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MATCH OF THE WEEK:
Blooms vs. Patouf
15:00-14:53
This was the most exciting game of the week, as the last two undefeated basing juggernauts faced off, going into the match 3-0 apiece.
Stayon (103-75) led Sprained (101-63), nanto (94-54), Bueno (93-41), and Rasaq/Siaxis (90-61) in spider, behind an immaculate terring performance from Trasher (56-5, 4 Teks), with porkjet (2.8 RPD) and olde (2.9 RPD) in shark, as the Tabarcats managed a 14:53-12:30 lead, looking all but certain to claim victory.
Fate, would have it, had other ideas, as LF (2.9 RPD) juped the flag before dying and Blooms losing the flagroom, and gave his sharking partner M_M God (2.9 RPD) and his terr menelvagor (50-9, 3 Teks) a second chance to break cram, which they managed to do just as the flag unjuped, as Medal Dodger (102-67), Mean Gene (100-47), turban (91-64), bellflowers, gurliver and freakmonger-tw managed to hold for two minutes and claim the narrow victory, pushing themselves to a likely undefeated regular season with all the major basing squads defeated.
HOT: Trasher, with a sizzling 56-5 and 4 teks, what a performance!
NOT: The Flag, for costing Patouf a well-earned win!
Wait a minute... where have I seen that flag before... *cue Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil*
By god... it's affected every major event in human history!
Power vs. WIN OR DIE
15:00-10:59
This was a well fought match, as last week's BASER OF THE WEEK ph (34 kills, 3.0 RPD) continued to be the most dominant offensive force in sharking alongside TWLB champion Zidane (2.8 RPD) covering for him, ahead of bot MVP Ogron (49-5, 2 Teks) as the Powergonians carved out a 4 minute victory.
Spidering for Power were Henry Saari, leading all spiders with 102-41, ahead of 6-Star superstar KATC (89-46, 2 Teks), hulk (83-60), with undering from Rough (68-55) and Wazzaa.NL (50-38).
For WIN OR DIE, DOWNFALL (2.9 RPD) and markmrw (2.8 RPD) sharked ahead of Cintra (29-8, 2 Teks), with dreamwin (91-53) leading Rageritual (80-63), TheWadoRooster (76-56), skatarius (72-53), and Cyclone (55-41), as the Winordites played well this Sunday. Racka's team has a lot of basing talent, managing to rack up a lot of time, but has kept falling just short in recent weeks.
HOT: ph, with another massive 34 kills, 1 tek, all while managing a perfect 3.0 RPD. Wowza!
HOT: KATC, with an impressive 89-46 and 2 teks as a value 6-Star spider!
NOT: Cintra (29-8) who played alright, but didn't have his best game.
The three teams starting 8+ stars at terr every game (ill (Mikkiz), WIN OR DIE (Cintra), and Power (Ogron)) need outstanding performances or the extra spider power other teams have costs you too much, as bargain terrs (Blooms (Mango./maketso), Patouf (Heaven), Thunder (Shadowmere/Hydride)) can all play solid enough to cut corners and not spend stars at the position. It's a gamble, but one that has paid off thus far in the regular season.
Buyer beware, however, as no team using a low-star terr has won TWDT-B in 5 seasons!
ill vs Silence
15:00-14:35
Another fantastic basing match, where ill finally broke through, as the winner of 3 of the last 4 TWDT-Bs Mikkiz (28-6, 3 Teks) outlasted the enemy ahead of rodney (3.0 RPD) and Kosmonaut (2.7 RPD) in shark, with bot MVP Sphinx (110-42, 2 Teks) leading wbm (110-69, 2 Teks), Jatt (108-53), TJ Hazuki (80-62), and stung (79-62) to the much-needed W in spider.
For the Silencers, Bacon (113-69, 3 Teks) proved himself a stellar bargain at 7-Star, leading all spiders in kills, alongside Oder (101-67), Mikes (92-56), Boblemoche (84-70), and Dazz (76-59). mcvicar (3.0 RPD) and Commodo (3.0 RPD) formed a huge wall that gave the team a chance to win, but narrowly lost by 30 seconds with surprise terring decision Lasenza (53-9, 2 Teks) putting up impressive numbers in his debut.
What a game!
HOT: wbm and sphinx, with 110 kills apiece on the winning side.
HOT: Bacon (113-69, 3 Teks) with a great low-star performance for Silence.
It's hard to pick NOTs in 15-14 basing games, with seemingly strong outings on both sides, so let's just say Cres, for not signing up. Like vaccinations, TWDT prevents you from contracting diseases, like pasconitis, which turns you into a huge pussy crying from spec without ever actually playing.
Potential side effects of TWDT include: Assigning star-values to people in real life, starting to believe Heaven and TheWadoRooster are incredible players, Hot or Not withdrawal, and being drafted by TJ Hazuki.
Thunder vs. Meteorite
15:00-7:56
The only mediocre basing match of the week, Thunder comfortably rolled over the Meteorites, as Hydride (35-2, 3 Teks) made his debut, terring well ahead of TABARNAK!!! (2.9 RPD) and Beasty (2.8 RPD), with JAMAL (118-60, 2 Teks) leading all spiders, ahead of Ricko (90-36), Undercut (85-40), Ardour (73-45), and Shadowmere (59-84).
For Meteorite, aprix (106-51) continues to be an invaluable asset, leading Shock Therapy (90-81), Turtle Power (79-49), Cloth (63-56), and Asmodeus (46-60), spidering for Wax (38-10) in terr and Geio and Mythril in shark.
HOT: JAMAL (118-60)
NOT: Shadowmere (59-84), with an incredible -25 in a 15-7 win -- yikes! I haven't seen someone in green hit -25 since Mr. Freeze shoved his icepick into Poison Ivy's hot box.
TWDT-B Mid-Season Stats Leaders:
Compiled from Turban's complete TWDT stats for every ship (http://forums.subspace.tw/showthread...T-B-STATISTICS)
Top Spiders:
Kills Per 30 Minutes:
JAMAL (Thunder) -- 135
M_M God (Blooms) -- 130
Cripple (Meteorites) -- 128
Stayon (Patouf) -- 124
Henry Saari (Power) -- 121
Mean Gene (Blooms) -- 118
bellflowers (Blooms) -- 115
wbm (ill) -- 113
Undercut (Thunder) -- 112
Starting Terriers:
Average Kills and Deaths:
Heaven (Patouf) -- 28-1
Ogron (Power) -- 41-6
Maketso (Blooms) -- 26-3
Cintra (WIN OR DIE) -- 32-6
Oder (Silence) -- 48-10
Mikkiz (ill) -- 37-10
Shadowmere (Thunder) -- 44-11
Wax (Meteorite) -- 33-10
Top Sharks:
Kills Per 30 Minutes/Teks/Wins/RPD:
ph (Power) -- 40/4/2/2.97
TABARNAK!!! (Thunder) -- 31/4/3/2.90
Zidane (Power) -- 17/3/3/2.93
menelvagor (Blooms) -- 21/5/3/2.67
porkjet (Patouf) -- 15/3/3/2.78
a2m (Blooms) -- 17/0/3/2.87
DOWNFALL (WIN OR DIE) -- 19/4/1/2.88
mcvicar (Silence) -- 17/0/0/2.95
Commodo (Silence) -- 12/2/0/2.93
olde (Patouf) -- 9/1/2/2.93
*Minimum 2 Games Played
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