"BATNateDiaz" posted the following announcement:
This tournament was kindly arranged by ORA clan with a healthy turn out for a Tuesday night with 14 players creating 7 teams.
I arrived just in time to catch and stream the finals, with some interesting close games from top players.
In the losers bracket final we had Lordy and Ad vs Kobra and Eve with each team displaying different tactics. Eve chose to send an MCV early near the enemy base to create an outpost, whereas Lordy concentrated on building as many CY's as possible to maximise his production speed. I thought perhaps the extra production speed of Lordy's many CY's would allow him to steamroll past Eve's outpost with Ad's tanking support, however, Kobra and Eve both sent a large continuous stream of tanks to reinforce the outpost, gaining south advantage, and ultimately winning the game.
In the Final Final, Kobra and Eve needed to beat Kickn and Yuzgen twice to win the tournament as they came from the losers bracket. And the final went the distance, with games going back and forth until the deciding match with some great play. In the decider, Yuz sent an early tank rush which nearly caught Kobra's team out as Eve was building a CY, but Kobra managed to block both entrances to their base with some slick tank driving. Yuz's tanks met a swift death and Kobra sent his counter attack, buying time for Eve to build up. The counter was dealt with quickly by Kickn's team, however, followed by Kickn quickly building out towards the enemy base and gaining south advantage with Yuzgen not far behind. Then, Yuz and Kickn marched forwards with a deadly combination of flame towers and tesla coils which were too much for their opponents to handle.
Yuz and Kickn were crowned champions, congratuations! (Yuz celebrated his team's victory with a march of mammoth tanks XD).
Full results can be found here: https://redalert1og.challonge.com/notctu4k
Watch the finals here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/934825873
View the announcement at https://redalert1og.challonge.com/announcements/5207
