Week 3 match up PREVIEWS
Posted: 20 Aug 2018, 09:28
Holy crap does this mwc keep delivering. Northern paladins vs team good guys was a hugely entertaining match in week 2 as was turtles vs kongs. It turns out my week 2 preview of teenagers vs konkongers was spot on. Now this highly acclaimed article series will tackle week 3.
week 3 matches, sunday august 26th.
tcl vs tm3
sdm vs bk
np vs lh
7l vs tgp
Week 3 maps:
ASRAIDH DEAS-GHNATH (DARK) - Flag Rally
TALLOW ABBEY (TROW) - Last Man on the Hill
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Territories
PARTY ON THE OASIS (LIGHT) - Assassin
PEACE ON THE RAMPARTS - BUSHIDO FIREWORKS - King of the Map
well i thought i'd see what the maps are to determine if BCing, light skills or dark skills are favored but honestly i have no idea about those maps. I'm a huge lover of classic myth maps and these maps make me mad, MAD ENOUGH TO KILL?
At least 7th legion vs team good guys and The casket lottery vs teenage mutants look worthy of closer inspection. I'll randomly decide which I'll do first and see if I have time to cover the other one later on.
The casket lottery vs teenaged turtles
rosters at the time of writing are:
tcl: Limp, Ghengis, Akira, Thal, Kryptos, Captain, PK
turtles: GKG, Crun, HMP, myrk, dac, oly, gamer
Both teams look like they are juggling rosters a lot which makes this match both interesting and harder to predict.
Captaining / strategies
It was pretty surprising to see GKGs team only win the bc games last week but lose FRs and KOTMs. I hear the explanation was having 6 players v 7 but I don't know if I'll buy it. Honestly I have no idea what kind of captaining skills are needed on those unfamiliar maps but let's just say a slight edge to GKG. Limp has shown enough times that he is a competent captain, although it's hard to say which captains are actually good and which just look good BECAUSE RABICAN ISN'T AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM ANYMORE.
activity
This is just about captains adding and removing players at this point. Looks like Limp is doing that too so we shall assume an awesome 6v6 or even 7v7 again.
Smartness and tactics
These teams should be about even in this regard. Both have a few players known a little for their tunnelvision and I don't think either has an especially smart roster but still both are packing an ok punch in this regard.
power hitting and bc ability
the always insightful list comparisons comes back due to popular demand
GKG > Limp
Crun = Ghen (haven't really seen much of ghengis lately but I think this might be fair)
myrk=akira (i don't know if myrk is a fixed member of the team and i dont know if akira plays so bleh)
Well turns out this doesn't really work out. GKG is a captain who takes powerhitter units often, limp really doesn't. I'd say at this point GKGs team has 2 true powerhitters while TCL only has one, so a slight edge to turtles but I will assess this more in the role playing section. A captain can't always do powerhitter duties efficiently and TLCs role players are more than capable BCers. SO WE ARE TREADING ON MUDDY WATERS OK?? NOT EASY TO ASSESS BUT IM DOING MY BEST
role playing
tcl: Thal, Kryptos, Captain, PK
turtles: HMP, dac, oly, gamer
At Limp's teams current form, he undoubtedly has the best 4-7 players in the tournament. I'm not going to do a player v player comparison here because I don't really know which players to compare but in BCing power the casket lottery has a huge advantage here and probably in smarts/tactics too although a smaller one there.
Final prediction:
I wish I knew more about the maps because BCing ability and the importance of 1-2 great powerhitters vs a whole team full of good BCers plays a big role here. In some maps those 2 powerhitters are plenty but in some a whole team's BC power gives a huge advantage (say Barrens lmoth etc but I don't really know if any of week 3 maps are like that). My gut feeling says 3-2 for The Casket Lottery. GOOD LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS.
LL&L
Ghengis please tell Homer we all miss him. If only science had reached a point where we could turn 1 homer and 1 ghengis into 2 homers and 0 ghengisises.
week 3 matches, sunday august 26th.
tcl vs tm3
sdm vs bk
np vs lh
7l vs tgp
Week 3 maps:
ASRAIDH DEAS-GHNATH (DARK) - Flag Rally
TALLOW ABBEY (TROW) - Last Man on the Hill
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Territories
PARTY ON THE OASIS (LIGHT) - Assassin
PEACE ON THE RAMPARTS - BUSHIDO FIREWORKS - King of the Map
well i thought i'd see what the maps are to determine if BCing, light skills or dark skills are favored but honestly i have no idea about those maps. I'm a huge lover of classic myth maps and these maps make me mad, MAD ENOUGH TO KILL?
At least 7th legion vs team good guys and The casket lottery vs teenage mutants look worthy of closer inspection. I'll randomly decide which I'll do first and see if I have time to cover the other one later on.
The casket lottery vs teenaged turtles
rosters at the time of writing are:
tcl: Limp, Ghengis, Akira, Thal, Kryptos, Captain, PK
turtles: GKG, Crun, HMP, myrk, dac, oly, gamer
Both teams look like they are juggling rosters a lot which makes this match both interesting and harder to predict.
Captaining / strategies
It was pretty surprising to see GKGs team only win the bc games last week but lose FRs and KOTMs. I hear the explanation was having 6 players v 7 but I don't know if I'll buy it. Honestly I have no idea what kind of captaining skills are needed on those unfamiliar maps but let's just say a slight edge to GKG. Limp has shown enough times that he is a competent captain, although it's hard to say which captains are actually good and which just look good BECAUSE RABICAN ISN'T AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM ANYMORE.
activity
This is just about captains adding and removing players at this point. Looks like Limp is doing that too so we shall assume an awesome 6v6 or even 7v7 again.
Smartness and tactics
These teams should be about even in this regard. Both have a few players known a little for their tunnelvision and I don't think either has an especially smart roster but still both are packing an ok punch in this regard.
power hitting and bc ability
the always insightful list comparisons comes back due to popular demand
GKG > Limp
Crun = Ghen (haven't really seen much of ghengis lately but I think this might be fair)
myrk=akira (i don't know if myrk is a fixed member of the team and i dont know if akira plays so bleh)
Well turns out this doesn't really work out. GKG is a captain who takes powerhitter units often, limp really doesn't. I'd say at this point GKGs team has 2 true powerhitters while TCL only has one, so a slight edge to turtles but I will assess this more in the role playing section. A captain can't always do powerhitter duties efficiently and TLCs role players are more than capable BCers. SO WE ARE TREADING ON MUDDY WATERS OK?? NOT EASY TO ASSESS BUT IM DOING MY BEST
role playing
tcl: Thal, Kryptos, Captain, PK
turtles: HMP, dac, oly, gamer
At Limp's teams current form, he undoubtedly has the best 4-7 players in the tournament. I'm not going to do a player v player comparison here because I don't really know which players to compare but in BCing power the casket lottery has a huge advantage here and probably in smarts/tactics too although a smaller one there.
Final prediction:
I wish I knew more about the maps because BCing ability and the importance of 1-2 great powerhitters vs a whole team full of good BCers plays a big role here. In some maps those 2 powerhitters are plenty but in some a whole team's BC power gives a huge advantage (say Barrens lmoth etc but I don't really know if any of week 3 maps are like that). My gut feeling says 3-2 for The Casket Lottery. GOOD LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS.
LL&L
Ghengis please tell Homer we all miss him. If only science had reached a point where we could turn 1 homer and 1 ghengis into 2 homers and 0 ghengisises.