ok

Poorly

yuki and the roos are discernibly better than the euros, how they'll match-up against HRG is a ???

I don't think HRG really has an answer to sheep's sniper though

Same as their answer to everything else. A Tagg bomb.

What is HRG's answer to a Tagg bomb

more specific question: what is the aussie playstyle like?

From what I've seen they play really aggressive and DM heavy. Might work fine against the Euros, but when they try to blitz into HRG they will be met with the immovable object that is b4nny.

probably gonna be a massacre

HRG will do what they did with Fully Torqued, keep the game in their favor by forcing the team to get antsy.

rofl chriz

taggerbombed

2 scouts and a roamer (i.e. more useful classes)

you sound like a mad man vanilla

Tell him, bl4nk.

aus vs na grand final is a realistic possibility

a collective wtf

I refuse to believe epsilon would let that happen. For Euroland's HONOUR!

i49 is going to be so amazing. If only an Asian team could make it aswell.

If sheep shows up and has a decent day, yes.

Is there a video of Sheep's sniping recently? The only one I've seen that comes to mind is that old Australian team highlight thing...

I would've loved to see Dizzinism (or w/e they're called now) at i49.

http://youtu.be/gHRls7N4VHk
most recent thing from his channel. This is his channel right? I hope they dont have multiple snipers named sheep.

Lol I've seen sheep snipe. And he is absolutely insanely good at it. I still stand by my statement that running 2 scouts and a roamer (i.e. more useful classes) will beat even sheep 99 times out of 100.

They'll probably get destroyed
There's no way they can compete with invite/prem teams
SORRY AUSTRALIA

If you watch yuki's demo reviews then there's plenty of footage of sheep around. Antwa free from trash internet is also going to be scary.

As for people talking about sniper being a liability, no one is more cognizant of that than yuki, it does not change the fact that sheep is the best sniper in the game. Sniper really isn't as much of a liability when you can pretty much guarantee that he is going to get a pick+a second or more damage out.

Australia has the benefit of james/brad not being insults to the game on soldier.

Yuki is a really smart/good player
Also sheep
aus vs NA grand final

Yep

You're saying this like we recruited him to play sniper (backup scout), and not scout/sniper.

Also, it seems people don't know about how sheep exploits these ridiculously small timing windows to get picks. You can say "nah team x will do well because they play tight", but when he almost literally meatshots everything in his face, it will still be a concern to a "blob". Even if you try focus him how EU teams focus cookye, he will find a way.

From what I know, you're IM/Div 2(?) EU, so I daresay your understanding and general skill at the game is not very good. Taking this as bait as that's surely the only point/basis of this post.

I'd like to think we have a chance of competing with HRG/Epsilon (HRG I'm more concerned about, for obvious reasons), but none of us will be taking this lightly. We would be watching a bucketload of demos before the event to actually make sure everyone is on the same page on what the other team is doing/could be doing, and what we need to be doing ourselves to win. I'm just confident in my teams ability (especially dm), and the core of us (sheep, aporia, bonobo and I) have been playing together for nearly four years now.

I was responding to the people saying "AUS will win if sheep snipes"

I recognize that he's crazy good at both scout and sniper, and I'm excited to see him play both against EU and USA!

That wasn't really what I felt was going on. It was "if the opportunity where a sniper can get a few picks arises, HRG will need a way to respond to sheep exploiting that opportunity"

but...but....super epsi????