TaFoKiNtS
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The MLG Qualifiers continued last weekend in France with Republic of Fighters 3. Super Smash Brothers Melee boasted 198 entrants, with top players from all over Europe participating. Recently sponsored VGBC|aMSa made an appearance thanks to a donation drive and was sure to not disappoint his fans. Regular top placers such as CT EMP Armada, Leffen, Ice, Overtriforce, Jeapie, Zghetto, and Amsah were in attendance as well as several other strong lesser-known Europeans.
RoF3 was especially important due to the MLG Qualifier points offered for placing high in the tournament. The player who won the tournament would be guaranteed a spot in the MLG Final Bracket and players who finished 2nd or 3rd would likely have than enough points to earn a spot as well.
In Day 1, bracket pools narrowed the field from 198 players down to a field of 96. Day 2 featured another round of bracket pools to further reduce the field to 32 into the final bracket. The final bracket featured several high-profile matches right away, demonstrating the depth of talent present in Europe. Jeapie, an exciting Falcon main, ran through Sheik giants OverTriforce and Amsah in winners before succumbing to Ice. VGBC | aMSa went on an impressive run in Winner's Bracket, defeating porc, Va, and Zgetto before losing to Armada in Winner's Semis. Although the score between Armada and VGBC|aMSa went 3-0 in Armada's favor, the matches were all very close. On the other side of the bracket, Leffen defeated Ice soundly, even pulling off a 3-stock victory in one of the matches.
Leffen and Armada met again in winner's finals. Historically, Armada has had Leffen's number, consistently beating him until Beast 4 earlier this year. This time around Armada would surprise everyone by picking Fox instead of his usual Peach to counter Leffen's Fox. With his strong play, Armada proved that his Fox was no slouch, finding more openings and stringing together longer punishes than Leffen. Armada would win 3-0, earning himself a spot in Grand Finals.
Meanwhile in loser's, it was all about the Yoshi phenom, VGBC| aMSa, who would go on to defeat Overtriforce and Ice in the Sheik matchup, which is widely considered to be in Sheik's favor. VGBC | aMSa would go on to play Leffen in Loser's finals, but ended up falling short in a close 5 game nail biter. Leffen's adaptations and prolific use of Fox's U-Tilt into U-Air combo strings proved too much for aMSa to handle.
Grand finals would feature a rematch of Winner's Finals between Leffen and Armada in another series of Fox dittos. This time the roles would be reversed. Leffen made some significant adjustments to his fundamental strategy, opting to play more defensive and forcing Armada to take the initiative in the neutral game. This approach left Armada flustered and very open to counter-approaches. Leffen would repeatedly capitalize on these openings with a strong tech chase game, up-smashes, and edgeguards. Leffen ended up winning in dominant fashion, with a 6-0 performance over his long-time rival to win RoF3 and a spot in the MLG Anaheim Final Bracket.
Republic of Fighters 3 was the 7th MLG Qualifier. With two more qualifiers left, who will end up with those coveted spots in the final bracket? The MLG action will continue next weekend in California with Pat's House.
Tafokints is a Socal Sheik Player, blogger, and TO
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In Day 1, bracket pools narrowed the field from 198 players down to a field of 96. Day 2 featured another round of bracket pools to further reduce the field to 32 into the final bracket. The final bracket featured several high-profile matches right away, demonstrating the depth of talent present in Europe. Jeapie, an exciting Falcon main, ran through Sheik giants OverTriforce and Amsah in winners before succumbing to Ice. VGBC | aMSa went on an impressive run in Winner's Bracket, defeating porc, Va, and Zgetto before losing to Armada in Winner's Semis. Although the score between Armada and VGBC|aMSa went 3-0 in Armada's favor, the matches were all very close. On the other side of the bracket, Leffen defeated Ice soundly, even pulling off a 3-stock victory in one of the matches.
Leffen and Armada met again in winner's finals. Historically, Armada has had Leffen's number, consistently beating him until Beast 4 earlier this year. This time around Armada would surprise everyone by picking Fox instead of his usual Peach to counter Leffen's Fox. With his strong play, Armada proved that his Fox was no slouch, finding more openings and stringing together longer punishes than Leffen. Armada would win 3-0, earning himself a spot in Grand Finals.
Meanwhile in loser's, it was all about the Yoshi phenom, VGBC| aMSa, who would go on to defeat Overtriforce and Ice in the Sheik matchup, which is widely considered to be in Sheik's favor. VGBC | aMSa would go on to play Leffen in Loser's finals, but ended up falling short in a close 5 game nail biter. Leffen's adaptations and prolific use of Fox's U-Tilt into U-Air combo strings proved too much for aMSa to handle.
Grand finals would feature a rematch of Winner's Finals between Leffen and Armada in another series of Fox dittos. This time the roles would be reversed. Leffen made some significant adjustments to his fundamental strategy, opting to play more defensive and forcing Armada to take the initiative in the neutral game. This approach left Armada flustered and very open to counter-approaches. Leffen would repeatedly capitalize on these openings with a strong tech chase game, up-smashes, and edgeguards. Leffen ended up winning in dominant fashion, with a 6-0 performance over his long-time rival to win RoF3 and a spot in the MLG Anaheim Final Bracket.
Republic of Fighters 3 was the 7th MLG Qualifier. With two more qualifiers left, who will end up with those coveted spots in the final bracket? The MLG action will continue next weekend in California with Pat's House.
Tafokints is a Socal Sheik Player, blogger, and TO
Follow him on Twitter @
TaFoKiNtS
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