It's that time of the year again! That's Right! TWL Prediction Time!

[Dabram]

I just hope we get to play Pallies in at least 1 league this season..

[Vehicle]

Veh what ur forgeting is. Time race make the basebird ever so much more powerful then it was before. Those TerrKills go alot farther when ur racing a clock instead of milking fo rpoints. With Divine Rides in basebird Pallies just mite be the Top squad come TWLB. And even w/o Div they got PJ and Koan, both who can get Terr kills very well. There cram is only weak bc they play weird lineups. 3 spiders is naturaly weaker then 4. Also there sharks probably arent as top notch as Say Spastic's or mambo's.

You're forgetting Div is inactive, has been inactive, was inactive last season, and will be inactive this season. Granted he's good, but even if he shows up for any TWL games this season, he's rusty and won't be of much help.

Aenima played 3 TWL games last year. Our top lineup is active enough, and will definately show for TWL. Losing Pure Luck sucks, but I personally think Spastic's top lineup this year is by far stronger overall than it was last year. I think you should stop grasping for reasons to put us down.

I'm not grasping for reasons to put you down, i'm pointing out the obvious reasons you won't take the title this season.

And even if you still had Aen|ma, all of your top spiders, and cpt.guano! back you would still lose in my opinion. Last season you won because you had a tight cram (and i'm sure diso would say some lag is involved.) But it's been quite a while since last season, and most squads know what they are doing against a cram now. You won't be able to just hold a squad outside the base for 15 minutes anymore, it's going to come down to flagroom battles against most top squads.

This is where the loss of Pure_Luck comes into play. He was your best terr, and flagroom battles often come down to the terr's decisions. Added on is the fact that warbirds will become more popular in TWL this season, I think it's rather clear you aren't getting the title.

[Mattey]

Pallies 3-league championship.

[Galleleo]

I love it how everybody forgets incuria.

[Jerome Scuggs]

...incuria?

[Cool koen]

No Surrender

NS will OWN.

Remember my words

[PaulOakenfold]

I love it how everybody forgets incuria.

SHHHHHH! God dammit >

[Pure_Luck]

TWL Crappy predictions


-Disoblige- have great spiders(cumu,smack,nailed). Rusty terr, and ok sharking?! Probably will be lower than everyone thinks this season
Top players:cumul,nailed,warportal(if active). If nether takes over terr they probably won't be top 5.
Strengths: all vets who can still own if they get it together
weakness: sharking , activity

-Spastic- Still a great team even though they lost some top players. The question will remain if they can get it together and be stable. Decent terr, amazing spiders, great jav, sharking could be an issue
Top Players: Stayon,Nockm, jr5,dttr
Strengths: Spiders are probably the best in TW(stayon(laggy), don't try to resist,sufficient)
Weakness: just alittle unstable, and led by a young terr if necro is terring.

-Incuria- Decent squad with good leadership. Dunno about molgan terring though. eggs is a good shark. I doubt they can be top 5.
Top players: Zerzera, eggs r evil
Strengths: Good spiders
Weakness:Strong terr and no consistant lineup.

-Rejected Basers- Alot of players, No great terr and it could be an issue with who plays and who doesn't . Laggy jav who probably turns on some laggy program so he can rocket and kill. Interesting to see what happens when they start losing and possibly fall apart in games.
Top players- Lunch,k2grey
Strengths- Laggy jav who knows enough shots, good spidering and laggy sharks
Weakness-Not experienced in leagues, weak leadership, arrogant players and too many players to play.

-Mambo- A great overall squad. Could be in the best position this time around. Switching terrs to superstar was a good move i think. Should be top 5 no doubt.
Top Players- Credit Account, nuudeli
Strengths-Great sharking, stable terr, good spiders.
Weakness-The spiders could be their only real weakness.

-Anti-Scrub- Brook's team could be better this time around than last year. Mel at terr though i dunno about that. If he terrs, they have better sharking but he is like the same type of terr as the RB terrs/jard and necro. Could be dangerous in real game situations.
Top players- Brookus,holydude
Strengths-Solid team if they get their sharks online, good sharking, good terr
Weakness-Overall skill of spiders has always been brook's downfall. That and activity of top guys when games come around.

-Whiterabbits- Have been inactive up until lately when they recruited some new people. They have an ok terr, good spidering, but lack real sharking ability right now. They are active though and improving as of late.
Top players- Pyroblast,ezo(if active), malladrin
Strengths-Good terring, Great spidering, great leadership
Weakness-Sharking!!!! they won't get anywhere unless they have two solid sharks

-Pallies- A solid team of vets. Depending on activity, they should be top 5. They need a stable terr(myth if active). If they practice their top line, they will take people out. Only question is what type of lineup they will choose(which could be their downfall)
Top Players- Blood, sleepy, myth
Strengths- A great squad of vets, great terring(if active), decent spidering, great special ship players
Weakness-activity of top lineups, if they don't practice together they will only be above average.

-Grapevine- They got a decent bunch of non basers. Need a consistant terr which they don't have and rand in wb to own. They won't be a top contender simply because most other basing squads specialize in that.
Top players- Weaver,anon,rand
Strengths- Rand can take control of a game, decent spiders
Weakness- Sharking? Terr?

continued in next post..

[Pure_Luck]

-Syndicate- Another squad just like Grapevine. They have some great players who don't concentrate on basing. Should be a top 10 squad but I wouldn't put them at top 5. Sharking and terr remain their top issue. Jard in terr is the same as any of the new crop of terrs cept hes younger and even more immature.
Top Players-demon,abstruct,2d
Strengths- Good dueling spiders(make best base spiders), and overall vets
Weakness- Shakey terr, Shakey sharks, activity

-Tanked- Eh, a squad of players who couldn't get in other top basing squads. They have some decent players but overall lack skill.
Top Players-shivah, nosey
Strengths- decent spidering
Weakness- Terr, Sharking, and overall skill of spiders,

-Melee- Boss's team is a squad of decent players but noone highly skilled. Look for boss to get frustrated and to see how they can improve in the coming weeks. Reminds me of last years a-s but with worse sharking and spiders and a terr below brooky.
Top Players- Bosshawk, spacehiker
Strengths- good terring(unless losing), decent spidering
Weakness- No real threats in spider, Frustrated terr, no specialized players

The rest of the squads shouldn't even be considered.

So for a weak prediction of the top 12 I'll seed them like this:

1) Mambo
2) Spastic
3) Pallies
4) Disbolige
5) Rejected Basers
6) Whiterabbits
7) Incuria
8)Grapevine
9) Anti-Scrub
10) Syndicate
11) Melee
12) Tanked

The interesting thing is theres room for the squads 4-10 could be rearranged in almost any order if played well.

[Epinephrine]

-Syndicate- Another squad just like Grapevine. They have some great players who don't concentrate on basing. Should be a top 10 squad but I wouldn't put them at top 5. Sharking and terr remain their top issue. Jard in terr is the same as any of the new crop of terrs cept hes younger and even more immature.
Top Players-demon,abstruct,2d
Strengths- Good dueling spiders(make best base spiders), and overall vets
Weakness- Shakey terr, Shakey sharks, activity

OMG so hated

-Epi
Shark for life!

[Epinephrine]

Exuse me, but I seem to recall this squad called Elusive dissolving and all. And then they reformed as some squad that's not half as good called "syndicate" where their starting terr is jard. They aren't contenders, they don't count.

And since they won the overall game, instead of just losing a round, they still win.

And stab, even without jr5, they will still win. Spastic isn't as stong as they were. Disoblige has a decent enough jav to take on superstar, diso wins the season easily, spastic loses, get over it.

Dude the point is, Elusive as a squad that had at most one basing pratice a week (if at all), a squad that focused on TWLD and TWLJ was still one kill (200 points) away from beating Disoblige last season. That in no way reflects that Diso having "no trouble last season" as you said. Also Diso won the last two rounds with good playing, especially by Nockm, whose jav was deadly and who is no longer on Diso. So Diso hardly had "no trouble last season" as you stated.

Whoever wins TWLB will be the squad that just pracs it non-stop 24/7. Any squad, be it Spastic or Diso or whatever who loves basing enough to only practice it and who has decent players will likely win. It's much harder for a 3-league squad like Diso and Pallies to win vs. a one league squad, esp in basing which requires more team practice to stay in shape, of course not impossible. As for what the top 4-5 teams in TWLB will be, that is wholly dependent on a number of factors, and very few of them having to do with "how much do these guys base". It depends much more on overall pilot skill, leadership (both in the game, and out of the game), and intensity. I think Elusive last season proved that a team that wasn't even nearly serious about TWLB could do very well as long as they had an intense desire to win, and good coaches (PoD you're the best).

-Epi

[Project]

1) Veh you're retarded.
2) Only good post is by PL.
3) Diso loses in semifinals.
4) Sleeper prediction: RB - a bunch of young upstarts with ridiculous egos who will take this season seriously enough to upset the big boys.
5) "i love how everyone forgets incuria" rofl. there's obviously a reason.

[Jerome Scuggs]

if some of our new recruits for a-s stay, they are solid sharx - meaning two good sharx we have now will be able to spid, and they are great spiders.

[K2Grey]

I dunno why everyone sells them sort, Pallies is 4 layers deep on every ship with all star players.

Terr - Mythrandir
Sharks - bloodzombie, RyanG, castromarx, Mattey
Jav - Pearl Jam, Hellzno!, koan, Project Virus
Spiders - koan, Blood, Hellzno!, Sleepy Weasel, Mattey, Lethe, Pearl Jam, fruitang

I challenge anyone to come up with a lineup better than Myth, PJ, koan, blood, hellzno!, sleepy weasel, ryang, bloodzombie. Their only weakness is that in summer everyone will go inactive and they will end up playing Mayo Inc. in terr.

BTW PL I don't turn on any laggy programs, and I never use any shots :P

[Sufficient]

The best team will win ... and the winners will win the champsionship ... my predictions are also always right. =D.