Someone informed me that they actually missed reading these so I though that I should give everyone the updates that have been happening so far. We have now entered the playoffs and some very surprising things have happened that have caused many RTS-League gamblers to lose all of their coins in one week!
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Overview of the Season:
Division 1:
Honestly, this was the most surprising division results simply because of the numbers that turned out. nC managed to take the top slot in this division as they played all of their games (or equivalently got AW). With 3 clans being booted from the division, making the final brackets was not too much of a challenge, but most people expected RVK to be at the top of this division. Shamefully, 3 clans did indeed drop out which simply ruins potentially great seasons. Hopefully the clans that got through from division one will show that they deserved to be in the playoffs with AW or not.
Division 2:
A very cool division! The resurrection of Lone has seemed to be highly successful, adding new members throughout the season and reaching an astonishing second place overall. First spot though goes to the undefeated SlipKn0T beating out Immortals recently 2-0, quite an amazing team they have this season (and every season). The Immortals, UsK, and wW b all follow close behind. Sadly, only 2 teams completed all of their games. So thank you to Lone and wW b for committing and completing the season thus far.
Division 3:
Well well well, wW at the top of the chart in their division again, this season only one blemish on their record (13-1) and the only team to reach 40 points this season. This is quite the feat given that the division contained the teams that seemed to come from nowhere such as PoJ and BL as well as the always dangerous VN and LKC. Congrats to all of the teams going to the playoffs and thank you to those who played at all.
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Just a bit of news:
This week PoJ the formerly unknown superclan out of Japan was defeated by [BL] much to the surprise of many players (mainly the rts gamblers xD)
Immortals losing 2-0 to Slipkn0t was also quite the surprise to many. Most expected either a draw or a Immortal victory.
The playoff bracket (found here) shows that another meeting between most of these top clans can happen again. Feel free to discuss what matchups you think will happen or what you want to see.
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Below is the gambling chart for an overview of each match in playoff round 1. I am using it because it is easier to copy paste 11
SlipKn0t (1.5) v _Arg (4.5)
||| 2-0 (2) ||| 2-1 (3) ||| 1-2 (5) ||| 0-2 (9) |||
This game will almost undoubtedly be a 2-0 sweep for SlipKn0T. According to previous games each have played, quality of overall players, and general skill set I would be surprised to see anything but a SlipKn0T win.
[CL'S] (1.9) v [BL] (1.9)
||| 2-0 (4) ||| 2-1 (4) ||| 1-2 (4) ||| 0-2 (4) |||
This match may be closer than many people think. If CL'S can put up their best team this is anyone's game to be won. I expect a 2-1 in CL's favour, but this is really up in the air in my opinion. Of course if BL plays as they did vs PoJ they will be a danger throughout the entire playoffs.
Lone (1.9) v PoJ (1.9)
||| 2-0 (4) ||| 2-1 (4) ||| 1-2 (4) ||| 0-2 (4) |||
The numbers here may surprise people. Lone is actually a higher seed and has a higher power rank than PoJ does. This game is my game to watch of the week. I don't expect any clear dominance here and would guess a (2-1) or (1-2) here.
Immortals (1.9) v [RVK] (1.9)
||| 2-0 (4) ||| 2-1 (4) ||| 1-2 (4) ||| 0-2 (4) |||
A top notch game coming early on. After Immortals' recent performance vs Slip though, I feel that RVK has this one even though power ranks places them quite even. (0-2) RVK win.
wW (1.65) v UsK (3)
||| 2-0 (2) ||| 2-1 (3) ||| 1-2 (4) ||| 0-2 (6) |||
This game should really not have many surprises. Though, for some reason wW has been cursed in rts-l only winning a top 3 spot once ever. That one time was first place though, will be interesting to see if they can make it to the ending stages, but this game should be an eg. (2-0) wW
DyT (2.5) v VN (1.7)
||| 2-0 (5) ||| 2-1 (4) ||| 1-2 (3) ||| 0-2 (2) |||
VN clearly seems to be the better team here. DyT I believe has more depth in players, but the top players for VN should be able to overcome anything DyT can throw at them. (0-2) VN
zZ (3) v LKC (1.65)
||| 2-0 (6) ||| 2-1 (4) ||| 1-2 (3) ||| 0-2 (2) |||
This one is really hard for me to say anything about. I did not actually get to see zZ play many actual games. So just knowing that LKC has players like Iniquity and Fenix and seeing that their power ranking is higher, I shall say that LKC should be able to kill in this round. (0-2) LKC
wWb (1.9) v nC (1.9)
||| 2-0 (4) ||| 2-1 (4) ||| 1-2 (4) ||| 0-2 (4) |||
A toss up game really. If Jordan plays for nC I give it to them, if he does not, then wWb. Really all I have to say about that, should be a good set of games really.
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So going into the finals, the top of the gambling chart has taken a drastic turn with 4 players being eliminated this week 11.
Player | Bank |
[wW]StrongMan_ | 154 |
Maximus | 136 |
leothegreat | 99 |
ThunderS_ | 90 |
(_blank) LeastAuklet | 62 |
_LuG_ | 47 |
Emarosa | 35 |
sly_guy | 29 |
[linethru]pooos[/linethru] | 0 |
[linethru]Fuzer[/linethru] | 0 |
[linethru]_MariaN[/linethru]_ | 0 |
[linethru]Larreser[/linethru] | 0 |
[linethru]_Ares_[/linethru] | 0 |
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That about covers it!
Be ready for game analyses next week!
Thanks for reading,
~Nainai