2012 Greater Toronto Regional West

[Duncan Macdonald]

Originally Posted by Bongle

3161 and 3683 last week were on the same alliance (combined alliance OPR: 57, compared to 1114/2056 with 63), and were taken out by the #6 alliance (combined alliance OPR: 20ish) in the quarterfinals. Despite me being the OPRNet maintainer, I gotta say OPR isn't everything.

There's a reason we still play the matches

[lemiant]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

I'm a little surprised 1114 didnt decline 3161 because of their elims performance suffering from defense.

I think they did it to gain an advantage over 2056. In my mind they would have had a better alliance with 188, but they accepted 3161 so that 2056 wouldn't get them. Good call? We'll find out.

[Azores]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

I'm having a hard time with 2056 declining 1241 from so low. I think the previous commenter is correct, they're playing with fire.

I'm a little surprised 1114 didnt decline 3161 because of their elims performance suffering from defense.

We didn't go into selections without any kind of discussion about who we wanted, you know...

[bam-bam]

Originally Posted by Nick Lawrence

It looks like 2056 built themselves a 2 wide bot alliance.

Guess they're gonna score like mad then triple balance. it could take them to the finals.

-Nick

Just triple balanced. 2056 sent 2200 to play defense and had 4001 act as a deadweight.

[Bongle]

Originally Posted by Duncan Macdonald

There's a reason we still play the matches

To produce the OPR matrices, right?

[Racer26]

I'm fully aware that strong teams like 3161, 1114, and 2056 all have lots of strategy and discussions. I've watched them all play for the last 10 years, and have gained a pretty good handle on strategy. I can usually predict picks and declines with a reasonable level of accuracy. I'm a little surprised by a few decisions here is all, including 188's pick of us.

[Racer26]

SF2.1... Shouldnt 1241 have gotten 49pt penalty for interfering with the blue alliances triple?

[Bongle]

The feed died. HELP! We just noticed that 1241/907's alliance won a match against 2056 and want to watch.

Edit: back, thanks 2200!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

SF2.1... Shouldnt 1241 have gotten 49pt penalty for interfering with the blue alliances triple?

Actually, that's a Red Card on top of the T-foul and balanced bridge if balancing is interfered with.

I didn't see the match, so I can't comment either way. Though I would guess that someone might be asking the ref anyway.

[George Nishimura]

Stream is back. I didn't see the alleged interfering, was there a call?

[Racer26]

Youtube.com/watchfirstnow probably has a recording of it up

[George Nishimura]

EDIT:
It's 2056 vs 1114!

Not to be disrespectful to the other teams, it's actually 3161/1114/2634 vs 2056/4001/2200. 1st vs 6th.

I haven't watched Canada too carefully, but I think any qualification matches between 2056 and 1114 has gone 1114's way, and they are the stronger alliance, have a slightly more consistent triple and a better auto. However, 2200 and 4001 have played some great defence in the semis, so they might pose a threat that the 1st seed haven't seen before.

I'm looking forward to it.

[fox46]

This is going to be an incredible final round!

[GCentola]

Originally Posted by fox46

This is going to be an incredible final round!

Defintiely! I think this has been something we have all been waiting for. 1114 and 2056 split, and then end up against each other. Will 2056's record be toppled?

[basicxman]

Finals are happening at GTR West right now! Join over 400 viewers at http://watchfirstnow.com

3161/1114/907 vs 2056/2200/4001