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Enguard & Alumni
Join Date: Sep 2011
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kinda off topic and this is only relevant to the idevice side of the GST (because nothing can really change drastically in mixed), but i don't think most people realize that there's kind of a meta shift going on where for the first time in a long time delayers don't feel inherently stronger than everyone else for the GST it doesn't have anything to do with delay or sparring though, it's the fact that everyone is using discord now and communication is the #1 most important thing in the tournament format, and if you're a delayer then there's a pretty good chance that english isn't your first language, you aren't fluent, or you don't speak it at all 2013-2014 was "push/make a wall" when people saw how strong it was for alumni mixed 2015-2016 was when full-delay teams came around and started using the timer every match 2017-now, the best teams are the ones that are communicating properly through voice on discord so, right now i think a lot of delayers who have won GSTs (jack sparrow, pkun, sugar, mood) would not be very strong or do well in the current GST environment because they aren't able to communicate with the team in ways that others can, and as a result of that australians and western europeans are especially good (delay+can communicate properly) and non-delayers (people like kicko, mex, crime, noss, super, etc.) are capable of doing pretty well |
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Banned
Join Date: May 2015
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One of dens teammates was publicly exposing den for going 1:2 vs NC this gst, he’s a major weak link lol. Also who the **** is “kayo” ik you trolling, i just find it funny to make you look like more of an idiot |
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Nowhere
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Sith is basically SLX and SLX has placed 2nd multiple times only to be defeated by ALumni (And even Northern sign) members. They won once cuz Alumni took pity over these SLX members (which they've tried to win the gst for 6+ years). Additionally, tykian is not someone you'd expect to place regularly.
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Also keep in mind the facts here (mex showed up day b4 gst this season, and both him and shadz had roxas as a teammate who suicides every time he gets hit.) As for denny, i watched the footage and the only full match that was available, he went 6-6 so its hard to believe he went 0-6 the match before. There's no way youre telling me a team with kicko-denny-luna-mex-shadz-cally-kayo unrusted wouldn't win vs the actual 7ives team. I think honestly replacing cally for deus would improve the team as well. 7ives has won a lot of gsts but no ones unbeatable... no way you can actually tell me (without trolling) that 7ives (only missing sarah with kosiris as replacement) who lost to nimbus crew (has kicko, luna, mex, on that team already and then adding denny/shadz imrpoves it) |
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 76
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den never does good when it matters most idk why people think hes good and roxas doesnt suicide after every hit, he abuses blink like me and rushes towards or behind the opponents wall to get free hits. its a risky style but when i do it properly i get massive hits and have won the gst doing it. i think it also helps to have someone else doing it with u, which is why super and i had an easy time destroying everyone a couple gsts ago |
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Banned
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 934
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@westbrick, you can’t, nor will you ever relate to going undefeated for a year straight and still care about winning lol. Imo the only team that would have a chance against active 7ives is: Shiden, Noss, Kicko, Kouji, Fro, Yui, & Crime/Mex/NF. A mixture of people who can push and preserve health. Most dev teams are 5 people back peddling and this never works, you need offence as seen in these dev finals. P sure only teams that Noss has been on have beat the Sarah+Abood duo |
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Enguard & Alumni
Join Date: Sep 2011
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might have been vs. sarah/abood sometime after that but i dunno what guild they were using |
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