Let's make another thread for the Semi Finals and the Grand Finals, sorry for being a bit late, but couldn't catch all games live, so had to catch up first.
Best games imo:
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 2 (Acropolis) - great Feudal Age wars which resulted in a big advantage for vivi, but Liereyy somehow manages to come back from a ~20 vill deficit by going up to Castle Age faster
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 3 (Valley) - vivi going for his typical aggressive forward while Liereyy is stuck in a corner of the map defending.
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 4 (Scandinavia) - pretty decisive game, but nice to watch because of the constant aggression of vivi
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 5 (Budapest) - it looks like Liereyy has the advantage for almost all the game, but then vivi shows the power of conquistadors and kills everything
So basically: watch the vivi vs Liereyy series, it's a great series! Unfortunately the other series were quite one-sided and not that great imo.
Biggest upsets:
Seems there's only one upset here and it's vivi coming back from being 2-0 down to winning 3-2 against Liereyy. I think vivi has always been a more emotional player, so it was especially surprising for me to see him coming back after he arguably threw game 2.
ECL standings:
1st place earns 6 points, 2nd place earns 4 points, 3rd/4th place earns 3 points and 5th-8th place earn 1 point for their team.
So the scores so far are:
1. Secret: 7
2. Frantic: 4
3. SY: 3
3. aM': 3
5. LoS: 1
5. Coachers 1
5. Suomi 1
8. VNA 0
Will be interesting to see the 4v4 Stage to see if Frantic can keep their 2nd place and to see who will win the big battle between aM' and Secret as well as the Suomi vs SY series.
Brackets can be found here
Best games imo:
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 2 (Acropolis) - great Feudal Age wars which resulted in a big advantage for vivi, but Liereyy somehow manages to come back from a ~20 vill deficit by going up to Castle Age faster
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 3 (Valley) - vivi going for his typical aggressive forward while Liereyy is stuck in a corner of the map defending.
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 4 (Scandinavia) - pretty decisive game, but nice to watch because of the constant aggression of vivi
Semifinal vivi vs Liereyy game 5 (Budapest) - it looks like Liereyy has the advantage for almost all the game, but then vivi shows the power of conquistadors and kills everything
So basically: watch the vivi vs Liereyy series, it's a great series! Unfortunately the other series were quite one-sided and not that great imo.
Biggest upsets:
Seems there's only one upset here and it's vivi coming back from being 2-0 down to winning 3-2 against Liereyy. I think vivi has always been a more emotional player, so it was especially surprising for me to see him coming back after he arguably threw game 2.
ECL standings:
1st place earns 6 points, 2nd place earns 4 points, 3rd/4th place earns 3 points and 5th-8th place earn 1 point for their team.
So the scores so far are:
1. Secret: 7
2. Frantic: 4
3. SY: 3
3. aM': 3
5. LoS: 1
5. Coachers 1
5. Suomi 1
8. VNA 0
Will be interesting to see the 4v4 Stage to see if Frantic can keep their 2nd place and to see who will win the big battle between aM' and Secret as well as the Suomi vs SY series.
Brackets can be found here