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| 6s | thank you |
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| 29s | good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and |
| 31s | welcome back to Alliance tournament 18 |
| 33s | I'm Ithaca Hawk and you're here in gt44 |
| 35s | with me with Blackboard fire and with |
| 37s | mystical Knight hello how are you guys |
| 40s | doing today |
| 41s | oh I'm doing super great um I'm so |
| 44s | excited we're about to see a bunch of |
| 45s | people get kicked out of the tournament |
| 46s | which is always that my favorite part |
| 48s | that's why I love the days after the |
| 50s | first day so I'm ready to go yeah we |
| 53s | actually saw three teams uh get kicked |
| 54s | out the tournament yesterday going uh |
| 56s | Owen two uh in a double elimination |
| 58s | format that means they are guns owed uh |
| 60s | the next five matches that we're gonna |
| 62s | have for you today are all elimination |
| 64s | matches so these are teams in the |
| 66s | elimination bracket if they lose these |
| 68s | matches they are gone from the |
| 69s | tournament they that's it they go home |
| 70s | they get nothing they get no prize ships |
| 72s | they get they're just valued private |
| 74s | pool contributors so these teams are |
| 76s | going to want to try and pull everything |
| 78s | they can out of the bag if they have |
| 80s | their Flagship remaining they've got |
| 81s | some secret comp this is going to be the |
| 83s | time to use it and on that let's discuss |
| 85s | the first match so it's going to be dark |
| 87s | side versus Alexis Matari so let's have |
| 89s | a look at the bands for this match |
| 91s | coming up in just a few minutes |
| 93s | okay so the red team Banning nothing and |
| 96s | The Blue Team also Banning nothing which |
| 98s | is a controversial uh decision I |
| 100s | personally uh as a captain and a team I |
| 102s | would like to ban multiple ships up to |
| 104s | three if I could |
| 106s | um Bart yeah I think so even maybe |
| 109s | potentially more depending on if you're |
| 111s | able to get a few uh duplicates but it |
| 113s | turns out we did not actually have |
| 115s | duplicate bands so exactly so at |
| 117s | Darkseid buying Nighthawk Loki Gila um |
| 120s | relatively standard from what we saw |
| 121s | yesterday quite a few teams Banning |
| 123s | those ships and Alexis Matari Banning |
| 125s | out the curse Armageddon and the |
| 126s | Armageddon Navy issue so saying we don't |
| 128s | want to see those long range newts we |
| 129s | don't want to see those bonus tracking |
| 131s | disruptors or guidance disruptors |
| 133s | um mystical might what does this kind of |
| 134s | telegraph to you I mean again uh these |
| 137s | are pretty standard bands it looks like |
| 138s | Darkseid doesn't want to have to deal |
| 140s | with that Nighthawk Loki Rush that we've |
| 142s | seen quite commonly yesterday I think |
| 143s | we're having a conversation afterwards |
| 145s | where we're talking about the prevalence |
| 147s | or rather lack of prevalence for the |
| 149s | mimitar rush because mimitar Rush is |
| 151s | what we're all kind of Fairly used to |
| 152s | but it seems like people have opted for |
| 155s | caldari Rush a lot more now and it seems |
| 157s | like Darkseid just doesn't want to have |
| 158s | to deal with that whereas for Lexus |
| 160s | Matari they saw newts they saw tracking |
| 163s | disrupters they saw the get and buff or |
| 164s | navy getting buff and they went no thank |
| 166s | you and they don't have to deal with |
| 168s | that either I don't think Navy guidance |
| 169s | actually as good as we think it might be |
| 171s | given that a lot of teams have brought |
| 172s | it |
| 173s | shoehorned it into a bunch of comps and |
| 175s | then lost with it so far it's perhaps |
| 178s | not not performing as well as we thought |
| 179s | it would yeah it's always super |
| 181s | interesting when teams um bring ships |
| 183s | that have just been buffed the teams |
| 185s | haven't really had time like sometimes |
| 186s | people have maybe like a year to figure |
| 188s | out matters but then if a ship is buffed |
| 191s | like two weeks before everyone has to |
| 192s | just think on the Fly uh but speaking of |
| 194s | thinking of the flight let's go to the |
| 195s | arena and find out who's going to win |
| 196s | between Darkseid and Alexis Matari |
| 203s | all right welcome to the arena with me |
| 205s | wingner and zoo and we've got uh |
| 207s | darksides versus Alexis Matari and we |
| 209s | have a very interesting comp at the |
| 211s | moment we have full |
| 213s | um Well author span to be honest triple |
| 215s | Oprah's burgers with the Scimitar that |
| 217s | is kiting monstrosities from Dark Side |
| 219s | meanwhile Alex matar going for triple |
| 220s | Battleship with anushimu so honestly a |
| 223s | lot of control on the uh this Matari |
| 224s | team but a lot of range control as far |
| 226s | as I'm concerned from the Dark Side well |
| 228s | if I'm looking at these typhoons right |
| 230s | these are actually torpedo typhoons that |
| 233s | we're seeing here from em right now so |
| 235s | it's going to be interesting |
| 236s | um I'm not too sure that they're gonna |
| 237s | be really happy about choosing Torpedoes |
| 239s | going up against like full cardi offers |
| 241s | can't be right now so good luck chasing |
| 243s | down some boys |
| 245s | exactly torpedo typhoons against well |
| 247s | what is a very very incredibly courty |
| 249s | and hard to catch comp that is probably |
| 251s | not the best of course just double |
| 252s | checking those eyes those are definitely |
| 254s | indeed Torpedoes so they're gonna have |
| 256s | to rely on their support wing for sure |
| 258s | maybe have the Sentinel ruins on these |
| 259s | ships days but this is going to be a |
| 261s | game of cat and mouse and it's a kind of |
| 263s | a dark side match to lose as far as I |
| 264s | see I mean they're only long range webs |
| 267s | already here being the ashimu to help |
| 269s | those Torpedoes |
| 270s | um opted for a visual Fleet issue vigil |
| 272s | Fleet issue still has a role bonus for |
| 274s | that web so I think you can get about 15 |
| 276s | to 20 depending on hidden links um but |
| 279s | nothing like a Hino or Rapier are you |
| 281s | going to really have those super long |
| 282s | range webs to just reach out and grab |
| 284s | something |
| 285s | um and I don't think they already have |
| 287s | any bonus paints on their comp as well |
| 289s | I'm not too sure if the visual Fleet |
| 290s | issue has the pain bonus we'll confirm |
| 292s | that oh either way the match is about to |
| 293s | be underway and I suspect all the |
| 295s | support Wing the center or the vigil and |
| 296s | even maybe the uh Deacon and Thalia are |
| 299s | going to suffer under rapid lights from |
| 300s | the authors as the match goes now |
| 303s | you know it's confirming there's no |
| 304s | paint bonus on the visual Fleet so |
| 306s | nothing like the also mahina to support |
| 307s | these Torpedoes but they're underway |
| 309s | particularly that we've seen the |
| 310s | officers just uh running away for |
| 312s | freedom and uh let's see that going for |
| 314s | the Sentinel making sure that they're |
| 315s | going to keep this rain advantage in |
| 317s | every single way that they can probably |
| 318s | gonna be looking off to kill the tackle |
| 319s | after this but making sure that all |
| 321s | their missiles can hit fully on |
| 322s | everything that they choose |
| 324s | there's a bit of split damage when |
| 325s | they're hitting the sense not anything |
| 326s | the visual Fleet honestly oh there we go |
| 328s | there's some actual damage I better say |
| 329s | they're not doing all that much but |
| 330s | never started to hurt him but now he's |
| 332s | actually again not dying never mind I've |
| 335s | called things too early there oh look at |
| 336s | the failure what we're also seeing right |
| 338s | now these Jack doors on Darkseid doing |
| 340s | an absolutely killer job right now I |
| 342s | mean we've seen these Torpedoes come in |
| 344s | we already have our thoughts about these |
| 345s | Torpedoes but you've seen the absolute |
| 347s | utility that these Jack doors bring in |
| 348s | their mids just spreading guidance |
| 350s | instructors all over this Battleship |
| 351s | core of electricity Matari right now |
| 354s | yep it's basically a game no matter what |
| 356s | is Alexa Matari going to be able to do |
| 358s | here what's their strategy because at |
| 359s | the moment they're kind of just getting |
| 360s | killed they need to basically catch |
| 361s | something but how |
| 363s | have you got the tools to make it work I |
| 364s | have to wait and see at the moment |
| 366s | they're kind of are they even moving |
| 368s | well it looks like there's some uh |
| 369s | long-range things going on to the Bargas |
| 371s | there of skykiller I'm not sure if |
| 373s | that's a grapple going off on an off |
| 374s | right now no the battleships are closing |
| 376s | down on him the two typhoons bearing |
| 377s | down on the bar gas of skykiller right |
| 379s | now hopefully they can just show if |
| 381s | there's actually any like uh bite behind |
| 383s | that bark of the Torpedoes that we've |
| 385s | been talking about |
| 387s | yeah well if they get onto a battleship |
| 389s | the the Torpedoes will definitely kill |
| 391s | it but at the moment by the time they |
| 392s | finally get it they're going to lose |
| 393s | their entire support Wing if they can |
| 395s | even catch something I think |
| 397s | I'm looking I think a typhoon has got |
| 398s | some newts out on the bike I think a bug |
| 400s | is actually is uh double webbed down |
| 402s | he's grappled and webbed so they've |
| 404s | definitely got a close to a catch so |
| 406s | maybe they can get rid of this Sky |
| 407s | killer bug and then go from there but |
| 409s | losing your support Wing in a triple |
| 411s | torpedo a comp is not the thing you want |
| 413s | to be doing right now |
| 414s | you know it's unfortunately I feel it's |
| 416s | a little too late losing majority of the |
| 418s | support especially once that Ashima goes |
| 420s | down with the vigil feat going down soon |
| 421s | they're not going to have any real webs |
| 423s | to especially catch something like |
| 424s | authorizes and Jack doors so they're |
| 426s | just going to be chasing some uh cardio |
| 428s | boys for the rest of the game even if |
| 429s | they manage to kill this bar gas right |
| 431s | now but even that I mean we're getting |
| 433s | their entire core of their DPS onto this |
| 435s | bar guest and it's not really showing |
| 438s | that this investment of this Torpedoes |
| 440s | was actually a good choice right now |
| 442s | I'm just trying to see where the other |
| 444s | bug is currently is I think he's |
| 445s | actually the other bug is too far away I |
| 447s | think the stormbringer is actually |
| 448s | perma-helled him now yeah the opposing |
| 450s | Stormbreaker just held this guy down so |
| 451s | he can't even get over to the fight you |
| 453s | see the buggiest of our team now |
| 454s | Breaking Free I believe of the of the |
| 456s | storm Bringers finally able to shoot at |
| 457s | the other Vargas |
| 458s | luckily Bargas has a bit more of a range |
| 460s | in Africa uh range bonus with its |
| 463s | ridiculous velocity bonus of this |
| 464s | murderous Legion |
| 465s | um but still uh close trade on the bar |
| 468s | gas but not close in any other ways |
| 470s | right now we're gonna say |
| 472s | yep well as I said uh our team the bug |
| 475s | has now got onto the uh bug of Sky |
| 477s | killer and you can see actually he's |
| 478s | dying so much quicker now that you've |
| 479s | got three torpedo battleships right on |
| 481s | top of his face it's just a lot of |
| 483s | damage to go through |
| 484s | oh it's actually sad to see I mean I |
| 486s | love to see a Torpedoes show up |
| 488s | Torpedoes can always be such an exciting |
| 490s | game but I mean hey |
| 492s | um looks like darkseid's just gonna lose |
| 493s | a bar guys for this and they're just |
| 495s | gonna enjoy a comfortable Kylie comp |
| 496s | just you know swagging over there must |
| 499s | say really good choice on those jackals |
| 501s | Jack tools just bringing an absolutely |
| 503s | ridiculous amount of fertility |
| 504s | versatility one thing people generally |
| 506s | don't realize about the jackdoor is in |
| 507s | Sharpshooter mode it gets a bonus to |
| 509s | e-war resistance range sensor strength |
| 512s | so ironically enough if it were to get |
| 514s | into an e or fight with a carries are |
| 518s | Beaufort dams on top |
| 521s | yep and looks like this Stormbreaker |
| 522s | held down one of the battleships so they |
| 524s | have to pick on him next and honestly |
| 525s | that's a really tough Target to pick |
| 527s | when everything else is around the ears |
| 529s | incredibly tanky like it's one of the |
| 531s | few ships I don't think there's many |
| 532s | others get a six percent resist bonus |
| 534s | per level rather than a four percent or |
| 536s | three percent so that's honestly just |
| 538s | kind of crazy how much resist that thing |
| 539s | can have as the Scimitar will probably |
| 541s | keep them up pretty much forever I think |
| 542s | unless unless this typing doesn't go |
| 545s | down quickly enough like you say the |
| 546s | income sporting those are nice bonuses |
| 548s | um sporting the victory skin as well and |
| 550s | the storm bringer there so building a |
| 552s | bit of Swag so victory for the team but |
| 554s | not for the stormbringer as you should |
| 556s | hopefully be going down there I say |
| 557s | hopefully just so that uh em can have a |
| 560s | bit more kills in their pocket here if |
| 562s | they're Torpedoes but um uh stormbringer |
| 564s | might just be uh yeah |
| 567s | I think he's going to tank now because |
| 569s | that's a lot of DPS removed for the |
| 571s | typing being gone if they get one lucky |
| 572s | volley he'll probably rip him right |
| 574s | through a structure but at the moment he |
| 576s | is actually gaining Shield the Scimitar |
| 577s | is doing amazing work of Rick Ross he's |
| 579s | doing music a beautiful work keeping him |
| 580s | alive |
| 581s | so I suspect this storm bringer may just |
| 583s | stay alive |
| 585s | so hold on |
| 586s | battleships again opting for a full |
| 589s | spread of damage drones seen some more |
| 591s | heavy drones than what's coming in from |
| 592s | the EM side here right now |
| 594s | um not really large something you would |
| 596s | maybe expect to support something like a |
| 598s | solo logic like a scimitar but it looks |
| 600s | like dark side was quite confident in |
| 601s | her hiding skills here obtaining more |
| 603s | for the damage and just helping secure |
| 604s | those low end kills pretty quickly with |
| 606s | the combination of the rap about the |
| 609s | jackdaws also just been absolutely |
| 610s | awesome like long range snipe ships with |
| 612s | those light missiles and then just |
| 614s | having all that utility getting from all |
| 616s | those drones as well just Target Choice |
| 619s | um absolutely fantastic here for |
| 621s | Darkseid just be able to shoot it |
| 622s | anything they wanted I was watching the |
| 624s | typing Fleet of uh Debs or Debs or I |
| 627s | can't pronounce that name and they kind |
| 628s | of just burnt up to one of these |
| 629s | jackdaws and I don't know if they've |
| 631s | even got any real application besides a |
| 632s | newt I see a new being applied to the |
| 634s | jacket but nothing else so don't know |
| 636s | what's going on with that I think he |
| 637s | just tried to solo PVP at jackdore and |
| 638s | uh found that he didn't have the tools |
| 640s | to make that work but he is now the last |
| 641s | member of his team so fortunately uh |
| 643s | Alexis Matari kind of uh I don't know I |
| 645s | think they brought a knife to a gunfight |
| 647s | here because Dark Side brought the |
| 649s | perfect coating tools to just ruin their |
| 650s | triple Battleship dreams |
| 652s | I don't think we actually mentioned it |
| 654s | because the chat went a bit quickly but |
| 655s | that was actually a flagship bar I guess |
| 657s | we just sort of go down on Em's side |
| 660s | that is correct |
| 662s | it was a flex yeah |
| 665s | I would just see oh deeps do uh mjd |
| 667s | there 120 kilometers still safe within |
| 669s | the arena just make sure he turns around |
| 671s | because you've got to go for the honor |
| 672s | boundary he left |
| 674s | right thank you very much bataro you |
| 676s | guys had an amazing fight but |
| 678s | unfortunately Darkseid have Come Away |
| 679s | with the win and with that we'll go back |
| 681s | to the studio |
| 687s | [Music] |
| 694s | thank you |
| 708s | guys stop being casual they're really |
| 710s | bad we should not lose anybody to this |
| 712s | warp off warp off take the fleet warp |
| 715s | everybody warp off this is a really |
| 716s | really bad it actually very disappointed |
| 725s | [Music] |
| 731s | [Music] |
| 735s | crash our enemies your temps are |
| 738s | completely damned out Crush I'm dumped |
| 740s | out I'm downtown you don't like |
| 741s | Champions boys again |
| 749s | I'm jammed |
| 768s | Darkseid taking the victory over Alex |
| 771s | cemetery and unfortunately our Minotaur |
| 774s | role-playing contingent have now been |
| 775s | eliminated from The Minotaur Republic |
| 778s | sponsored Alliance tournament 07 to them |
| 781s | it didn't end well they lost their |
| 783s | Flagship Bargas as well a armored |
| 785s | torpedo bar guest and we don't normally |
| 787s | see armor bar guests that can be used of |
| 789s | course it has plenty of valid use cases |
| 791s | but Torpedoes as well uh Mr come out we |
| 794s | were talking about during the match good |
| 796s | ship has a lot of use but it really |
| 798s | needs a strong support Wing in order to |
| 800s | make more shoes out of it tell me about |
| 802s | that yeah so I suppose we don't really |
| 804s | see Torpedoes too much in the tournament |
| 806s | because they are a little bit more |
| 808s | difficult to use than your rapid heavy |
| 809s | missile launcher systems which we do see |
| 812s | quite commonly due to just the amount of |
| 814s | projection and burst damage that you can |
| 815s | get out of them but if you know that |
| 817s | you're going into Battleship setups as |
| 820s | we've seen commonly within this |
| 821s | tournament or a rush setup where they |
| 823s | have to be in range review Torpedoes can |
| 825s | actually be quite effective the issue |
| 826s | that we saw here is that they brought |
| 828s | three to torpedo battleships into a |
| 830s | kiting setup and didn't really have the |
| 833s | support Wing that allowed them to pin |
| 834s | down these kiting ships which meant that |
| 836s | their weapon systems were effectively |
| 837s | useless apart from against the Bargas |
| 840s | which they did manage to tackle and pin |
| 842s | down we also saw it took actually quite |
| 844s | a while for it to die because they had |
| 845s | to get into range of it and again that |
| 847s | leans on the fact that if you don't have |
| 849s | a strong support Wing then you can be |
| 851s | screened off and separated quite easily |
| 853s | and that will have again an impact on |
| 855s | how fast you can actually go through the |
| 856s | enemy team when you do manage to pin |
| 858s | something down so I suppose I would have |
| 861s | liked to see I've seen things like a |
| 863s | perhaps a hugin or a hyena they both |
| 866s | have stronger web range bonuses than the |
| 868s | visual Fleet and the ashimu and they're |
| 870s | also able to help with application which |
| 872s | is very important for Torpedoes using |
| 875s | their target picture bonuses so I think |
| 877s | yeah there are a few things they could |
| 878s | have done a little bit better to enable |
| 880s | their setup a bit more but I mean it was |
| 882s | a good attempt I think it's quite |
| 883s | interesting to see Torpedoes in that |
| 885s | tournament setting yeah I'm a big fan of |
| 887s | them just because like the huge amounts |
| 888s | of DPA yes if you get it right sometimes |
| 890s | we see bombers being used in comps |
| 893s | because obso they have to repeat the DPS |
| 894s | so a lot of DPS but if you have |
| 896s | something to help you apply now also |
| 899s | Bart we saw a whole bunch of guidance |
| 901s | disruptors coming across those ships and |
| 902s | that seemed to have a big impact on them |
| 904s | as well like why |
| 906s | uh well you know we've talked about it a |
| 908s | couple a little bit we talked about it |
| 910s | yesterday's some and I think this is |
| 911s | maybe one of the first games we actually |
| 913s | saw a lot of guy instructor usage and I |
| 915s | believe it was from the jackdaws and |
| 917s | probably the stormbringer uh and putting |
| 919s | those on torpedo ships which already you |
| 922s | know traditionally have such low range |
| 923s | and such low application means that |
| 925s | their range is even lower and their |
| 927s | application is even lower and I think |
| 928s | specifically we saw that the flag |
| 930s | bargist was guidance disrupted so much |
| 932s | that it couldn't apply damage because it |
| 934s | got tackled like it was pretty close it |
| 936s | was like maybe 25 kilometers off but it |
| 939s | was guidance disrupted to the point |
| 940s | where its missiles were probably like 10 |
| 942s | kilometers 15 and so when it finally got |
| 944s | in |
| 945s | um Alex Matari was finally able to get a |
| 947s | kill on the board and it was their only |
| 948s | kill and then they were done so very |
| 950s | very effective module uh used very |
| 952s | effectively and it I mean it worked like |
| 955s | atari's gone very sad there you go it |
| 958s | worked uh so yeah O7 to Alexa batari I |
| 961s | will see you next year for Alliance |
| 962s | tournament 19 confirmed |
| 965s | um now uh before we look at our next |
| 966s | match let's talk uh let's just check in |
| 968s | with Jin tan as he takes us through an |
| 970s | interview with the captain of Arcos core |
| 973s | hello and welcome first of all can you |
| 975s | just introduce yourself to the audience |
| 977s | please we are our Coast core I'm Nova |
| 980s | the CEO I'm joined by Western our |
| 982s | captain for the alliance tournament team |
| 983s | until he's our buddy and the corpse CEO |
| 986s | here we're essentially a small group of |
| 988s | null suckers whether or not we are |
| 991s | holding solve in the past we've lived in |
| 993s | non-solve areas of nullsack as well as |
| 995s | soft nilsek uh at the moment we're kind |
| 997s | of space hobos We Exist wherever we can |
| 999s | but in general we live in the galactic |
| 1001s | North and so therefore we have a history |
| 1004s | of being evicted by groups like |
| 1005s | fraternity and whatnot but yeah we're |
| 1007s | mostly small nanogangers and we filament |
| 1009s | around we show up to help buddies around |
| 1011s | new Eden |
| 1013s | um we do not have many blues and we're |
| 1015s | passionately anti-block so we typically |
| 1017s | show up to help groups of buddies who |
| 1018s | are also like-minded small gang pppers |
| 1021s | like ourselves if someone was to run |
| 1022s | into you on Tranquility what could they |
| 1024s | expect to happen they're probably |
| 1026s | Landing in a bubble and what would you |
| 1028s | normally be fighting them with probably |
| 1030s | anywhere between two to five guys |
| 1033s | um occasionally a couple more when we |
| 1034s | have a few buddies around but it's |
| 1036s | almost always ships that go above 2K 2.5 |
| 1039s | k we like to keep it fast and low keys |
| 1043s | and low-keys definitely so what's our |
| 1046s | cost course competitive history |
| 1048s | aquascore specifically doesn't have any |
| 1050s | history and Elon Stoneman is something |
| 1052s | we've always been really Keen about |
| 1054s | getting involved with uh we have uh |
| 1057s | joined forces somewhat with a couple |
| 1059s | guys who have been |
| 1060s | um in Alliance tournaments before uh and |
| 1063s | I can't recall how far they have |
| 1065s | actually gone themselves but they they |
| 1067s | have some limited experience more than |
| 1069s | us basically we're just really excited |
| 1071s | to cut our teeth on this and see how far |
| 1073s | we can make it |
| 1075s | what do you think is going to give your |
| 1076s | team an edge over the rest of the field |
| 1078s | I think |
| 1080s | we have kind of looked at this with a |
| 1082s | fresh perspective like we've taken the |
| 1085s | meta into account but we've also been |
| 1086s | trying to come up with our own ideas and |
| 1088s | and tweak uh existing ideas so we're not |
| 1091s | quite uh as integrated into the existing |
| 1093s | meta as a lot of other teams like we |
| 1096s | haven't been doing this for years and |
| 1098s | and just kind of going through the |
| 1100s | motions we're really trying to come at |
| 1101s | this with uh yeah fresh out of eyes and |
| 1104s | see what we can do |
| 1106s | also a lot of the people that we're |
| 1107s | bringing in to help us out for the |
| 1109s | tournament are people who have many many |
| 1111s | years of experience like have been |
| 1113s | playing for nearly 20 years know a lot |
| 1115s | of the other teams we have some good |
| 1117s | connections good information and some |
| 1119s | pretty interesting preparation in |
| 1121s | addition to that fresh perspective that |
| 1123s | veston was mentioning |
| 1125s | your MO is an anti-block organization |
| 1127s | what are your thoughts on your first |
| 1129s | round opponents pandemic horde I am |
| 1133s | personally very excited for this given |
| 1135s | that they have the second coolest |
| 1137s | Flagship pick in the Paladin so that's |
| 1139s | going to be a pretty interesting uh way |
| 1141s | to start off the tournament but again |
| 1143s | we're our whole our whole background is |
| 1145s | fighting blocks so I think it's pretty |
| 1147s | uh indicative of something at least that |
| 1150s | we'll uh be playing them in the first |
| 1151s | round I think that will go pretty well |
| 1153s | for us and uh we're hoping on you know |
| 1156s | to move our way from there and be you |
| 1158s | know teams that we expect to see in |
| 1159s | further rounds as well |
| 1161s | all right do you have any other comments |
| 1163s | you'd like to make to round out this |
| 1164s | interview uh Arcos core is recruiting |
| 1168s | we most certainly are come join us uh |
| 1171s | fight the blocks make the lifestyle and |
| 1172s | just have a good time |
| 1174s | otherwise I also kind of want to give a |
| 1176s | shout out we have like multiple members |
| 1178s | who at the moment because of internet |
| 1179s | crackdowns in various countries are kind |
| 1182s | of unable to access the game so I want |
| 1184s | to give a shout out to people who are |
| 1186s | hopefully staying safe otherwise can't |
| 1188s | be participating in the way that they |
| 1189s | would like to yeah shout out to those |
| 1190s | people |
| 1193s | thanks gentan for that interview with |
| 1195s | the captain of Arcos core now that match |
| 1197s | is just coming up right now Rook Capell |
| 1199s | versus Arcos score and again these are |
| 1201s | elimination matches so Arcos score you |
| 1203s | know they have to win this if they want |
| 1204s | to stay in wrote Capel same for them |
| 1206s | wrote capella Crush yesterday had a |
| 1208s | tough match against we form Volta uh so |
| 1210s | you know no shame in losing to that team |
| 1212s | is a great team uh but let's look at the |
| 1214s | bands for this match coming up rook |
| 1215s | Capel versus arkos core |
| 1219s | okay so Rook Capel uh Banning out the |
| 1222s | Scimitar Blackbird and Loki so they |
| 1224s | don't see any ECM here they don't want |
| 1225s | to see long-range webs and they don't |
| 1226s | want to see that Shield Katie uh |
| 1228s | Logistics ship Archos core Banning out |
| 1231s | the curse the Armageddon navigation the |
| 1233s | bar guest uh Blackberry pirate what's |
| 1235s | your thoughts here uh you know we're |
| 1237s | kind of seeing the same like set of |
| 1238s | bands from some of these teams with this |
| 1240s | this curse and Armageddon Navy issue set |
| 1242s | up so |
| 1243s | um not particularly unique I almost |
| 1244s | think it's like kind of to this point of |
| 1246s | they think that they're very strong |
| 1248s | ships and therefore they just don't want |
| 1250s | to see them uh the rockapel team you |
| 1253s | know sort of same situation you go to |
| 1254s | the Scimitar and you kind of get rid of |
| 1256s | a lot of these kaidi setups um we really |
| 1258s | haven't seen a lot of blackbirds yet so |
| 1259s | they maybe they know something that we |
| 1261s | don't that uh ECM is actually still very |
| 1264s | much secret sauce and in the game uh and |
| 1267s | the Loki band |
| 1268s | um I'm still kind of questioning it |
| 1269s | we've talked about the the Nighthawk |
| 1271s | Loki rush but I don't really think |
| 1272s | that's a thing anymore so I don't know |
| 1274s | it's uh kind of interesting I think rote |
| 1276s | doesn't want to be kited and Arcos |
| 1278s | doesn't want to be nuded but beyond that |
| 1279s | like who does want to be kited and |
| 1281s | neuted right yeah I mean it's a valid |
| 1284s | point I just love seeing the uh Rook |
| 1286s | valve at 93 pilots fly with them over |
| 1288s | the years there's just been such a long |
| 1289s | history uh like a story history in the |
| 1292s | alliance tournament like I remember |
| 1293s | watching live streaming you know 10 |
| 1295s | years ago on and Rook Capel being |
| 1297s | present and just always being like this |
| 1299s | consistent team in the alliance |
| 1300s | tournament so I'm always happy to see |
| 1302s | them I'm always I'm a mad bizell spammer |
| 1305s | um in uh in twitch chat I will spam that |
| 1306s | madamazel to support wrote Capel |
| 1309s | um and all of you are supporting Rook |
| 1310s | Capel as well by the looks of it and 90 |
| 1312s | of you voting for uh wrote Capell with |
| 1315s | your channel points that's a lot of |
| 1316s | Channel points 1.4 million of them on |
| 1318s | Road Coppell right now so you're a |
| 1320s | return if you vote for Arcos score and |
| 1322s | you win could be catastrophically huge |
| 1324s | uh mystical mate uh would you be putting |
| 1327s | your points on Arcos score here yeah |
| 1328s | absolutely yeah it seems like easy |
| 1330s | points to me you know uh what's the uh |
| 1334s | Point exchange rate on here at the |
| 1335s | moment how many do you get back if you |
| 1336s | win I think um so if you bet an Arcos |
| 1339s | score currently of going up to 12 so |
| 1341s | propaganda is working here |
| 1343s | um then the points for the on-rook Capel |
| 1345s | are split between all the people who |
| 1346s | vote for Arcos score and it depends how |
| 1349s | much you you vote so if you put 1 000 |
| 1351s | Channel points and your body does 2 000 |
| 1352s | then he gets twice as much back as you |
| 1354s | so you should put all your channel |
| 1355s | points on at any one time I would say |
| 1357s | don't take my word as any investment |
| 1359s | advice with your channel points so for |
| 1361s | the people that may have you know for |
| 1363s | the two percent that we just saw jump up |
| 1364s | there |
| 1365s | you're probably going to lose those but |
| 1368s | you know it's worth the risk I think |
| 1371s | yeah I mean it's still going up yeah 13 |
| 1373s | hat lucky number 13. so yeah make sure |
| 1375s | you keep spamming all those points uh |
| 1377s | bring yourself some cool skins uh I |
| 1379s | don't know if there's some more uh |
| 1381s | things you can win later on at this |
| 1382s | channel points but we'll certainly let |
| 1384s | you know if there are |
| 1385s | um I think we're almost ready to go to |
| 1387s | the arena I'm just waiting to get |
| 1388s | confirmation the teams are on grid and |
| 1390s | then we'll be able to hand over to that |
| 1393s | um Mr come out although the points say |
| 1395s | put points on our course who do you |
| 1396s | think it's going to win this one |
| 1398s | so I'm gonna lean towards rotcapel |
| 1402s | simply because of their tournament |
| 1403s | pedigree |
| 1404s | um knowing a bit about the actual pilots |
| 1406s | on the team knowing how they are how |
| 1408s | they fly |
| 1409s | um I think that they may be able to |
| 1411s | salvage the fact that they are in the |
| 1412s | lower bracket and make a decent run of |
| 1414s | it but having listened to the interview |
| 1416s | from Arcos score hearing about they want |
| 1418s | to try and bring a new Fresh perspective |
| 1420s | to the alliance tournament as a team |
| 1422s | that hasn't necessarily |
| 1424s | been going through the motions of just |
| 1425s | attending each year because it's |
| 1427s | something that they've done before you |
| 1428s | know |
| 1429s | the Underdog Story side of me kind of |
| 1431s | wants them to do well and surprise us |
| 1434s | um so I'm gonna lean wrote Capell with |
| 1435s | my brain and I'll lean Arcos score with |
| 1438s | my heart okay well it's time to find out |
| 1440s | if it's the brain of the heart as we go |
| 1442s | to the arena for root Capel versus Arcos |
| 1443s | core |
| 1449s | and welcome to the arena of pearl versus |
| 1451s | arca's core and my favorite ship is on |
| 1453s | the grid and I am sad because it is |
| 1455s | about to be kited to death by Road as we |
| 1457s | get a Vindicator and lecheck on grid |
| 1459s | versus heavy missile Nighthawk kiting |
| 1461s | comp I believe unless I've missed |
| 1463s | something |
| 1464s | uh what do you think about this one Zoo |
| 1466s | um interesting to see all the shack the |
| 1468s | Shacks can always be interesting in the |
| 1469s | shack tank tomorrow an armor control |
| 1470s | setup but obviously the Blackbird we saw |
| 1472s | being banned here um can't find going |
| 1474s | down so normally show The Shack being in |
| 1476s | the top heavy comp with a lot more |
| 1477s | control stipulation around it but we're |
| 1479s | seeing with a Vindicator and the |
| 1480s | sacrilege here |
| 1481s | um not so much of the Mina but seems |
| 1483s | like a weird mix between some kind of |
| 1485s | Rush armor team not really sure if |
| 1488s | there's much Direction on that comp but |
| 1490s | loving the mono minnow here uh kaldari |
| 1492s | with the sky breaker on roadside |
| 1495s | oh yeah and qadari missiles are going to |
| 1497s | be a hard thing to catch they're pretty |
| 1499s | much uh Arcus core put all their eggs |
| 1500s | into The Vindicator The Shack basket |
| 1502s | it's usually a very potent combo but |
| 1503s | when you can't catch your targets it |
| 1505s | becomes almost a liability and those are |
| 1508s | hams we have on The Nighthawks and the |
| 1509s | direct navies are they really yes |
| 1513s | they look like Heavies okay they're all |
| 1515s | good they're going right in for that |
| 1516s | bendy so I mean if they if those are |
| 1517s | heavy is they're doing it wrong but |
| 1518s | they're doing it right for going for |
| 1520s | their Divinity absolutely smashing in |
| 1521s | there once again we're seeing just an |
| 1522s | enormous amount of uh rep uh DPS spots |
| 1525s | going up we're splitting the damage onto |
| 1526s | the Thalia of magic right now so good |
| 1528s | tactics here coming from rote you |
| 1530s | putting that light drones off the |
| 1531s | perfect application onto the freed while |
| 1532s | focusing their actual heavy DPS top end |
| 1535s | DPS on that Vindicator absolutely Shady |
| 1537s | man if any kid is still going to have |
| 1538s | some Hull here but he's sure to go down |
| 1540s | yep he's gonna go down quick my favorite |
| 1541s | ship no not only is my favorite ship |
| 1543s | dead I've made the wrong call ah looks |
| 1546s | like there's a going for the caracal |
| 1547s | Navy with a little Shack |
| 1549s | um well Shack in his own stores a lot of |
| 1551s | DPS but now they're kind of on a timer |
| 1553s | here because they're going to get ripped |
| 1554s | apart remarkably quickly well off Note |
| 1556s | these character Navy issues are also |
| 1557s | hand fit normally you would see them |
| 1559s | going um the light uh missile launcher |
| 1562s | rapid lights but the uh Osprey Navy also |
| 1564s | have so full hams here from Road Coppell |
| 1566s | they're just all in on that ridiculous |
| 1569s | amount of damage they will lose one |
| 1570s | character Navy issue there but they're |
| 1571s | going to be shredding The Shack as well |
| 1573s | um the authors as well going in for the |
| 1575s | hams um just absolutely Shredder damage |
| 1578s | coming out of here not giving much |
| 1580s | chance for Arcus Corey here to actually |
| 1582s | get anything back |
| 1584s | yeah I don't think about ham comps is |
| 1585s | that there is no stopping it there is no |
| 1587s | reloads there are no breaks there are no |
| 1589s | brakes on this train at all as they just |
| 1591s | remove the entire top end of Arc is cool |
| 1593s | and at that point that's game like this |
| 1595s | what can they do now all their heavy |
| 1597s | stuff is gone we've got a support Wing |
| 1599s | that can't really do anything has no |
| 1600s | teeth so ravoda wrote for the uh the ham |
| 1604s | Rush that I didn't see coming |
| 1605s | yeah uh normally the downside to |
| 1607s | something like Nighthawks or being |
| 1608s | kinetic locked you know especially when |
| 1610s | you're going against the armor team you |
| 1611s | always run at risk especially with |
| 1613s | reactive armor hardness has been one of |
| 1615s | the most common modules when you're |
| 1616s | running an armor team and then just |
| 1618s | having all kinetic you just end up |
| 1619s | getting quite a dilemma like do you |
| 1620s | shift to low end damage do you keep that |
| 1622s | kinetic because you're bonus as the moon |
| 1623s | goes down there but with this Drake and |
| 1625s | every issue the author is the Osprey |
| 1627s | caracal Navy issues wrote isn't actually |
| 1629s | facing an issue they have all the damage |
| 1631s | choices in the World to shoot whatever |
| 1633s | they want and just finding all the holes |
| 1635s | in this comp right now and they just |
| 1636s | keep stabbing at Arkansas |
| 1638s | yeah this is very unfortunate looks like |
| 1640s | those who bet on Arcus core hoping for a |
| 1642s | big payday are about to be disappointed |
| 1643s | they probably expected to be |
| 1645s | as uh yeah they're just going to pull |
| 1647s | apart one ship at a time and look you |
| 1648s | see they're even struggling to try and |
| 1649s | kill his character I think the Osprey is |
| 1651s | honestly either not repping everything |
| 1652s | he's got or he had got very little reps |
| 1655s | to begin with because this carico Navy |
| 1657s | is holding perfectly |
| 1659s | unfortunately um Arcos score really had |
| 1661s | nothing to really Reach Out And Touch |
| 1663s | that Osprey right now with a whole |
| 1664s | hammerer screening you off making sure |
| 1666s | that nothing can reach you the best tip |
| 1668s | to be in a position to have touched it |
| 1669s | would have been a Le Shack but |
| 1671s | um that would have just been one DBS |
| 1673s | ridiculous amount of DPS coming through |
| 1675s | from uh the shack obviously but Osprey |
| 1677s | just comfortably he's not even pausing |
| 1679s | his prop mod he's just drifting around |
| 1681s | having the time of his life |
| 1685s | yeah let's see what's going to happen |
| 1687s | now obviously it's just going to be a |
| 1689s | complete Slaughter but honestly it's |
| 1691s | like you you bring an armor Rush com you |
| 1693s | think okay we're gonna win this and you |
| 1694s | see this comp and if they had more time |
| 1695s | than I did look at it they would have |
| 1696s | gone hey it's a hand Rush too we can win |
| 1698s | this and then you realize no you really |
| 1699s | can't they if you look to the bar at the |
| 1701s | side of the match rookie pill actually |
| 1703s | had a bigger attack bar than Arcus core |
| 1705s | and Arcus core brought the windy they |
| 1707s | should win right it's windicator right I |
| 1709s | don't know I feel like there was just a |
| 1710s | total mismatch coming through an Arcus |
| 1711s | course side Unfortunately they had |
| 1713s | another Shack cool a Vindicator blasters |
| 1715s | wants to get close sacrilege kind of |
| 1717s | fits into that but I think the namunan |
| 1719s | was actually |
| 1720s | um light missile fit or something like |
| 1722s | that uh rapid lights not too sure have |
| 1724s | to confirm about that |
| 1726s | um but it just seemed like such a |
| 1727s | mismatch that we're having there it |
| 1729s | seemed more like a kitchen sink armor |
| 1730s | Fleet to me unfortunately |
| 1734s | yeah Paul scarpick is now being uh |
| 1736s | chased also not mean Chase he's actually |
| 1738s | been tackled so he's now going to die |
| 1739s | painfully but yeah I think this is going |
| 1741s | to be a near clean sweeper route they |
| 1743s | would have uh if they didn't lost the |
| 1745s | Navy we've been a complete clean sweep |
| 1747s | it looks like the characters of all |
| 1749s | things clean sweep stars for winners |
| 1751s | Road capells in the losers bracket so |
| 1753s | just showing that they're not not |
| 1755s | perfect |
| 1757s | no one is and with that Last Ship |
| 1758s | destroyed Rogue comes home with a uh all |
| 1760s | single loss but with that we'll head |
| 1762s | back to studio and see what they think |
| 1767s | [Music] |
| 1783s | thank you |
| 1787s | Yeah we actually lost a bet as CCP |
| 1790s | collectively so that's why that Alliance |
| 1792s | logo is in the game of course you could |
| 1794s | change your alliance by leaving but that |
| 1795s | would be kind of a jerk move oh you |
| 1798s | don't like it now just leave this logo |
| 1800s | sucks I'm gonna go join |
| 1808s | [Music] |
| 1811s | thank you |
| 1817s | welcome to leave Pandora |
| 1844s | [Music] |
| 1849s | Rook Capell there with their take on a |
| 1851s | kaldari rush uh just dunking all over a |
| 1854s | Vindicator right there and then wiping |
| 1856s | up the rest of the Arcos core team and |
| 1858s | unfortunately we do say goodbye to them |
| 1860s | as this was an elimination match so they |
| 1861s | are out of the tournament uh for those |
| 1863s | of you who took uh your uh points |
| 1866s | investment advice from mystical might |
| 1868s | over here |
| 1869s | um we can only apologize uh as all your |
| 1871s | points uh have now vanished so perhaps |
| 1874s | we don't listen to Mystical might |
| 1875s | anymore in the future all right |
| 1877s | um could they have done anything |
| 1878s | different there I mean at first we |
| 1880s | thought maybe this is going to be a |
| 1880s | kiting team uh brought by Rock Capell |
| 1882s | but then they just barreled in hams to |
| 1884s | the face you know what could the what |
| 1887s | could Arcos have done there I feel like |
| 1889s | there was an opportunity |
| 1890s | um I I think that Vindicator actually |
| 1892s | dropped maybe a little faster than we |
| 1893s | usually see and that's kind of the |
| 1895s | that's the fault of frigate Logie right |
| 1897s | versus using something like a kind of |
| 1899s | neros maybe that would have helped I do |
| 1901s | think there was like actually almost |
| 1902s | zero screening on the Arcos core side so |
| 1905s | like if they had pushed out and maybe |
| 1907s | caught some of those uh you know heavy |
| 1909s | assault missile ships which have a |
| 1910s | relatively short range |
| 1912s | um slowed it down given that Vindicator |
| 1914s | time to live given that LE Shack time to |
| 1915s | ramp up on some targets because all you |
| 1917s | really got to do is take like two or |
| 1918s | three of those calorie Rush ships down |
| 1920s | and now you can actually win uh they |
| 1923s | didn't do that they took a single Navy |
| 1925s | caracal down which |
| 1927s | not quite as much as what you want to |
| 1929s | get done I mean you shouldn't trade a |
| 1931s | Vindicator for Navy caracal ever and you |
| 1932s | shouldn't trade your entire team for a |
| 1934s | Navy caracal ever uh but it is |
| 1936s | unfortunate |
| 1937s | um especially after that like interview |
| 1938s | where you're kind of like oh yeah these |
| 1940s | guys are this is going to be awesome you |
| 1941s | know they're gonna they've got a lot of |
| 1943s | heart they're gonna get this done but uh |
| 1944s | you know like Misty said uh the heart |
| 1946s | doesn't beat the brain yeah I mean you |
| 1949s | know really anyone betting should really |
| 1950s | follow my my brain and not my heart so |
| 1953s | all right follow your brain cool |
| 1956s | um so we bar you touched on a little bit |
| 1958s | there about |
| 1959s | um about |
| 1961s | um uh production of uh uh Logistics |
| 1964s | Cruisers versus Logistics frigates uh |
| 1967s | can you just elaborate a little bit on |
| 1968s | the differences there uh sure I mean you |
| 1970s | know besides like the obvious ones which |
| 1972s | is that one in our frigates than the |
| 1974s | other is Cruisers uh case people are you |
| 1976s | know newish to Eve online actually |
| 1978s | correct that is correct uh you can |
| 1980s | there's there's a whole set of different |
| 1981s | like little rules in the alliance |
| 1982s | tournament um so you can't fit remote |
| 1985s | reps on any ships besides religious ship |
| 1988s | on top of that you can only either have |
| 1991s | one Logistics Cruiser or two Logistics |
| 1993s | frigates so that's why we don't see like |
| 1995s | a team bringing Trio neuroses and |
| 1997s | several other ships and it's like haha |
| 1998s | you can't defeat me uh generally |
| 2002s | most of the time depending on weird fits |
| 2005s | the tech 2 Logistics Cruiser will rep |
| 2007s | significantly more than two tech one |
| 2009s | Logistics frigates and on top of that |
| 2011s | they have a much farther rep range and |
| 2013s | that's kind of the big thing is that |
| 2014s | anyone who's phone Logistics Cruisers |
| 2015s | knows that you have to be like pretty |
| 2017s | dang close to your target to actually |
| 2019s | get your full amount of reps on them |
| 2020s | especially with you know rep fall off |
| 2022s | and such which puts you in the danger |
| 2023s | zone and the zone of danger is not |
| 2025s | somewhere that you want to have your |
| 2028s | Logistics ever everyone who's done any |
| 2030s | PVP on uh like just regular the game |
| 2033s | knows that so having two Logistics |
| 2037s | frigates in the middle of a rush not |
| 2040s | smart uh they may be would have lived |
| 2042s | with the neros but I don't I don't know |
| 2044s | I feel like that Vindicator died really |
| 2046s | fast it did there's a lot of damage |
| 2047s | coming from those uh those handmade |
| 2049s | talks we also saw Arcos score Fielding |
| 2051s | uh I think it may be the first munin of |
| 2053s | Alliance sermon 18 along with the |
| 2055s | sacrilege of course used to be this uh |
| 2057s | pretty op uh like artillery ship and now |
| 2060s | CCP Roar has come in with a very Hefty |
| 2062s | Nerf bat just got it right into the |
| 2064s | sacrilege window and it's now a ham chip |
| 2067s | basically mystical mate do you think |
| 2069s | we'll see a bunch of them this |
| 2070s | tournament yeah I think perhaps not |
| 2072s | necessarily enough but I'm more like a |
| 2073s | wood chipper and then reconstructed it |
| 2075s | completely differently to what it was |
| 2077s | before |
| 2078s | um I think they're they're not that bad |
| 2080s | to be honest they have the dual tank |
| 2082s | bonus now so I think they get three |
| 2084s | percent uh three percent per level to |
| 2086s | both shield and armor resistance which |
| 2088s | means that they're fairly flexible in |
| 2089s | the types of setups you can fit them |
| 2090s | into they're decent ham damage so if |
| 2094s | you're doing a rush setup then they're |
| 2096s | not necessarily a bad choice I mean the |
| 2098s | servers now get say range bonus to hams |
| 2100s | so if you were thinking about which hack |
| 2102s | to bring to a rush setup maybe the |
| 2104s | service is better it depends entirely on |
| 2106s | what you're going for but I don't think |
| 2108s | we'll see too many hacks in general in |
| 2111s | the tournament simply because of the |
| 2112s | points that people need to invest into |
| 2114s | them whereas we've seen a lot of the |
| 2116s | faction Cruiser variants coming in |
| 2118s | because they're also |
| 2119s | they've been improved you know |
| 2121s | especially the Navy caracal |
| 2123s | um does a lot of damage and you can |
| 2125s | bring more of them because they're |
| 2126s | cheaper so mystical mate they're with |
| 2128s | more advice on how to invest your points |
| 2131s | uh so I'm going to take that with the |
| 2133s | solid pinch of salt and just ignore |
| 2135s | everything that you say do you know |
| 2137s | where these ships look best though they |
| 2139s | look best in the new upwell hangers so |
| 2140s | let's check in with CC Benson and learn |
| 2142s | some more about that |
| 2144s | foreign |
| 2150s | we decided to visually after the Apple |
| 2153s | hangers |
| 2154s | because it's a place that players spend |
| 2157s | a lot of time in it's also an |
| 2159s | environment for us to try out new things |
| 2161s | because they're kind of content in this |
| 2163s | Hangar environment so we used it to push |
| 2166s | a lot of new tech stuff that is giving |
| 2170s | us a lot of possibilities in the future |
| 2173s | the main part also that we wanted to |
| 2175s | emphasize is the scale of the game so |
| 2179s | within the hangers there is this main |
| 2181s | hall and in that one for the first time |
| 2184s | now we have multiple |
| 2186s | placements for ships which gives players |
| 2190s | a sense of scale between the ships also |
| 2193s | to be able to you know see what ships |
| 2197s | they have in their hunger inventory |
| 2198s | before I would have been like why would |
| 2201s | I want to talk in a hangar you know now |
| 2203s | I'm like why would I ever want to leave |
| 2204s | the hanger it's it's amazing it's uh |
| 2206s | it's way more visceral way more like |
| 2210s | interesting as you just you're able to |
| 2212s | like swap between ships and it'll fly |
| 2214s | through the hangar get the boosters |
| 2217s | going off and then actually taking off |
| 2220s | if you uh and there's actually a couple |
| 2223s | different like ways uh or like West for |
| 2226s | you to play with your ship kind of uh so |
| 2229s | you can hit cancel and if you hit cancel |
| 2230s | in the first second then the shift will |
| 2232s | go and then all the lights and all the |
| 2235s | stuff is going on and I think it's kind |
| 2236s | of taking off but if you hit cancel then |
| 2238s | go back down like oh |
| 2240s | if you cancel just like two seconds in |
| 2243s | uh then it'll actually take off and |
| 2245s | it'll do a little fly around the hangar |
| 2247s | which is really really sweet so you |
| 2249s | actually get to fly around in hangers a |
| 2252s | little bit and if you do cancel after |
| 2256s | the third second then well you're not |
| 2258s | canceling you're you're taking you made |
| 2260s | the decision you know you lost a chance |
| 2261s | you're going out |
| 2270s | there you are the new hangers they look |
| 2272s | absolutely incredible just so good when |
| 2274s | I first saw them I just was blown away |
| 2276s | by just the the ambience and just like |
| 2279s | being able to switch between ships and |
| 2280s | having the camera just zoom around I |
| 2282s | spent quite a long time just looking at |
| 2283s | my ships in my hangar |
| 2285s | um and I assume you guys have done the |
| 2287s | same thing it just looks incredible |
| 2289s | um like yeah I don't even have words to |
| 2292s | describe how cool they look uh great job |
| 2294s | CCP well done |
| 2296s | um let's look forward to our next match |
| 2297s | because it's gonna be a very exciting |
| 2298s | one it's gonna be between two teams with |
| 2300s | a long histories in the alliance |
| 2302s | tournament a long history on TQ as well |
| 2304s | doing lots of cool and interesting |
| 2306s | things it's gonna be a band apart versus |
| 2308s | pandemic Legion so let's see what the |
| 2310s | bands are for this match coming up |
| 2316s | okay a band apart Banning out the |
| 2318s | Nighthawk the Kieran and the curse |
| 2320s | pandemic Legion Banning out the balgar |
| 2322s | and the EOS and the Gila Blackbird |
| 2324s | pirate uh interesting sets of bands here |
| 2326s | what do you make about this Kieran ban |
| 2328s | yeah I was gonna say I think that is the |
| 2330s | first time we've seen a Kieran get |
| 2332s | banned uh obviously it is a shield |
| 2334s | Logistics frigate um in the shield side |
| 2337s | of things uh you kind of need a Kirin in |
| 2341s | most situations for a lot of these sort |
| 2343s | of modern kaldari rushes and like the |
| 2345s | Minotaur rushes just because many of the |
| 2348s | ships that you're rushing with like |
| 2349s | you're trying to get as much damage in |
| 2350s | as possible so you're using a lot of |
| 2352s | Cruisers and battle Cruisers so I think |
| 2354s | Banning both a Nighthawk and akirin is a |
| 2357s | pretty solid way to at least like |
| 2360s | significantly weaken the kaldari rush |
| 2362s | um |
| 2363s | very interesting I think though it |
| 2365s | really does say hey please don't rush us |
| 2367s | and I'm wondering if pandemic Legion is |
| 2369s | going to be able to pick up on that well |
| 2371s | I mean if any team can pick up on uh |
| 2373s | Banning meta being developed it's |
| 2375s | probably going to be the pandemic Legion |
| 2376s | team uh one of the most historic teams |
| 2379s | in the alliance tournament some absolute |
| 2380s | Giga brains uh in that team and in that |
| 2383s | Alliance uh incredible amount of |
| 2384s | wrinkles uh over there and look 108 |
| 2387s | Pilots over the years have flown with |
| 2389s | pandemic Legion of course we mentioned |
| 2391s | yesterday they've not had as much |
| 2392s | success as maybe they would have hoped |
| 2393s | to in previous tournaments but it's you |
| 2396s | know it's worth mentioning this is the |
| 2397s | most successful team in the history of |
| 2399s | the alliance tournament like there's no |
| 2401s | one else that even has five they have |
| 2403s | five wins I think the next one is three |
| 2404s | perhaps with Bob and I think maybe a few |
| 2407s | other teams have maybe tied on three I |
| 2408s | know Hydra has two Vedra has two uh I |
| 2411s | don't think anyone else has three and I |
| 2413s | think that's four but all right I see if |
| 2416s | I don't know wait a second there's a |
| 2418s | basic Edition here yeah |
| 2420s | interesting okay let's uh let's not talk |
| 2423s | about that uh let's look at the pandemic |
| 2425s | Legion history uh in the alliance |
| 2427s | tournament in a bit more detail in fact |
| 2428s | see if we can pull that up |
| 2430s | okay so I played a lot of matches over |
| 2433s | the years only 23 losses to what looks |
| 2436s | like uh is that 63 or 69 wins I can't |
| 2439s | actually read it from here |
| 2441s | um there's a lot of wins so they have a |
| 2443s | lot of experience in winning and very |
| 2445s | little experience in losing which is |
| 2447s | pretty much what you want to be in the |
| 2449s | last tournament you want to be winners |
| 2450s | more often than losers and pandemic |
| 2452s | regions certainly are that |
| 2454s | um they've had some fantastic Pilots |
| 2456s | over the years of course we spoke about |
| 2457s | them yesterday Destroyer Dan cool flown |
| 2459s | in nearly 60 matches like that is just |
| 2462s | so much experience uh in this team and a |
| 2464s | lot of like institutional knowledge that |
| 2466s | some of the members in the current team |
| 2467s | have been involved in for many many |
| 2469s | years and even if they weren't like |
| 2471s | leaders back then they've been there for |
| 2473s | a lot of it and they'll have picked that |
| 2475s | up and be able to bring that to the team |
| 2476s | so you know just huge amounts of |
| 2478s | experience let's take a look as well at |
| 2480s | abandon Parts history in the alliance |
| 2481s | tournament as a way of uh of comparing |
| 2484s | these two teams |
| 2485s | so 46 people have flown under a band |
| 2488s | apart in the alliance tournament not |
| 2490s | quite as successful as pandemic Legion |
| 2492s | um but about 50 wins is still pretty |
| 2494s | good most teams don't manage that most |
| 2497s | teams don't manage anywhere near that |
| 2498s | there's lots of o2 Kings uh in the |
| 2500s | alliance tournament history uh coming in |
| 2502s | losing uh twice and going out usually we |
| 2504s | say in fact that if you can get at least |
| 2505s | one or two wins they're going 2-2 |
| 2507s | especially in maybe your first year as a |
| 2509s | new team is fantastic abandoned apart |
| 2511s | I've lost a couple of matches uh against |
| 2513s | some really solid teams like Platinum |
| 2515s | sensitivity yesterday |
| 2516s | um fraternity last year were pretty |
| 2518s | reasonable if I remember correctly as |
| 2519s | were a test and of course cast abouts as |
| 2521s | well and brave Collective this year |
| 2522s | looking dangerous and I believe a line |
| 2525s | 215 would have been back when catalya |
| 2528s | missed was their Captain as well so lots |
| 2530s | and lots of interesting potential for |
| 2531s | this match uh the amount of History |
| 2534s | between these two teams just in terms of |
| 2536s | the quantity of matches played is |
| 2538s | phenomenal Bart what do you think about |
| 2540s | this upcoming match |
| 2541s | you know and uh I I hate to say it but I |
| 2545s | think that we've kind of reached a point |
| 2546s | where like the history of pandemic |
| 2548s | Legion has not been really relevant for |
| 2550s | a while now |
| 2551s | um just because if you look at that list |
| 2553s | of players there none of them showed up |
| 2556s | yesterday so you know you kind of have |
| 2558s | to have your cool guys show up to do |
| 2559s | cool guys stuff and a band apart looks |
| 2563s | like it's mostly the same team as last |
| 2564s | year and like a decent chunk of it is |
| 2566s | this year so you know I think that this |
| 2568s | is like a lot more even than you would |
| 2570s | think and normally you'd be like oh yeah |
| 2572s | Collegiate oh they're so so good and |
| 2574s | amazing and awesome but I don't know I |
| 2576s | feel like they didn't play particularly |
| 2577s | well and I think a band apart like |
| 2580s | actually did all right yesterday like I |
| 2582s | feel they played better yesterday than |
| 2583s | PL did but at the end of the day what |
| 2586s | matters is who wins today |
| 2589s | that is factually correct once again |
| 2590s | Bart uh Mr come out you look like you |
| 2592s | have something to say I just wanted to |
| 2594s | add I think it's it's easy for us to |
| 2596s | kind of lean on I suppose a team's |
| 2598s | Legacy and how they performed and how |
| 2600s | well they've done historically we do |
| 2602s | this quite a bit with PL because they've |
| 2603s | won so many times but |
| 2606s | like was mentioned you know a number of |
| 2608s | the players that we mentioned on the |
| 2609s | veterans list for PL are no longer with |
| 2611s | PL in fact they're in other teams now |
| 2613s | um same thing goes for other well-known |
| 2615s | groups like vidra Hydra Volta these are |
| 2619s | all teams that are triumvirate as well |
| 2621s | who's also done well these are all teams |
| 2623s | that have performed well historically |
| 2624s | they've placed well but all of those |
| 2627s | players have moved on to other teams and |
| 2628s | it's difficult for us to necessarily |
| 2630s | track where these players are going |
| 2632s | sometimes sometimes they'll now not |
| 2634s | necessarily fly on grid but they'll be |
| 2635s | in the back end helping with Theory |
| 2637s | exactly that's super important really |
| 2639s | difficult for us to then figure out okay |
| 2640s | what does this actually mean for the |
| 2642s | team that we're now talking about what |
| 2643s | does the new PL look like in terms of |
| 2646s | their experience on grid their Theory |
| 2649s | crafting we're gonna go find out what |
| 2650s | the new PL looks like um and I just want |
| 2652s | to point out that out in twitchland you |
| 2654s | have got 69 of you voting for pandemic |
| 2656s | Legion nice uh so let's go to the arena |
| 2658s | and find out who's going to win between |
| 2659s | the band apart and pandemic Legion |
| 2666s | and welcome back to the arena and it |
| 2669s | looks like for once the Armageddon Navy |
| 2670s | was not banded immediately ABA is like |
| 2672s | we want some of that and they've brought |
| 2673s | two of them so we have rapid heavy |
| 2676s | Armageddon navies plus a fleet typhoon |
| 2678s | who's also rapper heavy versus a shack |
| 2680s | Paladin core with a good support wing of |
| 2683s | DPS and a lot of control from both |
| 2684s | parties this is going to be a very |
| 2686s | interesting match I'm super excited to |
| 2688s | see the Paladin how that's going to show |
| 2690s | off but I'm having more confidence in |
| 2691s | this Guinness right now that's what |
| 2692s | they're kicking off soon but I also want |
| 2694s | to know normally uh we've seen a mallet |
| 2696s | here on a band part side |
| 2698s | um Mather actually has beams fit it |
| 2700s | looks like uh dual beams or dual pulse |
| 2702s | aren't sure normally you see those |
| 2703s | matters Go full newts and the highs |
| 2705s | action just be a tackle brick ship just |
| 2707s | to get up there and scream so opting |
| 2709s | more for the damage here on the banner |
| 2711s | part side |
| 2712s | yeah as you said that is definitely |
| 2714s | unusual we see malls being used as |
| 2715s | utility boats and we see some damage |
| 2716s | already being out onto the mayor I |
| 2718s | believe it's from the Paladin so it's |
| 2720s | gonna be curious what these Armageddon |
| 2721s | navies and the fleet typhoon pick first |
| 2723s | because of course they're clip-based |
| 2724s | damage if they can't rip through the |
| 2725s | battleship with one clip they've kind of |
| 2726s | put themselves in a bad spot so what are |
| 2729s | they gonna pick |
| 2730s | well Dab's going out onto pl's side uh |
| 2732s | stopping in the shack in the Paladin |
| 2734s | right now |
| 2735s | um guidance disruptors going slightly |
| 2736s | out onto abandoned Parts side but um a |
| 2739s | bad part keeping the range but not |
| 2742s | really applying any damage they look |
| 2744s | like they're more drifting back to an |
| 2745s | mjd so I'm not sure if they're going to |
| 2747s | try and jump in there or do something or |
| 2748s | trying to just get their bearings and |
| 2750s | think how they're gonna crack this nut |
| 2752s | off their armor core |
| 2753s | I think a bit of that also kind of |
| 2755s | hoping for someone to make a mistake |
| 2756s | which is always a good thing to do at |
| 2757s | the start wait for someone else to screw |
| 2759s | up before you do but at the moment both |
| 2760s | teams are playing calm and careful we're |
| 2762s | seeing a stab a fleet of radicals |
| 2764s | actually being the first one to move in |
| 2765s | I suspect he's going to take a lot of |
| 2767s | fire in a moment that could be the idea |
| 2769s | though |
| 2770s | never mind having drones out we've seen |
| 2773s | a tiny bit of armor buds coming out from |
| 2775s | that apart side one of the first times |
| 2776s | I've already seen that's been making use |
| 2778s | of it but as I said that PL also has arm |
| 2780s | robots out so gonna be looking to see |
| 2782s | how these teams micro these Bots just to |
| 2784s | get them onto the right targets where |
| 2785s | they need to be um that being said some |
| 2787s | light DPS going down to abandon Parts |
| 2789s | side now uh some poking happening there |
| 2790s | onto the like of the male addiction and |
| 2792s | the Magus |
| 2794s | um but looks like they're just going to |
| 2795s | kind of defang some drones that are |
| 2796s | overextended there |
| 2798s | now if you can't kill ships killing |
| 2800s | apart these repair drones can definitely |
| 2801s | turn the match later on to your favor |
| 2803s | especially with comps like this where |
| 2804s | they've got a lot of spare drone bags |
| 2806s | that can be used for little bits here |
| 2807s | and there so you actually see a bigger |
| 2808s | wave of small drones going after the |
| 2810s | ashimu |
| 2811s | that's true so we do also get a note |
| 2813s | here that uh panamic Legions going for |
| 2816s | the tech two freak lodgy well abandoned |
| 2818s | part is gone for the T1 Cruise logic |
| 2820s | augura being quite a powerful little |
| 2822s | boat as well still having those High |
| 2823s | slots um just slacking a bit on the |
| 2826s | utility that's something that can |
| 2827s | execure might bring in the mid slots for |
| 2828s | injection so but being a lovely little |
| 2830s | ship the only downside it's going to be |
| 2832s | not me having here is speed so if that |
| 2834s | apart goes in for a dive of any mjd kind |
| 2837s | of play that order is just gonna have to |
| 2839s | look to keep up with his team and stay |
| 2841s | in range and relevant yeah organization |
| 2843s | needs to be supported basically to make |
| 2845s | it work to its fullest potential see |
| 2846s | actually damage not going to the |
| 2847s | radicals but I'm looking I'm waiting to |
| 2849s | see if PL wants to try and snag the |
| 2850s | older if they're going to try and pick |
| 2851s | off small ships or DPS ships but |
| 2852s | honestly at the moment both teams kind |
| 2854s | of just posturing and waiting for the |
| 2855s | either a mistake to happen or the right |
| 2857s | opportunity as PL slowly pressing ABA |
| 2860s | towards the arena boundary |
| 2862s | and it's very interesting I think the |
| 2864s | Paladin mainly taking the most of the uh |
| 2865s | pot shots here it seems |
| 2868s | um not really much happening right now |
| 2871s | um The Shack it doesn't seem to be doing |
| 2872s | any kind of spills uh slowly slow |
| 2874s | boating up ahead |
| 2876s | um I'm kind of hoping that pandemic |
| 2877s | Legion is gonna Corner a banner part |
| 2880s | because I'm really curious why band |
| 2881s | apart with the rage advantage on those |
| 2883s | rapid Clips |
| 2884s | um but very little e-ore being applied |
| 2886s | to them isn't testing anything like |
| 2889s | omegas or pontifex or vexor navy issue |
| 2892s | or any other Cruisers |
| 2893s | well if they start firing with the rapid |
| 2895s | Heavies and they do not kill and |
| 2896s | pandemic Legions see that that is the |
| 2898s | opportunity to be able to strike |
| 2899s | immediately and they know this it's it |
| 2901s | is a very risky moment when you choose |
| 2902s | when to fire |
| 2904s | and they either want to save their clip |
| 2905s | at the right moment or just not make a |
| 2907s | mistake |
| 2909s | well I have to say I mean I don't think |
| 2910s | you know pl's waiting to be shut out to |
| 2912s | shoot first they're going to see what |
| 2913s | the option is but like I say that you're |
| 2915s | actually making a playful little girl |
| 2916s | here going to half armor we're going to |
| 2917s | see if they're going to get enough |
| 2918s | airpods out on the bad apart side get it |
| 2920s | onto that order no Redbox on him right |
| 2921s | now so he's struggling right now they're |
| 2923s | coming right now there they are going to |
| 2925s | draft to their mjdb can maybe he's going |
| 2927s | to try and make an evacuation play there |
| 2928s | but then if that happens he will be by |
| 2931s | himself away from the red Bots and might |
| 2933s | be even more easy pickings as he gets |
| 2934s | even more isolated |
| 2936s | just checking to see if that's rapid |
| 2937s | heavy is finding the pedal because the |
| 2938s | palette is now taking a little bit of |
| 2940s | damage the ogre is actually taking quite |
| 2941s | a good chunk the rep drones are slowly |
| 2943s | arriving I see at least one wave of |
| 2945s | Heavies hit there |
| 2946s | no one else is coming I'm a bit of bad |
| 2949s | players here I think from the Orca right |
| 2951s | now he's chosen just hit cutting in a |
| 2953s | straight line backwards didn't do any |
| 2955s | evasive maneuvers didn't go for the MGD |
| 2957s | play didn't do anything at all to just |
| 2959s | try and mitigate as much damage on top |
| 2960s | of him and he just goes down this is |
| 2962s | going to leave a bad apart in a really |
| 2963s | bad position to just you know start |
| 2965s | being picked off and grinded at the |
| 2966s | shack of Paladin exactly and also now PL |
| 2969s | knows don't have to push they don't have |
| 2971s | to charge they can play the slow game |
| 2973s | now because now ABA has a time limit |
| 2975s | they're going to run out of tank at some |
| 2977s | point they have to make a move as soon |
| 2978s | as as they can the longer they take very |
| 2981s | more that's gonna look bad for them it's |
| 2983s | kind of ironic here you normally see all |
| 2985s | the shack being featured in armor |
| 2986s | control but uh pandemic Legion actually |
| 2988s | not bringing a lot of e-war here maybe |
| 2990s | just one guidance disruptor we see that |
| 2991s | on the Navy getting right now |
| 2993s | um but actually pandemic Legion is the |
| 2995s | one suffering uh being the target of a |
| 2996s | lot of damps some easy drones newts all |
| 2999s | the e-war but they're the ones |
| 3000s | thoroughly in control of this match |
| 3002s | right now yeah yeah definitely got a |
| 3005s | good chunk of the war that is not |
| 3006s | currently using it as at the moment as |
| 3007s | you see a slow but surely a band apart's |
| 3009s | been pulled apart they've got to do |
| 3009s | something they can't just stand it they |
| 3010s | got to start shooting I think there |
| 3012s | actually is some damage coming towards |
| 3013s | the the Paladin now I'm just checking |
| 3016s | yep definitely see these getting there |
| 3018s | diving in now they're going to try and |
| 3020s | make use of their newts maybe they're |
| 3021s | going to be hoping to shut down this |
| 3023s | little Shack right now |
| 3024s | um but yes finally trying to like that |
| 3027s | apart finally trying to do some actual |
| 3029s | damage here it seems and realizing like |
| 3031s | hey these gettings are actually good |
| 3032s | because they have new bonuses as well |
| 3035s | yeah but I think unfortunately this is |
| 3037s | kind of the worry they would have had |
| 3038s | which is can we break this thing with |
| 3040s | our rapid Heavies and the answer at the |
| 3041s | moment is looking like a very distinct |
| 3043s | no there is a massive wave of rep drones |
| 3045s | on them the paladins are very tanky ship |
| 3046s | on its own without Bastion of course |
| 3048s | that um they've they've gone for it |
| 3051s | they've gone we have to do this and |
| 3052s | realize damn it we couldn't do this we |
| 3054s | this is not the ship to go for it's too |
| 3055s | late pandemic Legions actually doing a |
| 3057s | wonderful slow Retreat here so just got |
| 3060s | right up to that edge poked away snipe |
| 3062s | the all grew forced a Banton Park to |
| 3064s | have to commit and as you see as a |
| 3065s | banner part is forcing that commitment |
| 3067s | right now pandemic Legion just backing |
| 3069s | away as a core |
| 3070s | um leaving some screen ships up there |
| 3072s | like the shimu and even like sure you |
| 3074s | got the shack tackle but we're just |
| 3075s | going to make sure there's no follow-up |
| 3077s | for you you're going to shoot now what |
| 3078s | we're going to leave you to shoot and |
| 3079s | just making sure that they're also not |
| 3081s | overextending like even though they |
| 3082s | secured those comfortable kills they're |
| 3084s | making sure that they're just not |
| 3085s | getting um too excited here right now |
| 3087s | I'm just keeping cool heads |
| 3090s | look at the I just love the wave of the |
| 3092s | e-war being thrown on both sides now you |
| 3094s | see both control bars are getting |
| 3096s | incredibly forward so you actually power |
| 3098s | malediction being destroyed but yeah |
| 3100s | honestly PL is playing this very very |
| 3103s | well almost Shadows of their uh their |
| 3104s | old days where they were just amazing uh |
| 3106s | amazing comps and amazing flying they're |
| 3108s | just sitting in perfect control of this |
| 3109s | match and not letting Amanda part have |
| 3111s | any real leg to stand on |
| 3114s | absolutely just haven't lost a single |
| 3117s | ship yet this uh I don't feel this |
| 3118s | lodgy's even been tested and added in |
| 3120s | any sense far the ND can just comfy be |
| 3122s | rapping even though there's been some |
| 3124s | split damage happening with the mega |
| 3125s | Saturn there and the Paladin of |
| 3127s | Destroyer it's just |
| 3129s | um |
| 3130s | comfortable that's all I can say PL |
| 3132s | interesting as well the type and Fleet |
| 3134s | did burn in to try and smart bum off the |
| 3136s | rep trains on the Paladin but |
| 3137s | unfortunately that pretty much just did |
| 3138s | nothing but get him killed but he did |
| 3140s | try and remove a few I think he got at |
| 3141s | least like maybe three or four rep |
| 3142s | drones but the power to managed to pull |
| 3144s | away save the rep drones as well and |
| 3146s | kill the uh typhoon Fleet so again well |
| 3148s | done |
| 3149s | it was a good attempt from Rick stravix |
| 3150s | there but unfortunately think PL was |
| 3152s | ready for that |
| 3154s | now PR just obviously just showing a bit |
| 3155s | of pedigree here just experience I I |
| 3158s | have been excited to see these |
| 3159s | armageddon's but um I'm not too sure if |
| 3161s | they've been really delivering right now |
| 3162s | a lot of teams have been batting them |
| 3164s | and then from the few games that I've |
| 3166s | been seeing when they've actually shown |
| 3167s | on grad gist a bit of an underwhelming |
| 3169s | performance |
| 3170s | um I'm not sure how you've been feeling |
| 3172s | about this update that the Armageddon |
| 3173s | Navy issue has received I'm gonna use |
| 3175s | all my favorite quotes from a movie |
| 3176s | mediocre |
| 3179s | okay I have no idea what movie that is |
| 3181s | oh my God you absolute heretic all right |
| 3184s | uh I'm just gonna move on from that but |
| 3186s | yeah Armageddon Navy is now being uh |
| 3188s | destroyed as well Paladin is now sitting |
| 3190s | very comfortably |
| 3191s | so at this point |
| 3193s | it is gonna just be having the time of |
| 3195s | its life having those resistance having |
| 3197s | a local rep having the freak lodgy on |
| 3199s | grid |
| 3201s | um stab or Fleet issues probably also |
| 3202s | just having that man it must be pretty |
| 3204s | fun being on the cruiser side here at |
| 3206s | pandemic Legion right now ashimu execure |
| 3209s | Navy issue vexer Navy issue stab or |
| 3211s | Fleet issue man these guys are just |
| 3213s | probably having a bowl Cruisers are one |
| 3215s | of the most fun ships to actually fly I |
| 3216s | feel actually one of my favorite one of |
| 3218s | my favorite episodes which isn't of |
| 3218s | indicator is actually on that grid there |
| 3220s | Step of Fleet it is it has been a ship |
| 3222s | that has a lot of DPS and people |
| 3223s | underestimate it but when you leave it |
| 3225s | alone for the at the right times that |
| 3227s | thing can be disgusting it is fast it |
| 3228s | has high damage it doesn't tank too |
| 3230s | badly and it gets a tracking bonus to |
| 3232s | make sure you can focus on Survival more |
| 3234s | than more than accuracy which is |
| 3235s | honestly just a beautiful thing to have |
| 3237s | in that kind of ship |
| 3238s | oh no we saw nialis there in the matter |
| 3241s | it looks like he was going for B light |
| 3242s | for mjd Beacon for boundary |
| 3245s | um with a shimu of |
| 3247s | um of Chris in Hot Pursuit but looks |
| 3249s | like he's changed course and I don't |
| 3252s | know just gonna try and fly out and not |
| 3253s | do the mjd play very unsure there I |
| 3255s | thought he was going for Glory |
| 3258s | [Laughter] |
| 3259s | I'm sorry you guys can't see the the |
| 3261s | talks going on the local but these guys |
| 3262s | are just having good fun saying stuff |
| 3264s | like Edge of Glory please not the |
| 3266s | boundary don't do it you have so much to |
| 3267s | live for |
| 3272s | looks like they're gonna try and be on |
| 3274s | suicide watch here to make sure that the |
| 3276s | mallard does not end his life of his own |
| 3278s | volition |
| 3279s | oh oh hold on I'm just watching how fast |
| 3281s | that Magus is coming and I hope he slows |
| 3283s | down at times he might just battery |
| 3284s | himself |
| 3286s | the classical technology |
| 3292s | does have history of uh boundarying |
| 3294s | themselves while chasing an opponent |
| 3296s | down so this is not a crazy tragedy but |
| 3298s | yeah the more slow boating out there |
| 3300s | again well done the pl a clean sweep 100 |
| 3302s | to zero if this molar dies which he will |
| 3304s | not actually |
| 3305s | so yeah congratulations to PL there and |
| 3308s | with that we'll head back to the studio |
| 3309s | to see what they think |
| 3314s | [Music] |
| 3344s | foreign |
| 3366s | switched |
| 3367s | well it would have been a easy fight |
| 3369s | right but guess what dude I'm not if |
| 3370s | seeing it people can't get together |
| 3377s | foreign |
| 3388s | [Music] |
| 3403s | Legion there taking that win 96 to zero |
| 3406s | over uh Stay Frosty and abandon part |
| 3409s | mystical Knight what could the band |
| 3410s | apart I've done differently there I |
| 3412s | think it it just comes down to the way |
| 3414s | that they decided to construct their |
| 3415s | comp so I mentioned at the beginning of |
| 3417s | the day that we maybe the Navy Garden |
| 3419s | isn't actually as good as we think it is |
| 3421s | just based on the the stats but then |
| 3424s | also the number of times that it's been |
| 3425s | brought and then it's lost we saw here |
| 3427s | two Navy gaddens brought for the abandon |
| 3429s | part team the issue I think for the |
| 3431s | abanderpart team was that they relied |
| 3433s | heavily on drone damage |
| 3435s | and that meant that they weren't really |
| 3436s | able to support their augura when it |
| 3438s | began to take damage from the Paladin of |
| 3440s | the Panama Legion team |
| 3442s | um I checked on the screen and I saw |
| 3444s | that there was a single set of heavy |
| 3446s | armor wrap bots on the augura which |
| 3448s | means that effectively it was just left |
| 3450s | alone to die in the backline and when |
| 3453s | the augura dies the rest of the team |
| 3454s | falls apart so I think really they |
| 3456s | needed to commit to the fight a bit more |
| 3458s | because they were being out projected |
| 3460s | and they needed to defend the ogre a bit |
| 3462s | more by perhaps fitting their |
| 3463s | navigations a bit differently so that |
| 3465s | they could actually have rep Bots |
| 3467s | to ensure that they could actually |
| 3468s | continue to survive in that match |
| 3471s | but Misty mentions rep Bots |
| 3473s | um we sometimes see teams bringing a lot |
| 3474s | of those red Bots uh like what's the |
| 3476s | kind of pros and cons like why would you |
| 3477s | choose to not bring red Bots and why |
| 3478s | would you choose to bring red Bots well |
| 3480s | in all honesty in an armor setup unless |
| 3482s | you're specifically flying like a drone |
| 3484s | damage so you know you're doing like an |
| 3486s | actual like ishtars that uses as a drone |
| 3488s | DPS setup you should pretty much always |
| 3490s | bring rep drones |
| 3492s | um they are it's one of those weird |
| 3494s | things that you almost never see them on |
| 3495s | TQ but they are so like ridiculously |
| 3499s | strong compared to what you would think |
| 3501s | they are because we're kind of used to |
| 3503s | things like oh yes there's like Target |
| 3504s | painting drones and uh webbing drones |
| 3507s | and stuff and they all kind of suck but |
| 3508s | the rep drones are actually very very |
| 3510s | powerful I heard that you're sitting |
| 3513s | there like well actually yes yeah |
| 3515s | most of the time yes yes soon spoiler |
| 3519s | alert at ships um yes rep drones are uh |
| 3521s | very very very powerful uh because you |
| 3524s | can just kind of put them on a ship and |
| 3525s | especially the heavy rep drones actually |
| 3527s | rep like I think it's about maybe 10 to |
| 3531s | 15 as much as a logistics cruiser with a |
| 3533s | single flight of heavy rep drones they |
| 3535s | had three battleships that's like almost |
| 3537s | three full sets |
| 3539s | so they could have probably saved them |
| 3541s | but I think what Misty said about people |
| 3542s | are kind of falling into this trap like |
| 3544s | a similar trap of maybe the Navy |
| 3545s | Dominics where they look at the get and |
| 3547s | they're like the Navy getting like oh it |
| 3549s | can nute and shoot missiles and do |
| 3551s | drones |
| 3552s | it's like it does everything so well and |
| 3555s | maybe it doesn't actually do everything |
| 3557s | so well so we'll see as this tournament |
| 3560s | goes on in that case but uh that time it |
| 3561s | did not do that great do you think that |
| 3563s | match could have gone differently if |
| 3564s | they had brought rep drones in those |
| 3567s | battleships there uh I I think it would |
| 3569s | have um I don't think that auger dies |
| 3571s | with three sets of Heavies on it uh I do |
| 3573s | have to say pandemic Legion not |
| 3576s | committing and basically flying around |
| 3578s | and taking out I I'm guessing every rep |
| 3580s | round that got popped out the Paladin |
| 3582s | just sniped immediately uh made it very |
| 3584s | difficult like again like Misty said |
| 3585s | they needed to commit in a band apart |
| 3587s | needed to commit in Fast and they kind |
| 3589s | of tried to have like this sniping war |
| 3591s | with rapid heavy ships versus laser boat |
| 3593s | and your rapid heavy ships like you |
| 3596s | shoot a couple missiles and then you |
| 3597s | have to reload well what if they decide |
| 3598s | to push in on your reload yeah and to |
| 3601s | add to that we had navigation which have |
| 3603s | a newt bonus and we saw that they stayed |
| 3606s | outside of their new Range the entirety |
| 3608s | of the of the match which means that you |
| 3610s | are just effectively ignoring one of the |
| 3612s | bonuses of your ship so I think |
| 3613s | committing there would have definitely |
| 3614s | benefited them |
| 3615s | okay first one of those things where |
| 3617s | like just the experience of the the pl |
| 3619s | team being able to you know be mature be |
| 3622s | responsible move around and wait for the |
| 3623s | uh the time to be right to strike |
| 3626s | basically rather than just rush in it |
| 3627s | can be very easy to Spaghetti when you |
| 3629s | warp into these Alliance tournament |
| 3630s | matches and you see something you just I |
| 3632s | don't know what to do a bunch of Pilots |
| 3634s | there from PR we were talking about |
| 3635s | during the match uh like uh been there |
| 3637s | for a very long time so clearly cam |
| 3639s | collected and experienced Pilots uh |
| 3641s | about the part we do say goodbye to as |
| 3643s | that was an elimination match uh Rickson |
| 3645s | crew of course uh great on TQ uh Rex |
| 3648s | likes to do a lot of pirate stuff uh |
| 3649s | some uh some frigate free-for-alls uh |
| 3651s | potentially maybe if uh if the |
| 3653s | structures stop dying and you know great |
| 3656s | great group of guys and I hope to see |
| 3657s | them again next year in the next |
| 3658s | tournament now let's look forward to our |
| 3660s | next match which is Exodus versus cast |
| 3662s | about and see what the bands are for |
| 3663s | this |
| 3665s | Exodus Banning out Armageddon curse and |
| 3668s | bar gas cats cast about it's Banning out |
| 3670s | balgorn Gila and jackdaw mystical mate I |
| 3674s | see you uh smiling over in the corner I |
| 3677s | just wonder if the jackdaw band's like a |
| 3678s | oh we had a poor experience with this at |
| 3681s | some point in the last match it's like I |
| 3683s | don't want to see this ship ever again |
| 3685s | um yeah that may be a slightly emotional |
| 3688s | ban I think Jack doors are fairly easy |
| 3690s | to counter especially if they're armor |
| 3692s | fit which is where you'll see them in |
| 3694s | some of the setups having lots of ewall |
| 3696s | in their mids they are not known for |
| 3698s | their tank I don't believe the defensive |
| 3699s | role on the jackdaw gives them any armor |
| 3702s | tank bonuses at all so they just do they |
| 3705s | do just die |
| 3707s | um the trick is shooting them which I |
| 3709s | don't think uh some teams have done when |
| 3712s | they've been going up against armored |
| 3713s | actors here uh I mean the rest of the |
| 3716s | bands are all pretty standard I don't |
| 3717s | think there's anything too out of the |
| 3719s | ordinary the jackdaw is the only ban |
| 3721s | that's coming in that is the the odd one |
| 3723s | out here but yeah just |
| 3725s | want to enter me some of that control I |
| 3727s | wanted to remove some of that kite yeah |
| 3730s | pretty standard |
| 3732s | bar yeah I do have one uh very important |
| 3735s | thing to note is that Exodus has always |
| 3738s | brought kiting setups for years and |
| 3740s | years and years and is known for doing |
| 3742s | it um and even if they don't do it they |
| 3744s | always have that in the back pocket and |
| 3746s | cast abouts didn't ban anything that can |
| 3748s | be a kiting setup so predictions |
| 3751s | they've been okay yeah the Gila is a |
| 3754s | kiting shot okay tequila fits into some |
| 3757s | cutting setups that we've seen yeah |
| 3759s | it kind of does yeah oh well if you |
| 3762s | think about it yeah maybe they're just |
| 3763s | bigger brain than us that's not |
| 3765s | difficult that's easy yeah desk full of |
| 3768s | small brains smooth brainers especially |
| 3771s | when it comes to points investment |
| 3773s | speaking of this I'm going to check the |
| 3775s | points investment because this is a very |
| 3776s | interesting match I want to see uh what |
| 3778s | you guys out there in twitchland are |
| 3779s | saying oh my goodness you overwhelmingly |
| 3783s | overwhelmingly I believe in Exodus here |
| 3786s | uh just eight percent of you voting for |
| 3787s | cast about 92 percent of you putting 1.6 |
| 3791s | million Channel points that's a lot of |
| 3793s | galnet skins uh on Exodus uh so R 339 |
| 3798s | and 304 oh God they're all voting for |
| 3800s | cast about now stop |
| 3802s | um are all of you going to win lots of |
| 3804s | points well we'll find out as we go to |
| 3805s | the arena for a cast of ours versus |
| 3807s | Exodus |
| 3813s | and welcome back to the arena and we |
| 3815s | have again Nighthawks and Drake navies |
| 3816s | versus uh another Vindicator so I'm very |
| 3819s | excited but I'm this is going to be very |
| 3821s | interesting because I think this is |
| 3823s | going to cut but again that is that hams |
| 3824s | or Heavies I haven't had a chance to |
| 3826s | Quick Check |
| 3827s | Well Wing that I'm a bit uh excited here |
| 3829s | for you because that is actually a |
| 3831s | flagship Vindicator we're seeing feature |
| 3833s | from cast of outside so they're also |
| 3835s | bringing the Jesus we haven't seen too |
| 3837s | much of the cheeses or Rising side so |
| 3838s | with them being strong this year I'm |
| 3840s | going to be interested to see how they |
| 3841s | play out but the hurricane also on |
| 3842s | casterbell's side is artillery so we've |
| 3844s | been seeing that battle Cruise account |
| 3846s | being like more along range I'm gonna be |
| 3848s | interesting how that comes in with the |
| 3849s | Daredevil another ship we normally don't |
| 3851s | see featuring that much having the |
| 3853s | ridiculous bonuses like The Vindicator |
| 3855s | does as well if there's 90 webs |
| 3857s | I okay random artillery hurricane I am |
| 3861s | all for I don't think it's a good idea |
| 3863s | but again I am all for it this is gonna |
| 3865s | be a very interesting match because yeah |
| 3867s | again flag Vinnie can perfect check a |
| 3868s | lot of damage and tank very well which |
| 3870s | might maybe uh survive longer than the |
| 3872s | last Vindicator we saw |
| 3874s | I don't know I'm hopeful |
| 3877s | absolutely hopeful I just want to |
| 3878s | confirm what weapons we are seeing on |
| 3881s | that uh Vindicator right now because I'm |
| 3883s | wondering if he's rails no he is not |
| 3886s | those are blasters that hasn't been seen |
| 3889s | since the 5v5s and it never will be seen |
| 3890s | again |
| 3891s | you never know what teams are going to |
| 3893s | bring on these flagships though if |
| 3894s | they've seen the Armature Bargas dying |
| 3896s | earlier this year although that is more |
| 3897s | reasonable but we do have to match |
| 3899s | underway gonna be interested I kind of |
| 3901s | um seen how um Exodus gonna handle this |
| 3904s | one |
| 3905s | um but T1 battle Cruisers unfortunately |
| 3907s | those are not the Navy battle cruises |
| 3909s | normally the Navy battle Cruisers have |
| 3910s | those awesome tracking bonuses on them |
| 3912s | but the normal T1 battle Cruisers less |
| 3914s | HP less fitting uh not really the best |
| 3917s | bonuses so kind of ready weak targets uh |
| 3921s | week ships to bring in this case yep |
| 3923s | Onyx has gone in and long scrammed of |
| 3924s | indicator don't obviously I've got the |
| 3926s | getting longer Hicks do can I mean you |
| 3927s | can sit outside of the vindicator's web |
| 3929s | and even Blaster range as the rest of |
| 3931s | the team actually is coming in now just |
| 3932s | put the damage in so looks like they're |
| 3933s | going to go all in on the windy again |
| 3935s | so this algories have to be generally on |
| 3937s | the spot and keep this windy alive if |
| 3938s | the Vinnie survives this will go um cast |
| 3940s | the bouts away if it doesn't well this |
| 3942s | is going to be a very quick match from |
| 3944s | Exodus who for once are not doing Exodus |
| 3946s | things and they are actually brawling |
| 3948s | well yeah brawling is successfully it's |
| 3950s | Vindicator skin is shredded even with |
| 3952s | the all the web bonuses they have from |
| 3954s | the Daredevil and The Vindicator not |
| 3956s | much is getting slapped on the X to the |
| 3957s | side here right now only a bit of tickle |
| 3959s | damage coming through on the Fly Catcher |
| 3960s | And the site Fleet issue on exercise |
| 3962s | bike actually looking a bit of a risky |
| 3963s | business there of half Shield right now |
| 3966s | um but uh comfortably smashing into the |
| 3968s | windy the amount of rap drones and rep |
| 3971s | from the org Navy is just keeping this |
| 3972s | windy alive he's scratched a little bit |
| 3974s | of Hull but so far they are getting him |
| 3975s | just uh just keep him alive but there's |
| 3977s | another bit of Hull it's incredibly |
| 3979s | close |
| 3980s | Incredibly Close Incredibly Close that's |
| 3982s | unfortunately a downside of going these |
| 3984s | uh ham rushes uh with as we see actually |
| 3986s | the bursts go down on the exit side Nice |
| 3988s | Shot there from I'm gonna assume if just |
| 3990s | all those webs and The Vindicator |
| 3991s | there's some good spot shots fly catcher |
| 3993s | killed as well some good trades |
| 3995s | happening there I think taking advantage |
| 3997s | of those web bonuses with the Daredevil |
| 3999s | and The Vindicator but I was gonna say |
| 4000s | something's battle cruises you don't |
| 4002s | always have those smart bombs that you |
| 4003s | normally see on battleships declare |
| 4004s | something like a rep cloud like this |
| 4007s | vindi will go down I think uh the August |
| 4009s | probably heating as long as he can but |
| 4011s | he's been losing her hand over fist and |
| 4013s | he's about to pop and that plants a lot |
| 4015s | of damage removed but they still have a |
| 4016s | good chunk of battle cruises here this |
| 4017s | could still go their way but now they |
| 4019s | need to keep away from the Loki that's |
| 4021s | going to give the web so that they need |
| 4022s | to get key away from these Black Hawks |
| 4024s | all girl of unifan absolutely did a |
| 4027s | fantastic job just keeping that |
| 4028s | Vindicator in the game Daredevil and the |
| 4030s | Vinnie did their best to just combo off |
| 4031s | a bit of a light support and exercise |
| 4032s | The Exodus is still sitting quite strong |
| 4034s | they have unfortunately lost all their |
| 4036s | logic corner but still uh two Nighthawks |
| 4038s | and a low-key enjoys |
| 4041s | there that they got and I finally get |
| 4044s | this auger and they'll be getting rid of |
| 4045s | the lodgy on the cast about sides as |
| 4048s | well soon it's just great I saw the Orca |
| 4050s | running for his life and like a trail of |
| 4051s | missiles following it he doesn't need to |
| 4054s | buy as much time as he can he will go |
| 4055s | down but maybe they can get rid of this |
| 4056s | character Navy and start working on |
| 4058s | maybe the cycle or even the Loki they |
| 4060s | can pull this back around for their team |
| 4061s | all goes down character Navy is in low |
| 4063s | Shields can they maybe push them through |
| 4066s | so what we're seeing Happening Here in |
| 4068s | the cost of outside is a bit of not |
| 4069s | fully star burstings but some kiting |
| 4071s | coming to play the hurricane splitting |
| 4073s | up the cheese is splitting up riding |
| 4074s | splitting up so they're trying to make |
| 4076s | sure that they're just not all going to |
| 4077s | be in the same place where there is |
| 4079s | death right now but um trying to just |
| 4081s | use that bunch of the range taking care |
| 4083s | of the caracal Navy issue there seeing |
| 4084s | what kind of pickups they can do so |
| 4086s | these with lodgy off the field here |
| 4087s | right now cost abouts can at least still |
| 4089s | do quite a bit of damage just uh taking |
| 4091s | advantage of these long-range weapon |
| 4093s | systems that they decide to fit on the |
| 4094s | battle cruiser Corps Now The Hobbit for |
| 4096s | them is going to be avoiding the Loki in |
| 4097s | the Onyx gets that long scram which is |
| 4099s | very potent now the look of course |
| 4100s | getting the long web which is also very |
| 4101s | potent they're going to lose their |
| 4103s | supporting I think the pontifex and the |
| 4104s | original fleet were both tackled but it |
| 4106s | looks like you see they might just |
| 4106s | broken away |
| 4110s | he's just uh living to win right now |
| 4112s | sitting on an mjd Beacon by himself so |
| 4115s | he's probably just going to be there to |
| 4116s | uh be in a bit of a you know Pirate |
| 4118s | Battle not a pirate Battleship but |
| 4120s | pirate frigate um wherever decent chunk |
| 4122s | of points oh he's actually MJ into the |
| 4125s | Frayer right now it looks like he's |
| 4126s | going for the cruiser core there with |
| 4128s | the Onyx and the Loki |
| 4131s | I think he's trying to maybe tackle |
| 4132s | something off for a bit longer to buy |
| 4133s | his battle cruiser some more time |
| 4135s | yeah he said that there for The |
| 4137s | Intercept he might be able to start the |
| 4138s | Drake Navy issue getting onto uh into |
| 4140s | the phrase that's exactly what he's |
| 4141s | going for nice mjd play there by Aben |
| 4145s | I think he actually just went straight |
| 4146s | past them well |
| 4149s | we'll see what happens |
| 4150s | I'm very confused I thought he's going |
| 4152s | for troop and ships he went past both of |
| 4154s | them meanwhile looks like the hurricane |
| 4155s | I believe just got tackled down yep |
| 4158s | Hurricane's been fully tackled down so |
| 4160s | he got caught by both the Onyx and the |
| 4162s | Loki by the way so he got tackled by |
| 4164s | both their tackle ship so he's gone uh |
| 4166s | vigil Thief just gone down for cast |
| 4167s | spots as well that's the only thing they |
| 4169s | already had for any longer terms of |
| 4170s | long-term screening uh long range |
| 4172s | screening the Daredevil going down soon |
| 4174s | that's more screening being removed the |
| 4175s | modest unfortunately doesn't have the |
| 4177s | scram bonus that it carries with its T2 |
| 4178s | Brethren would have at the hurricane |
| 4180s | does go down the brutics get into low |
| 4182s | armor it will have these have some bit |
| 4184s | more uh structure but not looking too |
| 4186s | good we're just gonna probably see a |
| 4187s | Harbinger on the Jesus being left here |
| 4189s | on the cost of outside I think that |
| 4190s | unfortunately is it the Brooks is |
| 4192s | already hard tackled the hurricane went |
| 4194s | down they're losing DPS and not really |
| 4195s | getting anything before even if they |
| 4196s | kill the Loki the Onyx can still provide |
| 4198s | the hard tackle they need at this point |
| 4200s | castabouts are going to start falling |
| 4202s | apart and they Honestly made it a good |
| 4203s | fight the whole way through flag good |
| 4205s | news |
| 4207s | how what do you feel about the laches |
| 4209s | here or when not because I kind of feel |
| 4211s | like maybe you would have been better |
| 4212s | off just going with a celestes if you |
| 4214s | really wanted that Cruiser your platform |
| 4216s | and maybe spending a bit more points |
| 4217s | that you saved on not taking a Recon and |
| 4219s | just upgrading those battle cruises to |
| 4221s | maybe faction about cruises instead |
| 4223s | I pretty much agree with you there to be |
| 4225s | honest I think Lucas was a very big |
| 4226s | points investment it does provide some |
| 4228s | benefits but I feel like at that point |
| 4230s | you've kind of gone really deep into |
| 4231s | this and then you brought a flag of |
| 4233s | indicator trying to do all the work with |
| 4234s | that |
| 4235s | oh that's right another Flagship going |
| 4237s | down here and the losers brackets I mean |
| 4239s | like considers to cost about just you |
| 4241s | know putting all their cards on the |
| 4242s | table in the elimination mad share but |
| 4244s | that's a double loss on the isk and |
| 4246s | their position here in the tournament |
| 4247s | unfortunately another MGD play coming up |
| 4250s | in there and Daredevil so he's having |
| 4251s | fun maneuvering around the arena here |
| 4253s | just uh flying around pretty much |
| 4257s | laughs |
| 4259s | hey hold on a minute what did you just |
| 4260s | burn to |
| 4261s | I just pray until outside Arena No |
| 4263s | Boundaries here just yeah he was he laid |
| 4265s | next to a wreck so I thought he was |
| 4266s | going to try and like blow up like The |
| 4267s | Vindicator or something but no he's not |
| 4269s | doing that he's he's not Pure Evil |
| 4271s | but the teams have pretty much said GF |
| 4273s | just some wrap-ups to happen here we're |
| 4274s | gonna see if people are going to be |
| 4275s | going out uh with honor uh on the |
| 4278s | boundaries I think we're going to be |
| 4279s | seeing the Jesus of K he looks like he's |
| 4281s | burning for the edge there oh and he |
| 4282s | does boundary I think that was about 190 |
| 4285s | something kilometers |
| 4287s | nowhere near the reckon unfortunately |
| 4288s | actually I'm just watching the side |
| 4289s | Fleet going after The Vindicator wreck |
| 4291s | I'm not even bothering watching these |
| 4292s | two ships die I'm watching to make sure |
| 4293s | they get that shiny loot from a |
| 4295s | Vindicator |
| 4296s | and we've seen the models of early Stan |
| 4298s | also going for a boundary here we're |
| 4299s | gonna see how far he gets right now when |
| 4301s | he gets that MGD spool off now we're |
| 4303s | just gonna have the Daredevil left on |
| 4304s | the cost of outside |
| 4307s | and let's see where he ends up |
| 4310s | 212. |
| 4312s | I think the record 's like 220 isn't it |
| 4314s | so I don't think he's there yet |
| 4316s | and cast about just seeing no kill mail |
| 4318s | for their Vindicator pop up on my kill |
| 4320s | feed thank you Ezekiel uh and the costs |
| 4323s | about to see where your Daredevil can |
| 4325s | end it's like he's also lighting up for |
| 4326s | a fantastic mjd run here let's see if he |
| 4328s | can beat any record that we have here on |
| 4330s | TQ for boundary violations |
| 4332s | we can all hope and dream but I don't I |
| 4335s | think he's just burning straight to the |
| 4336s | boundary on his own I know he's pushing |
| 4338s | you can do it well it's gonna be a close |
| 4341s | one |
| 4346s | looks like he turned off his mjd and he |
| 4349s | boundary 216 kilometers well fantastic |
| 4351s | show here by cost about |
| 4353s | um having some stylish finishes here to |
| 4355s | the end of the match unfortunately I |
| 4356s | don't think any records broken just on |
| 4358s | skulls broken with that ham Rush from |
| 4360s | Exodus here the button for Exodus on |
| 4362s | taking the win here and with that we'll |
| 4364s | be sending it back to the studio |
| 4369s | [Music] |
| 4386s | thank you |
| 4390s | Yeah we actually lost a bet as CCP |
| 4392s | collectively so that's why that Alliance |
| 4395s | logo is in the game of course you could |
| 4397s | change your alliance by leaving but that |
| 4398s | would be kind of a jerk move that kind |
| 4400s | of oh you don't like it though this logo |
| 4402s | sucks I'm gonna go join |
| 4410s | [Music] |
| 4414s | thank you |
| 4420s | welcome to Eve Pandora |
| 4446s | [Music] |
| 4450s | foreign |
| 4451s | welcome back Exodus taking that victory |
| 4454s | over at cast about to unfortunately exit |
| 4456s | Alliance tournament 18 and the exit |
| 4458s | without the survival of their Flagship |
| 4460s | Vindicator uh a 12.8 billion is loss for |
| 4464s | them uh in a somewhat interesting comp |
| 4467s | I'm joined on the desk by some new faces |
| 4469s | uh CCP Swift and Jin tan CP Swift uh |
| 4473s | lachesis uh what's your thoughts on |
| 4475s | another cheese is here yes pandemic |
| 4477s | leaves an r and a fantastic no um |
| 4479s | Villages is an interesting choice |
| 4481s | um we're talking about it it's a lot of |
| 4483s | points |
| 4484s | uh has very strong dams it's got scrams |
| 4487s | that can kind of screen off |
| 4489s | uh incoming DPS |
| 4490s | I feel like this wasn't their main |
| 4493s | choice something that must have gotten |
| 4495s | banned in their comp where they just |
| 4496s | took a lucchesis as a replacement |
| 4498s | because it didn't really seem to |
| 4500s | synergize too much with the rest of |
| 4501s | their team but props to uh Casper's for |
| 4504s | taking their Flagship right you your |
| 4506s | backs up against the wall you're up |
| 4507s | against an incredibly good team probably |
| 4509s | the best individually skilled pilot in |
| 4511s | the tournament in Wasa QC on The Exodus |
| 4513s | side |
| 4514s | um just just take your best ship and and |
| 4516s | hope for the best |
| 4518s | awesome and they went up against uh this |
| 4520s | uh Nate Hawk ham uh rush gentan you had |
| 4523s | some thoughts on that yeah so this is |
| 4526s | the ham Rush is the second most common |
| 4528s | comp that we've seen come out so far and |
| 4530s | it's now sitting at five wins and three |
| 4531s | losses uh it's only beaten in terms of |
| 4534s | winningness by the two Battleship |
| 4536s | control comps that we've seen a ton of |
| 4538s | teams bring their own little flavor of |
| 4540s | uh over the course of this tournament |
| 4542s | and I think what this is really taking |
| 4543s | advantage of more than anything is the |
| 4545s | buff to the Navy caracal and the Navy |
| 4547s | Osprey which makes them way more |
| 4549s | survivable as a ham Cruiser it means for |
| 4552s | a seven points you can get you know |
| 4553s | nearly kind of low end Battleship levels |
| 4556s | of DPS you're looking at 700 800 DPS off |
| 4559s | those vessels if you don't fit a damage |
| 4561s | control and that just allows you to blow |
| 4563s | through your opponents so quickly |
| 4565s | do you think in this case uh Casper |
| 4567s | boats could have done anything uh |
| 4569s | different to prevent themselves from |
| 4570s | being caught blown through so quickly |
| 4572s | end quote uh yeah they could have picked |
| 4575s | better ships and you know ships that |
| 4577s | would actually synergize with each other |
| 4579s | rather than bringing a ship that is |
| 4580s | designed to stop your opponents from |
| 4582s | being able to project onto you with a |
| 4584s | ship that needs to be within docking |
| 4585s | range to do DPS in The Vindicator |
| 4587s | yeah we did see a daredevil as well CCP |
| 4589s | Swift uh not the most common Alliance |
| 4591s | tournament ship uh to be fair uh what's |
| 4593s | your what's your thoughts on the |
| 4594s | Daredevil here uh so the Daredevil is |
| 4596s | fairly expensive for a frigate for what |
| 4598s | it does it does have a very very strong |
| 4601s | web which is probably what they were |
| 4603s | thinking about doing I can imagine a |
| 4605s | scenario where the Daredevil goes up |
| 4607s | grabs the opponent Logie and just pins |
| 4609s | it down for a short period of time |
| 4610s | enough for the rest of the support team |
| 4612s | to |
| 4613s | um Crush in on it but it is at Four |
| 4616s | Points quite expensive for what you get |
| 4618s | it's a very very thin platform a |
| 4621s | moderate amount of DPS you're just |
| 4623s | really just picking it for that 90 web |
| 4626s | yeah I mean it's a cool Chef I like the |
| 4627s | Daredevil uh I've fed a few of them in |
| 4629s | my time honestly it looks really zoomy |
| 4631s | as well which is really fun and it does |
| 4632s | have less pointy bits and that's that's |
| 4634s | more important Aesthetics is super |
| 4635s | important uh I mean this is a this very |
| 4638s | aesthetic game it's a wallpaper |
| 4639s | generator I've been told by some people |
| 4640s | especially with the new uh the new |
| 4642s | hangers now let's look forward to our |
| 4644s | next match and I've been told by the |
| 4645s | production team that we have some |
| 4646s | hard-hitting statistical analysis of |
| 4648s | this upcoming match between hidden Leaf |
| 4650s | ninja Villages assassin esport Squad and |
| 4652s | Fancy Pants Alliance so we can see here |
| 4654s | the uh Alliance logo coolness meter |
| 4658s | um I'm not sure what the scale is but I |
| 4660s | can see the fancy pants are uh are |
| 4663s | taking up there there's lots of girth |
| 4664s | lots of vertical girth here in these |
| 4667s | pants uh compared to Hidden Leaf ninja |
| 4669s | Village assassin esport Squad |
| 4672s | um csb Swift you you agree with this uh |
| 4674s | analysis uh so hidden Leaf uh their |
| 4677s | their logo is like normal pants |
| 4680s | but the the fancy pants they're like the |
| 4683s | fancy pants they're way up there |
| 4685s | they are quite fancy they also seem to |
| 4687s | be quite tall |
| 4689s | um for this individual here uh jintan |
| 4691s | you are I've got some interesting |
| 4693s | fashion choices yourself here uh your |
| 4695s | pants are quite fancy uh what do you |
| 4697s | think of this logo I think it represents |
| 4699s | what Fancy Pants is which is a three |
| 4700s | small people stacked on top of one |
| 4703s | another to give the impression of being |
| 4704s | a real adult |
| 4706s | well let's take a quick look at the |
| 4708s | bands here is what they're already on |
| 4709s | the screen so uh hidden Leaf ninja |
| 4711s | Village assassin uh Squad Esports team |
| 4715s | and the team is silent Banning out the |
| 4716s | locate curse Armageddon Navy issue uh |
| 4719s | Fancy Pants Scimitar hyena and typhoon |
| 4721s | flea tissue so they're seeing all those |
| 4723s | Minotaur ships in the Minotaur sponsored |
| 4725s | uh tournament and they're saying No |
| 4726s | thank you see Swift what does this say |
| 4728s | to you here I think they're making their |
| 4730s | bands because these ships currently |
| 4732s | don't have emblems on them yet or at |
| 4734s | least they're not unlockable so they're |
| 4735s | like hey we want to show our emblem in |
| 4737s | space uh so let's just make sure we can |
| 4740s | uh but no for fancy paints like you |
| 4742s | mentioned uh the Minotaur ships are much |
| 4745s | cheaper uh they want to make sure that |
| 4747s | those |
| 4747s | um those particular vessels are out of |
| 4749s | contention or at least |
| 4752s | um not nearly uh as versatile as the |
| 4755s | rest and you know Banning Navy getting |
| 4757s | curse I think it's a very smart to ban |
| 4759s | the Navy getting but you see a lot of |
| 4761s | teams uh practicing with it these guys |
| 4763s | uh these Theory Crafters have only had |
| 4765s | really a week to play with it so you're |
| 4767s | not really exactly sure what the |
| 4769s | capabilities are so just get it out of |
| 4770s | the place just get it out you don't want |
| 4772s | to see it and it kind of Screams to me |
| 4774s | that you want to do some sort of ham |
| 4775s | rush or a battle cruiser kind of rush |
| 4778s | and you don't really want that control |
| 4779s | against you |
| 4780s | and what about yourself gen 10 you've |
| 4782s | been looking through some of the stats |
| 4784s | so far for uh teams what they've been |
| 4786s | fielding and so on what do you think |
| 4787s | about this yeah I'm actually quite |
| 4789s | curious about this about these bands |
| 4791s | from Fancy Pants Scimitar is normally |
| 4792s | something that is aimed at the shield |
| 4795s | missile kite comp that has not really |
| 4798s | seen a great deal of success or even |
| 4800s | presence in this tournament obviously |
| 4802s | the Nerfs to the Cerberus and a few of |
| 4804s | the other hacks really taking it out of |
| 4806s | contention uh the only thing you can do |
| 4808s | is maybe bring immunity instead and |
| 4810s | that's not really going to do the job |
| 4811s | even close to as well the hyena and the |
| 4815s | typhoon Fleet issue band are very very |
| 4816s | aimed towards kingslayer which is |
| 4818s | something that we have seen uh brought |
| 4820s | by a few relatively good teams |
| 4821s | especially in this lower bar that got |
| 4823s | knocked down early into this lower |
| 4824s | bracket I think they just don't want to |
| 4826s | see that and we're probably going to see |
| 4827s | them bring some sort of TT Logistics uh |
| 4830s | backing up something control orientated |
| 4831s | you know both teams here they're |
| 4833s | fighting for their tournament survival |
| 4834s | and they're both teams that we think |
| 4836s | were relatively good coming into this |
| 4837s | yeah I think importantly as well the |
| 4839s | head and leaf team have lost their |
| 4841s | Flagship they lost the Bargas yesterday |
| 4843s | uh basilisk was uh very very broken up |
| 4846s | about this immedially after the |
| 4848s | broadcast just cursing the loss of all |
| 4851s | of his virtual space money uh cp5 do you |
| 4854s | think it's going to be a really big deal |
| 4855s | not having that Flagship here uh no I |
| 4857s | think the Bargas Flagship was a little |
| 4859s | bit of a bait anyways uh so now they've |
| 4861s | got it out of the way can't even bring |
| 4863s | it if you wanted to so uh it has it also |
| 4865s | has like a horrible win rate right so |
| 4868s | the history yeah you can't lose with it |
| 4871s | so you have to win without it I think |
| 4872s | that's how logic works |
| 4875s | right oh okay yeah is that it works I'm |
| 4878s | learning something new every day here at |
| 4880s | with CCB Swift on the desk |
| 4882s | uh let's take a look at the team history |
| 4884s | actually for a hidden Leaf uh oh God I |
| 4887s | can't remember their name is so long |
| 4889s | um so okay we'll look at the bands as |
| 4892s | well and then yeah there we go so uh we |
| 4894s | can see that uh they've played five |
| 4895s | matches |
| 4896s | um in the alliance tournament uh one win |
| 4898s | four losses uh they did pretty well in |
| 4900s | the feeders though coming through the |
| 4902s | feeders uh to get into the tournament in |
| 4903s | the first place and that was an absolute |
| 4905s | Gauntlet uh those matches aren't |
| 4907s | included uh because they don't count |
| 4909s | because they're feeders they're on |
| 4910s | Thunderdome they are not real matches |
| 4911s | the last time they had a win against |
| 4914s | laser Hawks and losing matches against |
| 4916s | big yikes yesterday when they lost their |
| 4917s | Flagship locals primary forsaken Empire |
| 4919s | and in Tropic Thunder so some pretty |
| 4922s | reasonable uh teams in there and of |
| 4924s | course boltram uh very experienced pilot |
| 4926s | uh on on TQ and in Alliance tournaments |
| 4929s | meanwhile let's look over at Fancy Pants |
| 4930s | have a look at them |
| 4933s | So Fancy Pants uh two for two uh they've |
| 4935s | played Four matches one two lost two uh |
| 4938s | two two is usually a pretty good uh |
| 4939s | pretty good showing for a lot of teams |
| 4941s | many teams should be proud of that fact |
| 4942s | they're hoping to see if they can make |
| 4944s | it uh three and two uh in this upcoming |
| 4946s | match the last times they uh picked a |
| 4948s | couple of wins it was against the |
| 4949s | network and what could possibly go wrong |
| 4952s | uh which in that case was they lost |
| 4955s | um last time they lost was against Brave |
| 4956s | yesterday Brave uh sneaky good perhaps |
| 4958s | this year and Boundary experts again two |
| 4961s | very solid teams |
| 4963s | um |
| 4964s | both teams are now in the arena and uh |
| 4967s | we're just about ready to go over to |
| 4968s | them CC Swift who do you think is going |
| 4970s | to take this will the pants be fancy |
| 4971s | enough or will the ninjas hide |
| 4974s | I usually don't like going with weebs |
| 4977s | but |
| 4978s | I will go with uh hidden Leaf crew uh |
| 4980s | they've been hanging around amawaki |
| 4982s | quite a bit and the factual Warfare zone |
| 4984s | so I think they're you know primed and |
| 4985s | ready to go |
| 4986s | and jintan uh fancy pants were kind |
| 4989s | enough to let me scream with them a |
| 4990s | couple of times over the run-up to this |
| 4992s | tournament so I've I've got to tell them |
| 4993s | that they're definitely going to win and |
| 4995s | if they don't I'll be disappointed in |
| 4996s | them there you are so uh will gentam |
| 4999s | disappointed or will CCP Swift's faith |
| 5001s | in the weebs Prevail Let's cross the |
| 5003s | arena and find out as we go to Hidden |
| 5005s | Leaf Village Ninja Assassin esport Squad |
| 5007s | versus Fancy Pants lights |
| 5013s | now welcome back to the ring with Fancy |
| 5015s | Pants versus hidden Leaf bloody bloody |
| 5017s | scooty Squad whatever I don't know but I |
| 5019s | must have done something good in the |
| 5020s | previous life because we have another |
| 5021s | Vindicator on grid versus a slipping |
| 5023s | hurricane Nighthawk comp |
| 5025s | I've had people absolutely loving this |
| 5027s | vending less check combo right now |
| 5029s | um but we've seen hidden Leaf taking a |
| 5030s | lovely Griff in there so the Griffin |
| 5032s | obviously going to be sporting the ECM |
| 5034s | and just flying around but being a |
| 5035s | little annoying little uh hassle there |
| 5037s | for the opposition here are fancy pants |
| 5039s | but combination of the Jack though we're |
| 5041s | gonna obviously be seeing some e-ore |
| 5042s | mints being used on that jackdaw I |
| 5043s | predict here uh most likely sensor dams |
| 5046s | being a lovely combination just beat |
| 5047s | together with ECM and sensor damps so |
| 5050s | even if they are able to lock you |
| 5052s | um well you know they're not jammed they |
| 5054s | might not be in range so lucky that time |
| 5057s | indeed it's gonna be a very interesting |
| 5058s | match for sure you've got Auto cannons |
| 5060s | slip during Hurricane Fleet and I can't |
| 5062s | tell they're the hams are heavies please |
| 5063s | double check for me |
| 5065s | either way look here but I'm talking to |
| 5067s | those that we have on the night right |
| 5070s | now again that's him everything by the |
| 5072s | way it's him authoris ham caracal Navy I |
| 5074s | mean next you're gonna be bringing your |
| 5075s | ham sandwich in it this is ridiculous I |
| 5078s | can't confirm that we have a full Hammer |
| 5079s | set up here |
| 5081s | um with well except the step now |
| 5082s | obviously right now with uh just having |
| 5084s | the lovely ACS there at the Basilisk I |
| 5086s | think that's the one a few times we've |
| 5087s | seen a bass spleen field here people |
| 5089s | normally opting for a semi or even uh |
| 5091s | with the rush they're coming normally |
| 5093s | coming with the frig lodgy as well or |
| 5095s | just cheap out on like an osprey right |
| 5096s | now so a very interesting choice that |
| 5098s | they've decided to sum to these sync |
| 5099s | these points into a T2 Logistics Cruiser |
| 5101s | and it's the best disc at that but the |
| 5103s | match is now underway I feel like we're |
| 5104s | gonna see a repeat the last few times of |
| 5106s | indicator has been shown where it gets |
| 5107s | rushed down by a ham rush and removed in |
| 5110s | seconds this time the team only has a |
| 5111s | Thalia and a uh Beacon to rep it I get |
| 5115s | the feeling it's not gonna be long for |
| 5116s | this world as you can see the team |
| 5117s | already burning in what are they going |
| 5119s | for |
| 5121s | is also getting a lot of pressure here |
| 5124s | on the hidden Leaf side wondering what's |
| 5126s | really reaching out and touching it |
| 5127s | there I think it's these ogres right now |
| 5128s | that probably beam ogres that are |
| 5130s | harassing it right now so he just needs |
| 5131s | to watch these transfers so it doesn't |
| 5133s | uh Congress to really you know uh tunnel |
| 5135s | vision awful news reps needs to pay |
| 5136s | attention to where he is flying to just |
| 5138s | minimize his potential getting hit by |
| 5140s | these turrets at long range interesting |
| 5141s | I think a slip near and I think maybe |
| 5143s | one of those who actually got kept off |
| 5144s | of The Vindicator but the vincare is |
| 5146s | still dying remarkably fast there's like |
| 5147s | a lot of DPS even without the slipper at |
| 5149s | zero I think he's probably still |
| 5150s | arranged to fire um his regular ammo so |
| 5153s | he's still gonna be doing damage to the |
| 5154s | Vindicator going down quick as always |
| 5156s | now my favorite ship is just getting |
| 5158s | removed from Eve at this point this is |
| 5160s | this is no longer Vindicator it's dead |
| 5162s | Decatur because it's just it just keeps |
| 5163s | dying now the video goes down it is the |
| 5166s | punching bag of this Alliance tournament |
| 5168s | folks we just season getting beaten Time |
| 5170s | After Time the carrier is getting a bit |
| 5172s | of a harassment there I'm assuming the |
| 5173s | jackdaws appliance and missiles there |
| 5174s | coming from hidden Leaf onto that uh |
| 5176s | carries of fancy fans right now augers |
| 5179s | like you said we're doing a good job |
| 5180s | actually uh being screening ships on the |
| 5182s | same time getting that stepner but the |
| 5183s | stuff there being ACS as well and just |
| 5185s | minitar having a nice bonus to this fall |
| 5187s | off being able to reload into a varying |
| 5189s | array of ammo here and we just see them |
| 5191s | just even there while it's being |
| 5192s | screened just pumping into like the |
| 5193s | shack and just shredding it into off |
| 5194s | armor right now yeah it's like the |
| 5197s | second like well it's a good ship it |
| 5198s | needs a match to go longer and it's just |
| 5200s | not happening for these things they just |
| 5201s | keep getting ripped apart by ham rushes |
| 5203s | I thought we were expecting hand rushes |
| 5205s | die off they're getting stronger they're |
| 5206s | multiplying |
| 5207s | I'm a bitco wondering what the tsushimu |
| 5210s | of Katrina here on Fancy Pants doing he |
| 5212s | looks like he's commenting his mind up |
| 5213s | if he wants to go for the Basilisk or if |
| 5215s | he wants to help with the sapner because |
| 5217s | it seems like he was trying to scare off |
| 5218s | that bastards for a while and then just |
| 5220s | kind of gave up and started coming back |
| 5221s | and now he's changed his mind again and |
| 5223s | suddenly decided that the Basilisk is |
| 5225s | maybe a good idea so he'll be going for |
| 5226s | that now |
| 5228s | uh I think he's as confused with the |
| 5230s | rest of this team like their pants are |
| 5231s | great and all but it's just not winning |
| 5232s | the match and it feels if it was a |
| 5235s | fashion match I think jinton would |
| 5237s | probably win first but I think Fancy |
| 5238s | Pants would have been second |
| 5240s | while we see that shimo and the org Navy |
| 5241s | here are going in the second org AV also |
| 5243s | coming in they're going full fully in on |
| 5245s | that bass list now um so finally |
| 5246s | deciding to go shut down this T2 logic |
| 5248s | Cruiser bassless having a ridiculous |
| 5250s | amount of high slots just for all those |
| 5252s | reps to just pump out of it but he has |
| 5254s | all the damage on him right now having a |
| 5256s | few xlsb charges but there is not a lot |
| 5258s | in the terms of rapture to keep this |
| 5260s | bass here alive |
| 5261s | yeah the best is on a timeline he will |
| 5263s | die raise me soon but he has done an |
| 5265s | incredible job for his team he's kept |
| 5266s | all the DPS core alive while they've |
| 5268s | been destroying fancy pants as cool so |
| 5270s | at this point like he can die knowing |
| 5272s | he'd done his job |
| 5274s | fantastic job here so I mean if this |
| 5275s | basket goes down do you think Fancy |
| 5277s | Pants is going to be in position to call |
| 5278s | this back they do still have a |
| 5279s | nightholder to contend with |
| 5282s | no no |
| 5284s | they get this I slept near or a |
| 5287s | hurricane or even like two of them could |
| 5288s | be dead and they'd still be able to win |
| 5289s | this match Unfortunately they just don't |
| 5291s | have the DPS that required to break |
| 5292s | through this team |
| 5294s | I mean the spouse is doing a fantastic |
| 5296s | job of staying alive right now it will |
| 5297s | be uh going down soon unfortunately |
| 5300s | um that will mean hidden Leaf |
| 5301s | unfortunately will be losing a ship uh |
| 5302s | not having a clean sweep but just uh |
| 5304s | once again it's just absolutely killer |
| 5306s | performance by this Old Ham Rush on |
| 5308s | ships you wouldn't normally expect them |
| 5310s | to be normally we see things like the |
| 5311s | author's Osprey characters even in their |
| 5313s | faction variants is going more for the |
| 5315s | rapid lights as the bass he finally does |
| 5316s | give it down but nice refreshing Rush uh |
| 5319s | well refresh to see this Rush of the |
| 5321s | hams just all then |
| 5323s | it's making me hungry now I want a ham |
| 5325s | sandwich but um looks like the best list |
| 5327s | did go down but the auger has paid the |
| 5329s | price for that one and yeah the assuming |
| 5331s | another org will die soon and yeah it's |
| 5334s | just not going well for this team |
| 5336s | unfortunately not fancy pants uh looks |
| 5338s | like they are on their way out the door |
| 5341s | um no one likes to wear pants when |
| 5342s | you're playing games at home it seems so |
| 5344s | say no to the pants um but others also |
| 5346s | just love seeing |
| 5348s | um things like the Jaguar uh there's |
| 5349s | normally something we don't see that |
| 5351s | much teams opting for uh more of the the |
| 5355s | interdictors or the uh t3ds uh the |
| 5359s | Tactical destroyers on that kind of like |
| 5361s | light tackle screening side of things we |
| 5363s | see but seeing assault frigates we |
| 5364s | rarely see them these days what are you |
| 5366s | feeling do assault figures actually |
| 5367s | still have a place here right now |
| 5369s | Wingnut you can never beat a ram Jag Ram |
| 5372s | Jags are disgustingly strong and if you |
| 5374s | fit them for full tank and utility they |
| 5376s | can just be near impossible to kill |
| 5378s | unless you fully focus them down |
| 5380s | so the Jag's doing a great job here it |
| 5382s | actually works very well with the team |
| 5383s | as well he is Fast Very tanky tackle |
| 5385s | with the Basilisk is actually quite |
| 5387s | strong |
| 5388s | so I actually quite like that pick to be |
| 5389s | honest it's very good they've got a very |
| 5391s | good Compass a lot of damage some |
| 5392s | support mixed in they've got really |
| 5394s | great tank with the Bassey and even the |
| 5396s | ewall with the Griffin and potentially |
| 5397s | the mint of the Jack door it is a very |
| 5399s | strong comp |
| 5401s | I must say it probably was a bit |
| 5402s | annoying going up against that Griffin |
| 5403s | you never know what happens with RNG |
| 5405s | unfortunately |
| 5406s | um we can just watch the control bars |
| 5407s | and try and think what's happening but |
| 5409s | I'm going to assume some people were |
| 5410s | probably smashing a bit of keyboards |
| 5412s | here unfortunately uh we do see the |
| 5414s | pontifex of uh is time to go for the |
| 5416s | boundary right now the jet ramjag is |
| 5418s | coming on him looks like he'll be |
| 5420s | tackling him denying him the honor |
| 5421s | boundary oh no he does actually get the |
| 5423s | boundary maybe the Jag follows maybe the |
| 5425s | authors does we'll see but that will |
| 5427s | actually be the end of this match of |
| 5428s | hidden leave taking a comfortable win |
| 5430s | here right now over Fancy Pants Alliance |
| 5432s | only losing the bass in the mix here and |
| 5434s | with that we'll be sending it back to |
| 5436s | the studio |
| 5441s | [Music] |
| 5449s | thank you |
| 5462s | guys stop being casual they're really |
| 5464s | bad we should not lose anybody to this |
| 5467s | warp off take the Sleep warp everybody |
| 5469s | warp off this is a really really bad |
| 5471s | execution I'm very disappointed |
| 5479s | [Music] |
| 5486s | thank you |
| 5489s | Crush our enemies your temps are |
| 5492s | completely damned out Crush I'm dumped |
| 5494s | out I'm dumped out you don't like Travis |
| 5496s | boys again |
| 5504s | I'm jammed |
| 5514s | foreign |
| 5523s | taking that Victory there over Fancy |
| 5526s | Pants Alliance who uh sadly crash out of |
| 5529s | Alliance tournament 18 uh they are no |
| 5532s | more in the tournament uh that's a bit |
| 5536s | unfortunate for them uh CP Swift how was |
| 5538s | that match for you uh it was it was |
| 5540s | pretty pretty much what we expected when |
| 5542s | we saw the ships land on grid |
| 5545s | um that really strong battle cruiser |
| 5547s | Rush comp going up against the fancy |
| 5549s | fans team |
| 5550s | um I think it's one of those matches |
| 5552s | where |
| 5553s | um henleaf were just very very confident |
| 5555s | in um in their comp and their execution |
| 5558s | just looked really really smooth they |
| 5560s | played everything perfectly everyone was |
| 5562s | always in the right positions made the |
| 5564s | right target calls melted that first |
| 5565s | ship really fast and then it was just |
| 5567s | smooth sailing |
| 5569s | and jintan Robert you any Reflections on |
| 5571s | that last match there yeah just um it's |
| 5574s | another thing we're actually seeing |
| 5575s | quite a lot of which is of indicators |
| 5576s | coming in you know you expect a |
| 5578s | Vindicator to do really well in a close |
| 5579s | range fight where your opponents aren't |
| 5581s | going to be running away from you and |
| 5583s | then uh it just completely eating it |
| 5585s | within the first 30 to 60 seconds of a |
| 5587s | match I absolutely got you know taken to |
| 5590s | taken to Pound Town by that ham sandwich |
| 5592s | comp from uh hidden Leaf village |
| 5594s | hiddenly Village Ninja Assassin Squad |
| 5597s | Esports team team the team is silent |
| 5600s | technically uh CP Swift during that |
| 5602s | match you actually started talking to me |
| 5603s | about wind conditions uh what is a win |
| 5607s | condition what do we mean we talk about |
| 5608s | that uh so win condition is essentially |
| 5610s | like when you have two comps on field |
| 5613s | um the one thing you can do to get |
| 5614s | yourself back in the game uh and Fancy |
| 5616s | Pants they identified hey if we've got a |
| 5618s | chance in this we've got to kill that |
| 5620s | basilis we've got to kill the hidden |
| 5622s | Leaf Logistics and then we can start |
| 5624s | working down the bottom end uh and maybe |
| 5626s | that's our our way to keep it alive and |
| 5629s | that's exactly what they did |
| 5630s | unfortunately uh hidden Leaf were just |
| 5632s | way too composed uh and they were |
| 5635s | actually very good at keeping their |
| 5636s | Bassey alive uh the positioning of the |
| 5638s | pilot himself just the comp being able |
| 5640s | to support the Basilisk all worked in |
| 5642s | their favor |
| 5643s | how easy is it to determine these wind |
| 5646s | conditions when you you warp in and you |
| 5647s | see what's on grid like is that |
| 5649s | discussion has to happen really quickly |
| 5651s | like sometimes is it like not obvious |
| 5652s | like how does It Go um it's against a |
| 5655s | good comp it's not obvious that's when |
| 5656s | you're designing a team you don't want |
| 5658s | your like linchpin weak point to be very |
| 5661s | obvious uh so this all comes down to |
| 5663s | practice I'm sure these teams have |
| 5664s | practiced and scrimmed against these |
| 5666s | types of setups so they knew instantly |
| 5668s | which one to go for they didn't have to |
| 5670s | debate it they didn't have to hold like |
| 5672s | a small Council and like you know do a |
| 5675s | straw poll or something like that uh no |
| 5677s | they knew like oh we got to kill this |
| 5678s | thing let's go and that's why the |
| 5680s | practice that's why these teams practice |
| 5682s | for like hundreds of hours |
| 5684s | I'd love to see uh like twitch does |
| 5686s | Alliance tournament uh like pick comp by |
| 5688s | twitch voting I'm sure it would be |
| 5690s | absolute garbage |
| 5692s | um and uh probably would lose but it'd |
| 5693s | be fun uh jintan you were speaking |
| 5695s | during that match about uh The Damp War |
| 5697s | uh between the carries and the jackdaw |
| 5699s | uh that we saw explain that to me please |
| 5702s | so the downpour is something that's |
| 5704s | going to be very important especially as |
| 5706s | we get into later matches where we're |
| 5708s | going to see teams go up against one |
| 5709s | another that are both using uh comps |
| 5711s | which have a heavy amount of damp ships |
| 5713s | and what we mean by The Damp war is |
| 5717s | um as damps are something that uh unlike |
| 5721s | ECM where if you jam someone you can |
| 5723s | counter Jam them back and then you're |
| 5724s | just locked into you know both running |
| 5726s | all your RNG on one another |
| 5728s | um damps can lock out your opponent from |
| 5730s | being able to damp you back so if you're |
| 5732s | able to get lock first and or you have |
| 5735s | some form of resistance against stamps |
| 5737s | you can stop your opponents from being |
| 5739s | able to apply them back to you and force |
| 5740s | them onto a bad Target and that's |
| 5742s | something we saw really have a massive |
| 5744s | impact in that game |
| 5745s | the Jack door from hidden Leaf Village |
| 5748s | was able to damp out their opponents it |
| 5751s | was either carriers or more or less I |
| 5752s | can't quite remember thank you and |
| 5756s | because of its equal resistance it |
| 5758s | wasn't able to damp it back and as such |
| 5759s | it was forced to damp the slept near |
| 5761s | which was in the middle of the comp and |
| 5763s | therefore those damps did absolutely |
| 5765s | nothing to impact what the slept near |
| 5766s | was doing |
| 5768s | um effectively making those five points |
| 5769s | of the carry is completely useless in |
| 5771s | the match yeah ccps we saw a lot of |
| 5773s | different effects on on the UI all on |
| 5776s | top of that slept near |
| 5778s | um when when the team were upset and |
| 5780s | does everyone just go for the primary or |
| 5781s | like how does that kind of all work they |
| 5783s | shouldn't but sometimes you do need to |
| 5787s | have a lot of effects on your primary |
| 5789s | like the worst worst worst thing you can |
| 5791s | do is like that cool guy doesn't look at |
| 5793s | explosions type thing we're like oh this |
| 5795s | guy's dead I'm gonna swap over the other |
| 5796s | guy and then he lives and so all that |
| 5799s | work was for nothing so sometimes over |
| 5801s | committing is is much better than under |
| 5803s | committing yeah getting that level |
| 5805s | equipment just right can be very very |
| 5807s | difficult yeah and it could be the thing |
| 5808s | that separates like the good teams and |
| 5810s | and the less good teams I know a lot of |
| 5812s | teams that I've experienced over the |
| 5814s | years uh they will have someone whose |
| 5815s | job is to call out like assigning damps |
| 5817s | and that can take quite a long time for |
| 5819s | some teams to sit there and assign the |
| 5821s | damps on every single match for every |
| 5822s | single team that they're flying against |
| 5823s | other teams are much snappier getting |
| 5825s | things done but that person saying that |
| 5828s | might not be the the primary target |
| 5829s | caller or shock collar because they're |
| 5830s | trying to work on the actual strategy |
| 5832s | for the match itself uh they have you |
| 5834s | know they've offloaded that that |
| 5835s | particular part to someone on their team |
| 5837s | so it's a whole you know team effort |
| 5839s | um what's really cool now is uh you can |
| 5841s | have a sound spotter now because now |
| 5843s | each turret has its own audio effect so |
| 5845s | instead of everyone like looking at the |
| 5847s | ships trying to figure out what guns |
| 5848s | they have fit you could have a guy who's |
| 5850s | getting shot at usually say oh I'm |
| 5852s | getting shot at by an artillery let's |
| 5854s | move the dams over there to force them |
| 5855s | to come in closer there you are that's |
| 5858s | uh some Next Level wrinkly brain tactics |
| 5860s | right there if you have CCP Swift I |
| 5862s | didn't even know that to be fair that's |
| 5863s | pretty cool I came in with Uprising |
| 5865s | there you go Uprising another great |
| 5867s | thing sounds have changed uh let's look |
| 5870s | at our next match because that was our |
| 5871s | last uh elimination match uh for now we |
| 5874s | will come back to elimination bracket |
| 5875s | later on in the day but our next series |
| 5877s | of matches are all going to be uh in the |
| 5879s | the winners bracket so these are teams |
| 5880s | that haven't dropped a match at all yet |
| 5882s | they are undefeated and the first of |
| 5884s | those matches is going to be truth honor |
| 5886s | light versus arrival so let's see what |
| 5889s | they've chosen to ban |
| 5893s | uh so arrival Banning out the Ishtar the |
| 5896s | arthrus and the executive Navy mean |
| 5898s | truth honor light Banning out the Deacon |
| 5900s | the Nighthawk and the hurricane Fleet |
| 5903s | issue CCP Swift uh what do you what do |
| 5905s | you make of these bands here |
| 5907s | well |
| 5908s | it's a truth honor light probably you |
| 5910s | don't want to see a bunch of battle |
| 5911s | cruiser spam thrown at them |
| 5913s | um they also probably just want to play |
| 5916s | a few mind games uh when you're one of |
| 5918s | the top teams in the tournament you do |
| 5920s | have a massive advantage and a massive |
| 5922s | disadvantage right you always see your |
| 5924s | opponent's best comp because you have |
| 5926s | this massive Target on your back at the |
| 5928s | same time a lot of teams will kind of |
| 5931s | look to your lead and try and follow it |
| 5932s | you're the the trendsetter of the |
| 5934s | tournament in terms of meta so they will |
| 5936s | try and emulate what you're doing so you |
| 5938s | can really set the tone week after week |
| 5940s | and that gives you a big Advantage but |
| 5942s | you know getting rid of this Nighthawk |
| 5944s | getting rid of this uh hurricane uh it |
| 5947s | makes a few comps especially maybe they |
| 5949s | know a rival really like this hurricane |
| 5950s | Fleet issue but it reduces some incoming |
| 5953s | damage and maybe forces the arrival team |
| 5956s | a little bit out of their comfort zone I |
| 5958s | also really like the Deacon band because |
| 5960s | as we mentioned a lot taking two thalias |
| 5963s | would be uh 12 points which makes |
| 5965s | absolutely no sense so you're really |
| 5968s | basically saying you can't take armor |
| 5970s | fragrant Logistics so bring me something |
| 5971s | Shield which can't really take too much |
| 5974s | much because now the Nighthawk and |
| 5975s | hurricane Fleet as you are out or bring |
| 5978s | uh like a guardian or an owneros so CC |
| 5981s | Swift if you're if you're a team like |
| 5983s | truth on the light um it's you know Fair |
| 5985s | assumption that you're going to make a |
| 5986s | deep run into the tournament uh you're |
| 5988s | aiming for a win really |
| 5990s | um what's the thought process for like |
| 5992s | not bringing your best comp because you |
| 5994s | know as you've just said that teams are |
| 5996s | going to be bringing what they think is |
| 5997s | their best comp against you but you |
| 5999s | probably want to get further into the |
| 6000s | tournament before you start to reveal |
| 6002s | things how does that kind of like |
| 6003s | balance work uh so generally what you do |
| 6006s | is you take a team you skirm against it |
| 6009s | and you try and set it as your Baseline |
| 6011s | team so you throw at any team uh as your |
| 6015s | main archetype if it loses to anything |
| 6017s | that generally people will be flying on |
| 6019s | the first weekend and then once you have |
| 6022s | that like perfect team you just run that |
| 6024s | first weekend time after time and don't |
| 6026s | show anything new uh then in the second |
| 6029s | weekend uh when you show like you're |
| 6031s | really really strong teams people have |
| 6033s | at most a day to react to you uh so |
| 6036s | that's generally the the strategy when |
| 6037s | you're talking about these top Elite |
| 6038s | teams uh Hydra who knows what they're |
| 6041s | gonna do or at least truth honor light |
| 6042s | uh who knows what they're gonna do you |
| 6044s | know they're very unpredictable uh very |
| 6047s | very strong not only in individual |
| 6048s | piloting but also in theory crafting |
| 6050s | yeah we've seen over the last couple of |
| 6052s | years uh getting into the last weekend |
| 6054s | and then Hydra last year vidra the two |
| 6056s | years before they'd been flying |
| 6058s | something all tournament and then |
| 6059s | suddenly last day this whole complete |
| 6061s | new setup that no one had seen and then |
| 6063s | everyone started trying to copy it but |
| 6064s | with no time to really prep it no time |
| 6066s | to really test it and really understand |
| 6068s | uh like how that individual comp |
| 6070s | executes so I'm always super excited to |
| 6072s | see um like what happens especially with |
| 6074s | teams like truth on the light |
| 6076s | um they're going up against a rival |
| 6077s | arrival or not a bad team at all like |
| 6078s | they have upset some strong teams in the |
| 6081s | past including uh Hydra I believe have |
| 6084s | been upset by arrival under the weekend |
| 6086s | warrior guys I think or perhaps |
| 6087s | something of templates but I'm sure a |
| 6089s | rival have upset one of the the what we |
| 6091s | consider the top tier teams in the past |
| 6092s | so I think Hydro will have to be or |
| 6094s | sorry truth on a light uh are gonna have |
| 6097s | to be you know somewhat careful that you |
| 6099s | can't just underestimate a team jintan |
| 6101s | uh we've seen before teams that think |
| 6103s | they're like super good they |
| 6104s | underestimate someone and then they get |
| 6105s | upset like do you think that might |
| 6108s | happen here or do you think truth or |
| 6109s | like are going to be cool composed yeah |
| 6111s | that's something we've seen happen in |
| 6112s | previous tournaments obviously Tempest |
| 6114s | cow stuff very famously upsetting them |
| 6116s | in their first match um in what an |
| 6118s | Octodad mirror of the first game uh |
| 6120s | which was incredible we never saw that |
| 6122s | comp again until the uh the final |
| 6124s | weekend of that tournament |
| 6126s | um I I'm really interested to see what a |
| 6128s | rival bring here though their bands are |
| 6130s | really unorthodox Banning out the Ishtar |
| 6131s | Banning out the authorist uh you know |
| 6133s | the Ishtar as a ship we have seen |
| 6135s | effectively nothing of so far in this |
| 6137s | tournament the authoris is something |
| 6139s | that's a little replaceable the um Navy |
| 6142s | Osprey and the Navy caracal can be used |
| 6144s | instead of it quite easily |
| 6146s | um and they should have shown in the |
| 6148s | anger games for example that they can |
| 6149s | bring really unorthodox setups modify |
| 6152s | them to what they expect their opponents |
| 6153s | to bring and execute really well with it |
| 6156s | um basically piloting a two Varga comp |
| 6158s | all the way to uh relatively High |
| 6160s | placing in that tournament so before we |
| 6163s | see them bring out something a little |
| 6164s | spicy here or at least that's my hope |
| 6167s | for space CSV Swift do you hope for |
| 6169s | space as well uh space is good I like it |
| 6173s | yeah |
| 6176s | there we are I'm gonna check what you |
| 6178s | guys are in twitch land think as well so |
| 6179s | 11 of you voting for arrival 89 going |
| 6183s | for truth on the light so that's such a |
| 6185s | good value bit it is a good value bet CP |
| 6187s | Swift you're going to put your Twitch |
| 6188s | points on arrival I didn't bring my |
| 6189s | phone because I thought that would be |
| 6191s | very rude uh and also potentially give |
| 6193s | me an advantage so no |
| 6195s | I can't but in in spirit I will bet my |
| 6198s | now 78 000 points thank you PL and |
| 6202s | exodus |
| 6203s | um I would put a portion of that on |
| 6205s | arrival makes a lot of sense I'm not |
| 6207s | going to be like Misty and say put all |
| 6209s | your points on this uh 100 to 100 dog |
| 6212s | you'll be a gajillionaire no no just put |
| 6214s | like like 500 points on there what could |
| 6217s | go wrong there you are so let's go to |
| 6219s | the arena now and find out if those |
| 6220s | points are going to be completely wasted |
| 6222s | or if they're going to be uh multiplied |
| 6223s | in value as we go for truth on a light |
| 6225s | versus arrival |
| 6231s | and welcome back to the arena and we are |
| 6233s | seeing what the missiles I always expect |
| 6234s | to see this is a fly killer comp from |
| 6237s | the um |
| 6238s | well the team with the bug is honestly |
| 6239s | they brought pancakes with fly killer |
| 6242s | maybe I'm again from arrival now showing |
| 6245s | up yeah that's the truth on your life |
| 6246s | coming back with the fly killer comp |
| 6248s | with the jackdaws and we've seen the |
| 6250s | Osprey Navy's actually not being halves |
| 6252s | this time but yeah it's you know a |
| 6253s | single Armageddon Navy issue on the grid |
| 6255s | uh let's hope they can play it |
| 6257s | effectively and they're actually putting |
| 6258s | lasers onto this Armageddon Navy issues |
| 6260s | most team have been opting to do rapid |
| 6261s | Heavies on them trying to just you know |
| 6264s | mix all the bonuses in there so let's |
| 6265s | see if they just don't spread themselves |
| 6267s | too thin on this Armageddon Navy issue |
| 6270s | um but we might be seeing another issue |
| 6271s | that they're running to here for a rival |
| 6273s | side uh that the team earlier did as |
| 6275s | well with the Army and Navy issues we've |
| 6276s | seen a drone comp here I'm getting a |
| 6278s | Navy issue EOS mermaidon but they're |
| 6280s | fine on aniros not a lot of logistics |
| 6282s | Bots that will be able to assist that |
| 6284s | are near us if they're going for DPS |
| 6285s | spots |
| 6286s | indeed and also diversing a com which is |
| 6288s | also known to be quite fast which will |
| 6290s | be out running their drones a lot of the |
| 6291s | time so it's going to be a very hard |
| 6292s | time applying damage with drones they're |
| 6294s | going to have to rely on the tackle to |
| 6295s | hold something down long enough to get |
| 6297s | drones on top and start destroying |
| 6298s | something |
| 6300s | and we do have the match underway drones |
| 6301s | are being launched we've seen a century |
| 6303s | uh drones come out here from Armageddon |
| 6304s | Navy issue he's kind of just sitting |
| 6306s | there right now some more sentries also |
| 6307s | coming out |
| 6308s | yes there we go so centuries oh going |
| 6310s | for uh centuries out but the first |
| 6312s | damage is really coming onto the nearest |
| 6313s | of howling wind no so both teams are |
| 6316s | going to the logic trade sure if the bat |
| 6317s | on Euros is going getting hurt really |
| 6319s | quickly the odd spray is being hurt but |
| 6320s | a lot slower pace for sure only assume |
| 6323s | far as xlasb yet |
| 6324s | some guidance disruptors coming out onto |
| 6326s | the bar guest onto enemy side of uh |
| 6328s | truth on the light there gonna see |
| 6330s | what's coming from the murmurdon and the |
| 6331s | eels here using those mid slots that you |
| 6333s | were hoping that our nearest can run in |
| 6334s | a way to just mitigate some of the |
| 6336s | damage that these bar guests are doing |
| 6337s | but there will be some rapid like Clips |
| 6339s | to uh pumping into the end there right |
| 6341s | now Daenerys has kept running he's |
| 6343s | trying to play it safe but in doing so |
| 6345s | the Confessor has died and the heck of |
| 6346s | he's about to follow him he's run so far |
| 6348s | away he cannot support his team for the |
| 6350s | next like minute and you can just see |
| 6351s | two ships dead I bet just have a fleet |
| 6353s | all the sky breaker will be next and |
| 6355s | just get deleted in seconds that is the |
| 6357s | worry when you run too far |
| 6359s | that's unfortunate actually a |
| 6360s | combination of the nearest going one way |
| 6362s | and the Hecate and excuse me the |
| 6364s | Confessor going the other way and just |
| 6366s | good catch there actually by Chief |
| 6367s | Arnold light just to spot that arranged |
| 6369s | script and see there and just not |
| 6370s | emptying their entire clip of Engineers |
| 6371s | that's running away but just to quickly |
| 6372s | finish up some clips into some lighter |
| 6374s | stuff as they're doing right now for |
| 6375s | this diver Fleet issue as well as the |
| 6377s | sonarus comes creeping back |
| 6379s | you see the Osprey is about to |
| 6380s | potentially go down but in return they |
| 6382s | have now lost pretty much the majority |
| 6383s | of their soccer Wing they've got a sky |
| 6385s | breaker and that's about it and then |
| 6387s | they got like the Old Navy's are pretty |
| 6389s | good but they are not as fast as the |
| 6390s | ships they've lost and that's going to |
| 6391s | potentially hurt them here |
| 6393s | was was seeing truth on the light |
| 6394s | actually uh getting onto the scenarios |
| 6396s | right now this staying in range looks |
| 6398s | like they've just come with reloads and |
| 6399s | they're going to be pumping back into |
| 6400s | the scenarios right now so you look |
| 6402s | quite comfortable for a moment but it |
| 6403s | was actually just the re though giving |
| 6404s | him a bit of a breather as he's going to |
| 6406s | structure and we'll be going down soon |
| 6407s | and they're probably going to then |
| 6408s | finish off the rest of the clips into |
| 6410s | cyber Fleet issue right now Osprey Navy |
| 6412s | issue of ferox on the truth on the light |
| 6413s | side uh looks like some xlsv charges |
| 6416s | keeping him up as the nearest goes down |
| 6417s | for |
| 6419s | arrivals either way and the uh Santa Fe |
| 6422s | has survived and unfortunately the |
| 6423s | nearest did go down so all the effort |
| 6426s | that's howling we did did try and stay |
| 6427s | alive unfortunately has well not really |
| 6430s | gone away but has definitely not been as |
| 6432s | good as we would have hooked for it so |
| 6434s | the fleet goes down Oscar Navy's now in |
| 6435s | Hull he's about to pop |
| 6438s | for arrival have been done much so just |
| 6441s | kind of sitting there in the center |
| 6442s | being an easy kind of Anchor Point you |
| 6444s | just kite around that our nearest would |
| 6446s | have done a lot better if a RedBot Cloud |
| 6447s | was keeping him up especially |
| 6449s | considering the reloads uh that happened |
| 6451s | there for a long time that our nearest |
| 6452s | was just setting off no damage onto him |
| 6454s | and that all of that time could have |
| 6455s | been used to just uh you know even just |
| 6457s | two waves of Redbox just get them back |
| 6459s | up to full HP buy him as much time as he |
| 6461s | needs but again people making the |
| 6463s | sacrifice here going for these he's |
| 6464s | again he's buying as much time as he can |
| 6466s | by running as fast as he can oh no |
| 6470s | oh no thanks to have some difficulties |
| 6473s | but yeah we're just going to keep going |
| 6475s | here as the um game is still underway uh |
| 6477s | caracal like you say getting picked on |
| 6478s | the still taking advantage to run away |
| 6480s | caracal can run into an issue of |
| 6482s | capacitor right now while he's being |
| 6483s | shot or navy issue does go down both a |
| 6485s | capacitor just being a T1 little Cruiser |
| 6487s | right now running an involved shield |
| 6489s | invo and the mwd constantly you can run |
| 6491s | into some good capacity issues here so |
| 6492s | you'd normally have to juggle them as a |
| 6494s | pilot that's going to be constantly |
| 6495s | cutting but he does eventually go down |
| 6497s | just getting pumped up there he bought |
| 6500s | more than enough time there the opposing |
| 6502s | team chased them all around the arena |
| 6503s | and they've killed him look where the |
| 6505s | opposing team is they're pretty much the |
| 6507s | opposite side of the Arena from where he |
| 6508s | died |
| 6509s | they're all below actually the uh comp |
| 6511s | at the moment and they're kind of just |
| 6512s | chilling going for the second older Navy |
| 6513s | very interesting uh actually if I'm |
| 6516s | looking at this Armageddon Navy issue |
| 6518s | sure he does have Tara uh but I it looks |
| 6521s | like he actually has some rapid lights |
| 6523s | on him as well |
| 6526s | who |
| 6527s | the Armageddon Navy issue if I'm looking |
| 6530s | at these things correctly oh he has some |
| 6532s | weird mix of turds happening here right |
| 6534s | now he does have a weird mix of turrets |
| 6535s | what in the world okay people doing some |
| 6539s | really funny choices for they get in |
| 6540s | Navy issues here right now is the last |
| 6541s | organization goes down leaving the tanky |
| 6543s | boys of them done and the EOS alive for |
| 6545s | a rival side |
| 6546s | um truth I don't like doing a fantastic |
| 6548s | job or just cutting here showing that |
| 6549s | even if it's not hams if it's just the |
| 6551s | Classic rapid lights cutting fly keto |
| 6554s | setup still a lot of potential just do a |
| 6556s | lot of damage here right now |
| 6558s | I'm I'm just kind of trying to figure |
| 6560s | what in the bloody hell those weapons |
| 6561s | are |
| 6563s | looks like order cans the other one |
| 6565s | that's |
| 6567s | very confused by that good Navy that |
| 6568s | particularly matters his team is being |
| 6570s | pulled apart but uh looks like they've |
| 6572s | got a character Navy being a pressure |
| 6574s | but he's so far away he's just not gonna |
| 6575s | die |
| 6578s | um do you want to confirm here the |
| 6580s | flagship is being thrown by truth on |
| 6581s | your light of Dexter day in the bar gas |
| 6583s | right now so we will be seeing a bar gas |
| 6585s | Flagship actually taking a victory here |
| 6586s | quite comfortably but it seems like I'm |
| 6588s | not dying yeah yeah you shouldn't take |
| 6590s | one bargast you should take two |
| 6593s | oh yeah twin buggies provides a lot of |
| 6595s | speed and application as well they're |
| 6597s | very useful ships and the damage we |
| 6598s | provide is beautiful |
| 6600s | problem is we try and bring bug with |
| 6601s | something else everything else is pretty |
| 6603s | much slower than the park |
| 6605s | well it's pretty good choice not to go |
| 6607s | for the armor torque bar I suppose with |
| 6609s | zero uh application bonuses |
| 6611s | um but we're going to see two final I'd |
| 6613s | maybe lose another character Navy issue |
| 6614s | here the Armageddon Navy issue still |
| 6616s | able to do some application here right |
| 6618s | now although it seems like he sunk his |
| 6620s | teeth into the bar guest of Dexter there |
| 6621s | maybe he's hoping he could get a |
| 6623s | flagship Kill by himself here with the |
| 6625s | Osprey elf grid that would be quite |
| 6626s | hilarious with a true honor securing |
| 6629s | this win right now but still losing the |
| 6630s | flagship actually |
| 6632s | I I don't see it happening but in my |
| 6635s | heart of hearts I would love to see it |
| 6637s | happen because that would just be the |
| 6638s | funniest if you as they leave just you |
| 6641s | may have got maybe a person the leaders |
| 6643s | loses bracket but will take your |
| 6644s | Flagship with us |
| 6646s | yeah so we have the Armageddon Navy |
| 6648s | issue apps to these studies uh sunky's |
| 6650s | teeth here into the flagship bar gas |
| 6652s | that's going to be newts that's going to |
| 6653s | be drones that's gonna be |
| 6655s | um weapon systems over lasers and |
| 6657s | whatever that other turretives I still |
| 6659s | cannot figure out for Life me what that |
| 6661s | thing is |
| 6662s | um cannons and lasers I swear I'm sorry |
| 6665s | I can't be 100 correct for you guys but |
| 6667s | that looks like Auto cannons and lasers |
| 6669s | and I don't know why |
| 6672s | but I still think the flagship Our Guest |
| 6674s | will be living to win here right now |
| 6677s | um but I'm just fantastic to see two |
| 6680s | Pancakes on grid you know it's always |
| 6682s | better when you can share with your |
| 6683s | friends uh just all the fun that you |
| 6684s | have in those High slots |
| 6686s | um but arrival uh do you think I even |
| 6688s | had a chance against this cardiacom |
| 6691s | uh honestly no |
| 6694s | almost like while the Sentry drones seem |
| 6696s | not not the best option they are the one |
| 6698s | that doesn't have to chase enemies down |
| 6699s | they can just shoot whereas if they |
| 6701s | brought Heavies or mediums they'd be |
| 6703s | chasing these Ospreys and uh authorizers |
| 6705s | all the way around the arena now it |
| 6707s | looks apparently those are actually just |
| 6708s | 800s and maybe 650s on the Armageddon |
| 6711s | Navy so no lasers it's it's all auto |
| 6713s | cannons so fair enough |
| 6715s | I am utterly confused by these words |
| 6719s | changed again that's actually lasers |
| 6721s | unfortunately I don't know large layers |
| 6723s | I'm sorry guys okay there are definitely |
| 6725s | nasals there I saw laser squeaker |
| 6727s | there's a commit to the lasers here but |
| 6729s | I am just thinking um you know people |
| 6731s | just keep making this mistake with these |
| 6732s | drone comps where you know I feel like |
| 6734s | if you're not going to have the logistic |
| 6735s | spots to support your solo Logie you |
| 6738s | should be looking more at a freak lodgy |
| 6739s | standpoint because free logic can always |
| 6740s | cover each other's backs but when you're |
| 6742s | just taking a teacher Lodge you're not |
| 6744s | bringing a lot in the terms of ewar I |
| 6745s | think they only had one or two guidance |
| 6747s | disruptors going out until then we |
| 6748s | borrow gas you kind of just you know |
| 6751s | abandoning your logic to whatever |
| 6753s | happens you're not screening for them |
| 6754s | you're not doing e-word for them you're |
| 6756s | not giving them any form of support in |
| 6758s | rap Bots |
| 6759s | um you're just leaving them out there to |
| 6760s | die on their own and it's not just them |
| 6762s | dying their own that's a lot of points |
| 6763s | you're losing and then you're losing all |
| 6764s | of your support |
| 6766s | honestly don't think there's any amount |
| 6767s | of support they could have brought to |
| 6768s | keep that nearest alive against this |
| 6770s | comp but again now he's about to die |
| 6772s | unfortunately arrival will be in the um |
| 6774s | in the loser bracket after this but this |
| 6777s | will be their first loss today and with |
| 6779s | that we'll get back to the studio and |
| 6780s | see what they think |
| 6785s | [Music] |
| 6802s | foreign |
| 6831s | foreign |
| 6836s | switched |
| 6838s | well it would have been a fun easy fight |
| 6840s | right but guess what dude I'm not seeing |
| 6842s | it people can't get together |
| 6848s | [Music] |
| 6866s | truth honor light going to an o in |
| 6869s | Alliance tournament 18 as they knock |
| 6870s | arrival down to one and one and into the |
| 6874s | elimination bracket we will see arrival |
| 6876s | again later and we will of course see |
| 6878s | truth on the light again later as they |
| 6879s | continue through the the upper bracket |
| 6882s | on their way to hopefully for them a |
| 6884s | finals appearance they wanted to go two |
| 6887s | in a row uh obviously winning under a |
| 6888s | Hydra reloaded last year seeing if they |
| 6890s | can go get that second Victory this time |
| 6892s | as truth honor light jintan uh during |
| 6895s | that match you were talking a bit about |
| 6896s | the piloting of uh uh like Captain |
| 6899s | Dexter in that Flagship bar guest and |
| 6902s | you were you were praising it talk to me |
| 6903s | about that yeah so Dexter actually um he |
| 6905s | had to deal with quite a lot of pressure |
| 6907s | in that match in terms of what a rival |
| 6909s | was throwing at him they put two three |
| 6910s | Cruisers just burning straight at him |
| 6912s | trying to look down that Flagship uh so |
| 6914s | they could take it off the grid and then |
| 6916s | even you know arrival will probably |
| 6917s | hoping hey even if we lose we can take |
| 6919s | out the Hydra Flagship considering get |
| 6921s | matched with them every single bracket |
| 6922s | we might as well do that and take some |
| 6925s | Glory if nothing else home but Dexter |
| 6928s | was able to evade two of them he managed |
| 6930s | and knew of the final one um get that |
| 6932s | scram dropped and then reactivate his |
| 6934s | mwd quickly enough to not get properly |
| 6936s | caught at the end of the match he just |
| 6938s | sat around let the Armageddon Navy issue |
| 6940s | well on him knowing full well that he |
| 6942s | had enough tank to survive from that |
| 6943s | point but yeah it was a really good |
| 6945s | positional awareness really good |
| 6947s | piloting and uh that's probably the |
| 6949s | reason why he's one of the first bug s |
| 6951s | Flagship Pilots to actually win his |
| 6952s | match as opposed to all the other teams |
| 6954s | that have brought them exactly well done |
| 6956s | to him and um arrival did pretty well |
| 6959s | actually I mean this is potentially one |
| 6961s | of the one of the best teams in the |
| 6963s | tournament uh truth on the light an |
| 6965s | arrival going up against them a tough |
| 6966s | match they they won the lottery trade at |
| 6968s | the start they did really really well |
| 6970s | and it just didn't quote it wasn't quite |
| 6972s | enough basically to put a w here we talk |
| 6975s | about logic trades a couple of times |
| 6976s | he's to be Swift uh like what do we mean |
| 6977s | and why can that be important uh so |
| 6980s | Elijah trade is exactly exactly what it |
| 6981s | sounds like it's one of these great |
| 6982s | things that I get a nice little softball |
| 6984s | as you love to me it's where you trade |
| 6987s | your logistic ships ah get it you guys |
| 6990s | get it |
| 6991s | um like collectible cards no no not like |
| 6993s | not like uh Pocket Monsters or Digital |
| 6996s | Monsters uh just trade in terms of kills |
| 6998s | uh right so um a lot of these teams they |
| 7001s | recognize as the match goes on if I |
| 7004s | don't have overwhelming damage if the |
| 7006s | other team has a lodgy and I lose like |
| 7008s | one or two of my DPS ships I've got no |
| 7011s | chance of killing anything so when I've |
| 7013s | got Max damage I want to go for that |
| 7015s | logic and that's what both teams did a |
| 7017s | rival did this through centuries trying |
| 7019s | to go after Lucas Quan |
| 7021s | uh Lucas Quan probably the most seasoned |
| 7025s | Logistics pilot in the game in terms of |
| 7026s | Alliance tournament right now uh a pilot |
| 7029s | has uh five gold medals for the alliance |
| 7031s | tournament used to be on the pl team uh |
| 7034s | used to fly lodgy and skirmishes all the |
| 7036s | time so he survived just long enough uh |
| 7040s | well his team probably was going to win |
| 7042s | anyways but survived just long enough |
| 7044s | and just like was able to get away from |
| 7047s | the incoming damage enough |
| 7049s | but even though he died in his tech one |
| 7051s | Osprey uh the tech 2 o'neros died very |
| 7055s | shortly thereafter on arrival so uh |
| 7057s | really good piloting on by Lucas there |
| 7059s | uh you know he can always come back to |
| 7061s | the pl team that would that would always |
| 7063s | be very welcomed uh you can come home |
| 7067s | anytime you want Lucas uh |
| 7069s | yeah |
| 7071s | I'm not trying to actively recruit good |
| 7073s | Pilots but if you you just come it'll be |
| 7077s | great there you are in the hearts of CC |
| 7079s | Swift just come yeah okay let's not |
| 7082s | let's not clip that |
| 7084s | gentan |
| 7086s | um do you what do you think we're gonna |
| 7087s | see next time from truth on the light so |
| 7089s | they've used two separate comps now uh |
| 7091s | we you were saying uh that perhaps we |
| 7093s | wouldn't uh see two separate comps in |
| 7095s | CSP Swift |
| 7096s | um was saying that's what a good team |
| 7097s | should do just keep one con for the |
| 7099s | whole first weekend do you think uh the |
| 7101s | next match for 2008 we will see one of |
| 7102s | the two comps or something new entirely |
| 7104s | well I think the next match they'll play |
| 7106s | is actually next weekend uh going to |
| 7109s | going to O up means that they don't have |
| 7111s | to play again today uh they don't have |
| 7113s | any threat of elimination against them |
| 7115s | um but that said I expect we'll probably |
| 7117s | see another variant of their Max uh Max |
| 7120s | threat projection comp that we saw on |
| 7122s | that first match that they played |
| 7124s | um taking advantage of the recently buff |
| 7125s | Navy executors and a bunch of other uh |
| 7128s | long range uh project turret platforms |
| 7131s | to just control the space on the grid |
| 7134s | use their individual piloting to make |
| 7136s | sure that they have really good they're |
| 7138s | Landing really good hits and just |
| 7139s | crushing your opponent's support Wing |
| 7141s | awesome so let's uh take a moment and |
| 7143s | just check in with CCP racks on heraldry |
| 7147s | and the cool new stuff on ships |
| 7156s | players identity in new Eden is |
| 7159s | important to them what they want to do |
| 7160s | is they want to showcase off who they |
| 7162s | belong to a corporation or Alliance and |
| 7165s | being able to kind of go proudly into a |
| 7167s | fight with other players the first thing |
| 7169s | that we are releasing are emblems |
| 7172s | emblems allow them to put their |
| 7175s | cooperation on allowance logos on ship |
| 7176s | and kind of flying Fleet information |
| 7178s | into these battles |
| 7180s | down the line kind of what we are hoping |
| 7182s | to achieve with Herald tree is that we |
| 7184s | want to enable players to do more uh to |
| 7188s | kind of sculpt their identity within new |
| 7190s | Eden in a better way at release players |
| 7193s | will be able to acquire emblems for |
| 7196s | around 100 ships and then over time we |
| 7198s | will gradually be seeding more shape |
| 7200s | holes into the game |
| 7209s | CSP racks there with heraldry and |
| 7211s | emblems uh they look super cool I'm |
| 7213s | looking forward to getting some of these |
| 7215s | on my ships I've not had that chance to |
| 7217s | get out yet and redeem the do the |
| 7219s | missions and get the points since you |
| 7220s | sort of shaking your head that made but |
| 7222s | we've been busy setting up the giant |
| 7224s | video wall and things |
| 7225s | sure look I'm hosting the alliance |
| 7228s | tournament I can't do stuff that's |
| 7230s | exactly right exactly right so I'm |
| 7232s | hoping and I'm hoping to get some really |
| 7234s | cool skins and really cool heraldry and |
| 7236s | emblems very very shortly but in the |
| 7238s | meantime uh we have to go back to work |
| 7240s | and we have to talk about our next match |
| 7242s | which is the tuskers call versus Polaris |
| 7244s | mercenary Alliance so let's take a look |
| 7246s | at the bands for that match coming up |
| 7251s | uh here we go |
| 7253s | so the tuskers got Banning out the |
| 7255s | Deacon Natalia and the jackdaw so they |
| 7258s | really don't want to see uh the |
| 7259s | logistics fragrance here for armor and |
| 7261s | Polaris mercenary Alliance batting out |
| 7263s | the Bargas the curse and the Scimitar |
| 7265s | jintan uh we've seen teams Banner one of |
| 7268s | Deacon and Talia to kind of almost |
| 7270s | Banner both because of the points |
| 7272s | inflation rule task was bringing they're |
| 7274s | buying out both here what do you think |
| 7275s | about that I think that's a really |
| 7276s | targeted band towards the uh two |
| 7279s | Battleship control comp |
| 7280s | um you know that's something where the |
| 7282s | top end you can vary it you can use the |
| 7284s | shack so you can use navy armageddon's |
| 7285s | you can use all sorts of different |
| 7287s | things to replace the very uh upper end |
| 7289s | Echelon of it but the Deacon and Thalia |
| 7292s | are so important because without those |
| 7293s | ships you don't have either enough reps |
| 7295s | or enough points to make the composition |
| 7298s | work it doesn't really work within a |
| 7299s | neuros or anything similar that said |
| 7301s | Iris do have the option of going for a |
| 7303s | T1 Logistics in that style of comp and |
| 7305s | maybe trying to make that work |
| 7307s | yeah that would be super interesting uh |
| 7309s | CCP Swift looking at what players have |
| 7311s | banned here do you think we might see |
| 7313s | something like that uh it's possible I |
| 7315s | do like the Polaris mercenary uh bands |
| 7317s | to just like get rid of the good stuff |
| 7319s | like I don't want to see a Bargas don't |
| 7321s | want to see a curse don't want to see us |
| 7323s | say we just get out of here good stuff |
| 7324s | they're not really uh giving away too |
| 7326s | much about what they want to take but |
| 7328s | they are definitely saying I don't want |
| 7330s | to see these top tier ships |
| 7332s | yeah the bar guys I'm a very powerful |
| 7334s | Chef it was even more powerful last year |
| 7335s | of course it was underpointed this year |
| 7337s | a lot of that power has kind of crept |
| 7339s | forward |
| 7340s | um it's still super super good and we |
| 7341s | see that the fact the number of teams |
| 7343s | bringing it as their Flagship uh even |
| 7345s | though it's not discounted last year I |
| 7346s | remember people complained last year |
| 7348s | because they were like oh the bar guys |
| 7349s | we can't bring our Flagship |
| 7350s | Battlegrounds anymore Flagship the |
| 7352s | Shacks oh no we can't bring those |
| 7355s | um and they're with uh with the bar guys |
| 7356s | now I think we've looked inside it's the |
| 7358s | lowest ehp flagships basically that we |
| 7361s | we'd ever seen |
| 7362s | um and a number of teams have discovered |
| 7364s | just how low that ehp can go |
| 7367s | um this tournament uh feeding a bunch of |
| 7368s | them which is rather unfortunate for |
| 7370s | them but it's time to go Serena and find |
| 7373s | out who's going to win between the test |
| 7375s | scores and Polaris mercenary Alliance as |
| 7377s | we go check in with the boys in the |
| 7378s | booth |
| 7379s | ah |
| 7384s | hello this is Alexia card here with |
| 7386s | moderator |
| 7387s | and we have the tuskers with a very cool |
| 7391s | double Navy squirt comp with a fleet |
| 7394s | typhoon going for a triple Battleship |
| 7396s | with a vulture command ship for links a |
| 7399s | very bold setup kind of forced into |
| 7401s | these tech one frigates here by the |
| 7403s | Bands |
| 7404s | moderator what do we have for Polaris |
| 7405s | mercenary lines |
| 7407s | yeah um we've seen not this comp before |
| 7410s | in the theater certainly |
| 7412s | um Armageddon Navy Duo Tempest and then |
| 7416s | an oracle executive Navy an auger |
| 7419s | pontifex and a Mauler and then the |
| 7421s | Navitas and The Inquisitor interestingly |
| 7423s | enough both teams choosing to use those |
| 7425s | tech one Logistics frigates wanting to |
| 7428s | get more points in uh to their high end |
| 7430s | really and I mean we've seen you know |
| 7435s | time and time again let's forget to do |
| 7436s | not last long compared to their tutu |
| 7439s | counterparts |
| 7440s | nope they are quite squishy but they can |
| 7443s | put out the Reps if they're entirely |
| 7445s | ignored they could be a Difference Maker |
| 7447s | here that said as soon as either side |
| 7450s | looks at them they're probably going to |
| 7451s | get shredded uh I think in terms of |
| 7455s | Advantage here probably tusker is a |
| 7458s | little bit more application onto small |
| 7460s | targets maybe that'll come into play |
| 7462s | they plan to see tech one logistic |
| 7463s | frigates and so they brought a bit of a |
| 7467s | thicker low end and some application |
| 7469s | with the fleet typhoon |
| 7471s | yeah of note that Fleet typhoon and |
| 7473s | Scorpion Navy issue are fit with cruises |
| 7475s | not rapid Heavies so they will be very |
| 7478s | happy to kite away with the rest of |
| 7481s | their composition and just keep slamming |
| 7483s | into uh that high end I mean those |
| 7485s | missiles will apply nearly perfectly to |
| 7487s | you know the executive Navy and anything |
| 7489s | greater |
| 7491s | and we're off you damage spread |
| 7494s | throughout the Polaris team uh what are |
| 7497s | they trying to accomplish there it |
| 7499s | doesn't seem like they've picked any |
| 7500s | Targets |
| 7502s | um that might be some |
| 7504s | um damage from the stormbringer but it |
| 7506s | looks like the Oracle is going to be |
| 7507s | their primary it makes a lot of sense |
| 7509s | you would want to paint that it does you |
| 7511s | know the highest combination of |
| 7512s | projection while also having really no |
| 7515s | meaningful tank relative to the you know |
| 7519s | Battleship counterparts |
| 7521s | it does go down meanwhile it seems like |
| 7524s | Polaris is targeting Ville baromi's |
| 7527s | typhoon Fleet issue uh the Exeter Navy |
| 7530s | issue now now Under Fire from the |
| 7532s | tuskers it's going down quite rapidly |
| 7534s | and it seems like the Stormbreaker |
| 7536s | damage has slowed down considerably |
| 7538s | they're definitely trying to focus in on |
| 7540s | the damage dealing potential of Polaris |
| 7542s | by going for their thinnest tank ships |
| 7545s | yeah interesting that vulture is not at |
| 7549s | all tackled you would think he might be |
| 7550s | given that the executive Navy and the |
| 7552s | auger Navy are right on top of him uh |
| 7555s | we've seen uh Shield auger navies be fit |
| 7558s | rather paper tank this one is fit more |
| 7561s | bricky with you know an armor |
| 7564s | um instead and it's going to go down |
| 7566s | before they really get too much damage |
| 7568s | on that vulture now that JJ yakin is |
| 7570s | finally tackled |
| 7574s | yeah we're seeing the uh Logistics |
| 7576s | frigates here quite far from the |
| 7578s | fighting |
| 7579s | uh the the tusker's low end is Now |
| 7583s | parking on them but they are out of |
| 7585s | range to rep the top end so they've been |
| 7587s | completely isolated and taken out of |
| 7589s | this match and soon they'll be taken out |
| 7591s | of this match more formally as their hit |
| 7593s | points drop to zero first beginning of |
| 7595s | this Navitas the inquisitor's sure to |
| 7597s | follow that's a huge impact moderator |
| 7599s | meanwhile the Bantam and first still |
| 7601s | alive |
| 7603s | yeah we see that the Fly Catcher And the |
| 7606s | Jaguar from Costco's decided to just you |
| 7608s | know get away from the rest of the |
| 7611s | um Polaris team and they just Dove for |
| 7613s | the back line decided to pick off those |
| 7615s | frigates and I mean it makes sense the |
| 7618s | jaguar and the flag catcher all do a |
| 7620s | significant amount of damage and you |
| 7622s | know they're probably more useful get |
| 7624s | getting rid of those frigology instead |
| 7625s | of going after the main targets speaking |
| 7628s | of JJ yakin continuing to dip a little |
| 7630s | bit lower into Shield |
| 7632s | yeah they must be listening to the |
| 7633s | broadcast mod because they have |
| 7635s | reoriented themselves into killing that |
| 7637s | vulture now one of the tech one |
| 7639s | Logistics frigates on tuskers goes down |
| 7640s | immediately evaporated |
| 7642s | uh they've lost a pawn effects in trade |
| 7644s | that's a great trade for tuskers as they |
| 7646s | just want to hang on to this Advantage |
| 7648s | here but if they lose that vulture |
| 7649s | that's a significant chunk of their |
| 7652s | damage it's also links gone we could see |
| 7655s | some impact from that |
| 7657s | so tough scars isn't a pretty |
| 7659s | comfortable spot that said even with the |
| 7662s | vulture getting rather low the Bantam by |
| 7665s | himself won't be able to keep that up |
| 7666s | but I'm pretty happy having a typhoon |
| 7668s | Fleet and a scorp Navy with Cruisers |
| 7670s | even against three battleships you're |
| 7672s | going to be able to just run away from |
| 7674s | them being Shield versus Armor and |
| 7676s | project across the arena with cruises |
| 7679s | yeah a tusker said it was a very |
| 7681s | comfortable position here but it's worth |
| 7683s | saying that all of polaris's top end is |
| 7686s | still alive they've got a Mauler auger |
| 7688s | Navy issue for tackle and some damage |
| 7690s | and three battleships their Tempest |
| 7692s | Fleet issue is taking a severe beating |
| 7695s | right now getting to about half armor uh |
| 7698s | he is currently bearing the brunt of the |
| 7700s | aggression from the tuskers team however |
| 7702s | he's hanging in there he's starting to |
| 7704s | wrap it up a little bit they're having |
| 7706s | trouble applying meaningful damage back |
| 7709s | which is a troubling sign but these |
| 7711s | Armageddon Navy issues they've got |
| 7713s | damage they've got newts they're still a |
| 7715s | threat |
| 7716s | yeah they're still threatening we see |
| 7718s | that the augur Navy issue of isk raider |
| 7720s | is on top of a toaster M2 scorpion Navy |
| 7722s | and the armageddons are trying to close |
| 7726s | um so I think light heaven will fall |
| 7729s | pretty soon but |
| 7730s | um toaster MZ is going to be in an |
| 7732s | uncomfortable uncomfortable position now |
| 7734s | that the links are pretty meaningfully |
| 7736s | gone Stu Miner's going in for a screen |
| 7738s | but it's probably going to be too late |
| 7741s | yeah these scorpion Navy issues |
| 7743s | extremely thickly tanked they get a tank |
| 7746s | bonus lots of mid slots uh clearly |
| 7749s | tuskers has decided to put those mid |
| 7751s | slots toward make them as beefy as |
| 7753s | possible uh probably not active tanked |
| 7756s | from the look of it they're just or or |
| 7758s | if they are it's slight uh they're just |
| 7762s | gigantic bullet sponges and right now |
| 7765s | they are soaking up and absorbing all of |
| 7767s | the laser damage from these getting |
| 7769s | navies from the Old Navy the Maller and |
| 7771s | they're not thinking much of it he's |
| 7772s | sitting comfortably at half Shield |
| 7774s | taking up ever so slightly from the Reps |
| 7777s | on the Bantam meanwhile they get a Navy |
| 7778s | issue of Casimir is dropping steadily |
| 7783s | yeah I mean Casimir is going to be |
| 7786s | getting full application from those |
| 7788s | cruises if you look at the attack bars |
| 7789s | right now tufters has been outperforming |
| 7791s | uh Polaris for some time so |
| 7794s | unfortunately for Polaris their defense |
| 7797s | bar is about to drop even further as |
| 7799s | Casimir drops into Hull |
| 7802s | and that is a significant chunk of their |
| 7804s | damage it's a significant knock of their |
| 7806s | control and as you mentioned a |
| 7808s | significant chunk of the remaining team |
| 7810s | hit points |
| 7811s | uh where will tuskers go next what's |
| 7815s | their next logical Target here |
| 7817s | so now the toaster is down into Hull I |
| 7820s | could see one of two things happening |
| 7823s | either you continue to apply damage to |
| 7825s | the next Battleship or you try to kill |
| 7828s | the auger Navy in the mall of their |
| 7830s | screening uh tufters clearly has chosen |
| 7832s | to go for the Armageddon Navy issue |
| 7834s | which I personally think is the right |
| 7836s | call that typhoon Fleet issue should be |
| 7838s | able to outrun all but the OG Navy and |
| 7841s | even if the OG Navy does eventually |
| 7843s | catch up we still have the jaguar and |
| 7846s | the Fly Catcher the stormbringers to |
| 7847s | really screen for the TFI |
| 7850s | right now it appears like the Mueller |
| 7852s | and the OG Navy have paired up and |
| 7854s | they're attempting to chase down the |
| 7856s | typhoon Fleet issue that is a tall order |
| 7858s | they're quite far away from it and it |
| 7860s | seems to be quite fast |
| 7863s | yeah I mean typhoon Fleet issues uh you |
| 7866s | know still a battleship but he's moving |
| 7867s | along uh Under full mwd at you know |
| 7870s | maybe 1.2 1.3 and the Fly Catcher of |
| 7874s | Cosmo is starting to get in close to |
| 7877s | that Armageddon Navy issue just goes for |
| 7879s | uh what looks like maybe a bit of a |
| 7881s | drive-by but not anymore |
| 7884s | cycling Fleet issue has turned now |
| 7887s | allowing the OG Navy to get within |
| 7889s | strike range will it scram |
| 7892s | yeah I think it probably Will's cram we |
| 7894s | see that small pay is running a bit of |
| 7897s | an active tank possibly from um an |
| 7899s | ancillary Shield Ripper or armor wrapper |
| 7902s | rather but um I mean look how far the |
| 7904s | Armageddon and the |
| 7906s | EFI are away he's probably not going to |
| 7909s | catch up before he goes down |
| 7910s | no it's not even close the getting Navy |
| 7913s | is dropping steadily he is attempting to |
| 7915s | rep if he's likely and silly wrapped as |
| 7918s | you mentioned those charges are if |
| 7919s | they're not gone now they will be |
| 7921s | shortly so it's just a matter of time |
| 7924s | his rep power is greatly diminished his |
| 7926s | hit points close to zero he'll start |
| 7928s | bleeding structure even if he wraps |
| 7931s | pretty much zero percent armor any |
| 7934s | second now meanwhile it seems they're |
| 7935s | putting a little Advanced damage into |
| 7937s | the OG Navy that could be just ships |
| 7939s | that can't hit the gedden from their |
| 7940s | current position |
| 7942s | yeah the OG Navy is currently getting |
| 7944s | shot at |
| 7945s | um by the stormbringer and |
| 7948s | um |
| 7949s | what appears to be yeah it's actually |
| 7952s | getting on top of the typhoon Fleet |
| 7953s | issue the Mueller is getting |
| 7955s | um pretty close as well but |
| 7958s | I mean Netflix moving at 2.1 2.2 that's |
| 7962s | probably overheated just you know being |
| 7964s | able to pull range and uh continuing to |
| 7967s | pull out what looks like another Victory |
| 7968s | a small pay goes in |
| 7970s | just showing off at this point |
| 7973s | now the Mueller and OG Navy two of the |
| 7975s | tankier Cruisers in the game it will |
| 7977s | take a relatively long time to kill them |
| 7979s | but they don't really have the stopping |
| 7981s | power to kill any of these battleships |
| 7984s | if they catch one of the smaller ships |
| 7986s | one of the frigates the Destroyers maybe |
| 7988s | even the stormbringer it's conceivable |
| 7990s | they could punch through it |
| 7991s | but at this stage of the match they're |
| 7993s | just going to get controlled and |
| 7994s | corralled with all this tackle that's |
| 7996s | still alive on the tuskers team and just |
| 7998s | hold them down and make them easy |
| 8000s | pickings for the typhoon Fleet and the |
| 8001s | scorp Navy you can see them trying to |
| 8003s | fight back a little bit with this Jaguar |
| 8005s | currently going down to about half |
| 8007s | Shields but Stu Miner is in a very |
| 8009s | comfortable position as the molar goes |
| 8011s | down |
| 8012s | yeah I mean even if Polaris did manage |
| 8015s | to catch something they're down |
| 8017s | um all of 52 points with a minute left |
| 8019s | uh is greater |
| 8021s | um |
| 8022s | going to be going down uh all of the |
| 8024s | drones all of the missiles even on top |
| 8027s | of him |
| 8028s | just pushing him through |
| 8030s | um you know I want to give a shout out |
| 8032s | to Jason Orson you know everyone |
| 8035s | spamming squids in chat keep doing that |
| 8038s | we like to see you know teams picking |
| 8040s | favorites |
| 8042s | um but |
| 8043s | let's see who the death's favorite was |
| 8045s | in that match |
| 8049s | [Music] |
| 8078s | foreign |
| 8099s | connected Channel switched |
| 8102s | easy fight right but guess what dude I'm |
| 8105s | not seeing it people can't get they're |
| 8107s | fit together |
| 8118s | thank you |
| 8122s | [Music] |
| 8129s | the tuskers court they're taking the |
| 8131s | victory over Polaris mercenary Alliance |
| 8134s | in a pretty convincing win um some |
| 8136s | interesting play from both sides there |
| 8137s | but the tusker is coming away uh with |
| 8140s | the all-important dub uh in the in the |
| 8143s | tournament of note |
| 8145s | um the tuskers lost a vulture during |
| 8148s | that fight a command ship |
| 8149s | um of course it cannot be |
| 8152s | um very expensive because of the rules |
| 8153s | being uh you have to fly Tech too you |
| 8156s | cannot fly faction and things like that |
| 8158s | which is nice it means you can't lose |
| 8159s | super expensive ships apart from |
| 8161s | flagships however |
| 8163s | if you happen to be carrying around sex |
| 8165s | Skirmish command mine links and six |
| 8167s | caldari Navy command main links in your |
| 8169s | vulture you could lose as much as 2.4 |
| 8172s | billion isk CP Swift |
| 8175s | advice perhaps so I think I know what |
| 8178s | happened here right uh of course you |
| 8180s | could say oh I forgot to check my cargo |
| 8182s | didn't do this uh but this is something |
| 8184s | that faffy waffy uh invented in Alliance |
| 8187s | tournament nine where he realized that |
| 8189s | uh |
| 8190s | by letter of the law of the alliance |
| 8192s | Hornet rules you can actually swap those |
| 8194s | mind links mid-match so depending on the |
| 8197s | circumstance you could have a certain uh |
| 8199s | mind link boosted at any given time so |
| 8202s | obviously he wanted to just do it like |
| 8203s | 12 times |
| 8205s | it's a lot of times yeah yeah which I |
| 8208s | think you probably can't do I think |
| 8209s | there's a well no no he could probably |
| 8210s | do it 12 times oh there you are uh we |
| 8213s | also wanted to talk about the tech one |
| 8214s | Logistics frigates we saw in that match |
| 8216s | both sides Fielding uh those ships uh CP |
| 8219s | Swift you're not a fan but it looks of |
| 8221s | things I am not a fan so I'm an eve |
| 8222s | Boomer uh an alliance tournament Boomer |
| 8225s | as well it's Tech Two logistic ships is |
| 8227s | what you take all these other frigates |
| 8229s | and nonsense uh they are very Point |
| 8232s | efficient right uh so they're one point |
| 8234s | each uh when it comes to the rep amount |
| 8236s | you get compared to uh quite a few more |
| 8239s | for the tech 2 Logistics however as Jin |
| 8243s | tan was pointing out they are not pilot |
| 8244s | efficient and they're not slot efficient |
| 8246s | and they're not ehp efficient so what |
| 8249s | happens is you think you're having a |
| 8251s | certain amount of rep power but in in |
| 8253s | reality it just doesn't really pay off |
| 8255s | for you it's it's almost two wasted |
| 8258s | points that you could have done |
| 8259s | upgrading something else |
| 8261s | well we will see Polaris National |
| 8263s | Alliance again as they're knocked down |
| 8265s | right now into the uh elimination |
| 8267s | bracket but not out of the tournament |
| 8268s | and of course the tuskers continue on as |
| 8270s | well uh with that second whim now before |
| 8273s | we go into our next match which is going |
| 8275s | to be Odin's call versus nanofiber |
| 8276s | tokens let's go to our boy jintan uh for |
| 8279s | an interview with the captain of |
| 8280s | nanofiber tokens |
| 8282s | first of all can you introduce yourself |
| 8284s | to the audience my name is ovix tillerin |
| 8287s | I'm the captain of nanofiber tokens Nano |
| 8290s | currency's at team and what do you do on |
| 8292s | Tranquility outside of the tournament |
| 8294s | yeah we usually just fly small gang Nano |
| 8297s | um we currently live in a C3 and also |
| 8299s | ecstatic just roll that nightly for |
| 8301s | Content we used to live in Tama for a |
| 8303s | little bit content kind of died so we |
| 8305s | moved to a normal and if someone was to |
| 8307s | run into you what sized Fleet could they |
| 8309s | expect to fight |
| 8311s | that kind of depends so say roughly |
| 8313s | between three and seven maybe nine on a |
| 8316s | good night quite small which is good |
| 8318s | though because uh he's got a tight core |
| 8320s | friendly tight core to talk together |
| 8322s | nightly good group of guys |
| 8324s | what's your team's competitive history |
| 8326s | yeah so personally this is the fifth |
| 8329s | tournament I've participated in I've |
| 8331s | kept in four so I started out flying and |
| 8334s | the alliance open under HTP then moved |
| 8337s | on and restarted the networks team for |
| 8338s | AGR at 17. |
| 8342s | and then I moved on and started |
| 8343s | endcoin's team for ag5 and at-18 I took |
| 8346s | a few players in the networks team the |
| 8348s | majority of the team has at least two or |
| 8350s | three tournaments under the belt we have |
| 8352s | one or two new guys we haven't really |
| 8354s | stolen anybody mostly just kind of grew |
| 8357s | organically from the inside are there |
| 8359s | any teams in particular that you're |
| 8361s | looking forward to playing against |
| 8362s | during the tournament yeah I'm really |
| 8364s | looking forward to fighting paper |
| 8365s | numbers again they whooped our butt in |
| 8368s | the AG with like three perfectly timed |
| 8371s | bowel mjds onto our Kai Gila comp |
| 8373s | so if we can face them again in the at |
| 8377s | um I'd be really excited for that |
| 8379s | I think most of the team is also excited |
| 8381s | to get a little bit of a playback |
| 8382s | against them |
| 8383s | do you think that the balance changes as |
| 8385s | of the uprising patch are going to have |
| 8387s | an impact on the tournament yeah I |
| 8389s | actually do think it's going to have |
| 8391s | um a pretty big impact uh for one like |
| 8394s | the really good teams who are able to be |
| 8396s | a little bit more malleable I think are |
| 8398s | going to be able to leverage those |
| 8399s | changes to pull out a couple wins |
| 8402s | and I think it's kind of unfortunate |
| 8404s | actually to have those changes come out |
| 8406s | the day before because a lot of teams |
| 8407s | have been practicing you know two months |
| 8409s | with those same ships and then all of a |
| 8411s | sudden it's going to turn maybe one or |
| 8412s | two comps in their head that wouldn't |
| 8414s | have been able to be useful you know |
| 8418s | um so I think it is going to be a pretty |
| 8419s | big change |
| 8420s | all right thank you for your time and |
| 8422s | good luck in your matches |
| 8424s | thanks for the interview I'll see you |
| 8425s | later |
| 8428s | they are gentan talking with the captain |
| 8430s | then if Ira tokens uh jintan you've been |
| 8433s | producing some of these interviews for |
| 8434s | uh for this tournament how's it been for |
| 8436s | you making all of them oh it's been |
| 8438s | absolutely fantastic unfortunately I |
| 8439s | haven't had the chance to edit them all |
| 8441s | up for a presentation today uh but a |
| 8444s | grand total of 22 teams actually took me |
| 8446s | up on the invitation and uh were able to |
| 8448s | record an interview with them and it |
| 8449s | gave me a great insight into where these |
| 8451s | teams come from where they play and it's |
| 8453s | all over New Eden I think that's one of |
| 8455s | the most beautiful things about the |
| 8456s | alliance tournament is that you see |
| 8458s | teams of you know groups of players that |
| 8460s | would almost never run into each other |
| 8462s | during regular gameplay fighting it out |
| 8464s | just to you know not only for the rights |
| 8466s | to say that they're the better PVP |
| 8468s | Alliance but almost championing their |
| 8470s | own little area of space you know we've |
| 8472s | seen teams from everywhere from pochvard |
| 8473s | and lossec to teams that represent the |
| 8476s | larger norsec blocks and uh historically |
| 8479s | we even had some high SEC teams although |
| 8480s | I don't believe there are any this year |
| 8482s | it's always great to hear from these |
| 8483s | teams as well when maybe we don't know |
| 8485s | as much about them because they don't |
| 8486s | have a very you know a history in the |
| 8488s | answer those particular names so |
| 8490s | sometimes hard to recognize individual |
| 8491s | Pilots but there's just so many that fly |
| 8493s | in the alliance tournament so being able |
| 8495s | to just see a little bit uh behind the |
| 8497s | the veil of these teams has been awesome |
| 8499s | so thank you for making those and I'm |
| 8500s | looking forward to hearing some more of |
| 8501s | them as we go on through the tournament |
| 8503s | so our next match is actually going to |
| 8505s | be as mentioned the Odin's call versus |
| 8506s | nanofiber tokens so let's take a look |
| 8508s | the bands for this upcoming match |
| 8513s | audience call Banning out the Nighthawk |
| 8515s | and the Scimitar and the EOS whereas |
| 8518s | nanofiber tokens Banning out Bargas Loki |
| 8520s | and balgorn nothing super outrageous |
| 8522s | here at CSV Swift |
| 8525s | um I I see from the nanofiber tokens |
| 8527s | team they're they're banning like the |
| 8528s | the medium to long range webs uh so that |
| 8532s | kind of tells the signals to me that |
| 8533s | they want to do a little bit more uh |
| 8535s | kiting a little bit maybe more |
| 8536s | maneuvering from the interview with uh |
| 8538s | Jin hen like these guys have a very |
| 8540s | tight core |
| 8541s | so uh you know they've got a lot of |
| 8544s | practice flying uh nanoe ships together |
| 8546s | so perhaps they want to use that |
| 8548s | experience in the alliance tournament uh |
| 8550s | and and use that as an archetype more of |
| 8552s | a kiting type of comp so getting rid of |
| 8554s | those webs which are would be really |
| 8556s | annoying to them awesome well let's find |
| 8558s | out if that is exactly what they will do |
| 8560s | as we go to the arena for 905 tokens |
| 8562s | versus Odin's call |
| 8568s | hello I am moderator joined by my |
| 8571s | colleague Alexander for what will be a |
| 8573s | very explosive match both teams warping |
| 8575s | in |
| 8576s | um at 50 so they're 100 kilometers away |
| 8578s | from each other we see nanofiber tokens |
| 8581s | going for a triple Fleet typhoon with |
| 8584s | cruises and Odin's called doing what |
| 8586s | exactly |
| 8588s | uh Odin's call doing a double Shack |
| 8590s | curse pot effects celestis Thalia Deacon |
| 8594s | combo with Confessor vexer Mahler for |
| 8596s | the low end tackle a very high DPS setup |
| 8599s | but with some control with this curse |
| 8602s | yeah it'll be very interesting to see if |
| 8604s | that curse decided to go with guidance |
| 8606s | disruption because his feet did that's |
| 8608s | going to be very very impactful in |
| 8610s | keeping uh those Le Shacks alive uh we |
| 8613s | haven't really seen King Slayer as much |
| 8616s | this event but uh nanofiber tokens |
| 8618s | appears to be very comfortable bringing |
| 8620s | it into the match |
| 8622s | yeah well and everyone who has invested |
| 8624s | in nfts knows they like to multiply |
| 8625s | their value that's why they have three |
| 8627s | typhoons double links two Logistics |
| 8630s | rickets |
| 8632s | they're they're definitely sensing a |
| 8634s | theme here whether or not it'll work out |
| 8636s | for them who knows I do say with all the |
| 8639s | DPS from Odin's called concentrated in |
| 8641s | these two Le Shacks if that curse does |
| 8643s | not put the work in they could be in |
| 8645s | some serious trouble because the DPS and |
| 8648s | application coming out of these rapid |
| 8650s | typhoons is going to be absolutely |
| 8652s | insane |
| 8654s | it'll be interesting to see what impact |
| 8656s | the Latios jackdaw has when we see that |
| 8660s | jackdaw come into an armor composition |
| 8662s | you can be fairly certain that it's |
| 8664s | gotta have at least three or four mid |
| 8666s | slots dedicated to |
| 8668s | um e-war it won't be as strong as maybe |
| 8670s | what we would see out of the curse but |
| 8672s | still effective nonetheless |
| 8677s | yeah the the weak spot if anything could |
| 8680s | be ovix's typhoon is the only unskinned |
| 8682s | typhoon in their Fleet |
| 8688s | as both teams start off with nft |
| 8691s | absolutely screaming down into their |
| 8694s | opponents looks like the tackle is kind |
| 8696s | of taking the long way around perhaps |
| 8698s | going for the backline law |
| 8700s | yeah um it looks like right now the |
| 8703s | pontifex is just getting space he |
| 8705s | applied links to his team and then he's |
| 8708s | playing it's safe not wanting to get in |
| 8709s | range of uh those rapid Heavies possibly |
| 8712s | you know one-shotting him as king Slayer |
| 8714s | comps were wanting to give |
| 8718s | it and then we see Odin's call deciding |
| 8719s | to get a little aggressive as those Le |
| 8721s | Shacks are now pushing in to the uh |
| 8724s | nanofiber tokens team they're getting a |
| 8726s | little ahead of the rest of their team |
| 8727s | actually which is a pretty bold move |
| 8729s | considering that uh they're the targets |
| 8732s | the nanofiber tokens wants |
| 8734s | so right now the fleet typhoons are |
| 8737s | having trouble actually applying damage |
| 8738s | because uh we're seeing what have to be |
| 8741s | guidance disruptors out of the curse and |
| 8743s | then we're seeing dams being put onto |
| 8745s | the one Fleet typhoon that doesn't have |
| 8747s | any |
| 8748s | disruption on it very well played from |
| 8750s | the curse so far but we do see tackle |
| 8752s | from the hyena on to the Le Shack of |
| 8754s | Colonel carts |
| 8756s | I don't think it's as much as much as |
| 8757s | they're having trouble applying is I |
| 8758s | don't think they've begun shooting at |
| 8760s | all they may be waiting till all three |
| 8762s | are in range so they can maximize their |
| 8764s | Clips here right now both fleet's kind |
| 8766s | of jockeying for position here with |
| 8769s | nanofiber tokens using their speed |
| 8771s | advantage to reposition kind of kiting |
| 8774s | around the bulk of the Odin's call team |
| 8777s | and I do actually like the what you were |
| 8781s | saying that nanofiber tokens isn't |
| 8783s | really using any of their Clips until |
| 8785s | they're within range and can really uh |
| 8787s | you know apply damage together |
| 8789s | um one of the issues you run into if you |
| 8791s | dump half your clip and you know you |
| 8794s | haven't killed anything you go on reload |
| 8796s | now you're back at square one meanwhile |
| 8798s | the Pod defects of Cesar Barbarian is |
| 8800s | going to be primaried |
| 8802s | and he is taking a pretty significant |
| 8805s | fire but he's close to the Embrace of |
| 8807s | the deacon Thalia combo they are not |
| 8809s | tech one Logistics frigates these are |
| 8811s | Tech 2 frigates they're tankier they put |
| 8813s | out a little bit more on the rep side |
| 8815s | and as long as they're not under any |
| 8817s | pressure from neutralizers I think |
| 8819s | they're going to be okay keeping this |
| 8821s | Pawn effects up that said Le Shacks have |
| 8824s | excellent tracking and they should be |
| 8825s | able to track a destroyer and as they |
| 8827s | spool up on him it could get |
| 8829s | increasingly dicey if he stays within |
| 8831s | range |
| 8832s | so right now we see that it looks like |
| 8835s | the Odin's call team is trying to get |
| 8837s | um on top of the nanofiber tokens team |
| 8840s | kind of on the z-axis and try to pick |
| 8842s | off a Target that gets a little bit out |
| 8844s | of position we see a grapple onto the |
| 8846s | fleet typhoon of Chadwick that will be |
| 8848s | from of course the Le Shacks meanwhile |
| 8851s | um curse is playing very safe at the |
| 8854s | moment |
| 8854s | both teams just trying to get on top of |
| 8856s | each other with Villa Shacks now going |
| 8858s | uh ahead of the rest of their teams |
| 8860s | trying to get that grapple you know |
| 8863s | applied a little bit more firmly it |
| 8866s | looks like the curse tackle is what |
| 8867s | they're waiting for you're seeing their |
| 8868s | whole team start to Surge and collapse |
| 8870s | onto the target |
| 8872s | uh they're they're trying to peel away |
| 8874s | some of the protection from the curves |
| 8876s | while keeping it locked down |
| 8879s | yeah |
| 8880s | okay the fleet typhoons are shooting the |
| 8882s | fleet typhoons are now shooting we're |
| 8884s | gonna see what they can do here as the |
| 8886s | pawn effects and hyena start to take a |
| 8888s | heck of amount of fire here they've |
| 8889s | already lost their Sky breaker if they |
| 8891s | can take the curse out for it it'll be a |
| 8893s | great trade even if they lose the pawn |
| 8895s | effects as well |
| 8896s | yeah they've gotten one of the fleet |
| 8899s | typhoons pretty well on top of the |
| 8900s | Carson is newting him out uh the curse |
| 8902s | you know of course trying to counter |
| 8904s | Newt and ply pressure but if that curse |
| 8906s | gets uh you know any more Fleet typhoons |
| 8908s | close to him at zero and it looks like |
| 8910s | the Muller of the fellow is trying to |
| 8911s | screen off Chadwick uh the typhoons are |
| 8914s | a little bit strung out right now and |
| 8915s | might have damage of trouble applying to |
| 8917s | that curse |
| 8918s | yeah this is potentially disastrous for |
| 8920s | nanofiber tokens they're trying to all |
| 8922s | in on this curse but they're not even |
| 8924s | scratching the paint |
| 8927s | uh he's taking a tremendous amount of |
| 8929s | fire but his lodgy drone ball is keeping |
| 8931s | him right up |
| 8933s | um the Odin's called deacons on top of |
| 8935s | him he's got an enormous cloud of medium |
| 8937s | and heavy rep drones |
| 8939s | not really under any pressure like you |
| 8941s | would hope to see it looks like they're |
| 8943s | switching Target now to a vexer of elite |
| 8945s | pixels taking advantage of all that |
| 8947s | repping power being out of position |
| 8948s | they're bringing it down to half and |
| 8950s | they may take it down before they can |
| 8951s | switch over |
| 8953s | yeah we see that the Drone ball is |
| 8955s | attempting to get on top of that vexer |
| 8957s | but it might be a little bit too late |
| 8958s | the vexator got out in front trying to |
| 8960s | get you know some tackle onto one of |
| 8962s | these to Fleet typhoons to hold the down |
| 8964s | for his little Shack Bros but it didn't |
| 8966s | happen and the vects are now clawing |
| 8968s | back armor yes excellent piloting from |
| 8971s | the vexer he knew he was in trouble he |
| 8973s | knew where the rep drone Cloud was he |
| 8975s | flew right toward it to cut down the |
| 8977s | travel time may have just saved his life |
| 8979s | with that piloting decision |
| 8982s | and the fleet typhoons are trying to |
| 8984s | collapse in that curse but it looks like |
| 8985s | they're going to get intercepted by the |
| 8987s | Le Shack of Colonel carton possibly the |
| 8989s | Paradigm as well |
| 8992s | nanofiber tokens might be on a Reload |
| 8994s | here their damage has slowed to a crawl |
| 8998s | they're really having some trouble now |
| 9000s | because you would think that curse the |
| 9002s | curse it's a fabulously powerful ship |
| 9004s | not the most tanky ship in fact |
| 9006s | considering how valuable it is to a |
| 9008s | fleet it is terribly undertanked and |
| 9011s | they could not Dent it meanwhile ovix's |
| 9013s | typhoon Fleet issue starting to take |
| 9015s | some significant damage as those little |
| 9017s | Shacks start to go to work |
| 9019s | yeah the lechecks have gotten pretty |
| 9022s | close to zero on that Fleet typhoon so |
| 9024s | they'll have no trouble just you know |
| 9026s | spooling up and when they do eventually |
| 9028s | get to that 2K damage even if they do |
| 9030s | lose a smaller the FL I mean losing a |
| 9033s | Muller for getting tackle on typhoons uh |
| 9035s | and you know spooling up to that 4K |
| 9037s | damage between the two of them will |
| 9039s | eventually bring ovix down |
| 9042s | that said that is potentially a sign of |
| 9044s | Life the Mauler you would have to |
| 9045s | presume is much tankier than the vexer |
| 9047s | and the curse maybe they have sorted out |
| 9050s | uh perhaps they were on the wrong |
| 9052s | missile types whatever issue was causing |
| 9055s | them trouble killing these Cruisers they |
| 9057s | may have sorted it out will they try to |
| 9059s | go for the vexer or the curse again or |
| 9061s | will they try to change tactics and kill |
| 9064s | perhaps uh the logistics try to cut that |
| 9067s | down a little bit whatever they have to |
| 9068s | do they better do it fast because ovix's |
| 9070s | hit points are dropping at an increasing |
| 9072s | Pace as these little Shacks continue to |
| 9074s | spool |
| 9075s | yeah we see that the typhoon Fleet |
| 9078s | issues of Highway and Chadwick are you |
| 9080s | know going around these Le Shacks |
| 9082s | because the Le Shacks are hard committed |
| 9083s | onto |
| 9084s | um ovix they're trying to get into the |
| 9086s | back line really get on this curse and |
| 9088s | we see the Confessor and the vexer uh |
| 9091s | now readjusting trying to compensate but |
| 9093s | we're losing the Latios Jack jaw |
| 9096s | crucially that's going to be tracking |
| 9098s | disruption now off of the Le Shacks |
| 9101s | it didn't seem I was checking the the |
| 9104s | broadcast didn't seem like he was |
| 9106s | applying that much tracking actually so |
| 9108s | I don't know if he was tackle just a |
| 9110s | little bit of anti-fricket damage but |
| 9112s | he's off the field I think more |
| 9114s | significantly ovix is hanging onto dear |
| 9116s | life and he goes down oh that's |
| 9119s | devastating that's essentially one-third |
| 9122s | of the entire DPS of nanofiber tokens |
| 9124s | and they've already had so much trouble |
| 9126s | cracking relatively soft Targets on the |
| 9129s | Odin's call team they might not have the |
| 9131s | Firepower to push through what did they |
| 9134s | do at this point ma what what's their |
| 9136s | what can they do to try to turn this |
| 9138s | match around |
| 9140s | uh and I hate to say it but they're uh |
| 9143s | they're kind of screwed at this point |
| 9144s | frankly they're trying to kill um one of |
| 9146s | these factors they're getting |
| 9148s | um you know on back onto the reload the |
| 9150s | damage |
| 9152s | um bar we see from nft is zero right now |
| 9154s | they're trying to uh you know get rid of |
| 9156s | a ship that's holding down one of these |
| 9158s | typhoon Fleet issues we see the Le |
| 9159s | Shacks now closing onto uh Huey kante's |
| 9163s | TFI |
| 9166s | oh no absolutely devastating |
| 9169s | it will go down slow at first those |
| 9172s | little Shacks will continue to spool up |
| 9174s | using their trigolavian guns depending |
| 9176s | on how they're fit they could be topping |
| 9178s | out at nearly 2 000 damage a piece that |
| 9181s | is absolutely incredible amount of |
| 9183s | damage especially with such high |
| 9184s | tracking and high projection they've got |
| 9186s | utility highs the Shacks are absolutely |
| 9189s | terrifying and we've already seen that |
| 9192s | they can cut through one of these Nano |
| 9194s | fiber token typhoon fleets as soon as |
| 9195s | they skip school up which means this is |
| 9198s | just a matter of time and we're gonna |
| 9199s | see hibikanti's hit points disappearing |
| 9202s | extremely rapidly and as he's already |
| 9205s | starting to lose get to the point where |
| 9207s | he cannot keep up with the DPS his reps |
| 9210s | are now losing the war |
| 9212s | yes so uh kernel carts finally hit |
| 9214s | control space and is now not out |
| 9217s | tracking himself and it will be applying |
| 9219s | full damage uh we see lit pixels of X |
| 9221s | will continue to take damage but I I |
| 9223s | mean you're gonna essentially trade a |
| 9224s | vexer for a TFI very much not worth it |
| 9227s | especially being down |
| 9229s | um you know 25 points that said though |
| 9231s | there is only a minute left on the clock |
| 9233s | so |
| 9234s | um |
| 9235s | unfortunately for nft they're not really |
| 9238s | going to be able to make up that ground |
| 9239s | with only 40 seconds left I wouldn't be |
| 9242s | surprised if the TFI and the Vex were |
| 9244s | the last chips to die in this match |
| 9246s | and shocking that they're dying at all |
| 9248s | the rep ball as far as I can tell still |
| 9251s | intact this Vex room is so heavily |
| 9253s | tackled down that he's lost a lot of his |
| 9255s | damage mitigation and even then they're |
| 9257s | still having trouble cracking him it's |
| 9258s | entirely possible they will not get this |
| 9260s | vexer as he we can't he's typhoon Fleet |
| 9263s | As She Goes Down cutting their damage to |
| 9265s | a third of what it was at the start of |
| 9267s | this match and now you can see that the |
| 9269s | cloud of rep drones has pulled Elite |
| 9271s | pixels back as we approach the time |
| 9273s | limit |
| 9275s | and that should be it congratulations |
| 9277s | Odin's call we're handing it back to the |
| 9279s | desk |
| 9285s | [Music] |
| 9301s | thank you |
| 9305s | Yeah we actually lost a bet as CCP |
| 9308s | collectively so that's why that Alliance |
| 9310s | logo is in the game of course you could |
| 9312s | change your alliance by leaving but that |
| 9313s | would be kind of a jerk move that kind |
| 9315s | of oh you don't like it now this Lego |
| 9317s | sucks I'm gonna go join |
| 9326s | [Music] |
| 9329s | thank you |
| 9335s | welcome to leave Pandora |
| 9362s | [Music] |
| 9367s | Odin's call there with the win over |
| 9370s | nanofiber tokens uh propelling them |
| 9372s | further into the Winner's bracket |
| 9373s | whereas uh nft dropping down into the uh |
| 9377s | the losers bracket right there mystical |
| 9379s | might |
| 9380s | um interesting comp from Odin's called |
| 9383s | twin Le Shacks 52 points and two ships |
| 9385s | what do you think about that I mean I |
| 9388s | think it's a very Odin's thing to do I |
| 9390s | think Odin definitely favors the Jeweler |
| 9392s | Shack comp |
| 9393s | um |
| 9394s | I don't know how I feel about it in a |
| 9396s | world where we have bonus tracking |
| 9398s | disruptors again where we have you know |
| 9400s | scripts making a return to the |
| 9401s | tournament Le Shacks were always very |
| 9403s | weak to the fact that there are various |
| 9406s | ways that you can break their spools on |
| 9408s | targets and that resets the damage that |
| 9410s | they're doing back to the base level |
| 9411s | which is still fairly High because it's |
| 9413s | a battleship but it's not quite the 2000 |
| 9415s | that was being quoted before |
| 9417s | um by the commentators so uh I think |
| 9420s | it's a risky play especially when |
| 9421s | they've left curse open as well so that |
| 9423s | they could bring it but obviously pays |
| 9425s | off because it's still a lot of damage |
| 9428s | a lot of tank and a lot of utility |
| 9431s | yeah speaking of a lot of damage if I |
| 9433s | come from one person whose team owns a |
| 9435s | flagship bar guest to a a man whose team |
| 9438s | does no longer own a flagship Vargas the |
| 9441s | Basilisk joins us here on the desk Baza |
| 9442s | we saw the three battleships there from |
| 9444s | nft what did you think about that comp |
| 9446s | again super heavy Point investment so |
| 9448s | that's a sort of kingslayer comp I think |
| 9450s | that we saw quite a lot in the feeders |
| 9451s | indeed my team filled it twice in the |
| 9453s | feeders will ever used a sort of bogus |
| 9454s | variant with a bogus and two typhoon |
| 9456s | fleets and I think with the point |
| 9457s | inflation I would question maybe |
| 9458s | bringing three of those typhoon fleets |
| 9461s | um especially when the new buffed |
| 9462s | Navigator was available |
| 9464s | um and obviously then you would save |
| 9465s | points on the point inflation I think |
| 9467s | maybe again obviously as we've seen |
| 9468s | quite a highly prioritized ship in terms |
| 9471s | of bands |
| 9472s | um but I feel like they didn't really |
| 9474s | have the killing power to break through |
| 9476s | anything and obviously once those two Le |
| 9478s | Shacks got on top of that first typhoon |
| 9479s | Fleet it was a very slow match up until |
| 9481s | that point we saw both teams sort of |
| 9483s | jockeying for position just kiting |
| 9484s | around trying to find an opening both to |
| 9486s | fairly slow comps but those little |
| 9487s | Shanks once they got on top of something |
| 9489s | they were able to just break through it |
| 9490s | fairly easily I'd say |
| 9492s | uh mystical might in a match like that |
| 9495s | we're positioning and the right moment |
| 9497s | is is super important especially with |
| 9499s | those clips if they fire off all those |
| 9501s | uh those rapid heavy missiles and they |
| 9503s | don't kill something or they fire at |
| 9504s | different times not onto something that |
| 9505s | everyone's in range then you can get all |
| 9507s | out of sync how hard is it to like know |
| 9510s | when to to to shoot basically I think |
| 9514s | it's |
| 9514s | fairly difficult to be honest I mean |
| 9517s | I think some people might expect that |
| 9519s | it's just one person's core it's like |
| 9521s | okay now we're gonna begin shooting at |
| 9523s | something but before you get to that |
| 9525s | point you need to communicate okay who's |
| 9527s | tracking disrupted and who's not how |
| 9528s | many tracking disruptors or guidance |
| 9530s | disruptors rather in this case are on |
| 9532s | you and what is your optimal range |
| 9534s | because you don't want one person to be |
| 9536s | in range and then two people to be out |
| 9538s | of range because their missiles won't do |
| 9540s | any damage and that is worse than just |
| 9542s | being out of sync it's a waste of your |
| 9544s | missiles then you have to go into the |
| 9545s | long reload cycle so they were very very |
| 9550s | um good about holding onto those |
| 9551s | missiles until they were in range of the |
| 9553s | curse Unfortunately they didn't have |
| 9554s | enough damage or application to actually |
| 9557s | kill the curse in that time and that's |
| 9558s | where we began to see Things Fall Apart |
| 9560s | but it is extremely important and |
| 9562s | extremely difficult to effectively |
| 9564s | communicate in a high stress situation |
| 9566s | like this because you know even if |
| 9568s | you're used to Eve you get teleported |
| 9570s | into job space and then your hands start |
| 9572s | shaking so it is very stressful but they |
| 9576s | were doing a good job of it at the |
| 9577s | beginning yeah I'm looking forward to |
| 9578s | seeing uh nft again later on in the |
| 9580s | tournament um I mean like you say they |
| 9582s | flew super well there even didn't come |
| 9584s | away with the win uh they're not out and |
| 9586s | I think we'll see them do some some good |
| 9588s | things |
| 9589s | um we had some questions from twitch |
| 9590s | chat Misty I wanted to ask you |
| 9592s | explicitly about these ones some people |
| 9595s | asking how many of a single ship can you |
| 9596s | bring |
| 9597s | good question so you can bring four of |
| 9600s | each ship class so you can bring four |
| 9604s | Cruisers this doesn't include Logistics |
| 9606s | Cruisers or frigates those are exempt |
| 9608s | from the rules you can only bring one |
| 9610s | Logistics Cruiser or two Logistics |
| 9612s | frigates T2 or T1 but in general you can |
| 9615s | only bring four Cruisers or four |
| 9617s | battleships or four battle Cruisers four |
| 9619s | frigates depends on you know what your |
| 9621s | comp is and what you actually want to |
| 9622s | achieve with it but you can only bring |
| 9624s | four as a maximum uh |
| 9628s | yeah I don't think we've seen anyone um |
| 9630s | with the cajones to bring four |
| 9631s | battleships yet but if someone's going |
| 9633s | to do that we saw it in feeders give it |
| 9635s | feeders don't count okay fine yeah it |
| 9637s | has to be in the real Alliance |
| 9638s | tournament for battleships do it I will |
| 9640s | I will be uh very respectful I came up |
| 9642s | with a full Battleship comp that we well |
| 9644s | I really wanted to try in our scrims and |
| 9646s | we never really got around to it and I |
| 9647s | therefore have no idea how good or bad |
| 9649s | it would be but maybe someone will pull |
| 9651s | it out maybe it's maybe that's a final |
| 9652s | weekend sort of strategy that I |
| 9654s | secretly unlocked is it Mr Gomez a final |
| 9657s | weekend strategy I mean are we just |
| 9659s | counting out the hlv here aren't they |
| 9662s | gonna we'll be there so we'll find out |
| 9663s | yeah okay interesting it's a bold uh |
| 9667s | bold claim uh another question from |
| 9669s | twitch chat um I'll ask you about that |
| 9671s | was |
| 9671s | we have uh command destroyers which can |
| 9674s | just bush people all over the place why |
| 9676s | can't we bring one of them and because |
| 9677s | they're banned the micro jump field unit |
| 9680s | that allows you to boost people 100 |
| 9682s | kilometers along with yourself is just |
| 9683s | outlawed because it would be |
| 9686s | well it would be devastating to any |
| 9687s | fleets if you could just suicide charge |
| 9689s | a command Destroyer into whatever you |
| 9691s | want to charge it at and then just jump |
| 9692s | them halfway acrossable significantly |
| 9693s | across the Grid or of course indeed out |
| 9695s | of the boundary taking you know a |
| 9697s | six-point ship and just ramming the |
| 9698s | enemy three Battleship straight out of |
| 9700s | the Arena boundary would probably be |
| 9702s | pretty effective strategy what about |
| 9704s | human ad what if we are loaded but it |
| 9706s | was 50 points mystical Knight |
| 9709s | see that's probably not worth it you'd |
| 9714s | end up mjding your 50 points out of the |
| 9716s | arena and you'd take 22 points with you |
| 9718s | and then you're still down 50 points and |
| 9720s | you don't have a team on grid okay so |
| 9723s | what we need to do is narrow it from 50 |
| 9725s | to six there's a happy middle ground |
| 9726s | yeah it's what I'm hearing I'm sure we |
| 9729s | can figure something out okay right |
| 9730s | that's a that's a later CPS let's take |
| 9733s | some notes uh we want to find out maybe |
| 9734s | if we allow you to bring any Flagship |
| 9736s | ship and your Flagship can have a mobile |
| 9739s | mjd on it so you can have a flagship by |
| 9741s | Frost |
| 9743s | you can only use it once but against the |
| 9745s | right team |
| 9747s | on a sort of related topic I actually |
| 9749s | thought recently about the increasing |
| 9751s | the points in General on command |
| 9752s | destroyers just because for the most |
| 9753s | part they're pretty boring to fly I |
| 9756s | think a lot of people you know if you've |
| 9757s | if you've got all the skills to fly a |
| 9759s | command destroyer and you're like yeah |
| 9761s | I'm the guy that's got you know 200 |
| 9762s | million points I've got Skirmish links |
| 9763s | maxed out and the team's like well |
| 9765s | you're flying this Three Links by Frost |
| 9766s | you know it's got two buttons have fun |
| 9768s | uh you know it's not great buttons are |
| 9771s | overrated so when when you scrimmed with |
| 9773s | your team what ship were you flying I |
| 9775s | was flying the Osprey Navy actually okay |
| 9777s | but of course I have my missiles group |
| 9778s | so that's only one button but I had a |
| 9780s | prop mod as well so that's another one |
| 9781s | so you weren't the command ship no no |
| 9783s | okay all right okay I'm going to have to |
| 9785s | shut down this uh incredibly interesting |
| 9787s | conversation as it's time to go to the |
| 9788s | arena for our next match which is 10 |
| 9790s | plus Castle versus Rusty hyenas Clan |
| 9798s | hello I am moderator joined by my |
| 9801s | colleague Alexa of card but for Rusty |
| 9804s | hyenas versus templas Temple's going |
| 9807s | with a two-one balgorn Tempest Fleet and |
| 9810s | a baton bringing three not quite four |
| 9812s | battleships |
| 9814s | meanwhile Rusty hyena is the Le Shack |
| 9816s | Vindicator combo with a guardian for |
| 9818s | lodgy Navy Exeter for a little extra |
| 9821s | damage punch so arbitrator Sentinel for |
| 9823s | control with their tracking disruptors |
| 9825s | and they've got double links with some |
| 9827s | tackle on the low end |
| 9830s | yeah I mean this will once again be a |
| 9833s | match where we see that two arbitrators |
| 9835s | are at play will they have brought you |
| 9837s | know tracking disruption or will they |
| 9839s | have broad missile guidance disruption |
| 9841s | in the match where there are no missiles |
| 9844s | um |
| 9845s | also adding to that disruption board |
| 9846s | will be the Sentinel of wailing six |
| 9850s | names |
| 9852s | yeah both sides with the arbitrator |
| 9853s | Sentinel combo you're right it's a bit |
| 9855s | of a coin flip turrets versus missiles |
| 9857s | you really have to hope your team picked |
| 9859s | the right one if they try to split it I |
| 9862s | think they're going to be a little |
| 9863s | dissatisfied with the amount of control |
| 9865s | they can apply here |
| 9867s | uh it's really interesting combo from |
| 9869s | these teams uh the temples calcif team |
| 9872s | going for that that extra damage punch |
| 9874s | and using the double Logistics frigates |
| 9877s | to compensate for points meanwhile Ohio |
| 9880s | State hyena is going for that Guardian |
| 9881s | as a much stronger logistic option but |
| 9885s | also much easier for that Battleground |
| 9886s | to shut down |
| 9888s | yeah and um if the Milton Steely isn't |
| 9891s | careful that might be the story of the |
| 9893s | match I mean Killa |
| 9894s | um he has a two gun balgorn should have |
| 9896s | five heavy newts right now we see that |
| 9899s | templates is burning away having warped |
| 9903s | in at around 20 to 30 kilometers happy |
| 9905s | to let the Vindicator and the rest of |
| 9907s | Rusty highness chase after |
| 9911s | I think that's a smart play the |
| 9913s | presumably the abatta and the fleet |
| 9915s | Tempest they have you know the the |
| 9917s | standard fits for those have excellent |
| 9919s | projection uh there's really no reason |
| 9921s | to get into range of that Vindicator |
| 9923s | that said The Vindicator isn't going to |
| 9925s | really add much to the balcorn fleet |
| 9927s | Tempest a baton combo as far as |
| 9929s | application the Le Shack will be able to |
| 9931s | hit all of those targets just fine if he |
| 9933s | can get and stay in range |
| 9936s | so if they can isolate that Vindicator |
| 9938s | keep it away from the rest of their |
| 9940s | Fleet I think they'll be in a pretty |
| 9942s | good position here and they have been |
| 9944s | isolating that Vindicator we see that |
| 9946s | the balgorn of Kila is doing a very good |
| 9949s | job at swapping webs between uh |
| 9950s | different targets uh templates that |
| 9952s | looked like they initially wanted to go |
| 9954s | in but is readjusting now that Chrome is |
| 9958s | catching up with the rest of his core uh |
| 9961s | and the Le Shack buddy is able to close |
| 9964s | range Help The Vindicator out |
| 9967s | um right now just using those grapples |
| 9969s | using those long range battleborn webs |
| 9971s | to really control the pace of the match |
| 9974s | yep and that pace is slowing to a crawl |
| 9977s | just like The Vindicator itself he is |
| 9979s | trying with his micro rip drive he |
| 9981s | actually is closing range relatively |
| 9984s | respectfully |
| 9986s | he's doing a pretty good job is what I'm |
| 9989s | trying to say uh considering he is |
| 9991s | heavily webbed his microwave Drive is |
| 9993s | doing some work there uh that said he is |
| 9996s | trying to Surge out for the rest of his |
| 9998s | team and find a tackle on something but |
| 10000s | temples calcif will do everything they |
| 10002s | can not to offer that option yeah it's |
| 10005s | hard to Surge in a Vindicator when you |
| 10007s | are webbed and grappled to a pace of |
| 10009s | anywhere between 500 to 200 meters a |
| 10011s | second |
| 10013s | um although that said he's grabbed the |
| 10014s | tip of sweet issue The Vindicator has |
| 10016s | grabbed the temple slate issue a major |
| 10018s | misplay |
| 10021s | um yeah yes he has so the Tempest Fleet |
| 10023s | issue and Vindicator are going to about |
| 10024s | be about equally as fast uh meanwhile we |
| 10026s | see a drone ball from uh templates |
| 10028s | trying to get on top of the Sentinel and |
| 10031s | either force a split rep situation or |
| 10033s | just you know Force The Sentinel away |
| 10035s | and possibly get out of some of the |
| 10038s | optimal of that tracking disruption uh |
| 10040s | meanwhile Vindicator is taking a |
| 10042s | significant amount of damage definitely |
| 10044s | not within void range and the Baton and |
| 10046s | battleborn are closing on The Vindicator |
| 10048s | and the rusty hyena Sentinel does go |
| 10051s | down the damaged drone Cloud doing a lot |
| 10053s | of work here meanwhile The Tempest Fleet |
| 10056s | issue maybe this was a bait he has a |
| 10058s | smart bomb and there is a big cloud of |
| 10060s | rep drones around this Vindicator and |
| 10062s | they're practically on top of one |
| 10063s | another that is not a great combination |
| 10065s | for Rusty hyenas Clan this early in the |
| 10068s | match those rep drones are going to take |
| 10069s | a big pounding |
| 10071s | yeah um and most of those are lighter |
| 10073s | medium armor Bots where I mean that |
| 10075s | smart bomb is going to be within range |
| 10077s | now another cycle or two and those |
| 10079s | drones are all going to be saying good |
| 10081s | night speaking of good night that |
| 10083s | skybreaker of elito uh is being chased |
| 10086s | down by a rep or by a damage drone ball |
| 10089s | of his own |
| 10091s | and sure enough the Templar sleet issue |
| 10093s | is going into the Vindicator now trying |
| 10095s | to oh and there goes the cloud of rep |
| 10097s | drones there is a huge chunk of them |
| 10100s | just went bye-bye this Vindicator has |
| 10102s | lost a huge portion of its survivability |
| 10105s | its hit points are now dropping very |
| 10107s | rapidly half armor he's trying to wrap |
| 10109s | it up but it's not going to be enough |
| 10110s | and they're also splitting fire on this |
| 10113s | Magus of Terry Koval he is dropping |
| 10115s | rapidly from the Drone blob |
| 10117s | so this executive Navy issue tried to |
| 10120s | Ram The Tempest Fleet issue of Orion |
| 10122s | away from the Drone Ball but that |
| 10126s | Tempest Fleet issue is continuing to |
| 10127s | apply smart bombs and it the exact Navy |
| 10130s | uh gets swapped onto and gets picked off |
| 10133s | pretty quickly I mean that's the gonna |
| 10135s | be Cruiser versus Battleship tank the |
| 10137s | Magus is you know barely being kept |
| 10139s | Alive by this Guardian who's being |
| 10140s | forced to split reps between The |
| 10142s | Vindicator and the magus |
| 10144s | he's doing a relatively good job keeping |
| 10147s | the Vindicator alive and he's managed to |
| 10149s | pull back the Magus who is taking a big |
| 10152s | Panic from these drones keep dipping in |
| 10153s | and out of low armor they hyena |
| 10155s | meanwhile from temples calcif taking the |
| 10158s | bulk of the return damage from |
| 10160s | everything that isn't The Vindicator but |
| 10162s | now that Vindicator he's lost the war |
| 10164s | they've focused too much on trying to |
| 10166s | keep that Magus alive and now the |
| 10167s | Vindicator is dropping he's down at a |
| 10169s | like 10 armor he's going to be bleeding |
| 10171s | structure oh they're trying to claw him |
| 10173s | back it might be too late he's bleeding |
| 10175s | structure now even if they keep him at |
| 10177s | the same level he's going to die oh a |
| 10180s | huge chunk of structure down |
| 10182s | yeah I mean that's going to be the |
| 10184s | effect of the Tempest flute issue doing |
| 10185s | his job getting on top of the Little |
| 10187s | Shack getting on top of the Vindicator |
| 10188s | and you know smart bombing not just to |
| 10190s | the uh reptrones but the damage drones |
| 10192s | these you know these ogres these heavy |
| 10194s | drones will eventually go down to these |
| 10196s | heavy smart bomb Cycles as krom's armor |
| 10199s | and teres continues to drop even lower |
| 10202s | oh if that was an intentional call to |
| 10205s | let the Tempest Fleet issue get caught |
| 10206s | that is one of the best of mind game |
| 10208s | plays in Alliance tournament history |
| 10211s | oh both The Vindicator goes down and the |
| 10215s | Vegas goes down this is an absolute |
| 10218s | Turning Point Temple's Castle |
| 10220s | essentially has this in the bag they can |
| 10222s | isolate and turn all their guns onto |
| 10225s | this little Shack it's not going to have |
| 10226s | the DPS to punch through the Reps |
| 10228s | because they can put all of their |
| 10229s | control on top of it all the newts all |
| 10232s | the tracking disruption they're putting |
| 10233s | all the tackle on it they have |
| 10235s | everything on the shack now and it's |
| 10237s | dipping into deep armor at this point |
| 10239s | and they're still splitting some damage |
| 10241s | onto the pawn effects the damage output |
| 10243s | from the Temple's calcif team is out of |
| 10245s | this world |
| 10246s | yeah I mean I mean look at the attack |
| 10248s | bar for Temple's house if it's pretty |
| 10250s | massive I mean Rusty's um is still you |
| 10252s | know decent for what it is that's the |
| 10254s | potential of the Le Shack if it can |
| 10256s | spool up but I mean that LE Shack has |
| 10258s | been harassed um in this entire game by |
| 10260s | the battleborn doing capacitor Warfare |
| 10262s | by this arbitrator just absolutely |
| 10264s | denying any sort of projection or |
| 10266s | tracking the bonus disruption it gets |
| 10271s | and now we're starting to see the Le |
| 10272s | Shack dip ever deeper |
| 10275s | and oh they've really planned this |
| 10277s | engagement out they've got the Mueller |
| 10278s | following their Guardian around to |
| 10279s | screen for it so it's not under any |
| 10281s | threat |
| 10283s | but |
| 10284s | they probably would have been better off |
| 10286s | putting that Mueller in for some damage |
| 10288s | they're about to lose the pontifex |
| 10289s | endless Shack at the same time and there |
| 10291s | they go |
| 10294s | yeah yeah that Mauler looks like it may |
| 10296s | be a cap transfer buddy onto the |
| 10299s | guardian actually it looks like we're |
| 10301s | seeing a transfer effect |
| 10302s | um you know possibly giving the guardian |
| 10304s | a little bit of a boost both teams good |
| 10307s | fighting and local and uh you know Rusty |
| 10309s | Heinz really doesn't have anything left |
| 10311s | uh templates uh once again surgically |
| 10313s | picking apart Rusty Hyena's Clan uh |
| 10316s | looking a little bit more like the |
| 10318s | templas that won uh you know the |
| 10320s | alliance open and left the team that |
| 10323s | went out in eighth place last year |
| 10326s | yeah very unfortunate the guardian's |
| 10329s | about to drop I imagine getting the |
| 10331s | transfer from that uh that Mueller he |
| 10334s | has a pretty decent local tank but it's |
| 10335s | just not gonna matter the Battleground |
| 10337s | is going to sap even all that extra cap |
| 10339s | as he dips rather rapidly into structure |
| 10342s | and there he goes they're also putting |
| 10344s | some damage on this arbitrator and the |
| 10346s | Muller will be right there for them to |
| 10347s | tackle they will easily clean this match |
| 10350s | up resulting in a 100 to zero for |
| 10353s | temples calcif and impressive |
| 10355s | performance both in the numbers and in |
| 10358s | actually doing it they they knew exactly |
| 10361s | what they needed to do to pick apart |
| 10362s | this Rusty hyenas Clan and they made |
| 10365s | Rusty hyenas play their match |
| 10369s | yeah I mean Campbell's calcif is no |
| 10372s | stranger to having to run a little bit |
| 10374s | of control running you know just armored |
| 10377s | battleships |
| 10378s | um they've really become a tournament |
| 10381s | mainstay I mean kind of like I was |
| 10382s | alluding to they've been a little bit |
| 10384s | streaky but |
| 10386s | um I mean it would be remaining to see |
| 10388s | how well they do in their next match |
| 10391s | against Odin's |
| 10393s | um you know a little bit's different |
| 10394s | competition than what we saw in this one |
| 10396s | against Rusty hyenas |
| 10398s | definitely but it will be a thrilling |
| 10400s | match we'll throw it back to the desk to |
| 10402s | analyze what happened here |
| 10408s | [Music] |
| 10428s | guys stop being casual they're really |
| 10431s | bad we should not lose anybody to this |
| 10433s | warp off warp off take the fleet warp |
| 10435s | everybody warp off this is a really |
| 10437s | really bad execution I'm very |
| 10438s | disappointed |
| 10446s | [Music] |
| 10456s | crash our enemies your temps are |
| 10458s | completely damned out Crush I'm dumped |
| 10460s | out I'm downtown get on that Champions |
| 10462s | boys |
| 10470s | I'm jammed |
| 10489s | templates calcium there with the victory |
| 10492s | over Rusty Hyena's clan in a pretty |
| 10495s | solid Victory uh it's a winners match |
| 10497s | this is the uh the winners bracket we |
| 10501s | were just discussing during the the |
| 10502s | match there |
| 10504s | these teams basically secure themselves |
| 10506s | price ships with the extended range uh |
| 10509s | for the price ships being given out it |
| 10510s | used to be just the top four now it's |
| 10512s | down to top 16 |
| 10513s | um by going to nil they have got |
| 10515s | themselves into that position so they |
| 10517s | are now price ship enjoyers mystical |
| 10519s | might that must be a good feeling for |
| 10521s | these teams I mean if anything it just |
| 10523s | shows how worthwhile the investment is |
| 10525s | for buying your way into the tournament |
| 10528s | and putting in some of the effort needed |
| 10530s | to actually carry us off two matches you |
| 10532s | know if you manage to buy in and you get |
| 10534s | fairly lucky with placement in the |
| 10536s | bracket then you can be fairly assured |
| 10538s | that you'll go away with you know a |
| 10540s | trillionesque essentially kind of lined |
| 10541s | up for your team which makes that time |
| 10544s | and energy kind of worth it alongside |
| 10546s | the experience of actually being in the |
| 10548s | alliance tournament and getting to fly |
| 10549s | in these matches on stream in front of |
| 10551s | thousands of people which is also kind |
| 10554s | of cooling and love itself |
| 10555s | um so yeah I mean I'm sure a lot of them |
| 10557s | are relieved that they are now able to |
| 10560s | cover some of the initial costs that |
| 10561s | went into some of their potentially |
| 10563s | you know soon to be dead flagships |
| 10568s | um in some cases some teams may want to |
| 10570s | make it to the prize brackets to recoup |
| 10572s | some of the costs that they have put |
| 10574s | into their now dead flagships I don't |
| 10576s | know what you're talking about |
| 10576s | understood yeah I don't believe you're a |
| 10578s | price ship enjoyer just yet |
| 10580s | You've Won how many matches now just the |
| 10583s | one just the one that's a shame |
| 10585s | um so speaking of uh winning let's look |
| 10589s | at the history of the vindicatory great |
| 10591s | ship uh in the alliance tournament |
| 10595s | so this is uh how often The Vindicator |
| 10597s | has been used over the years and look at |
| 10599s | that it goes right back to Alliance |
| 10601s | tournament eight uh used a just a |
| 10603s | handful of times some people are like |
| 10604s | hey The Vindicator is kind of cool look |
| 10606s | here look how girthy it's attack bar is |
| 10607s | and then someone in Alliance tournament |
| 10609s | 10 was like oh hang on this is pretty |
| 10611s | poggers and then uh everyone was using |
| 10613s | it uh then it dropped off a bit and then |
| 10616s | slowly cracked back up but then the |
| 10617s | alliance opened no one liked it |
| 10618s | whatsoever and then the last couple |
| 10620s | years we've seen a few Giga Chads |
| 10622s | bringing it and not a huge amount uh Mr |
| 10624s | come out what do you think about The |
| 10625s | Vindicator in the tournament like |
| 10626s | clearly in line stream it's 16 it was |
| 10629s | awesome but what about now I think |
| 10631s | The Vindicator is strong in the sense |
| 10633s | that it does a lot of damage and most |
| 10636s | importantly it has that 90 web uh the 90 |
| 10639s | web is actually really important in some |
| 10641s | matches especially against things like |
| 10643s | Logistics frigates where they need to be |
| 10646s | in so close to the ship that they are |
| 10647s | wrapping that The Vindicator would be |
| 10649s | able to also web them down and then |
| 10651s | apply almost full damage to them so |
| 10654s | they're really dangerous against like |
| 10655s | Logistics frigates |
| 10657s | I don't know why we haven't necessarily |
| 10658s | seen them too much I think it's because |
| 10659s | people are favoring these Rush setups |
| 10661s | where The Vindicator as a Frontline ship |
| 10664s | just doesn't hold up against things like |
| 10665s | the double Nighthawk the double caracal |
| 10667s | Navy the double Navy Osprey or the |
| 10669s | author says that we were also seeing |
| 10671s | kind of just dies so while it is strong |
| 10674s | I think it needs to be played into armor |
| 10677s | setups more often than Shield setups I |
| 10679s | think that's really where its strength |
| 10680s | comes through and it's also kind of |
| 10682s | susceptible to track and disruptors now |
| 10685s | where because it's Blaster fit it |
| 10687s | doesn't really have that much range it's |
| 10689s | very much about like that typical |
| 10691s | Blaster brawl where you have to be sat |
| 10693s | on top of the Target that you're |
| 10694s | shooting |
| 10695s | you know a curse |
| 10697s | it makes that painful as well to be |
| 10700s | honest you can be sat on top of a Target |
| 10701s | and still be getting grazing hits |
| 10704s | and basilisk when you're coming up with |
| 10706s | your uh your team's Flagship and we see |
| 10709s | we see some Flagship vindicators we see |
| 10710s | lots of bar guests like what's the |
| 10712s | thought process there |
| 10714s | um I think teams like The Vindicator |
| 10717s | because it has a lot of paper numbers |
| 10718s | obviously as we saw |
| 10720s | um |
| 10722s | with some of the fits you know you can |
| 10724s | you can fit officer guns like I think |
| 10726s | it's more of a sort of DPS focused |
| 10728s | Flagship meta now that stuff like the |
| 10729s | Widow and stuff is outright banned from |
| 10731s | being the flagship |
| 10732s | um so if you look at putting like |
| 10733s | officer guns on of indicator you can get |
| 10734s | really high numbers but I would say in |
| 10736s | principle just going back to the sort of |
| 10737s | usage chart of The Vindicator I don't |
| 10740s | really like it in the current meta I |
| 10741s | think the reason it peaked so much in at |
| 10744s | 15 and 8016 |
| 10745s | yeah those two years was |
| 10748s | um it's so as I said yesterday in the |
| 10750s | mattress paper numbers it's so reliant |
| 10751s | on having Target access and whether |
| 10752s | that's through having a flagship |
| 10753s | Vindicator itself with a really |
| 10755s | expensive web or Fielding with a |
| 10756s | flagship battlegorn which are now |
| 10758s | illegal but in combination with that now |
| 10760s | we're seeing a meta where you've got |
| 10761s | tracking disruptors and you've got newts |
| 10763s | everywhere on cheap Tempest fleets and |
| 10764s | it makes it a very very difficult |
| 10765s | environment for the for a regular |
| 10766s | Vindicator to actually Thrive and get on |
| 10768s | and do its job awesome thank you now |
| 10770s | let's look forward to our next match |
| 10771s | which is coming up in a few moments this |
| 10773s | is going to be our last |
| 10775s | um winners bracket match uh before we go |
| 10777s | for a short break so make sure you hang |
| 10778s | on to those Channel points there's going |
| 10780s | to be a bunch of cool things you can |
| 10781s | spend them on including uh more vouchers |
| 10784s | uh for a 50 or Euros or fifty dollars |
| 10787s | and a Eve ship model from integral |
| 10790s | reality labs for a hundred thousand |
| 10792s | points and of course there'll be another |
| 10794s | quiz where you can win 500 Plex uh this |
| 10796s | next match coming up is going to be we |
| 10797s | form Volta versus pandemic horde so |
| 10799s | let's check out the Bands |
| 10803s | so Volta batting at the Battleground the |
| 10805s | abaddin and the hyena pandemic horde |
| 10807s | batting out the jackdot lokian |
| 10809s | Armageddon Navy issue mystical might |
| 10811s | your thoughts uh it's funny to see |
| 10813s | another jackdawban uh these teams really |
| 10816s | not liking the jackdaw and the fact that |
| 10818s | you know it's pretty good as an e-war |
| 10821s | platform while also applying a |
| 10823s | significant amount of pressure to things |
| 10825s | like Logistics frigates since they do a |
| 10827s | respectable amount of damage at range uh |
| 10829s | I also like the fact that we're seeing a |
| 10831s | hyena band coming out from Volta uh I |
| 10834s | think Volta and hyenas are pretty |
| 10836s | synonymous in the alliance tournament in |
| 10838s | a lot of comps that ultraflies they'll |
| 10840s | have the hyena as a means of both |
| 10842s | tackling down the Target that they wanna |
| 10844s | apply damage to with the target painter |
| 10846s | as well but also for screening the enemy |
| 10849s | away from their core ships uh it's |
| 10851s | interesting to see Volta Banning it |
| 10853s | instead of bringing it themselves I'm |
| 10854s | kind of curious to know what they're |
| 10855s | going to be flying it seems like it |
| 10857s | might be |
| 10858s | something a little kite looking to |
| 10860s | remove some of the control on the enemy |
| 10862s | team |
| 10863s | awesome basilisk any thoughts there on |
| 10865s | this one I would actually go the other |
| 10866s | way I think volta's bands lean more |
| 10868s | towards a shield Rush here because in |
| 10870s | those Rush comps you don't want to get |
| 10871s | screened off by those ranged webs you |
| 10873s | don't want to have a bowel gone out your |
| 10874s | hardness with its 40 kilometer webs on |
| 10875s | the high end of the same thing can be |
| 10877s | very difficult to you know get on top of |
| 10878s | and make it difficult to get on top of |
| 10880s | the rest of the stuff in its comp |
| 10881s | um so I think that's where that's going |
| 10883s | I like the jackdaw man I'm surprised we |
| 10885s | haven't seen more of them I know we've |
| 10886s | seen them a couple of times but |
| 10889s | um I mean I think it's a question of |
| 10890s | there's so many sort of common bands |
| 10891s | that we're seeing every match I'm |
| 10893s | surprised we haven't seen that many |
| 10894s | trickle bands because every team seems |
| 10895s | to be banning the same sort of pool of |
| 10897s | you know Loki balgo and I'm gonna get a |
| 10899s | Navy Nighthawk as the same sort of eight |
| 10901s | or nine ships and they never seem to get |
| 10902s | duplicated somehow but yeah that is |
| 10904s | actually kind of interesting uh no you |
| 10905s | point that out there hasn't been that |
| 10907s | many trickle bands especially compared |
| 10908s | to previous tournaments I know last year |
| 10910s | during Alliance tournament 17 there was |
| 10912s | loads of trekko bands Alliance open |
| 10913s | where we introduced them had a bunch of |
| 10915s | them as well |
| 10916s | um but this year there definitely has |
| 10917s | been some but really doesn't feel like |
| 10919s | that many that is interesting maybe we |
| 10921s | can look into that a bit more for next |
| 10922s | weekend |
| 10923s | good observation there basil ask you |
| 10926s | um now I've just had a quick check at |
| 10927s | the in twitch chat and I'm just looking |
| 10929s | at the the predictions there for your |
| 10930s | channel points remember we're going to |
| 10932s | go to the break after this match this is |
| 10934s | where you're gonna be able to get all |
| 10935s | those cool prizes and a whole bunch of |
| 10937s | you are choosing right now to bet all of |
| 10939s | your channel points because 2.8 million |
| 10941s | Channel points have been bet on to Volta |
| 10944s | um which is 88 of them and uh pandemic |
| 10946s | were just 12 and 370 000 Channel points |
| 10950s | so you know who's going to win here is |
| 10952s | it going to be the underdog pandemic |
| 10953s | horde will it be the second place from |
| 10955s | last year uh Mr lamad what do you think |
| 10957s | I was going to say uh bbp if you're |
| 10959s | listening uh could you please bet half |
| 10961s | of my points on pandemic hold that would |
| 10963s | be great thank you uh character and cool |
| 10966s | and then yourself the Basilisk I think |
| 10967s | volta's gonna win but if I had if I was |
| 10969s | at my computer I would bet my points on |
| 10971s | hold because the returns are too good |
| 10972s | maybe you only know 500 or a thousand |
| 10974s | but well I bet my points on Volta uh so |
| 10977s | let's go to the arena and find out if |
| 10978s | those points are going to go as it is |
| 10980s | Volta versus pandemic chord |
| 10987s | hello and welcome to your mid show main |
| 10989s | event as we have we form Volta versus |
| 10991s | pandemic horror we form Volta going with |
| 10994s | a uh very missile heavy setup we've got |
| 10998s | double Nighthawk Drake Navy issue double |
| 11001s | Osprey Navy issue double caldari Navy |
| 11003s | issue with setup we've seen several |
| 11005s | times today backed up by some Osprey |
| 11007s | flying from Planet Six what are they |
| 11010s | running up against |
| 11011s | they're running up against three |
| 11013s | battleships that will be autocannon |
| 11015s | Tempest Fleet issues as they almost |
| 11016s | always are fit and a paladin and you |
| 11020s | know double command |
| 11021s | um destroyers we have a Kitsune |
| 11023s | interestingly enough and you know we see |
| 11026s | a crew are being brought for that little |
| 11028s | bit of a web bonus not a super common |
| 11030s | ship at Four Points compared to maybe |
| 11032s | say a Vengeance that does something |
| 11035s | similar-ish |
| 11037s | um and a crucifier for some disruption |
| 11039s | I can't help but feel like this is a lot |
| 11042s | a lot of damage on both sides we see the |
| 11045s | attack bars are maxed out for Volta and |
| 11047s | pretty solid for horde |
| 11049s | yeah the crew is a bit of an odd choice |
| 11051s | but definitely the theme Here is damage |
| 11053s | damage damage these are ham ships on the |
| 11055s | pandemic or excuse me on the Wii form |
| 11057s | volts aside both teams are going to be |
| 11059s | looking to smash into each other |
| 11061s | uh normally I would have said the |
| 11063s | Paladin is a worse nightmare scenario |
| 11065s | for uh any kind of Shield based comp but |
| 11068s | given the amount of damage they're |
| 11070s | putting out that pallet it might not |
| 11071s | actually be on the field for very long |
| 11074s | yeah I don't think these Nighthawks and |
| 11076s | yeah other missile caldari ships |
| 11079s | um are really worried about that at all |
| 11081s | I would not be surprised if uh |
| 11082s | immediately they get on top of uh you |
| 11085s | know pick one of these battleships and |
| 11086s | then just nuke it within a minute or so |
| 11089s | well both teams have started off we'll |
| 11091s | see shortly if they decide to use their |
| 11093s | missile application to shred the low end |
| 11095s | or if they decide to take out the top |
| 11096s | end and assassinate the Paladin it looks |
| 11100s | like they're kind of splitting the |
| 11101s | difference right now meanwhile we've got |
| 11103s | the planet six Osprey down now into two |
| 11106s | thirds shield and dropping quickly |
| 11109s | pandemic horde have definitely picked |
| 11111s | their target and now it seems like |
| 11112s | reform Volta has settled on theirs the |
| 11114s | Paladin is indeed getting shredded |
| 11117s | yeah so that's gonna be some drone |
| 11118s | damage we see on top of the Osprey right |
| 11120s | now uh we also see the Kitsune taking |
| 11122s | drone damage that will help |
| 11124s | um Volta not have to deal with any jams |
| 11127s | um man Planet Six going down and trading |
| 11130s | it for a paladin is not good for horde |
| 11133s | no that's uh that's a very favorable |
| 11135s | trade here |
| 11137s | uh Volta happy if they can actually do |
| 11140s | it the Paladin is he's hanging on and |
| 11142s | now it seems like they've changed Tack |
| 11143s | and they're going after the Drake Navy |
| 11145s | issue of control freak probably what |
| 11146s | they should have done at the start they |
| 11148s | really need to cut down the incoming |
| 11149s | damage here if they want to have any |
| 11150s | hope of keeping their battleships alive |
| 11152s | but somehow it seems like they're able |
| 11154s | to do both now as Planet Six and the |
| 11156s | Drake Navy of control freak will go down |
| 11158s | at the same time but they might trade |
| 11160s | some Logic for it |
| 11162s | oh this is a racer thin trade here the |
| 11164s | Paladin actually seems to have |
| 11166s | stabilized possibly missile reloads |
| 11169s | uh lithalia goes down so possibly a bit |
| 11172s | of a change of Target actually |
| 11175s | um realizing that maybe they can't break |
| 11177s | through the Paladin if the Thalia and |
| 11179s | Deacon are up at Planet Six somehow |
| 11181s | still alive and not anymore actually is |
| 11184s | the Paladin does cycle and kill him but |
| 11186s | the Deacon does go down at the same time |
| 11188s | it's a very circuitous route for a |
| 11190s | lottery trade but that is where we're at |
| 11192s | and they've also lost their fly catcher |
| 11194s | now and that seems like the missile |
| 11196s | damage is now returning to the Paladin |
| 11197s | he's getting battered and blown right |
| 11199s | through the loss of the deacon Thalia |
| 11202s | made the difference there that Paladin |
| 11204s | is absolutely off the field and now |
| 11206s | they're switching over to dinar's |
| 11207s | Tempest any guard that continues to dip |
| 11209s | lower into Shields |
| 11211s | um Volta is gonna have to really you |
| 11213s | know continue to chew through and try to |
| 11216s | trade out their Nighthawk for the same |
| 11217s | time this is TFI |
| 11220s | oh it seems like some of the split fire |
| 11222s | from Volta might be costing them here |
| 11224s | that one Nighthawk goes down remains to |
| 11226s | be seen if the Tempest can stabilize |
| 11228s | through it its repping power it's |
| 11230s | relying on local reps only not tons of |
| 11233s | rep power behind it it's now dipping |
| 11235s | into structure they might be able to get |
| 11237s | another ship for it before it goes down |
| 11239s | down but even that is far from certain |
| 11241s | as he's dropping really fast oh he's |
| 11244s | trying to claw his armor back but it's |
| 11246s | just not enough |
| 11248s | yeah I mean there's still five hand |
| 11250s | boats on the grid and I would like uh |
| 11252s | you know a change of target maybe to |
| 11253s | supreme leader Mao pick off some of |
| 11255s | these off-brain navies pick off a |
| 11257s | chiricle Navy uh because it's gonna you |
| 11259s | know clear off a lot more damage killing |
| 11260s | two of those and just trading for one |
| 11262s | night Hawk meanwhile |
| 11264s | um the Magus just happy to stay out of |
| 11267s | the Harm's Way and continue to apply |
| 11269s | links to the rest of his team |
| 11272s | they are indeed going for Supreme Leader |
| 11274s | Mal's Osprey Navy but he is not dying |
| 11277s | very rapidly Oscar Navy is a fairly |
| 11279s | Speedy ship he might have a hard time |
| 11281s | applying all of his damage to it |
| 11284s | uh that said it's about to run out of |
| 11286s | Shields and will very rapidly run out of |
| 11288s | armor if this Tempest continues to apply |
| 11290s | to it the Tempest unlike its typhoon |
| 11292s | Brethren does not have application |
| 11294s | bonuses it is a pure damage dealing |
| 11297s | nightmare if this target is tackled down |
| 11300s | it's going to put out an insane amount |
| 11302s | of projectile damage into it |
| 11304s | yeah I think Volta doesn't have to worry |
| 11306s | too much I mean they still have four |
| 11308s | hand boats Nighthawk Osprey Navy caracal |
| 11310s | Navy they're going to be pushing well |
| 11312s | over 2 000 damage and uh I mean Atticus |
| 11315s | capernus is not going to be able to |
| 11318s | sustain against that we see him trying |
| 11319s | to you know actively rep and try to use |
| 11322s | his smart bombs maybe even attempting to |
| 11324s | firewall off some of these missiles but |
| 11326s | it's not going to be doing enough |
| 11329s | it's definitely worth a try though |
| 11330s | firewalling not a mechanic we usually |
| 11332s | see in the alliance tournament but it is |
| 11334s | possible to destroy missiles in Flight |
| 11336s | using smart bombs and it can cut down |
| 11339s | the DPS appreciably if he times it |
| 11341s | properly but that said for one ship to |
| 11343s | do it is extremely extremely difficult |
| 11348s | yeah I mean horde is now going after the |
| 11350s | caracal Navy issue of Melinda it makes a |
| 11352s | lot of sense it's relatively low tank |
| 11354s | but I mean Atticus capernus clawing back |
| 11356s | a little bit of armor but you know uh |
| 11358s | going two steps lower for every little |
| 11360s | bit he reps up |
| 11362s | yeah the caracal Navy issue is actually |
| 11364s | a great choice they're putting out even |
| 11365s | more damage than the Osprey Navy issues |
| 11367s | they also represent a pretty significant |
| 11370s | threat to the remaining low end of the |
| 11372s | team so if you |
| 11373s | you can get it off it'll be helpful but |
| 11375s | at the end of the day we're talking |
| 11376s | about four damage ships to just one the |
| 11380s | Magus Pawn effects yes they have bonus |
| 11382s | drones but they're not going to be have |
| 11384s | the the stopping power the threat power |
| 11386s | to really pressure any of these Shield |
| 11388s | ships is now there are one remaining |
| 11390s | Tempest Fleet issue dips into deep |
| 11393s | structure the caracal Dave you might get |
| 11395s | traded for it but this Tempest Navy is |
| 11398s | no longer on the on field Tempest Navy |
| 11401s | down the character Navy issue of Melinda |
| 11403s | just managing to sleep by with about |
| 11407s | half structure dying just shy and now |
| 11411s | they're shredding the low end |
| 11414s | yeah I mean this uh crucifier and crore |
| 11416s | and those command destroyers uh will not |
| 11419s | survive much longer they're you know |
| 11421s | doing their very best to burn away |
| 11424s | um and skybreaker of outlawed no Pro is |
| 11426s | chasing after but both teams are |
| 11427s | dropping good fights in local realizing |
| 11429s | that this matches uh well and truly over |
| 11432s | at this point |
| 11434s | yeah it was a heck of an exciting match |
| 11436s | a lot of back and forth there were |
| 11437s | moments for both teams where they could |
| 11440s | have uh very easily turned things around |
| 11442s | or had the potential to have Victory |
| 11444s | slip through their fingers |
| 11446s | at the end of the day we form voltas |
| 11448s | more distributed damage strategy came |
| 11450s | out on top |
| 11452s | as we see this one remaining Magus of |
| 11454s | pioneer about to drop moderator why do |
| 11457s | teams want to keep going with these |
| 11459s | triple Battleship setups versus the more |
| 11461s | distributed Cruiser battle cruiser teams |
| 11463s | is there a clear Advantage here |
| 11466s | um it appears that in this match so far |
| 11468s | that this ham team being more |
| 11471s | distributed like you said is able to |
| 11474s | apply more damage and just generally out |
| 11476s | race out trade against these triple |
| 11478s | Battleship comps |
| 11480s | um |
| 11481s | one of the things you might want to do |
| 11483s | is use guidance disruption or some other |
| 11486s | control to mitigate against missiles but |
| 11489s | it's very difficult when you have all |
| 11492s | these ships that will get on top of you |
| 11493s | at zero and I mean even if you screen |
| 11497s | off one or two of them that's still what |
| 11499s | I'm essentially seven heavy assault |
| 11502s | missile boats that's going to be putting |
| 11504s | out so so much damage |
| 11507s | and the more ships they have to you know |
| 11509s | control over the more difficult it is to |
| 11511s | screen them what difficult it is to |
| 11513s | properly distribute you were it |
| 11515s | increases the difficulty level of your |
| 11517s | match tremendously so you see this |
| 11519s | pontifex now beginning to dip into armor |
| 11521s | here uh fairly helpless against the |
| 11524s | remaining we form Volta ships this will |
| 11526s | not be pandemic hordes last honk though |
| 11529s | they will go into the losers bracket I |
| 11530s | believe |
| 11532s | yeah it'll be interesting to see if uh |
| 11535s | either today or pandemic Legion uh get |
| 11538s | further into the lower bracket |
| 11541s | um my money's actually in pandemic Court |
| 11543s | who do you think is going to go further |
| 11545s | I I think it could be pandemic hordes |
| 11547s | here |
| 11548s | um they're just so hard to root against |
| 11551s | they're Scrappy I love them uh Pawn |
| 11553s | effects of flip about to go down |
| 11556s | uh we're gonna be sending this back to |
| 11558s | the desk very shortly to discuss and |
| 11560s | analyze this fascinating match as we go |
| 11563s | into a fairly big break but don't go |
| 11566s | anywhere folks because we are going to |
| 11567s | be back with more matches in a bit |
| 11575s | [Music] |
| 11592s | thank you |
| 11606s | foreign |
| 11626s | switched |
| 11628s | easy fight right but guess what dude I'm |
| 11631s | not seeing it people can't get they're |
| 11633s | fit together |
| 11644s | thank you |
| 11649s | [Music] |
| 11655s | we form Volta joining the ranks of price |
| 11658s | ship enjoyers going 2-0 now in Alliance |
| 11660s | tournament 18 as they take that victory |
| 11662s | over pandemic horde basilisk you were |
| 11665s | talking a little bit about their target |
| 11666s | selection during that match talk me |
| 11668s | through what you're thinking yeah so |
| 11669s | when those two teams landed on grid I |
| 11670s | actually thought it would be a pretty |
| 11671s | easy win for Volta because we've seen |
| 11673s | these Shield Rush comps just melt |
| 11674s | through battleships but it actually |
| 11676s | turned out pretty close and I thought |
| 11677s | pandemic horde might have been able to |
| 11678s | turn it there |
| 11679s | um if they had instead chosen to shoot |
| 11681s | those Navy Cruisers because obviously |
| 11682s | with way less ehp and sort of higher |
| 11684s | ratio of DPS I feel like they |
| 11686s | potentially could have cleared them in |
| 11687s | time and then had a sort of match up |
| 11689s | where they had two Tempest fleets alive |
| 11690s | against the two Nighthawks and have the |
| 11692s | neuting power and actually be able to |
| 11694s | sort of win from that scenario but as it |
| 11696s | turned out that they chose the Nighthawk |
| 11698s | first and cruisers were left |
| 11700s | well there you are well I mean uh we'll |
| 11702s | see pandemic chord again uh because that |
| 11704s | is their first loss of the tournament uh |
| 11706s | so they drop down into the elimination |
| 11707s | bracket but they are not out of the |
| 11708s | tournament yet |
| 11710s | um speaking of the tournament we have a |
| 11711s | break now before we go to uh some more |
| 11714s | matches after that uh in about half an |
| 11716s | hour so stick around do the quiz and uh |
| 11719s | buy some cool things with your points |
| 11720s | see you in a bit |
| 11727s | welcome back to Alliance tournament 18 |
| 11729s | I'm Ithaca Hawk joined once again by |
| 11731s | gentan and mystical might as we have a |
| 11733s | bunch more excellent matches for you |
| 11735s | today with plenty of spaceships |
| 11737s | scheduled for immediate explosion gentan |
| 11740s | how have you been drawing the match |
| 11741s | yesterday oh I've been really enjoying |
| 11743s | them there's been some extremely |
| 11745s | dominant displays from a few teams as |
| 11747s | well |
| 11747s | um you know we've seen a lot more |
| 11748s | hundred zero victories over the course |
| 11750s | of uh this Set uh this segment of the |
| 11753s | tournament and I think that just really |
| 11754s | goes to show uh that the wheat is |
| 11757s | getting separated from the chaff here uh |
| 11759s | we're seeing some you know we're seeing |
| 11760s | the teams that got perhaps a little |
| 11762s | unlucky with their uh first draw just |
| 11765s | crushed their way through the losers |
| 11766s | bracket and take out teams that quite |
| 11767s | frankly don't belong here yet |
| 11769s | great agricultural reference from you |
| 11771s | there gin uh let's take a look at the |
| 11773s | bands for our next upcoming match which |
| 11774s | is going to be between Platinum |
| 11776s | sensitivity and bright side of death |
| 11779s | um actually we don't have the band ready |
| 11781s | apparently so let's just discuss these |
| 11783s | teams |
| 11784s | um you are a big a big Mark Bridges fan |
| 11786s | I believe mystical might tell me about |
| 11788s | this team I am yeah so I believe |
| 11790s | Platinum sensitivity is a predominantly |
| 11793s | Japanese gym team |
| 11796s | um I know them best because Mark Bridges |
| 11798s | is on the team I believe he's captain or |
| 11800s | co-captain of platinum sensitivity |
| 11804s | um he's an extremely experienced and uh |
| 11807s | skilled pilot I would say I was trying |
| 11810s | to find the best word he tends to feed a |
| 11812s | little bit but all the best people will |
| 11814s | do so yeah and I I'm definitely rooting |
| 11817s | for them because I want them to go far |
| 11818s | in the tournament I know that they're |
| 11820s | waking up early to do these matches |
| 11822s | so it's definitely a lot of time |
| 11824s | investment for them I think it's like |
| 11826s | 3am 4am that they're waking up to |
| 11827s | actually attend these matches so not |
| 11829s | only are they sleeping uh flying fairly |
| 11832s | sleep deprived perhaps but also you know |
| 11835s | if they lose that match then they have |
| 11836s | to fly again at I think six seven a.m oh |
| 11838s | that's absolutely brittle which then |
| 11840s | yeah it starts to get brutal so I'm just |
| 11842s | hoping that they can win this one they |
| 11844s | can take the rest of the day off they |
| 11845s | can relax they can recuperate and they |
| 11846s | can come back strong on Saturday next |
| 11848s | week |
| 11848s | yeah I've flown in an alliance |
| 11850s | tournament myself uh well living out in |
| 11852s | Australia uh in fact at the time I was |
| 11855s | in a hotel and the Wi-Fi in the room |
| 11857s | wasn't very good so the only place I |
| 11859s | could get decent internet was the lobby |
| 11860s | so I was sitting in the lobby at two in |
| 11862s | the morning uh doing my matches and then |
| 11864s | there was a wedding on in the venue and |
| 11866s | at 2 am the doors opened and they all |
| 11868s | came out into the lobby just as our |
| 11869s | match was about to start there's all |
| 11871s | these drunk Australians looking over my |
| 11872s | shoulder wondering what on Earth is |
| 11873s | going on I'm just like it's spaceships |
| 11876s | leave me alone I'm trying to not feed I |
| 11878s | think we might have fed |
| 11880s | um but uh yeah interesting experience so |
| 11882s | you know competing all the way from uh |
| 11884s | from Japan the time zone pressure is |
| 11886s | definitely uh definitely gonna be |
| 11887s | difficult |
| 11888s | okay so we are ready to go to the arena |
| 11890s | now I'm told between for this match |
| 11892s | between Platinum sensitivity and a |
| 11893s | bright side of death so let's head over |
| 11895s | there and see what happens |
| 11902s | hello I am moderator joined by my |
| 11904s | colleague lgf card for this hype match |
| 11908s | between Platinum sensitivity and bright |
| 11910s | side of death bring back the energy |
| 11912s | coming right after break Mark bridges in |
| 11915s | his Flagship Vindicator |
| 11920s | absolutely awesome to see bright side of |
| 11922s | death meanwhile coming in with all the |
| 11924s | damage heavy on the triglavians with |
| 11926s | leshack drakovic bed Mac and a Dominic's |
| 11929s | Navy issue recently buffed it's |
| 11931s | basically an upgraded Hyperion it's got |
| 11935s | tank it's got damage they've got some |
| 11937s | tackle and control in the low end this |
| 11939s | is going to be an insane match I I feel |
| 11942s | really bad for Mark because he's about |
| 11944s | to lose his Mindy |
| 11946s | uh you know what I'm not so sure that |
| 11949s | he'll lose his Mindy I I believe in uh |
| 11953s | Mark I I think I could have some Faith |
| 11955s | though that Sentinel is going to be very |
| 11957s | um very impactful if it does in fact |
| 11960s | have |
| 11960s | um traction disruption it's really going |
| 11962s | to hurt the |
| 11964s | um Vindicator and the Armageddon uh but |
| 11966s | likewise nosuko's arbitrator will be |
| 11968s | there to counter uh the effects of the |
| 11970s | Little Shack |
| 11972s | both sides with a bit of weapon |
| 11974s | disruption it'll really come down to who |
| 11976s | can win that war can Brightside apply |
| 11979s | all their damage to the top end or will |
| 11982s | the king Slayer comp slay the king |
| 11986s | and right now we see the tractors have |
| 11988s | been going out onto the Le Shack Navy |
| 11989s | Dominick's drekovic the Ved Mack not |
| 11992s | receiving the love yet |
| 11995s | yeah so that will be pretty effective uh |
| 11997s | tracking disruption from again both the |
| 11999s | Sentinel and the arbitrator the |
| 12001s | arbitrator is you know of course going |
| 12003s | to be a little bit more survivable than |
| 12005s | the Sentinel which we've seen you know |
| 12007s | die to drones in other matches but |
| 12010s | Sentinels much more fast much more |
| 12012s | mobile uh both teams really actually uh |
| 12015s | just burning back if anything uh be |
| 12018s | thought going towards |
| 12020s | um you know vaguely one of the micro |
| 12022s | jump drives and |
| 12025s | currently we're not seeing Platinum |
| 12027s | sensitivity go too much of anywhere at |
| 12029s | the moment |
| 12030s | and base that seems to have hedged their |
| 12032s | bets they have a missile guidance |
| 12033s | disruptor on the fleet typhoon so that |
| 12036s | Sentinel is packing some turret |
| 12038s | disruption and missile disruption a very |
| 12041s | smart choice in this match although very |
| 12043s | risky |
| 12045s | yes certainly |
| 12047s | um right now we see that the typhoon |
| 12049s | Fleet issue Vindicator and Armageddon |
| 12051s | are all kind of balled up in front |
| 12053s | leading the pack right now they're going |
| 12055s | to want to |
| 12057s | you know get those new pressures onto |
| 12060s | something get the Vindicator with what |
| 12062s | will almost certainly be you know |
| 12064s | gigafaction webs onto you know a Target |
| 12067s | and then use |
| 12069s | um those webs to really control the |
| 12071s | match and lock things down with a 90 web |
| 12075s | we start to see Platinum sensitivities |
| 12077s | battleships crawling forward here |
| 12078s | moderator what is bright side of death |
| 12080s | looking for is there an opening that |
| 12082s | they're waiting for or trying to create |
| 12084s | well judging by The Shack of Amina |
| 12086s | getting on top of the mjd unit |
| 12089s | they may be looking to try to use that |
| 12092s | to possibly jump into the backline or |
| 12095s | possibly have their team you know go |
| 12097s | somewhere else if they really don't like |
| 12099s | the position of |
| 12101s | um what they see from Platinum |
| 12103s | sensitivity getting a little close |
| 12106s | and they are getting a little close I |
| 12108s | feel like they micro jump they'd have to |
| 12110s | be very careful what direction |
| 12113s | they are sort of aiming toward the |
| 12117s | Platinum sensitivity team which would |
| 12119s | support the backline option but they're |
| 12121s | just kind of Milling about I don't sense |
| 12123s | a lot of coordination at the moment |
| 12124s | meanwhile Platinum sensitivities |
| 12126s | battleships are edging ever closer |
| 12129s | yeah and in counter uh we see that the |
| 12132s | Mueller and the FED Mac are being placed |
| 12134s | in front in beside I mean if you're |
| 12136s | going to sacrifice a Muller to hold down |
| 12138s | you know a Vindicator or one of these |
| 12140s | other battleships from Platinum |
| 12142s | sensitivity it makes a lot of sense |
| 12145s | um I'm almost very tanky |
| 12147s | um very good tackle ship for Four Points |
| 12150s | absolutely Brightside right now focusing |
| 12152s | their Firepower on the Thalia of |
| 12154s | platinum sensitivity |
| 12156s | they tried testing its tank I don't |
| 12158s | think they liked what they saw because |
| 12159s | they're swapping off that it's beginning |
| 12161s | to regen Shields now and they're going |
| 12163s | more for the typhoon Fleet issue yeah |
| 12166s | tank of the pontifex as well yeah |
| 12168s | critically the smaller is pushing |
| 12170s | forward ahead of the rest of his team |
| 12171s | trying to get on top of that Armageddon |
| 12173s | Navy issue possibly trying to get uh you |
| 12176s | know web scram but we see uh the Mauler |
| 12178s | you know counterweb down by uh The |
| 12181s | Vindicator of Mark Bridges you know uh |
| 12183s | preventing from getting any closer and |
| 12185s | the Dominic's Navy issue now uh edging |
| 12188s | in a little bit with the Le Shack of I |
| 12190s | mean a miss not too far behind we may |
| 12192s | see uh the battle be joined rather |
| 12194s | shortly |
| 12195s | that seems a little hesitant to fully |
| 12197s | engage with each other I think they |
| 12199s | realize that this match could decide |
| 12201s | itself rather quickly with all the |
| 12203s | damage that these teams have brought to |
| 12204s | bear but we are starting to see |
| 12206s | battleships get tackled down now and |
| 12208s | they're starting to exchange fire as we |
| 12210s | see the sky Breakers start to open up on |
| 12212s | the drones |
| 12213s | yeah I mean The Vindicator is now within |
| 12216s | you know web range of the Navy Dominics |
| 12219s | um is now the primary taking a good |
| 12221s | amount of damage and that Vindicator is |
| 12223s | going to want to close to zero you'd be |
| 12225s | really within uh that void range be able |
| 12228s | to pound through The Dominics is |
| 12230s | likewise Blaster fit uh but I mean The |
| 12233s | Vindicator will happily out trade and |
| 12235s | meanwhile they're primary the Armageddon |
| 12238s | Navy issue of heinkel not going for The |
| 12240s | Vindicator which we'll have those |
| 12242s | faction wrappers on it what do you think |
| 12245s | of that call do you like them going for |
| 12247s | the getting instead of the webs |
| 12250s | it's a tough call I mean Vindicator is |
| 12254s | doing an excellent job of really |
| 12255s | controlling the Mahler and the Dominic's |
| 12257s | Navy issue and you really don't want to |
| 12259s | shoot into the faction tank if you don't |
| 12261s | have to uh but getting rid of the |
| 12264s | pressure that the Armageddon Navy issue |
| 12266s | brings new wise makes a lot of sense to |
| 12268s | me |
| 12269s | and we're starting to say the triglavian |
| 12271s | damage from Bright Side of death |
| 12272s | starting to spool up the Dominic's Navy |
| 12274s | issue was initially losing its armor a |
| 12277s | lot faster than the geddon that is |
| 12279s | beginning to change as The Dominics |
| 12281s | Navy's still losing big chunks but he |
| 12283s | can start to see that get a Navy rapidly |
| 12285s | reducing its armor here the Reps from |
| 12288s | the Thalia Deacon combo |
| 12290s | struggling to catch up to the damage |
| 12292s | here that said the logistic ships on |
| 12295s | both sides starting to take some |
| 12297s | Firepower they may have gone in a little |
| 12299s | too close and are now starting to get |
| 12300s | some negative attention from the enemy |
| 12302s | team Fox pure's Deacon dipping into low |
| 12305s | armor now oh he's really struggling |
| 12308s | yeah I mean that's going to be the |
| 12310s | pressure that we see of these drones |
| 12312s | that are all on top of him uh forcing a |
| 12315s | little bit of split reps from his buddy |
| 12317s | Stanley Ray and the falia who will have |
| 12319s | to focus on Fox and pull a little bit |
| 12321s | off of lonto but a wonto and heinkel are |
| 12324s | relatively even we see a bit of a switch |
| 12326s | to Krill Coast DirecTV realizing that |
| 12329s | maybe The Dominics might not be the call |
| 12330s | anymore |
| 12332s | The Dominics has a very strong local |
| 12334s | tank of the ships to lose repping power |
| 12336s | on it's probably the one you would want |
| 12338s | to have that said Fox pure is about to |
| 12340s | lose his repping power permanently as he |
| 12342s | drops that is a huge huge turn here |
| 12345s | bright side of death is going to |
| 12346s | struggle with only one Thalia who itself |
| 12348s | might drop very shortly yeah and the |
| 12351s | follow we can see is under significant |
| 12352s | new pressure that will be you know the |
| 12354s | Navy getting and The Dominics |
| 12356s | um |
| 12357s | sorry the typhoon Fleet issue in the |
| 12359s | Navy again and rather that are putting |
| 12360s | pressure onto the Thalia and the direct |
| 12362s | facts continuing to take damage |
| 12364s | um we do see that these drones that were |
| 12366s | killing the |
| 12368s | um Deacon buddy have finally been |
| 12370s | cleared by the sky breaker but uh it |
| 12372s | might be a little bit late as the direct |
| 12374s | fact is now going down low into armor at |
| 12377s | the same time that heinkel is at half |
| 12378s | armor |
| 12379s | that's gonna be a terrible trade for |
| 12381s | Brightside they're losing critical |
| 12383s | damage here and they absolutely need to |
| 12385s | put this Armageddon Navy away they're |
| 12388s | not able to effectively pressure |
| 12389s | Platinum sensitivities Logistics |
| 12391s | frigates in the same way that Platinum |
| 12393s | sensitivity was able to pressure theirs |
| 12394s | there's just not enough new pressure on |
| 12396s | bright side of death to make that happen |
| 12398s | at the moment or if there is they're |
| 12400s | struggling to apply it to the right |
| 12401s | targets |
| 12403s | yeah and that will be the Thalia down |
| 12405s | that's going to be all the logic down |
| 12407s | nothing to keep krilco up anymore and he |
| 12409s | will drop and meanwhile heinkel really |
| 12411s | haven't gotten any lower feggy continues |
| 12413s | to take some damage in his own Thalia |
| 12416s | but uh he'll be just fine |
| 12418s | yeah we're starting to see heinkel |
| 12420s | stabilize now he's not exactly clawing |
| 12423s | armor back but it's not dropping anymore |
| 12425s | meanwhile The Dominics |
| 12427s | is basically in the same position kind |
| 12429s | of a holding pattern the difference is |
| 12431s | platinum sensitivity is gradually |
| 12433s | grinding away the low end of bright side |
| 12435s | of death taking away their Logistics |
| 12437s | taking away their support they're about |
| 12439s | to take away this Sentinel and all the |
| 12440s | tracking disruption and missile guidance |
| 12442s | disruption it's been able to bring |
| 12444s | yeah I mean that's going to be what |
| 12446s | happens when you do those lose |
| 12448s | um those |
| 12450s | uh you know Logie frigates I would say |
| 12453s | that the Drone war that Platinum |
| 12454s | sensitivity has been you know pretty 200 |
| 12457s | IQ in this match and definitely ahead of |
| 12459s | bsod you know chewing through that low |
| 12460s | and now chewing through the Sentinel and |
| 12462s | now that the tracking disruption is off |
| 12465s | the Davey gettin The Vindicator are |
| 12467s | going to apply all that much better |
| 12470s | oh another refocusing back on The |
| 12472s | Dominics of one two one he is dropping |
| 12475s | very very low bleeding structure now is |
| 12477s | armor wrappers are still cooking but |
| 12479s | they're not able to keep up with the |
| 12481s | incoming damage and he will continue to |
| 12483s | bleed structure even as they try to keep |
| 12485s | him in low armor he's now at half it's a |
| 12487s | galenti ship so that structure bar is |
| 12489s | rather large but it is getting burned |
| 12492s | away here by the Glaziers and missiles |
| 12494s | from this get in Vindicator at typhoon |
| 12496s | Fleet issue |
| 12497s | yeah and honest to God at this point it |
| 12499s | looks like Platinum sensitivity with a |
| 12501s | minute 10 seconds left in the match is |
| 12503s | going to walk away with it very cleanly |
| 12505s | I don't think they'll kill the Le Shack |
| 12508s | but they're picking apart this pontifex |
| 12510s | of uh field condo and they might even |
| 12512s | kill the bed Mech of Matthias in the |
| 12514s | next minute or so |
| 12516s | yeah the pawn effects looks likely to |
| 12518s | die here it's dropping very rapidly the |
| 12520s | damage output from Platinum sensitivity |
| 12522s | is is extremely high especially now that |
| 12524s | that Sentinel is off the field they will |
| 12527s | probably be able to put away those two |
| 12529s | ships uh that said the damage on the |
| 12532s | Ponte seems to have slowed considerably |
| 12535s | yeah there it goes must have been a |
| 12537s | Reload or something or the drones were |
| 12539s | having a hard time catching up to him |
| 12540s | but he's taking damage again at a pretty |
| 12542s | rapid flip and that Ved Max structure |
| 12544s | just might as well not even exist the |
| 12546s | bed Mac totally vaporized |
| 12549s | yeah the pontifex has been doing a |
| 12551s | pretty good job at Burning away from |
| 12552s | danger but the drones do finally catch |
| 12554s | up with him and bring him down uh we see |
| 12556s | that the lashac now putting some damage |
| 12558s | onto what looks like the typhoon Fleet |
| 12560s | of kentarkis but there's only 10 seconds |
| 12563s | left in this match and nothing else |
| 12564s | really should die in that time frame uh |
| 12566s | but um Platinum sensitivity playing very |
| 12569s | very nice winning |
| 12570s | 69-0 and with that we'll send it back to |
| 12573s | the desk |
| 12579s | [Music] |
| 12595s | thank you |
| 12599s | Yeah we actually lost a bet as CCP |
| 12602s | collectively so that's why that Alliance |
| 12604s | logo is in the game of course you could |
| 12606s | change your alliance by leaving but that |
| 12607s | would be kind of a jerk move oh you |
| 12610s | don't like it now just leave this logo |
| 12612s | sucks I'm gonna go join |
| 12620s | [Music] |
| 12623s | thank you |
| 12629s | welcome to leave Pandora |
| 12647s | [Music] |
| 12656s | [Music] |
| 12661s | Platinum sensitivity they're taking that |
| 12663s | solid victory over a bright side of |
| 12665s | death uh Mark Bridges will be very |
| 12667s | pleased with that and his Flagship |
| 12669s | Vindicator we don't see very many of |
| 12671s | those and uh he flew it to you know |
| 12673s | great effect and speaking of flying to |
| 12675s | great effect |
| 12676s | um mystical might you were pointing out |
| 12678s | during that match the positioning of uh |
| 12680s | those battleships talk to me about that |
| 12682s | yeah I think one of the things that we |
| 12684s | see a lot in tournaments and a lot what |
| 12687s | we talk about is screening and |
| 12689s | separating the enemy team a lot one of |
| 12692s | the things that Platinum sensitivity did |
| 12694s | really well in this match is that their |
| 12696s | three battleships decided to approach |
| 12697s | the enemy team together |
| 12700s | with maybe like a couple kilometers |
| 12702s | difference between them which means that |
| 12704s | bright side of death aren't able to |
| 12706s | actually separate the uh battleships of |
| 12710s | the Platinum sensitivity team anything |
| 12711s | that comes into range of one clubs into |
| 12713s | range of all allowing them to |
| 12715s | effectively apply their damage and we |
| 12717s | saw that uh begin to happen when they uh |
| 12720s | went onto the Navy Dominics which put |
| 12722s | itself forward as a block right it was |
| 12725s | just there to tackle down one of the |
| 12726s | battleships Force the rest of them to |
| 12727s | stop because they wanted to stick |
| 12729s | together and because of the changes |
| 12731s | recently it is extremely tanky so it's a |
| 12733s | good move by the bsod team but it forces |
| 12736s | the Thalia and the Deacon in closer and |
| 12737s | when you have a flagship Vindicator it |
| 12740s | means that they can't escape that web |
| 12741s | range and they do eventually just begin |
| 12743s | to die to it because you can apply your |
| 12745s | damage pretty well to the frigates even |
| 12748s | though they are fairly small so yeah I |
| 12751s | just want to shout out positioning on |
| 12752s | both sides obviously uh being a platinum |
| 12755s | sensitivity simp I fully endorse the the |
| 12759s | pilot thing that I've seen here and I am |
| 12761s | glad and never doubted that they were |
| 12762s | going to win this match and I am glad |
| 12764s | that they're going to carry on until the |
| 12766s | next weekend you never had your hands |
| 12767s | classed together in prayer during that |
| 12769s | match I I did not tell them to stop |
| 12771s | dying that is that is true well they |
| 12773s | never died in the first place exactly it |
| 12774s | worked yeah problem solved it worked all |
| 12776s | the way through now what we saw a bunch |
| 12778s | in that match was uh tracking disruptors |
| 12780s | being applied to things tracking is a |
| 12782s | super important mechanic in Eve online |
| 12783s | uh Jin tan can you just explain kind of |
| 12786s | what tracking is and how it impacts the |
| 12788s | the game yeah so um uh Misty talked a |
| 12791s | little bit earlier about things being |
| 12793s | small and that's because tracking is |
| 12795s | related to both the angular velocity of |
| 12798s | a shape relative to your own which is |
| 12800s | represented by transversal velocity and |
| 12802s | the signature radius of the ship so if |
| 12805s | you are close in or um your target is |
| 12808s | relatively big your guns will be able to |
| 12810s | track and hit them properly doing more |
| 12812s | damage and uh |
| 12815s | uh yeah being able to actually apply to |
| 12817s | them properly this is something you can |
| 12818s | affect with a number of things you know |
| 12820s | we often see webs so for example with a |
| 12821s | 90 webs of a Vindicator being used |
| 12823s | really effectively to make guns that |
| 12825s | wouldn't normally hit something hit them |
| 12827s | really effectively yeah and then one way |
| 12829s | to disrupt that uh tracking disrupt |
| 12832s | would be to use tracking disruptors uh |
| 12835s | Mr might talk us through tracking |
| 12837s | disruption yeah absolutely so in a |
| 12839s | situation where you would normally be |
| 12840s | hit perhaps it's because you're at a |
| 12842s | long distance and the ship that you're |
| 12844s | going up against has long range Weaponry |
| 12845s | there are things called tracking |
| 12847s | disruptors in the game there are two |
| 12849s | different types of scripts that you can |
| 12851s | use with them optimal range disruption |
| 12853s | and tracking speed disruption tracking |
| 12855s | speed disruption is useful in the cases |
| 12857s | that gentam was mentioning where perhaps |
| 12859s | you're in close uh you may be a fairly |
| 12862s | medium-sized ship so they're able to hit |
| 12864s | you fairly effectively using this |
| 12866s | tracking speed disruption it means that |
| 12868s | the weapons aren't able to actually |
| 12870s | track you properly if you're in close |
| 12872s | and moving quickly so it allows you to |
| 12874s | mitigate some of the damage reduce the |
| 12876s | damage coming into you whereas if you |
| 12879s | are further away and you are finding |
| 12882s | something that's projection perhaps so |
| 12885s | thinking to TQ it might be something |
| 12887s | like a ferrox that you may be going up |
| 12889s | against where they have railguns optimal |
| 12891s | range ensures that they have to switch |
| 12892s | to longer range but lower damage ammo to |
| 12896s | effectively be able to hit you so it I |
| 12899s | guess broadens the area that you can |
| 12901s | play around in and it reduces the area |
| 12902s | to which they can apply their damage |
| 12904s | awesome and in order to apply that kind |
| 12906s | of damage then you're gonna have to be |
| 12907s | able to lock them uh and to be someone |
| 12910s | who's locking them you probably enjoy uh |
| 12912s | locking them at those ranges speaking of |
| 12913s | which our next match is going to be lock |
| 12915s | range enjoyers versus no Forks given so |
| 12918s | let's take a look at the bands for this |
| 12919s | upcoming match |
| 12921s | so lock range enjoyers Banning out the |
| 12923s | bar guest the abandon and the guardian |
| 12925s | there's no thoughts given or Banning the |
| 12927s | EOS the Battleground and the gedden Navy |
| 12929s | issue jintan uh what jumps out are you |
| 12932s | here uh what really jumps out to me here |
| 12934s | is the locker engine joyous band uh they |
| 12936s | are Banning out two of the highest DPS |
| 12938s | uh battleships that we've seen other |
| 12940s | than the Vindicator which typically |
| 12942s | brought as a flagship anyway and then |
| 12944s | the guardian the guardian's really |
| 12946s | curious that has the most potential reps |
| 12948s | of any logistic ship that you can field |
| 12950s | uh but it's not quite commonly seen |
| 12953s | especially from teams like no Forks |
| 12955s | given perhaps they are running some sort |
| 12957s | of new comp and they want to reduce the |
| 12959s | possibility of their opponents bringing |
| 12960s | some energy transfers on those Guardians |
| 12963s | and mystical might uh the EOS uh what do |
| 12966s | you what do you think about this band |
| 12966s | here I mean it suggests that they don't |
| 12969s | want to be seeing a fairly strong |
| 12971s | Command Ship I think these days with the |
| 12974s | changes uh to the EOS I think it must |
| 12976s | have been at least half a year ago if |
| 12978s | not longer |
| 12979s | um into a Sentry boat |
| 12982s | um made it really decent in the alliance |
| 12983s | tournament setting Where and also just |
| 12986s | on TQ you know you'll see a lot of |
| 12988s | fleets that now run eos's because they |
| 12989s | are really strong for what they are |
| 12991s | um the EOS is a good mix of links so |
| 12994s | buffing your Fleet to make sure that you |
| 12996s | can tank more you can lock further you |
| 12997s | can move faster depending on the type of |
| 12999s | links being used but also they do enough |
| 13001s | damage in their own right to be worth |
| 13002s | bringing and I think they are one of the |
| 13005s | length pinch ships for drone comps where |
| 13007s | if you are bringing a drunk comp you're |
| 13008s | probably going to be Fielding an EOS and |
| 13010s | it's not really replaceable you don't |
| 13012s | want to bring a damnation to your drone |
| 13013s | comp in place of the EOS whereas other |
| 13016s | ships are replaceable you'll have a |
| 13017s | wealth of different drone Cruisers that |
| 13020s | you could bring in place of something |
| 13021s | like the Vex Navy issue or the stratios |
| 13023s | that we have seen run |
| 13025s | um earlier in the day so |
| 13027s | yeah I I think it's an interesting ban |
| 13030s | it seems like they may have practiced |
| 13031s | Against drones and don't want to have to |
| 13032s | deal with that I mean that's fair enough |
| 13034s | and that's why you should ban something |
| 13035s | if you don't like it just just span it |
| 13037s | so let's have some quick predictions and |
| 13039s | then we'll send it Mr commode what do |
| 13041s | you think I'm gonna have to say lock |
| 13043s | range enjoy us here but I think that's |
| 13045s | pretty |
| 13046s | that's pretty solid pretty solid solid |
| 13048s | solid prediction yes it's very hard to |
| 13051s | predict against lock range enjoy Us in |
| 13053s | this match I gotta say there's always a |
| 13054s | chance for no [ __ ] given but uh I think |
| 13057s | look Rangers always have this I think I |
| 13059s | have to complete the uh the casters |
| 13061s | curse and also go for uh lock range |
| 13063s | enjoyers but let's time to find out so |
| 13065s | let's head over to the arena and uh and |
| 13066s | see |
| 13072s | Alexa card here with moderator for our |
| 13074s | final commentary pair and we are against |
| 13077s | a very interesting matchup we've got |
| 13080s | lock range enjoyers not enjoying their |
| 13082s | lock range as they've gone for a pretty |
| 13084s | traditional Minotaur Rush setup the |
| 13087s | fleet Tempest double slap Nair double |
| 13089s | fleets life double scabble stabber Fleet |
| 13091s | and a spiffle |
| 13093s | really going all in on the mimitar |
| 13095s | theming here moderator what are no Fork |
| 13098s | spraying |
| 13099s | yeah they've brought an Armageddon the |
| 13101s | Tempest Fleet issue and a Dominic's Navy |
| 13103s | issue |
| 13104s | um so you know earlier we were talking |
| 13106s | about what if someone brings four |
| 13108s | battleships well I guess now we know |
| 13110s | what happens |
| 13111s | um |
| 13112s | you know if you're a Minotaur Rush team |
| 13114s | it wouldn't be surprising to see them |
| 13117s | immediately just have their low end you |
| 13120s | know disciples and the stabber Fleet |
| 13122s | issue go after some of these you know |
| 13125s | essential Navitas Inquisitor get rid of |
| 13127s | that and then have your larger ships try |
| 13129s | to chew through these battleships on the |
| 13131s | upper side of things |
| 13134s | uh four battleships set up amazing and |
| 13137s | you know what I'm they can look at their |
| 13139s | low end honestly aside from the tech one |
| 13141s | logistic frigates it doesn't look that |
| 13144s | bad we might see a pretty surprising |
| 13146s | outcome to this match no Forks |
| 13148s | definitely The Underdogs going by the |
| 13150s | twitch points |
| 13151s | one of the concerns that you do run into |
| 13154s | running four battleships though is that |
| 13156s | you have really just a pontifex and a |
| 13158s | skybreaker to screen which means that |
| 13162s | the lock range enjoyers and their |
| 13164s | Massive Attack bar will have exactly |
| 13166s | zero difficulty really controlling |
| 13169s | um the range and picking apart ships |
| 13172s | spreading things |
| 13174s | um you know on their terms and |
| 13175s | navigating around you already off the |
| 13177s | Jump we're seeing the fight Fleet issues |
| 13179s | close uh straight into this uh |
| 13181s | battleship |
| 13183s | yeah they're doing what they do the |
| 13185s | question is will they stop at the |
| 13186s | battleships or will they surge into that |
| 13188s | back line it looks like they're stopping |
| 13190s | at their ships at the battleships and |
| 13191s | letting their drones do the talking as |
| 13193s | we see their drone Cloud streak past the |
| 13196s | battleships and go in on some of these |
| 13198s | Logistics frigates |
| 13200s | yeah I mean that makes a lot of sense |
| 13201s | it's similar to what Platinum |
| 13202s | sensitivity did right and we already see |
| 13204s | that the Tempest is in half farmer so is |
| 13206s | The Inquisitor so is the navitos logic |
| 13209s | frigs are going to break within the |
| 13210s | first minute of the match and trading a |
| 13212s | tempest for a scythe Fleet is not good |
| 13215s | if you're in the possession of lock |
| 13217s | range |
| 13217s | yeah trading the logistics frigates is |
| 13219s | one thing if they lose that Tempest |
| 13221s | that's a fish of another color he is |
| 13224s | dipping deep down is done with armor |
| 13227s | into structure they'll die at |
| 13228s | approximately the same time oh no as I |
| 13231s | say that the site Fleet is actually |
| 13232s | hanging on a little bit he's pulling his |
| 13234s | shield back yeah I don't think that will |
| 13236s | last too much longer we see him kind of |
| 13238s | run out of at any sort of Shield charges |
| 13241s | there |
| 13242s | um I do have to say though I'm not a fan |
| 13244s | of the Armageddon |
| 13246s | um at this point in the tournament it |
| 13248s | really doesn't do a whole lot of damage |
| 13250s | especially not really being any sort of |
| 13253s | a gun gunboat we see it's got all newts |
| 13255s | and Minotaur Rush does not care if it |
| 13258s | gets neuted out |
| 13260s | yeah this is probably the worst team to |
| 13262s | be looking at when you're a gated pilot |
| 13264s | there's not a ton you can do here they |
| 13266s | don't even necessarily need active |
| 13268s | hardeners it helps but they base resists |
| 13271s | of the sleffeners are just so good uh |
| 13274s | you see the Scythe Fleet issue now from |
| 13276s | Striker Eric or about half Shields |
| 13279s | pulling some of his hit points back with |
| 13281s | what we presume to be an ancillary |
| 13282s | Shield booster but conkle is dying much |
| 13286s | much faster they're about to lose |
| 13287s | another Battleship that is half their |
| 13290s | battleships half the core of their team |
| 13292s | down and they're not even going to trade |
| 13294s | the Scythe lead issue for it as he |
| 13296s | begins to well I was going to say being |
| 13299s | stabilized he's definitely going to die |
| 13301s | but taking way too much time they've |
| 13304s | lost the tempo of this match it's really |
| 13305s | running away from them here as lock |
| 13307s | range enjoyers continues to pick apart |
| 13309s | their Fleet they're not even bothering |
| 13311s | to focus fire now it feels like every |
| 13312s | ship is picking a different Target the |
| 13314s | sky breaker The Sentinel the pond |
| 13316s | effects and the gettin and the Domi Navy |
| 13318s | all taking significant damage |
| 13320s | yeah and I mean look at lock range |
| 13323s | enjoyers and how large their attack bar |
| 13325s | is is completely filled off the screen |
| 13326s | and they still have two you know Tech |
| 13328s | Two laundry frigates that have kept uh |
| 13330s | Striker Erica up this entire time |
| 13332s | Sentinel does drop but I mean if Striker |
| 13335s | does finally go down it'll be for |
| 13337s | another battleship in the form of uh the |
| 13341s | fleet Tempest The Tempest and now the |
| 13344s | Dominic's into low armor as well |
| 13346s | yeah the gendon's trying to do what it |
| 13348s | can with its newts which is apply them |
| 13349s | to the scalpels to try to slow down the |
| 13352s | rep but the issue with the guard The |
| 13354s | geddon's Noose if it's fit as most |
| 13356s | get-ins traditionally are those newts |
| 13358s | are going to be heavy nudes their cycle |
| 13360s | time is very slow against a frigate it's |
| 13363s | a lot of wasted newting power they're |
| 13365s | going to be able to pull that back with |
| 13366s | their capacitor regen and potentially |
| 13368s | some extra cap mods that they might have |
| 13371s | fitted to their ships they'll be able to |
| 13372s | handle that no problem still getting |
| 13374s | reps in despite the gettin's best |
| 13376s | efforts as now this Sky breaker goes |
| 13378s | down for no Forks given |
| 13380s | yeah |
| 13382s | um it feels like this match was very |
| 13384s | much one kind of in the draft phase of |
| 13386s | things |
| 13387s | um lock range enjoyers I could see why |
| 13389s | you would not want to deal with |
| 13391s | um and a patent or a bargift that could |
| 13393s | maybe cut you in the setup |
| 13395s | um whereas no Forks given |
| 13398s | um |
| 13398s | I mean they really just got outplayed |
| 13400s | here very decisively |
| 13403s | yeah I really like this lock range |
| 13404s | injurious comp I was a little skeptical |
| 13406s | of all the points inflation points that |
| 13409s | they were losing here going with double |
| 13410s | double Fleet safe double scaffold double |
| 13412s | Sipple you could say that they're |
| 13414s | they're kind of wasting some points here |
| 13416s | but on the other hand it's got a very |
| 13418s | clear concept very easy for them to |
| 13421s | execute and as you mentioned that attack |
| 13423s | bar literally off the charts and it's |
| 13426s | just carving through these battleships |
| 13428s | as the getting goes down and this |
| 13429s | arbitrator will not be long for this |
| 13431s | world |
| 13433s | yeah I mean that will put |
| 13435s | um you know lock range enjoyers into the |
| 13437s | winner of our next match which will be |
| 13440s | uh big yikes and brave Collective and |
| 13443s | no Forks given will be sent down to play |
| 13445s | against Deepwater Hooligans in the lower |
| 13447s | bracket |
| 13450s | those are going to be some very |
| 13451s | interesting matchups indeed lock range |
| 13454s | enjoy this is now tackled the arbitrator |
| 13456s | the Drone cloud is on him not even |
| 13458s | restaurants these are just pure damage |
| 13460s | drones I think the scalp the scalpels |
| 13463s | may have actually wrapped him |
| 13464s | accidentally uh trying to extend this |
| 13467s | match a little bit as the structure goes |
| 13469s | down and we turn it back over to the |
| 13471s | desk what a thrilling match |
| 13474s | [Music] |
| 13499s | guys stop being casual they're really |
| 13501s | bad we should not lose anybody to this |
| 13504s | warp off warp off take the fleet warp |
| 13506s | everybody warp off this is a really |
| 13507s | really bad execution I'm very |
| 13509s | disappointed |
| 13517s | [Music] |
| 13526s | crash our enemies your temps are |
| 13529s | completely damped out Crush I'm dumped |
| 13531s | out I'm dumped out you don't like |
| 13532s | Chambers Boys Pizza hips yeah everything |
| 13536s | down I've not been able to look at some |
| 13538s | of the things again |
| 13541s | I'm jammed |
| 13560s | stick a fork in them they are done as a |
| 13563s | locker engine jars takes that Victory uh |
| 13566s | mystical might how did you enjoy that |
| 13568s | match it was great loved it yeah it's |
| 13570s | nice to be right on the desk there you |
| 13573s | are nice to be right speaking of being |
| 13576s | right we noticed that the lock range |
| 13578s | enjoyers team All mimitar Ships and this |
| 13580s | is a Minotaur Republic sponsored |
| 13582s | tournament and as far as I understand |
| 13583s | they're the first team to bring entirely |
| 13586s | Minotaur ships uh why would why would we |
| 13590s | do that so one of the things that we've |
| 13592s | spoken about in the tournament is ECM |
| 13594s | we've seen a few Blackbird bands |
| 13597s | um coming out from different teams I |
| 13598s | think we saw a scorpion ban as well |
| 13599s | yesterday |
| 13601s | um ECM becomes a little less effective |
| 13603s | when you're running One Singular faction |
| 13605s | comp so in this case it was mimitar |
| 13608s | which means that any team that they were |
| 13610s | going up against if they did bring ECM |
| 13613s | the majority of their gems would be less |
| 13614s | effective because you need to plan for |
| 13616s | all circumstances when running in ECM |
| 13619s | setup typically your black birds will |
| 13621s | have a mar Jammers kadari Jammers maybe |
| 13624s | a gallante Jammer a couple memetall |
| 13625s | jammers |
| 13627s | the Minotaur Jammers will still be |
| 13628s | effective but the galante the Amar the |
| 13632s | killari ones are going to be less |
| 13633s | effective against Minotaur ships not to |
| 13635s | say that they can't Jam still but the |
| 13637s | chance to jam is incredibly low compared |
| 13639s | to if you were bringing the Avatar jams |
| 13641s | so I think that's really the benefit of |
| 13644s | bringing One Singular faction to the |
| 13646s | Grid it's just about making sure that if |
| 13648s | you do run into an ECM comp you're not |
| 13650s | screwed completely by having you know a |
| 13652s | scalpole and then a Kirin and then you |
| 13654s | can easily Jam both of them out of |
| 13656s | course because this tournament is |
| 13657s | sponsored by the mentor Republic all |
| 13658s | those ships were lower pointed so it's a |
| 13661s | very Point efficient comp in that way do |
| 13663s | you think that is part of it as well I |
| 13665s | think points play A Part um to a degree |
| 13667s | because if you're bringing some of the |
| 13669s | you know the the fleet ships it's easier |
| 13672s | to fit more ships into your comp of the |
| 13675s | larger variety I suppose |
| 13679s | but I think it's also a mix of just you |
| 13681s | know knowing that |
| 13683s | now that you have a full Fleet of the |
| 13685s | same faction you're not going to be |
| 13687s | running into any ECM setups you don't |
| 13688s | have to necessarily ban for it because |
| 13689s | you can deal with it in other ways |
| 13691s | and gentan in that last match as well uh |
| 13694s | we saw something that I've been looking |
| 13695s | forward to uh for most of the tournament |
| 13697s | unfortunately died but four battleships |
| 13700s | explain explain this to me so for about |
| 13703s | four battleships is a style of |
| 13704s | composition which as the name might |
| 13706s | imply we uses four battleships the main |
| 13708s | problem with running for battleships |
| 13710s | though is that it takes up a huge amount |
| 13711s | of your points as you saw in that match |
| 13713s | almost |
| 13714s | um 80 so four fifths of the points that |
| 13717s | no Forks given have available to them |
| 13719s | were used entirely in their top end of |
| 13722s | those battleships and because of that |
| 13724s | they had a very very fragile support |
| 13726s | Wing which meant that they didn't really |
| 13728s | have the mid slots and general survival |
| 13731s | survival enough tackle to be able to |
| 13734s | lock down their opponents and allow |
| 13736s | those weapons to apply obviously whilst |
| 13739s | the battleships have big numbers in |
| 13740s | terms of their deps and ehp where they |
| 13743s | fall down is the fact that they can't |
| 13744s | often apply it to Cruisers and frigates |
| 13747s | which look range enjoyers brought a lot |
| 13749s | of and that meant that whilst they might |
| 13751s | have looked great on paper they weren't |
| 13752s | really able to apply any of it and they |
| 13755s | just got slowly picked apart by that |
| 13756s | Rush comp yeah one of the ships that was |
| 13758s | picked apart was a 9 0.2 billion-esque |
| 13762s | Armageddon Flagship uh no farts given uh |
| 13766s | so pretty pretty heavy loss for them |
| 13768s | um they are still in the tournament that |
| 13770s | was just the um this wasn't elimination |
| 13773s | match so we will see them again later |
| 13775s | now Jin tan |
| 13777s | you've been talking to some captains and |
| 13779s | we have another interview that we can go |
| 13780s | to between yourself and KitKat from Big |
| 13782s | X |
| 13785s | first of all can you introduce yourself |
| 13787s | to the audience please I am KitKat uh |
| 13790s | I've been playing this game for uh nine |
| 13793s | years now |
| 13794s | um but like recently for the last |
| 13798s | I don't know five to seven years I've |
| 13801s | been mostly playing in tournaments and |
| 13804s | like not being around on TQ anymore |
| 13806s | this year we are playing the alien |
| 13809s | filament representing the the alliance |
| 13811s | big yikes well we found the we made the |
| 13814s | team before we found the alliance and |
| 13816s | actually uh requested a bunch of guys |
| 13818s | like from |
| 13819s | actually outside of the Aryan so big ice |
| 13821s | is actually just hosting this and what's |
| 13824s | your team's competitive history yeah for |
| 13827s | for our teams actually were records that |
| 13829s | have been playing together for like |
| 13830s | since we started playing 2013 |
| 13834s | um |
| 13835s | try it that we've won we've done forth |
| 13838s | in the alliance tournament last year and |
| 13840s | we've won the anger game and so right |
| 13843s | now we are just playing with uh with a |
| 13846s | different Alliance and |
| 13848s | uh we've got a bunch of new players that |
| 13851s | actually have some experience I think |
| 13853s | there's some guys from snuff that's been |
| 13856s | playing before and um all the other |
| 13859s | teams that in general it's the first |
| 13862s | time they play you know in an actually |
| 13864s | competitive team |
| 13866s | so what are your aims or expectations |
| 13868s | for this tournament run |
| 13870s | so yeah we're here basically for for I |
| 13873s | guess uh we we are really hoping to get |
| 13877s | back on the the money we've invested and |
| 13879s | like to really get on top of that like a |
| 13881s | few 80 shifts for each of our players |
| 13885s | actually |
| 13886s | what are your thoughts going into your |
| 13888s | first match against hiddenly Village |
| 13889s | Ninja Assassin Squad Esports |
| 13892s | prior to defeated tournament actually |
| 13894s | we've practiced with them quite a bit so |
| 13897s | like the things that now I guess we know |
| 13901s | them a little bit and they know us a |
| 13903s | little bit and it's like just making the |
| 13905s | the game in itself a bit interesting |
| 13908s | because like there's quite a bit a bunch |
| 13910s | of data that they can analyze on us and |
| 13913s | we can analyze on them circling back to |
| 13915s | something you said earlier it sounds |
| 13917s | like you had to integrate some new |
| 13918s | players into the team can you tell me a |
| 13920s | little bit about what it was like |
| 13921s | teaching them |
| 13922s | so after each practice we analyze the |
| 13925s | each everything very carefully and we |
| 13929s | made we made tools to to make it work |
| 13932s | and so um |
| 13935s | each mistake is corrected each default |
| 13938s | in the strategy is corrected we usually |
| 13941s | have basically we ended up having like |
| 13943s | really a lot lots and lots of stats lots |
| 13947s | and lots of data to analyze that's |
| 13950s | helping us to really understand after |
| 13952s | each match what happened what can go |
| 13954s | better |
| 13955s | uh and so it really allowed us to make |
| 13959s | the each player grow and like it was the |
| 13962s | the benefits of that was really visible |
| 13964s | really enjoyable all right thank you for |
| 13966s | your time is there anything else you |
| 13967s | want to mention before we sign off |
| 13970s | um yeah we're really looking forward to |
| 13971s | playing this tournament I mean |
| 13974s | earlier this year we we won with grand |
| 13976s | Caddo in the teams so like it shouldn't |
| 13980s | be really that hard |
| 13983s | uh jintan they're interviewing KitKat |
| 13986s | from Big yikes Jen just want to take a |
| 13988s | moment say thank you for putting these |
| 13989s | interviews together you've done a whole |
| 13990s | bunch of them |
| 13991s | um we've had a couple of them so far |
| 13992s | I've wanted to hear some some more of |
| 13994s | them and they've been super interesting |
| 13995s | uh just like I know it's a lot of effort |
| 13997s | to sit down with everyone do the |
| 13999s | interview and then edit and cut each one |
| 14002s | up into like little bite-sized chunks |
| 14003s | like this so you know great great work |
| 14005s | really really look forward to seeing |
| 14007s | more of these in in the future |
| 14008s | yeah thank you they were like as I said |
| 14010s | before they were a great uh chance to do |
| 14012s | you talk to people all over the world |
| 14013s | obviously KitKat there uh a member of |
| 14015s | the French contingent I believe they |
| 14017s | actually run their matches in French as |
| 14019s | opposed to English uh having the split |
| 14021s | off from uh the localist primary team of |
| 14024s | last year uh where they placed fourth uh |
| 14026s | forming two teams in this tournament |
| 14028s | with damasius Kadesh running the |
| 14029s | English-speaking contingent in lock |
| 14031s | range enjoyers and uh big yikes being |
| 14033s | the french-speaking contingent in fact |
| 14035s | if big yikes are able to win this match |
| 14037s | we will they will be facing each other |
| 14039s | in the next game of the winners bracket |
| 14041s | which I think would be fantastic yeah |
| 14043s | that's correct so this match coming up |
| 14045s | big yikes versus Brave Collective it is |
| 14047s | our last of the uh the winners bracket |
| 14050s | matches today uh we will drop down into |
| 14053s | the elimination bracket for um for the |
| 14056s | the rest of the day let's take a look at |
| 14058s | the bands for big yikes versus Brave |
| 14060s | Collective so big yikes Banning out |
| 14062s | Guardian stormbringer question mark |
| 14065s | Muller Brave Collective Banning a curse |
| 14067s | Scimitar and caracal Navy issue mystical |
| 14070s | might Stormbreaker ban |
| 14073s | question mark |
| 14075s | question mark indeed I think it's it's |
| 14077s | an interesting ban it's |
| 14079s | depending on the setup so if you're |
| 14081s | flying an armor setup for example and |
| 14083s | you bring a stormbringer it gives you a |
| 14084s | decent amount of mids to utilize for |
| 14087s | evil |
| 14088s | which is what we've seen earlier in the |
| 14090s | day some people have brought armor |
| 14092s | stormbringers and they're effective at |
| 14094s | clearing drones as well so not only are |
| 14097s | you limiting the amount of damage that |
| 14098s | perhaps some of the turret and missile |
| 14100s | based ships can do on the enemy team but |
| 14103s | you're also limiting the number of |
| 14105s | drones that they can effectively use by |
| 14107s | slowly destroying them it's not like the |
| 14109s | fastest thing to do with the |
| 14110s | stormbringer because the application is |
| 14112s | kind of weird sometimes |
| 14114s | skybreaker I think is a little bit |
| 14115s | better when it comes to clearing drones |
| 14116s | because it's using the small voton |
| 14118s | projectors which means that it's |
| 14121s | applying effectively to all types of |
| 14123s | drones whereas the stump bringer really |
| 14125s | benefits from the fact that it can shoot |
| 14126s | like 100 kilometers so not only can you |
| 14129s | be on my foot but you can sit really far |
| 14130s | back |
| 14131s | make use of your e-war clear some of |
| 14133s | those rep Bots or those damaged drones |
| 14135s | and really it's it's a really cool ship |
| 14138s | to use and in a shield setup so to |
| 14141s | quickly clarify it's also super tanky uh |
| 14143s | Wing that I believe mentioned that it's |
| 14145s | one of the few ships that gets that six |
| 14146s | percent Shield resistance bonus which |
| 14148s | means that if it burns in and tackles |
| 14149s | you down |
| 14150s | you're gonna have to try and go through |
| 14152s | it and it's not the fastest thing to do |
| 14154s | when you're in a time sensitive |
| 14156s | situation |
| 14157s | yeah we also see them Banning out the |
| 14158s | molar uh jintan obviously it's usually |
| 14160s | considered quite a a hard to remove |
| 14163s | tackle ship we see them a lot in the |
| 14164s | last tournament just uh slap them full |
| 14166s | of newts in the high slots send them in |
| 14168s | to tackle something and it's just once |
| 14169s | it's on you can't get it off |
| 14172s | um they're banning that here like what |
| 14174s | does that say to you |
| 14175s | um I think normally that would say that |
| 14177s | they're going to be using something that |
| 14178s | needs to be able to go in and keep going |
| 14180s | in for the entirety of the match like |
| 14182s | say perhaps uh an arm again Navy issue |
| 14185s | or a typhoon Fleet issue however |
| 14188s | um in combination with that Stormbreaker |
| 14190s | ban I suspect that they might be |
| 14192s | actually looking at Banning out the |
| 14194s | smart bomb version of that that we do we |
| 14196s | do occasionally see uh potentially |
| 14198s | running some sort of drone setup and one |
| 14199s | thing to clear the way for that |
| 14201s | um without giving their opponents the |
| 14203s | opportunity to run something with a |
| 14204s | large amount of smart bombs awesome now |
| 14206s | let's take a look at um a player graph |
| 14208s | for one of the pilots from Brave |
| 14209s | Collective this year uh palette who goes |
| 14211s | by the name cable utter so he's a very |
| 14214s | experienced pilot over the years uh |
| 14215s | flying uh for the Volta team for for |
| 14218s | many many years it could be that last |
| 14219s | year on the right my touchline this year |
| 14221s | he is essentially heading up the brave |
| 14223s | Collective team as a mercenary and |
| 14225s | bringing a lot of experience out of 3D |
| 14227s | crafting knowledge and piloting |
| 14229s | execution uh into this team as you can |
| 14231s | see tends to fly recently uh the bigger |
| 14233s | ships are flying the bargest last year |
| 14235s | and this year uh whereas before we |
| 14237s | tended to fly more of the the smaller |
| 14239s | support High skill ships romantic |
| 14241s | Horrors your kitsunis and your hounds |
| 14243s | and he wins a lot 15 wins to eight |
| 14245s | losses and look at that amount of |
| 14247s | Alliance he's flown in like for many |
| 14249s | years flying in six matches uh in |
| 14251s | Alliance tournament 12. a bunch more in |
| 14253s | Alliance tournament 14. pretty cool |
| 14255s | pretty experienced pilot so let's go |
| 14257s | over to the arena and see how cable does |
| 14259s | with the brave team as they go up |
| 14261s | against |
| 14262s | the Geeks |
| 14269s | welcome back to the arena my name is |
| 14271s | firvana joined by the lovely basilisk |
| 14274s | and we have our first match that we're |
| 14277s | commentating today the last of the |
| 14278s | winter Breakers matches it is on the |
| 14281s | blue side the brave Collective bringing |
| 14283s | a very similar uh comp to what they |
| 14285s | brought yesterday triple Battleship uh |
| 14287s | with that LE Shack as a huge part of it |
| 14289s | but they don't have the Mahler which is |
| 14291s | a huge part of why they won yesterday |
| 14293s | meanwhile what did Big yikes bring the |
| 14296s | big yikes have actually brought a fairly |
| 14297s | similar armor control comp here but |
| 14298s | instead they've gone for two battleships |
| 14300s | instead of three but I feel like this |
| 14301s | match could fairly quickly devolve into |
| 14304s | an all-out brawl between these two armor |
| 14305s | control comps here obviously both comps |
| 14307s | are going to be set up so the other team |
| 14308s | is sort of forced to come into their |
| 14310s | range and that's going to result in both |
| 14311s | teams just |
| 14312s | I assume just bumping straight into each |
| 14314s | other and it's going to be a big blast |
| 14316s | off in the middle here |
| 14317s | yeah much like yesterday Brave has |
| 14319s | brought a laser and we get a Navy issue |
| 14321s | to make sure that they're not mixing |
| 14322s | their gun systems uh but this is the |
| 14324s | first time I think we've seen Armageddon |
| 14326s | Navy issue versus balgorn the old Newton |
| 14329s | King of the alliance tournament up |
| 14330s | against the new kid on the Block uh ship |
| 14333s | that some people haven't been super |
| 14334s | impressed with with the rapid heavy |
| 14336s | setup we'll say this is a gun valgorn so |
| 14338s | both of these ships will have two to |
| 14341s | three newts uh on them and similar |
| 14343s | amounts of labors are we got an AV doing |
| 14345s | more damage more new power coming out of |
| 14347s | the Bal Gore and that said we're about |
| 14348s | to get underway with the match I'm |
| 14350s | excited what about you oh I'm very |
| 14352s | excited I think the key point in this |
| 14354s | match is going to be uh aryayatulillah |
| 14356s | and the balgo and obviously the balcon |
| 14357s | we've seen so many times in the alliance |
| 14358s | tournament very very strong ship but I |
| 14360s | think in this scenario where you come up |
| 14361s | against lodgy frigates in this sort of |
| 14362s | very similar match up the power of those |
| 14364s | newts to just instantly cap out lodgy |
| 14366s | frigates and the ranged webs that makes |
| 14367s | it very very difficult for them to even |
| 14369s | exist anywhere remotely near their Fleet |
| 14371s | I will make it very very difficult for a |
| 14372s | brave Collective to actually get some |
| 14373s | sort of effective reps going so I feel |
| 14375s | like Brave may actually of these two |
| 14376s | teams want to try and keep more rain |
| 14377s | Ninja |
| 14378s | now both teams starting out just keeping |
| 14381s | range at the moment uh both teams |
| 14383s | burning back some damage going on to |
| 14384s | Arya on the start as ergonal and the |
| 14387s | pawn effects is taking some long range |
| 14388s | damage uh at present although but the |
| 14391s | ships being armor tanked it's just kind |
| 14393s | of plinking away as uh we're in for |
| 14396s | another long one uh the matches today |
| 14398s | are any indication of what happens in |
| 14400s | these armor control mirror matches yeah |
| 14402s | I think in this situation it's good to |
| 14403s | just try and try and sort of plink at |
| 14405s | something you know make sure the lodge |
| 14406s | is on the ball make sure the Fally r d |
| 14407s | can actually awake one of them hasn't |
| 14408s | deseed or all tabbed or something to |
| 14410s | play some gacha game |
| 14412s | um but they seem to be on the ball the |
| 14413s | punt effects of egg and all is holding |
| 14415s | just fine but these things are the kind |
| 14416s | of things that you can maybe you know |
| 14417s | get Lucky Strike from a militia Lucky |
| 14418s | Strike from a tempest Fleet and maybe |
| 14420s | you can take him down into half armor |
| 14421s | and you know if the stars align you |
| 14424s | could actually yeah Frank there and of |
| 14425s | course that then would snowball with the |
| 14426s | removal of links or you know |
| 14429s | yep big yikes taking the move kiting uh |
| 14433s | in a circular pattern towards Brave you |
| 14436s | start to burn a little bit more and you |
| 14438s | got to be careful about the range |
| 14439s | control as you mentioned Brave want to |
| 14441s | play a little bit further back they have |
| 14442s | a little bit better projection in this |
| 14444s | little Shack over the Tempest lead issue |
| 14446s | in the battle Gorn they're getting some |
| 14447s | more plank damage onto Arya at the |
| 14449s | moment but a lot of grazes uh a lot of |
| 14451s | glances at the moment not a whole lot of |
| 14453s | damage being put up for either of these |
| 14455s | teams we're almost two minutes to |
| 14456s | another match |
| 14457s | yeah at this point obviously there's not |
| 14459s | much hope of really killing anything for |
| 14460s | either of these teams unless they get a |
| 14461s | lucky shot on one of those small ships |
| 14463s | they're definitely not killing the |
| 14463s | Battleground in this soft scenario but |
| 14465s | they may just be aiming to sort of try |
| 14466s | and hopefully burn through some of those |
| 14468s | cat boosts on the Deacon of value but |
| 14470s | again I'm not even sure the DPS would be |
| 14471s | enough to even Force the Deacon and |
| 14473s | thala to actually use those cap charges |
| 14474s | at all to be honest |
| 14477s | uh Braves playing against some damage on |
| 14479s | the flying a bit in the Tempest leader |
| 14480s | she was Laden Redden also taking a bit |
| 14482s | of damage but once again oh nice volley |
| 14485s | onto the Deacon Lulu taken down into |
| 14487s | about 75 armor does get a shot but he's |
| 14492s | ripped back up and we're gonna get more |
| 14494s | just long range trades cover wrecking |
| 14497s | shots see what happens prayer and Jesus |
| 14499s | that are Val and the Magus gonna be |
| 14501s | taking some damage from uh big gecks in |
| 14504s | the meantime |
| 14505s | yes both teams still just trying to take |
| 14507s | it slow trying to break through anything |
| 14509s | they can you know get a lucky shot on |
| 14510s | but again both these comps are very |
| 14513s | similar in terms of control they're both |
| 14514s | neither of them is particularly they're |
| 14516s | effective at short range but they don't |
| 14518s | really want to be rushing in it's a it's |
| 14520s | a weird sort of scenario they're looking |
| 14521s | for the opening there as dynast does get |
| 14523s | caught down in slow armor there but Lilo |
| 14524s | and Les in the in the logif3 gets quick |
| 14526s | to wrap them back up again |
| 14528s | yeah and they're gonna keep on plugging |
| 14530s | away hoping to get a wrecking shot at |
| 14532s | the moment they're not gonna burn in in |
| 14533s | fact you can see uh 68 meters a second |
| 14537s | currently on Campbell Utah in The Lex |
| 14538s | Shack they're waiting for big X to make |
| 14540s | the moves first although they have to be |
| 14542s | careful about the acceleration they're |
| 14543s | cutting in now a little bit closer maybe |
| 14546s | trying to bite something out of the |
| 14547s | Brave team who is still playing very |
| 14549s | back and very close together |
| 14551s | yeah so while these two teams are just |
| 14553s | sort of slowly posturing I just wanted |
| 14555s | to ask you quickly uh what do you think |
| 14557s | about the the Heritage demand is he |
| 14559s | gonna hold |
| 14560s | here |
| 14565s | for a second he is barely holding me |
| 14567s | I've managed to he's burning away he's |
| 14569s | burning away but he is still taking |
| 14570s | chunks he's going down to low five |
| 14571s | percent armor and again he's down hey |
| 14573s | wow links off the table and importantly |
| 14575s | that's the long range webs out from the |
| 14577s | balgorner they solve Long Range Rovers |
| 14579s | so they won't have the web link for uh |
| 14582s | probably two minutes if he has Max link |
| 14583s | skills depending on when the link cycle |
| 14585s | went off uh that's actually pretty good |
| 14588s | also keeps some of the uh ability for |
| 14590s | these armor skips ships to be slippery |
| 14593s | off the table with the evasive maneuvers |
| 14595s | link off the table as well yeah I think |
| 14597s | what happened there from looking at his |
| 14598s | movement was he was trying to get out of |
| 14600s | range as opposed to trying to get up his |
| 14602s | transversal so I think he was burning |
| 14603s | sort of more away from these three |
| 14604s | battleships than sort of perpendicular |
| 14606s | to them and I think their tracking was |
| 14607s | fine and they got a couple of good shots |
| 14609s | on him obviously but now sleep gonna |
| 14610s | have Halo loaded but now yeah the exact |
| 14612s | Navy |
| 14612s | yeah big yikes has to be the one to |
| 14614s | commit now Brave have won the initial |
| 14616s | trade and they're just playing so slowly |
| 14618s | this retribution and this football's |
| 14620s | starting to burn in at the moment cable |
| 14622s | utta staying forward for the rest of the |
| 14624s | team is the tankiest one on his team can |
| 14626s | be under trouble from the Battleground |
| 14627s | remember this balcorn's got four guns on |
| 14629s | it so not the full nuding power |
| 14631s | meanwhile The Shack Army got Navy and |
| 14633s | Tempest Fleet are going to have a |
| 14634s | combination of probably around five |
| 14635s | maybe six newts between them uh to deal |
| 14639s | with what big yikes brings if they come |
| 14641s | into range yeah and of course the shack |
| 14643s | as well might have a cat battery might |
| 14644s | have a bunch of noses on it and of |
| 14646s | course all that stuff can be useful for |
| 14647s | keeping hardness going keeping the gun |
| 14648s | going |
| 14650s | um so it can be difficult to mute these |
| 14651s | ships out if you've only got just the |
| 14653s | battle going on the Tempest Fleet which |
| 14654s | neither of which actually have a new |
| 14655s | Range bonus |
| 14657s | yeah and they should have some big yikes |
| 14658s | they keep moving in and then moving out |
| 14660s | as this fitbull was taken down low has |
| 14662s | to run away the retribution had to do |
| 14664s | the same thing uh and now this Tempest |
| 14666s | Fleet issue this balgorn they're |
| 14668s | starting to move in alongside this OG |
| 14669s | Navy this might be the all-out brawl |
| 14671s | we're looking for cable UTSA finally |
| 14673s | taking some damage he's into his armor |
| 14675s | but the battle Gordon of Arya will be |
| 14677s | the primary now for brave Collective if |
| 14679s | they can take him off the field this |
| 14681s | might just be the snowball they need |
| 14682s | yeah this is it this is the committing |
| 14684s | to the fight |
| 14685s | um big yikes have seen they've lost the |
| 14687s | Magus they need to go in now and they |
| 14688s | did get the balcony webs on that little |
| 14689s | Shack there so we see cable to speed |
| 14691s | rapidly dropping the three battleships |
| 14693s | uh are burning in on top of him sorry |
| 14695s | the two battleships are burning on top |
| 14696s | of them and they're gonna stop pumping |
| 14697s | DPS but Aria is himself also taking |
| 14699s | chunks here from these other three |
| 14700s | battleships on the brave side |
| 14702s | yeah and if you can get them out before |
| 14703s | those bonus newts can stop the little |
| 14706s | shotgun it can be impossible to come |
| 14709s | back from uh losing such a powerful ship |
| 14712s | as the Battleground that said both these |
| 14713s | ships into armor 30 out from cable UTA |
| 14717s | Arya about half armor remaining uh |
| 14720s | damage is ramping up from cable though |
| 14722s | and this balgorn is not holding right |
| 14724s | now some damage going on to the logic |
| 14726s | frigates as well uh from the low end of |
| 14728s | Brave yeah this is really really bad for |
| 14730s | big yikes if this Battleground goes down |
| 14732s | here and I questioned whether that Magus |
| 14734s | kill early on might have actually |
| 14736s | changed the complexion of this match |
| 14737s | because if that Magus it depends where |
| 14739s | they had their links if they've got the |
| 14740s | armor links on the damnation it might |
| 14741s | not matter too much but if they had |
| 14742s | their armor links on the Magus then that |
| 14744s | may be the reason this Battleground is |
| 14746s | dropping so quickly and cable router is |
| 14748s | still kind of holding here and Aria is |
| 14750s | definitely not |
| 14751s | yeah Arya all the way in the hall this |
| 14753s | might be exactly what brave are looking |
| 14755s | for you know a team that comes out of a |
| 14758s | new Pro Alliance you might not expect it |
| 14760s | but the CMS tournament history and |
| 14762s | they're showing it right now up against |
| 14763s | this big guy Squad who really wants to |
| 14765s | face their English-speaking counterpart |
| 14767s | but that balcor instead and how braver |
| 14769s | and firm control the match yeah now |
| 14771s | three battleships against one they're |
| 14772s | looking at the Tempest Fleet and they're |
| 14773s | saying we can kill you pretty easily |
| 14775s | here the Shack's got to start his spool |
| 14776s | up again but the Tempest fleet's already |
| 14777s | in position they charged in he's not |
| 14779s | going to get out of range here again |
| 14781s | um and this Tempest is now sorry this Le |
| 14783s | Shack is now going to be free to start |
| 14784s | spooling up on him and pumping in the |
| 14785s | damage |
| 14787s | though |
| 14788s | yeah yeah you've always been traded from |
| 14790s | both teams yeah it's pretty much over at |
| 14794s | this point I mean you'd have to imagine |
| 14795s | the only DPS left on the field is uh |
| 14798s | damn Nation who does like what 600 700 |
| 14800s | DPS with hands and a tempest Fleet issue |
| 14802s | exact Navy I mean does quite a bit |
| 14804s | thousand if it's got blasters but you're |
| 14806s | still gotta chew through the shack they |
| 14808s | do take down this deacon at the very end |
| 14810s | so they are killing the brave low end |
| 14811s | but this Tempest Fleet issue of uh uh |
| 14814s | flan to bet if I'm pronouncing that |
| 14816s | correctly is already into one quarter |
| 14818s | armor yeah and I do believe this exact |
| 14820s | Navy is actually real fit he sat sort of |
| 14822s | 30 kilometers off the fight here |
| 14824s | um so he's not going to be pumping that |
| 14826s | a thousand DPS and this tempestly is now |
| 14828s | going to go down and of course once that |
| 14830s | goes down the DPS that's left for big |
| 14832s | yikes is going to be rather anemic here |
| 14833s | the damnation the exact Navy the Old |
| 14835s | Navy obviously they're not going to have |
| 14837s | the damage to break through the raw HP |
| 14839s | of these three battleships they may end |
| 14840s | up losing Cable in the process but it's |
| 14842s | not going to be enough |
| 14844s | no I don't think it would be enough and |
| 14846s | uh you were saying as this match started |
| 14849s | or as this commitment started how |
| 14851s | important was that made just kill and I |
| 14853s | kind of want to get your opinion how |
| 14854s | important do you think that Mages kill |
| 14855s | was uh for deciding this match I think |
| 14858s | it was I I think it was not I I would |
| 14862s | expect it to be unlikely that they had |
| 14863s | the armor links on the Mages but I think |
| 14864s | the more impactful point is that it put |
| 14866s | the onus on big yikes to go in and put |
| 14868s | themselves in a position that they maybe |
| 14869s | didn't want to be in they think I think |
| 14871s | they might have preferred for brave to |
| 14873s | need to come into them and sort of face |
| 14875s | the Battleground webs face the Cruisers |
| 14877s | screening them off face the retribution |
| 14878s | tackling something down but instead they |
| 14880s | were forced to go on the offensive and |
| 14881s | maybe a scenario they would have liked |
| 14883s | to be on the defensive and fight them |
| 14885s | coming into them |
| 14886s | and you mentioned on the start of the |
| 14888s | match Brave had to keep the range |
| 14889s | control had to uh play further back and |
| 14892s | they were able to do that to great |
| 14894s | effect waiting for big X as he said to |
| 14896s | commit on to them because of that Mages |
| 14898s | kill cable uto will finally go down uh |
| 14901s | perhaps he's probably screaming on comms |
| 14903s | there he is but I mean damnation simple |
| 14906s | retribution versus two battleships and a |
| 14908s | bunch of low end it is all over for big |
| 14910s | yikes they will go down to lower bracket |
| 14912s | but Brave they're now price ship |
| 14914s | enjoyers top 12. uh pretty well done for |
| 14917s | them |
| 14917s | yeah price ships in exchange for Le |
| 14920s | Shack and two lodgy frigates that sounds |
| 14921s | like a pretty good trade deal to me |
| 14924s | indeed maybe it's the best trade deal in |
| 14925s | the history of deals maybe ever uh |
| 14929s | sorry that reference probably doesn't |
| 14931s | land particularly well so they're not |
| 14933s | Americans and the crowd uh but either |
| 14936s | way we can talk a little bit about |
| 14937s | what's going on uh big yikes being |
| 14939s | knocked to the lower bracket I'm not |
| 14941s | exactly sure who they're up against I |
| 14943s | think it would be deep water hole |
| 14946s | against but I'm not sure |
| 14947s | I get the bracket up just now I think |
| 14950s | they would be up against |
| 14953s | uh yeah deep water Hooligans is correct |
| 14955s | so that would be a pretty interesting |
| 14957s | match for sure |
| 14959s | yeah and unfortunately we won't be able |
| 14961s | to see the local his primary English |
| 14963s | versus French match uh that would have |
| 14966s | been the narrative Perfection but |
| 14968s | instead uh Brave Collective moving on to |
| 14971s | face the AG winning Squad uh of lock |
| 14976s | range enjoyers in the upper bracket |
| 14978s | round three |
| 14985s | the damnation's gonna die oh never mind |
| 14987s | we it time's out send it back to the |
| 14989s | desk |
| 14994s | [Music] |
| 15028s | all right |
| 15029s | here |
| 15044s | connected Channel switched well it would |
| 15047s | have been a easy fight right but guess |
| 15049s | what dude I'm not if seeing it people |
| 15050s | can't get fit together |
| 15064s | thank you |
| 15067s | [Music] |
| 15074s | Brave Collective uh there with their |
| 15076s | second win of the tournament putting |
| 15078s | them to 2-0 and continuing their run |
| 15080s | through the winners bracket and also |
| 15083s | makes them price ship enjoyers which is |
| 15085s | good for them meanwhile big yikes drops |
| 15087s | down to the elimination bracket we will |
| 15089s | see them again at some point uh well |
| 15091s | they will be fighting to remain in the |
| 15093s | tournament uh Brave Fielding not the |
| 15095s | shack there a few of you asking in |
| 15097s | twitch chat about flagships and if you |
| 15100s | can make Flagship Le Shacks in fact you |
| 15102s | cannot you're not allowed to bring the |
| 15103s | shack the balgorn the rattlesnake and |
| 15106s | the Widow as flagships in Alliance |
| 15108s | tournament 18. Bart tell me a little bit |
| 15110s | about that |
| 15111s | uh I think that it was a rule that was |
| 15113s | created several years ago after we |
| 15116s | happened to have a like two-year streak |
| 15119s | of it just being balgorns and nothing |
| 15122s | else and uh the creators of the rules |
| 15126s | decided that hey maybe it's boring to |
| 15128s | just see balgorns like lots and lots and |
| 15130s | lots of belgorns and we got rid of the |
| 15132s | ability for balgorns to be fielded and |
| 15134s | for uh officer Webbs so for those who |
| 15137s | don't know a flagship is able to ignore |
| 15139s | certain fitting restrictions uh you |
| 15141s | can't put like an estimables and |
| 15143s | vulnerability on because that would be |
| 15144s | absolutely disgustingly overpowered but |
| 15146s | you can't put on like damage mods a lot |
| 15148s | of high slots some mid slots Etc |
| 15151s | nowadays you can put webs back on |
| 15153s | because it turns out that it was the |
| 15155s | balgorn plus the web that was the |
| 15157s | problem not necessarily the web uh you |
| 15159s | still can't do balgorns some people kind |
| 15161s | of are like yeah well maybe we should be |
| 15163s | able to do that again but it's a it's |
| 15165s | been a pretty good change in my opinion |
| 15167s | like I like seeing not balgorns |
| 15169s | I like vindicators we've been seeing a |
| 15171s | lot of indicators since Vargas I think |
| 15172s | we saw again earlier today and in |
| 15175s | general I don't know it's a pretty good |
| 15176s | change to me like seeing just I think uh |
| 15179s | there was one year that it was uh like |
| 15180s | 60 balgorns out of 64 teams for the |
| 15183s | flagships and you're just like okay |
| 15185s | this is cool I guess |
| 15187s | it wasn't cool thank you now I I see bbp |
| 15191s | I also see ccpb |
| 15194s | um who joins us back on the desk hello |
| 15195s | how are you I'm very good how are you |
| 15197s | very well thank you no one ever asks me |
| 15199s | yeah like I ask everybody else and they |
| 15201s | always start talking about themselves no |
| 15203s | one ever turns around and asks me how I |
| 15204s | am so thank you it's nice to be seen for |
| 15206s | a change uh how are you enjoying the |
| 15208s | matches today I'm loving it I'm having a |
| 15210s | blast watching them any favors any |
| 15211s | highlights |
| 15213s | um honestly yesterday's match with the |
| 15215s | uh the battle Badger I was really hyped |
| 15217s | about |
| 15218s | um but today I mean they've been they've |
| 15220s | been very good ones they've been back |
| 15221s | and forth that you know we've been in |
| 15223s | there watching all kinds of matches you |
| 15225s | have a very good sense for uh for which |
| 15228s | ones are gonna happen and how they're |
| 15229s | gonna happen you're completely called |
| 15231s | the Odin's one you're like exactly |
| 15233s | called like which ships if it's this |
| 15235s | comp they're gonna win and you call it |
| 15236s | perfectly it's been it's been fun |
| 15238s | hanging out and watching with you |
| 15240s | awesome awesome now |
| 15242s | um a little interesting fact that I've |
| 15244s | just been told |
| 15245s | um is that that match their uh brief |
| 15247s | Collective one they were blue on the |
| 15249s | screen uh first match of the day except |
| 15251s | pandemic Legion where the blue side has |
| 15253s | one every other match today the red side |
| 15256s | has won now cpb when you were writing |
| 15259s | the script for Alliance tournament did |
| 15260s | you consider perhaps making it more |
| 15261s | random no we we're we like that color |
| 15265s | there you are script confirmed |
| 15269s | um now let's look at our next match |
| 15270s | actually uh because we are going into |
| 15272s | the elimination matches now so these |
| 15274s | matches coming up are going to be ones |
| 15276s | where if these teams lose they are gone |
| 15277s | they go home uh I'm pretty sure these |
| 15279s | guys have not uh got themselves price |
| 15282s | ships yet but by winning they're getting |
| 15284s | one little bit closer and they might get |
| 15286s | them early next week so the band's |
| 15288s | coming up right now for arrival versus |
| 15290s | hidden Leaf Village let's take a look at |
| 15292s | those |
| 15294s | so arrival Banning our Ishtar Arthur's |
| 15296s | Osprey Navy issue and hidden Leaf |
| 15299s | Village uh Ninja Banning out the Loki |
| 15301s | the curse and the Armageddon Navy issue |
| 15303s | Bart take me through the arrival bands |
| 15305s | here what's going on you know the |
| 15307s | arrival bands are something that if you |
| 15308s | had asked if you'd showed me this on |
| 15310s | Friday before the tournament started I |
| 15311s | would have said oh they clearly don't |
| 15313s | want to be fighting anything kaidi but |
| 15316s | what we've actually been seeing |
| 15317s | throughout the last two days is sort of |
| 15318s | this emergence of the caldari hamrush |
| 15321s | where people are actually flying things |
| 15322s | like orthos's Osprey navies caracal |
| 15325s | navies as heavy assault missile ships |
| 15327s | and you know traditionally for the last |
| 15330s | several years you would think that it's |
| 15331s | a rapid light kiting ship which is |
| 15333s | generally what you would see them as on |
| 15334s | TQ but I think that you know now that |
| 15338s | looking at what this new lens that we |
| 15339s | have I think that it really and truly is |
| 15341s | that they don't want to be rushed and |
| 15343s | the Ishtar is in there because drones I |
| 15346s | guess I'm not really sure about the |
| 15347s | Ishtar but the other two like I'm trying |
| 15348s | to like interpret it as caldari Rush is |
| 15351s | scary and they don't want to fight it |
| 15353s | and tcvb um in your experience like |
| 15356s | roaming around and TQ and stuff the |
| 15357s | Osprey and AV issue it's a super good uh |
| 15359s | like nanogang ship yeah |
| 15361s | um like why do why do people like flying |
| 15364s | them so much on DQ |
| 15366s | um I think it's the fact that you can |
| 15367s | fit an xlhp and a large extender uh it |
| 15369s | just makes you crazy buffer tanky at the |
| 15371s | same time as being an active tank uh |
| 15374s | rapid lights deal with anything I try |
| 15375s | and rush you |
| 15376s | um just an all-around super good chip to |
| 15378s | learn how to cut because you don't have |
| 15380s | to think about |
| 15380s | tracking you just you know [ __ ] missions |
| 15383s | of people and they die that's always |
| 15385s | good when you shoot that's what people |
| 15386s | and they die we've seen plenty of teams |
| 15388s | uh today shooting missiles of people and |
| 15390s | having them not die which is uh pretty |
| 15393s | sub-optimal as team strategies go uh |
| 15396s | Blackberry pirate who do you think's |
| 15397s | gonna win here no arrival of uh faced |
| 15399s | some pretty strong teams like knocked |
| 15400s | down to the lower bracket by truth on |
| 15402s | the light |
| 15403s | um and hidden Leaf Village ninja |
| 15405s | Etc have lost their Flagship battle |
| 15408s | earth like I said bar guest uh what's |
| 15410s | your thoughts on this matchup yeah I I |
| 15412s | do like arrival um I think they got kind |
| 15415s | of a they got a rough like a rough thing |
| 15417s | and we've talked about it before like |
| 15418s | you can get kind of screwed over by the |
| 15420s | bracket sometimes and getting truth |
| 15424s | honor light right off the bat is not a |
| 15427s | good thing I think arrival didn't really |
| 15428s | have an opportunity to show their |
| 15430s | strengths and I actually think they're |
| 15432s | the better team here mostly because the |
| 15435s | Naruto role players kind of sucked the |
| 15437s | last time we saw them um specifically we |
| 15439s | uh saw some interesting flagship |
| 15440s | piloting where a ship that goes twice as |
| 15442s | fast as another ship was caught by the |
| 15444s | ship that does not go twice as fast as |
| 15446s | the other ship so |
| 15448s | I don't know it's a little little weird |
| 15450s | maybe uh maybe I'm betting on a rival |
| 15453s | here and I also don't like Naruto role |
| 15454s | players and csvb if you have to pick one |
| 15457s | of these teams is it going to be uh I'm |
| 15459s | gonna have to put my uh my vote on the |
| 15461s | opposite I'm gonna go with uh with ball |
| 15464s | trim and his gamer energy just going I |
| 15467s | can game it I believe in you yes all |
| 15471s | right well it's time to go to the arena |
| 15473s | to see arrival versus hidden Leaf |
| 15475s | Village Ninja Assassin Squad Esports |
| 15478s | team uh so yeah let's go see |
| 15481s | foreign |
| 15486s | welcome back everybody to the arena my |
| 15488s | name is fear I'm with the Basilisk and |
| 15489s | on the blue side we have hiddenly |
| 15491s | Village Ninja Assassin Squad Esports |
| 15493s | bringing a balgorn but not any more |
| 15497s | battleships some armor control perhaps |
| 15500s | maybe some armor brawling they have a |
| 15502s | sack they have an Absolution they have |
| 15504s | in a star day this is a bit different |
| 15506s | than what we expect I think from a lot |
| 15508s | of teams when we see a BAL Gordon uh |
| 15511s | meanwhile what have a rival dot brought |
| 15514s | this looks to me like a shield kite comp |
| 15516s | I believe those are heavy missiles on |
| 15518s | the Nighthawk uh of course they've got |
| 15519s | gilas as well commonly kiting jackdaw |
| 15521s | commonly kiting in the high enough for |
| 15522s | range controls so I expect |
| 15524s | um arrival to try and keep as much range |
| 15526s | here as possible but I don't know how |
| 15527s | easy that's going to be against uh |
| 15529s | obviously the long range balcon webs but |
| 15531s | they may also have ewall Supremacy here |
| 15533s | with the two jackdolls um as we've |
| 15534s | discussed earlier jacked or generally |
| 15536s | tends to win the damn war against the |
| 15538s | carries |
| 15539s | yeah Jack tall is incredibly strong uh |
| 15542s | at the moment I think uh maybe the |
| 15545s | strongest chip in the tournament that |
| 15547s | isn't worth Banning out uh you can feel |
| 15549s | an armor comps you can feel it on Old |
| 15551s | comps always brings a lot of e-war mids |
| 15554s | and utility and as you mentioned wins |
| 15556s | The Damp War versus the carries that |
| 15557s | said armor brawl in a non-battleship |
| 15560s | form something that I have yet to see |
| 15562s | this Alliance tournament Harkens back to |
| 15564s | some older tournaments and also at the |
| 15567s | time Brave got knocked out by b-sod in |
| 15569s | the feeders last year yes so I'll be |
| 15571s | totally honest here uh hidden Lee |
| 15573s | Village we're planning on bringing |
| 15574s | something else and I |
| 15576s | bigger than bitched and poked at boltram |
| 15579s | to make them bring this I thought this |
| 15580s | was the optimal comp to bring given the |
| 15581s | bands given the setup given the meta so |
| 15583s | if we lose it's entirely on me and if we |
| 15585s | win it's also entirely on me so please |
| 15587s | win |
| 15588s | uh as we can see definitely not biased |
| 15592s | casters whatsoever in the last match and |
| 15594s | definitely not basilisk uh this match |
| 15596s | that said uh some moves being made this |
| 15599s | balgorn playing the furthest forward of |
| 15601s | Henley Village I think they have to get |
| 15603s | the Bell Gardens before they actually |
| 15604s | commit on top of the shield kite comp |
| 15606s | from a rival dot that said uh Shield |
| 15609s | kite they've got hmls they should be |
| 15611s | able to apply it to some of these |
| 15612s | Cruisers but they are armor Cruisers a |
| 15615s | little bit harder to apply to with hmls |
| 15617s | than something like Shield Cruisers yeah |
| 15619s | I'm not sure I would count this armor |
| 15620s | comp that we're building as a as a brawl |
| 15622s | comp here I think there is Range Guns |
| 15624s | there's beams on the Absolution there's |
| 15625s | rails and they're starting there's |
| 15626s | obviously heavy lasers on the balcon so |
| 15628s | I think it wants to operate in a sort of |
| 15629s | range of like 30 40 kilometers if |
| 15631s | possible but as you say the bowel gone |
| 15633s | needs to be leading the charge they need |
| 15635s | to get webs on something from that |
| 15636s | Battleground and then they can start to |
| 15637s | break through it and make progress in |
| 15638s | the match here but obviously the shield |
| 15640s | kite comp may be a bit tricky to get |
| 15641s | hold of |
| 15642s | see this is why I should have had you |
| 15644s | introduce their cop and be like Oh yeah |
| 15646s | this this is like rails and beams |
| 15648s | because I've seen the start ad I'm just |
| 15650s | like oh yeah that's blasters every |
| 15651s | single time uh either way though I mean |
| 15654s | both teams playing with their range at |
| 15656s | the moment this belgor and once again |
| 15657s | staying forward but we see this hyena |
| 15659s | cutting around the outside he wants to |
| 15661s | find his way on maybe this purifier |
| 15662s | maybe this carries uh playing on the |
| 15665s | back lines of the hiddenly village Ninja |
| 15667s | Assassin Squad Esports teams that's a |
| 15669s | mouthful uh |
| 15672s | team we we do see the astarter taking |
| 15674s | some damage here but I think he's got an |
| 15676s | active repo so he seems to be okay for |
| 15677s | now and I think he needs to just wait |
| 15678s | until the logic 3 gets get in range of |
| 15680s | course the Deacon Valley don't have the |
| 15681s | best range uh on the other side of the |
| 15682s | Grid at the moment Asuka and Neo but |
| 15684s | should be closing in shortly and be able |
| 15686s | to keep him up but this jacked on out of |
| 15688s | rosmaus has taken some chunks through |
| 15689s | Shield here |
| 15691s | yeah and she'll jacked off not as tanky |
| 15694s | as perhaps in previous tournaments as |
| 15696s | there are tracking disruptors on it so |
| 15699s | at least one probably two of the med |
| 15700s | slots are being used for that but he's |
| 15702s | still able to go into defensive mode and |
| 15704s | kind of get his sake down and starts |
| 15707s | healing back up to full yeah this may |
| 15709s | require an mjd player here from the |
| 15711s | balcony many to line something up to get |
| 15713s | him range here and get a web on |
| 15714s | something because at the moment they |
| 15714s | just seem to be getting kited around |
| 15717s | um pretty ineffective so far the |
| 15718s | sacrilege of Zara has taken a bunch of |
| 15720s | chunks here but I don't know if he still |
| 15721s | has his ADC of course the logic frigates |
| 15723s | may not be on top of him as well |
| 15724s | obviously sacrilege very very tanky hack |
| 15726s | but they're still just trying to break |
| 15727s | the purify just gets instantly valid |
| 15729s | here off the field Dune one goes down |
| 15731s | yeah that's exactly uh what they were |
| 15734s | looking for but at the same time the |
| 15735s | rosmers profit now into armor in the |
| 15738s | jackdaw that's a good destruction if you |
| 15740s | want to get the e-war Off the Grid but |
| 15742s | that's still a huge chunk of damage uh |
| 15744s | from hiddenly Village that has been |
| 15746s | taken off I think apparently on his webs |
| 15750s | he's going down this jackdaw's going to |
| 15751s | go down here they've caught him can they |
| 15752s | catch anything in the aftermath of this |
| 15754s | this is |
| 15756s | up to 75 Shield he lives |
| 15759s | structure remaining he's back up to full |
| 15762s | shield and now this Deacon being taken |
| 15765s | off the grid now from arrival dot on to |
| 15768s | hiddenly Village oh my God that Jack |
| 15770s | does survive just barely and now he's |
| 15772s | completely caught raps he has but I |
| 15775s | don't know how long he can catch here |
| 15776s | obviously the shield kite team can't |
| 15777s | come back for him and the rest of hidden |
| 15779s | Leaf ninja Village is closing in on him |
| 15781s | here the Estates arrived on the scene |
| 15782s | the sacrilees just showed up they're all |
| 15784s | showing up to blob on this Jack door |
| 15785s | here but the carries in the meantime of |
| 15787s | dreaded vengeance is going down |
| 15789s | yeah this could actually be uh just |
| 15792s | jacked off staying so low but it'll also |
| 15794s | this Deacon being chunked down to half |
| 15796s | armor the carius goes down now the |
| 15798s | Deacon almost in the structure and the |
| 15800s | rossmer's profit still stays alive |
| 15803s | now it's getting punished |
| 15806s | this is unbelievable they've got the |
| 15808s | jackdaw right in the middle of them and |
| 15809s | they just can't they can't kill it and |
| 15811s | it's ejector it's ejector |
| 15813s | you have Nathalia is good and go down as |
| 15815s | well finally he falls but he bought so |
| 15817s | much time trading himself for a purifier |
| 15819s | a carries and two lodgy frigates that is |
| 15822s | that's disastrous that's really |
| 15824s | disastrous hiddenly village now facing |
| 15828s | and they exit from the alliance |
| 15830s | tournament and on on my head beer |
| 15833s | an unbelievable perhaps the professor |
| 15836s | goes down as well I just don't |
| 15837s | understand how that jackdaw lived so |
| 15839s | long as you saw a five percent structure |
| 15841s | and then he got wrapped up to 100 the |
| 15843s | rest of his team was on the other side |
| 15844s | of the grid and still he held and still |
| 15846s | he held |
| 15848s | and it's exactly what you needed the |
| 15850s | semi just coming and completely clutch |
| 15852s | staggering the Reps exactly as needed to |
| 15855s | keep that jacket this Nighthawk is now |
| 15858s | caught on hiddenly fillers do still have |
| 15859s | to be fair their top end here they do |
| 15861s | still have the bowel gone the two |
| 15862s | command ships and the sacrilege they are |
| 15864s | on top of this Nighthawk they've got for |
| 15865s | the full damage raining down on him they |
| 15866s | got the newts they got the webs on him |
| 15867s | if they can catch something else they |
| 15869s | may actually be able to win on points |
| 15870s | here these Shield kite comps we see the |
| 15872s | dealers the jackdels it's not huge DPS |
| 15874s | it's good at taking out small stuff in |
| 15876s | this sort of fly killer setup but it |
| 15877s | doesn't have the massive DPS to deal |
| 15879s | with bigger ship health bars although of |
| 15881s | course without lodgy on the hidden Leaf |
| 15883s | side anymore this is starting is now |
| 15884s | going down into half armor they are |
| 15885s | going to try and break through him first |
| 15887s | yeah going for the Nighthawk though it's |
| 15888s | the tankiest ship from the arrival dot |
| 15891s | side and he's into half Shield he's got |
| 15893s | a local Shield rep it looks like no |
| 15895s | actually he's just got a semi on him |
| 15896s | they started I mean you mentioned he has |
| 15898s | the local rep to maybe keep him alive |
| 15900s | for a little bit longer but eventually |
| 15901s | he's gonna run out of Ansel charges and |
| 15903s | this Nighthawk is holding around the |
| 15905s | natural Shield reach end point |
| 15907s | he is the I'll still say he's burning |
| 15909s | away he's gonna get away from those hams |
| 15910s | on the Nighthawk but as you say he's |
| 15912s | only got so many charges he's got red |
| 15913s | bots on him but I don't know if he's |
| 15914s | gonna be able to pick back up fully |
| 15915s | enough he's still cycling through them I |
| 15917s | don't know how many he's got left maybe |
| 15918s | three or four Cycles left he's still |
| 15920s | just about hanging in there but this |
| 15921s | Nighthawk is going to go down of handsy |
| 15922s | babes eventually the newt's been on him |
| 15924s | for a while he's gonna run out of cap |
| 15925s | he's going to lose those hard on us but |
| 15926s | after that happens there's four minutes |
| 15928s | left in the match obviously the whole |
| 15929s | team is bunched up on this Nighthawk and |
| 15931s | they're still going to be behind in |
| 15932s | points they need to catch something else |
| 15933s | but I don't know what they can catch |
| 15936s | howling wind and the semi though |
| 15938s | complete MVP of the tournament are not |
| 15940s | the tournament of this match thus far |
| 15941s | he's kept that jackdaw alive for so long |
| 15943s | and he's keeping hansy Barbers a line uh |
| 15946s | alive for a lot longer than you would |
| 15948s | expect under the pressure of this |
| 15949s | balgorn uh |
| 15952s | neutralizers sorry the words aren't uh |
| 15955s | getting to me right now but this match |
| 15957s | is already on a knife's edge although it |
| 15960s | does look like one more slip up from |
| 15962s | hiddenly Village will spell their Doom |
| 15964s | they're about to signal is going down |
| 15966s | the red Bots were assigned to the |
| 15968s | astarte but now they're having to burn |
| 15969s | back the sacrage but he's going down he |
| 15970s | can't I think I assume he's already ADC |
| 15972s | maybe he's just hit the button he |
| 15973s | stopped dropping on I know he's going |
| 15974s | down through hull he's going to go down |
| 15975s | here it's just gonna be three left and |
| 15976s | the Nighthawk is still holding oh my |
| 15978s | goodness |
| 15979s | MVP Scimitar I want to know how much he |
| 15983s | was on these reps from howling wins but |
| 15987s | now it's a bell Gordon into star day and |
| 15988s | an Absolution as you mentioned these are |
| 15990s | rails these are uh beams these are not |
| 15993s | super Dai DPS battle Cruisers and |
| 15996s | Comanche chips that we are so used to |
| 15998s | seeing in this tournament now Hydro zero |
| 15999s | and the balgorn he is the primary from a |
| 16002s | rival hiddenly Village I don't think |
| 16004s | they can make this one I think it's |
| 16006s | already over and they're gonna get |
| 16008s | knocked out of the tournament 0-2 yeah |
| 16010s | well one two come on man one two sorry |
| 16012s | my hook is the Nighthawk is indeed |
| 16014s | catching Shields though I think the DPS |
| 16015s | isn't enough to break through anymore |
| 16017s | and yeah this is unfortunately for me |
| 16018s | gonna be the end of hiddenly villages |
| 16020s | tournament run |
| 16022s | uh I mean still big yikes very scary |
| 16025s | team to lose to uh had a respectable win |
| 16028s | earlier on but arrival as the |
| 16030s | commentators on the desk were mentioning |
| 16032s | they got the short end of the stick |
| 16033s | going right up against truth on her |
| 16035s | light in the first round not showing |
| 16036s | what they can do and this is another |
| 16038s | thing this is a team where as Weekend |
| 16040s | Warriors they were known for taking out |
| 16041s | teams that people thought were better |
| 16043s | than them uh and so now that we've seen |
| 16047s | them in the tournaments doing well maybe |
| 16049s | it's time to stop underestimating this |
| 16051s | team |
| 16052s | yeah this is a strong showing as you say |
| 16054s | against against truth on a light any |
| 16056s | team would would struggle to beat them |
| 16057s | obviously them probably the most |
| 16058s | competent team in the tournament if not |
| 16060s | assuredly the most competent team and I |
| 16062s | feel like this is a tricky matchup here |
| 16063s | I I was given the bands I thought you |
| 16066s | know arrival have totally outplayed me |
| 16068s | here to be honest I mean given the |
| 16070s | band's authorous Osprey Navy it's a set |
| 16072s | of bands that you think okay Shield kite |
| 16073s | is well I mean that sort of hampers it |
| 16076s | quite a lot but they've brought out the |
| 16076s | gilas the Navy Drake this combo |
| 16079s | um they've worked around the bands |
| 16080s | expertly here and brought out a very |
| 16081s | competent Shield kite setup and executed |
| 16083s | to perfection |
| 16084s | yeah just really high execution really |
| 16087s | could uh read on the meta and uh good |
| 16090s | read of bands we'll say goodbye to |
| 16092s | Hidden Leaf Village Ninja Assassin Squad |
| 16094s | Esports the team is silent uh |
| 16097s | unfortunately gonna end their run one |
| 16098s | and two uh tiers will be shed by my |
| 16102s | co-commentator I am sure of it the |
| 16105s | starting last one to go down about a |
| 16106s | minute left in the match any final words |
| 16108s | before we send it back to the desk |
| 16110s | yeah I'm sorry boys this one's on me |
| 16112s | [Music] |
| 16113s | uh you heard it here first blame Baza |
| 16117s | for everything that has ever gone wrong |
| 16118s | ever in the history of Eve not just this |
| 16121s | match uh no but yeah congratulations to |
| 16124s | arrival it was a well-deserved win of |
| 16126s | course that jacked all tanking for so |
| 16127s | long I think that may have been a |
| 16128s | critical point of the match there if I |
| 16129s | could break that Jack door and quickly |
| 16131s | move on to something else |
| 16133s | um you know that they may have been able |
| 16135s | to catch something else that was nearby |
| 16136s | keep snowballing the advantage but the |
| 16137s | jackdaw of roswell's profit living so |
| 16139s | long as you say howlinguin doing |
| 16140s | absolute God's work there in the Simi |
| 16142s | keeping him alive for so long in this |
| 16144s | match |
| 16145s | yeah and this is the strength of good |
| 16146s | lodgy Pilots as well uh something that a |
| 16149s | lot of people don't necessarily think |
| 16151s | about until the at is how good are your |
| 16153s | laundry Pilots because a good lodgy |
| 16155s | pilot can make a team that said that's |
| 16157s | all time we have for this match we're |
| 16158s | gonna send back to the desk and then |
| 16159s | when we return we will bring back |
| 16161s | nanofiber tokens versus pandemic Legion |
| 16167s | [Music] |
| 16175s | foreign |
| 16187s | Yeah we actually lost a bet as CCP |
| 16190s | collectively so that's why that Alliance |
| 16192s | logo is in the game of course you could |
| 16194s | change your alliance by leaving but that |
| 16196s | would be kind of a jerk move that kind |
| 16198s | of oh you don't like it now sucks I'm |
| 16201s | gonna go join |
| 16209s | foreign |
| 16244s | [Music] |
| 16249s | arrival there taking the W as they eject |
| 16253s | baltrum and his gamer energy from |
| 16255s | Alliance tournament 18 uh in a bit of an |
| 16258s | upset match uh we saw some excellent |
| 16261s | kiting there in that match uh to stay |
| 16262s | away and of course we'll come back to |
| 16264s | that Jack though Bart talk to me about |
| 16266s | what happened there in that match |
| 16267s | yeah it was a really really good example |
| 16269s | of a kiting setup I mean we're seeing a |
| 16272s | lot of these same ships during uh these |
| 16274s | caldari rushes with heavy assault |
| 16276s | missiles uh this specific time we saw it |
| 16278s | as a kiting setup we saw the healers |
| 16280s | which I think we talked a little bit |
| 16281s | about where it's not quite as effective |
| 16284s | as some people would think but I mean |
| 16286s | honestly just the range control |
| 16287s | especially against something as |
| 16288s | dangerous as like a balgor and |
| 16290s | especially as something as long range as |
| 16292s | it started it was just really incredible |
| 16294s | piloting on the arrival side and they |
| 16296s | just did a fantastic job yeah and uh |
| 16299s | share it to howling wind in that |
| 16301s | Scimitar which is doing absolute Heroes |
| 16303s | work in fact that jackdaw um that's just |
| 16306s | hung on to dear life we have a graph we |
| 16309s | can show you about some of that uh that |
| 16311s | excellent surviving that he did let's |
| 16313s | see if we can throw that one up on |
| 16314s | stream right now |
| 16318s | so we can see here um his Hull he had 30 |
| 16323s | hit points remaining uh when he was |
| 16325s | caught by howling wind which is exactly |
| 16327s | 29 more than he needed so pretty much |
| 16330s | perfectly and he managed to tank 32 000 |
| 16333s | damage in that fight uh so fantastic |
| 16336s | work just prolonging the life of that |
| 16338s | jackdaw howling wind there and basically |
| 16340s | almost |
| 16341s | securing the victory that was two |
| 16343s | minutes that he kept that jackdaw alive |
| 16344s | when by all right it should have been |
| 16346s | dead I mean that's like one small |
| 16348s | drone's worth of damage right there that |
| 16350s | just wasn't applied at the last minute |
| 16352s | CCP how how big a deal do you think that |
| 16354s | was there that was absolutely huge I |
| 16356s | mean the fact that he didn't just |
| 16358s | immediately had deleted and and they |
| 16360s | tried and tried for like you said |
| 16362s | another two minutes on top that was the |
| 16363s | game changer that is the reason they |
| 16365s | lost they kept on it and he just tagged |
| 16367s | like a champ he tanked like eight champ |
| 16369s | indeed now um one of the things that |
| 16371s | happens a lot in their last tournament |
| 16373s | is people shoot missiles at each other |
| 16375s | um so let's take a little bit of a look |
| 16377s | at some of the mechanics behind the |
| 16379s | missiles so range is obviously a very |
| 16381s | important thing in the alliance |
| 16383s | tournament so the Missile Range is |
| 16384s | pretty much flight time by velocity so |
| 16386s | if you have a faster missile it will go |
| 16388s | further if it has a longer flight time |
| 16389s | it also goes further what you can do of |
| 16391s | course though is outrun missiles so |
| 16393s | they'll only go as far |
| 16395s | um as uh well what you see here on the |
| 16396s | screen if you're able to get outside |
| 16398s | that range you can actually kite to the |
| 16400s | missile this also works inside circles |
| 16402s | like this so for example if you go right |
| 16404s | in the circle you can just run out of |
| 16405s | the range of that missile |
| 16407s | um and you know that's a good thing and |
| 16409s | then you're not getting hit by the |
| 16410s | missile um and then you will survive |
| 16412s | from the shot of those missiles |
| 16420s | of course what else can happen is the |
| 16422s | application of said missiles so let's |
| 16424s | have a look at that one and Bart walk us |
| 16425s | through this |
| 16427s | yeah absolutely so the missile damage |
| 16430s | it's 100 based off of both the ship's |
| 16432s | signature radius and how fast the ship's |
| 16434s | going and there is a two separate uh |
| 16437s | things for this we have explosion |
| 16438s | velocity and explosion radius depending |
| 16440s | on like a lot of different things |
| 16443s | specifically like if there's an mwd on |
| 16446s | or not if there's Shield extenders or |
| 16447s | not there's all sorts of little tiny |
| 16448s | nuanced things that can make missiles do |
| 16451s | a significant more or less damage which |
| 16453s | uh incidentally is why we're seeing |
| 16455s | guidance disruptors so good in this |
| 16457s | tournament because they affect both the |
| 16460s | flight time and the application of the |
| 16462s | missiles at the same time and as you saw |
| 16464s | with that sort of range thing when you |
| 16467s | affect the flight time on the missiles |
| 16468s | it does this like very interesting |
| 16470s | calculation and just completely destroys |
| 16472s | their range it's really cool awesome so |
| 16475s | that was like I said unfortunately we |
| 16477s | say goodbye to the hidden Leaf Village |
| 16478s | Ninja Assassin uh Squad Esports team |
| 16481s | team as they are not going to be price |
| 16484s | ship enjoyers they are going home |
| 16486s | um and arrival move forward in their run |
| 16489s | through the elimination bracket now |
| 16491s | let's look at our next match which is |
| 16492s | going to be Polaris mercenary Alliance |
| 16494s | versus Exodus Polaris mercenary Alliance |
| 16497s | here Banning out the Bargas the curse |
| 16499s | the Scimitar X does Banning Armageddon |
| 16501s | bar guest and curse because both teams |
| 16504s | chose to ban the barges and the curse we |
| 16506s | have some trickle bands so Polaris |
| 16508s | mercenary Alliance Banning out the |
| 16509s | jackdaw and the Scorpion Navy issue CC |
| 16511s | Swift will be very upset about that and |
| 16513s | X is banning at the Nighthawk and the |
| 16515s | hyena |
| 16516s | ccpb what do you what do you think about |
| 16519s | these bands |
| 16521s | I mean we're seeing the Bargas being |
| 16523s | banned it's been a very very positive |
| 16525s | popular ship same with the curse |
| 16528s | um I'm not really sure what kind of |
| 16530s | comps you're going to be going for |
| 16531s | what do you think Bart |
| 16533s | uh it's it is kind of hard to tell I |
| 16535s | think that a lot of this is sort of a |
| 16536s | like a historical ban thing more of a uh |
| 16540s | more than than picking stuff that they |
| 16542s | think is strong or weak uh specifically |
| 16545s | Exodus is like very well known for doing |
| 16549s | missile based stuff um I did say last |
| 16550s | time I was like oh Exodus is very well |
| 16552s | known for missile kite and then they |
| 16553s | rushed but you know the ships are kind |
| 16555s | of similar when you think about it and |
| 16556s | one of the biggest shutdowns for that |
| 16558s | are other cutting comps and curses |
| 16561s | um so you know we've seen the Chris band |
| 16563s | a ton of time we saw it used to |
| 16564s | absolutely insane effect by Odin's call |
| 16567s | earlier today which I think is one of |
| 16568s | the first times we saw it through and |
| 16570s | like that match alone showcased just how |
| 16572s | powerful this ship is so |
| 16575s | yeah it's it makes sense I mean we are |
| 16578s | seeing a lot of repeat bands we're |
| 16579s | seeing a meta develop we're going to |
| 16580s | probably see a much bigger one uh later |
| 16582s | uh in this uh tournament so we're |
| 16584s | looking right now at the team history of |
| 16586s | the Polaris management Alliance this is |
| 16587s | actually uh their first Alliance |
| 16589s | tournament uh we can see here that |
| 16590s | they've won against boundary experts and |
| 16592s | lost against the tuskers code so pretty |
| 16594s | reasonable to lose against the tuskers |
| 16596s | to be fair uh giving them a 50 uh win |
| 16599s | rate uh not much to look at here because |
| 16601s | they're a new team so let's have a look |
| 16602s | at Exodus |
| 16606s | extra 61 Pilots have flown for them over |
| 16609s | the years uh some are flying in over 50 |
| 16611s | different rounds of the alliance |
| 16613s | tournament uh they win a bunch certainly |
| 16615s | more than they lose I believe they are a |
| 16617s | Alliance Tournament winning team at some |
| 16618s | point uh recently they've won against |
| 16620s | cast about Odin's call forsaken Empire |
| 16623s | Wormhole society and no handlebars and |
| 16625s | to match the teams they lose against are |
| 16627s | pretty strong teams lock range enjoyers |
| 16629s | l-trig Platinum sensitivity also in mind |
| 16632s | and the tuskers in quick one word |
| 16634s | predictions bar who's going to win here |
| 16636s | is it going to be uh Exodus or is it |
| 16638s | going to be Polaris measurement Alliance |
| 16639s | Exodus on CCP I have to say the same |
| 16642s | Exodus and let's do I so let's go to the |
| 16644s | arena and find out who it will win |
| 16651s | welcome back to the arena my name is |
| 16653s | fear weiner I'm joined by the Basilisk |
| 16655s | and on the blue side we have Exodus dot |
| 16658s | bringing armor control with some high |
| 16660s | projection with an apoc Navy and an |
| 16662s | abedin or a badon or however you want to |
| 16664s | pronounce it what have Polaris scenario |
| 16667s | Alliance brought |
| 16668s | they have brought while on the surface |
| 16670s | seems to be a rather strange composition |
| 16672s | and I still need to inspect the guns as |
| 16674s | the team's only recently landed on the |
| 16675s | grid to actually ascertain what this |
| 16677s | comp does although I imagine with The |
| 16678s | Vindicator it's not going to be a kite |
| 16680s | comp that's almost for sure so I imagine |
| 16681s | therefore it must uh by process |
| 16684s | elimination be effectively a shield Rush |
| 16685s | comp here but it's sort of a kitchen |
| 16687s | sinky kind of Shield Rush with The |
| 16689s | Vindicator with of course two Battleship |
| 16691s | core |
| 16692s | Shield brush sort of combo |
| 16695s | yeah the shield Vindicator not something |
| 16697s | we see all that often outside of certain |
| 16698s | incursion groups uh one of the things |
| 16701s | about The Vindicator is that you can put |
| 16703s | multiple uh webs bonus webs onto it in |
| 16706s | those Med slots and take advantage of |
| 16708s | the large amount of low slots to put |
| 16710s | armor and damage but uh as seen in some |
| 16713s | incursion communities you can forsake |
| 16715s | all the armor hit points and some of the |
| 16717s | webbing power to just put boat loads of |
| 16720s | damage mods in the lows so I'm |
| 16722s | interested to see how paper this |
| 16723s | Vindicator actually is uh especially |
| 16726s | when up against the neuting pressure of |
| 16727s | this balgorn yeah to be fair it's fair |
| 16730s | enough I mean given the vindicator's web |
| 16731s | strength 90 on a Tech 2 web you only |
| 16734s | needed one of them really on your |
| 16735s | primary |
| 16736s | um so if if they can use that and get |
| 16738s | hooped heaps of damage out of it heaps |
| 16740s | more damage from all the damage mods |
| 16741s | from tracking enhancers maybe a nano |
| 16743s | fiber this sort of stuff that might help |
| 16745s | it get onto the Target that might |
| 16746s | actually be a valid strategy here for |
| 16747s | the shield indicator in this trash comp |
| 16749s | you know that's balgorn of uh zarzal uh |
| 16753s | has four guns on it |
| 16755s | though he will have that available to |
| 16757s | him |
| 16758s | at the very least but he has warped in |
| 16761s | at 30. |
| 16763s | and uh the vindicators add zero |
| 16766s | yes the match is about to get underway |
| 16767s | but I'm concerned some of the Polaris |
| 16769s | mercenary Alliance about the presence of |
| 16771s | this bowel gone because the Battleground |
| 16772s | is ideal for webbing off the windy the |
| 16774s | windy needs of course to get in |
| 16776s | um but yeah the bowel gone obviously |
| 16777s | long range webs is sort of almost the |
| 16779s | perfect camp for that and immediately we |
| 16780s | see webs come out onto the Vindicator of |
| 16782s | light Heaven immediately stopping his |
| 16783s | speed and those blasters are going to be |
| 16785s | doing basically nothing from that range |
| 16787s | no they will not some damage going on |
| 16789s | with zarzal Nightblade though uh from |
| 16791s | this bar guest at the very least we can |
| 16793s | take a look at the attack bar Polaris |
| 16794s | mercenary Alliance has the girthiest of |
| 16796s | them but they need to get in range in |
| 16798s | order to make that happen but this is |
| 16799s | devolving into an all-out brawl at the |
| 16801s | moment the battleborn right on top of |
| 16803s | the bar I guess who is uh also uh |
| 16806s | currently saying |
| 16808s | any other battleships there no it's just |
| 16810s | about going the bar I guess at the |
| 16811s | moment the bar guest pulling range he's |
| 16813s | trying to just get away from the rest of |
| 16815s | these battleships I think at the moment |
| 16817s | this is exactly the right call from |
| 16819s | Polaris Missionary Alliance they need to |
| 16820s | get rid of this bow go and they need to |
| 16822s | get rid of those range webs and allow |
| 16823s | this Vindicator to actually take part in |
| 16825s | the matches so although The Vindicator |
| 16826s | may not be on top of them at the moment |
| 16828s | they are still breaking with the rest of |
| 16829s | their DPS they do of course have ample |
| 16831s | other DPS ships the bar guest the slept |
| 16833s | near all the Cruisers and they are all |
| 16834s | on top of the bowel gone and pumping |
| 16836s | through him but I don't know how long |
| 16838s | it's going to take to get him how much |
| 16839s | they're going to lose in the process an |
| 16840s | exercise Fleet issue is going to go down |
| 16842s | having already lost the Navy caracal |
| 16844s | yeah mechanical Navy huge CPS for points |
| 16846s | we talked about the Buffs that came to |
| 16848s | it slightly issue was already good |
| 16849s | before the Buffs and they take down |
| 16851s | that's life leader she would now this |
| 16853s | burst as well T1 frigate logic not very |
| 16855s | effective in terms of the repping power |
| 16857s | not very uh tanky either this burst |
| 16861s | nearly falling he's in very low |
| 16863s | structure as a continuing work onto the |
| 16865s | Scythe Fleet issue and now zarzal the |
| 16867s | DPS has run out for Polaris mercenary |
| 16871s | Alliance Vindicator not on top of him |
| 16872s | and he has wrapped back up almost all to |
| 16874s | fall yeah and of course the old girl in |
| 16876s | this sort of situation is under zero |
| 16878s | pressure at all he's not being rushed |
| 16879s | obviously it's not a control setup from |
| 16881s | the scenery so they haven't got any |
| 16882s | control to actually put on him either no |
| 16883s | like ewall to damp him out or or even |
| 16886s | switch targets onto him so he's just |
| 16888s | putting his full rep power onto this bow |
| 16889s | gun and in the meanwhile Polaris are |
| 16892s | just bleeding ships so that burst almost |
| 16893s | went down I think they've switched onto |
| 16895s | the Bantam now but they're probably |
| 16896s | going to lose both and decisively issue |
| 16897s | of Thunder isn't going to be long to |
| 16898s | follow |
| 16899s | now the Bantam also in a low structure |
| 16902s | the burst and the low structure as well |
| 16903s | but the Scythe lead issue of thunder |
| 16905s | as you mentioned in armor |
| 16908s | down goes one logic frigate this might |
| 16910s | be a hundred to zero match this Punisher |
| 16911s | in low armor but he's holding due to uh |
| 16914s | the use of an auger which is more |
| 16916s | powerful than the tech one logic |
| 16918s | frigates uh the sauce by Navy year of |
| 16920s | Thunder bleach also now into armor as |
| 16923s | well it's just disastrous for Polaris |
| 16924s | mercenary Alliance Osprey Navy is down |
| 16926s | and this match is pretty much over |
| 16928s | yeah and I would issue this as a warning |
| 16931s | I suppose to the teams that want to run |
| 16932s | Shield rush because you need to be very |
| 16934s | very careful we've seen Shield Rush be |
| 16935s | very effective in a lot of matches here |
| 16937s | but when you come up against a bow gone |
| 16939s | he can effectively just pick one or two |
| 16940s | ships and say nope you are staying over |
| 16942s | there away from where you need to be in |
| 16944s | any Shield Rush comps that want to pump |
| 16945s | all of their DPS very very quickly into |
| 16947s | one target having your two you know |
| 16949s | command ships of indicator whatever you |
| 16951s | know sort of in the middle of nowhere |
| 16952s | unable to really fulfill that role |
| 16954s | you're effectively playing two men down |
| 16955s | from the start of the match |
| 16958s | yeah and it's a flag Bargas as well from |
| 16960s | Casimir The Vindicator finally gets on |
| 16962s | top of zarzal as he goes into structure |
| 16964s | but it's too little too late this bar |
| 16966s | gets of Casimir will go down to the apoc |
| 16969s | Navy in the Baton because he only has a |
| 16970s | burst line to help rep him up I'm not |
| 16973s | sure if it is too little too late |
| 16974s | actually this Belgium goes down as you |
| 16976s | say the vindicates on top of stuff they |
| 16977s | may be able to kill some other stuff |
| 16978s | they've only really lost their support |
| 16979s | link they are only 29 Points down I'm |
| 16982s | not sure how long how much longer this |
| 16983s | bar guest is going to tank though as you |
| 16984s | said it is a flagship August but he is |
| 16986s | going into armor here |
| 16987s | um |
| 16988s | may die but yeah I think it may if if |
| 16992s | they manage to make this trade maybe a |
| 16994s | minute earlier I think they may have |
| 16995s | still had a chance in this match but |
| 16996s | having already lost all the DPS from |
| 16997s | those four Navy Cruisers just two is too |
| 17000s | much for Polaris to take here yeah and |
| 17002s | Casimir and The Spar guests now into |
| 17004s | structure czar's all finally getting |
| 17005s | some reps back in uh does he have rough |
| 17008s | drones on top of him I would imagine so |
| 17011s | yeah there's some uh rep drones right on |
| 17013s | actually no rap Jones is just DPS drones |
| 17015s | out right now smart bombs going off uh |
| 17018s | from Casmir in the bar guest but it |
| 17021s | should be too little too late he's about |
| 17023s | 41 structure at the moment he's got some |
| 17025s | Shield reps coming in from this burst |
| 17027s | but these battleships holding a lot |
| 17029s | longer than I thought they would but |
| 17030s | this foul Garden should be able to |
| 17032s | survive longer yeah and of course in |
| 17035s | flagships they are going to kill the bat |
| 17037s | they get they do trade exactly in the |
| 17039s | same time actually there but yeah with |
| 17040s | the flagship set up you can put |
| 17043s | um like dead space Shield wrappers on it |
| 17045s | so you would expect to have maybe like |
| 17047s | an X-Type Shield rapper on that Bargas |
| 17049s | and of course that's going to get |
| 17050s | completely shut down by the presence of |
| 17052s | that now extant battle gone by zaraxel |
| 17054s | but at this point obviously it's it's |
| 17055s | going to be over here |
| 17058s | yeah the trade just coming a little bit |
| 17060s | too little too late Alcorn doing exactly |
| 17061s | what they needed to do and this is not |
| 17063s | the first time we've seen a rush setup |
| 17065s | get screened of course yesterday we saw |
| 17067s | the same thing happen Fancy Pants versus |
| 17069s | Brave Collective uh so I guess now it's |
| 17072s | time to talk what is it about screening |
| 17075s | that some teams have trouble with up |
| 17078s | against these Shield Rush setups and is |
| 17080s | that something that separates good teams |
| 17081s | from Bad teams or competent teams from |
| 17083s | uh bad teams |
| 17085s | I feel like in a lot of these setups you |
| 17087s | need to have like a sort of contingency |
| 17089s | plan I suppose it's it's hard to find |
| 17090s | the right balance you want to have a |
| 17092s | comp that's sort of specifically good at |
| 17094s | doing one thing and flying to its win |
| 17095s | con but you need to say okay what if |
| 17097s | obviously you don't know what you're |
| 17098s | coming up against until you land on |
| 17099s | grids and you say okay what if we come |
| 17100s | up against this is this just gonna |
| 17102s | absolutely Ram us and screw us over so |
| 17104s | as we saw yesterday there was a team as |
| 17106s | you said the in the brave fancy pants |
| 17108s | match they use the malator screen of the |
| 17109s | slept near here this team has brought |
| 17111s | the bowel gone |
| 17112s | um to Screen Off The Vindicator and stop |
| 17113s | stuff coming in so I think teams need to |
| 17115s | sort of consider not only the wincon of |
| 17118s | their comp and what it will take to |
| 17120s | secure that win but what they can do if |
| 17123s | the enemy brings something that's maybe |
| 17124s | you know like an unfavorable matchup for |
| 17127s | them and what what they can sort of do |
| 17129s | to mitigate the things that will make |
| 17130s | them useless |
| 17133s | yeah mitigation thinking about your outs |
| 17136s | what else do you have what else does the |
| 17138s | enemy team have and what are bad beats |
| 17140s | for you it's very important reading The |
| 17142s | Meta something that's going to be more |
| 17144s | important next weekend as we progress |
| 17146s | into the third round of uh the winners |
| 17148s | bracket in the fourth round of the lower |
| 17150s | bracket as teams start showing a little |
| 17154s | bit more of their hand I mean some teams |
| 17156s | have only brought one comp thus far |
| 17157s | still in the winners bracket uh some |
| 17159s | teams have brought two comps but haven't |
| 17161s | shown something uh perhaps a bit more |
| 17164s | exciting quite yet this Vindicator of |
| 17165s | light Heaven finally in a structure |
| 17167s | should end up falling it's not going to |
| 17169s | be a clean Victory from Exodus they did |
| 17170s | lose the balgorn but it still is a very |
| 17173s | convincing one yeah and deathwind as |
| 17175s | he's saying in local there rip bog wreck |
| 17177s | so there's the possibility of course |
| 17178s | that what was left on Polaris actually |
| 17181s | managed to shoot the ballgas wreck and |
| 17183s | make sure the Exodus couldn't get their |
| 17184s | hands on any of that uh Flagship loot of |
| 17186s | course I'm sure we'll hear more on that |
| 17187s | later on when the kill mail comes |
| 17189s | through and maybe from Exodus they can |
| 17190s | confirm I'll deny whether they manage to |
| 17192s | get their hands on any of that but yeah |
| 17193s | this is going to to be the end of the |
| 17195s | run here Forest Machinery Alliance and |
| 17197s | exodus will continue on in the lower |
| 17198s | bracket after they deal with this |
| 17200s | Vindicator |
| 17202s | indicator in the stork as well who is |
| 17205s | not going for the Edge of Glory at the |
| 17206s | moment though he's got a couple Republic |
| 17207s | Fleet warriors on top of him |
| 17209s | uh I do I do want to see perhaps uh we |
| 17213s | got a new battery record in the trials |
| 17215s | uh Azure and Argent of goons were able |
| 17218s | to make that happen so uh and I think |
| 17221s | you did in command SC2 so maybe the |
| 17222s | circuit Felicia can make a new Edge of |
| 17224s | Glory record perhaps we'll see it's not |
| 17226s | going for any of the uh jump beacons at |
| 17228s | the moment though |
| 17229s | I would actually like to see the stats |
| 17232s | on how many combined uh like the |
| 17235s | combined win rate of The Vindicator and |
| 17237s | the Dominic's Navy issue because I feel |
| 17238s | like at the moment these large hybrid |
| 17240s | battleships are just doing really really |
| 17241s | badly |
| 17243s | yeah with the exception of the two flag |
| 17246s | vendies that were properly fit and |
| 17248s | actually one with the extra range on the |
| 17249s | webs |
| 17250s | um we saw paper numbers one with it |
| 17253s | yesterday and there was another thing |
| 17254s | that of like we need to get today that |
| 17256s | one with it I forgot who it was |
| 17260s | but the match is over we're gonna take |
| 17261s | it to the desk and when we return uh |
| 17264s | this time it really will be nanofiber |
| 17266s | tokens versus pandemic Legion |
| 17271s | [Music] |
| 17280s | thank you |
| 17291s | guys stop being casual they're really |
| 17294s | bad we should not lose anybody to this |
| 17296s | warp off take the fleet warp everybody |
| 17298s | warp off this is really really bad |
| 17300s | execution I'm very disappointed |
| 17309s | [Music] |
| 17315s | thank you |
| 17319s | Crush our enemies your temps are |
| 17321s | completely damped out Crush I'm dumped |
| 17324s | out I'm dumped out you don't like Travis |
| 17325s | boys |
| 17328s | I've not been able to look at something |
| 17330s | again |
| 17333s | I'm jammed |
| 17344s | foreign |
| 17352s | with a solid Victory 100 to 23 over a |
| 17356s | Polaris mercenary uh corporate |
| 17358s | Corporation and unfortunately for them |
| 17360s | they also lost their Flagship bar guest |
| 17362s | which I believe is the most expensive |
| 17364s | one thus far in the tournament at 39.3 |
| 17367s | billion isk just gone down the drain and |
| 17370s | even more so they shot the wreck but |
| 17373s | they denied loot |
| 17374s | um |
| 17375s | yeah you hate to see it I hate to see it |
| 17377s | I hate to see it you know those officer |
| 17379s | mods they're not all that common anymore |
| 17381s | and they are just a few left or a few a |
| 17384s | few more gone like Dust in the Wind |
| 17387s | so a question that we we see a lot um is |
| 17390s | how can they bring that bar guest if it |
| 17393s | is banned because it was banned in that |
| 17394s | last match and one of the roses with the |
| 17396s | flagship you're Allard one you declared |
| 17397s | it before the tournament you can you can |
| 17399s | fit it pretty much however you want you |
| 17400s | don't have to worry about tech two |
| 17401s | module restrictions uh but you it can't |
| 17404s | be banned as long as you've still got |
| 17405s | that ship you can bring it to any match |
| 17407s | so the Bargas is banned you have a |
| 17408s | flagship bar guest combined you can |
| 17411s | bring it until it dies in which case it |
| 17413s | is going for good one of the things you |
| 17415s | can do as well is if someone else's |
| 17417s | Flagship dies and the match is still |
| 17418s | running you can look the wreck you can |
| 17420s | take all the stuff that you've got and |
| 17421s | you can take it home and maybe increase |
| 17423s | the power of your own Flagship so if |
| 17425s | they have a better damage control for |
| 17427s | example then yours that one that just |
| 17429s | died was 13.5 billion is probably quite |
| 17431s | good and you maybe only have a poverty |
| 17433s | fit two billion is damage control and |
| 17435s | you skip that that looked you can put it |
| 17437s | on your ship and make it better and of |
| 17440s | course if you're salty that you've just |
| 17441s | lost it you can kill your own wreck and |
| 17443s | then deny that loot to anybody else ccbb |
| 17446s | how is that match for you |
| 17447s | I enjoyed it yeah |
| 17449s | excellent thank you very much |
| 17454s | um cool so yeah it's quite yes yes |
| 17459s | quite X is great great job there they |
| 17462s | moved forward that was on elimination |
| 17464s | match so Polaris mercenary Alliance |
| 17466s | going home Exodus getting one step |
| 17468s | closer to getting some prize ships |
| 17470s | um and yeah I'm sure they'll be very |
| 17472s | happy with that |
| 17473s | our next match is one I've been looking |
| 17475s | forward to for a while it is nanofiber |
| 17477s | tokens versus pandemic Legion uh this is |
| 17479s | an elimination match |
| 17481s | um so pandemic Legion here wanting to |
| 17482s | take this as a w and keep themselves in |
| 17485s | the tournament nanofiber tokens uh |
| 17487s | Banning out bargast Loki balgorn and |
| 17490s | then pandemically Banning out EOS |
| 17491s | balgorn curse uh the trickle bands for |
| 17494s | PL uh is hyena and nanofiber Tokens The |
| 17498s | Tempest Fleet issue Bart uh what do you |
| 17501s | think about these bands here |
| 17502s | I I think this is the first time we've |
| 17504s | seen a tempest Fleet issue get banned |
| 17506s | which is pretty cool it does have a |
| 17508s | reduced Point cost as this tournament is |
| 17510s | sponsored by the Minotaur and I've seen |
| 17512s | we've seen it do like a really really |
| 17514s | good job recently it's a very very high |
| 17516s | damage uh very like relatively tanky for |
| 17519s | an armor ship a couple utility slots but |
| 17522s | it's kind of interesting that nanofiber |
| 17523s | token was like this ship is the one |
| 17526s | that's a problem so a little bit |
| 17528s | surprising um I don't know if pandemic |
| 17530s | legion's really been using them all that |
| 17532s | much it seems like that a lot of their |
| 17534s | setups have been sort of somewhat copied |
| 17536s | from pandemic horde uh who has not been |
| 17539s | using that many Tempest Fleet issues but |
| 17540s | it's kind of cool I mean other than that |
| 17542s | you know the Battleground is being |
| 17543s | banned in an extremely large amount uh I |
| 17545s | think Baza said in the last match that |
| 17547s | he doesn't understand it because |
| 17549s | balgorns aren't doing that well and well |
| 17552s | it did plenty well against his team in |
| 17554s | one of the matches so I don't know what |
| 17556s | he meant about that but here we are and |
| 17559s | the balgar a very popular ship uh |
| 17561s | historically in the alliance tournament |
| 17562s | uh I think it was mentioned earlier on |
| 17563s | one of the most popular flagships and |
| 17566s | that was because it just scaled so well |
| 17568s | with certain modules so when we talk |
| 17570s | about scaling basically what we mean is |
| 17571s | for example the Battleground gets a |
| 17573s | bonus to web uh range and strength or |
| 17575s | sorry just range and which means that if |
| 17577s | you have an officer fit uh web on your |
| 17580s | balgorn you can reach out and touch |
| 17582s | anything up to about 55 kilometers with |
| 17584s | links and Heat |
| 17585s | that's insane because the enemy has to |
| 17588s | warp in between 0 and 50 kilometers from |
| 17590s | the beacon so if you were up in zero and |
| 17592s | the enemy Logistics Cruiser warps in at |
| 17594s | 50 it's in web range you can just reach |
| 17596s | out you can web them down and that |
| 17597s | allows the rest of your guys to get on |
| 17599s | top of them that's one of the reasons |
| 17600s | why uh the Bell Gardens no longer an |
| 17602s | eligible Flagship it just scaled so so |
| 17604s | well |
| 17605s | Bart why do we still see teams using |
| 17607s | them like it was mentioned in the in the |
| 17608s | uh in the uh the game but |
| 17612s | are they still that good with tech2 |
| 17614s | it's it's hard to say I think that they |
| 17617s | have a place um I don't necessarily know |
| 17619s | though if they're anywhere near as |
| 17621s | strong as they used to be because you |
| 17622s | know sort of like you mentioned with uh |
| 17625s | officer mods with um Abyssal mods which |
| 17628s | I don't think we ever had to deal with |
| 17629s | balgorns with Abyssal mods which you |
| 17631s | know |
| 17632s | thankfully that would have been horrible |
| 17633s | uh but with uh with those crazy long |
| 17636s | Newt ranges because they would always |
| 17637s | put you know X-Type newts which go |
| 17639s | farther crazy long web ranges they put |
| 17641s | Tobias webs which would go like you said |
| 17642s | 55 kilometers |
| 17644s | um insane ship nowadays it's about |
| 17646s | you're probably gonna see it about 28 to |
| 17648s | 30 kilometer web range with it uh with |
| 17650s | Heats and links and everybody has links |
| 17652s | um the newts are standard heavy Newt uh |
| 17655s | it's still a very strong ship it's just |
| 17657s | its sphere of influence has been shrunk |
| 17659s | down so much and I think that a lot of |
| 17661s | teams look at it and say oh this will |
| 17663s | give us so much control in this little |
| 17665s | area and |
| 17667s | maybe aren't thinking about the things |
| 17669s | that made it strong that it doesn't have |
| 17672s | anymore so it's good I just don't know |
| 17675s | if it's 25 points good yeah it's an |
| 17677s | awful lot of points |
| 17679s | um let's take a moment and just check in |
| 17681s | with CSP Aurora and learn a little bit |
| 17682s | more about some of the stuff coming or |
| 17684s | has just arrived in uprising |
| 17693s | coming in Uprising we have a number of |
| 17694s | updates to faction Warfare including new |
| 17697s | complexes for people to take part in new |
| 17699s | systems that impact the war zone and new |
| 17701s | ways to play around those systems as |
| 17703s | well |
| 17704s | by adding additional objectives Beyond |
| 17706s | just irregular complexes we're seeing a |
| 17709s | shake up to the complexes that we're |
| 17710s | adding to faction Warfare with new |
| 17713s | restrictions a large new number of |
| 17715s | complexes and a whole lot more variety |
| 17717s | for you to play with the faction Warfare |
| 17719s | system that you've become accustomed to |
| 17721s | is still there it's forming the |
| 17723s | foundation of the uprising expansion but |
| 17725s | we're adding new layers on top of it to |
| 17727s | round out the gameplay in addition to |
| 17729s | the complexes that you're used to in |
| 17731s | faction Warfare while there are more of |
| 17732s | them there are also additional |
| 17734s | objectives that you'll see in space such |
| 17736s | as Supply Depots there that are owned by |
| 17739s | the owners of the system or Supply |
| 17741s | caches by the attackers Rendezvous |
| 17745s | points where you can assault enemy |
| 17746s | fleets and more all of these things will |
| 17748s | factor into what is called the Advantage |
| 17750s | system the Advantage system simulates |
| 17753s | exactly which faction that is fighting |
| 17755s | over a system has an advantage how well |
| 17758s | are they doing in the war effort is |
| 17760s | there propaganda up to par in terms of |
| 17762s | turning the citizens of that system over |
| 17764s | to their side or are their fleets well |
| 17767s | supplied or are they being attacked at |
| 17770s | mid-transport all of these things are |
| 17772s | factored into the advantage score the |
| 17774s | better your faction does the higher |
| 17775s | their score the more victory points |
| 17777s | you'll earn when completing complex |
| 17779s | which means the faster you can capture |
| 17781s | systems with Uprising we're creating a |
| 17783s | healthy foundation for the faction |
| 17784s | Warfare ecosystem which will continue to |
| 17786s | build on going into the future in the |
| 17788s | future there will be more objectives as |
| 17790s | well as additional ways for people who |
| 17792s | are not actively in a militia today to |
| 17795s | join without having to leave their |
| 17797s | corporation or Alliance the faction |
| 17798s | Warframe system has long been beloved by |
| 17800s | many players and it's a very important |
| 17802s | part of the Eve online ecosystem and |
| 17805s | it's about time that we return to it |
| 17806s | give it a new facelift and begin to |
| 17809s | expand on the foundation that is already |
| 17811s | there |
| 17820s | CCP Aurora there were some of the cool |
| 17822s | things that just arrived in Uprising I'm |
| 17824s | told the teams are on grid already for |
| 17825s | this upcoming match so let's do some |
| 17827s | quick predictions but none of hybrid |
| 17829s | tokens are a pandemic Legion here |
| 17831s | I'm gonna have to go for pandemic Legion |
| 17834s | but only because I don't want to have to |
| 17836s | face Swift with him knowing that I |
| 17838s | betrayed him and ccpb you work with uh |
| 17841s | I'll have to leave face him uh I I would |
| 17845s | like to see nft do it on the Fiverr |
| 17847s | tokens go for it boys awesome I mean I |
| 17850s | think you could take them |
| 17851s | oh you can take these pieces maybe get |
| 17854s | some shoulder content |
| 17856s | I put 10 twitch Channel points on uh |
| 17858s | pandemic Legion so uh you have to win |
| 17860s | now so let's go to the arena and see who |
| 17862s | will win between uh nanofiber tokens and |
| 17865s | pandemic Legion |
| 17871s | welcome back to the arena my name is |
| 17872s | fear Varner joined by the Basilisk and |
| 17874s | we have nanofiber tokens on the red side |
| 17878s | bringing everybody's favorite Armageddon |
| 17881s | Navy issues and a damn Nation to round |
| 17884s | out their high end yeah and those |
| 17886s | Armageddon Navy issues I checked to |
| 17888s | Rapid heavy launcher fit |
| 17890s | um so they're going to be trying to clip |
| 17891s | something with that with that rapid |
| 17892s | heavy reload and then move on to the |
| 17894s | next Target so it depends whether or not |
| 17896s | there's any valid Targets on the field |
| 17897s | for them to actually do that with and it |
| 17898s | looks like there's a couple Cruisers |
| 17900s | here the stamina Fleet the vexo Navy the |
| 17901s | X8 may be on the other side so they're a |
| 17903s | prime sort of targets that are being |
| 17904s | looked at I'm sure by Nana fiber tokens |
| 17906s | will say okay we can probably clip |
| 17907s | through at least one of those Cruisers |
| 17909s | and start to make some progress in the |
| 17910s | match |
| 17911s | and on the blue side pandemic Legion I'm |
| 17913s | bringing a very similar comp to |
| 17915s | something we've seen from horde hmm I |
| 17917s | wonder about that one uh Paladin plus Le |
| 17920s | Shack instead of Paladin plus uh that |
| 17923s | was uh an ABBA or was it a Chronos I |
| 17925s | think it was a Chronos it was a Chronos |
| 17928s | it's paladin on the shack instead of |
| 17929s | Paladin Kronos but still a very similar |
| 17932s | type of uh deal I do not believe any of |
| 17934s | these ships are flagships at the moment |
| 17936s | so uh yeah some reminders in local were |
| 17939s | made to not warp the sun like what |
| 17941s | happened it was a couple yesterday uh |
| 17945s | but uh either way match is about to get |
| 17948s | underway I'm excited rapid Heavies have |
| 17950s | not had a great showing this tournament |
| 17952s | we'll see if nanofiber tokens Can |
| 17954s | perhaps turn that around or if this |
| 17956s | Paladin Le Shack projection setup from |
| 17958s | pandemic Legion will net them the |
| 17960s | victory |
| 17961s | yeah I'm not really sure to expect going |
| 17963s | from this this match here I mean both |
| 17965s | these comps are |
| 17966s | well they're not they're not sort of the |
| 17968s | most common archetypes that we've seen |
| 17969s | so far I mean the Armageddon Navy comp |
| 17971s | is sort of we see like three of these |
| 17973s | rapid heavy boats and like a kingslayer |
| 17975s | setup but just two of them I think |
| 17976s | doesn't have the clip damage to actually |
| 17977s | break through larger targets and on the |
| 17979s | other side the Little Shack Paladin |
| 17981s | combo is something that we haven't |
| 17982s | really seen from other teams using |
| 17984s | Marauders either as well as a bunch of |
| 17985s | Navy Cruisers so yeah going from the |
| 17987s | outset these are both two pretty |
| 17988s | interesting comps |
| 17990s | yeah but it's two words I these are the |
| 17992s | types of matches where uh teams start |
| 17995s | bringing out their comps that they think |
| 17997s | are better than what has been shown on |
| 17998s | The Meta or the ones that they think uh |
| 18000s | they can out read their opponents with |
| 18002s | this time around the higher projection |
| 18004s | setup from pandemic Legion does go off |
| 18006s | to a stronger start because I don't have |
| 18007s | to worry about the clip damage but at |
| 18009s | the same time they have a Phantasm now |
| 18011s | being shot by these Armageddon navies |
| 18015s | yeah they are trying to break through |
| 18017s | the vexil Navy on the other side but |
| 18019s | it's not too much damage sticking so far |
| 18021s | I feel like this may be sort of a slow |
| 18023s | match sort of similar to the one we saw |
| 18024s | earlier with neither of these teams are |
| 18026s | sort of Shield Rush setups they're both |
| 18027s | going to try and posture around try and |
| 18029s | search for a weakness maybe clap at the |
| 18030s | smaller stuff as we see tour and the |
| 18031s | magus taking a couple hits through his |
| 18033s | shield here and just try and look for an |
| 18035s | opening that they can then progress and |
| 18036s | and push into the space filled by you |
| 18039s | know losing that ship the weakness |
| 18040s | exhibits by the other team at that point |
| 18041s | in time |
| 18043s | yeah and we saw how important it is if |
| 18045s | you lose just one small ship you are now |
| 18048s | the team that has to commit although |
| 18049s | this Magus uh will be holding something |
| 18051s | that we're seeing this match we also saw |
| 18053s | in the earlier armor control match of uh |
| 18056s | Brave versus big yikes is this heretic |
| 18058s | pickup uh why have teams started to |
| 18062s | bring in uh specifically the heretic but |
| 18064s | also things like the fly catcher in a |
| 18067s | lot of these setups uh I think only four |
| 18070s | points with the mini interdict rework |
| 18072s | they got earlier uh in the year or |
| 18074s | whenever it was a while back uh the |
| 18076s | heretic and the flycatcher in particular |
| 18077s | became very very tanky uh they get that |
| 18080s | flat armor HP bonus and also I think the |
| 18082s | wobbles they may be sort of a |
| 18084s | double-edged sword but if they're used |
| 18085s | well they can be very very effective |
| 18087s | um of course the wobble providing us |
| 18089s | basically an AOE web but on the other |
| 18090s | side I don't think any of the |
| 18092s | interdictors are actually fast enough to |
| 18093s | get out of the web |
| 18095s | before the activation time ends so you |
| 18097s | are basically guaranteed to web yourself |
| 18098s | as soon as you hit that webble button so |
| 18100s | you need to make sure it's worth it but |
| 18101s | as we do see our pontifex of Cesar is |
| 18103s | taking chunks here yeah and we've now |
| 18105s | devolved into a brawl the Army got a |
| 18107s | Navy right on top of this exact Navy and |
| 18109s | the center of the Arena uh exact Navy of |
| 18112s | Minton taking a bit of damage but first |
| 18114s | of all is the Magus from Tehran gorp |
| 18117s | they've lost the First Command Ship they |
| 18119s | have a pawn effects at the very least |
| 18120s | versus uh just the pawn effects on the |
| 18122s | other side and a damnation uh still |
| 18125s | Skirmish links off the table for the |
| 18126s | shack of the Paladin yeah I think we've |
| 18128s | discovered a little trick there as soon |
| 18129s | as we go and have like a sort of side |
| 18130s | conversation about |
| 18132s | um the the flycatcher or the heretic |
| 18134s | um as soon as that happens the flight |
| 18136s | breaks out so any any future matches |
| 18138s | where there's a slow start we can just |
| 18139s | talk about that and we'll get the get |
| 18140s | we'll get the action kicked straight |
| 18141s | into gear for you guys |
| 18142s | oh yeah definitely how the casters do it |
| 18145s | here on the casting desk either way |
| 18146s | Nathalia being taken down pretty low but |
| 18148s | he will be traded for the Sentinel and |
| 18150s | Sentinel very very powerful ship against |
| 18152s | these high projection setups of the |
| 18154s | Paladin Le Shack with those tracking |
| 18156s | disruptors uh being so potent he is down |
| 18159s | into structure but he is repping back up |
| 18161s | through the armor because he's still got |
| 18162s | both of his logic's meanwhile pandemic |
| 18165s | Legion they only have one logic figure |
| 18168s | remaining yeah of course the sentinel's |
| 18170s | tank is his speed so he's burning around |
| 18171s | just trying to keep it transversal there |
| 18173s | is an absolute swarm of pandemic Legion |
| 18175s | bolts on him I think they're mainly |
| 18176s | Warriors so they're actually able to |
| 18177s | keep up with him and of course the |
| 18179s | Deacon and tally with short Rangers the |
| 18180s | central is going so fast he's not going |
| 18182s | to be in their range for long but he has |
| 18183s | actually managed to catch there I assume |
| 18185s | he sort of did a drive by on his lodgy |
| 18186s | frigates they got a couple of good |
| 18187s | cycles and they wrapped him up to 100 |
| 18189s | and then he kept burning in the in the |
| 18190s | same direction kept up that transversal |
| 18192s | missed gets the damage but the vexal |
| 18193s | Navy on that same team now of 10 is |
| 18195s | going to go down in exchange so they |
| 18196s | kept the sentence live but they lose the |
| 18198s | vexil Navy |
| 18200s | you know spool from November was able to |
| 18203s | do enough |
| 18204s | through the double laundry for example |
| 18205s | we've seen some damage going on a con |
| 18207s | pass or con peso I should say in the |
| 18210s | Thalia from nanofiber tokens he is |
| 18212s | currently not webbed but he is being |
| 18215s | neutered out right now uh by these Le |
| 18217s | Shack notes |
| 18219s | yeah and I wonder now if none of herbal |
| 18222s | tokens may actually switch the Deacon of |
| 18223s | tank blessed of course once Logie |
| 18224s | forgets once one logif3 goes down the |
| 18227s | next one becomes very very vulnerable |
| 18228s | without his buddy to rip him up and we |
| 18229s | do actually see some damage going on to |
| 18230s | him here it's only going to be red Bots |
| 18232s | that are able to keep him up from this |
| 18233s | point onwards um but damage is still |
| 18235s | sort of being split here the pontifex of |
| 18236s | Seasons taken it hits their armor again |
| 18238s | the other vexil may be on the other side |
| 18240s | of cause is taking chunks as well so |
| 18241s | this is still over you know this is |
| 18243s | still anybody's game |
| 18245s | don't let anybody's game we take a look |
| 18246s | at the attack bar pandemic Legions is |
| 18248s | larger just due to the fact that they |
| 18249s | have a little Shack versus double rapid |
| 18251s | Heavies uh but at the same time no one's |
| 18254s | really breaking at the moment this exact |
| 18255s | Navy we can see an Enterprise tokens |
| 18257s | have not unleashed the clip onto him |
| 18259s | quite yet or or the full power of those |
| 18262s | at the moment just take a lot of |
| 18264s | potential but not a whole lot of damage |
| 18265s | he is being taken down to half armor |
| 18267s | though and uh now they should be able to |
| 18270s | uh deal with him |
| 18272s | I think actually this is good piloting |
| 18274s | in particular from Azura in the Sentinel |
| 18275s | here because I think he has his newts on |
| 18278s | that Deacon there and of course small |
| 18279s | new cycle very very quickly they're |
| 18280s | going to be able to keep their Deacon |
| 18281s | capped out without needing to utilize |
| 18283s | the heavy Notes From The Little Shack |
| 18284s | and the paladin on you know sort of |
| 18286s | effectively over over killing his Kappa |
| 18288s | you know cycling a heavy nuke obviously |
| 18290s | he's gonna weigh just obliterate the the |
| 18292s | cap of a deacon so they're sort of |
| 18294s | saving that for the battleships here but |
| 18296s | I'm not sure if they're actually going |
| 18297s | to win the neutral anyway there's two |
| 18298s | Navy geddens are also on the field here |
| 18300s | you'd expect the shack Paladin to sort |
| 18302s | of get stronger as the match goes on |
| 18303s | they want to spool up they want to apply |
| 18304s | this new pressure but The Navigators are |
| 18305s | applying new pressure back the other way |
| 18306s | and I still don't really know who's |
| 18307s | winning this 18-7 in favor of nanofiber |
| 18309s | tokens but they are losing their |
| 18311s | navigation |
| 18312s | they are slowly losing them under these |
| 18315s | little Shack uh spools but they will |
| 18317s | trade back on the tank blessed uh in the |
| 18319s | Deacon would also like to point out yes |
| 18322s | there were rapid Heavies being used I |
| 18323s | think the attack bar just wasn't uh |
| 18325s | updating as much as it should have been |
| 18327s | so we already got Navy issues were able |
| 18329s | to clip out on to that exact Navy and |
| 18332s | that looks like they're doing what rapid |
| 18333s | Heavies do best kill Cruisers they're |
| 18335s | under the vexer native cause |
| 18337s | yeah I feel like at this point it's |
| 18340s | still anybody's game I mean they lose |
| 18341s | the sorry the nanofiber lose the Thalia |
| 18343s | here but the thing is as I said at the |
| 18345s | start the Navy gettings are the majority |
| 18347s | of their DPS there and there's a rapid |
| 18348s | heavy fit they excel at killing cruises |
| 18350s | they excel at killing small stuff making |
| 18351s | quick frags as they've caught on every |
| 18353s | exact and the Magus but as this match |
| 18356s | goes on I don't know if they have the |
| 18357s | damage left to deal with the lashac and |
| 18358s | the power dinner they definitely won't |
| 18359s | once this first maybe get enough away |
| 18361s | kante goes down |
| 18363s | yeah I mean still they've got a |
| 18365s | damnation doesn't Okay DPS if it's got |
| 18367s | hams hmls less probably around 300 400 |
| 18370s | if I had to uh remember because it's got |
| 18373s | range bonus but not a whole lot of |
| 18374s | damage bonus we surviving quite a bit he |
| 18378s | still got only one Deacon onto him as he |
| 18380s | did lose the Thalia but they are going |
| 18382s | through the Cruisers once again they've |
| 18383s | taken out the vexer Navy and the exact |
| 18385s | Navy they will lose Andy in the Deacon |
| 18387s | but they take off the final Lynx boat |
| 18388s | from pandemic Legion in response yeah |
| 18392s | and I see I think I saw cap transfers |
| 18394s | there going from the Paladin to the |
| 18396s | shack to try and keep his gun spooling |
| 18397s | but I don't think his gun is active at |
| 18398s | the moment he's not shooting November |
| 18400s | must be fully capped out they seem to |
| 18402s | have lost the new or at this point in |
| 18403s | time they are going to take out the punt |
| 18404s | effects that could be really really |
| 18405s | impactful if they can get some of those |
| 18407s | links off the field of course they've |
| 18408s | still got the damnation this Armageddon |
| 18409s | Navy is still slowly going down of |
| 18412s | course no links left on the other side |
| 18413s | either but there's only two and a half |
| 18414s | minutes left in the match this is still |
| 18416s | anybody's game |
| 18417s | don't want anybody's game with the |
| 18419s | Paladin now down to half armor I mean |
| 18421s | he's got the local rep bonus to help him |
| 18423s | stay alive they've taken out the pawn |
| 18424s | effects on the other side so the only |
| 18426s | links left on the table is this |
| 18427s | damnation from nanofiber tokens but |
| 18429s | without those links the Paladin reps |
| 18431s | going to be a lot less effective uh |
| 18434s | without the active uh armor links or the |
| 18436s | armor resist links they will try to go |
| 18438s | for the Sentinel though of Asura as he |
| 18440s | did live with very low structures 64 |
| 18442s | earlier in the match but now he's |
| 18444s | chewing through the armor once again a |
| 18446s | little Shaq still isn't shooting he must |
| 18448s | be under so much new pressure it's |
| 18450s | really really awful for him he can they |
| 18453s | need this damage to get rid of this |
| 18454s | Armageddon so they can keep the Paladin |
| 18455s | alive start shooting and get some cap up |
| 18457s | but they just can't quite break him |
| 18459s | there's no reps on either side they've |
| 18460s | got all the red Bots they've got on the |
| 18461s | shack trying to keep him up as long as |
| 18463s | sorry I'm a paladin as long as possible |
| 18464s | the Navy getting still just about three |
| 18467s | teetering on the edge of their 10 armor |
| 18469s | for kante |
| 18470s | yeah and who he can't I only needs to |
| 18473s | live for another minute and a half |
| 18474s | almost and they've won this match they |
| 18476s | lose another ship though this one being |
| 18479s | the Sentinel so this low end trade |
| 18481s | coming out from both of these teams it's |
| 18483s | all high-end all the time now this |
| 18485s | Paladin barely wrapping back up he's in |
| 18487s | 28 armor and once again this getting has |
| 18490s | been holding at 10 now 9 armor he's just |
| 18493s | slowly slowly getting whittled away but |
| 18495s | this little Shack is absolutely useless |
| 18498s | and now it's five percent armor |
| 18500s | remaining for destroy on the palate and |
| 18501s | they kill this it doesn't matter if the |
| 18503s | Armageddon Navy goes down yeah I think |
| 18505s | they all gonna win this race here just |
| 18507s | about this was so close all the way to |
| 18509s | the Whitehead but it is going to be |
| 18510s | Destroyer dying first can't tell you in |
| 18513s | the Armageddon Navy living so long there |
| 18515s | he spent so long must have been a minute |
| 18517s | or two under 15 armor there just the |
| 18519s | damage as soon as Little Shack got |
| 18520s | capped out they were trying their best |
| 18521s | they were doing the cap transfer from |
| 18523s | the paladins to the distract just try |
| 18524s | and keep that gun going but they |
| 18525s | couldn't quite do it the new pressure |
| 18526s | was too much maybe the shark doesn't |
| 18529s | have a cat battery which would have |
| 18530s | helped him in his fight and they could |
| 18531s | have actually won with that minor |
| 18532s | fitting change but unfortunately it is |
| 18534s | going to be nanofiber tokens after a |
| 18537s | grueling battle taking the win here |
| 18540s | yeah 60 to 50 right now they're gonna |
| 18541s | try to take out the stabber Fleet some |
| 18543s | uh part shots from The Little Shack |
| 18545s | going on to this heretic at the moment |
| 18547s | uh as well just trying to clean up the |
| 18549s | low end but nanofiber tokens have done |
| 18551s | exactly what they needed to do Aerotek |
| 18553s | and arbitrator going down will be uh 10 |
| 18556s | points it would actually bring us into |
| 18558s | reverse tie-dye but the Cyber Fleet |
| 18560s | should end up falling before then 10 |
| 18561s | seconds left in the match I don't think |
| 18563s | it's time gf's already been called in |
| 18565s | local and uh pandemic Legion are gonna |
| 18568s | be out of the tournament one and two 66 |
| 18571s | points to 50 off the end of that |
| 18573s | yeah that's a very fascinating match and |
| 18575s | I'd love to see elise's reaction because |
| 18577s | that was that was a real nail bite the |
| 18578s | whole way through but we're going to |
| 18579s | send that back to the desk and get some |
| 18580s | more analysis on that absolute Banger of |
| 18582s | a match |
| 18586s | [Music] |
| 18614s | foreign |
| 18636s | together |
| 18655s | thank you |
| 18659s | [Music] |
| 18667s | [Laughter] |
| 18675s | Elise Randolph AKA CCP Swift there |
| 18678s | looking some up for Lauren in the g1044 |
| 18681s | station as pandemic Legion sadly exits |
| 18683s | Alliance to him in 18 uh but wow what an |
| 18686s | incredible match that was one of the |
| 18689s | best matches if not the best match we've |
| 18690s | seen thus far in the tournament they |
| 18691s | really just fought to that the last man |
| 18693s | there uh only 10 points behind at the |
| 18696s | end if that match had maybe a couple |
| 18697s | more minutes they could have pulled that |
| 18699s | back like they really did not go down |
| 18701s | easy like they they flew super well |
| 18703s | unfortunately it just wasn't well enough |
| 18704s | in this case and they leave the |
| 18706s | tournament I'm joined on the desk by a |
| 18708s | new face disk read error desk we're in |
| 18711s | the confetti Institute in Nottingham uh |
| 18713s | tell me about that what is that so we |
| 18715s | are a campus of Nottingham Trent |
| 18717s | University we are specialists in a |
| 18719s | particular Esports production but also |
| 18721s | in media and music uh from Fe level all |
| 18725s | the way to University level uh b-tech |
| 18728s | qualifications up to degrees |
| 18730s | awesome and what exactly do you do here |
| 18731s | so I teach on the college level Esports |
| 18735s | courses I also am responsible for the |
| 18737s | running of all of confetti's Esports |
| 18738s | teams excellent and I believe you also |
| 18740s | built this desk right and I did uh |
| 18742s | sanded it repainted it attached the TV |
| 18744s | to it |
| 18745s | um any nice quality comments about the |
| 18748s | desk uh please fill the chat I'll put it |
| 18751s | in my appraisal yeah exactly uh this |
| 18753s | technically makes uh him look better for |
| 18755s | his work so make sure you fill that |
| 18756s | twitch chat with a nice nice Bridge it's |
| 18759s | a great venue here and no it's a |
| 18761s | fantastic event it's a fantastic venue |
| 18763s | yeah that's better than Grid it's really |
| 18764s | it's honestly absolutely incredible and |
| 18767s | uh there's a whole bunch of students |
| 18768s | helping us here like talk to me about |
| 18770s | some of that yeah so roughly 50 of our |
| 18773s | crew for this project is students we've |
| 18776s | had students build the video walls we've |
| 18778s | had students set up all of the lights |
| 18779s | and the cameras we have six students |
| 18781s | currently on site with us Rose is |
| 18784s | handling audio Raph is doing all of the |
| 18786s | graphics John's doing the cameras Tom is |
| 18789s | Vision mixing hen Henry has got all the |
| 18791s | text you'll be seeing on screen and |
| 18792s | Lewis handling the replays so a lot of |
| 18795s | new stuff |
| 18796s | um very much the the next generation of |
| 18798s | broadcast production Talent uh proof of |
| 18801s | concept yeah I mean I don't remember |
| 18802s | anything like this in any uh educational |
| 18804s | I ever went to we had just basically |
| 18807s | crap and this is just incredible it's |
| 18809s | just and the team does amazing backwards |
| 18811s | uphill to get there in the snow both |
| 18813s | ways like it was just awful and we've |
| 18815s | got this incredible Team all those |
| 18816s | students doing an absolutely fantastic |
| 18818s | job uh we couldn't put this production |
| 18820s | on without them really it's just been |
| 18822s | incredibly easy to work as well like |
| 18824s | we've had uh you've been involved with |
| 18825s | even t as well for a very long time |
| 18827s | since the very start exactly I'll note |
| 18829s | that Nash could have did not mention me |
| 18831s | in his speech of people who'd been there |
| 18833s | from the beginning so |
| 18835s | get that Corrections yes exactly |
| 18838s | um but you've been involved you've seen |
| 18840s | us go through like you know doing it |
| 18841s | from bedrooms and things like that and I |
| 18844s | I've been there for a lot of it as well |
| 18846s | and you know doing a lot of things |
| 18847s | myself now I just get to turn up stand |
| 18850s | here talk and all these other people |
| 18851s | make everything happen it's just it's |
| 18852s | been awesome and you've been a really |
| 18854s | important part of that throughout the |
| 18855s | years so yeah thank you for your service |
| 18857s | oh you're very welcome excellent and uh |
| 18859s | CCB you're still here as well |
| 18861s | um you are obviously talking about the |
| 18864s | uprising expansion uh tell us a little |
| 18866s | bit about some stuff you're excited |
| 18867s | about from there yes as we start with |
| 18868s | the segment from Aurora before |
| 18870s | um so joining the community team at the |
| 18873s | time that I did |
| 18874s | let's be honest a sentiment this summer |
| 18876s | wasn't the greatest but right now it's |
| 18878s | been incredibly fun to watch and just to |
| 18880s | talk to people the people around me I |
| 18882s | speak to people from all kinds of groups |
| 18884s | and just seeing how happy they are with |
| 18886s | the direction the game is going with the |
| 18888s | new ships and new toys the new |
| 18889s | fashionable Warfare system just the |
| 18892s | whole host of different things is the |
| 18893s | little changes that we're doing just I'm |
| 18895s | so happy as a player and even happier as |
| 18898s | a as a part of the team now they get to |
| 18900s | be a part of this awesome and um you've |
| 18903s | obviously we talked about the other day |
| 18904s | about uh some of the rooms we've been |
| 18905s | doing uh what's your favorite ship right |
| 18907s | now to take out especially all these new |
| 18909s | buff chips and chain chips oh that's a |
| 18911s | difficult question that is a difficult |
| 18913s | question that's something that people |
| 18914s | used to ask me when I was streaming |
| 18915s | constantly they'd be like what is your |
| 18917s | favorite ship it honestly depends on how |
| 18918s | I feel on that day recently I've been |
| 18921s | going to factional Warfare I just joined |
| 18923s | the galante militia |
| 18925s | um I wrote their interest in Tristan's |
| 18926s | T1 frigates believe it or not but I've |
| 18929s | had most success in an omen actually the |
| 18931s | women's are pretty cool yeah um so yeah |
| 18934s | so let's uh the teams in our own system |
| 18935s | actually for our next match which is |
| 18936s | Rusty Hayden's Clan versus Rook Capel so |
| 18938s | let's take a look at the bands here for |
| 18940s | this match |
| 18942s | so Rusty Hayden's Clan batting out the |
| 18944s | guardian the Nighthawk and the |
| 18946s | Armageddon wrote Capell batting at the |
| 18948s | center of the Blackbird and the Loki so |
| 18950s | we've talked a little bit before about |
| 18951s | some of these ships uh we've seen the |
| 18953s | Loki of the Scimitar uh being banned |
| 18955s | relatively often the Nighthawk of course |
| 18957s | a pretty key thing from the Nighthawk |
| 18958s | ham rush and that Armageddon with those |
| 18960s | bonus range newts uh has been pretty |
| 18963s | popular uh for throughout this |
| 18965s | tournament uh ccpb is there anything to |
| 18968s | sort of jump out at you here I mean |
| 18969s | there's a Blackboard black Bart black |
| 18972s | bird band there |
| 18974s | wish I had Blackboard here to bounce the |
| 18976s | question too no but uh I banned them I |
| 18978s | banned them you did yeah |
| 18981s | um besides that I mean we're seeing |
| 18983s | Knight hog and Armageddon Guardian band |
| 18984s | is is something different but the |
| 18986s | nighthawking norm we get and we've seen |
| 18987s | a lot banned the Loki we've seen a lot |
| 18989s | banned |
| 18990s | um I'm not sure honestly where they're |
| 18992s | going with with comps it's kind of |
| 18993s | difficult to see that just from three |
| 18994s | bands but yeah |
| 18997s | yeah I mean I'm interested to see if um |
| 18999s | uh Russia's Clan can take this Victory |
| 19002s | here over Rook Capell because as we've |
| 19004s | mentioned these are elimination matches |
| 19006s | so one of these teams is going to go |
| 19007s | home |
| 19008s | um I'm as mentioned a very prolific |
| 19011s | Mademoiselle spammer to support Rook |
| 19013s | Capell uh Kyle what's your predictions |
| 19015s | here between these two these two teams |
| 19017s | well again I am a firm enjoyer of the |
| 19020s | Mademoiselle spam uh anytime in any of |
| 19022s | our broadcasts you catch the ticker |
| 19024s | display spam this mad Mozelle it's me |
| 19027s | running that I'm enforcing that as a |
| 19029s | rule |
| 19030s | it would be hypocrisy at this point not |
| 19032s | to say all in on |
| 19034s | the Mademoiselle oh |
| 19036s | ccvp I'll have to check on it too every |
| 19038s | time I see it I just smile out of |
| 19040s | nowhere uh so yeah all right so it's |
| 19042s | three mad mozelles uh right there so |
| 19044s | let's go to the arena and find out who's |
| 19046s | gonna win between Rusty Hagen's Clan and |
| 19048s | root Capel |
| 19054s | welcome back to the arena my name is |
| 19056s | fear joined by the Basilisk and we have |
| 19058s | on the blue side it is wrote capelle |
| 19061s | bringing Navy Dominics and a couple of |
| 19063s | slot nears a couple of Fleet sites have |
| 19065s | not taken a look at their weapon systems |
| 19067s | yet don't know if they are rushing with |
| 19069s | the Navy Dominics I would imagine they |
| 19070s | are |
| 19071s | yeah I want to see if wrote Capell have |
| 19073s | got what it takes to finally secure a |
| 19075s | win for the Navy Dominics I was saying |
| 19077s | earlier I really just don't like large |
| 19079s | hybrid boats in general at the moment I |
| 19080s | feel like they need a very specific |
| 19081s | setup to make them work will Rogue Capel |
| 19083s | be able to find that secret hidden |
| 19085s | ingredient that makes this one work on |
| 19087s | the other side rusty iron is bringing a |
| 19089s | triple Battleship called rattlesnake and |
| 19090s | two new rattlesnake and two Navy |
| 19092s | scorpions |
| 19094s | yeah rattlesnake uh typically seen as a |
| 19097s | rapid heavy boat but I haven't actually |
| 19098s | taken a look at the weapon systems on |
| 19099s | that either this could be cruises and in |
| 19101s | fact it is a cruise setup uh with these |
| 19104s | Navy Scorpions on the rattlesnake so |
| 19106s | they'll be able to apply pretty well to |
| 19107s | the Dominic's avian issue but these [ __ ] |
| 19109s | Narrows and safe lead issues are going |
| 19111s | to be a bit of a problem for them we'll |
| 19113s | see how well they're able to do it as we |
| 19114s | get the match underway but uh something |
| 19116s | else to point out this is a shield |
| 19118s | Dominic's Navy so full damage in the |
| 19121s | lows most likely and then uh I mean you |
| 19124s | know occasionally you'll see a shieldami |
| 19126s | and TQ but those typically have |
| 19128s | something like a fax behind them you |
| 19130s | know maybe |
| 19131s | yeah this is interesting to happen here |
| 19133s | I feel I feel like this may actually be |
| 19135s | sort of a tinker setup from Rusty hyenas |
| 19137s | here um bringing the vulture I imagine |
| 19139s | that's gonna be Max tank and just park |
| 19140s | up on top of these three battleships and |
| 19141s | they're all gonna cluster together but I |
| 19143s | don't know how they'll be able to deal |
| 19145s | with this Rush it's going to depend on |
| 19146s | what they can kill before the rush gets |
| 19147s | into them up when this Rush gets on top |
| 19149s | of them |
| 19150s | um it will be able to break through I |
| 19151s | imagine through just with pure DPS break |
| 19153s | through something if they can take out |
| 19154s | the stabber Fleet you know the Scythe |
| 19156s | Fleet on the way in they may then be |
| 19158s | able to tank off this point so I think |
| 19159s | target calling for Rusty hyenas is going |
| 19161s | to be critical application is going to |
| 19163s | be critical but they haven't really got |
| 19164s | much to buff those cruise missiles they |
| 19166s | haven't got a hyena or any range webs |
| 19168s | anything like that so Target calling |
| 19170s | maybe maybe tricky here I think all eyes |
| 19172s | are going to be on Carl C agathon in the |
| 19174s | Moa has to run screen alongside his |
| 19177s | Raptor Brethren uh to try to keep one of |
| 19180s | these [ __ ] nears off the end dive for |
| 19182s | the back line coming in from this Raptor |
| 19183s | though of scorch as he's getting webbed |
| 19185s | down but he really wants to find his way |
| 19187s | onto this Osprey as the Merlin avaldic |
| 19190s | just gets deleted from the face of the |
| 19192s | Earth yeah I think that was their plan |
| 19193s | here was to use those frigates to just |
| 19195s | rush in immediately and try and Tackle |
| 19196s | something down but they need to get |
| 19198s | something done while that happens |
| 19200s | if you can if you use as we saw |
| 19202s | yesterday a mall of the screen stuff if |
| 19203s | they have to stop and kill it then |
| 19204s | that's great if it's a frigate that goes |
| 19206s | in and just immediately pops without the |
| 19207s | slept there's even stopping and giving |
| 19208s | it a second thought then you haven't |
| 19210s | really accomplished much at all but this |
| 19211s | old spray of rimmer is going to start |
| 19212s | taking chunks through Shield here |
| 19215s | yeah chunks through Shield doesn't have |
| 19217s | nearly the same amount of local tank |
| 19218s | that you can get out of something like a |
| 19219s | scimitar uh and not nearly as fast so |
| 19222s | the cruise missiles have a better time |
| 19223s | applying to him we see him already into |
| 19225s | structure right now that's good but now |
| 19227s | these slept nears and this Dominic's AV |
| 19229s | they have found their target and they're |
| 19231s | going to start going on to Zed's |
| 19232s | motorcycle in the Scorpion Navy to start |
| 19234s | off the match yeah so the Raptor |
| 19236s | actually rushed out there to deal with |
| 19237s | the Osprey they tackled him down so that |
| 19239s | was how they got those cruises to apply |
| 19240s | it but now he needs to burn back but |
| 19242s | there's not too much really he can do |
| 19244s | now in this situation assuming it's just |
| 19245s | a tank tackle Raptor everything is |
| 19247s | already on his Battleship so it's now up |
| 19249s | to the battleships to sort of try and |
| 19250s | see how much the EPS they can clear now |
| 19251s | they can stop trying to break these size |
| 19252s | Fleet issues stability you should get |
| 19253s | some DPS off the field but they are in |
| 19255s | fact going to try and shoot through lady |
| 19256s | labia in the shield maybe Dominics |
| 19259s | yeah I mean Shield maybe Dominic's gonna |
| 19262s | be not as tanky as an armor Navy |
| 19263s | Dominics but still uh no utility in the |
| 19266s | mid slots perhaps all uh all tank no |
| 19269s | real utility to speak of uh can't really |
| 19272s | see if there are any grapples I just see |
| 19273s | two webs currently uh on the fancy UI at |
| 19277s | the moment as they are pounding through |
| 19278s | Zed's motorcycle right now just |
| 19280s | overwhelming damage and the Dual laundry |
| 19281s | frigs are down not that that would |
| 19283s | really do much the local tank of this |
| 19285s | Tinker setup not enough to deal with two |
| 19287s | Scythe leader she's two slept nears a |
| 19289s | stabber Fleet and a Navy Domi and none |
| 19291s | of these DPS ships have gone down none |
| 19293s | of them were screened and with the |
| 19295s | Scorpion Navy going down I'm already |
| 19296s | calling the match in favor of Road |
| 19298s | Capell yeah that's really unfortunate |
| 19299s | for Rusty hyenas if they had maybe 10-15 |
| 19301s | seconds more there or maybe if they'd |
| 19303s | gone for the Navy Cruisers they could |
| 19305s | have killed them they are I think gonna |
| 19306s | kill lady here in this Navy dummy but it |
| 19307s | might be too little too late but I mean |
| 19309s | on the other side once they lose this |
| 19310s | Navy Domi obviously that thing's gonna |
| 19311s | be packing like 1100 DPS I haven't run |
| 19313s | the numbers on the updated maybe don't |
| 19314s | be in Piper but oh now Nissan Razer and |
| 19316s | the Scorpion Navy's taking huge chunks |
| 19318s | as well he's not gonna last long as well |
| 19319s | I expected him to be way tankier but |
| 19321s | he's now brinkering on the edge as well |
| 19324s | in shield and this lady labia Dominics |
| 19326s | is still just going through hull |
| 19328s | yeah barely saying surviving and should |
| 19331s | end up falling but it's a matter of what |
| 19333s | tick does each of these ships go down if |
| 19335s | Lady Libya can continue to pound into |
| 19337s | nassat it could be all over for him lady |
| 19340s | Libya does go down maybe he can start |
| 19342s | regening through uh this dual slot in |
| 19344s | here but they've got so much damage |
| 19346s | between these Navy Cruisers and these |
| 19348s | slept nears and finally they take him |
| 19350s | down it's just a rattlesnake versus the |
| 19351s | world now and cruise missiles do not |
| 19353s | apply that well to Cruisers yeah that's |
| 19356s | unfortunate for Rusty hyenas I feel like |
| 19358s | it's tough to come up against a rush com |
| 19361s | like this that just has so much |
| 19362s | overwhelming DPS when you're in |
| 19364s | um like one of these Tinker setups you |
| 19366s | want to be against something that can |
| 19367s | that can't really do that doesn't have |
| 19368s | Max DPS right because then you can just |
| 19370s | sort of keep cat transferring you can |
| 19372s | sustain each other you can play a nice |
| 19373s | slow match you can Whittle things down |
| 19375s | you don't have the best application with |
| 19376s | the Cruisers but you can still just sort |
| 19377s | of slowly attrition your way through the |
| 19379s | match but when you come up against Rush |
| 19380s | comp it just Parks up on your DPS from |
| 19383s | like 10 seconds into the match and just |
| 19384s | absolutely blast through you your Tinker |
| 19387s | quickly falls apart and that's what |
| 19388s | we're seeing here |
| 19389s | that said I mean match isn't over quite |
| 19391s | yet cyclo in the Cyber Fleet issue is |
| 19393s | going down that's another what 600 700 |
| 19396s | DPS off the table uh perhaps depending |
| 19398s | on how he's fit and maybe he has dual |
| 19400s | 180s maybe it's actually not nearly that |
| 19401s | much but either way uh stabber Fleet |
| 19403s | issue does go down as tarvi or Atari |
| 19406s | finally goes into armor he's going to |
| 19408s | get some Shield back but remember uh |
| 19410s | that's still some DPS off the grid and |
| 19412s | it took a little longer to kill that |
| 19414s | scorpion Navy issue after they took the |
| 19416s | Navy dominating out gonna take a little |
| 19418s | bit longer now to take him out with |
| 19420s | these slap nears but it should still be |
| 19422s | enough DPS to go through the shield rep |
| 19424s | yeah I think the key aspect here of this |
| 19426s | sort of comp is that when you've got |
| 19427s | these battleships bundled up on top of |
| 19428s | each other they can all cap transfer to |
| 19430s | the primary they can keep those boosters |
| 19431s | running but when it's just one of them |
| 19433s | with the vulture the vultures capacitor |
| 19435s | is obviously not strong enough to |
| 19436s | sustain that booster on the on the scope |
| 19437s | maybe all the rattlesnake so on his own |
| 19439s | he's just free pickings really and this |
| 19442s | is now going to be the total collapse of |
| 19443s | this Rusty Hyannis comp |
| 19445s | yeah no more DPS on the table for them |
| 19448s | moa's there the oil remaining DPS of any |
| 19451s | value is the vulture but they will go on |
| 19453s | a Milton Sealy uh I believe she will be |
| 19456s | going down if I remember correctly rain |
| 19458s | was going over genders of Pilots earlier |
| 19460s | in the day uh and uh with that Rusty |
| 19464s | hyena is going to be knocked out of the |
| 19465s | tournament one two not the worst showing |
| 19467s | ever and uh with that Ro Capel will be |
| 19471s | getting some prior ships going into that |
| 19472s | top 16. so I'll be happy with that but |
| 19474s | they got to continue this lower bracket |
| 19476s | run we're gonna send it back to the desk |
| 19479s | okay hold up |
| 19486s | wait okay now now we're going this is a |
| 19488s | weird transition all right yeah go back |
| 19491s | to the desk yes |
| 19497s | [Music] |
| 19517s | uh yeah we actually lost a bet as CCP |
| 19520s | collectively uh so that's why that |
| 19522s | Alliance logo is in the game of course |
| 19524s | you can change your alliance by leaving |
| 19525s | but that would be kind of a jerk move |
| 19527s | that kind of oh you don't like it though |
| 19529s | it's Lego sucks I'm gonna go try and |
| 19538s | [Music] |
| 19547s | welcome to leave Pandora |
| 19552s | Pandora Pandora |
| 19574s | [Music] |
| 19580s | lasting a little bit longer to keep |
| 19582s | spamming that Mademoiselle for a few |
| 19584s | more days at least in the alliance |
| 19586s | tournament as they take out Rusty |
| 19588s | Hyena's clan in a very hard-fought match |
| 19591s | it was hard to tell which way that was |
| 19592s | going to go for a while uh jintan for |
| 19595s | people who might be nearer to the |
| 19596s | alliance tournament in the metas uh what |
| 19599s | we saw there is what we normally call it |
| 19601s | sudo Tinker what is it tinker and what |
| 19603s | makes this one a pseudo thinker uh so |
| 19605s | back in the earlier days of the alliance |
| 19607s | tournament just after the introduction |
| 19608s | of tech threes we typically see Tech 3 |
| 19611s | Logistics being fielded and these were |
| 19614s | incredibly cap-hungry ships so what you |
| 19615s | do is you'd Park a bunch of battleships |
| 19617s | and other ships around them that would |
| 19618s | feed them capacitor so they could run an |
| 19620s | extra large ancillary Shield booster |
| 19623s | without needing to put charges in it and |
| 19626s | that gave it an incredibly potent local |
| 19628s | tank enough that it could tank almost |
| 19629s | the entirety of an opposing team's DPS |
| 19633s | um in it which led to some amazing |
| 19635s | moments with a shadow talking about the |
| 19637s | Tengu nearly breaking and in fact that |
| 19640s | was so imbalancing that that's now been |
| 19642s | banned from the tournament so instead |
| 19644s | what you see is battleships feeding each |
| 19646s | other cap so they can run those sorts of |
| 19648s | reps locally and that's why we call it a |
| 19651s | pseudo Tinker because it operates in the |
| 19652s | same way making sure it generates as |
| 19654s | much cap as possible as using capacitor |
| 19656s | transfers generates a small amount of |
| 19658s | capacitor per ship and also allows you |
| 19660s | to put the cap regen of other ships |
| 19662s | effectively into another ship that's |
| 19664s | getting targeted and this gives you an |
| 19667s | incredible amount of sustain tank |
| 19668s | however if it faces something like say a |
| 19671s | shield Navy dummy it's not going to be |
| 19673s | able to repair enough to survive the |
| 19676s | onslaught of DPS |
| 19677s | yeah one of the things that makes this |
| 19679s | sootanker work in the first place is the |
| 19681s | fact that Eve online just ignores the |
| 19682s | laws of physics they're sort of optional |
| 19685s | and when you run your remote capacitor |
| 19687s | transfer it consumes less capacitor on |
| 19690s | your own capacitor than it gives to the |
| 19692s | person that you're you're repping that's |
| 19694s | why logic chains exist it's wrapping |
| 19695s | sorry remote capping each other and |
| 19697s | everyone gets more capped than can |
| 19698s | possibly exist |
| 19700s | one of the issues of course Bart is the |
| 19702s | fact that the range on these battles it |
| 19704s | was only about six seven kilometers and |
| 19706s | we saw Rook Capel there doing something |
| 19708s | to kind of break up that thinker talk me |
| 19709s | through that yeah uh wrote Capel |
| 19711s | basically rammed their entire fleet in |
| 19713s | and uh I'm not sure if it was like the |
| 19715s | Giant's face potato hurtling through the |
| 19717s | sky or if it was one of the sleptner's |
| 19719s | that did it but they were actually able |
| 19720s | to get a pretty solid bump off um I |
| 19722s | think that they kind of got back in |
| 19724s | range at the end to get their cap |
| 19725s | transfers going but they definitely did |
| 19727s | kind of bowling ball it apart enough and |
| 19729s | uh you know like you said the ships that |
| 19732s | usually have remote cap transfers which |
| 19734s | are Guardians basilisks and their T1 |
| 19736s | variants actually have a huge range from |
| 19738s | a capacitor transfers so that they're |
| 19739s | actually usable uh battleships doing it |
| 19742s | have about a seven kilometer range so I |
| 19745s | think that uh we saw it like the bump |
| 19746s | didn't look that big but I think it was |
| 19748s | just enough to help break it at least |
| 19750s | get the ball rolling on it so it was |
| 19752s | kind of the counter to that entire setup |
| 19754s | in fact yeah that's pretty much it it's |
| 19755s | one of the ways you can you know Bull |
| 19757s | and break it up and then once you've |
| 19759s | pinned one down by itself it can just be |
| 19761s | broken alone and scared in the Dark Void |
| 19764s | of space let's go to another interview |
| 19766s | with one of our captains jintan's been |
| 19769s | speaking to the captain of pandemic |
| 19770s | Court |
| 19772s | so who are you and what team do you |
| 19774s | represent all right so I am dinar and I |
| 19777s | represent pandemic horror and this is my |
| 19780s | first year as their team captain |
| 19782s | and what does your alliance do on |
| 19783s | Tranquility outside of the tournament |
| 19785s | well the alliance of course is I think |
| 19787s | now the biggest Alliance in um the game |
| 19790s | I can't say that I follow no politics |
| 19793s | super closely anymore because tournament |
| 19795s | takes too much time |
| 19797s | um but their pandemic War does a lot of |
| 19799s | things they have cigs that do hunting |
| 19802s | making ants they have cigs that |
| 19805s | um even do small gang which is what my |
| 19807s | court was around |
| 19809s | so does the team play together regularly |
| 19811s | or has it been pulled from all parts of |
| 19813s | the alliance |
| 19814s | uh I would say about half the team plays |
| 19817s | pretty consistently together on TQ |
| 19820s | um in in The Horde small gang seg |
| 19824s | and what kind of shenanigans do you get |
| 19826s | up to that really depends on our footing |
| 19829s | so when it's p like more you know more |
| 19831s | or less peacetime and horizontal on |
| 19833s | major operations |
| 19835s | um it's more pretty casual Realms and |
| 19837s | you know trying to stir up you know |
| 19840s | defensively |
| 19842s | um reactions and trying to engage those |
| 19843s | defensive leads even though the it's not |
| 19846s | favorable engagements for us |
| 19848s | um when it's actual |
| 19850s | major combat side they there we uh tend |
| 19854s | to uh do |
| 19856s | um actions that are |
| 19858s | that are designed to help us take |
| 19860s | objectives with you know with using |
| 19862s | basically a force multiplication tactics |
| 19864s | we tend to light and Force Major Fleet |
| 19867s | reactions to our 10 12 guys what level |
| 19869s | of experience does the team have in |
| 19871s | tournament play all right so the team |
| 19874s | history is kind of complex obviously |
| 19876s | Ford has had at teams in the past |
| 19878s | however this team is a significant |
| 19881s | Divergent from that initial team as |
| 19885s | their the entire leadership is been |
| 19888s | is different now |
| 19890s | um this team has now pulled a lot of |
| 19892s | talent from a lot of |
| 19894s | different areas |
| 19895s | um mostly all in from Middlesex but now |
| 19899s | we have definitely put together a pretty |
| 19902s | formidable uh roster that has had |
| 19905s | results in past tournaments that have |
| 19907s | been pretty promising unfortunately it's |
| 19909s | really hard to quantify since there's so |
| 19912s | many different teams that people are |
| 19913s | coming from it's it's really hard to to |
| 19915s | give like an actual pedigree what kind |
| 19918s | of position are you hoping to achieve |
| 19919s | with the team top 8 top 16 |
| 19922s | this is uh this is kind of a challenging |
| 19925s | one we have the potential to do well but |
| 19927s | I I hate to give and you know an |
| 19930s | official response on that um I think top |
| 19933s | 16 would be it would be an achievable |
| 19935s | goal |
| 19937s | are there any plans that you think the |
| 19938s | audience or maybe your opponent should |
| 19940s | watch closely |
| 19942s | um I could say that you never know there |
| 19943s | might be a billy Alton grid |
| 19948s | gym time they're talking to the captain |
| 19950s | of the pandemic horrored team uh they've |
| 19952s | been doing pretty well so far uh we are |
| 19954s | in the elimination bracket right now |
| 19955s | though so they need to pull out a w in |
| 19958s | this match coming up or they will be |
| 19960s | going home and they won't make top 16 at |
| 19963s | this point if they go out if they get |
| 19965s | through I think they become top 24 or |
| 19967s | top 20 I'm not 100 sure off top of my |
| 19969s | head but um they're definitely getting |
| 19970s | closer to getting that top 16. let's |
| 19973s | take a look at the bands for this |
| 19974s | upcoming match between horde and |
| 19975s | Darkseid |
| 19978s | so pandemic chord Banning of the EOS the |
| 19980s | Ishtar and the jackdaw Darkseid Banning |
| 19982s | out the Nighthawk the Loki and the Gila |
| 19984s | uh black pirate what do you see here |
| 19987s | I see that with the EOS the Ishtar and |
| 19990s | the Gila being banned out that there is |
| 19992s | a pretty low chance of drones uh being |
| 19994s | fielded at all that being said Darkseid |
| 19997s | did use a stratio setup uh yesterday |
| 19999s | which is why they are fighting pandemic |
| 20002s | horde in the losers bracket so |
| 20004s | putting that out there it's about pretty |
| 20006s | unlikely we'll see drones Panama core |
| 20007s | definitely does not want to see drones |
| 20009s | the jackdaw ban is kind of one we've |
| 20010s | been seeing uh sort of starting to |
| 20012s | appear more and more it is a very very |
| 20014s | powerful ship and is like kind of like a |
| 20016s | jack of all trades uh you can fit into |
| 20018s | any situation and I think that it may |
| 20020s | become like one of the best ships of the |
| 20022s | tournament |
| 20023s | interesting one of the best ships of the |
| 20024s | tournament uh jintan you have the same |
| 20027s | thought there uh yeah we've talked quite |
| 20029s | a lot about how it's useful in terms of |
| 20031s | A disruption ship being able to use its |
| 20034s | incredibly wide amount of mids to fit |
| 20037s | tracking disruptors guidance disrupters |
| 20038s | damps and even remote sensor boosters |
| 20040s | and other things that can help teams as |
| 20042s | uh help your team to weather the war of |
| 20045s | ewar that this kind of meta has become |
| 20048s | Dark Side bands though are also really |
| 20049s | interesting it looks like they're going |
| 20050s | after a lot of those uh heavy DPS Rush |
| 20054s | ships uh the Healer obviously we've seen |
| 20056s | it in a few Rush comps as well and the |
| 20058s | Loki and Nighthawk are crucial to that |
| 20060s | ham Rush setup that we've seen so |
| 20061s | frequently over this first weekend uh |
| 20064s | makes me think that they might be |
| 20065s | wanting to bring out the Vindicator or |
| 20066s | something similar that we've seen uh |
| 20068s | lose quite precipitously to that comp |
| 20071s | precipitously great word there |
| 20074s | um now Bart you talked a little bit |
| 20075s | about how this looks like teams don't |
| 20077s | want to see drones here |
| 20079s | um what's what's the kind of you know |
| 20081s | pros and cons of bringing a drone comp |
| 20083s | well a drone cop is really interesting |
| 20085s | because like it's uh it has the ability |
| 20089s | to completely change the way that you're |
| 20091s | positioning your Fleet so generally you |
| 20093s | kind of we've seen a couple times uh |
| 20095s | today where these teams will sort of set |
| 20097s | themselves up and then go in and fight |
| 20098s | well with drones you never really need |
| 20100s | to go and you can kind of just send this |
| 20101s | big old blob of drones at something and |
| 20105s | with the ship's bonus uh with the if the |
| 20107s | ships are using bonus drones they're |
| 20108s | very difficult to get away from I think |
| 20109s | we saw an osprey get run down by like |
| 20112s | two sets of drones well it was going 3.5 |
| 20115s | 000 meters a second so drone application |
| 20117s | is very strong obviously |
| 20119s | that doesn't make it this end-all be all |
| 20121s | amazing comp because the problem with |
| 20123s | them is they do have a travel time you |
| 20124s | know every other weapon in Eve has some |
| 20127s | kind of either incident effect or |
| 20129s | relatively fast cruise missile is |
| 20130s | notwithstanding but the drones you |
| 20132s | actually visually see this massive cloud |
| 20134s | of death coming towards you and you can |
| 20136s | do all sorts of like weird little things |
| 20138s | like hiding them bombing them smart |
| 20139s | bombing them to escape it yeah sometimes |
| 20142s | you see drone comps as well the uh |
| 20144s | people who have fielded the drones will |
| 20146s | spread out to mjd beacons and then they |
| 20148s | will just jump away and then just try |
| 20150s | and escape and just Starburst around |
| 20152s | which is a good opportunity to talk |
| 20153s | about those mjt beacons um gentan we see |
| 20156s | in the arena that there is eight in a |
| 20157s | square and one in the center what what |
| 20159s | are they for so these allow you to |
| 20161s | rapidly reposition and they also give a |
| 20164s | team a really huge Advantage for |
| 20166s | controlling the center of the Grid it's |
| 20167s | something that helps to make kite comps |
| 20169s | less effective in the tournament as if |
| 20171s | you're able to push away to the center |
| 20172s | you can send a bowel gone or something |
| 20175s | similar that has a lot of long-range |
| 20177s | webs right into the uh middle of your |
| 20179s | opponent's team however you do have to |
| 20181s | be very careful when you're using them |
| 20183s | especially the ones on the edge because |
| 20184s | all it takes is one bump or one miss |
| 20186s | click and you'll be eating yourself out |
| 20188s | the arena competing for others to see |
| 20191s | how far you can get out of the Edge of |
| 20192s | Glory yeah the arena itself is 125 |
| 20195s | kilometers radius from the center it's a |
| 20198s | Bagel Sphere and if you cross one meter |
| 20201s | View on the edge of glory you're just |
| 20203s | exploded instantly doesn't matter how |
| 20204s | much tank you have how strong you are |
| 20206s | how much you wish you you just hadn't |
| 20208s | gone at the arena you get exploded |
| 20210s | immediately some people have done |
| 20211s | accidentally we've seen a few instances |
| 20213s | of teams anchoring up in the alliance |
| 20215s | tournament uh the anchor flying out to |
| 20216s | the arena taking everyone with them |
| 20219s | um much to the mirth of the the casters |
| 20220s | at the time so a bit different from TQ |
| 20223s | of course where there is no such thing |
| 20225s | and in the abyss there's a kind of Arena |
| 20227s | boundary but it's like soft damage |
| 20229s | rather than an instant Giga death now we |
| 20231s | can pretty much get ready to go to the |
| 20233s | arena and I'm told that there's two |
| 20234s | flagships on the field here so we could |
| 20236s | see some very expensive lost mails in |
| 20238s | the upcoming minutes so let's close the |
| 20239s | arena and find out |
| 20243s | foreign |
| 20247s | welcome back to the arena everybody my |
| 20248s | name is fear Vana I'm joined with the |
| 20250s | Basilisk and yes indeed we have two |
| 20252s | flagships on the field for pandemic |
| 20254s | horde they're bringing their flag |
| 20256s | Paladin comp with the Battleground |
| 20258s | support going to be very very blingy |
| 20261s | very tanky ship to deal with but on the |
| 20264s | converse side what do we have from Dark |
| 20266s | Side Dark Side have brought their flag |
| 20268s | on magetto now of course the Armageddon |
| 20270s | doesn't get the strength bonus on its |
| 20272s | use like the balgon does but it does get |
| 20274s | the range bonus and combined with X-Type |
| 20276s | mutes on that get him he can have very |
| 20278s | very long range they've also backed up |
| 20279s | in a sort of controlling setup with two |
| 20281s | blackbirds which I don't think we've |
| 20282s | seen much ECM so far this tournament but |
| 20284s | if you don't expect it that's the most |
| 20285s | dangerous time to get hit by ECM |
| 20288s | especially uh in ships that don't have a |
| 20292s | whole lot in the way of sensor strength |
| 20295s | uh things like this stratios things like |
| 20297s | the sashimu maybe and the guardian uh |
| 20300s | does have quite a bit but the jams uh |
| 20302s | lots of yellow ships and not a whole lot |
| 20305s | of yellow jams I would have to expel |
| 20306s | between the two blackbirds might point |
| 20308s | out blackbirds don't really get a |
| 20309s | strength bonus they just really get a |
| 20311s | range bonus uh for their jams so even |
| 20314s | though they're not in not even though |
| 20316s | they're not as effective as something |
| 20317s | like a rook or something like a a falcon |
| 20319s | or a uh a kitsun soul can be very |
| 20323s | disruptive towards uh this guardian and |
| 20326s | also towards this balgorn it's worth |
| 20327s | pointing out or towards this uh yeah Val |
| 20330s | Gord the Armageddon is a full new |
| 20332s | getting meanwhile the balgorn from horde |
| 20335s | is a uh four gun uh balgorn so a little |
| 20340s | bit of a difference in the neuting ships |
| 20342s | here we're about to get underway I'm |
| 20343s | excited for this match basil what about |
| 20345s | you yeah I think this might be another |
| 20347s | slow burner here we see both these comps |
| 20349s | not massive in DPS and with the new |
| 20350s | pressure that's going to be coming out |
| 20351s | from each side the bowel gone on the |
| 20353s | Armageddon of course the DPS then is |
| 20355s | going to be even lower from Guns getting |
| 20357s | used out Little Shack the power didn't |
| 20359s | look looking to be the primary targets |
| 20360s | for those newts and as you said no guns |
| 20362s | on the Armageddon so that's a full Newt |
| 20364s | getting so their damage is really almost |
| 20365s | exclusively coming from that LE Shack |
| 20369s | and we'll see if they're going to be |
| 20370s | able to pay it off those officer newts |
| 20372s | if they've got them are very expensive |
| 20374s | but better than even the Dead Space |
| 20375s | notes it's one of uh the modules on the |
| 20378s | game where the officer version at the |
| 20380s | top end is better than the X-Type uh |
| 20383s | that's not common or that's not true |
| 20384s | with every single module it depends on |
| 20387s | uh what exactly go is going on so we'll |
| 20390s | see how it's fit if it ends up falling |
| 20392s | uh either way this Paladin chosen one |
| 20394s | will be the primary from this little |
| 20395s | Shack at the moment as a Confessor of |
| 20397s | tic tac77 is getting some pot shots |
| 20400s | thrown at it from pandemic horde the |
| 20403s | arch I feel like both these teams are |
| 20404s | pretty low DPS here and I think it's |
| 20406s | going to be both teams focusing on this |
| 20407s | top in Battleship the paladin on one |
| 20409s | side the Le Shack on the other because |
| 20411s | if they can clear that DPS that what's |
| 20412s | left on the grid basically won't have |
| 20414s | the potential to kill very much of |
| 20415s | anything obviously under Guardian reps |
| 20417s | on both sides the Blackbirds being just |
| 20420s | a general pain in the ass jamming stuff |
| 20422s | um skybreaker potentially killing off |
| 20424s | rep drones but it's it I don't think the |
| 20426s | DPS on either side is massive here this |
| 20427s | is going to be a real slow burner |
| 20429s | yeah some tracking disruptors go in the |
| 20431s | way of the chosen one uh on the Paladin |
| 20434s | but no newts have come out from this |
| 20436s | flag get in quite yet the Paladin trying |
| 20439s | to stay out of range as there are more |
| 20441s | shots going in onto helwitz in the |
| 20443s | Blackbird I assume he's been taunted or |
| 20445s | he has taunted someone at the moment |
| 20447s | doesn't have a whole lot in the way of |
| 20448s | armor attack I think only three low |
| 20450s | slots if I remember correctly uh but |
| 20452s | still uh he's got the backup of Guardian |
| 20455s | to help him out yeah I see tracking |
| 20457s | disruptors applied to the shack here and |
| 20458s | I'm looking at pandey's lashac and he |
| 20460s | actually just seems to be clearing these |
| 20462s | Republic Valkyries from the Confessor of |
| 20463s | tic tac here so they I wouldn't say |
| 20466s | that's a massive priority for them so |
| 20468s | I'd imagine therefore his his targeting |
| 20470s | range at the moment is his gun range is |
| 20471s | just not particularly great and that's |
| 20473s | maybe all he can shoot at this moment in |
| 20474s | time |
| 20476s | yeah just playing it slow playing it |
| 20479s | strong and uh you know to maybe get the |
| 20482s | action going we could talk about |
| 20483s | something else and then the action will |
| 20485s | eventually pick up uh so uh we could |
| 20488s | talk I guess a little bit about the |
| 20490s | Blackboard and ECM in this tournament |
| 20491s | not something that we've seen a lot and |
| 20493s | definitely not something we've seen as |
| 20495s | much as we saw in Anger games or even |
| 20496s | the previous uh Alliance tournament or |
| 20498s | Alliance open why is that |
| 20501s | I feel like with scripted damps it's |
| 20503s | just sort of a much more reliable form |
| 20504s | of because the with ECM you've got to |
| 20506s | pick the right color you've got four |
| 20507s | colors to choose from maybe you choose |
| 20509s | the wrong one and all your blue jams are |
| 20510s | totally useless against a totally red |
| 20512s | comp obviously referring colors to the |
| 20513s | ship races and their sense of strengths |
| 20516s | um and a in a situation where you've got |
| 20517s | jams against damps |
| 20520s | um you can jam out the damping ship but |
| 20522s | the damping chip then can still lock you |
| 20524s | and he just damps you back and now your |
| 20525s | ECM ship is totally useless so I feel |
| 20527s | like damps have been sort of a little |
| 20529s | bit superseded in this tournament but I |
| 20531s | mean it's totally unexpected as I said |
| 20533s | at the start to see Dark Side bringing |
| 20534s | these two blackbirds in this compare |
| 20537s | and ECM is best one you least expect it |
| 20540s | uh of course meta eware modules as well |
| 20543s | so you're not getting T2 jams uh which |
| 20546s | is a little bit annoying uh from a |
| 20548s | Blackboard because the extra sensor |
| 20549s | strength is really really important to |
| 20551s | actually land these jams unfortunately |
| 20552s | fancy UI just tells them us who uh they |
| 20556s | are trying to jam not if they have |
| 20557s | actually landed any jams will really |
| 20559s | only be able to tell if some DPS starts |
| 20561s | falling off the field that said neither |
| 20563s | team is really fully committed yet just |
| 20565s | a couple of drones actually drones |
| 20566s | fighting drones in the middle of the |
| 20568s | Arena right now uh it's very |
| 20570s | non-committal from all these teams |
| 20572s | yeah I mean we've tried to get the |
| 20573s | action started here but unfortunately |
| 20575s | there's no interdictors on the grid and |
| 20576s | they seem to be the magic button to talk |
| 20578s | about to get the action going so I don't |
| 20579s | know what we're going to do we're just |
| 20580s | going to have to wait here and wait for |
| 20581s | one of these teams to make a mistake |
| 20582s | wait for one of these teams to decide to |
| 20584s | push into the other I think we see well |
| 20585s | Pandy was slowly moving in in the Little |
| 20587s | Shack but now he's changed Direction |
| 20588s | he's heading back again very controlled |
| 20590s | approach from both of these teams so far |
| 20591s | four minutes in the match and basically |
| 20594s | untouched |
| 20595s | and we see like we saw some getting |
| 20596s | newts being used earlier on but now uh |
| 20600s | pandemic card has gotten out of the |
| 20602s | range of them and they still aren't |
| 20604s | commanding this Paladin because the long |
| 20606s | range newts of the getting will get on |
| 20608s | top of it faster than the Paladin can |
| 20610s | get into range of this Le Shack or its |
| 20613s | gun range of the shack even though the |
| 20614s | shack is track and disrupt that Paladin |
| 20616s | is also tracking disrupted at the moment |
| 20619s | I actually hope oh I mean there's I |
| 20623s | think there's potential here more than |
| 20624s | any other match we've seen so far for |
| 20626s | this to go to overtime and the fabled |
| 20628s | reverse tie-dye because both comps are |
| 20630s | so heavy on control and so low on damage |
| 20633s | that I'm really not sure that much will |
| 20636s | die before time here I mean barring some |
| 20639s | sort of critical mistake we're now |
| 20640s | nearly five minutes into this match and |
| 20643s | you know basically nothing has been |
| 20644s | touched this black butt of how it's now |
| 20646s | starting to be gently caressed by an |
| 20648s | Australia style then but |
| 20650s | an air in the stratio she's starting to |
| 20652s | move forward alongside this Belgian of |
| 20654s | Atticus they're gonna try to get |
| 20655s | something as the Vengeance tries to |
| 20657s | scream from Ava he will be able to get a |
| 20659s | web onto this battleborn but the battle |
| 20660s | guard looking for the long range web |
| 20662s | hasn't yet will grab it on anything no |
| 20664s | uh just the Vengeance at the moment so |
| 20667s | uh long range clubs have not landed |
| 20669s | finally uh more webs onto the spellcorn |
| 20671s | there's a grapple on top of the stratios |
| 20673s | now and pandemic horde in their |
| 20675s | eagerness to commit might just be |
| 20677s | punished for this they don't have anyone |
| 20679s | backing up either of these ships at the |
| 20681s | moment I guess that's the other secret |
| 20682s | method as soon as I whisper those words |
| 20684s | reverse tie-dye both teams suddenly just |
| 20686s | decide oh [ __ ] we gotta do something and |
| 20688s | of course the fight starts and that's |
| 20689s | exactly what we were looking for |
| 20692s | not a whole lot of damage as you |
| 20693s | mentioned from either of these teams |
| 20695s | with a little Shack once fully spooled |
| 20696s | up does do quite a bit on its own and |
| 20699s | they will try to burn through tener in |
| 20702s | this stratios and that forces horde to |
| 20704s | continue to commit uh committing the |
| 20707s | stratus getting grappled underneath that |
| 20709s | LE Shack has to be a bit of a mistake |
| 20711s | you need to lead with your Bal Gordon |
| 20714s | you can't load one of your squishy ships |
| 20716s | get caught out like that and Panama |
| 20718s | Corridor learning that the hard way this |
| 20719s | Cruise fire also on the side being taken |
| 20721s | down by these drones uh as he I believe |
| 20724s | is webbed as well uh yeah I don't know |
| 20728s | what's going on here the shack of Pandy |
| 20729s | is right on top of that Stratus he was |
| 20731s | absolutely chewing through him but his |
| 20733s | gun has just stopped he's still right on |
| 20734s | top of him but this Le Shack is not |
| 20735s | shooting I don't think he has an ECM |
| 20737s | drones on him I don't really know why |
| 20738s | this slushak isn't shooting he doesn't |
| 20740s | have any new effects on him he is now |
| 20741s | switching back onto the stratus I |
| 20744s | believe but I don't know why he stopped |
| 20745s | maybe on the crucifier he's got drones |
| 20749s | upon drones on top of him and that |
| 20751s | tracking disrupter that's currently |
| 20752s | being used on the shack that bonus |
| 20754s | tracking or something on the cruise of |
| 20755s | fire if it goes down the Shack's gonna |
| 20757s | be very thankful for it now the cruise |
| 20759s | fire has gone down the stratios is in |
| 20761s | the hall and Pandy now is free to shoot |
| 20764s | whoever he wants yeah he's still gonna |
| 20766s | try and break through the stratus he's |
| 20767s | just not I don't know him I mean he |
| 20769s | stopped his ship he's doing 10 meters |
| 20770s | per second he is now just starting to |
| 20771s | connect with the stratels again taking |
| 20773s | down to low hole and there he goes that |
| 20774s | Stratus does go down we are safe ruined |
| 20777s | no reverse tie-dye Paladin and balgorn |
| 20780s | though now fully committed on top of the |
| 20782s | slushak they're gonna try to take him |
| 20783s | out before he can take any other targets |
| 20785s | off the table Grant you this full new |
| 20787s | get in other places on the map right now |
| 20790s | completely and totally playing back at |
| 20791s | the max range of his newts trying to get |
| 20794s | the pressure on to this uh balgorn at |
| 20797s | the moment it looks like not even the |
| 20798s | Paladin because the balgorn can stop the |
| 20800s | lashac's guns but meanwhile the low end |
| 20802s | of pandemic horde being taken down one |
| 20805s | by one |
| 20806s | yeah I still think this could go either |
| 20808s | way this is similar to the pandemic |
| 20809s | Legion match earlier if they can kill |
| 20811s | this The Shack there's really not that |
| 20812s | much damage left on the dark side team |
| 20813s | but they're just losing significant |
| 20815s | chunks of their ships here their comp is |
| 20817s | going down stratios a shim is going to |
| 20818s | go down in a second as well and the |
| 20820s | shack is still holding they need |
| 20821s | something to stop this Guardian |
| 20822s | repairing but he is out in Narnia right |
| 20824s | now and they've no way of dealing with |
| 20825s | him |
| 20827s | yeah he's just so scared of the range |
| 20829s | control that this uh nuding ship of the |
| 20833s | flag Armageddon can bring to the table |
| 20835s | he is so far back compared to the rest |
| 20838s | of his team and he's not able to keep |
| 20839s | any of these Cruisers alive at the |
| 20841s | moment this Paladin in this battleborn |
| 20842s | getting some split damage on top of them |
| 20844s | at the moment uh maybe the shack has |
| 20846s | decided to move completely onto the |
| 20847s | balgor newts and NASA's now on top of uh |
| 20850s | the balgorn as Pandy tries to stay alive |
| 20853s | he's being neuted once again not a full |
| 20856s | new battleborn has guns on it so they |
| 20859s | should be able to uh deal with the newts |
| 20862s | a little bit more effectively and maybe |
| 20863s | he's got a cat batter even because he's |
| 20864s | now chewing through Atticus |
| 20867s | yeah I feel like at this point in the |
| 20868s | match Darkseid must have won the new war |
| 20871s | obviously the flagship Armageddon so |
| 20873s | extremely powerful in that scenario full |
| 20874s | new fit fully utilizing the flagship |
| 20877s | restrictions on newts and just you know |
| 20879s | obliterating the cap of the bow gun on |
| 20881s | the Paladin and that just completely |
| 20882s | neuters any power that the pandemic or |
| 20884s | pandemic hoardcom pad |
| 20887s | a little under a minute and a half left |
| 20889s | in the match and I mean Darkseid doesn't |
| 20892s | need to kill anything horde needs to |
| 20894s | kill a battleship but when they |
| 20895s | committed onto Pandy they weren't able |
| 20897s | to kill him now there's some damage |
| 20899s | going on maybe how it's in the Blackbird |
| 20900s | but it's just too little too late for |
| 20902s | horror this match is gonna go the |
| 20904s | distance but unfortunately for pandemic |
| 20906s | horde they might not get a single ship |
| 20909s | yeah it's a bit of a sad way to go I |
| 20911s | mean they're going to spend the last |
| 20911s | couple minutes of this match just |
| 20913s | completely out of capacitor unable to |
| 20914s | activate basically any modules at all |
| 20915s | and they're just going to have to sit |
| 20917s | there for the next minute and slowly |
| 20918s | watch these armor and hole bars deplete |
| 20920s | it's going to be Atticus going down it's |
| 20921s | probably going to be down or going down |
| 20923s | as well I don't think they'll have any |
| 20924s | time to kill anything else but it is |
| 20925s | going to be dark side continuing in the |
| 20927s | lower bracket yeah you got caught by the |
| 20929s | Confessor and uh now you know local tank |
| 20932s | on Guardian maybe not as good as perhaps |
| 20934s | we see from the ineros guardian really |
| 20936s | uh known for just having absurd amounts |
| 20938s | of remote uh tankiness to it uh the |
| 20942s | spellgorn vaticus should end up |
| 20943s | following he's getting some refs from |
| 20944s | dinar but dinar not long for the world |
| 20947s | at the moment 25 seconds left in the |
| 20949s | match |
| 20951s | yeah it's it's I'm it was a slow burn to |
| 20954s | start with we predicted it would be a |
| 20955s | sort of you know a couple minutes until |
| 20957s | someone got out of position and it did |
| 20958s | seem to be that Stratus of tyranny who |
| 20960s | got caught by pandian or shackle maybe |
| 20962s | he tried to catch Pandy and then sort of |
| 20964s | realized that was a position he didn't |
| 20965s | want to be in and that was what really |
| 20966s | kick-started the match off but that is |
| 20968s | going to be the end of pandemic hold in |
| 20970s | Alliance tournament 18 Dark Side |
| 20971s | considered by many to be a very very |
| 20973s | strong team |
| 20974s | um knocked down to the lower bracket I |
| 20976s | think they had a bad um sort of a |
| 20977s | difficult draw in the bracket but now in |
| 20979s | the lower bracket obviously a very |
| 20980s | dangerous opponent to come up against |
| 20981s | and they're going to continue on to next |
| 20983s | week |
| 20984s | and notably uh this is the first match |
| 20986s | today where or of the tournament where |
| 20989s | team of the flagship lost but they did |
| 20991s | not lose their Flagship so at least |
| 20993s | moral victory for horde we're gonna send |
| 20994s | it back to the desk for bringing us into |
| 20996s | the last match of the day bsod versus |
| 20998s | paper numbers |
| 21002s | [Music] |
| 21022s | guys stop being casual they're really |
| 21025s | bad we should not lose anybody to this |
| 21027s | warp off warp off take the fleet warp |
| 21029s | everybody warp off this is a really |
| 21031s | really bad execution I'm very |
| 21032s | disappointed |
| 21040s | [Music] |
| 21046s | [Music] |
| 21050s | crash our enemies your attempts are |
| 21052s | completely damped out Crush I'm dumped |
| 21054s | out I'm dumped out you don't like Travis |
| 21056s | boys |
| 21058s | everything down I've not been able to |
| 21061s | look at something again |
| 21064s | I'm jammed |
| 21083s | dark side there turning the light off on |
| 21085s | pandemic horde as they are done they are |
| 21087s | exiting the alliance tournament we will |
| 21089s | not see them anymore however they did |
| 21091s | retain their Flagship in a very exciting |
| 21093s | match that's one of those matches that |
| 21095s | is just all about control control they |
| 21098s | can be a little bit like less exciting |
| 21100s | to watch because it's hard to see |
| 21101s | sometimes what's going on but very very |
| 21103s | intense to fly with lots of |
| 21105s | communication back and forward all sorts |
| 21107s | of stuff I'm sure both sides there uh |
| 21109s | lots of shouting I imagine one of the |
| 21112s | pilots in dark side there Pandy we can |
| 21114s | have a look at his profile he's a very |
| 21116s | experienced pilot in the alliance |
| 21118s | tournament going back here with us at |
| 21120s | least until Alliance tournament 10 when |
| 21121s | he flew with dark side he then moved |
| 21123s | into the Gorgon Empire and the afterlife |
| 21125s | before joining video reloaded where they |
| 21128s | won the alliance tournament itself twice |
| 21130s | and now he is back in Dark Side he's |
| 21132s | played a whole bunch of matches 45 wins |
| 21135s | to 19 losses so he's very experienced |
| 21137s | pilot winning a lot of matches and tends |
| 21140s | to fly the large ships you can see the |
| 21142s | shack type definitely test shoot |
| 21144s | Dominic's Bargas all battleships then |
| 21147s | that Harvey Navy that will be coming |
| 21148s | from the Octodad which uh it was the |
| 21151s | comp that was used it's a great effect |
| 21153s | to win I believe Alliance tournament 15 |
| 21156s | or 16 uh one of those uh so uh jintan |
| 21159s | tell me a little bit more about Pandy |
| 21161s | yeah so Pandy is one of the leading as |
| 21164s | you said one of the leading members of |
| 21166s | vydra and one of their greatest greater |
| 21168s | Theory crafters and you saw a comp there |
| 21171s | that was so you know stereotypically |
| 21174s | vydra utilizing lots of ECM um they |
| 21177s | wrote uh in I think it was 8014 they |
| 21180s | rode the chameleon comp to great effect |
| 21183s | which we used uh 80 ships back when |
| 21185s | those were allowed to cross-jam all |
| 21187s | their opponents basically lock them out |
| 21189s | of playing the game almost entirely and |
| 21191s | just use their drones to slowly pick |
| 21193s | away at their opponent's compositions |
| 21195s | and here we saw all of that kind of |
| 21198s | expertise used to great effect Pandy |
| 21201s | loves flying those battleships because |
| 21203s | because that gives him the best position |
| 21204s | to understand what kind of damage his |
| 21206s | team is is dealing and what position his |
| 21208s | main damage dealer normally himself is |
| 21211s | going to be in to apply to his opponents |
| 21213s | you know it makes it so much easier to |
| 21214s | notice when your opponent's out of |
| 21216s | position when that's what you need to |
| 21217s | look for anyway |
| 21219s | um to do your job in the team and then |
| 21222s | from that point he normally is |
| 21223s | coordinating those jams getting sent |
| 21225s | back and forth obviously with two |
| 21226s | blackbirds there's a lot of modules that |
| 21228s | need to be activated and a lot of |
| 21229s | communication that needs to go into |
| 21230s | activating all those modules yeah and a |
| 21232s | lot of planning to decide which ECM |
| 21234s | modules to bring ECM usually refer to as |
| 21237s | jamming we can actually take a look at |
| 21238s | some of the mechanics behind that but if |
| 21240s | you could take us through the mechanics |
| 21242s | of ECM yeah absolutely so |
| 21247s | basically the way that it works nowadays |
| 21249s | is that when you jam a Target it can |
| 21252s | only lock the Target that jammed it back |
| 21255s | so it used to be you know several years |
| 21256s | ago you could jam it and you can lock |
| 21258s | anything now it can only lock the thing |
| 21259s | that locked it back uh it is a actually |
| 21261s | flat percentage Chase which is probably |
| 21263s | the easiest thing to calculate in all of |
| 21265s | Eve online because you take your sensor |
| 21266s | strength and your jam strength you |
| 21268s | divide your damn strength by your sensor |
| 21269s | strength or the other way around and |
| 21270s | that's how you get it it does have an |
| 21273s | optimal and falloff range so a lot of |
| 21275s | the positioning still matters and it is |
| 21278s | still very people say it's RNG based |
| 21281s | um that's kind of to a degree but |
| 21283s | there's like ways to counter it I think |
| 21285s | that when you know that you're going up |
| 21288s | against a team like vydra you know as |
| 21290s | Jin said this is like this is their |
| 21292s | bread and butter I have lost to |
| 21293s | something similar to this uh four times |
| 21296s | in three different Alliance tournaments |
| 21298s | which prevented us from getting second |
| 21299s | place |
| 21301s | um this is what they do they're |
| 21302s | extremely good at it I'm not surprised |
| 21304s | to see them pull it out when it you know |
| 21305s | when things got serious and you know |
| 21307s | they did a fantastic job with it it's |
| 21309s | kind of confusing to watch because our |
| 21311s | fancy UI doesn't show jams particularly |
| 21313s | well you can see if they're being |
| 21314s | attempted but you don't know if it |
| 21316s | landed or not but if you saw that |
| 21317s | control bar when it was maxed out that |
| 21319s | was all the jams working so you can kind |
| 21321s | of look at it and be like oh yes they |
| 21323s | are not doing anything right now it's |
| 21324s | very sad yeah we saw uh both those |
| 21327s | blackboards just stacked for the jams |
| 21329s | two very girthy control bars on both |
| 21330s | sides there but anyway that was uh the |
| 21333s | end of pandemic horde uh so let's move |
| 21335s | on to our next match which is bright |
| 21337s | side of death versus paper numbers this |
| 21339s | is gonna be our last match of the day in |
| 21340s | fact so let's see if we can look at the |
| 21341s | bands here |
| 21343s | um for this upcoming match |
| 21348s | okay so Bryce said that batting out the |
| 21350s | EOS The Shack and the arthurus oh I |
| 21352s | guess it myself hello |
| 21354s | I'm favorite I'm finding out the The |
| 21356s | Gila the slept near and the oniros uh |
| 21359s | Bart take me through what you see here |
| 21361s | I uh I kind of want to focus uh |
| 21363s | specifically I think this is one of the |
| 21364s | first Nero spans we've seen we've been |
| 21366s | seeing a lot of Guardian bands which is |
| 21368s | a little strange because generally |
| 21370s | people say that in oneros is better than |
| 21371s | a guardian but uh my paper number is |
| 21373s | Banning the oneros out like the very one |
| 21376s | of the very heavy armor rep ships is |
| 21378s | gone |
| 21379s | um interestingly enough this is also a |
| 21381s | uh Le Shack band which is one of the |
| 21383s | first ones we've seen here and we've |
| 21384s | been seeing throughout the day these The |
| 21386s | Shack teams doing incredibly well so I'm |
| 21389s | wondering if this might be sort of a |
| 21390s | response to just how today's games have |
| 21392s | been whether it's looking at it and like |
| 21394s | oh this ship still is very viable and |
| 21397s | very powerful even though it is so many |
| 21398s | points |
| 21399s | yeah the shack uh pretty much the most |
| 21402s | expensive ship in the Arsenal that the |
| 21404s | teams can choose to field |
| 21406s | um if very very we see more than one |
| 21408s | because of the points of inflation we |
| 21409s | did see one team Miller and Fielding two |
| 21411s | for 52 points which is a huge investment |
| 21413s | Gentile anything else jumping out at you |
| 21415s | here yeah what's jumping out to me is |
| 21417s | that both teams have left uh a lot of |
| 21419s | the kite and a lot of the ham Rush ships |
| 21421s | open obviously we've got the caracal |
| 21422s | navies and the Navy Ospreys still open |
| 21424s | and along with that we've got the |
| 21426s | Nighthawk which has been one of the most |
| 21427s | popular bands across today uh completely |
| 21430s | open so I I think we might actually end |
| 21432s | up with a shield kite mirror here I |
| 21434s | would be kind of surprised if we didn't |
| 21435s | to be honest given the preferences of |
| 21437s | both these teams you said the mirror |
| 21439s | there what is a mirror in this context |
| 21440s | so a mirror is |
| 21441s | um it depends on how strict you're being |
| 21444s | but it's either when two teams are |
| 21445s | trying to do roughly the same thing with |
| 21446s | their comp or when they bring entirely |
| 21449s | the same ships that ladder is very very |
| 21451s | rare it normally happens if you end up |
| 21453s | seeing two practice Partners go up |
| 21455s | against each other they've you know |
| 21457s | played matches at tons of times they've |
| 21458s | kind of stolen comps off of each other |
| 21460s | and then they end up going into a match |
| 21462s | and just thinking you know what I think |
| 21463s | we can do this better than you and they |
| 21465s | just end up being the exact same thing |
| 21467s | uh I don't believe that bright side of |
| 21469s | death and paper numbers have scrimmed |
| 21471s | each other regularly though so we will |
| 21473s | see each side's kind of different take |
| 21474s | on this uh on a kite setup if that's |
| 21477s | what they do bring but you think we're |
| 21479s | going to see some cat setups as well |
| 21480s | then |
| 21481s | um I think we I think somebody's gonna |
| 21482s | bring a kite set up uh I do have to say |
| 21484s | that it seeing two kite setups play |
| 21487s | against each other is probably one of |
| 21488s | the best things in the alliance |
| 21489s | tournament just because of how much |
| 21491s | skill gets involved but you know I think |
| 21493s | we will find out uh I would love to see |
| 21495s | it it'd be cool to see that as the final |
| 21497s | match well let's go to the end find out |
| 21499s | if it is going to be kaiting versus |
| 21501s | kaising or if it's gonna be something |
| 21502s | else entirely uh yeah let's go |
| 21510s | Pokemon welcome all in welcome back to |
| 21512s | the alliance tournament arena for our |
| 21513s | final match of the day bright side of |
| 21515s | death versus paper numbers my name is |
| 21516s | pirvana I'm joined by the Basilisk and |
| 21518s | one of the teams did in fact bring what |
| 21521s | appears to be Shield kite that team |
| 21522s | being paper numbers uh with Claymore |
| 21525s | double Drake Navy and Scimitar on their |
| 21527s | high end |
| 21528s | yeah and it's a little bit of an unusual |
| 21530s | look from paper numbers I've always |
| 21531s | Associated paper numbers with sort of I |
| 21533s | remember as literally triggered they |
| 21534s | were really like those heavy armor comps |
| 21536s | Park Bank obviously really renowned for |
| 21539s | his Guardian play but he's now jumped |
| 21540s | into a scimitar a slightly different |
| 21541s | flavor of logistics here so we're gonna |
| 21543s | see how well he can slot into a kiting |
| 21544s | comp of course I'm sure his positioning |
| 21546s | will as ever be exceptional on the other |
| 21548s | side bright side of death bringing this |
| 21550s | three-armed Battleship control comp they |
| 21552s | are going to try and get on top of this |
| 21553s | kitecon with this battle gone webs but |
| 21554s | obviously as we saw earlier in well |
| 21557s | hidden Leaf villagers disastrous |
| 21558s | performance |
| 21560s | um you may find some difficulty in |
| 21561s | getting on top of a kite comp when a |
| 21562s | battle gun is your only way of catching |
| 21564s | them |
| 21564s | and on top of that this is a flag |
| 21566s | getting from Bright Side of death |
| 21568s | bringing in for this match versus paper |
| 21570s | numbers I'm going to try to use that as |
| 21572s | a force multiplier perhaps with those |
| 21574s | officer newts up against Shield kite |
| 21576s | that can get on top of them uh it will |
| 21579s | be very difficult to actually deal with |
| 21580s | but we do see uh much to uh everyone's |
| 21584s | expectations here paper numbers are |
| 21585s | starting to kite back but this vigil is |
| 21587s | playing a bit further forward to the |
| 21589s | rest of this team uh just trying to stay |
| 21591s | uh just out of range of the bright side |
| 21595s | death team that is burning in yeah and |
| 21597s | again we see Links of the Magus being |
| 21599s | focused here they're trying to volley |
| 21600s | them off the grid obviously the light |
| 21601s | lightness cells on illustrate maybe the |
| 21603s | heaviness cells in the Drake Navy and |
| 21604s | the Claymore they actually apply pretty |
| 21605s | well to him but he does end up getting |
| 21607s | caught by the Heritage the Deacon just |
| 21608s | in time I will just say I noticed there |
| 21610s | at the start of the match the vigil of |
| 21611s | atrikness |
| 21612s | um didn't start moving for a while I |
| 21614s | don't know if he was lagging or what but |
| 21615s | if when you land on grid you basically |
| 21617s | should be double clicking in space you |
| 21619s | are locked in position until the match |
| 21621s | starts you cannot move too early you |
| 21623s | will not be penalized to double clicking |
| 21624s | in space so you just Spam click in space |
| 21626s | as soon as the match starts you will be |
| 21628s | moving so if you double click once and |
| 21629s | then the match starts afterwards you're |
| 21631s | going to sit there and look like a fool |
| 21632s | something not about notable about paper |
| 21635s | numbers this is something that they did |
| 21637s | uh earlier today with the same Shield |
| 21639s | type setup is that they have brought |
| 21641s | e-war mids on these Shield ships we see |
| 21644s | damps going out towards the bright side |
| 21646s | of death ships right now especially that |
| 21648s | Bal guard in the Armageddon and that's |
| 21650s | not something we typically associate |
| 21651s | with these Shield chips but uh paper |
| 21653s | numbers haven't decided to sacrifice the |
| 21655s | tank for the utility as they are burning |
| 21657s | and uh trying to delete this Tempest |
| 21659s | Fleet issue right now yeah and I think |
| 21661s | in this sort of matchup it's actually a |
| 21663s | very very good option I think if you can |
| 21664s | bring damps on the bowel gone it just |
| 21666s | makes it so much more difficult for him |
| 21667s | to get into that range that he needs to |
| 21669s | do and he is the win come for bright |
| 21671s | side of death his webs are critical to |
| 21673s | get on top of something so if he's stuck |
| 21674s | with like 15 20 kilometer lot range it |
| 21677s | becomes extremely difficult for him to |
| 21678s | do that and we are now seeing Nikita in |
| 21680s | the Tempest being focused here taking |
| 21682s | some chunks I think the frigates are on |
| 21684s | top of him they're managing to hold him |
| 21685s | here he's got a drone swarm on him DPS |
| 21687s | drones coming from paper numbers but |
| 21689s | doesn't seem to be breaking them |
| 21691s | now this balgorn though trying to burn |
| 21693s | in maybe find this caracal maybe find |
| 21695s | the Stormbreaker on the backside uh as |
| 21697s | the attention went towards this Deacon |
| 21699s | uh on bright side of the death side |
| 21701s | outside this Bal Gordon trying to catch |
| 21703s | somebody he might find the CEO CEO in |
| 21706s | this caracal right now but so far no |
| 21708s | webs have landed |
| 21709s | yeah I can like you said there's so much |
| 21711s | evil probably in the mid Slots of paper |
| 21714s | numbers I had a look at some of their |
| 21715s | kill males on Z kill yesterday they had |
| 21717s | like two tracking disruptors and a damp |
| 21719s | on the Claymore they had like a one of |
| 21721s | each on the Drake navies they liked them |
| 21723s | on the old spray Navy's as well and I |
| 21724s | kind of like the school of thought |
| 21725s | because if you're flying a kite comp |
| 21726s | like this you aren't relying on being |
| 21728s | tanky anyway you are relying on your |
| 21730s | speed your Mobility staying away from |
| 21732s | the opponent and sort of you know |
| 21734s | keeping safe in that manner so you don't |
| 21735s | really care too much about raw exp if |
| 21737s | you have to lose an extender to fit |
| 21739s | those kind of modules if you can use |
| 21741s | them correctly that can actually work |
| 21742s | out much more effectively for you |
| 21744s | Now they're checking out one large |
| 21745s | frigate in The Inquisitor now moving on |
| 21748s | to this Deacon using those rapid lights |
| 21749s | to their advantage uh even though they |
| 21751s | are tedema logic freaks they still can't |
| 21753s | outrun light missiles uh unfortunately |
| 21755s | so Stanley Wright will eventually go |
| 21757s | down it's just gonna take a little bit |
| 21758s | longer uh than it would if the low end |
| 21761s | was right on top of them either way this |
| 21763s | stormbringer playing up right now uh |
| 21765s | compared to the rest of his team |
| 21767s | alongside that caracal still uh trying |
| 21769s | to run away now from this Tempest Fleet |
| 21771s | issue who appears to be the front line |
| 21773s | for bright side of death this Deacon |
| 21775s | Stanley right though is instructor and |
| 21777s | he should go down yeah he is and I think |
| 21779s | with six minutes left it is time for |
| 21781s | bright side of death to try something |
| 21782s | else they can't catch anything and we |
| 21783s | see one two one in the bowel gone |
| 21785s | approaching that micro jump Beacon so |
| 21787s | he's going to try and line up a boost |
| 21788s | here see if he can jump himself into |
| 21790s | range with the damps he can't pre-lock |
| 21792s | anything so even if he lands in range he |
| 21794s | may not actually be able to uh to get |
| 21797s | the webs in time before they can burn |
| 21798s | away but it's their only hope really at |
| 21799s | this point I think they can't catch |
| 21801s | anything by chasing after them they need |
| 21802s | to try something unorthodox and an mjd |
| 21804s | jump Beacon could just be it |
| 21806s | but this is exactly the type of thing |
| 21808s | that reiferson made uh his name known |
| 21811s | for in the anger games jumping on top of |
| 21814s | people with balgorns specifically uh so |
| 21817s | bright side of death trying to pull one |
| 21818s | out of riferson's book and uh right back |
| 21820s | into his face uh they are taking down |
| 21822s | this Magnus as well as this vedmack at |
| 21824s | the moment Fox pure goes down there he |
| 21826s | goes off the table very good here comes |
| 21828s | the balgorn jump |
| 21830s | looks like he's lined up pretty well I |
| 21832s | don't know how far the distance is going |
| 21833s | to be I don't know how close he's going |
| 21834s | to land he got bummed by the beacon |
| 21836s | though oh no nowhere near |
| 21840s | me it's just not far enough |
| 21842s | unfortunately it was a good angle but |
| 21844s | it's hard to judge distances as |
| 21846s | spectator in the middle of the Arena of |
| 21847s | course our distances are all measured |
| 21848s | from the center of the Arena so it's |
| 21849s | difficult to to sort of assess how far |
| 21851s | the distance are between the ships but |
| 21853s | it seems like he jumped 100 kilometers |
| 21855s | from the beacon but all the all the |
| 21857s | paper numbers Squad was like 150 |
| 21858s | kilometers they were just that extra bit |
| 21860s | further so he's still not in range and |
| 21861s | effectively actually in the same |
| 21862s | position as they were before but that's |
| 21863s | good from paper numbers to notice that |
| 21865s | was happening and just sort of |
| 21867s | burn range from the beacon that he was |
| 21869s | going to saying well you know he can |
| 21870s | only go 100 kilometers in any direction |
| 21871s | as long as we're outside of that range |
| 21873s | there's no way he can touch us |
| 21875s | they've taken out the heretic as well |
| 21876s | now the only links remaining are the oh |
| 21878s | check out the Mages Heretics while the |
| 21880s | iron Destroyer remaining against his |
| 21881s | Pawn effects as they are chewing into |
| 21883s | him and maybe this fed back as well |
| 21884s | vigil of uh a tringus finally some |
| 21888s | damage being put on the paper number |
| 21889s | side he goes down into structure |
| 21891s | Scimitar reps should be able to keep him |
| 21893s | alive for the time being uh is he |
| 21895s | tackled though no this is just pot shots |
| 21897s | at the moment |
| 21898s | yeah this is going to be a slow bleed |
| 21900s | out here bright side of death I think |
| 21901s | they that was their one ace card |
| 21903s | potentially of Landing that bulgar on |
| 21905s | something and then just sort of |
| 21906s | collapsing in and making some key picks |
| 21907s | with the battle maybe it's got two webs |
| 21909s | maybe it can hold down two things at the |
| 21910s | same time and then you can break through |
| 21911s | the Navy Drakes break through the |
| 21912s | Claymore whatever you can get your hands |
| 21914s | on but as it is they've just been kited |
| 21916s | around here and paper numbers just |
| 21917s | playing this com perfectly just as they |
| 21920s | should have it's a SL it's I would say |
| 21922s | slow comp and I mean slow in terms of |
| 21924s | how you play the match out it's very |
| 21926s | attritional it doesn't have huge damage |
| 21927s | it doesn't rush in it it burns around |
| 21929s | the arena and whittles away as we see |
| 21930s | the low end has been taken down |
| 21932s | um and yeah they've played it very |
| 21933s | controlled and uh yeah methodical |
| 21936s | yeah Pawn effects of Midas tried bushing |
| 21938s | uh to get away but it was not uh nearly |
| 21942s | enough now they're on his Tempest Fleet |
| 21943s | issue it doesn't have any lodgy on top |
| 21945s | of them triple Battleship a flag |
| 21947s | Armageddon absolutely useless they |
| 21950s | finally have some new pressure on top of |
| 21951s | this Claymore of riferson maybe they'll |
| 21953s | get one for the road but I think it's |
| 21954s | too little too late this attrition from |
| 21957s | paper numbers paying off dividends at |
| 21959s | the moment yeah I feel like maybe paper |
| 21961s | numbers might have missed the |
| 21962s | announcement in local here because at |
| 21964s | this point in the match they surely feel |
| 21965s | there isn't that much throttling but |
| 21967s | they're still choosing to kill that |
| 21968s | Fleet Tempest when that Armageddon May |
| 21970s | well be full of Juicy loot |
| 21973s | ah they don't need it they want to get |
| 21975s | the win they don't care as much uh about |
| 21978s | the loot perhaps because looting would |
| 21980s | require them to go into the wearing of a |
| 21983s | battle Gordon and a tempest Fleet issue |
| 21984s | probably not what they want to do |
| 21985s | there's some damage going the way of |
| 21986s | curlico in this Armageddon at the moment |
| 21988s | but still three minutes left in the |
| 21990s | match paper numbers still have only lost |
| 21993s | nothing at the moment yeah they've well |
| 21996s | they've lost the armor on that video |
| 21997s | that'll cost a couple thousand this to |
| 21999s | repair I'm sure but you know that's |
| 22000s | that's fine by him I'm sure |
| 22003s | yes yeah you know when you when this |
| 22006s | match gets you Pride ships I'm sure a |
| 22008s | little bit of this to repair your your |
| 22010s | vigil isn't that bad uh Nikita shrineau |
| 22013s | or uh Shiro excuse me and the Tempest |
| 22016s | Fleet issue finally into Hull he will be |
| 22018s | whittled down he will be taken out and |
| 22021s | uh just like that paper numbers will |
| 22023s | pull out a much more significant points |
| 22025s | lead |
| 22026s | yeah it's very as I've said it's a very |
| 22028s | methodical performance from paper |
| 22029s | numbers and I was uh sort of surprised |
| 22032s | they got knocked down so early into the |
| 22033s | lower bracket by Odin's call of course |
| 22035s | that's a very difficult matchup to come |
| 22036s | into as well I thought that was one of |
| 22037s | the strongest matchups on day one |
| 22039s | um obviously Odin's call a top six team |
| 22041s | last year very very strong always came |
| 22043s | through the feeders played 10 matches in |
| 22044s | on those two weekends and made it |
| 22047s | through into the bracket paper numbers |
| 22048s | on the other hand played in Anger games |
| 22050s | I think they got to the final very very |
| 22051s | strong Squad of guys that have stuck |
| 22053s | together for a while bunch of you know |
| 22055s | these guys have played a bunch of |
| 22056s | tournaments together Park Bank we've ice |
| 22057s | and we know all these names |
| 22059s | um and yeah I mean they're a real threat |
| 22062s | to be reckoned with now in the lower |
| 22062s | bracket going forward |
| 22064s | yeah especially against the bsod team |
| 22065s | that plays top eight last year in the |
| 22067s | alliance tournament this time going out |
| 22069s | has won two kings it's unfortunate but |
| 22072s | that's just the way the draw uh some of |
| 22074s | the most stacked teams in the tournament |
| 22076s | just end up going up against each other |
| 22078s | a little bit earlier than perhaps we |
| 22080s | would like to uh Spectators uh some |
| 22083s | damage finally going on to riflesome but |
| 22084s | he's able to wrap it back up he's got |
| 22085s | parked back at the semitar to help him |
| 22087s | out critical and the Armageddon is |
| 22089s | turning the primary for paper numbers if |
| 22090s | they can kill both battleships they can |
| 22092s | maybe go ahead and find some Loot and |
| 22093s | maybe some officer newts uh from this |
| 22095s | Armageddon because bsod are pretty |
| 22097s | loaded yeah I think they all gonna kill |
| 22099s | the zombie get it in the end and they |
| 22100s | all gonna be able to go in and claim the |
| 22101s | loot um but while they do that let's |
| 22103s | just run through the bracket of next |
| 22104s | week because they said this is |
| 22106s | um the last match of the day so there |
| 22108s | are still actually two teams left to |
| 22110s | play at this stage of the tournament so |
| 22111s | there are sorry two matches so we are |
| 22113s | going to have next week uh no folks |
| 22115s | given and Boundary experts will be |
| 22117s | playing each other as will big yikes |
| 22119s | against Deepwater Hooligans those two |
| 22120s | matches will be for top 16 placing but |
| 22122s | after that we start getting into the big |
| 22125s | Stakes you know we start getting into |
| 22126s | top 12 in the lower bracket top eight |
| 22128s | after that of course and then the upper |
| 22129s | bracket we've got truth on light coming |
| 22131s | up against tuskers that's going to be |
| 22132s | one to watch Odin's call versus Templars |
| 22135s | that's going to be one to watch we form |
| 22136s | voltar against Platinum sensitivity that |
| 22138s | is again obviously going to be one to |
| 22139s | watch and lock range enjoys against |
| 22141s | Brave Collective I think for you fear |
| 22143s | that will be uh one to watch |
| 22144s | I definitely want to watch and maybe |
| 22146s | I'll be commentating Brave again we have |
| 22148s | an alaster cat we have not lost a game |
| 22150s | that I have commentated uh fun fact uh |
| 22152s | either way 18 seconds left in the match |
| 22154s | they're gonna try to get some of this |
| 22155s | loot perhaps uh I can't really see the |
| 22158s | wreck right now on my overview are they |
| 22160s | on the loot are they on the wreck right |
| 22162s | now |
| 22163s | uh maybe I don't actually know to be |
| 22166s | honest I have turned Rex off of my |
| 22168s | overview so I find it very very |
| 22169s | difficult to actually locate where the |
| 22171s | wreck is in the mass but I mean there |
| 22173s | seems to be a fair few of them in the |
| 22175s | same place so I imagine they're all just |
| 22176s | ramming into try and grow but time's up |
| 22178s | they got to do it quick or else they're |
| 22179s | going to get teleported |
| 22181s | well title parts are incoming and that |
| 22183s | means it's over for the day tune in next |
| 22186s | week we're gonna get more Alliance |
| 22188s | tournament action me and basil will |
| 22189s | become sitting alongside uh Wingnut and |
| 22192s | zoo and of course uh moderator and uh |
| 22195s | Alexa and with that we're going to send |
| 22197s | it to the desk for the final time today |
| 22199s | take it away boys |
| 22212s | [Music] |
| 22239s | foreign |
| 22268s | together |
| 22278s | foreign |
| 22289s | [Music] |
| 22295s | there we are pay for numbers taking that |
| 22298s | Victory and that is the last match of |
| 22300s | the day so they move forward they |
| 22301s | survive another match and we will see |
| 22303s | them again next weekend we started today |
| 22305s | I started yesterday with 32 teams uh 14 |
| 22308s | of them have been sent home as losers 18 |
| 22312s | remain all competing for the uh the |
| 22315s | grand prize of winning the alliance |
| 22317s | tournament uh how have you guys enjoyed |
| 22320s | the the show today |
| 22322s | I've enjoyed it a ton it's been really |
| 22324s | girthy |
| 22325s | [Laughter] |
| 22327s | yes it has been quite good I have |
| 22330s | enjoyed uh every single moment of it |
| 22331s | actually |
| 22332s | fantastic right well it is a time for us |
| 22335s | to say goodbye and we will see you next |
| 22337s | week for uh weekend two of the alliance |
| 22340s | tournament here all the way from the |
| 22342s | event studios in uh Sunny Nottingham UK |
| 22345s | uh stuck around we're going to raid some |
| 22347s | Channel and uh yeah look forward to more |
| 22349s | explosions next week |