Wow, I can't believe that this post didn't extist already, or are people discussing this elsewhere?
I need some gossiping about the sign-ups! There are very interesting and strong teams, but I am mostly surprised to see Heresy A with just 3 players (no bench), no 4th player (cool) for Vietnam, no Pike in finland (but zuppi as captain 11), no heart (his come back in tete was fake hype) and above all, China spliting his chances.
This is no longuer SY NC, where China A and China B could easily be top-4 and china C top 8. In this top tournament I feel that a good prepared China could compete seriously for the 3rd-4th spot, but splitting like they did should reduce their chances, in my opinion.
Mr_yo is top 3 player now, but in team games he is not as solid (mainly now, that China changed his main strategy from all walls and Mr Yo kills with mongols to cheesy strats and Mr Yo plays normal). He needs a team than plays for him as Suomi plays for theMax to shine. He has registered with Lyx and Paladin. 4years ago, this is top team for sure, but nowadays I'm ind of worried. Paladin is very good teamgame player and he has been active sinde the release of DE, but we have never seen him in a big tournament since SY NC, not counting HC3 qualif. As for Lyx... it's like throwing a coin to the air: 50 % best team player, 50% biggest titanic ever and 20 pop in min 20. I feel this can be a very good team if Paladin proves his level, but I don't see them beating Suomi, more like fighting Heresy A and Vietnam.
The other main Chinese team is vivi, Tim, jibatong and bad_koala (who is this). Like Frantic from ECL I guess. They could surprise me, but I don't see them as strong and maybe top 8 but not guaranteed, there are many strong players out there and I feel that vivi has been falling behind in the last years, or as Viper said about BacT: "is not that he hasn't been playing as strong as before, is that he hasn't improved as much as all the others and aggresive play is not being rewarded in DE".
Finally, I have a question to ask to you all: who do you think it is (will be) the strongest non-ECL team? I see Belgium+Daniel+Angelina very strong as well as heresy B
I need some gossiping about the sign-ups! There are very interesting and strong teams, but I am mostly surprised to see Heresy A with just 3 players (no bench), no 4th player (cool) for Vietnam, no Pike in finland (but zuppi as captain 11), no heart (his come back in tete was fake hype) and above all, China spliting his chances.
This is no longuer SY NC, where China A and China B could easily be top-4 and china C top 8. In this top tournament I feel that a good prepared China could compete seriously for the 3rd-4th spot, but splitting like they did should reduce their chances, in my opinion.
Mr_yo is top 3 player now, but in team games he is not as solid (mainly now, that China changed his main strategy from all walls and Mr Yo kills with mongols to cheesy strats and Mr Yo plays normal). He needs a team than plays for him as Suomi plays for theMax to shine. He has registered with Lyx and Paladin. 4years ago, this is top team for sure, but nowadays I'm ind of worried. Paladin is very good teamgame player and he has been active sinde the release of DE, but we have never seen him in a big tournament since SY NC, not counting HC3 qualif. As for Lyx... it's like throwing a coin to the air: 50 % best team player, 50% biggest titanic ever and 20 pop in min 20. I feel this can be a very good team if Paladin proves his level, but I don't see them beating Suomi, more like fighting Heresy A and Vietnam.
The other main Chinese team is vivi, Tim, jibatong and bad_koala (who is this). Like Frantic from ECL I guess. They could surprise me, but I don't see them as strong and maybe top 8 but not guaranteed, there are many strong players out there and I feel that vivi has been falling behind in the last years, or as Viper said about BacT: "is not that he hasn't been playing as strong as before, is that he hasn't improved as much as all the others and aggresive play is not being rewarded in DE".
Finally, I have a question to ask to you all: who do you think it is (will be) the strongest non-ECL team? I see Belgium+Daniel+Angelina very strong as well as heresy B