Sumanguru = Jordan. Just because. You heard it here first.
I've spent some time checking qualis' civs and maps drafts and I am reaching the same conclusion, Jadwiga feels Hearttt. His bans and picks follow more or less the same patterns, and the playstyle is also a reasonable match. He banned Quarry and Gold Rush in the qualis, and these were Jadwiga's first two map bans. maybe he preferred banning Bypass to Islands, or maybe MBL banned Islands first. In addition, I feel like considering the settings and current form of both players, a close set makes sense.Jadigwa could be Hearttt. When I watched Hearttt he always placed his first farm in the same spot that Jadigwa did. Although this is a common spot, not many players are this repetitive with their first farm spot.
Normally I would expect Hearttt to ban Islands, but if he knew he was against MBL (maybe the draft, servers, or communication to each other gave something away) then maybe he knows MBL was never going to be drafting Islands anyway. Banning Quarry, Gold Rush and Bypass does "feel Hearttt".
Moreover, Evacuation, Bay, Cup "feels" like an AM draft. And him and MBL taking each other to seven games I could see.
I'm open to suggestions tho because I'm finding him hard to find.
I agree with a lot of these. I think the Sitaux-Heart-Sebastian triangle will be easier to pinpoint after the quarterfinals. I'm also wondering whether Yo-ACCM are flipped here, but we won't get to see them in the future so these games are all we have to go off of. Might be worth looking into more.Vasco da Gama - Hera
Pachacuti - Ganji
Sumanguru - Barles
Jean Bureau - Mihai
Jadwiga - Hearttt
Otto the Great - MbL
Gregory VII - Vinch
Gajah Mada - Tatoh
King Stephen - Daut
Selim the Grim - ACCM
Khosrau - Viper
Emperor Sigismund - Yo
Alfred the Alpaca - Sebas
Jan Zizka - Sitaux
Alexios Komnenos - Liereyy
Robert Guiscard - Jordan
Very fair comment. Sitaux and Sebas were my last picks, even if I am reasonably confident about Hearttt (my triangle was actually Sitaux-Sebas-Liereyy). As other people have implied, stylistically Sitaux can perfectly be Jan... but it was a really crisp and sharp version of Sitaux (which we know he can bring sometimes). I also agree about the potential Yo-ACCM flip.I agree with a lot of these. I think the Sitaux-Heart-Sebastian triangle will be easier to pinpoint after the quarterfinals. I'm also wondering whether Yo-ACCM are flipped here, but we won't get to see them in the future so these games are all we have to go off of. Might be worth looking into more.
Many of your earlier picks and reasonings make sense. The one I really don't agree with is Sumanguru-Viper, and IMO Jadwiga-Barles and Heart-Khosrau are not impossible but don't seem that convincing.Till then, this is open to criticism.
Yo as Pachacuti is quite interesting! Vasco actually banned all the Yo civs during the draft which makes me think that at the very least Vasco considered the possibility he was playing Yo after seeing the map draft. The unique Sicilian play would make sense too. Just curious, wouldn't Yo as Pachacuti pick meso civs in his draft though? I think he likes them though I may be wrong.VdG - Hera
Pacha - Yo
Suman - Liereyy
JB - Mihai
Jadwiga - Barles
Otto - MbL
Greg - Jordan
Gajah - TaToH
Stephen - DauT
Selim - Vinch
Khosrau - Vipe
rSiggy- ACCM
Alfred - Seb
Jan - Sitaux
Alex - Hearttt
Robert - Ganji
#StayHumble
Yo as Pachacuti is quite interesting! Vasco actually banned all the Yo civs during the draft which makes me think that at the very least Vasco considered the possibility he was playing Yo after seeing the map draft. The unique Sicilian play would make sense too. Just curious, wouldn't Yo as Pachacuti pick meso civs in his draft though? I think he likes them though I may be wrong.
Romanian Miguel would be one of the only ones to do the cow stealing under TC shenanigans, 1I'm still alone on the Sumanguru = Mihai train.
I have Ganji as Selim aswell. Pachacuti is ACCM in my list and that would leave Yo for SigismundI can't believe Ganji was Pachacuti with that garbage monk micro. I don't know the players that well but I'm making a wild contrarian guess that Ganji was Selim the Grim. I think he played well enough on mudflow in the qualifier that the first pick is logical, if perhaps a bit ambitious against HC veterans. This does remove the best Yo candidate so it's probably not a very good guess. But if it happens, I called it!
Vasco: Hera
Pachacuti: Barles
Sumanguru: Hearttt
Jean Bureau: Mihai
Jadwiga: Sitaux
Otto the Great: MbL
Gajah: Tatoh
Gregory: Vinch
King Stephen: DauT
Selim the Grim: Ganji
Khosrau: Sebastian
Sigismund: ACCM
Alfred: Yo
Zizka: Viper
Alexios Komnenos: Liereyy
Robert Guiscard: Jordan