Before going any further - this thread will contain many spoilers. If you have missed any games from the first round, you can use the link below to go to the tournament overview where you will be able to download all the games, review all the drafts and watch the live recordings - all without getting spoiled.
F1Re 0 - 3 RiuT
Tim_ 0 - 3 LaaaaaN
_DauT_ 1 - 3 yinghua_[/td]
Did the underdogs get lucky or are they genuinely underrated? Did the favourites have a bad day? What are your thoughts on these matches?
The strategy has varied a lot between the players - some using top tier civilisations right off the bat, others being a little more conservative with their picks.
To see what civilisations have been used by the respective players, use the following link.
And now for some possibly useless and counterproductive statistics. The most used civilisations were:
● Mayans: Picked 16 times
● Chinese: Picked 15 times
● Slavs: Picked 13 times[/td]
And the unfortunate civilisations that no players wanted anything to do with is (they may have been drafted, but never actually played):
● Goths
● Italians
● Koreans
● Persians
● Portuguese
● Teutons
● Vietnamese[/td]
Does this show us what the best or worst civilisations on Arabia are? Probably not. First of all, the unique drafting and ability to save certain civilisations for later rounds obviously affected the picks of the players. Secondly, the custom version of Arabia that is used may favour certain civilisations more than others.
But what do you think? Are the players going to struggle in the later rounds having used numerous top tier civilisations already, or are their enough prominent civilisations to choose from?
The matchups we can look forward to are:
● Hera_ vs TaToH
● _TheMax_ vs Lyx
● Yo__ vs slam
● Liereyy vs Villese
● MbL40C vs Nicov
● Fat_Dragon vs RiuT
● yinghua_ vs LaaaaaN[/td]
I think it's safe to say that we have a lot of astounding games ahead of us. Use the scheduling forum, the event calendar or the tournament overview spreadsheet to keep track of when the games are going to be played out.
Use the following link for more information.
And with that, we have finished the very first round of King of the Desert 2 - I hope you have had a blast so far. There is a lot more to come!
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