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#1 ReachH

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Posted March 07 2013 - 02:09 AM

HYPE HYPE HYPE


First round highlights and predictions
(Disclaimer: baseless banter)

Saturnine vs. Xithilderix [BSB]
Ouch. Many people have been drawn to the obnoxious turquoise skin of an easy Brawler kill, only to be smacked in the face with a brick wall of Satur9. Xil's one glimmering ace is of course the berserker's ability to do extra damage!

Ever since the release of the Powershot enabled SS, balistic barrage has mostly lain forgotten, overshadowed by its 'OMG OP' little brother. I can see Xil taking a few sneaky kills with a buffed up TOW and Det hit, followed with a face full of vulcan - but I can't see it working more than once, or consequently him taking the match. The HP advantage is just too great of an asset in a 1v1 scenario in a best of 9.

5-2 Saturnine

Bi0 vs. _incitatus [BSB]
Flak vs Flak, TOW vs. TOW. The elephant in the room being a fat 350 HP cushion, and the fact that Bi0 does not miss, being a good SS to boot. _incitatus better be on his game with his long range TOWs and have his finger poised over that fuel reserve, anticipating a speedy retreat. Even then it looks much to me like delaying the inevitable.

5-1 Bi0

Sylhiri vs. Foureyes [Cockpit]

Ho ho ho, this match has everything!

EOCs! Hellfires! more EOCs! long range fluke grenades! A freakin' Rocketeer. Granted, these may not be the first two names to come to mind when one is polled with 'who will be the Fight Club champion?', but for me that just adds to the mayhem! Stick two good players in two inherently crazy mechs, one which can cloak, and you have a party.

5-4 Foureyes, by way of sneaky dumbfired HF, and a forgotten EOC puck

Dew vs. tman7919 [RaK]
If this were an open fight, I would have to give the advantage to Dew. But with the HEAT ban, suddenly things are looking a whole lot uncertain for avid, and practiced HEAT users (jokes, Dew hates HEAT). Coupled with the fact that Dew has seen fit to challenge himself with the EOC Infil, this match may end up being a surprising rout.

The flak offers superior response times when playing peekaboo, at the cost of range and the inability to lay mines. This is doubly so on such a vertically challenged map such as bazaar. A lot of this will come down to tman choosing where he engages in the fight area of Bazaar, using the Scout's ability to control the flow of the battle, and more importantly, where it takes place!

5-4 tman on a good day, with a bit of luck

Exeon vs. mybroshotbad [Cockpit]
Notorious Flaketeer vs MBHD who has not declared a mech. IMO, this is an unfair advantage, but its too late to cry foul now! MBHD will need the edge too, Exeon is a stone cold killer, who does not smile ever (disclaimer: artistic license). However, since no one has really had time to get used to the new feathering (and are too busy mucking around with Raiders), I can see MBHD putting up a good fight with a good mech choice *cough cough someone forgot to ban RevGL*.

5-2 Exeon

Rentaknight vs. Unction [RaK]
For me, RaK entered the limelight after a cameo on WolfyFTW's flak scout short, showcasing some fancy dodge control, and some very narrow boost feints. Of course all this means little against the bulk that the brawler can throw around. A lot of this match will come down to whether Unction can hold his nerve, call RaK's bluffs, and save his TOW for when it really matters.

5-3 RentAKnight

OhBos vs. Xacius [Cockpit] (possible EOC Infil showdown?)
The high noon showdown, and its a difficult one to call.

On the one hand OhBos clocks in with a lot of fight club experience. On the other, Xacius' other name is the EOC Whisper. Then throw in the random force of nature that is misplaced EOC pucks, and you never know what could happen.

3-3, OhBos's computer crashes, then 2-1 Xacius

(Also, 100-1 odds that Xacius will knock over his coffee, sending a detonator laced with EOC ownage straight at a judge, getting slapped with the first case of HAWKEN DQ. )

People who I feel bad for:
  • Dhalsim, for placing Toryne, who's cheerful demeanor you can see weekly on the Cockpit, before you take a GL to the back and a faceful of HEAT.
  • _incitatus, for reasons above.
  • OhBos and Xacius, for meeting so early.
  • And the winner of IDReaper/D**k_Ascended, for having to play one of the above after they've 'warmed up' in the first round by bench pressing a small truck.
Group of Death:
  • Bracket 2
Mysterious Disappearance:
  • Culex

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#2 Alastor_Crow

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Posted March 07 2013 - 02:31 AM

Once Hawken perfects the system of spectator mode, I can see them having a Tourney game mode via the Server Browser. Bracket matches of 8~16 players until a final champion comes out victorious. Also hoping the new level designer would make a badass 1v1 or 2v2 arena for it. :lol:

Edited by Alastor_Crow, March 07 2013 - 02:31 AM.

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#3 AsianJoyKiller

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Posted March 07 2013 - 09:25 AM

I predict server crash will take 1st.

[HWK]HUGHES, on July 03 2013 - 11:07 PM, said:

AJK is right

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Posted March 07 2013 - 12:19 PM

Group of Death, huh? Hmm, this should be interesting.

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#5 Saturnine

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Posted March 07 2013 - 01:48 PM

So, I shuffled the participants around in some of the brackets so we shouldn't have a specific group of death bracket anymore, all the brackets should be equally... deathy. Sorry to switch things up on you, but now we don't have ohbos v xacius for the first round! :D Hopefully this won't cause too many problems with your predictions - but there should be more interesting matchups and such as the fights go on this way.

Also 2v2 brackets exist now.

Edited by Saturnine, March 07 2013 - 07:46 PM.

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Posted March 07 2013 - 07:30 PM

definitely some good match-ups,  though i doubt _incitatas and i will make it out of the first round in 2's, it will be fun to be an onsite spectator!

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Posted March 08 2013 - 07:37 AM

5-1 vs BiO?  Puhleeeze... you are giving me too much credit.  Unless my one kill is credited to me as a result of downing myself due to pilot error.  I predict I will toss my repair charge at BiO and hit myself with the detonator.
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[HWK]ZamboniChaos, on April 23 2014 - 11:13 AM, said:

You are the undisputed champion of camouflages.

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Posted March 08 2013 - 08:48 AM

View Post_incitatus, on March 08 2013 - 07:37 AM, said:

I predict I will toss my repair charge at BiO and hit myself with the detonator.

Hey, that's my move!

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Posted March 08 2013 - 10:36 AM

View Postphed, on March 08 2013 - 08:48 AM, said:

View Post_incitatus, on March 08 2013 - 07:37 AM, said:

I predict I will toss my repair charge at BiO and hit myself with the detonator.

Hey, that's my move!
It may be your move, but I can pull this deadly combo off without even trying... :D
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[HWK]ZamboniChaos, on April 23 2014 - 11:13 AM, said:

You are the undisputed champion of camouflages.

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Posted March 08 2013 - 01:11 PM

I am so going down...
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Posted March 08 2013 - 08:28 PM

Lovin' the imaginative situations you've created. Many laughs too!

View PostReachH, on March 07 2013 - 02:09 AM, said:

Mysterious Disappearance:
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I was iffy even a week prior about whether I'd be able to be on for it, and I didn't want to withhold a spot from someone who could realize their opportunity; as well as not wanting to give someone a 'bye' if I couldn't make it.

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Posted March 08 2013 - 11:24 PM

View PostSaturnine, on March 07 2013 - 01:48 PM, said:

So, I shuffled the participants around in some of the brackets so we shouldn't have a specific group of death bracket anymore, all the brackets should be equally... deathy. Sorry to switch things up on you, but now we don't have ohbos v xacius for the first round! :D Hopefully this won't cause too many problems with your predictions - but there should be more interesting matchups and such as the fights go on this way.

Also 2v2 brackets exist now.
D: MatchFIXING.

Tbh it wasn't that death-y, it was just the closest I could find :/

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Development happens.


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