I feel a little sad that we can't have three teams from this group enter the next stage because Rote, RvB and PL have all been super entertaining and good this year. Props to all three teams!

Still need cap to run ewar, props, dcu, and hardeners. An asb'd ship is that much easier to kill if its web'd to crap, hardeners are off and logi's assploded.

PL were watching every practice we did, and we were fielding teams that their setup would've annihilated, on singularity.

I can criticize my team and I pretty hard too. Sure we won, and their setup wasn't geared to beat ours, but they still had a great team, that was solid as all ****.

At the three minute mark we should've pushed for their damnation, to secure another 16 points. It would've died in three minutes too, the sleip dps is considerable.

There are other things, but we are very happy to take a win away from that match.

When we said GF, we 100% meant it. Great showing.

It was a great match!
But tbh pl broke first rule of eve pvp: Don't fly what you can't afford to lose. Malices were mostly useless for more than half of a match simply because pl's ego (not wallet) couldn't handle losing them. A setup where 1/3 of the team cannot commit to a fight deserved a loss.
Now I am really curious how rich rvb will get...

It was a great match!
But tbh pl broke first rule of eve pvp: Don't fly what you can't afford to lose. Malices were mostly useless for more than half of a match simply because pl's ego (not wallet) couldn't handle losing them. A setup where 1/3 of the team cannot commit to a fight deserved a loss.
Now I am really curious how rich rvb will get...

That was a really good fight to watch (only just caught up with the results from yesterday) - very well fought to Rote Kapelle and it was a ridiculously exciting match that could have gone either way.

best match sofar ...
was like when the thoraxes rushed the bob team back then

From the pl side it just as intense as it seemed. as far as the malices you people should play with them in eft they are ridiculous. props to rote for plalying there team well.

edit : also i seemed to have misplaced my chelm's nuet.

Pretty sure my Nyx is fit more cheaply than that flagship was.

The people who flew that team, are in Rote Kapelle.

From the pl side it just as intense as it seemed. as far as the malices you people should play with them in eft they are ridiculous. props to rote for plalying there team well.

edit : also i seemed to have misplaced my chelm's nuet.

Post malice fit? :P

If you wanted the fit, you should have killed them. :)

*hint* they were not Civillian lasar fitted.

From the pl side it just as intense as it seemed. as far as the malices you people should play with them in eft they are ridiculous. props to rote for plalying there team well.

edit : also i seemed to have misplaced my chelm's nuet.

Sorry we killed you bud. Flagships are like that though. They don't, generally speaking, tank harder than the non FS variants, and they provide more dps/utility.

RE: Malices, I'm glad I didn't call a rush on them after the bhaals went down. It would have taken too much time, and we were super low on frigs after the guardian went down. They're so majestic I think I would have had a hard time firing that last shot. I did get close to running down Joe Fishy though

I think PL would have done much better if they had brought windicators instead of bhaalgorns.

eh if i was you i wouldn't be sorry about killing my 20b bhaal. but after we kill rvb this Saturday we will just have to agree to meet again in the final match.

I suspect PL anticipated us bringing a setup revolving around our Vindicator flagship and tried to counter it. I could be wrong.

If you want a rematch you're going to have to try to keep RvB's points low.

I suspect PL anticipated us bringing a setup revolving around our Vindicator flagship and tried to counter it. I could be wrong.

Regarding BoB vs SF, I think at this point only two of the pilots that flew in that match (of the Rote Kapelle crew) are still actively playing, myself and Neurotica (an alt of our alliance executor, Tyzzara). Atandros, another founder of Stimulus also flew in that match, Sakura Nihil, CEO of Selective Pressure (another corporation in Rote Kapelle) was the captain of that Star Fraction team, and at least one, possibly two more of the pilots who flew in that match came to either Stimulus or Rote Kapelle for some period of time. I can't remember exactly off the top of my head and I can't be bothered to go look it up.

Also, BoB had won 3 straight tournaments, had never lost a match, and had never lost a ship. They brought the exact same "unbeatable" setup to every match. Note that this was also in the time when ANY implants were allowed, including pirate sets, so you can bet they were running all HG pirate sets in that setup as well. I myself was flying a LG Slave clone that I still own to this day and use once in a while.

As someone who's been in ATs for awhile, do you feel taking away pirate implants made the matches better or worse? Should it be reconsidered?

I can't answer for my corp-mate, but I'll say, in my opinion, I think it's better. To many smaller alliances don't have the deep pockets to afford those kinds of implants.

And before people say, "to bad, sucks to be them," please remember this is a tournament, and not everyday Eve PvP. Everyone who gets in should be on the same level playing field. Granted bringing a wing of Malices isn't leveling the playing field *laughing* but I think you get my point. The tournament should be about skill, not about who can throw the most Isk into the best faction implants, tank, and dps to gain an edge.

Just my opinion, anyway.

I can't answer for my corp-mate, but I'll say, in my opinion, I think it's better. To many smaller alliances don't have the deep pockets to afford those kinds of implants.

And before people say, "to bad, sucks to be them," please remember this is a tournament, and not everyday Eve PvP. Everyone who gets in should be on the same level playing field. Granted bringing a wing of Malices isn't leveling the playing field *laughing* but I think you get my point. The tournament should be about skill, not about who can throw the most Isk into the best faction implants, tank, and dps to gain an edge.

Just my opinion, anyway.