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    Dudgeon
    Terriers: Mikkiz, Heaven
    Sharks: Commodo, Porkjet, nokkonen, Omega Red
    Spiders: Stayon, Zizzo, megaman89, Mcvicar, Dreamwin, maketso, jamal

    Dudgeon, since its current inception has been a dominant basing force due to its small size and consistent roster rotation. These players have been playing with themselves for a good while now as a unit and can play multiple roles within a base team. Their small size can also be their downfall as missing 1-2 key starters could mean losing their edge due to the roster being so small. Last year we saw Mikkiz lagging out during finals and Dreamwin replaced him and went on to win the championship, so there are some who can fill the gaps if needed but I think the lack of depth could be this squad's weakness.

    Prediction: Finals

    Cobra
    Terriers: Pressure, Pure_Luck, Wax
    Sharks: menelvagor, Jerome
    Spiders: Squallff8, Trasher, Spiderhate, Ricko, Rodney, kyler, Absent, raminator, shadowmere

    This squad is fairly new as far as their basing unit goes with a lot of their key basing players joining them in the last month or less. They don’t have that much experience basing together (in Cobra?) going into TWL so I think that will be a problem for them since their chemistry hasn’t been given much time to develop. They have great depth at terrier but that’s where I stop seeing them competing at a top level. Their shark is menelvagor, a seasoned veteran and LB caliber laggot but I don’t know yet who they’ll pair him with. Their spider line looks like it needs a few more couple of full-time spiders to round them out in order to be able to compete. I can predict their spider line to have trouble against peoples like Dudg, Fierce, and Burn.

    Prediction: Semi-finals

    Fierce
    Terriers: Everett, Apricot
    Sharks: Oder, Downfall
    Spiders: cripple, sphinx, wbm, usoi, Sprained, Last Standing, Oderus Urungus, kado

    This squad I think is the sort of dark horse coming into the tournament. They’ve done a good job of scooping up top talent in the basing department and look to win it all. They have good depth at terrier with Everett and Apricot, with others being able to fill in if needed. Their sharks are more than solid and will take their far into the tournament as well. Their spider line is great but I feel like it needs 1-2 more top talent to round them out. They have seasoned veterans like cripple, sphinx, and sprained, but I don’t think these guys can carry the weaker side of their spider line against the elite squads. They’ll make some waves and splashes but I don’t see them beating Burn or Dudgeon.

    Prediction: Semi-finals

    Burn
    Terrers: Cape, diakka, Tim
    Sharks: Mattey, Zidane, ph, Mythril
    Spiders: Ogron, kess, hellkite, davy, diakka, Jack, Hulk, bumpa, undercut, Weaver

    This squad seems to come out of nowhere and has grown to titanic sizes thanks to Zidane’s recruiting capabilities. They have stopped at nothing recruiting every other elite baser under the sun that isn’t tagged “Dudgeon” and have crippled other squads’s basing lines in the process. They have great depth and skill at all 3 positions making them a clear favorite to win TWLB this year.
    Their terriers are seasoned and experienced, their sharks are top level finalists laggots, and their spider line can do smack anybody else’s on any given day. These guys will probably make the final and face Dudgeon where they’ll get promptly smacked back to retirement, but in all seriousness Zidane has built a squad able to compete in 3 leagues at the highest level once again despite ballooning in roster size while snatching other squad’s last breath at a chance at competing in this TWL.

    Prediction: Finals

    Lego
    Terriers: Zizu
    Sharks: Vatican Assassin, Nanto, Markmrw
    Spiders: Jatt, Producer, TheWadoRooster, Spikey, TJ Hazuki, Yawn, Mango. Gurliver, Trance

    This squad 3 months ago was looking really solid but with the departure of ex-Dudgeon members and now their most current mass defection to Burn has left this squad devoid of probably 7/8 starters. They most certainly have the capability still of fielding a solid basing line but clearly not as competitive as it once looked. They’ll fight valiantly as they do every year but the departure of those players will be too big shoes to fill for the remaining players left. Though they can always show in sheer numbers, and they do have subs available at every position, they just aren’t as good as the elite squads in the league, pound for pound.

    Prediction: Knocked out

    Potenza
    Terriers: Cape? (nm)
    Sharks: fram?
    Spiders: Mr. Tinkles, haze, mikes, tanzu, outshined

    I’m not sure if these guys can field 8 people for basing anymore besides fillers. They seem like they’re built for another league, warbird perhaps? They didn’t really stand a chance even with Cape on the squad and now that he’s gone well I just don’t think they can win more than 3 games.

    Prediction: Knocked out

    Vikings
    Terrier: warportal
    Sharks: Ephemeral, Riverside, Valker
    Spiders: Steep, M_M God ...

    I don’t really know Vikings besides that most of them are euros but they don’t really seemed prepared to compete in this league though they might fare better in warbird.

    Prediction: Knocked out

  • #2
    Originally posted by Omega Red View Post
    These players have been playing with themselves for a good while now
    lol

    good read keep it up
    1:Rasaq> i scrub really hard with toilet paper so little pieces of it get stuck to my anus hair and then later on when im watching tv i like to pull them out slowly because it feels pretty good

    1:Mutalisk> heard that n1111ga okyo got some DSLs

    Paradise> No names but there's actually a black man in the arena right now.

    Jones> MAAAAN1111GA UCHIHA

    Paradise> NO NAMES. NOT A SINGLE NAME.....but 3/6 of the players on Force are of a certain descent. I will not go any further.

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    • #3
      Good read but there goes people doubting us again, we missed playoffs by 1 minute last season. We wont again

      afk
      TWLD Champion 2014
      TWDTB Champion 2013
      TWDTB Champion 2016
      TWDTB Champion 2017
      TWDTB Champion 2019.. my last one.
      -tj hazuki/hazuki :wub:

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      • #4
        Good write-up, agree with almost all of it, the whole dudgeon has a small lineup when its lineup is only smaller than burn's is kind of hilarious but whatever, just because you don't carry a bunch of HRRR NOT GOOD players on the roster doesn't mean other squads HRRR NOT GOOD players can step in and play lb like they arn't HRRR NOT GOOD. Half of dudgeon is dice and that's 100% fine but the whole premise that DUDGEON has played together for a long time is misplaced, half of them have played with each other for a long time and the other half have played with each other for a long time. Insinuating that mm89 and zizzo know eachothers tendencies when they've probably played 5 twd's together is just weird.

        Hopefully some movement to cobra or lego happens before league starts, fierce/lego (DF will lead) the only ones with will to grow from within that i see, although i admittedly don't know cobra. GL pplz.
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        • #5
          Great write-up and well researched, like Spezz agree with almost all of it.

          Only thing I don't get is the lag reference -- our sharks are like 30ms 0.1 0.1 all living close to the server, most of our spids have good lag, and we have the least lag at the terrier position by a mile. I think the only player on our roster last year with over 100ms was Mcvicar. This year only people I see are Davy and Kess. We've consistently had the least lag advantage in basing from what I can recall.

          By contrast, Dudgeon is probably the laggiest TWLB squad in modern history? Mikkiz, Commodo, nokkonen, Omega Red, Stayon, Zizzo, megaman89, Mcvicar, Dreamwin, maketso... that's pretty insane. The only two starters who don't have over 100ms are JAMAL and porkjet.

          Originally posted by kess
          Regarding fierce, the spids, unlike what u said, are actually their main strenght. They are lacking in sharks and terr imo. Also surprised me that u didnt included wbm in their main spids, when he is their second best spider. He is a beast and keeps getting underrated every season.
          Oh, yeah, I was gonna mention that too, I forgot. Cripple/wbm/sphinx/Sprained are all great spiders. If they get Sika back again and 1-2 pieces they'll be contenders. They reached both Semis last year and almost knocked off Dudgeon.
          Last edited by ogron; 09-16-2015, 11:04 PM.
          top 100 basers list

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          • #6
            Good write-up overall, im just gonna add a few thoughts:

            Dudgeon lineup, like spezza said has not played together for that long(since last season), its a mix of ppl used to play in dice and ppl from core dudgeon + porkjet. Its not about how much time they had, but how well they meshed together(a big part of it is the fact that most of the players are elite at their ships). Clear LB favorites.

            Regarding fierce, the spids, unlike what u said, are actually their main strenght. They are lacking in sharks and terr imo. Also surprised me that u didnt included wbm in their main spids, when he is their second best spider. He is a beast and keeps getting underrated every season.

            I hope cobra have good showings and play to their capability, look for them to be competent and fight with the top teams. Similiar to LEGO, who could surprise and make the playoffs.

            Burn might have some spider issues, atleast in the beginning of the season, mostly due to inactivity of some of the players. Should get better along the season and easily make the playoffs.
            Author of the clutchest and most tilting TEK of the century.

            1:cripple> i luv lbj cock
            1:cripple> if he paid me 50k for every time i gave him a bj i'd do it

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Omega Red View Post
              ...These players have been playing with themselves for a good while now...
              Truer words have never been spoken!

              Eph

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Ephemeral View Post
                Truer words have never been spoken!

                Eph

                BURNNNNN
                3:kyler> who r u btw i keep wanting to ask people "who is 45th pres" but someone gonna say "trump"
                3:45th President> do it
                kyler> who is 45th President
                nah> donald j trump

                Downfall> Shoutout to forwards for randomly giving gunsmith results that made no sense and just made things harder

                Jacklyn> holster is the thing that holds/carry the gun

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                • #9
                  I wish I was a baser.
                  Raazi> this is the only place men chase jessup

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Rasaq View Post
                    I wish I was a baser.
                    And I wish I was a fork.
                    1:Hece> iv done good A (amphetamine) many times and ppl say u cant get your dick up on it..my dick works on every chemical i have tried so far

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