CW Summary (S31 - Day 9):
Opti start strong, finish weak. Knyte close gap despite low games. TLA make it a threesome.312 participants. 56 more than yesterday. 163 for the Top 5. 18 more than yesterday.
Myth Busters vs OptimumMB - 22 wins (-22 rating)
Opti - 24 wins (+26 rating)
Opti finish the 3rd slot with a 14-3 record. They also had a perfect 7/7 on the 5th slot. They close the gap to MB from 17 to 15. But they’re running out of time here. They need to tear a chunk out of that lead soon or it’ll slowly slip further and further toward impossibility.
MB are responsible for 8/10 of Opti’s losses today. On the last slot they sweep Opti in a 4 games showdown on SE1W. This is the 3rd day in a row that they have beaten Opti head to head. They played 37 games today. The best turnout since Prime played 38 on Day 1.
MB vs Opti games:
MB win 8.
Opti win 6.
Knyte vs PrimeKnyte - 20 wins (+43 rating)
Prime - 18 wins (+10 rating)
Prime throw 14 Frogs at the first slot. Only 4 come home victorious. Above average slots for the rest of the day allow Prime to finish with a 50% win rate and match their daily average when the dust settles.
Knyte exceed yesterday’s score after only 15 games. They had a perfect 4th slot, winning 8/8 games. But the Knytes finish with 5 less games played than Prime. They may close the gap by 2 today, but they simply cannot compete with Prime in the long term when they lack the overall participation.
On most slots Prime and Knyte avoid each other. This is due to the rating difference between them now. Well, more accurately, it’s all the clans that have a rating slightly above Prime’s and in between Prime and Knyte’s. Prime have to take a few leftover matchups with MH and TLA, then so through all the Mothers and Harmonisers before the pair up with Knyte. As such, there are on 5 games between them today.
Knyte vs Prime games:
Knyte win 1.
Prim win 3.
Harmony have an above average day. 13/25 games. They increase their rating by 12 points.
Midfield BattleAnother bad day for MH. Just 3 wins from 15 games allows LFA to catch up as they win 5/9.
But LFA aren’t the only clan to close the gap, as TLA win a staggering 11 out of 14 games today, drawing level with the other two.
A bad day for the M’Ship. They win just 2/13 games today and drop down in 10th.
Perfection Inspection!Blobblob gets a lucky boot win. We take those.
Matutake won on SE1W vs Sapk from Harmony. He put himself in a very bad position with bad picks. Sapk wen’t all in on Brazil first move. Correct. But then on T2 he decides to lower the troop count with taps. Incorrect. The winning move was to build a stack on Brazil and slow capture Oceania. By tapping down he allows Matutake a successful double team to take Brazil on T3, which woulf eliminated him from the region and give ‘Take free expansion. So on T3 Sapk must dodge the double team, which he does, but it gives ‘Take counter-play as he can now hold the chokepoint long enough to take Europe. ‘Take takes Europe, can’t hold it, pivots for SA, turns it into a SA vs Oceania game, successfully blocks Europe and defends Brazil, builds a big enough stack on Brazil to focus on making his way over to Oceania and break it.
Summary: ‘Take makes bad picks and dodges a huge bullet when his opponent blunders the win.
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=34345111Karlstadt lost. He wanted to go for North Africa and win the game in 2 turns, but he should have known he couldn’t get there first and play it more patiently. After losing the rat race, instead of beelining the critical position of Middle East, he decides the best place to run with his commander is the middle of nowhere in North Asia, giving his opponent Africa for free.
Summary: Karl gets overeager, loses the early clash and plays the rest of the game like he’s been flashbanged.
https://www.warzone.com/MultiPlayer?GameID=34343705Top 5 RankingsMyth Busters - 213
Optimum - 198
Prime - 154
knyte club - 138
Harmony - 106
Edited 5/10/2023 07:41:37
