Odin's Round 6 Recap
Filed under: Premier League
This season Odin has been posting a recap of each Pro League round on the Premier Forums. here's what he said about last Sunday's games:
I was unable to watch most of the games this round because I was driving back home at the time. I barely made it online before the start of my match.
Gods vs Joke
Prior to this match most people (including me) predicted Gods would win. I thought that since this was one of their closest matched opponents they would get their best players to this game. This didn't happen, most notably Inde was missing and I think this was the single biggest cause for their dramatic loss to Joke. On the plus side for Gods it appears Fatal Error is rostered with them and showed up to this match. For Joke Bunnies pulled the biggest MVP of the round going 6-1 and was blowing people up left and right... no idea who that dude is, never seen him in my life before... do you concur life?
Anyways, I saw most of this game, it was very sloppy. Mr. Penguin contributed to many deaths of Gods folks but did not get credit with the final kills. He also died out but by this point the game was already decided in favor of his team. Joke could've had some hope of coming back after Penguin died out as it was 3v3 but with little time and Fog dying out just minutes later it was sealed for Joke.
B.I.A. vs Nightbane
I didn't see this game but the final score of 12-3 by BIA is very convincing. According to masterrater BIA started aw0n, Slimster, Jinxi and Masterlord. Masterlord pulled out the MVP. Nightbane had most of their notable players there, I really thought they would put together a better fight especially vs what I consider the weaker BIA lineup (with Taifun and Tunahead and bhang not being there.)
Starseed vs Stalkers
Stalkers is continuing to struggle this season and Starseed defeated them rather soundly this round with a final score of 12-3. Megaman got the 4-0 MVP, Rage apparently did not play even though he is now eligible. Rumor on the street is that Reaem is going to be the next Pro League champion. Life subbed late in the game hoping to mop up some kills but appears that his forward arrow skills have declined since he played against Spell.
Assassins vs Radar
Well, I didn't get to see this game and it was another match where I thought the score should've been closer this round. However, Mop, Travis and Three all played and with aiti refusing to use bullets the entire game it was a sealed victory for the Asses. Ultimately Radar did not show up their best lineup to this game and apparently Benji had a problem with his monitor dying midgame. Hopefully Radar can rebound after this, they play vs BIA next round and I honestly think they can win vs anyone if they get their best 4 there.
Intrinsic vs Unhallowed
This was upset of the week in terms of good play and an underdog taking down the top seed in the league. Unhallowed had a flawless season up to this point and actually started the game strongly but it degraded and by the end they were trading kills with Intrinsic always seemingly remaining a point ahead. I saw a bit of this game towards the end, one of the big problems for Unhallowed was the absence of Grifter and the fact that Chrono could not stay in the game by the end. Despite winning Intrinsic still managed to make this look sloppy, given all the circumstances they really could've had a better result here. Clocker died twice early into the game and coasted for most of it. The big change to the Intrinsic game was Develop playing a spider for his first two lives and getting a 5-2 MVP. After the game Savage was talking and saying how his team can put it together for the big games but seems to suck and choke vs weaker teams. This was evident in their game vs Assassins a few rounds ago but I'm not so convinced it really applied to this game. From the little I saw it was more a case of Unhallowed defeating themselves this time around.
Well, Unhallowed will have a good chance to regroup next week when they play Starseed. If they can get their best players there and don't have lag problems it will be a good indication of how well they might hold up vs Assassins.
Spell vs The Dark
Oddly after the fiasco with the zone going down a week ago and masterrater being reset most folks were predicting for TD to win. I still think this win was a huge upset and may have disqualified Spell from playoffs. Most of the blame could be laid straight on them, they didn't even show 4 for this game and played most of the game backarrowing 3v4. The backarrowing did not work out for them as well as it did vs Starseed though. Dantos, despite doing the most damage, won the MVP award for The Dark by going 0-3. I shouldn't have played this game at all, was gone for most of the week and barely made it online 15 minutes prior to the match. Overall I rate my performance as F- because I died vs these backarrow specialists.
It really looks terrible for Spell since they have to play Assassins next round. I think they should work on getting 4 people to show up to their games.
You can read the full thread by clicking here.
This season Odin has been posting a recap of each Pro League round on the Premier Forums. here's what he said about last Sunday's games:
I was unable to watch most of the games this round because I was driving back home at the time. I barely made it online before the start of my match.
Gods vs Joke
Prior to this match most people (including me) predicted Gods would win. I thought that since this was one of their closest matched opponents they would get their best players to this game. This didn't happen, most notably Inde was missing and I think this was the single biggest cause for their dramatic loss to Joke. On the plus side for Gods it appears Fatal Error is rostered with them and showed up to this match. For Joke Bunnies pulled the biggest MVP of the round going 6-1 and was blowing people up left and right... no idea who that dude is, never seen him in my life before... do you concur life?
Anyways, I saw most of this game, it was very sloppy. Mr. Penguin contributed to many deaths of Gods folks but did not get credit with the final kills. He also died out but by this point the game was already decided in favor of his team. Joke could've had some hope of coming back after Penguin died out as it was 3v3 but with little time and Fog dying out just minutes later it was sealed for Joke.
B.I.A. vs Nightbane
I didn't see this game but the final score of 12-3 by BIA is very convincing. According to masterrater BIA started aw0n, Slimster, Jinxi and Masterlord. Masterlord pulled out the MVP. Nightbane had most of their notable players there, I really thought they would put together a better fight especially vs what I consider the weaker BIA lineup (with Taifun and Tunahead and bhang not being there.)
Starseed vs Stalkers
Stalkers is continuing to struggle this season and Starseed defeated them rather soundly this round with a final score of 12-3. Megaman got the 4-0 MVP, Rage apparently did not play even though he is now eligible. Rumor on the street is that Reaem is going to be the next Pro League champion. Life subbed late in the game hoping to mop up some kills but appears that his forward arrow skills have declined since he played against Spell.
Assassins vs Radar
Well, I didn't get to see this game and it was another match where I thought the score should've been closer this round. However, Mop, Travis and Three all played and with aiti refusing to use bullets the entire game it was a sealed victory for the Asses. Ultimately Radar did not show up their best lineup to this game and apparently Benji had a problem with his monitor dying midgame. Hopefully Radar can rebound after this, they play vs BIA next round and I honestly think they can win vs anyone if they get their best 4 there.
Intrinsic vs Unhallowed
This was upset of the week in terms of good play and an underdog taking down the top seed in the league. Unhallowed had a flawless season up to this point and actually started the game strongly but it degraded and by the end they were trading kills with Intrinsic always seemingly remaining a point ahead. I saw a bit of this game towards the end, one of the big problems for Unhallowed was the absence of Grifter and the fact that Chrono could not stay in the game by the end. Despite winning Intrinsic still managed to make this look sloppy, given all the circumstances they really could've had a better result here. Clocker died twice early into the game and coasted for most of it. The big change to the Intrinsic game was Develop playing a spider for his first two lives and getting a 5-2 MVP. After the game Savage was talking and saying how his team can put it together for the big games but seems to suck and choke vs weaker teams. This was evident in their game vs Assassins a few rounds ago but I'm not so convinced it really applied to this game. From the little I saw it was more a case of Unhallowed defeating themselves this time around.
Well, Unhallowed will have a good chance to regroup next week when they play Starseed. If they can get their best players there and don't have lag problems it will be a good indication of how well they might hold up vs Assassins.
Spell vs The Dark
Oddly after the fiasco with the zone going down a week ago and masterrater being reset most folks were predicting for TD to win. I still think this win was a huge upset and may have disqualified Spell from playoffs. Most of the blame could be laid straight on them, they didn't even show 4 for this game and played most of the game backarrowing 3v4. The backarrowing did not work out for them as well as it did vs Starseed though. Dantos, despite doing the most damage, won the MVP award for The Dark by going 0-3. I shouldn't have played this game at all, was gone for most of the week and barely made it online 15 minutes prior to the match. Overall I rate my performance as F- because I died vs these backarrow specialists.
It really looks terrible for Spell since they have to play Assassins next round. I think they should work on getting 4 people to show up to their games.
You can read the full thread by clicking here.
