that was... likely one of the most depressing matches I've seen. damn.
no handshakes either, that was real. one of the commentators mentioned that laugh was just sitting on stage for a solid 5 minutes after the match, heartbroken. fuck

daigo v infiltration basically expected

one of those two are leaving evo with a #7 placing. I don't know how to handle that

http://evo2013.s3.amazonaws.com/brackets/ssf4_finals.html

balrog v tokido, sako v xian

that would be a horrifying top 8 winner's to be in

Ol' McFarmer Shade
Professional 12 year old
shrugger build
Big Brown
im down meds lit

in that order

(so tempted to switch the last one for "dork")

I want to say "this is basically why we should allow as much stuff as possible" but assuming this was no-fun all-serious there'd be a lot of pomson engies and camping beggar's bazooka soldiers

let's allow the weapons that are only kind of dumb as opposed to really dumb. that's the plan

I know everyone's freaking out about other items being nutty but. guys.

the concheror gives a speed boost on top of the health boost now.

that is to say, when you use a filled concheror charge, your team will not only be constantly healed, but it will be like you're hitting them w/ the disciplinary action.

it's still legal in 6s.

how is nobody talking about this, this sounds fucking insane

has anyone tried snakewater? I feel like that rad as hell boston basher jump up to dropdown from the TFTV top plays is going to be pretty easily replicated with this

oh no, you might have to be nice to people for a change, what a horror

dmg nerf is even moreso important when understanding that a lot of roaming soldiers use the gunboats along with the escape plan

that is to say: with the damage nerf, you as a gunboats soldier are relying solely on your rockets, and are losing every other safety net for damage as a way of getting the fuck outta there if things get awry

aka: a balanced weapon, unlike this which actively harms the main point of the weapon

so how good is a winger jump anyway

as in, does it justify the still-small DPS output (even with the dmg bonus, you're not getting much out of that clip), and/or what are the theoretical jumps you're pulling off because of the winger

I can dig it. man these sudden metagame changes are fun to watch from the sidelines, mostly b/c the things I feel like top players are going to make from them is going to be so entertaining (especially with the shortstop god dang)

theoryfuckin'

going to mostly exist as an off-beat form of counter-uber, build it up properly and your team has a good push from it, congrats you get quicker pushes and some free medic kills

on the flip side, if they can stall you long enough, you're going to have absolutely nothing to deal with their uber, gg no re

new metagame strat

in actual seriousness: I really hope y'all keep this in. The advantages you can get from this are almost entirely going to be execution and skill based, seeing how all of these theoretical situations imply some damn fine surfing ability on your part. If this is as good as it looks on paper, I'm 100% down for the new metagame to require one scout with the shortstop

oh fuck, something good that isn't vanilla scattergun and also isn't really dumb like the soda popper