Well, we’ve managed to survive Spider Falls. Despite the fact that everyone bitched and moaned about it, those that actually played smart did well, and those that played in a retarded manner did not. Very similar to how FFA works on most maps. There were a few exceptions, but there are always a few exceptions. Hopefully in the future players will keep a more open mind and actually play some games on the map before playing their league match on it. Just an idea.
Unfortunately the start of Round 3 brings with it the loss of two of our players. The first, Brainman is not all that surprising and may or may not have been a ragequit. Still, he was a good player and it’s always a shame to lose one. The second, our previous season’s winner, DkH.Rain. The circumstances surrounding his inability to play anymore are not known to us, but seeing as how he has always been a reliable player we can only assume that he has a good reason for it. As such, we wish him all the best and hope to see him again soon.
Brainman will be replaced by Vain_Endeavour. After a great performance with his off race in Round 2, it will be interesting to see if he can continue his high level of play. It will also be interesting to see if he dabbles in playing some more, considering how well he did with it it does not seem that far fetched. DkH.Rain will be replaced by our Season 12 winner, Renaud. While we were all very happy to have a season without Canadians it, just kidding we love you (but not really), Renaud is clearly one of the best players not in this season and it will be great to have him back in the season. Besides, who can honestly say that they didn’t think he’d somehow find his way into the season?
Not that we’ve gotten all of that maudlin news out of the way though, let’s look ahead at our R3 games. With the regular season already half way over, we can begin to see who needs to start making up ground fast, and who’s in the driver’s seat. At this point, we only have one two-game winner, and his name is Seksi.
Map: Twilight Ruins
M9 Rain -> Renaud Slythe Nline Maga
M9 should be by far one of the most interesting matches of the round. It features 4 old school FFA players who have had a ton of success. Holding 3 titles and countless trips to the finals, these players are the cream of the crop. When also factoring one of the oldest and well known FFA maps we have, it’s hard to keep one’s expectations to a reasonable level. We’ll start off with our replacement player. He hasn’t been seen playing in a while, but that’s never stopped him from doing well before. However, he needs a win in this match to keep his hopes of getting another FML crown alive. His ability to directly qualify for the finals appears to be between slim and none, but a trip to the semi-finals with a pair of wins is certainly plausible. From there, anything is possible. Slythe is the opposite of Renaud, tied with 3 other players for 2nd place with 35 points he controls his own destiny. A pair of wins would lock him up a trip to the finals for sure, and even a win and a second place finish will put him in good position. In addition, if he can random we would have a match with all four races which is always fun.
Our Ukrainen Orc is another fellow who needs some good results ASAP if he wants to have a shot at the title. At 10 points, both he and Renaud have everything to gain and nothing to lose. As such, it should be safe to expect some aggressive play and dominating Orc heroes from Nline. With markets on the map, it will be interesting to see if he sticks with his Alchemist or trades it in for a Blademaster to gain some heavy DPS. Our last player, Mr. Magadansky, is in good position, but probably not as good a position as he’d like to be. While he did gain a Round 1 win, he was taken out quickly and effectively by Lightweight in Round 2, netting himself only 5 points. 30 is certainly better than the majority of FML players have, but there’s no doubt that he wants to lock himself up a trip to the finals again and will be desperate for a win here to put himself back in control.
M10 Persuade Audigy Seksi DFM
M10 features the highest aggregate point total from any of the matches. It contains not only our current leader, but also 3 of the 4 second place players. It certainly should be a match to watch, and by the end of it there should be at least one clear leader if not multiple for the 3 auto-qualifying spots to the final. Should Seksi win this match then he’ll be almost guaranteed a spot in the finals. If any of the second place players win the match they’ll be a lock for the semi-final game, and in great shape to be placed in the finals. Persuade and Seksi, our two random players, have both been in this position before. Last season they were both in good shape to make the semi-finals if not the finals half way through the season. As it turned out, Seksi did indeed make the finals although he did not pull off the win.
Audigy and DFM on the other hand are newer to this situation. Both were able to pull of wins in R2 playing Night Elf, even though Audigy’s main race is Undead and he told me that he was going to play Orc. The ability to adapt is the greatest asset that one can have in FFA, and in such a tough game that ability may prove crucial. Although, with a close spawn this could prove to be the ideal time for a necro rush. DFM has showed us that he can pretty easily handle good Undead and good Human players with his Night Elf. He hasn’t faced a good Orc yet though, and with both Seksi and Persuade randoming that could happen this round. How he deals with Hex-Stomp abuse and mass bats is one of the last factors that we at FML need to see before we can complete our judgement.
The match of the elves has arrived. With Vain taking Brain’s spot, it brings our total up to three elves. In addition, those claiming that Vain and J33 are the same person will be able to either prove it isn’t, or create even more time consuming excuses! This could prove to be the perfect spot for Cechi to pull out a win though. He’s already proved he’s got the micro to win games, but he’s had trouble with his macro. That improved a bit in Round 2, but then he got stuck focusing on one person for too long and that proved to be the difference in the game. With only facing one race though he’ll have the advantage for picking his units and heroes. In addition, he might be able to overwhelm some of the more macro oriented players with his micro.
Mog was unfortunately not able to make the last game due to internet issues, and as such he’s in a bit of a jam for points. A win is almost necessary for him at this point. Vain is in much the same position because he’s taking over for someone half way through the season. Not a favorable position for sure, but far from an impossible one. J33 is the best off of the players points wise so far, managing a win in Round 2. At 30 points though he’ll probably still need another win if he wants to guarantee himself a spot in the semi finals. With all the Elves though it will be interesting to see some of the hero combinations made. Will we see some DH usage to neutralize the others? Or perhaps someone will find use for a hero that we don’t often see because of the matchup. Maybe even a Tinker from Mog? Only time will tell.
M12 Starshaped Lightweight! Humanstar Gahh
Our last match of the round should be an interesting as well. We start with Starshaped who decided that because he didn’t like the last map he was going to go for a completely ridiculous strategy and not try. Does this map fit better into his master scheme? Will we see him play Orc since that’s the only race we haven’t seen him play? Speaking of Orc, will we see Lightweight switch over to Orc on this map? We’ve seen him successfully play Orc several times, and there’s a case to be made that it would be stronger than Human on this map. That being said, he’s been playing extremely well with Human so far so he may not want to jinx that.
Humanstar, another solid Human player, will be looking to pick up a win in order to keep his streak of semifinal matches alive. I’m not sure if that’s actually a real thing, but it certainly seems like it. In addition, this will be where Lightweight and Humanstar met in the semifinals 2 seasons ago. Ironically that game was recently bumped on TFT Replayers. Is this an omen that Humanstar will come out victorious again, or that Lightweight will get his revenge? Maybe it’s neither, and it will be time for our fledgling FFA player Gahh to take center stage. He’s had a rough go of it up until this point, particularly on a map he didn’t understand last round. This is a much more common map though, and his strategies make work out better. If he decided to go Orc again then he could have some luck here, and he’s already won a game with Night Elf. The possibilities are open. As with all of our matches, nothing is certain and we’ll have to watch to find our answers!
I’ll start off by apologizing for having this out so late. I apparently caught a case of Wrecktivitus and decided that I didn’t feel like actually writing anything and would just let my reputation carry me. I assure you though that I’ve fixed it for this round, and possibly for the next couple of rounds as well. Without further ado...
The second round of Season 15. In an interesting twist, two games contain two winners. As such, it’s quite likely to have at least 1 50 point player at the end of the round, and completely impossible to have 4. And no, we didn’t rig the matches. And if we did, we certainly wouldn’t tell you. Seriously though, Ugri’s in charge of matches and he doesn’t take bribes, unlike certain admins *cough* Worpex *cough*.
But, before I get myself in trouble with either the IRS or Worpex, the round 2 matches!
Map : Spider Falls
M5 Rain Humanstar DarkFlameMaster Brainman
Match 5 brings us a bunch of players who like to play Random despite the fact that they are not equally good with all races. Despite that annoying fact though, we should be in for a treat. DFM, taking over for the recently deceased PLZLEAVEDUCK/RSM (RIP - One quack too many) is one of the most promising new players. Even if he’s not new, he won’t tell us who he is so we’re going to pretend he’s new. A great Night Elf player who abuses DR to perfection, we’ll see if he ends up with another race or can bring some Night Elf innovation to a new map. Brainman is another returning FML player, but we actually know his name so we don’t get to call him a newbie. Noob maybe though (just kidding, love you Brain.) A solid player with all races, and always a good bet to win a match he’s in he should bring a solid play style to a new map.
Our Season 14 winner got off to a rough start in Season 15, and hopefully will be looking to redeem himself this round. It’s another map that he’s likely never played though, so we’ll see how he deals with diversity. Our last player in M5 is probably the best. Ugri has already leaked it that Humstar has an imba strategy on this map. Was this just pregame manip to eliminate Humi? Who knows, but it makes for a much more interesting piece. So Humstar, are you wondering why Ugri hates you yet? I know the rest of us are...
M6 - Has been played already, description was written beforehand. Persuade Lightweight! Magadansky J33.
M6 is one of two matchups that features a Round 1 winner. We have Persuade the cheater, and Maga the lucky. Persuade somehow managed to pull of a victory with his worst race (he’ll tell you it’s Human, but don’t listen to him it’s really Night Elf.) The other winner, Maga was able to use his Vampire allure to not get teamed to death in his match. Watch out guys, if you suddenly have the urge to allow all your units to be killed and have their blood sucked dry you should probably not listen to it. Our third contestant actually counts as the third and fourth contestants due to his massive Bipolar tendencies and inability to act in a coherent manner. Lightweight the bipolar has his positive personality which plays Human and his evil personality which plays Orc. Depending on what race he picks we’ll be able to to see which Lightweight is showing up to play. Our final player, J33 the... shit. Sorry, J33 I don’t have a nickname for you. Still, you’re going to get a free win and I’ll show you why.
The following is how the game will occur. You don’t need to even watch.
10:00 Maga kills off a J33 expo because it’s too close to him, and then begins the process of toming him.
15:00 Lightweight hits Maga, starts to do a good bit of damage.
18:00 Persuade can’t stand the fact that things are going on that he’s not involved in so he comes to check them out and balance them.
25:00 Begin 3-way.
120:00 End 3 way with Maga coming out victourious. 120:05 Persuade leaves the game 120:10 Lightweight leaves the game 120:30 XoZ_Magadansky: Wait, why haven’t I been declared the victor after everyones left? 121:00 J33 comes with 100 food and 60k after hoarding at 50 on 4 mines for 2 hours. 140:00 For some unknown reason the game is still going on and Maga is just dominating with his heroes. 145:00 J33 remembers he can just throw gold at magas base and basekill him 146:00 GG. 146:05: Scores read. Maga - 1st. Lightweight - 2nd. Persuade - 3rd. J33 - 4th. Since J33 won though, Persuade gets 5 points and is screwed.
M7 Mog[Skynet] Seksi Gahh Slythe
Seriously people, NO MORE RANDOM. It makes it really damn hard to do a write up when I don’t know what races you’re going to be! Only Slythe is allowed to do Random because he was doing Random before it was the cool thing to do. Our first player, Mog, is a player who A) picks his race. B) Plays Night Elf, and C) Has improved greatly over the past year. All of those things make him a favorite to root for in the FML community. Or at least Worpex roots for him and thus Worpex makes the rest of us root for him as well. Known originally for his Tinker play, he’s been gain a better grasp of FFA in recent times and taking advantage of what the Night Elf Race can offer. Gahh is another player who is probably better known in the solo community than the FFA community. However he’s proving that he’s willing to put the work in to improve at FFA. While he might not be considered a powerhouse yet, there’s time. Qualifying for this season may have been a bit of a fluke, but now that he’s in he’ll be trying to prove that he deserves it just as much as everyone else.
Our other two players in the match are the other Round 1 winners. Slythe managed to win his game without too much trouble in the first round. In addition, he’s probably one of the most solid Random players in the league. Not known for being spectacular with any one race, he also has no glaring weakness with any race either. In a game with some unpredictable players, Slythe is certainly a favorite to be able to go with the flow and adapt to the game style. The last of our players, Seksi, has had extremely strong results lately. In addition he is one of the few players that is going into this round with an open mind about the map. Will this prove to be an advantage for him? Only time will tell, but if innovation is going to happen expect Seksi to be one of the players providing it.
M8 / Dkh.Starshaped Audigy :cvech: Cechi Nline
Our last match of the round should be an intriguing one. Cechi proved his ability to compete in his previous FML match, but this will be a completely unfamiliar map to him most likely. How will he deal with having to create strategies on the f-l-y and not knowing his terrain? Who knows, but hopefully he’ll prove to have a more innovative mind than some of our current players. Starshaped is another player who appears to be open to playing whatever comes his way. Will he play Human and completely tower the map while mass tp’ing everywhere? Will he use his newfound love of elves to sneak chims into everyones base?
Audigy, our resident necromancer, has forsaken his damned race to play Orc for this match only. Probably rightfully deciding that mass wagons would take all day to do anything we’ll see if he plans to continue his ground game with Orc, or move on to some bats and wyvs. Nline, the true Orc, may take exception to the imposter trying to play his race. It’s ok though Audigy, we all know that switching to the right-click-race is purely a desperation move. If the games we’ve seen on this map are any indication of the norm, then Nline’s Alchemist could prove to be an important pawn in the game. Being able to get an extra 2k or 3k gold could prove the breaking point that he needs to win the game.
Hope that you’ve all enjoyed my completely inane writing and that I’ve managed to waste 5 minutes of you’re life that you’ll never be able to get back. For a full write up that includes a Round 1 recap, see my WCR post!
Ok, as I'm sure that most of you have noticed our bot is now auto-hosting games. What this means is that a game will be hosted by the bot, and start when X number of people are in the game. After the game is finished, a new game will start. Now, while this is a great feature, it has a bit of a limitation. Only 1 map can be used. While I can change the map, it's not the easiest process. So, I've decided that I will change the map every Week on Friday. I'll also let the FML community vote on what map they want to see. Post what map you want to see in this thread. Then tomorrow at this time I'll create a poll with all the maps in it. The map that has the most votes Friday morning will become the map of the week. We'll use this process every week to determine the voting. If we don't get enough interest, I'll just pick it myself.
Well, the wait is finally over. It took the largest qualifiers in recent memory, but we finally have our group for Season 15! Before we go any farther let’s give a big round of e-plause to our Season 15 participants!
The qualifiers were brutal, and many a good player didn’t make it. But, we have no time to mourn those that didn’t make. Things are going to be moving quickly, the theme of Season 15. We have more solo players than ever before, and we can fully expect this to be a fast paced exciting season to watch. To help aid the effort, we’ve decided to completely revamp the map pool. We feel that the maps selected will help to provide a good balance between allowing massive 100 food fights, and discouraging people sitting in their bases hoarding.
Without further ado, the round one schedule!
M1 Dkh.Rain :cvech: Cechi / Lightweight! Seksi
The first match of the new season should get it started with a bang. Almost certainly the most interesting match of the round, it features two of the best solo players vs two of the best microing FFA players. Rain has already proved that he can play a successful game of FFA, managing to win the Season 14 title. Can Cechi convert to FFA as well as Rain has? In Cechi’s first game he played a Rambo style Undead. He was able to quickly take out one player, and was playing 2v1 for much of the game. He was successful at it too, up until he ran out of gold 30 minutes into the game. His second game featured a complete turnabout. He randomed and drew Human. He then proceeded to make more towers than anyone wants to see, and hoard at 50 for much of the game. He was actually outmicroed in Human mirror, but pulled off a relatively easy victory due to his manipulations and smart macro.
Lightweight is a rather infamous name in the FFA community. Known both for his bipolar tendencies, and his incredible skill with Orc and Human, FML is glad to have him back. He’s always been one of the better pure FFA players micro wise, and it will be interesting to see in 100 v 100 fights where he stacks up against solo players. The last player has been one of the most successful players in FML recently. Seksi co-won FML Ladder Season 1, and then followed it up with a trip the the Season 14 finals. While he wasn’t able to pull of the win in that match, he’s certainly showed that he is right on the verge.
M2 Persuade Brainman Nline Gahh
At the top of this match we have Persuade. The master of making the semis and choking. This season he got off to a bit of a different start though and decided to choke in both of his qualifier matches. It’s only through luck that the winner of his second qualifier couldn’t play that he got a third chance and managed to pull of the victory there. An avid random player, we at FML feel that he should stick to Orc and Undead. Hopefully if enough people tell him this he’ll actually pick a race! Brainman is another solid random player, and the other co-winner of FML Ladder Season 1. In recent times he’s been too busy to play FML, but apparently his schedule has cleared up, and we expect FML competition to be all the better for it. An aggressive player, he’s also been known to have issues with Persuade. Will it lead to an early knock out for one of these two players? Only time will tell.
Nline is another player who only recently returned to us. After winning a match in Season 14 as a sub, he was invited into the league as a replacement. Despite only playing 3 of his own matches, he managed to qualify for the semi-finals. Known most for his Blademaster, Tauren Chieftan, Alchemist hero combination, he brings a fresh playstyle to Orc. As the only exclusively Orc player in this season, we’ll see how other players deal with him. Our last player, Gahh, qualified in what could be considered one of the strangest matches ever. He was able to pick up the easy freewin when Elessar did not realize that a 4th player had already been knocked. As such, Gahh was handed an easy win when the other two players decimated each other. Still, we’re excited to have him and look forward to seeing what he can bring to the FFA community.
M3 Mog[Skynet] Magadansky Audigy Humans7ar
M3 features two faces that haven’t been seen in awhile, and two that never seem to go away. Mog[Skynet] struggled to qualify for the past few seasons, but has been continually play the FML Ladder and doing well there. As such we all knew that it would just be a matter of time before he found his way back into FML. It turned out that 15 was his number, and here he is. The only question that remains is will he continue his infamous Tinker play, or convert to a more traditional Night Elf style. Magadansky on the other hand has probably never missed an FML season in his career. In fact, him missing the finals is more of an anomaly than making them. That being said, he’s only got two titles. Maybe he’s really not that good? Be warned Maga, this season we’re on to you and your mediocre play!
Audigy is a player that hasn’t been seen for a while, but is fully expected to bring a lot of new excitement to the league. His necrowagon play has been able to catch everyone offguard so far, and it will be interesting to see how well it works when players are expecting it. The last player, Humanstar, is another familiar face to FML. While he hasn’t won a title yet, he’s come close several times. His unrelenting Human armies tend to overwhelm his opponents. Add in the fact that he’ll hit anyone at any time and it makes him a wildcard.
M4 Dkh.Starshaped Slythe DarkFlameMaster J33.
Speaking of wildcards... well, I think it’s safe to say that StarShaped is the definition of wildcard. His play ranging anywhere from hit anything that moves to perfection, it’s extraordinarily hard to gameplan for him. In addition, he’s gotten jealous of his teammate Rain being able to play any race and has started messing around with Night Elf. Will this change his play style? No, nothing he does will surprise anyone. This could prove interesting for Slythe, who hasn’t played FML recently and has probably only played against StarShaped a handful of times. Known for being one of the original Random players, he’s always brought a very methodical gameplan to the table. On a side note, Hipster!Slythe is probably super mad at all the new Random players.
Our last player is one that has only competed in one FML match before. J33 subbed last season, and had a decent showing although nothing great. Since then though he’s been practicing hard on the FML Ladder and doing quite well. It’s safe to say that his qualifying for FML is a good sign for things to come.
*For those that would take this seriously and get all pissy, he didn’t actually request that.
Games will most likely begin on Sunday, and we hope to see you there! As always, visit FFAMasters.net for more information, and you can find replays on both WCR and TFT Replayers!
Well, it’s been three weeks and I thought that it was a good time for an update. While we aren’t off to quite as much success as last season, we’ve still had a great number of matches played. In 3 weeks we’ve had 31 games played with 30 different players. Averaging more than a game a day, and the quality of the matches that have been played are outstanding. Rounding out our top 4 players we have 3 very well known names in the FML community and a newcomer who has taken the ladder by storm.
In 4th place we have Seksi. The FML Ladder Season 1 winner, he’s not playing quite as often as he was last season, but he’s still in prime position to make a run at back to back titles. At Level 10 he’s 3-6. Considering the quality of opponents he’s playing though I think we can consider that a pretty good winning percentage. In addition, I think we can expect that when FML Season 15 starts he may start playing some more games.
In 3rd place we have DarkFlameMaster, or DFM for short. The newcomer I mentioned earlier, he’s taken FML Ladder Season 2 by storm. He started off by posting a 4-0 record against some of our top FML Ladder players. Once his name was put on the map those wins slowed down a bit, but he still has a very respectable 6-3 record and he’s level 12. His high level of play so far shows that he can certainly keep up with all the heavy hitters in FML, and I expect we’ll be seeing a lot more from DFM in the future.
In 2nd place so far we have Magadansky. The two time FML winner has decided to take his talents to the FML Ladder since he doesn’t have any qualifier matches to participate in. At level 12 as well, he’s earned himself a very respectable 7-8 record. Playing the most matches of any ladder player so far, he’s managing to win almost 50% of the. An impressive feat when you consider most people just want to team him out from the start.
And, our current ladder leader is... Persuade. At level 12, he’s posting an impressive 70% win ratio of 7-3. He’s probably best known for not being able to come through in the big matches, however with ladder there is no cursed semi-finals for him to play in! Could this be our young players true calling? Well let’s certainly hope not since it’s still a video game. Never the less, Persuade is off to a very hot streak. Is it sustainable throughout the entire season? Who knows, but we’ll certainly have fun watching!
We hope that everyone is enjoying the FML Ladder, and that more great games continue to be played. The entire idea is to create a more active community, so do your part and play! A big round of applause for FML|Pinballmap. Without all of his work the ladder would not run nearly as smoothly as it does now. Season 2 of the FML Ladder is tentatively slated to end at 23:59 EST on March 31st. It’s always possible that this date will move though, so don’t pin us down on it.
After the successful end of the first round of qualifiers (well... as successful as we ever get), we’re pleased to once again congratulate the 7 people who qualified:
We know that you’ll all do well during the season and we look forward to many great games from you guys. But, that’s old news now. Now what we have to look forward to is sudden death elimination. With just 5 spots left in the league, something is going to have to give. We have big name players such as Renaud and Persuade who were too noobish to qualify during the first round and now will be looking to take on the pressure of do-or-die FFA matches. In addition, we discovered some great talent (that could use some polishing and expereince) during Round 1 that didn’t qualify such as :cvech: Cechi. All in all, I think it’s safe to say that we the Admin team are excited for Round 2, and you should be too!
Map: Deadlock :Dead_Lock_2:
Q8 Renaud Lex Exhale LssL
The top ranked player in this match is none other than Season 12 winner Renaud. Oh how the mighty have fallen (and finally stopped being ignored in game.) Still, Renaud is always a threat, and usually refuses to leave the game. Ever. Seriously, I’ve played games where he’ll literally hide a single tree for hours on the off chance that he’ll be able to rebuild because he’s being ignored. The moral of the story? Don’t stop until you see “FML_Renaud has left the game” As such, the house money is probably on him. He’s not lacking good rivals in this match though, and winning to get in certainly won’t be a cakewalk. LeX, another converted solo player, has not been tested by FML before. After missing his Round 1 game he will only have 1 chance to qualify for Season 15. As a solo player though he always creates an interesting factor because he could attack anyone at any time. If nothing else, he’ll be sure to create a lively game.
Exhale is a Russian Night Elf that we don’t know much about. He played a solid game in Round 1 of the qualifiers, but then due to a bot error the game crashed. Aside from that limited play time that has been seen, he’ll be a complete unknown going into the game. The last player is the newest, but also quickly gaining a reputation not to be messed with. LssL wasn’t around when the qualifiers started, and just happened to luck into an open qualifier spot. That being said, he’s been playing any and every FML Ladder game that he can get his computer into, and the rumors are that he’s not to be taken lightly. Can he stack up to Renaud? We’ll see.
Q9 Persuade Maddog :cvech: Shikaka Vain_endeavor
Q9 features Persuade as the heavy favorite, but that by no means means that he’s a lock to make it. He’s been in the past 3 seasons of FML and had a lot of success. But, he somehow chokes in the semi-finals every time. He’ll be looking to change that this season, but to do so he’ll need to actually qualify for the season by winning this match. Maddog is a solid Orc player who has played on and off in FML. His play style is pretty prototypical of an Orc player, and as such it always makes for a fearsome late game.
Shikaka is a player who is much more well known on WCR and in the solo world than he is in FFA. He had a shaky start to his FML career in Round 1, and will undoubtedly be looking to fix those mistakes this time around. He would also like everyone to know that he has beaten Duck in solo once. The last player in the game is probably the largest variable. Vain has been a long time solid FFA player, and does well on the FML Ladder. He’s never been able to translate that into actual FML matches though, but you can be sure that he wants this spot.
Q10 Eshan Sparkle Fail.Life Alkorax
This is a match that pits the old guard against the new, the veterans against the rookies, experience vs innovation... sorry I got a bit carried away there. Kinda forgot this was a FFA match and not a team game. That being said both Eshan and Sparkle have been around forever in the FFA world, and are well known entities. Sparkle in particular for his 136 food army, and Eshan for his in game sense. These two have to be the favorites going into the match, but they’re certain to face some fierce competition.
Fail.Life is another converted solo player, but he’s been playing FFA for a while longer than some of the new blood. A frequenter of FML Ladder games (and actually showing up for his Round 1 match), he combines some good micro with a growing FFA sense. He might not quite be on the watch list of most FFA players, but he’s not far off either. Alkorax is a bit more of an unknown entity. He plays a solid human game, but has not yet developed a trademark strategy.
Q11 Starshaped Jehu Redkeekee Deadok
In Q11 we give you the one, the only, the Legend Killer! And a bunch of other guys...
Just kidding. There’s also Jehu, a solo player who is struggling to adapt to the FFA style. That being said, he’s actually trying to play like a FFA player which is much appreciated. Thank you Jehu for not rushing the first thing you see, you just need to make some more expos and stay at 50/80/100 on the dot. Cechi, if you’re reading this that goes double for you! Redkeekee is returning to try and qualify for Season 15 after initially saying that he wouldn’t have time. Rumor says that he’s going to switch over to Orc since we all know how much time and skill that takes to master! The last player, Deadok, got beaten up on pretty in Round 1 and will be looking to take some ground back. He’s played plenty of ladder games so he should have a good grasp of what to expect now going into the game.
The last of our matches, and arguably the most exciting in my opinion. It features one of our admins, PBM, who is due a win soon. He’s always been a solid player, and this could just be his breakout year. Elessar, another Orc player, qualified last year but then never showed up again. In addition, he can talk one of the biggest games in FFA (which trust me, is really saying a lot) so we’ll see if he can back it up. He may or may not have learned how to read that a player has left the game by now so that’ll add some intrigue to the mix! That being said, it certainly wouldn’t surprise anyone if he won this match.
The other two players are probably better known in the solo world. Cechi, and fierce Undead player, made an excellent debut in his previous game. He outmicroed all the competition and looked to be unstoppable. The only problem was that he broke 80 food at about 5 mins into the game and never went back down... or bothered to expo when he didn’t have one... or really Macroed at all. But, it was his first game, I for one suspect that he’ll have things figured out a little bit better once this game comes around. The other player, Flame[Skynet], isn’t really known. We know that 1) He doesn’t like to show up to his Round 1 qualifier matches. 2) He wants to pretend he isn’t Flame. and 3) He likes to tower rush Mog.
Well, that’s all folks. Please join us at FFAMasters.net for more information!
Well, this has taken far too long but I was busy taking some much needed non-nerd/WC3 time on vacation. I’m back though and ready to crank out some more write-ups on a 10 year old fantasy game! See, I really do love you guys.
All that being said, let’s all give a big hand to our Season 14 winner…
DkH.Drizzle
DkH.Rain!
In one of the most skilled and longest lasting finals Rain was able to persevere and pull off the win. The game did end in a bit of an unfortunate manner with Duck dropping a half hour before the game concluded, but that does not lessen Rain’s achievement in any way. Again, let’s give a round of applause for our Season 14 winner!
FML Sneak Preview
So yeah… I’ve seen those qualifier matches… what are those about?
With the FFA Masters League Season 14 coming to a close, we begin to look towards the future. We are pleased to announce that we will be going back a bit more towards our roots. This season will feature intense qualifying matches for nearly every spot in the league. The details of the season are not completely hammered out, but it will most likely be 16 players, 4 rounds. X amount of players will directly qualify for the finals, and x amount will directly qualify for the semi-finals.
Because the qualifying matches are going to be so important, we are re-instating applications for EVERYONE interested. The application can be found below and should be mailed to admin@ffamasters.net. Note that it is .net and not .com. We will be relying on heavy activity from all members involved in the league, and want to ensure that those participating are willing to put in the effort necessary to ensure a smooth flow to the league and healthy friendly competition. The application period will be open until 11:59 PM EST January 6th.
New blood is always welcome, and we encourage anyone with interest to apply. For those that don’t make it past the qualifiers, or just want some practice, look no farther than the FML Ladder. We hope to see you soon!
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Vain_Endeavour. After a great performance with his off race in Round 2, it will be interesting to see if he can continue his high level of play. It will also be interesting to see if he dabbles in playing 
some more, considering how well he did with it it does not seem that far fetched. DkH.Rain will be replaced by our Season 12 winner, 
Seksi.
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