Squeaking Through: Alliance Tournament 6 Week 2
Well, as I predicted, this week's fight was a tough one for us. I didn't take part this time, and our captain was keeping our setup a pretty tight secret, so I was going into it almost like any other spectator. CCP is offering all this week's fights in HD, as opposed to just the high quality YouTube of last week, so you might want to watch this one that way.
I heard people discussing a similar setup earlier in the week, and I have to admit I wasn't sure how it would fare. The problem with putting all our firepower in four battleships is that it makes them more vulnerable to electronic warfare, as there's fewer targets for the enemy to spread their EW to. The big difference between the setup I had been told about and this one is the addition of the assault frigates instead of an Oneiros logistics cruiser, which could have been used to boost the tracking of the battleships. I have to wonder if it wouldn't have been better to use that instead, since using the assault frigs to tackle makes them vulnerable (and leads to quick early deaths, unfortunately).
It was a disappointing loss; obviously, we think things could have gone better, and after the fight some people were thinking about mistakes they made. All in all, though, we had a good match against a very tough opponent, and we managed to kill enough ships to advance to the next stage. They released the standings today, and we're currently placed 23rd, which isn't great, but considering the fight we drew this week, I'm not going to complain.
Unfortunately, next week things aren't going to be letting up at all. Our match next week is going to be against the Fifth Alliance Tournament's champions Ev0ke, who coincidentally beat us in the first match of the elimination round. I'd say it was a grudge match if there was actually a grudge, but the truth of the matter is that I don't think we really have anything against them -- it's just a frustrating coincidence. We fully expect they will bring their A-game and that's going to make it real tough for us to win, but I think we still have a chance if we can come up with something to surprise them.
Regardless of what happens, it'll be hard for anyone to deny that we've been a major contender in this tournament; we'll have fought two of the best teams in the tourney at the very least, and even Veni Vidi Vici are no slouches, having made it into the elimination round themselves.
For the this weekend's matches, make sure you check out CCP's YouTube channel. I think my personal favorite this weekend was The Kadeshi vs. RUR, which pitted an all-Sansha setup against a fleet of Caldari Navy Caracals, and really just went down to the wire.
It was a disappointing loss; obviously, we think things could have gone better, and after the fight some people were thinking about mistakes they made. All in all, though, we had a good match against a very tough opponent, and we managed to kill enough ships to advance to the next stage. They released the standings today, and we're currently placed 23rd, which isn't great, but considering the fight we drew this week, I'm not going to complain.
Unfortunately, next week things aren't going to be letting up at all. Our match next week is going to be against the Fifth Alliance Tournament's champions Ev0ke, who coincidentally beat us in the first match of the elimination round. I'd say it was a grudge match if there was actually a grudge, but the truth of the matter is that I don't think we really have anything against them -- it's just a frustrating coincidence. We fully expect they will bring their A-game and that's going to make it real tough for us to win, but I think we still have a chance if we can come up with something to surprise them.
Regardless of what happens, it'll be hard for anyone to deny that we've been a major contender in this tournament; we'll have fought two of the best teams in the tourney at the very least, and even Veni Vidi Vici are no slouches, having made it into the elimination round themselves.
For the this weekend's matches, make sure you check out CCP's YouTube channel. I think my personal favorite this weekend was The Kadeshi vs. RUR, which pitted an all-Sansha setup against a fleet of Caldari Navy Caracals, and really just went down to the wire.
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