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  • TWDTD 2011 Draft Review, or why TWDTD is going to suck this season

    So some of the regular caps like me and Draft decided to sit out this season, which resulted in Ease making his first return to TWDT captain after his awful team "Underground" from a few seasons ago. While it seems Ease may have fared alright, the same could not be said of many of the other captains today...

    At any rate, here's a quick breakdown of the warbird lineups - I'm not going to talk about other leagues, because they're terrible and I don't know anything about them.

    Baby Eater (Super Bozo)
    All I really know of Aura is that he's a baser, and he emo'd out on me like 3 seasons ago when I didn't add him over Dead_Rain in base or something. He went ahead and made great choices for his first three picks (Myth, vys, shayde), and then started making some random basing picks. Rounding out his warbird lineup appears to be badjob, high templar, rasaq, sir spider, and sirius.

    Likely starters: mythril, vys, rasaq, sir spider, ayn

    Notes: this is probably the winning team in warbird. mythril shows up to every game and is good enough to keep vys happy, and the other players are team-first types that can also push the pace. My only critique is lack of depth, and if Bozo can be quick in free agency, he can patch those holes up and field a solid 5 wbs every game.


    BONK! (Vehicle)
    Not much to say here, except that Zidane clearly wasn't going for warbird. I'm seeing Claushouse, Esau, and MM89 as the only people that can hold their own. Maybe he can pick up Sika and Scoop in FA...

    Likely starters: whoever asks to be added in wb


    Boner Soup (Jerome)
    Another team that doesn't seem to be focusing on wb, Jerome did pick up some good TWDT warbirds in Guero, Mattey, Poxy, Ricko, and Trasher. Again, not enough power or depth here unless he does something big in FA.

    Likely starters: whichever 5 show up


    Dun vs Me (Hulk)
    I always thought Hulk was like a younger, smarter version of i.d., cuz she actually plays well and doesn't draft people like Mikes and Caos who never show. Some nice picks here with Engineers, Riverside, Raazi, Turban, Unabled, Zagis, Iron Survivor, Rookie, and picking up Geio in trade for... Kira~yamato and Euforia. The same Kira who never showed last season and the same Euforia who had trouble keeping a 5-10 average in javs.

    Likely starters: Riverside, Engineers, Unabled, Turban, Geio

    Notes: Unabled might not be able to show every week, and Geio definitely won't be showing to a lot of games, but there's still enough depth with guys like Raazi and Zagis on this squad to play well, especially if Eng and Riv show to most games. You do have to wonder if last-spot LD playoffs Riverside or LD champ Riverside will show up, but either way, this team should be contending with Baby Eater for the top spot.


    Lemon Tree (Dral)
    Oh boy... let's list the damage here... Chuckle, Flop, Jaa, Joyrider, Wiibimbo, and um... Bietje. We had Geio but he pulled the "I have work on Sundays, I can't show" trick for the 5th straight season and forced his way off. Quote Dral: "I picked Chuckle first because he was 4 stars and should be higher". If the point of TWDT is to give newer players a chance to play against vets, this is the squad to do it on. Yep, Bietje was drafted before Engineers. Unless Dral is saving those points for Demonfaze and Fireballz, I don't see anything else that can buy this lineup a win.

    Likely starters: whoever has over a 1:1 ratio in pub 0


    Nimrook (Ease)
    Ease got burnt last time when he picked vys first... never again. He stuck with mostly his Thunder people again, and it should work out pretty well. Alphabetically, he's got beam, crimsonx, ease, jones, necromotic, oops, qpr, rainbow seeker, saetep, zizu, and zyphen, which probably makes this the deepest team and the one most likely to consistently show every week with a full lineup. He's got maketso and fludd in javs and the only two people left in the zone who seem to know how to play base jav (m_m and necro), and I figure he'll find some way to fill out his basing lineup.

    Likely starters: ease, crimsonx, jones, saetep, zyphen

    Notes: There's a lot of players on this team who can do well in wb, including beam, necromotic, oops, qpr, rainbow seeker, and zizu, and it just depends on who shows up. Ease is mad cocky so he'll probably sit a few games just so he doesn't risk his reputation on this nerdy draft league. This team should easily be in the top 3 for warbird.


    Calculus Crusaders (royst)
    Besides the terrible name and awful picks, royst actually came out with some decent players by the end... if they ever show up. From the top, ardour, burg, cres, keith, paska, skepsis, and spikey seems to be their birds.

    Likely starters: cres, keith, skepsis, spikey, ???

    Notes: lack. of. depth. if paska and burg ever show up, they should be solid additions to the lineup. I wasn't aware of the fact that ardour even played anymore. can cres finally live up to his self-awarded twld rookie of the year title?


    Reign (fahrenheit)
    Apok's always been considered a pretty popular player and typically known as one of the top warbirds in the zone for at least the last several years - the thing is, he doesn't squad with many people. Usually he's the cap of whatever squad he's on, and that squad is almost always exclusively warbird. The net result is that while he's known in name, not many people actually know the guy or know how he plays. The TWDT application is that he usually gets drafted by someone who overvalues him and expects Apok to carry an otherwise normal lineup. They always get burnt when he doesn't show up.

    Likely lineup: Apok, dak, a2m, spaceship, starweaver

    Notes: rednaz and demonic also capable. I can tell you already, apok is going to get mad at players like dak and demonic, when he starts getting triple teamed while his teammates are a full screen behind him lobbing shots. Still, one or two more active warbirds who can push the pace could make this a dark horse in twdtd.



    Eight teams, with 4 legitimate contenders for the TWDTD crown, 2 teams who didn't draft enough warbirds, 1 team that can go either way, and 1 team that doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell. I don't think we've ever seen this kind of imbalance in the past - maybe it's because we've lost a lot of the competitive warbirds of the last few years, and not as many have stepped up to fill the void - but either way, if the point of the league was to give more players a chance in organized 5v5, it's as good of a time as any.

    Keep in mind that weekday games are still in effect, and even if you don't get a chance to play in the early weeks, know that if you continue to show up, you will get your shot eventually!
    Last edited by tragiK; 09-04-2011, 10:29 PM.
    Gripe> apok is good but he's completely wasted his youth playing this game

  • #2
    Nice recap. Last part is very applicable too. Just ask Sir Spider about a few years back. Played like once during the regular season on a stacked Jaa wb line and ended up playing in every playoff game.
    When I stab you, you stay stabbed.

    T0MA> play like a man

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    • #3
      Originally posted by tragiK View Post
      And he better, because with a team full of guys like anzu, cape, gazo, and mega, they might not care enough to show up all the time.
      i drafted anzu, cape, gazo and megaman?
      NOSTALGIA IN THE WORST FASHION

      internet de la jerome

      because the internet | hazardous

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Jerome Scuggs View Post
        i drafted anzu, cape, gazo and megaman?
        oops, edited
        Gripe> apok is good but he's completely wasted his youth playing this game

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        • #5
          That game ended up not counting as well because of a bot issue, and the team basically didn't exist during replay week.
          GOD DAMMIT NAPPA

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          • #6
            Originally posted by tragiK View Post
            can cres finally live up to his self-awarded twld rookie of the year title?
            no

            edit:
            3:royst> so cres i have high expectations
            1:Rasaq> i scrub really hard with toilet paper so little pieces of it get stuck to my anus hair and then later on when im watching tv i like to pull them out slowly because it feels pretty good

            1:Mutalisk> heard that n1111ga okyo got some DSLs

            Paradise> No names but there's actually a black man in the arena right now.

            Jones> MAAAAN1111GA UCHIHA

            Paradise> NO NAMES. NOT A SINGLE NAME.....but 3/6 of the players on Force are of a certain descent. I will not go any further.

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            • #7
              i think the reason their are top warbird teams and then teams that just blow ass is because of the 8 caps or however many there are, theres like 2 or 3 caps that know ANYTHING about warbirds.
              5:Melanoma> so I kinda cheated on my gf yesterday
              5:Melanoma> but I was drunk so it doesnt count right
              5:Oops> doesnt count if ur sober just so long as u dont get caught
              5:Melanoma> aight cool
              5:Melanoma> + it was with a dude
              5:Oops> what?
              5:Melanoma> ye
              5:Oops> you serious?
              5:Melanoma> innocent kissing
              5:Melanoma> fu
              5:Melanoma> I WAS DRUNK
              5:squallFF8> this is akward

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              • #8
                Indeed this season will suck. I didnt even get picked. Where is this zone going ?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by tragiK View Post
                  So some of the regular caps like me and Draft decided to sit out this season, which resulted in Ease making his first return to TWDT captain after his awful team "Underground" from a few seasons ago.
                  The same team that won javelin, finished above yours, and was basically #1 overall? Yeah. Phizey's team needed a win from my team the final week of the regular season to even make playoffs. Don't kid yourself.
                  Phiz> I probably am gay
                  Phiz> I just haven't realized it yet

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                  • #10
                    I came into this thread hoping to find some warbird predictions but I got so confused... until I saw Jaa is on Abstract.

                    boy, you guys seem a little desperate in winning atleast something
                    TWDTJ & TWDTB FINALIST 2019

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Cuji View Post
                      Indeed this season will suck. I didnt even get picked. Where is this zone going ?
                      Most captains are smart enough to draft active players who will show up to games on a regular basis.

                      That being said, some of the picks were absolutely awful, such as Phrenitis being drafted in like round 3?
                      1:Cape> is infrared the thing that microwave does?
                      Cape> i thought it was like u inferred
                      1:Cape> yo when u look up at the night sky and see billions of night stars
                      1:Cape> im like fuk it let this shit end

                      Tsunami> LOl
                      beam> stfu tsunami
                      Tsunami> yo this girl is dead up snoring
                      beam> ur blacker than tarcoal
                      Tsunami> should end her life while she sleeps


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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Jones View Post
                        I came into this thread hoping to find some warbird predictions but I got so confused... until I saw Jaa is on Abstract.

                        boy, you guys seem a little desperate in winning atleast something
                        ROUND 6
                        pinkSTAR> Ease picks.....
                        pinkSTAR> Jones

                        lol this guy is so mad. 2-time defending champ was 2nd overall pick you mad brah? o of course not, you won twl. now come back to reality and realize that nobody in this game that you live in thinks you're anything special brahh. don't be so mad about it brah

                        now go reply to every post i make within 20 minutes like usual you weird ass nerd

                        real twdt-d predictions:
                        me and rasaq threepeat in TWDT-D making us the greatest combination of draft picks of all time
                        vys once again shows why he's better than riverside
                        sir spider collects so many mvps that he eventually has to interview himself when he writes hot or nots
                        sirius treats twdtd like elim and aces at least 7 matches
                        high templar actually logs on
                        badjob has a breakout season

                        you happy jones? you happy brah?
                        PattheBat> steadman your name is literally "a mean std"
                        ogron> CM,OPN NMKAN

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                        • #13
                          This guy is so cool, it's no wonder he's been winning TWLD's for years. Oh wait.
                          you're a terribad troll.

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                          • #14
                            i like how everything i say to jones seems to affect riverside just as equally. the bond between you two is nothing short of inspiring
                            PattheBat> steadman your name is literally "a mean std"
                            ogron> CM,OPN NMKAN

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mythril View Post
                              i like how everything i say to jones seems to affect riverside just as equally. the bond between you two is nothing short of inspiring
                              it seems you have recovered from your loss few months back and now you are desperately tooting your own horn to get recognized.


                              hopefully by next season you will be good enough so you wont cost your team the game
                              TWDTJ & TWDTB FINALIST 2019

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