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Patouf vs. Silence
20:00-16:41
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This was my favorite match of the week, and a blast to watch, as Patouf narrowly took down Silence in TWDT-B by three minutes, in a tense, entertaining game that featured multiple lead changes and quality basing.
Trasher (156-71) and Stayon (150-75) were absolute monsters this game, dropping 150 apiece, but for me the biggest playmaker in this game (and the best value, at 7-Stars) was Sprained (119-69, 2 Teks), who hammered Silence on the boards, solo-pushed and killed four people to get a Tek mid-game, and was winning battles and pushing hard both over and under. Bueno (116-67) also had a strong game, and Tiny (68-54) was solid despite being subbed out at 14-12.
That sub proved to be the turning point, as Patouf, down two minutes, switched nanto (2.8 RPD, 1 tek) to spider and ph had an instant impact, notching an incredible 3.2 RPD and 15 kills in ten minutes flat, including a 4fer to seal the game in the flagroom at the end. His partner porkjet (2.8 RPD) was a stable force throughout as well.
In terrier was the biggest question mark, as 6-Star Heaven made his playoff debut after a strong regular season against unseasoned opponents, but had yet to prove himself. Things looked dire in the first 15-20 minutes, as a recalcitrant Heaven was a paltry 4-2 and had fired a total of about 3 bullets in that span, looking visibly shaken and out of his depth. He managed to steer the ship, however, playing a very good second half, upping his kill count, playing safe, making some good bursts/ports, and finishing with a strong 55-5, mostly off bursts. He notched 0 Teks to the enemy terr's 3, but Patouf doesn't need him to go out and make big plays, they need him to stay alive and make good drops, and that's exactly what he did. Kudos!
Silence was a legitimate TWDT-B title contender, and took an early 5 minute lead, and was up 15-13 midway, up two minutes when ph subbed in, thanks to strong play from diakka (139-64), Ayn (133-93), Bacon (98-94), Lasenza (93-70), and boblemoche (89-88), but struggled to hold under, was more campy, and got outkilled by 100 as their low-star players couldn't go blow-for-blow with Patoufs.
mcvicar (2.9 RPD) and Commodo (2.8 RPD) played excellent, but couldn't force their spiders to win battles or hold under, and I thought they should have switched mcvicar to Spider, subbed Bacon out, and put WAR in shark, as mcv would have held under and helped them stabilize in the flagroom.
Oder (57-7, 3 Teks) was predictably aggressive, notching 3 teks on a plethora of bursts, but succumbed to too many DOAs, some questionable port placement decisions and even worse at choosing when to port, sometimes porting straight into firing spiders in the middle of the base instead of using more conservative spots to keep the flagroom fight alive. I thought it was a decent game from him, but there was some noticeably poor play during stretches.
Overall, this was a great game, and you can re-watch it on YouTube with the link above. Patouf will take on Thunder in the Semi-Finals.
HOT: ph (3.2 RPD), subbing in two minutes down and turning the tide singlehandedly.
HOT: Sprained (119-69, 2 Teks), for bullying Silence's spiders and leading the push, notching some highlight reel Teks.
NOT: Oderus Urungus (57-7), for some inopportune DOAs and unclutch ports, almost all set predictably on top of the flag to try to cut down Heaven. The only thing you should be cutting down are wanted ads from billboards for moving companies, because sofas are the only thing you can carry.
Blooms vs. WIN OR DIE
20:00-9:00
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This was the far less exciting of the two matches, and the end result was never really in doubt, although I commend the Winordites on managing nine minutes with that lineup against such a stacked foe.
dreamwin (48-4, 2 Teks) reprised his TWDT-B terrier role that last saw him in the 2014 Finals, where he narrowly lost on Kusoge by a score of 20:00-18:34, putting on an impressive offensive display, ahead of a2m (3.0 RPD) and LF (2.9 RPD).
In spider were Mango. (104-59), Mean Gene (92-45), M_M God (91-60), Reckful (92-63), and bellflowers (81-44).
With Cintra unfortunately abandoning ship on WIN OR DIE, vys (45-17) stepped in as a sub-par replacement (albeit an offensive one), with DOWNFALL (2.8 RPD) and markmrw (2.7 RPD) in shark.
JammyJames (114-60) once again showed his mettle in the green ship, mangling the opposition and leading all spiders once again, despite being on the worse team, leading turban (84-56), TheWadoRooster (80-71), skatarius (75-61), and Cyclone (64-47).
Blooms will take on Power in the TWDT-B Semi-Final next Sunday.
HOT: JammyJames (114-60)
HOT: dreamwin (48-4, 2 Teks)
NOT: WIN OR DIE's terriers. vys for an avysmal performance, and Cintra for quitting. Cint took one look at his basing lineup, and went "nope".
Here is the Playoff Bracket going into next week:
1:Ricko> Trasher so good
1:Ogron> m also sending stayon a msg "heav cant show, start trash in terr"
1:field> might as well pm stayon "start heaven in terr"
1:field> same thing as trash
1:zreqdf> LOL
1:Ogron> ROFL
1:Heaven> ?
1:Heaven> LOL
Patouf vs. Silence
20:00-16:41
Video
This was my favorite match of the week, and a blast to watch, as Patouf narrowly took down Silence in TWDT-B by three minutes, in a tense, entertaining game that featured multiple lead changes and quality basing.
Trasher (156-71) and Stayon (150-75) were absolute monsters this game, dropping 150 apiece, but for me the biggest playmaker in this game (and the best value, at 7-Stars) was Sprained (119-69, 2 Teks), who hammered Silence on the boards, solo-pushed and killed four people to get a Tek mid-game, and was winning battles and pushing hard both over and under. Bueno (116-67) also had a strong game, and Tiny (68-54) was solid despite being subbed out at 14-12.
That sub proved to be the turning point, as Patouf, down two minutes, switched nanto (2.8 RPD, 1 tek) to spider and ph had an instant impact, notching an incredible 3.2 RPD and 15 kills in ten minutes flat, including a 4fer to seal the game in the flagroom at the end. His partner porkjet (2.8 RPD) was a stable force throughout as well.
In terrier was the biggest question mark, as 6-Star Heaven made his playoff debut after a strong regular season against unseasoned opponents, but had yet to prove himself. Things looked dire in the first 15-20 minutes, as a recalcitrant Heaven was a paltry 4-2 and had fired a total of about 3 bullets in that span, looking visibly shaken and out of his depth. He managed to steer the ship, however, playing a very good second half, upping his kill count, playing safe, making some good bursts/ports, and finishing with a strong 55-5, mostly off bursts. He notched 0 Teks to the enemy terr's 3, but Patouf doesn't need him to go out and make big plays, they need him to stay alive and make good drops, and that's exactly what he did. Kudos!
Silence was a legitimate TWDT-B title contender, and took an early 5 minute lead, and was up 15-13 midway, up two minutes when ph subbed in, thanks to strong play from diakka (139-64), Ayn (133-93), Bacon (98-94), Lasenza (93-70), and boblemoche (89-88), but struggled to hold under, was more campy, and got outkilled by 100 as their low-star players couldn't go blow-for-blow with Patoufs.
mcvicar (2.9 RPD) and Commodo (2.8 RPD) played excellent, but couldn't force their spiders to win battles or hold under, and I thought they should have switched mcvicar to Spider, subbed Bacon out, and put WAR in shark, as mcv would have held under and helped them stabilize in the flagroom.
Oder (57-7, 3 Teks) was predictably aggressive, notching 3 teks on a plethora of bursts, but succumbed to too many DOAs, some questionable port placement decisions and even worse at choosing when to port, sometimes porting straight into firing spiders in the middle of the base instead of using more conservative spots to keep the flagroom fight alive. I thought it was a decent game from him, but there was some noticeably poor play during stretches.
Overall, this was a great game, and you can re-watch it on YouTube with the link above. Patouf will take on Thunder in the Semi-Finals.
HOT: ph (3.2 RPD), subbing in two minutes down and turning the tide singlehandedly.
HOT: Sprained (119-69, 2 Teks), for bullying Silence's spiders and leading the push, notching some highlight reel Teks.
NOT: Oderus Urungus (57-7), for some inopportune DOAs and unclutch ports, almost all set predictably on top of the flag to try to cut down Heaven. The only thing you should be cutting down are wanted ads from billboards for moving companies, because sofas are the only thing you can carry.
Blooms vs. WIN OR DIE
20:00-9:00
Video
This was the far less exciting of the two matches, and the end result was never really in doubt, although I commend the Winordites on managing nine minutes with that lineup against such a stacked foe.
dreamwin (48-4, 2 Teks) reprised his TWDT-B terrier role that last saw him in the 2014 Finals, where he narrowly lost on Kusoge by a score of 20:00-18:34, putting on an impressive offensive display, ahead of a2m (3.0 RPD) and LF (2.9 RPD).
In spider were Mango. (104-59), Mean Gene (92-45), M_M God (91-60), Reckful (92-63), and bellflowers (81-44).
With Cintra unfortunately abandoning ship on WIN OR DIE, vys (45-17) stepped in as a sub-par replacement (albeit an offensive one), with DOWNFALL (2.8 RPD) and markmrw (2.7 RPD) in shark.
JammyJames (114-60) once again showed his mettle in the green ship, mangling the opposition and leading all spiders once again, despite being on the worse team, leading turban (84-56), TheWadoRooster (80-71), skatarius (75-61), and Cyclone (64-47).
Blooms will take on Power in the TWDT-B Semi-Final next Sunday.
HOT: JammyJames (114-60)
HOT: dreamwin (48-4, 2 Teks)
NOT: WIN OR DIE's terriers. vys for an avysmal performance, and Cintra for quitting. Cint took one look at his basing lineup, and went "nope".
Here is the Playoff Bracket going into next week:
1:Ricko> Trasher so good
1:Ogron> m also sending stayon a msg "heav cant show, start trash in terr"
1:field> might as well pm stayon "start heaven in terr"
1:field> same thing as trash
1:zreqdf> LOL
1:Ogron> ROFL
1:Heaven> ?
1:Heaven> LOL
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