Week 9 Summary:
Well its Week 9 and one game ended this week, so we are going to keep this short and sweet. CORP beat BIA on 3v3 EU. There, that is literally the only thing to say.
I'm only joking, I can stretch this out. I got skills ;)
In my boredom I decided the it would be a good idea to list some random facts about the league so far. Enjoy!
NOTE: HUMOUR ALERT! Please do not read if you lack a sense of humour and are prone to fits of anger over jokes. Please consult your clan leader if reading this results in: spamming posts, heart attack, or death.
Number of Clans in Division C: 6
Number of Clan Dropouts before Season 8: 7 (Lu Fredd, AHoL, Yin Yang, Warlighters, BR, Darklords, AWF (technically AWF and Illuminati))
Games Completed: 140 (84.85%)
Number of Days without LEA win: 29
Number of CORP Boots: 17
Average Prediction for BIA: 5th place
Number of Spam Posts by Knyte: 68
Total Number of Spam Posts: Priceless
Number of Pages of M'Hunters drama in this thread: I CUT you if you make me go through that again!
Number of Posts about Hydra's "Disappointing Performance": At least 3, likely more
Player Interest in Division C: 0
Coffee?: Is it good for the soul?
Amount of time before I realized that I forgot about VS: Ummmmm......
Win Rate Analysis:
So, just thought I'd zero in on the individual game type win rates to see where clans are doing well and where clans are struggling:
- So we will start at the bottom with LEA. Team games have been a wall to them. No wins, and with only a few games left LEA may go winless on team games. Next, lets focus on the all clan's 2v2 win rates; 2v2s are a surprising clusterfuck. 5 clans have a positive win rate, you can thank LEA for propping the other clans up here, but no one is doing much better then the others.
- Next is CORP. 2v2s are CORP's lone bright spot this Clan League. Ox did say that 2v2s were where CORP would shine this season and he has been absolutely correct. The only tournament that CORP has a legitimate shot at winning right now is 2v2 ME (2v2 China is too early still). I expect more wins from 2v2s for CORP as the clan sputters to the finish line this season with poor 1v1 and 3v3 performances hampered by inactivity.
- 2v2s are Hydra's best performance but that is more a fact that neither 1v1s nor 3v3s went well this season. With 2v2 ME almost over for Hydra, the focus turns to 2v2 China and whether the clan will do closer to the clan's sweep of Final Earth or the bomb that has been 2v2 ME.
- BIA has done well on 1v1s and 2v2s with solid teams in all tournaments; but 3v3s are dragging them down right now. Though some wins are to be expected on 3v3 GL, the 3v3 win rate is probably at its lowest right now. 2v2 China, like for Hydra, will probably be the determining factor of which clan ends up in 3rd.
- I'm going to lump VS and M'Hunters together because I want to. Both are equal to or above the rest of the clans, particularly on 1v1s and 3v3s. The 3v3s are way out ahead of the rest of the clans. To me this is the largest factor of why M'Hunters and VS will promote. The other clans simply lack cohesive, experienced, and just good teams on 3v3s.
To all the clans regarding 3v3s, cohesion, experience and communication are key, without it you cannot succeed. So I'll let Yoda close this post off:
Edited 8/17/2016 17:21:35