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  • TWLB Round 1 Power Rankings and Predictions Thread

    Dice - #1

    Apoc's Ideal Dice Line:
    • Terr - Chief Utsav
    • Sharks - Cig Smoke / a2m
    • Spiders - megaman89, cripple, mouse, stayon, jrahen (although I'm guessing that mouse is in afk-land, stayon may be too laggy to play, grandmastahs and somebody else will pick up the slack.)


    Until proven otherwise in regular season, dice is my frontrunner. They've got the spider chemistry and depth, a reliable terr, as well as the most reliable sharking pair to prove it. People may yammer on about all the Brainwave folks, but realistically all they do is add depth to a core of players that has won TWL more than once.


    Mainliner - #2

    Apoc's Ideal Mainliner Line:
    • Terr - Mikkiz, Oder, Tim (coming midseason if he de-rusts)
    • Sharks - Apocalypse WOW!, Vatican Assassin, MirrorriM, Cranium, Max B [in no particular order]
    • Spiders - Zung, Sarger, Shayde, Renzi, Brethal, Evul, Oder, Bolt, XVR and more


    Now I know all you Thunder people are going to be thinking you should be in the #1 spot. Well, you're wrong. Here's why: Playoff and postseason experience is manifest more in mainliner (from pandora) and with more players than any other squad except dice. Yes, we lost in finals, but how many of you guys have even played a playoff game. We have great spider depth (our only major change from Pandora being minus eelam), our sharks are dreamy (if I do say so myself), and our terrs are well, special little gems each and every one of them. Also, these are my damn rankings and I can put my squad where I want it.

    Thunder - #3

    Apoc's Ideal Thunder Line:
    • Terr - Dreamwin
    • Sharks - PaulOakenfold, Dald, Olivier
    • Spiders - Eelam, Vitja, Kian, Hellkite, Blasphemy (jav)


    Ok we get it. You have a lot of depth and a bigass roster. You've proven yourselves to at least appear to be playoff contenders. I would say you are which is why you're currently ranked #3. In fact, this first weeks LB versus Pirates will be very telling. Also, keep eelam in a spider even though he'll whine and plead to terr or shark. He brings a dynamism to your spider line with his push that you'd otherwise be lacking in a strong but unexciting line. I'm looking forward to LBing you guys the most in regular season. Don't let me down! We'll finally get to see if Dreamwin can really hold his own with the good terrs in the game and I've got respect for your shark line. Necro brings a lot with his jav but you should be prepared to switch him if he can't properly disrupt your enemy's sharks within the first half of matches.

    Pirates - #4

    Apoc's Ideal Pirates Line:
    • Terr - Scoop, zizu
    • Sharks - Mattey, Dwopple
    • Spiders - Lionheart, Hercules (can fill in any ship but best placed in spid), Havu, M_M God (jav maybe), Turbs (you gotta prove yourself to me mate)


    You guys are good. Good enough to make the Top 4. Now win your game against Thunder on Sunday. Until you prove you can manage a top squad's line in full TWLB mode, I'm going to keep you in the middle of my rankings. You SHOULD have the tools to do that with good terr and sharks. I'm concerned about your spider line however and I don't feel like you guys have as much depth as the top 3 squads do. Prove me wrong on Sunday!


    Disoblige - #5

    Apoc's Ideal Disoblige Line:
    • Terr - Kawrae
    • Sharks - Sal, Mantra-Slider
    • Spiders - Spikey, Bram, Da1andonly, Brokenfist, Remu, Nimbostratus


    And here we are, in the bottom half of the power rankings. Occupying the top seat of our pit of despair is the venerable Disoblige. The pickups of Kawrae and Spikey revitalize a good core of players but let's face it guys, you haven't been nearly active enough or dominate enough to justify putting you in the top 4. You guys are going to be the upsetters and I just hope that since my squad's name is "mainliner" and not "pandora" that we don't lose to you. Also, it's nice you add wbs and javs but don't overdo it or you're going to special your way out of any shot at playoffs.

    Spastic - #6


    Apoc's Ideal Spastic Line:
    • Terr - Pure_Luck
    • Sharks - Stabwound / Puffin
    • Spiders - Humid, Jamal, Fiftyseven, Anidalife, Anon


    We're in the nethers now. This upcoming match with Penetrate will shed some light on where you guys are at. You guys aren't even on the TWBD ladder anymore you're so inactive. Please be sure to show at least 8 to each of your matches and try to win a couple games to keep it interesting. I'm putting you at #6 over Penetrate because you didn't qualify by the skin of your teeth.

    Penetrate - #7
    Apoc's Ideal Penetrate Line:
    • Terr - Dead_Rain
    • Sharks - Jeenyuss, Duel Pasta, Veloce
    • Spiders - Royst, turmio, fit of rage, valcrist, zhou


    Here there be dragons. Please prove to me I'm wrong. Unfortunately, next week will only be a match to prove who is king of the pit of despair. I want you guys to make it to playoffs. With only 8 squads in LB there is much less room for error and a higher degree of competitive squads. Fight the good fight #7s. You're ranked here initially because of just barely not having to do TWDC.


    BasingCrew - #8

    Apoc's Ideal BasingCrew Line
    • Terr - Jebu
    • Sharks - Farscape / Mbananas / Herik (if active)
    • Spiders - Leitz, Beast of the East, Sumpson, Trouper, Rucci


    Welcome to the dungeon! Beware the gimps in the corner. BasingCrew is to me the most unpredictable out of all the different basing squads meaning if they have the right combination of players show, their top line has the potential to be very formidable. However, BC has a much less depth to show than other squads and have not been performing exceptionally. I have ranked them last because they had to fight through TWDC to get seeded.




    GAME PREDICTIONS
    dice versus BasingCrew
    15:00 - 6:00

    Thunder versus Pirates
    15:00 - 9:00

    Disoblige versus Mainliner
    10:00 - 15:00 (I want to believe!)

    Penetrate versus Spastic
    15:00 - 13:00
    3:sarger> the expression on her face said "ez" but the "arms" said "IMPOSSIBLE"

    For some reason, this guy decided to post the entire wiki (or other) on pancakes. -Aquatiq

  • #2
    Well done. This is quite a tight season as you've pointed and drawn out for us. Doing power rankings before the season starts is tough especially with such a preseason that is as all over the place as it has been, but it seems as accurate as you can disregarding the preseason. I like the tightness of the rosters and obviously they are due to change, especially with our squad that has a million and one people willing and able to play every damn ship in base.

    I agree with yours, and in my opinion the Spastic vs Penetrate game will be the match to watch this coming Sunday.

    Looking forward to more threads like this.

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    • #3
      nice stuff
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      • #4
        very nicely done, nice initiative! you cant join dice though :wub:
        Season 5 TWL-B champion (Light)
        Season 8 TWL-J & TWL-B champion (Dice)
        Season 10 TWL-B champion (Dice)
        Season 11 TWL-B champion (Dice)
        Season 15 TWL-J & TWL-B champion (Dice)
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        • #5
          Agreed ^-^
          -Kawrae

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          • #6
            nicely done man. Good read!
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            • #7
              You are like the me of basing, even if I didn't care about the crappy league, I enjoyed the writing style.
              Rabble Rabble Rabble

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              • #8
                i think we found a GOOD HoN lb writer

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                • #9
                  cops is writing hon? good read, apoc.

                  no way is ml going to beat diso though :turned:
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                  • #10
                    Nice work; penetrate spider line is off by a lot though, dunno if you are basing this on preseason work.

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                    • #11
                      Good Preds Apoc, you missed some potential spiders for Pirates' line, but good picks nonetheless. Not to mention you forgot me in shark! I'm hurt, but if Mattey and Dwopple are both there, they'd most likely start over me :P

                      No Idea how you missed Deverse in Penetrate's spider line though, he's hands down their best spider imo. As great as a2m and Cig Smoke are, I really think this season they're overrated. I think you could place a2m in shark with 2 or 3 other people on that roster before Cig and have a better game. Only really due to Cig Smoke's inactivity.

                      Anywho, good ones bud.
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                      • #12
                        Lol you dont have to be active in shark to be good in it. I dont get rusty in shark plain and simple. Besides i been on every day or 2 since pre-season started lol MEG knows when the time comes ill be there all matters, and i got off work every sunday from now on \o/
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                        • #13
                          we actually have a shot at beating mainliner with our 6 spiders (ty!)
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Cig Smoke View Post
                            Lol you dont have to be active in shark to be good in it. I dont get rusty in shark plain and simple. Besides i been on every day or 2 since pre-season started lol MEG knows when the time comes ill be there all matters, and i just quit my job so i have every sunday off from now on \o/
                            Ohh you're such a nerd Ciggy!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Apocalypse WOW! View Post
                              Spastic - #6

                              We're in the nethers now. This upcoming match with Penetrate will shed some light on where you guys are at. You guys aren't even on the TWBD ladder anymore you're so inactive. Please be sure to show at least 8 to each of your matches and try to win a couple games to keep it interesting. I'm putting you at #6 over Penetrate because you didn't qualify by the skin of your teeth.
                              lol? I don't think we've ever shown less than 8 to a TWL game in the history of the squad.

                              Besides, we'll make playoffs as always, but winning TWL isn't really the aim of the squad anymore.
                              sdg

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