- I was assuming the random seeding for round 1 would give about 4 or 5 close matches that would be fun to cast. unfortunately, as my visits to the casino confirm, random luck hates me. every match was (on paper) completely one-sided with the exception of FaDeRawfish vs wTMrToast.
- Unfortunately, FaDeRawfish was kicked out of the league as punishment for politely requesting to withdraw from the league. I hope he learned his lesson. Rawfish vs Toast turned out even more one-sided than the rest of the round with Toast securing a solid walkover.
- Liquid vs Sedz, my pick for match of the round, was indeed close every game, with Sedz managing to secure the win after dropping the first game. My prediction as match of the round was looking pretty good until the very last match to be played was submitted.
- AsGriefer decided he wants to play in this league after all, and asked to replace the slot in the bracket left by Rawfish's departure. This request was granted, with the penalty for late sign-up being that Griefer forfeits round 1.
- Match of the round: Gubna vs TNnomad. Some verry close PvPs between the GM nomad and the diamond ranked Gubna.
- Upset of the round: Nabi walked over SuperNova, but all matches that actually got played went to the clear favourites. Platinum player Paulsgay did manage to take a game off a GM with a well executed 7 pool.
All forfeits this round gave their opponent enough notice, with the exception of the double no show match, so no one had to waste any time sitting in a channel which I'm very happy with. I'm looking forward to round 2, and hoping to see the 3rd map used a bit more this time.
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Looks better than round 1, but still plenty of (probably) 1 sided matches, especially amongst last week's winners.
With RFlan this weekend, many of these players are going to be playing a lot of SC2 this week
Match to watch: AsGZealo vs AsGThor games are always hilarious, and I think Goosejuice and AsGArmi's styles will be interesting to watch match up against each other. However, all of that is just distracting from what may be the match which decides the winner of the league.
after both of them received walkovers last week, we have: wTMrToast versus Frustration.
i can't wait
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yeah but i'm jelly of your portal guns from 2v2. All i got was a pink glitter lamp from under the tree for coming third in big buck hunting arcade tournament
as the above posts indicate, between round 1 and 2 of PBSL an RFlan (largest regular LAN event in australia) happened.
this gives us a chance to compare my ranking predictions to some actual recent results.
my prediction on the left, RFlan finish on the right. (DNA = did not attend)
1) Frustration - 1st, did not drop a map
2) MrToast - DNA
3) AsGNadir - DNA
4) Goosejuice - 5th-6th, lost to AsGChoBo 1-2 and AsGArmi 1-2
5) AsGCHoBo - 2nd, lost to Frustration twice
6) Mvp - DNA
7) TNnomad -DNA
8) Why - DNA
9) Scalaz - DNA
10) FaDeUndoNe - DNA
11) AsGSedz - DNA
12) AsGZealo (me) - 7th-8th, lost to AsGArmi 1-2 and AsGThor 0-2
x) Paul - 9th-12th, lost to Goosjuice and AsGZealo
the players in my 'don't show up to tournaments often' group lived up to their reputation. but the players who did show up finished in approximately the order i predicted (the exceptions being goosejuice and myself under performing)
other: probably worth watching these players in PBSL
AsGArmi - 3rd, lost to frustration and AsGChoBo. beat Zealo and Goosejuice
AsGThor - 4th, lost to AsGChoBo and AsGArmi. beat Zealo and BLTdAXn
both of them were considered for the 'wildcard' section of my early predictions, but were omitted because the list was already too long and I rated them below sedz and myself.
my explanation/excuse is that goose and i had both screwed up our sleep schedules and showed up really tired, though it was pretty obvious that these two had been practising much more lately than I realised. I think every series Armi won was a 2-1 score line where he came within inches of losing the series, which speaks to his ability to perform under pressure.
BLTdAXn - 5th -6th, lost to frustration and AsGThor
i had seen his name a few times, but never seen him play. very impressed he got as far as he did, taking down Default along the way.
Gubna - 7th-8th, lost to chobo and armi,
I remember playing against this guy at lans back when we were both gold terrans. now he's come out of seemingly nowhere as a diamond protoss, taken down Default on the way and produced some very entertaining games, especially in PvP.
RFlan42 rematches in PBSL2 round 2:
AsGArmi vs Goosejuice - RFlan = 2-1, PBSL =
- the swiss system match making is starting to kick in, a lot more close matches this round.
- Unfortunately, we've had another withdrawal, TEAlordkabab. his future opponents will all receive byes.
- Toast vs Frustration; my pick for match of the round ended up being awarded to frustration as a walkover. toast didn't show up for RFlan either despite having pre paid for a ticket I'm hoping that eventually Frustration will actually have to play to pick up a win instead of scaring his opponents into forfeiting
- there were just as many walkovers as there were in round 1, i was hoping there would be less each week as the tournament progressed
- Match of the round: AsGArmi vs Goosejuice. even more entertaining than their RFlan match. Solid macro from both players producing a very entertaining back and forth series. also very entertaining was Nomad vs Why (Nomad is making a habbit of winning awesome series), especially game 3 which came down to 1 hero dt.
- Upset of the round: obsta vs gubna. after gubna's impressive PvPs lately i assumed he would have no trouble with obsta, who recently switched race and has seemed inactive lately. obsta chose to play as his old race (zerg) and picked up a 2-0.
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The swiss system is finally doing a good job of match making, most of the mismatches this round are due to one or both of the players either getting walked over or receiving a free win from walkover in the first 2 weeks, but not much can be done about that.
this round takes place over the xmas and new year period, so players are given 2 weeks to organise their matches, could be some interesting results if one player has more chance to practice over the break.
Match to watch: The obvious ones are Nomad vs Undone and mvp vs Nadir, Scalaz vs Chobo will probably also be exciting. My pick's going to be Nomad vs Undone because it's not ZvZ.
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not all the results are finalised yet, but i think it's safe to assume the last 2 matches are going to be double walkovers, they have until 9am to send results in if the games were played...
Round 3 Review:
maps:
game 1: WCS cloud kingdom
game 2: WCS shakuras plateau
game 3: WCS entombed valley
players still in the running for the competitors prize: 24
- Round took place over xmas and new year, which resulted in many forfeits.
- Nomad vs Undone; for the second week in a row the match I was most looking forward to ended up being a walkover
- Of the matches that were played, all of them were very one sided as far as i can tell.
- Match of the round: MVP vs Nadir, MVP makes a strong claim to the title of best ZvZ in perth.
- Upset of the round: Scalaz vs Chobo, Scalaz defends himself against the chobo cheese and takes the series 2-0 in quick fashion.
we are left with only 6 players undefeated; Frustration, Armi, Nomad, Paul, MVP, Scalaz (who is on 2 wins and a draw)
while none of them are guaranteed to be in the final 6 that make finals (there'll be no more easy matches for any of them), it should be entertaining to watch them match up against each other next week and once again halve the numbers of undefeated players.
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