Hot or Not -- Week 1

[Server]

Good post!

Except for this "as Rasaq (7-10) and Server (6-10) proved how equally useless they are in WB" .. was doing good enough (for sucky newbie like me) with 3-2 but then it got already 3vs5 and boom!

[Fork]

Nice read, ty for this.

[Turban]

I have seen a lot of chokes in this game, but Terrorist vs Silence (TWDT-J) was probably the biggest one of them all. We were down something ridiculous like 25 - 40 and ended turning it back at the last minute.

Thanks. Perhaps with some luck I will not get traded five times like last time.

[afghan]

Shameless plug: I didn't play whole game and had most kills before getting subbed bc of a temporary lagout

[Efhat]

As usual, amazing write ups.
Thank you Claus, you're doing an amazing job running this league.

[Omega Red]

Best (4-10). Like a Best Western, surprisingly spacious, given Shadowmere managed to shove his whole foot up his ass.




lol

[ogron]

Players of the Week

WB of the Week: Iron Survivor
Despite his team having a terrible week in TWDT-D, Iron still managed to put up big numbers, notching a 15-10 and a 12-10 in a pair of losses, with only Shadowmere putting up more kills this week. Kudos!

Honorable Mention: Zizzo (11-2), Geio (15-6), Okyo (13-10, 13-10)

Javs of the Week: Zizzo and Best
Zizzo put up a Megalodon-like 18-10 against Mortal in a tough 50-48 loss, nearly pulling off enough heroics to get his team the W. Best dazzled with a stupendous 18-5 to clinch Power's first win. Impressive!

Honorable Mention: Shaun (15-10)

Baser of the Week: Cripple
Cripple helped lead Mortal to a perfect 2-0 start in TWDT-B, putting up massive numbers, with earth-scorching scores of 134-65 and 101-33. Nice work!

Honorable Mention: Trasher (140-46, 76-33), Pressure (23-0, 44-2)

Players of the Week: Turban and Shadowmere
Turban led Terrorist to a perfect 6-0 start, dropping strong 11-6, 11-10 scores in TWDT-D, before setting the world on fire with blistering 19-10, 16-9 performances in TWDT-J. He then topped it off with 111-70 and 89-41 games in TWDT-B. Sick!

Shadowmere, after another weird week of refusing to talk to his captain or communicate, abusing his powers, and getting booted off the TWD mod team, responded with a Herculean Week 1, dropping insane 18-8 and 19-5 games in warbird, then roasting Curse with a 17-10 in javelin, looking nigh unstoppable in both TWDT-D and TWDT-J, and helping Mortal to a 5-1 start.

[ogron]

TWDT-B


Mortal vs. Silence
15:00-4:04

Cripple (101-33) was the only player to hit the century mark.

He was also the only player to hit 90.

Hell, forget that, he was the only player to 80!

No one else in this game got past 76, as Cripple used Silence like his own personal Fleshlight, as he led Rab, Spezza, Stayon, and Tripin to the W in spider.

Pressure terred ahead of Oder (2.9 RPD) and Morph (2.9 RPD), as Mortal took the game 15-4.

On the not-so-winning side, Trasher (76-33) seemed to be the only fighter getting traction, as Henry Saari (52-53) negged, and Last Standing, Bueno, Beasty, Roiwerk, and Sprained fared little better.

Heaven was terrier in front of Commodo (2.9 RPD) and Mythril (2.8 RPD), as the Silencers did not look good out of the gate, whilst Mortal looked like contenders.

HOT: Cripple (101-33)
NOT: Henry Saari (52-53).

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Power vs. Curse
15:00-3:57

Power similarly had little sympathy, as Davy (81-35), Ra (74-37), M_M God (72-27), Mr. Homo and beam outkilled Curse by over 100.

Ogron terred ahead of ph (3.0 RPD) and Zidane (3.0 RPD) for the W.

Meanwhile, JAMAL (68-52) provided the main source of damage, but it was not enough as only Skatarius (69-34) could match the output, while Anidalife, big sean, and Bram all negged horribly, and Smoking Blue was only slightly better.

Markmrw (2.8 RPD) and Milosh (2.7 RPD) were decent, but they can't afford to play Zizzo in terr and expect to win in such a competitive league and will need to shift him to spider and find another solution at terr if they want to be relevant.

HOT: M_M God (72-27)
HOT: ph (3.0 RPD, 32 kills)
NOT: Anidalife (39-51).

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Terrorist vs. Avengers
15:00-6:58

Turban (89-41) and Ro (86-36) led all spiders, as Beanie, Dreamwin, and Viiru completed the quintet that handled Avengers with aplomb.

Major Crisis (25-6) was sub-par, but it didn't matter as the game wasn't close, while Mcvicar carried BongHits in shark as Terrorist remained undefeated.

Hellkite, vys, Server, Geio, and i.d. looked like crap out there, despite playing in front of top-tier terrier Mikkiz and behind Porkjet in shark, although him being paired with 24 couldn't have helped matters.

HOT: Turban

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Mortal vs. Power
15:00-11:33

Cripple (134-65) continued to tear through TWDT-B unabated, ripping Power apart with a season-high 134 kills, alongside fellow 10-Star spiders Spezza and Stayon, while camper-in-chief Rab also (unsurprisingly) managed to hit 100, with Tripin in tow.

Pressure had a strong first week, notching scores of 23-0 and 44-2, ahead of Oder (2.9 RPD) and Healt (2.7 RPD), as Mortal took down Power by 3 and a half minutes.

Davy and Best put up big numbers, while M_M God, Mr. Homo, and Beam/Cres were decent to good, but Power's spiders weren't aggressive enough when in winning positions in control of the FR, failing to pressure, find windows in enemy shark gaps to push, or force teks, giving Mortal's trio of 10-Star spiders too many opportunities to win back the flag room, which logic dictates they will over a large enough sample of encounters.

Power is the only squad running with three high-star specialty ships in Terr/Shark, meaning they have the least amount of high-star slots for spid power, and need at least 4-5 Teks a game to justify the cost of two high-star sharks -- whose biggest advantage is in gaining extra minutes in the cram -- which Power's sharks proved they could do.

Ogron also started off Week 1 well, tallying scores of 30-0 and 31-4, ahead of Zidane (2.9 RPD) and ph (2.9 RPD) as Power finished Sunday 1-1 in TWDT-B.

HOT: Cripple
NOT: Cres/Beam. Mr. Homo did an admirable job containing under, often left 1v2 as Power's 6-Star spiders wandered over and failed to under, forcing 1 of their 2 high-star spiders to cover, leaving them weak over. Dookie!

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Curse vs. Avengers
15:00-10:37

Curse bounced back from a tough loss against Power, beating Avengers by 5 minutes in a solid game.

JAMAL (99-54) and Smoking Blue (90-54) were on fire, leading Ricko, Skatarius and Sulla to the W.

Zizzo (47-8) was aggressive and solid enough (although I think he's being misused as terr -- he's not good enough to justify using a high-star spot in terr. Spid or nothing) ahead of Markmrw (2.9 RPD) and Milosh (2.7 RPD).

For Avengers, 10 minutes of flag time was a step in the right direction, as Hellkite (95-57) did his best to beastmode his team to victory, ahead of vys (84-65), afghan, Server, and Tiny (51-60) failing miserably in javelin, racking up an insane 12 TKs and only 1 Tek -- Crazy Bad!

Poor Mikkiz (31-12) has to terr with this dipshit in javelin all season -- yikes. porkjet and 24 could do little to get the chains moving in this one.

HOT: JAMAL (99-54)
NOT: Tiny (51-60, 12 TKs). By far one of the worst performances in TWDT-B history, Tiny continues his streak of selfish, trashbag insertions of himself into leagues he doesn't belong in at the expense of the rest of his team. Cool stuff!

No need to treat your players properly when you can just perform 17 Machiavellian-like moves at the deadline and trade them away once you're done with them!

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Terrorist vs. Silence
15:00-14:57

Wowza, this looked like the most exciting match of the week -- wish I'd seen it! Terrorist managed to win this game by a mere 3 seconds!

Beanie (136-81), Ro (129-71), and Turban (111-70) racked up the kills ahead of Dreamwin and Viiru in this barnburner.

Major Crisis (34-5) cleaned up his game and played better in the second (and much more competitive match), ahead of mcvicar (2.9 RPD) and BongHits (2.8 RPD).

For Silence, Henri Saari (111-70), Roiwerk (109-79), Sprained, Bueno, ALS, and big bad Trasher, with a whopping 140-46 record, almost led their team to the promised land in this heartbreaker.

Heaven (51-6) had a good showing in front of Mythril (2.9 RPD) and Commodo (2.9 RPD).

Great game!

HOT: Trasher (140-46)
HOT: Beanie (136-81)
HOT: mcvicar (2.9 RPD)

[ogron]

TWDT-J


Mortal vs. Curse
50-48

Shadowmere (17-10) once again put in a statospheric performance, and has clearly been abusing his mod powers and secretly watching/stalking the right players, because he was out of this world in this game, carrying Banks, Healt, and Morph, while Stayon (13-8) finished off the game against some mediocre competition.

Zizzo (18-10) was a beast as well, incinerating everyone but Shadowmere throughout the course of the game, but fell just short as Hypocrit, JAMAL, and Shaun couldnt hit 1:1 and bram (2-5) and Sulla (1-5) were atrocious.

HOT: Shadowmere (17-10)
HOT: Zizzo (18-10)
NOT: Healt (4-10). On the winning team by accident, as he died out and contributed less than anyone on both teams. If I had to give you a prize for this performance, it would be a cyanide capsule.

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Silence vs. Power
50-45

This was one of the greatest chokefests in TWDT-J history, as the cancer that is Steadman continued to seep into Power's play unabated, as he found himself unable to play of perform in the clutch against such elite players as voth train.

Power managed to blow a strong lead and numbers advantage, as Steadman proved unable to steer his own ship with any level competence, Fork showed glimmers of Mark Stone potential going from 4-5 to 4-10 when it mattered and completely melted down late, Cres died out to a teammates bomb that came across the screen into a completely avoidable area with modest speed and 800 pixels worth of advance notice in a straight line, and Zidane failed to show any flashes of brilliance, unless you count the brilliance of the yellow text emanating from his fingers after Cres eliminated himself with no enemy on-screen.

Best dying out early did little to ameliorate the situation, although at least he managed an 11-10.

Commodo (13-10) got some kills but died out early as well, while voth train (3-10) was horrid as usual but still looked better than Steadman down the stretch.

Roiwerk (10-9), Skepsis (11-8), and Trasher (9-8) did most of the damage, surviving 3v4 and mounting a strayfest defense of mostly running and letting this team of Mr. Magoos blindly run around killing themselves or walking into their bombs -- although that wasn't always the case.

Skepsis managed to completely fucking embarrass Steadman to the point of no return, diving him from across the map as Stead fired a weak lob 7 inches wide of an opponent, oblivious to a blue dot hurtling towards him as he swiftly fired a single volley of bullets on top of him to knock him out of the game.

HOT: Skepsis (11-8)
NOT: Fork and Steadman. While Moe, Larry, and Curly did little to ingratiate themselves late, Fork and Steadman unquestionably did the most damage to their own team. Steadman got benched the rest of the way and demanded a trade, which is like trying to sell a Nuclear Plant after it's completely melted down.

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Power vs. Avengers
50-25

Power wasted no time in jettisoning Steadman and finding immediate success, dumpstering Avengers in stunning fashion, as Tiny's team came out of the game with a league-worst 1-5 record.

Stead's replacement, Iron Survivor (13-6), immediately changed the chemistry of the team as he was superb, but the real threat this game was Best, who dropped an absolutely Herculean 18-5, completely running over Avengers with hyper-aggression and precise bombs.

Omega Red (8-5) was strong as a 6-Star, while Zidane (6-2) took on a supporting role, and Raples did well but was TKed a myriad of times and his score was not reflective of his play.

24 (9-10) was the only player on the losing team to approach parity, as Tiny (3-10) and Geio (3-10) were absolute trainwrecks, hellkite (6-9) was ineffective, and Server, after crying about his low rating, followed up his 6-10 in WB with a 1-10 in Jav.

HOT: Best (18-5)
NOT: Tiny (3-10), Geio (3-10), Server (1-10). A complete dumpster fire of garbage play, it's impossible to single any of you out without dental records.

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Curse vs. Avengers
50-42

People criticized Shaun (15-10) being a 9-Star, so he went out and curb-stomped 24 and Tiny, pushing Avengers to 0-2 in TWDT-J.

Curse (owners of the best banners in TWDT courtesy of Bram) sent Shaun plenty of support, as Weak (11-10), Hypocrit (9-6), Zizzo (9-7), and Bram (5-9) downed the baddies.

24, bugger, hellkite, Tiny, and vys were anywhere from middling to mediocre, scoring between 6-10 to 9-10.

HOT: Shaun (15-10)

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Terrorist vs. Mortal
50-42

#1 Overall pick Turban (16-9) showed exactly why he was taken first, handing Mortal their only loss of the week, ahead of Dumbwin (11-7), Beanie (10-9), Okyo (7-9), Major Crisis (4-3), and Kado (0-5), who was halfway to a Mark Stone before being mercifully subbed.

READY (14-10) and Healt (10-10) played well, but future yacht anchors Rab (5-10), Shadowmere (7-10), and Stayon (5-10), sunk them.

HOT: Turban (16-9)
NOT: Stayon (5-10). A dookie performance against former teammate Dreamwin, showing who really did the heavy lifting last season in TWDT-J.


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Terrorist vs. Silence
50-47

Terrorist won a nailbiter, as turban (19-10) performed titanic feats to carry his team past Silence, as Ro (10-8), dreamwin (7-9), Major Crisis (7-8), and Beanie (4-10) hung on for dear life.

Roiwerk (14-10) continued his strong play, as a strong sub from Commodo (8-5) nearly salvaged the day, but Bueno (9-10), Skepsis (7-10), Trasher (2-5), and voth train (4-10) proved too heavy to carry.

HOT: Turban (19-10)
NOT: voth train (4-10). Followed his 3-10 up with a 4-10, much in the way a human centipede passes on nutrients to itself.

[ogron]

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You can find former articles from 2011-2016 in the TWDT Hot or Not Archives

TWDT-D


Mortal vs. Power
50-46

After another season of TWL struggles for Shadowmere, he showcased just why he is still one of the most valuable players in TWDT, immediately going Super Saiyan and singlehandedly winning this game over three TWLD Finals players, without a single of his teammates going postive.

He decimated Power with a monstrous 18-8, carrying the likes of Healt (9-9), not u (10-10), Tripin (8-10), Morph (4-4), and Cripple (1-5).

His victims were some of the best warbirds in the game, as Iron Survivor (12-10), Cres (10-10), and Best (4-10) couldn't stop the embattled moderator. Omega Red (11-10) had a very strong showing as a 6-Star, while Zidane (9-10) was serviceable at the 7.

HOT: Shadowmere (18-8)
NOT: Best (4-10). Like a Best Western, surprisingly spacious, given Shadowmere managed to shove his whole foot up his ass.

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Avengers vs. Silence
50-34

Geio (15-6) led 24 (10-3), Rasaq, Server, i.d., and Tiny to their only victory of the week, taking down Silence with relative ease.

Mythril (11-10) was the lone bright spot, as Commodo (9-10) and Skepsis (8-10) were mediocre, whilst Henry Saari (1-6) and Last Standing (1-6) completely shit the bed, and a Raazi (3-4) sub-in proved too little, too late.

HOT: Geio (15-6)
NOT: Last Standing (1-6). One Fierce bencher proved more valuable than the other, as LS should perhaps go by ALS, given his ship looked like it was being piloted by someone with Lou Gehrig's disease.

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Terrorist vs. Curse
50-45

This was a competitive affair, as Terrorist put in a balanced effort, getting contributions from Okyo (13-10), turban (11-10), Absent (10-10), Beanie (10-10), and dreamwin (6-9), narrowly clinching the V.

Narrowly Clinching the V -- also Donald Trump's strategy with women.

Ricko (13-10) and Weak (13-10) did work, but couldn't find help beyond Attacks (10-10), as Lena (5-10) played poorly and Wiibimbo (1-7) continued his streak of being the worst active TWLD player in modern history.

HOT: Okyo, Ricko, Weak (13-10)
NOT: Wiibimbo (1-7). Like Melania Trump, Wiibimbo is excellent and getting bent over and fucked, and saying nothing of substance.

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Mortal vs. Avengers
50-28

Shadowmere (19-5) once again embarrassed supposed "warbirds", with the second-best player on his team having been the 17th best warbird on Fierce with am impressive 48-83 record in TWLD against real squads in the form of Tripin (11-7), as he carried stowaways Afri, Stayon, and Jebass to another win.

Geio (10-10) was the only player on Avengers to escape with any semblance of dignity after this game, as Rasaq (7-10) and Server (6-10) proved how equally useless they are in WB, to say nothing of TWDT-D legend 24 (5-10) or frontrunners for the 'Mark Stone Award for Un-Excellence' as Tiny (0-7) and i.d. (0-3) combined for 0-10.

HOT: Shadowmere (19-5)
NOT: Tiny (0-7). Tiny continues to captain TWDT so he can force himself into warbird and basing lines despite being the worst multi-shipper in subspace history, much like Hillary Clinton forces herself into a human person suit before every public appearance, following her lifelong mantra of "remember to blink!"

As Kodos once said, "It's a two-party system -- You have to vote for one of us!"

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Terrorist vs. Silence
50-38

Absent (13-8), Okyo (12-9), turban (11-6), and Beanie (10-7) once again put in solid performances to win the game, carrying along dreamwin (4-4) and ROWS (0-4) in their front pouches like Kangaroos.

Skepsis (10-10) and Raazi (9-10) put up decent resistance, but Commodo, Beasty, and Mythril were sub-par.

HOT: Absent (13-8)
NOT: Mythril (5-10).

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Curse vs. Power
50-40

Zizzo (11-2) was an absolute juggernaut in this game, unleashing the power of his 2550x1440 resolution, as he started 9-0 firing shots from outside the solar system, as Weak (14-10) played Robin to his Batmünd, ahead of Attacks, Big Sean, Bram, and Ricko.

Iron Survivor (15-10) had another strong game, dropping a massive 27 kills in the first week, but it wasn't enough to carry mediocre performances from Best (8-10) and Omega Red (5-6), and outright dogshit play from Ogron (2-5), Zidane (2-5), Steadman (2-4), and Cres (4-10).

HOT: Zizzo (11-2)
NOT: Cres (4-10). Steadman gave him verbal cancer pre-game, which metastasized to the "e" and "s" leaving Cres as simply Cr -- the symbol for Chromium on the Periodic Table -- the metal used in pinballs, which explains why Cres tilted harder than a Pinball Machine.