Quote (JayKwik @ Jan 30 2010 06:34am)

Shockwave is not better in Best Man in Halo 3. Go back and look at the stats since Best Man ended up on Classic, and Naded/Walshy ended up on Carbon, Best Man's stats blew Wave's out of the water, and they were only placing a few spots below them each event. He has a better shot with every weapon, the only thing that Wave has over him is that he was one of the emotional leaders of Carbon, whereas BM has always just been the stoic one. That's what they need moving forward, especially now that they have Strongside's huge fan following.

Strongside for Naded is a push, Strongside has the ability to do everything that Naded finally started doing for his team, but in 2009 he never had that need to. He played his best Halo for Status Quo earlier in the season, and that's with Totz/FS hording objective because they couldn't slay. He went to FB and put up the same numbers because then OG2 and VX were doing the same roles. I guarantee now that he's back teaming with Walshy, you'll see him do more of everything (because they all will, instead of just one or two players doing it) and he'll play like everyone remembers him in H2. If anything, Carbon is more of a "complete" team than Instinct and tD, because the four of them have a history of playing with each other.

tD's playstyle will probably end up changing completely with Neighbor, he'll still be able to run  around and do different things but the other three will change their style to make up for losing Heinz (who IS the best player of 2009) but they still have the team to win and place Top 2 consistently.

Instinct has a fanboy roster, and it'll be sweet to see what a team with both LBX and EW can do, but that's the same team with two people who have a repeated history of going cold in big TS games. If that happens, or Roy or Cloud underperforms, they struggle to stay in the Top 4.

Str8 comes out of this with the best team on paper, they'll need a lot of practice to stay even with how much Carbon and tD will be able to practice. If rosters stay the same for opener:

1) Str8
2) tD
3) CbN
4) Instinct
5-6) BtH / FB (If they pick up FiS/ToTz)
7) SQ
8) sLu

Quote (Breathless @ Feb 2 2010 07:10am)

Championship Bracket
1. Triggers Down - SK, Hysteria, Pistola, Neighbor = 10,675
2. Str8 Rippin - T2, Legit, Snipedown, Heinz = 9,987.5
3. Instinct - Roy, Lunchbox, Cloud, Elamite = 9,057.5
4. Carbon - Walshy, Defy, BesT MaN, Strongside = 8,272.5
5. No Name - Soldier, Destin, Naded, Clutch = 7,668
6. Believe the Hype - Demon D, Maniac, Tizoxic, Chig = 7,320
7. Final Boss – OGRE2, Victory X, FearItself, Totz = 7,092.5
8. Status Quo - Flamesword, Ace, Enable, a Pure Gangster = 5,770
9. Heaven and Earth - KillerDrew, Karma, GH057ayame, Cpt Anarchy = 5,043
10. Swagger Like Us - Thrust, Assault, Dersky, Snake Bite = 3,290
11. No Name - PoWeeZy, Robbie B, NoctournalKernal, Gilkey = 2,984.5
12. Surprise – BRAKE, Goofy, Advent, Zoo Wuu = 2,514.5
13. AntiGravity - Eli, GunShot, Severince, BatMayne = 2,281
14. Active Rush - IceVayne, Mimic, Frosty = 2,234
15. No Name - Legend, AnT = 2,165.5

North of 49 - GSp0t, DARKscorpion, Imported, Moniz = 1,705
Virtuosity - Jetty, Painless = 1,410
No Name - Fearris, Thuggish = 1,365
No Name - Perplexity, Ar7ofWar = 989.5
Free Agents
TalenT = 1,055
TwYLighT = 985
Nexus = 877.5
Sypher = 862.5
Loki = 847.5
Arkanum = 742.5
Elumnite = 692
MoNsTeR = 545
FeaR = 424.5
CallMeGod = 382.5
PisToL = 372

Quote (Hboy @ Feb 2 2010 02:30am)

wow, virt old teamates

Quote (cdillon42 @ Feb 2 2010 07:37pm)

is it time for gated to make a come back?

Quote (Hboy @ Feb 2 2010 05:20pm)

nah foley + skullkid lol