Season 23 Grand Final is upon us

[FML|red7z7]

 

Glancing over the list of past winners on the front page it is awe-inspiring to think that hundreds of players before us have competed for that honor. The time has come for us to crown a new champion and add a new name to that list of victors. The semi finals are over and we have our cast of players set for the grand finals. This is the moment we've all been waiting for. We thank each of the players from the semi-finals for competing throughout the season and giving us great games. Congratulations to GEASS and Noexxx for fighting hard and earning their spot on the final stage alongside Under.Sta and j33.! To these four players - well done on making it this far, and best of luck!

The Map: Deadlock
 

The Players:
  Under.Sta
  j33.
  / Noexxx
  GEASS

[ZsSuperCumulo]

Grand Finals predictions

Under.Sta


A great warrior from US and its last hope in this season to see the return of an american champion. His micro and aggressive playstyle as elf will be dominant throughout the whole game; his macro is very solid and can easily switch armies to counter anything opponents bring to him. A solid player that has done a terrific performance this season, gl to you sir and bring the crown home!.

J33.


Like Pinballmap once said, the buddah strat always works well for j33. What this guy lacks in micro he excells in deceitfulness, although looks calm and harmless from the outside, his more dangerous than a intercontinentall missle flying at your face; in fact, he uses your own strenght against you, it's like a martial artist who uses you as his own weapon. To make matters worse, even if you think he's defeated he's somewhere rebuilding, hidding stuff and ready to strike when least expected!

GEASS


Once upon a time, a great soldier from the late 19th century who delivered the shortest win in fml this season. Geass has also proven himself to be worthy of the grand finals and is now facing the strongest cast we could possibly imagine. Although it's nice to see a human here, will he be able to handle two elfs, will he get teamed because of mass tp?. He has to play as well as he did in semi finals one, but this time it won't be a walk in the park like last round.

Noex


The one and only, manipped us all with excuses about studying med school, not wanting to wake up those in his dorm and then to top it off, downloads porn while playing fml so that he lags and we all feel sorry for him so let him hoard. It's like what the oracle did in the matrix trilogy, she convinced everyone that neo was the one, when in fact Mr. Smith was the real chosen one that had to free zion. That's why at the end of Matrix Revolutions the Architect told her, "You've played a very dangerous game", by liying to everyone to get things going her way. The same thing was here done by Noex, well manipped bro :). Nevertheless he's a legit finalist and should provide great content for this match.

[b100death]

I will root for Under.sta, like his style of play. Or Noex if he choose orc !

[ZsSuperCumulo]

I will root for Under.sta, like his style of play. Or Noex if he choose orc !

Shall the American eagle triumph 

[ZsSuperCumulo]

why isn´t anyone posting any predictions? Come on people! it´s the grand finals !

[Lightweight]

So, here is my prediction:

 

Under.Sta   


After Yane disappearing from the surface and due to Wrecktify's slackness he is combined with Donald Trump the last hope USA has left. Under.Sta is known for his overall solid plays and great decision making. You can't go wrong with him since the map suits his race.

J33.   


The Tranquility in person. Former champion and the most experienced for a final game situation. In 99% of his games he won't lose his temper or manners. Always solid and probably the best macro-management from all finalists. Whenever i played against him, it was not easy to take him out. Surely a fearsome force to be reckoned with when he plays 

Geass   


Wan, Lightweight, Humanstar, Ente, Pinballmap, Yaws, Maddog, Ostone, Shave, Ena... the list of German failure could be continued for much longer. When everyone thought the Germans are done for good suddenly Geass appeared, a fresh and to the ffa community unknown player that cleaned up the league from the very bottom and left behind many veterans. He made me one of the richest guys in FML so im thankfull towards him. Geass is definetly not to be underestimated.

Noexx   


Noexx is clearly one of the FML veterans that went through everything. He fought for season wins and played a huge amount of FFArena ladder games to improve his skillset. In the semi-final he showed us that he is there when it comes to DO or Die situations. I won't hide that i feel the most sympathy for him, but it is going to be a big piece of work for him on deadlock. The map doesn't favour  / so he needs to develop a gameplan. I don't predict him to win because he lost his ease through all the manipulative games he had to play throughout the years.

[Peregrine]

Prediction:

Two 1v1s, which j33 loses and the other one is even.

J33 starts rebuilding while the others play 3way

Under fights valiantly, j33 tries to comeback, but humans are hard to finish.
Human triumphs over elf late game, and noexxx is > geass so NOE comes out on top.

[FML|red7z7]

On a 8 player map that is not rotationally invariant, with 4 players, the number of possible starting configurations is (8choose4) * (4!) = 70 * 24 = 1680. Legend has it that when HTRT trained for his season 10 finals he turned off all the lights in his house and sat in his dark room meditating for 2 weeks straight, playing out each of those 1680 possible games in his imagination. I'm not sure anyone in this cast will go to that length, but we can simplify the calculation a bit if we just take the possible opening 1v1s, which are (4choose2) / 2 = 3 possibilities.

1) j33. vs. UndeR.STa / GEASS vs. Noexxx
I think Eshan is right in that all three of these possibilities it looks like j33 loses the initial 1v1. This configuration might actually be the worst for j33 because GEASS against Noexxx HU mirror would probably be prolonged, meaning j33 could get completely finished before 3-way. Then GEASS and Noexxx would have to team against Under, but in that I see Under not being able to capitalize on his advantage like he did in round 1, and I see noexxx as being a bit better than GEASS, unless he's hungover from his new frat-boy college lifestyle banging chicks every night. Priorities, Noe...

2) j33. vs. GEASS / UndeR.STa vs. Noexxx
In this configuration, it's possible for Noexxx or Under to be the first 'dead' going into a 3-way + crippled 4th, while j33 and GEASS would have to team against whoever won the other 1v1. If it's Noe doing 2v1, I think he could actually manage it. If its Under, I would favor j33 to win it.

3) j33. vs. Noexxx / UndeR.STa vs. GEASS
I would put Under as winning against GEASS on this map, and Noe beating j33. In this scenario, I would see both j33 and GEASS rebuilding, Under and Noe switching to 1v1, and the game going for a long 4-way, with pretty much anyone winning, but j33 having good chances in chaotic 4-ways with the patented Buddha Style.

[ZsSuperCumulo]

lol LW <3

[Ugrilainen]

Loved Cumulo/LW predictions

No Idea who is Geass but well done

I love Finland, Noexxx and J33 are my buddies but I am rooting for UNder.Sta this time, for good old days sake and his loss in final for FML S3 where he was MVP imho.

[ZsSuperCumulo]

Loved Cumulo/LW predictions

No Idea who is Geass but well done

I love Finland, Noexxx and J33 are my buddies but I am rooting for UNder.Sta this time, for good old days sake and his loss in final for FML S3 where he was MVP imho.

thank you Ugri, I like to put some efforts when it comes to important events :D

[SteppinRazor]

Can't wait until it's revealed that geass is humanstar

[ZsSuperCumulo]

Can't wait until it's revealed that geass is humanstar

probably isn't, build patterns don't add up, but if it's him, that'd be a shame :/.

[FML|Mog]

Build patterns? I mean they both play standard ffa Hu everygame so I don't see what you mean cumulo. But othere told me geass is well known player or something who's been around a while (?) When I brought up same concerns earlier in the season haha.

[ZsSuperCumulo]

well, human players differ from mass chippo ne players, u can notice slightly differences in styles, and I think humanstar played differently. It's probably  someone else :D