A disappointed MbL talks about the series that led to his early exit from the tournament, the settings and his relationship to Full Random.
You had a great start to G1 when you distracted ACCM's economy with an early knight but your own seemed to suffer a lot too. You managed to hold for a long time after being on the back foot after his earlier Imperial Age but had to give up in the end. What went wrong?
MbL: It was the combination of being cold and a bit nervous, because I just woke up for the game and I didn't really have any warmup games. That combo is not very good for me, but he played well and handled my stable start well... not gonna take anything away from him.
G2 started with early aggression from you again but deleting your transport after landing on the island in the middle of a river surely wasn't part of the plan. Messy start to a very messy game?
MbL: Hehe. That move was not the part of the plan... The second I pressed delete for my transport was the moment I realized I landed the middle. I was confident I would be able to recover and still do a strong land with 1 town center and CAs, but I was delayed of course..
Losing G3 on a full water map as Franks vs China and therefore going out of the tournament early must suck but always was a danger after you used your restart early when you made a mess of G1. Is this where you lost the series in retrospect?
MbL: I lost the series by not taking the game 1 as I should. I had been practicing Castle Age starts and was pretty comfortable with it.
You aren't know for your amazing full random skills (yet?) and this tournament is incredibly unforgiving but still: Such an early exit surely wasn't part of the plan. How disappointed/surprised are you to go out this early?
MbL: FR map is not really my thing because I dont like the fact that they are so unbalanced with fish etc. I like the random maps and crazy starts that are in the MegaRandom pack, because I like when things gets messy and I like to do random stuff.
What did you like the most about the event? What could have been better? Would you like to see more events that push the meta and status quo?
MbL: Cool maps with cool settings, not sure what could be done differently. I guess we will wait and see with peoples opinions when the tourney is over. I would love to see more events like this.
You had a great start to G1 when you distracted ACCM's economy with an early knight but your own seemed to suffer a lot too. You managed to hold for a long time after being on the back foot after his earlier Imperial Age but had to give up in the end. What went wrong?
MbL: It was the combination of being cold and a bit nervous, because I just woke up for the game and I didn't really have any warmup games. That combo is not very good for me, but he played well and handled my stable start well... not gonna take anything away from him.
G2 started with early aggression from you again but deleting your transport after landing on the island in the middle of a river surely wasn't part of the plan. Messy start to a very messy game?
MbL: Hehe. That move was not the part of the plan... The second I pressed delete for my transport was the moment I realized I landed the middle. I was confident I would be able to recover and still do a strong land with 1 town center and CAs, but I was delayed of course..
Losing G3 on a full water map as Franks vs China and therefore going out of the tournament early must suck but always was a danger after you used your restart early when you made a mess of G1. Is this where you lost the series in retrospect?
MbL: I lost the series by not taking the game 1 as I should. I had been practicing Castle Age starts and was pretty comfortable with it.
You aren't know for your amazing full random skills (yet?) and this tournament is incredibly unforgiving but still: Such an early exit surely wasn't part of the plan. How disappointed/surprised are you to go out this early?
MbL: FR map is not really my thing because I dont like the fact that they are so unbalanced with fish etc. I like the random maps and crazy starts that are in the MegaRandom pack, because I like when things gets messy and I like to do random stuff.
What did you like the most about the event? What could have been better? Would you like to see more events that push the meta and status quo?
MbL: Cool maps with cool settings, not sure what could be done differently. I guess we will wait and see with peoples opinions when the tourney is over. I would love to see more events like this.