Top ten at Apex 2013 predictions.

[Zoler]

The thing is, Beat is (quite wisely) considering the possibility that he'll lose the bet, which shows a (tiny) lack of confidence. At least, I think that's the joke Novi was making; not sure why that means he can't read.

I considered the fact that the money will probably be sent beforehand to a third party to keep the money. This won't be possible if Beat doesn't have any money. If not I can understand what Novi meant.

 

[Beat!]

A principle of mine that I hold very firmly is that I don't bet money I don't have, regardless of circumstances. Never have, never will. If you want to call that lack of confidence, then sure.

And yeah, I get that it was partly a joke.

 

[Anand]

I considered the fact that the money will probably be sent beforehand to a third party to keep the money. This won't be possible if Beat doesn't have any money. If not I can understand what Novi meant.

Cool, I thought most of these bets didn't use a third party. I guess Europe is more sophisticated than the USA.

A principle of mine that I hold very firmly is that I don't bet money I don't have, regardless of circumstances. Never have, never will. If you want to call that lack of confidence, then sure.

And yeah, I get that it was partly a joke.

Yeah, bro, I said you were "quite wise"

 

[Beat!]

I'm not sure if a third party would be involved. I wouldn't mind either way, at least not with Battlecow, since I've done a bet with him before, so I know he's trustworthy.

 

[Battlecow]

Lol yeah good policy on the not-betting-what-you-don't-have, beat. I'd go even further and say that you shouldn't bet what you can't afford to lose, regardless of circumstances.

but yeah I'm down to act as a third party for bets if anyone trusts me or to take armada-losing bets from anyone or PP or mango winning bets with odds

 

[Yobolight]

M2K just won singles in Brawl and Melee and ProjectM yesterday, I'm telling yall he will be at least top ten.

 

[Blistering Speed]

I'd lost all hope of Mew2king performing well, with regard to both Brawl and Melee, at APEX, but his recent flurry of successful activity has me intrigued.

Predictions are largely useless until I see the bracket though.

EDIT: Also, Armada's probably (~80% positive) still winning. Person with the best chance of beating him is Hungrybox, but he'll guaranteed lose to PeePee or Mango, should they meet in bracket beforehand.

The only players I'd describe as "wildcards" (capable of potentially cracking the above four) are Mew2king, KirbyKaze and Javi (and, due to pretty insufficient data, I'm not certain I can call this one). That's literally it, IMO. Melee's skill gaps are dumb.

 

[Habefiet]

Predictions are largely useless until I see the bracket though.

This is why I avoided making conventional predictions as well.

How do the Road to Apex points work again? For example, are the "Big 4" will be seeded in such a way that we already know who's meeting who in Winner's Semis if none of them lose before then? Does Javi's placing from last year result in him getting a 4-seed? Etc. etc.

Someone should set up a betting pool once the bracket is up the night before bracket starts, I'd consider dropping a few bucks on it.

Blistering, I'd be interested in knowing why you feel HBox has the best chance v. Armada.

 

[Froggy]

The only players I'd describe as "wildcards" (capable of potentially cracking the above four) are Mew2king, KirbyKaze and Javi (and, due to pretty insufficient data, I'm not certain I can call this one). That's literally it, IMO. Melee's skill gaps are dumb.

After Axe's recent performances I could see him cracking top 4. Specifically I should say I could see him beating PP(Almost did it at kings of Cali), and I suppose the same thing applies to Shroomed.

 

[voorhese]

I am writing a formal apology for forget about hax;

soz mang

-voorhese

Now one for axe;

I am done making predictions now.....

 

[Jiv]

I'd like to bet somebody like 3-5 dollars javi will outpace armada.

 

[Ripple]

I'll take that bet

 

[Jiv]

Ok how does this work? I won't be attending apex, so do we just pay pal when it happens?

Also, I'll bet you 5

 

[Ripple]

agreed. paypal is good.

 

[Jiv]

And I'll bet somebody another 5 mango will also outpace armada

 

[stelzig]

Jiv: Why are you giving money away?

 

[Jiv]

The mango bet is so I can cover my 5 in case of the event javi doesn't outpace armada. Mango will f*** armada up.

Raise me if you're so sure

 

[VoiD-]

If they do seed the big four, I think the fairest pairings based on performance would be Armada(1) v Hbox(4) and Mango(probably 2) v PP(probably 3) in winners.

I hope they don't do it strictly based on qualifier points, though it seems like that might be what's implied from the site (no complete description of the system yet, though). Armada should clearly be seeded first but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be if it's just off point totals. Maybe they'll be adjusted in some way to account for number of tournaments attended.

 

[Landry]

If they do seed the big four, I think the fairest pairings based on performance would be Armada(1) v Hbox(4) and Mango(probably 2) v PP(probably 3) in winners.

Meh, I don't really like that at all. We've seen those two matchups so often. Lets see Mango v Armada and PP v HBox or even Mango v HBox and PP v Armada.

 

[Alex Strife]

you can't seed based on what you want to see. You seed based on who is the best and worst.

 

[Landry]

you can't seed based on what you want to see. You seed based on who is the best and worst.

Yeah... I know. But of course that is subjective. How exactly do the qualifier points work? Based on the amount of Road to Apex events in the US I would assume that PP and Mango probably both have more qualifier points than Armada. Unless Armada automatically gets #1 seed as the defending champ or whatever.

 

[iRobinhoood]

Can someone post example commentary of who will be commentating at Apex 2013?

 

[Dr Peepee]

Alex Strife:

what is seeding for me/hbox/armada/mango at apex?

I don't care if you seed me last, I am really just curious so I know how to prepare.

If you don't want to say in public then just private message me please.

 

[Strong Badam]

so long as kk doesn't play mango in semis like he does EVERY TOURNAMENT we'll be fine

 

[KrIsP!]

Kk armada. He seems confident

 

[Alex Strife]

We are seeding based on a mixture of the points and community members working on it. Points are primary but we will do other things secondary that will be considered.

I am not seeding though :D I always leave that to my staff.

 

[Landry]

KK vs Hbox would be good to see. Hbox would ****.

 

[Battlecow]

to be fair, we've seen pp-hbox a ton as well

 

[KrIsP!]

KK vs Hbox would be good to see. Hbox would ****.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EqbCZAtrA

 

[icyrvnd]

Armada vs Hungrybox
On game 1 the blind pick will be Armada with YL and Hbox with Falco in hopes to counter YL
Little does Hbox know, Armada trained his YL versus everything

get on my future-seeing level

 

[Grim Tuesday]

get on my future-seeing level

 

[MaNg0]

bracket should be seeded

me hbox m2k on one side


pp armada on other side


then u throw the people who think theyre good wherever u want


IMO


can throw kk on the pp side

s2j against armada or s2j against pp and kk against armada

javi against m2k


also i just made this bracket for best possible matches

and not whats fair exactly ~


notice hbox doesnt play anyone in the mango bracket

LMAOAOA


and since ive ***** everyone multiple times

ill just get winner of pp armada

 

[Charlesz]

bracket should be seeded

me hbox m2k on one side


pp armada on other side


then u throw the people who think theyre good wherever u want


IMO


can throw kk on the pp side

s2j against armada or s2j against pp and kk against armada

javi against m2k


also i just made this bracket for best possible matches

and not whats fair exactly ~


notice hbox doesnt play anyone in the mango bracket

LMAOAOA


and since ive ***** everyone multiple times

ill just get winner of pp armada

lolllllllll

 

[Dr Peepee]

you got this apex community members

(tell me when you guys find out please)

 

[iRobinhoood]

I enjoy the randomness of brackets with simple seedings. Predetermined mu's or bracket switching seems dumb. It's the luck of the draw with a bit of influence based on seedings.

 

[Jockmaster]

Luck of the draw is gay though, it can help people who aren't da bess fall *** backwards through the bracket to finals

 

[10th]

bracket should be seeded

me hbox m2k on one side


pp armada on other side


then u throw the people who think theyre good wherever u want


IMO


can throw kk on the pp side

s2j against armada or s2j against pp and kk against armada

javi against m2k


also i just made this bracket for best possible matches

and not whats fair exactly ~


notice hbox doesnt play anyone in the mango bracket

LMAOAOA


and since ive ***** everyone multiple times

ill just get winner of pp armada

Any predictions on who you think would win in those matchups you mentioned? PP/armada, KK/armada, KK/PP, s2j/armada, etc?

Edit: Besides you winning the whole thing of course #mangonation

 

[Strong Badam]

i really want to see kk vs armada =D

 

[Jockmaster]

I bet s2j would beat Armada

Book it

 

[t3h Icy]

I bet s2j would beat Armada

Book it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x-h8kdnnkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8t6YpddQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCJNxZeCAkM

Me too.