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| 8s | thank you |
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| 10s | good morning once again children the end |
| 13s | of term is fast approaching for this is |
| 15s | a British Academy and we don't deal in |
| 17s | such silly things as semesters but there |
| 19s | is still plenty of time for grades to be |
| 22s | improved 6 |
| 24s | ERS have once again stepped up competing |
| 26s | to be Head of the Class and to be the |
| 28s | Apple in the eye of your illustrious |
| 30s | demon headcaster subtle so please once |
| 33s | again put away your phones and take out |
| 36s | your textbooks unless of course you're |
| 39s | watching this on a phone in which case |
| 41s | probably keep your phone out |
| 45s | this is Lobby Legends graded |
| 48s | we begin with Japanese Hearthstone |
| 50s | Legend turned big name Battleground |
| 52s | streamer Matsuri who is taking another |
| 54s | run at Lobby Legends Glory we joined |
| 57s | Matsuri in game three of his day one |
| 60s | lobby after the first two games he is |
| 62s | languishing in F territory as he sits in |
| 65s | eighth place a full 4.5 points of the |
| 68s | needed qualifying position of fourth |
| 70s | being this far off Matsuri needs to play |
| 73s | for the win and so goes for a very |
| 75s | aggressive three-on-three leveling curve |
| 77s | however when faced with his quest Choice |
| 79s | many people Lorinda included expected |
| 82s | him to take ghastly Mask The greediest |
| 85s | Quest available as this game was |
| 86s | basically first or bust Matsuri instead |
| 89s | sticks with the easiest to complete |
| 91s | Quest parasol in this case and I really |
| 93s | like this line of thinking from Matsuri |
| 95s | a greedy quest with a way too high |
| 97s | requirement doesn't suddenly become good |
| 99s | just because you need to win he's |
| 102s | already taken an aggressive curve in |
| 103s | this position so using a Tempo quest to |
| 105s | stabilize makes a lot of sense even to |
| 108s | despite the counter Synergy it has with |
| 110s | his Illidan Europa this ends up working |
| 112s | out perfectly for Matsuri as with the |
| 115s | lobby makeup being as it is he correctly |
| 117s | predicts that most players will be |
| 119s | aiming for either Mech or beast based |
| 121s | Baron compositions with stolen gold or |
| 123s | else wise Illidan is excellent at |
| 126s | picking apart these strategies as with a |
| 127s | win Fury cleave up front you can quickly |
| 129s | Massacre their entire board before the |
| 132s | baron effect really has a chance to take |
| 134s | hold or multiply in the case of frogs |
| 136s | Matsuri knew he didn't need too much |
| 138s | extra help in this game and just played |
| 139s | aggressively for Tempo to win the game |
| 141s | by killing other players quickly |
| 143s | securing his spot on Sunday in a very |
| 146s | impressive game and so Matsuri |
| 149s | progresses through to day two very early |
| 151s | on he's presented with an interesting |
| 152s | set of dilemmas on hook Tusk While most |
| 155s | of this game consists of Matsuri hitting |
| 156s | the absolute nuts and just snowballing |
| 158s | to the wind this one crucial decision |
| 160s | does set it all in motion choosing to |
| 162s | Triple the shell collector and hold it |
| 163s | in hand achieves two things firstly the |
| 165s | ability to take a higher value triple by |
| 167s | leveling first but secondly and perhaps |
| 170s | more importantly holding three procs in |
| 172s | your hand for multiple different quests |
| 174s | such as play Naga or add X cards to your |
| 177s | hand something he eventually gets |
| 179s | rewarded for enormously without this |
| 181s | crucial decision The Snowball Effect |
| 182s | starts a whole turn later and picks up a |
| 185s | whole lot less snow or something I'm |
| 187s | gonna be honest I got lost in that |
| 189s | analogy very quickly regardless |
| 191s | matsuri's giant snowball quickly runs |
| 193s | over the lobby as he deals maximum |
| 195s | damage in almost every fight throughout |
| 197s | the entire game quickly taking down the |
| 200s | W with the I think it was the turn for |
| 202s | completion of the sticker stair with the |
| 204s | golden Battle Cry this is the |
| 207s | call that a clean |
| 209s | this basically |
| 214s | it's clear so it did to hit like six |
| 216s | times in order to even come close to |
| 218s | killing that way |
| 220s | 42 damage |
| 223s | finally a game that could have spelled |
| 225s | matsuri's ultimate downfall having a one |
| 228s | point up to five no means at his |
| 229s | disposal Matsuri makes the conventional |
| 231s | play of staying on four and just rolling |
| 233s | down Elementals old school wisdom tells |
| 236s | you the leveling to five would know me |
| 237s | is a waste because it introduces so many |
| 239s | more unwanted minions to the pool and |
| 241s | doesn't even increase your shot size |
| 242s | however in the car meta I'm a big |
| 244s | believer in the power of Leroy unmounted |
| 246s | Queen to supplement your comp and |
| 248s | without them you can even lose late game |
| 250s | battles to poison murlocs malgons or |
| 252s | other mounted heavy comps even with 200 |
| 255s | 200 Elementals this ends up happening in |
| 257s | this game with sleepy who played this |
| 259s | game from behind with just a single Nomi |
| 261s | but level to six and got hold of mantids |
| 264s | and full poison Matsuri had the lobby |
| 266s | and check this game so big decisions |
| 268s | being the difference between top four |
| 270s | and a win are huge here |
| 273s | special shout out to Sleepy this game as |
| 276s | well who's not being featured in the |
| 278s | episode but played an amazing game |
| 280s | starting out with Mama Bear CAD got |
| 282s | beasts and then transitioning through |
| 284s | Nomi Elementals eventually to hybrid |
| 286s | poison was beautifully executed there |
| 289s | was a wonderful Balancing Act behind the |
| 291s | whole game and I just wanted to shout it |
| 292s | out as one of my favorite games of the |
| 294s | time so a final verdict for Matsuri |
| 297s | clutch decision making on day one snuck |
| 300s | him into the finals he played to his |
| 302s | outs very well and hit them through most |
| 304s | of the tournament but perhaps cost |
| 306s | himself a victory through some timid |
| 309s | decision-making |
| 311s | I give it a B minus |
| 313s | we don't always feature the eventual |
| 315s | winner here on graded because they |
| 317s | usually get their fair share of |
| 318s | attention on the main broadcast but in |
| 320s | the case of say say who put up a |
| 323s | record-breaking performance in terms of |
| 325s | total points and had some fantastic |
| 326s | games in terms of decision making I |
| 329s | really have no choice |
| 331s | day number one game number three say is |
| 334s | on flurgo and finds himself in a spot |
| 336s | where he thinks he has the turn pretty |
| 338s | much wrapped up with 70 seconds left on |
| 340s | the turn timer however hitting two |
| 343s | additional Primal fin Lookouts from the |
| 345s | flug or hero power and the subsequent |
| 347s | Tad he ends up having to cram many more |
| 349s | actions than expected into the last 30 |
| 351s | seconds quick thinking and fast decision |
| 353s | making take over and he finds a very |
| 355s | happy middle ground selling out the |
| 357s | potential brand triple to pick up a few |
| 359s | more Buffs but stopping short of selling |
| 361s | out of his last brand to grab a final |
| 363s | Primal fin in shop this balance proves |
| 366s | perfect as he narrowly survives the |
| 369s | fight with a tie when being even |
| 371s | slightly weaker would have resulted in a |
| 373s | disaster at 12 hp promising early signs |
| 376s | from our eventual winner we accelerate |
| 379s | to day two and join say say on turn 11 |
| 382s | of a particular game with a nice looking |
| 384s | setup but also a conspicuous golden |
| 386s | hogger hanging out he finds the fourth |
| 389s | hogger on a final roll but due to our |
| 391s | free frankly amateurish Observer TJ |
| 393s | Sanders it's not a hundred percent clear |
| 395s | whether or not it's frozen in the final |
| 396s | seconds some murloc home style sleuthing |
| 399s | does find a fourth hogger in his hand a |
| 401s | couple of turns later but his position |
| 403s | is inconsistent with buying the one |
| 405s | shown here detective work aside in my |
| 407s | opinion the fourth hogger is the number |
| 409s | one thing that say say wanted this game |
| 411s | despite not being Pirates not having any |
| 413s | intention of being Pirates infinite gold |
| 415s | is still infinite gold and you can |
| 417s | theoretically use infinite gold to buy |
| 419s | any perfect composition you want in this |
| 422s | case uses abundant gold to get hold of |
| 425s | multiple perfect poison Divine Shield |
| 428s | amalgams hoarding toxins modules and |
| 431s | menaces until he can find a willing |
| 433s | recipient the execution on this term was |
| 435s | Flawless and the only debate in my mind |
| 437s | is the unsolvable mystery of whether the |
| 440s | turn 11 Hawker was frozen or not say |
| 443s | even manages to round things off |
| 444s | perfectly with a last minute zap Tech to |
| 447s | shut down that series attempted Leroy |
| 449s | counter play this was as they say a game |
| 452s | from our champion |
| 454s | and finally digging high and low for a |
| 458s | point of criticism this is the best I've |
| 461s | got and it's not even particularly |
| 462s | strong locked in a late game poison |
| 465s | Divine Shield battle with rimgosu say |
| 467s | say picks up a tunnel Blaster and I |
| 470s | don't really know why it doesn't seem to |
| 473s | achieve anything in the fight he's |
| 474s | facing and in my opinion probably cost |
| 476s | him odds in the fight overall so whether |
| 479s | it was just an attempted gimmick in a |
| 481s | fight he knew he lost otherwise or |
| 482s | whether it was a plan gone wrong or just |
| 484s | actually a mistake it's hard to know |
| 486s | regardless of the risk of making say say |
| 488s | out to be far too too much of a |
| 490s | teacher's pair this is the closest I |
| 492s | have to Serious criticism of his play |
| 494s | unless he skipped that hogger but we'll |
| 496s | never know and so to grade our champion |
| 500s | say accumulated a record points total |
| 504s | he won three different games on the |
| 507s | final day |
| 509s | but I really just want to know whether |
| 511s | or not he skipped that hogger |
| 513s | regardless it's an A-Plus the first one |
| 516s | ever |
| 518s | and so the Bell Chimes signaling the end |
| 521s | of another school day what did you think |
| 524s | of my grades did say say deserve the a |
| 526s | plus can you solve the mystery of |
| 529s | Schrodinger's hogger let me know in the |
| 531s | comments and don't forget of course to |
| 533s | subscribe to Hearthstone Esports on all |
| 535s | relevant channels to make sure you don't |
| 537s | miss any of the competitive action |
| 539s | remaining in the year thanks everyone |
| 541s | this has been graded take care |
| 547s | foreign |