Is this beginning of T90 dynasty as a player?

[JoshuaR]

BO21 Nili vs T90, I still give Nili an edge. My predictions would be 11-6 Nili

Nili just has lot more experience against top players. He has handled crazy all-in pressures, or just played against optimal plays. T90, I feel like, would crumble more easily to some aggressive plays, although Nili isn't the most aggressive, micro oriented player and he most likely would want it to go to late game where he feels comfortable, giving T90 a chance to maybe play all in himself. (Thus the 6 wins).

I think this match would be very close, even if Nili has some time to focus entirely on aoe2 for a bit. I'd watch this!

 

[kalpit00]

I think this match would be very close, even if Nili has some time to focus entirely on aoe2 for a bit. I'd watch this!

It would be close considering how rusty Nili is currently. I still 100% believe Nili's experience, especially on water/hybrid maps is a lot more than T90s, and T90 would need to practice a lot before he has a good chance of winning those maps. On arabia it is 50/50, I would even give T90 an edge if he has a slightly better civ.

 

[eC_Gurke]

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This is the same situation as Nili, and we know how hard the GL boys have been coaching him, and it is evident that there comes a point which separates the top 12 from top 30.

Every top 30 player has on-par decision making and game sense, but it is the execution and pace of the game which separates top 12. (Even more, the top 4 have a way of surviving/holding/coming back which is unprecedented imo)

Heavily disagree with this. Especially decision making is what still seperates those players. Speed can be quite different. There might be super fast top 30 players and slower ones.
I mean even at the very top, daut is holding in its own year after year against much faster players.
Those crazy holds/comebacks are usually way more about decisions than about execution.
Realizing what is the crucial action you have to take. What can you sacrifice, when do you go for the fight. There are so many decisions to take and in such a situation you talk about, 1 wrong decision might be the nail in the coffin.
This is also exactly what Viper talks about when he pulls of such things.

If you give a top 30 player the speed of Hera it wont make him a top 12 player. If you give him Vipers decision making he might be.
Of course there are players that are held back by their mechanical abilites, even at that level. I dont want to neglect that part.

 

[AttilaTheHun]

Currently he is just outside the top 100 (#113 at 2195 elo), which is still a pretty good achievement for anyone. He is in the top 0,3% of all players. I have no idea why people still try to argue that achievement still makes you a bad player...

Some people here really think you are a bad player if you arent in the top 10 most of the time, which is really ridiculous to me...

 

[lecracheursagacite]

@eC_Gurke real well said imo

He arguably is right now. He's in the top 100 on the ladder even before you account for the duplicate names there.

Yeah I thought this but didn't trust I was remembering it right so I asked instead of declaring.

Also 90th on the all-time DE ladder. T90 is literally a top 90 player!

This is amazing.