Okay guys, Apex was a great tournament but I´d like to point out some stuff. I hear a lot of stuff like what if Mango made it into GF finals he would have ***** Armada blablabla.
Mango promised to play his absoulte best and going try-hard again. What happened? He lost 2 sets to M2k. Why? Because M2k outplayed him. A lot of people underestimate how much of a difference it is to actually play the matchup in the current metagame. Mango doesnt play matchups. His style worked in 09 but this is 13. He gotta step it up or hes never gonna place top 2 consistently again. M2k in contrary does play matchups. And he plays them very well. A lot of standard stuff, baits, very good coverage in the edgeguard. This tourney was definately one of M2ks bigger successes altough I think its sad he didnt make it into grand finals. He had it coming.
Also there is no way Mango could beat Armada. Armada optimized the Fox and the Falco matchup and if theres ever gonna be an upset like Armada gets sent into LB its not by either one of those two.
Hungrybox. I dont really know why hes showing the sad man on the stream. I honestly think he discarded his dignity there and I think thats very pathetic. Okay I have to admit its an emotional situation but here are the reason why I still think its inappropriate: HB plays Puff a very broken and gay character. I dont see why he didnt deserve his dreams of becoming the Apex champ being shattered like glasses when hes obviously doing the some thing with great players like for example Shroomed or Overtriforce. Do they cry on stream? No. What is more, Hungrybox can be very happy to make it this far. Leffen had the set but risked too much and in the end Hungrybox pulled out the gayest stuff ever. He should also be mentally prepared to lose against Armada and Mango since they are a lot better. I also think Overtriforce and Leffen are better but thats a different theory.
Dr Peepee looked really helpless this tournament. His Falco got destroyed by multiple people and with Armada leading the way. Like I said before there is no way on earth that a Falco or Fox can beat Armada. He has perfected the matchup. However there is a chance that a Marth can overwhelm Armada. Since PP is not a bad of a player Armada actually takes a bit longer than usual to adapt to the new situation. The problem again is also the NTSC difference. He dropped the 3rd match in set 2 only because he got spiked. Wouldnt have happened in PAL and so it would be a clean 3-0. That just shows how much of a sick monster Armada is. He drops the first set due to adaption and ***** the second set. Peepee had a good surprise moment here because Marth-Peach is a horrible matchup for Armada. Marth has so many things to counter Peach and PP is not dumb either.
These were just a few things I wanted to clarify. Actually I think its very cool that so many people pulled out their secondaries because they knew they would get 3-0ed otherwise. It made the tournament much more versatile. And I also want you to finally realize that nobody is ever gonna beat Armada anytime soon. You still bring some johns for mango and act like hes the best. I was telling from Genesis 1 on that Armada is the best and I wasnt wrong.
Mango promised to play his absoulte best and going try-hard again. What happened? He lost 2 sets to M2k. Why? Because M2k outplayed him. A lot of people underestimate how much of a difference it is to actually play the matchup in the current metagame. Mango doesnt play matchups. His style worked in 09 but this is 13. He gotta step it up or hes never gonna place top 2 consistently again. M2k in contrary does play matchups. And he plays them very well. A lot of standard stuff, baits, very good coverage in the edgeguard. This tourney was definately one of M2ks bigger successes altough I think its sad he didnt make it into grand finals. He had it coming.
Also there is no way Mango could beat Armada. Armada optimized the Fox and the Falco matchup and if theres ever gonna be an upset like Armada gets sent into LB its not by either one of those two.
Hungrybox. I dont really know why hes showing the sad man on the stream. I honestly think he discarded his dignity there and I think thats very pathetic. Okay I have to admit its an emotional situation but here are the reason why I still think its inappropriate: HB plays Puff a very broken and gay character. I dont see why he didnt deserve his dreams of becoming the Apex champ being shattered like glasses when hes obviously doing the some thing with great players like for example Shroomed or Overtriforce. Do they cry on stream? No. What is more, Hungrybox can be very happy to make it this far. Leffen had the set but risked too much and in the end Hungrybox pulled out the gayest stuff ever. He should also be mentally prepared to lose against Armada and Mango since they are a lot better. I also think Overtriforce and Leffen are better but thats a different theory.
Dr Peepee looked really helpless this tournament. His Falco got destroyed by multiple people and with Armada leading the way. Like I said before there is no way on earth that a Falco or Fox can beat Armada. He has perfected the matchup. However there is a chance that a Marth can overwhelm Armada. Since PP is not a bad of a player Armada actually takes a bit longer than usual to adapt to the new situation. The problem again is also the NTSC difference. He dropped the 3rd match in set 2 only because he got spiked. Wouldnt have happened in PAL and so it would be a clean 3-0. That just shows how much of a sick monster Armada is. He drops the first set due to adaption and ***** the second set. Peepee had a good surprise moment here because Marth-Peach is a horrible matchup for Armada. Marth has so many things to counter Peach and PP is not dumb either.
These were just a few things I wanted to clarify. Actually I think its very cool that so many people pulled out their secondaries because they knew they would get 3-0ed otherwise. It made the tournament much more versatile. And I also want you to finally realize that nobody is ever gonna beat Armada anytime soon. You still bring some johns for mango and act like hes the best. I was telling from Genesis 1 on that Armada is the best and I wasnt wrong.
