Xrn
RBTT Champion
omg scl finals
Semi-Finals Replays:
[PLA] Xrn vs zee [GIB]
[ISL] JRL vs Nails [TER]
[ISL] JRL vs Nails [TER] (tiebreak)
Semis saw some interesting team choices, including Nails reusing his Week 9 team and zee reusing their Week 4 team. JRL and I brought new builds, but mine was fairly similar to other stuff I had used in later weeks of the regular season while JRL's seemed quite unique. Both reuses happened to lose but somehow we got the first and second tie breaks in SCL history during the same round. DOU was a very possible option in both series with my strong season compared to zee's weaker one and the general dominance of Nails in DOU, though Platoon had a 10-0 slot and Nails had just lost his game making it unclear if we'd see any DOU gaming in tiebreak. Terrors showed their confidence in Nails and picked DOU anyway, which ended up paying off as he beat JRL with a very qsns looking team. Pretty entertaining games IMO but onto potentially the final DOU game of the season:
Finals:
[ISL] JRL vs z0mOG [GIB]
As a top DOU prospect going into the auction JRL was retained by the Islanders and has put up a solid 5-6 record thus far, maybe worse than projected but respectable nonetheless with a crucial win over Nails in semi finals to keep his team alive. Zom on the other hand has not played a game of DOU this tournament, instead filling the Gible OU3 slot for most of the tour and going even at 4-4. With zee struggling it's a sensible move though, as zom is a strong VGC player and did fine for US West in DWCOP. JRL is pretty clearly the favorite on paper as a more experienced and accomplished DOUer but it'd be unwise to count out z0mOG who is no stranger to high pressure games or the format. (game happens Thursday 1:30pm GMT -5 so predict rfn)
Semi-Finals Replays:
[PLA] Xrn vs zee [GIB]
[ISL] JRL vs Nails [TER]
[ISL] JRL vs Nails [TER] (tiebreak)
Semis saw some interesting team choices, including Nails reusing his Week 9 team and zee reusing their Week 4 team. JRL and I brought new builds, but mine was fairly similar to other stuff I had used in later weeks of the regular season while JRL's seemed quite unique. Both reuses happened to lose but somehow we got the first and second tie breaks in SCL history during the same round. DOU was a very possible option in both series with my strong season compared to zee's weaker one and the general dominance of Nails in DOU, though Platoon had a 10-0 slot and Nails had just lost his game making it unclear if we'd see any DOU gaming in tiebreak. Terrors showed their confidence in Nails and picked DOU anyway, which ended up paying off as he beat JRL with a very qsns looking team. Pretty entertaining games IMO but onto potentially the final DOU game of the season:
Finals:
[ISL] JRL vs z0mOG [GIB]
As a top DOU prospect going into the auction JRL was retained by the Islanders and has put up a solid 5-6 record thus far, maybe worse than projected but respectable nonetheless with a crucial win over Nails in semi finals to keep his team alive. Zom on the other hand has not played a game of DOU this tournament, instead filling the Gible OU3 slot for most of the tour and going even at 4-4. With zee struggling it's a sensible move though, as zom is a strong VGC player and did fine for US West in DWCOP. JRL is pretty clearly the favorite on paper as a more experienced and accomplished DOUer but it'd be unwise to count out z0mOG who is no stranger to high pressure games or the format. (game happens Thursday 1:30pm GMT -5 so predict rfn)