the next game, although not very closely because I'm still fairly new to this hosting thing and 10,000,000 people PM me during a given match. Ruby (captained once again by Draft) defeated Candy King (captained this year by Lizard Fuel) in a match that was close for a while but Ruby took control of as the game went on (50-39). Lizard Fuel could not make this match, so nokkonen took over the adding responsibilities. They had 3 of the players that I thought of as their starters in, so decent attendance (but the missing birds, sika and burnt, were important ones). Apok deserves credit in the loss for playing and eventually running well (11-9). Jaa actually called Ruby's lineup pretty accurately as to who would "actually show", and Props (13-9) provided the surprise carry. Mythril turned around his negative rec (4-5 to 9-6), and the rest of the squad were all +1 or +2 positive.
The biggest blowout of the week (50-34) occurred between The Jonah Takaluas (Violence) and the Propane Nightmares (Spikey). Violence made an interesting decision to bench Vys for WB and instead play him in jav/base. Knowing Vys a bit, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was actually he who demanded it. But either way, I'm sure Riverside was pleased and his team rolled nonetheless. Infrared (11-4), who was rated a 6 in WB, dominated his off-league with the help of Engineers (10-5), Guero (11-7), and Keith (12-9). Whinegum (11-10) was the only positive member of the Nightmares.
Surprisingly, the closest game of the week featured the supposed favorites against javs and Chuckle. Top5Squad (Jaa) did prevail (50-42) against PZ AAT (Zidane), but it was surprisingly close. (And yes Turban, I know you don't consider yourself to be a jav. That didn't fit in my narrative). Ease (18-9) played like a number 1 pick should. Unabled (13-10) started out HOT and then choked for 8 more deaths. The mysterious JackIntheBox (10-7) also contributed greatly in the win. Not even Jaa knows who this guy is. Chuckle (11-10) came off his hiatus and was the only person positive for PZ AAT.
HOT Player of the Week: Ease (18-9) - Only player to get more than 18 kills.
Honorable Mentions: Props (13-9), Infrared (11-4), Engineers (10-5), Vida (12-5)
NOT
I don't think the Propane Nightmares really expected to win many dueling games this season. That said, I don't think they want to get killed every game either. They need a few more of their better warbirds (Caos, Lofty, Max Payne) to show up and contribute. Spikey didn't help his own cause with his performance though (5-10). Speaking of PZ AAT, where your WBs at!!??! None of Kyou, High Templar, Burg, Paky Dude or Yakuza showed up. That's pathetic and hopefully an aberration, because that plus a decent 6* would be a very good lineup. In their win, B4sERmaN36_X (3-7) and Raspi (6-9) struggled for Top5Squad and did worse than anyone on PZ AAT, but their team still won by 8. Similarly, Riverside (6-9) also had a poor record when the rest of his team was very positive. I didn't see the game, so maybe he was teaming up a storm and setting up kills for his teammates. For Audrey's Ass, Scoop was their 2nd round pick and rated 8* in WB. He did not play up to that standard (4-10). The last player to talk about is Shadowmere (5-10), who isn't a very good warbird usually (but was positive in his last 2 TWDT matches), and suffered a bit of a statistical correction in Candy King's loss.
NOT Player of the Week: Scoop (4-10)- Worst score of the week from a player expected to do better.
Dishonorable Mentions: Shadowmere (5-10), Spikey (5-10), B4sERmaN36_X (3-7)
TWDTD
HOT
First up was Pum Pum Crew (captained by I.D.) against Audrey and her Ass (Renzi). Kid Kaos (12-5) led a fairly balanced attack for PPC who overwhelmed their opponents (50-36). His partners in crime were Cres (10-6), Skepsis, and beam (both 11-9). Renzi (11-10) saved face for himself by being the only WB on the Ass to go positive.
I actually watched the next game, although not very closely because I'm still fairly new to this hosting thing and 10,000,000 people PM me during a given match. Ruby (captained once again by Draft) defeated Candy King (captained this year by Lizard Fuel) in a match that was close for a while but Ruby took control of as the game went on (50-39). Lizard Fuel could not make this match, so nokkonen took over the adding responsibilities. They had 3 of the players that I thought of as their starters in, so decent attendance (but the missing birds, sika and burnt, were important ones). Apok deserves credit in the loss for playing and eventually running well (11-9). Jaa actually called Ruby's lineup pretty accurately as to who would "actually show", and Props (13-9) provided the surprise carry. Mythril turned around his negative rec (4-5 to 9-6), and the rest of the squad were all +1 or +2 positive.
The biggest blowout of the week (50-34) occurred between The Jonah Takaluas (Violence) and the Propane Nightmares (Spikey). Violence made an interesting decision to bench Vys for WB and instead play him in jav/base. Knowing Vys a bit, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was actually he who demanded it. But either way, I'm sure Riverside was pleased and his team rolled nonetheless. Infrared (11-4), who was rated a 6 in WB, dominated his off-league with the help of Engineers (10-5), Guero (11-7), and Keith (12-9). Whinegum (11-10) was the only positive member of the Nightmares.
Surprisingly, the closest game of the week featured the supposed favorites against javs and Chuckle. Top5Squad (Jaa) did prevail (50-42) against PZ AAT (Zidane), but it was surprisingly close. (And yes Turban, I know you don't consider yourself to be a jav. That didn't fit in my narrative). Ease (18-9) played like a number 1 pick should. Unabled (13-10) started out HOT and then choked for 8 more deaths. The mysterious JackIntheBox (10-7) also contributed greatly in the win. Not even Jaa knows who this guy is. Chuckle (11-10) came off his hiatus and was the only person positive for PZ AAT.
HOT Player of the Week: Ease (18-9) - Only player to get more than 18 kills.
Honorable Mentions: Props (13-9), Infrared (11-4), Engineers (10-5), Vida (12-5)
NOT
I don't think the Propane Nightmares really expected to win many dueling games this season. That said, I don't think they want to get killed every game either. They need a few more of their better warbirds (Caos, Lofty, Max Payne) to show up and contribute. Spikey didn't help his own cause with his performance though (5-10). Speaking of PZ AAT, where your WBs at!!??! None of Kyou, High Templar, Burg, Paky Dude or Yakuza showed up. That's pathetic and hopefully an aberration, because that plus a decent 6* would be a very good lineup. In their win, B4sERmaN36_X (3-7) and Raspi (6-9) struggled for Top5Squad and did worse than anyone on PZ AAT, but their team still won by 8. Similarly, Riverside (6-9) also had a poor record when the rest of his team was very positive. I didn't see the game, so maybe he was teaming up a storm and setting up kills for his teammates. For Audrey's Ass, Scoop was their 2nd round pick and rated 8* in WB. He did not play up to that standard (4-10). The last player to talk about is Shadowmere (5-10), who isn't a very good warbird usually (but was positive in his last 2 TWDT matches), and suffered a bit of a statistical correction in Candy King's loss.
NOT Player of the Week: Scoop (4-10)- Worst score of the week from a player expected to do better.
Dishonorable Mentions: Shadowmere (5-10), Spikey (5-10), B4sERmaN36_X (3-7)
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