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Next up was BZR. He likes playing Vanessa first instead leader, like TORU and me, which is probably a good choice against a zoning team, seeing how mobile Vanessa is compared to Oswald. It was a back-and forth match with many scramble situations and a few dropped combos, but BZR managed to get the victory. He plays the kind of patient that I wish i could, always leaving intentional gaps and pausing to give the opponent room to make mistakes, particularly with his Oswald. Next up, Zakuroman defeated BZR and it was now up to TORU.<br> | Next up was BZR. He likes playing Vanessa first instead leader, like TORU and me, which is probably a good choice against a zoning team, seeing how mobile Vanessa is compared to Oswald. It was a back-and forth match with many scramble situations and a few dropped combos, but BZR managed to get the victory. He plays the kind of patient that I wish i could, always leaving intentional gaps and pausing to give the opponent room to make mistakes, particularly with his Oswald. Next up, Zakuroman defeated BZR and it was now up to TORU.<br> | ||
Zakuroman changed his point Ryo for a Kula to face TORU in the mirror match and it looked like Zakuroman had the upper hand when TORU suddenly landed a 3A with Oswald leading to a nice Vanessa LDM combo. The crowd was cheering YES! YES! whenever 623C hit, mimicking me, and OH NO! when TORU dropped the combo and lost the match. Thus we got sent to the loser bracket.<br> | Zakuroman changed his point Ryo for a Kula to face TORU in the mirror match and it looked like Zakuroman had the upper hand when TORU suddenly landed a 3A with Oswald leading to a nice Vanessa LDM combo. The crowd was cheering YES! YES! whenever 623C hit, mimicking me, and OH NO! when TORU dropped the combo and lost the match. Thus we got sent to the loser bracket.<br> | ||
Ultimately, the A-block finals were Rising Dragons against "Grifeegian" (Kenoh/GRID/Gian), | Ultimately, the A-block finals were Rising Dragons against "Grifeegian" (Kenoh/GRID/Gian), a really scary team. First, Hiroshi and GRID faced off. Playing Maxima against a zoning team is a nightmare, and even more so when facing Hiroshi. However, GRID's Maxima overperformed, almost KOing both King and Kensou by himself, and it looked like he was closing in on an OCV when Hiroshi's Jazu finally KOed him. What was left for GRID though was a Ryo and leader Gato, both with full HP, which looked it would be enough to handle. But what happened, as it does so often when Hiroshi plays, is that he masterfully played for time and judgement and ultimately won despite a huge life lead for GRID.<br> | ||
Next was Kenoh, who I expected to play Kensou against Hiroshi's team. He chose Kyo as his point however, with Oswald 2nd and Ryo leader. Kenoh managed to get King in the corner with his Kyo but failed a shift combo to Oswald, which allowed Hiroshi to slowly catch up again. For a moment it looked like Kenoh was in the lead again after a nice shift combo, but a repeat of the match before happened where out of nowhere judgement was on the side of Hiroshi again and Jazu was holding the line until time was almost up.<br> | |||
Last up was port24's big boss Gian, leading with Kula. This was a one-sided and decisive victory for Hiroshi, proving that his unique team and playstyle can beat the very best in this game. | |||
Meanwhile, the B-block was progessing on the second stream, with the first match being equally brutal as ours: the Shoshinsha (=beginner) team of Aoi, Rukkora and Arata had to face (and lose to) Maru, Kentucky and Kodsuka. | Meanwhile, the B-block was progessing on the second stream, with the first match being equally brutal as ours: the Shoshinsha (=beginner) team of Aoi, Rukkora and Arata had to face (and lose to) Maru, Kentucky and Kodsuka. The block finals of the B-block were just as high profile as the A block: Maru/Kentucky/Kodsuka had to face Ozuma/Ryumi/Sawakoro. First up was | ||
'''A & B Block First Round | '''A & B Block First Round Final Videos:'''<br> | ||
[https://youtu.be/mc8xhGo4940?t=5734 Zakuroman/Hiroshi/Yanjirou vs Kenoh/GRID/Gian]<br> | [https://youtu.be/mc8xhGo4940?t=5734 Zakuroman/Hiroshi/Yanjirou vs Kenoh/GRID/Gian]<br> | ||
[https://youtu.be/x74ptbFkDs8?t=5023 Maru/Kentucky/Kodsuka vs Ozuma/Ryumi/Sawakoro] | [https://youtu.be/x74ptbFkDs8?t=5023 Maru/Kentucky/Kodsuka vs Ozuma/Ryumi/Sawakoro] | ||