I guess it's time to continue the opponent analysis..
Group 3: Within a shot
Boldly Going Nowhere, Dreylin, Elkad, Mr. Cairo, OT4E & Chumcu, Spacetyrantxenu, WilliamLP, 2metraninja
Ok, good stuff. I think the group 3 is kind of statement of how high quality game PB38 should or at least could be. My reasoning is that given a good start and some positive events, most of these guys have the capabilities to win this game.
BGN surely could have been ranked in the previous group alone for his strong performance in PB18. I just felt at that time that he should have made even more out of his position so here we go. We definitely underestimated BGN in our PB18 pre-game forecasts, apparently he has to prove us wrong again.
I guess you have to mention Xenu almost in the same sentence as his brother. If my memory serves me right, xenu has showcased a lot of skill in older RB games, but has been quite unlucky in some of those. Well, in the end only results matter, but I would not be surprised if xenu performs a lot better than most expect.
OT4E is another player that could well be assigned into a stronger group. I remember seeing some weedish things that made me think that he is not so strong when he started playing more at RB and this is visible in this ranking. However, OT4E just won PB36 with TBS, Gavagai, GermanJoey plaing. That must have been a strong performance and it would really be foolish to underestimate OT4E. I don’t much of his teammate Chumchu.
WilliamLP has to be considered a sort of a solid vet at this point. Solid in PB13. Solid in PB18. I guess something (aggression, micro execution, I don’t know?) has still separated him from competing truly for the win, but above average finishes in those big games mean that a lot of good things are happening in WLPs play.
2metra is another vet, who has moved from CFC to RB grounds. I’m not an expert re 2metra’s games, but many things that I said about WilliamLP also apply here. Solid play, but typically the pace is a bit lacking the top players.
I can’t say that I know too much about the rest of the guys in this group: Dreylin, Mr. Cairo and Elkad. I probably have the most expactations of Cairo as he has won a Pitboss game here, but overall I’m expecting solid, but not mind-blowing performances from these guys.
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As a summary, I have so far mentioned 16 players, who all should be good players and most of them have a real chance of winning this pitboss. Is it too bold to state that this will be the MP game with the highest skill level ever to be played on RB? Or anywhere ever in the history of the civ4 universe?
Group 3: Within a shot
Boldly Going Nowhere, Dreylin, Elkad, Mr. Cairo, OT4E & Chumcu, Spacetyrantxenu, WilliamLP, 2metraninja
Ok, good stuff. I think the group 3 is kind of statement of how high quality game PB38 should or at least could be. My reasoning is that given a good start and some positive events, most of these guys have the capabilities to win this game.
BGN surely could have been ranked in the previous group alone for his strong performance in PB18. I just felt at that time that he should have made even more out of his position so here we go. We definitely underestimated BGN in our PB18 pre-game forecasts, apparently he has to prove us wrong again.
I guess you have to mention Xenu almost in the same sentence as his brother. If my memory serves me right, xenu has showcased a lot of skill in older RB games, but has been quite unlucky in some of those. Well, in the end only results matter, but I would not be surprised if xenu performs a lot better than most expect.
OT4E is another player that could well be assigned into a stronger group. I remember seeing some weedish things that made me think that he is not so strong when he started playing more at RB and this is visible in this ranking. However, OT4E just won PB36 with TBS, Gavagai, GermanJoey plaing. That must have been a strong performance and it would really be foolish to underestimate OT4E. I don’t much of his teammate Chumchu.
WilliamLP has to be considered a sort of a solid vet at this point. Solid in PB13. Solid in PB18. I guess something (aggression, micro execution, I don’t know?) has still separated him from competing truly for the win, but above average finishes in those big games mean that a lot of good things are happening in WLPs play.
2metra is another vet, who has moved from CFC to RB grounds. I’m not an expert re 2metra’s games, but many things that I said about WilliamLP also apply here. Solid play, but typically the pace is a bit lacking the top players.
I can’t say that I know too much about the rest of the guys in this group: Dreylin, Mr. Cairo and Elkad. I probably have the most expactations of Cairo as he has won a Pitboss game here, but overall I’m expecting solid, but not mind-blowing performances from these guys.
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As a summary, I have so far mentioned 16 players, who all should be good players and most of them have a real chance of winning this pitboss. Is it too bold to state that this will be the MP game with the highest skill level ever to be played on RB? Or anywhere ever in the history of the civ4 universe?