A look back on the Domination Series Final - Junior

[St.Guardian 514]

 

The Domination Series Final

 

Last Saturday, the 10th of December, the top "Junior" teams in Tanki Online engaged in a heated battle that was full of excellent team play and displays of talent among individuals. These two teams are known as Hell Girls and New Day. As 2,000,000 crystals and the Gladiator paint were available for first place only, both teams were passionate about winning and in the end, the better team proved themselves. How did it go down? Read below to find out!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwM6FOPr6H0

 

First Round:

     

Hell Girls began the battle on the red side, and their main defense comprised of Live.Love.Inspire, equipped with a Hammer/Hunter, supported by long range defender Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S, who used Shaft/Hornet. This decision was a questionable one, but had its proven benefits. For example, a mobile sniper on the red side of Tribute was effective because it diverted New Day's attackers' attention away from the top of the bridge. So Hell Girls decided to diminish camping away from the bridge with a camper of their own, and this effectively weakened New Day's camping potential. As for Hell Girls' attacking squad, they used a Railgun/Hornet and a Smoky/Viking aided by two midfielders using Thunder/Hunter and Ricochet/Hornet.

     

In terms of New Day's arrangement of defense, they decided to use a Freeze/Hornet (N3G3B4TE6) and Vulcan/Viking (Legend.Of.Tomorrow), a rather powerful combo combining long and close range. Their attack was a slick Thunder/Wasp and a Smoky/Hunter supported by, again, two midfielders with Twins/Viking and Railgun/Hornet. These various pieces of equipment selected by both teams allowed for some pretty diverse gameplay and no flags were captured. However, there were some close attempts made by each team to deliver their opponents' flag.

   

For example, halfway through the battle, four of Hell Girls' players (l8ter, St.Blackwolf96, I_Purified-Killer_I and MARSHAL-86), entered New Day's base in an attempt to capture a flag. Equipped with a Double Power, I_Purified-Killer_I's Railgun did numerous damage to half of the Blue team. This, coupled with a diversion caused by MARSHAL-86 and l8ter allowed St.Blackwolf96 equipped with a Double Armour and Speed Boost to penetrate the Blue base's defense. Unfortunately, such excellent drop control and coordination couldn't break through New Day's relentless Freeze/Hornet defender N3G3B4TE6. It seemed as though the Red team's attack force sustained too much damage before reaching the enemy flag.

   

When New Day decided to attack full on to the Red base, they did so with style. A clearly experienced Self-Control, using Thunder/Wasp and with 'double drops' activated, attacked with support by M4D and PORT3S_S who would provide a lot of cover and impact force with their Twins and Smoky. Unfortunately, a Shaft and Railgun pair on the Red team managed to deal sufficient damage to the attacking trio of New Day. When they did manage to grab the flag, they could only bring the flag halfway through Hell Girls' base before being engaged and destroyed by defenders. One thing to note is that New Day attacked clearly at the time of both teams' attacking drops falling, which allowed them to take a good portion of them.

   

Despite continual attempts to deliver a flag, the round ended 0:0.

 

Top pictures from the round:

 

 

Second Round:

 

There were a few equipment changes at the beginning of the second round when Hell Girls switched to the Blue team. It was seen that Live.Love.Inspire switched from a defender with Hammer/Hunter to an attacker with Hammer/Hornet; I_Purified-Killer_I used Vucan/Viking instead of a Hornet Railgun, and Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S was replaced by MixxDJBoy who used a long range Railgun/Hornet. After switching to the Red side, New Day did not make any serious equipment changes; only N3G3B4TE6 used Hammer instead of Freeze, which allowed the player to perform a midfield role throughout the match. 

   

About 3 minutes into the match, Hell Girls' l8ter managed to penetrate the Red team's defensive setup. Equipped with a Double Armour and a Speed Boost, they managed to bring the flag onto the surrounding bridge before being destroyed, where teammates were waiting enthusiastically - all the while being covered by St.Blackwolf96. About ever Blue player that had taken the flag (due to the unforgiving New Day defenders) was promptly destroyed as a little game of "pass the flag" commenced through Hell Girls' base. After being closely followed by Self-Control, the attacking squad managed to hand the flag over to a well defending I_Purified-Killer_I to deliver the first and only capture in the game, making the score 1:0 in Hell Girls' favour.

   

Later on in the battle, attackers M4D and Self-Control always managed to spread damage onto Hell Girls' defenders severely, but New Day's attackers did not attack together. This, coupled with the few respawn zones in the Blue base, allowed Hell Girls' defense to persist and furthermore led them to win the round 1:0.

 

Top pictures from the round:

 

    

 

Third Round:

     

Hell Girls began this round switching to their previous combinations of the first round when they were on the Red team. As for New Day, their battle combos changed drastically. In the defense, they played N3G3B4TE6 with a Vulcan/Viking and and M4D equipped with a versatile Smoky/Hunter. New Day's attacking squad flipped as well, Legend.Of.Tomorrow using a Hammer/Wasp; Self-Control utilising a Hunter M2 with his Thunder. They were supported by PORT3S_S in a familiar XP combo and BADDAX in a Ricochet/Hornet.

     

At the beginning of the battle, Hell Girls' Live.Love.Inspire was still changing equipment and this slight disorganisation lead Legend.Of.Tomorrow to break into the Red base with a Speed Boost and blast off with the Red flag. Aided by his trusty defenders and mid fielding teammates, Legend.Of.Tommorow rushed through his completely clear base and captured Hell Girls' flag. Due to this beautiful solo run, the score became 1:0 in New Day's favour.

     

Further attempts on the Red flag were conducted by New Day but all failed due to the now tense Hell Girls defenders. For example, BADDAX managed to sneak behind the Red base unnoticed with a Speed Boost. He managed to grab the flag but only took it halfway through Hell Girls' base before being destroyed. Just a few seconds later, Legend.Of.Tomorrow tried another attack, but was quickly hammered down by a slightly vindictive Live.Love.Inspire.

   

For the rest of the match, Hell Girls' defense was resilient and it really was just a case of attack and defense. Additionally, it was often seen that the Shaft M2 of Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S was giving quite some scars to the New Day attackers, all of whom suffered a massive damage output. New Day gave no opportunity for Hell Girls to recover, they kept their opponents in their base for the majority of the match. Thus the rounded ended 1:0, making the overall score in rounds 1:1. The next round would decide the fates and prizes of both clans.

 

Top pictures from the round:

 

 

Fourth Round:

     

The last round began with few changes to correspond to map sides. New Day did not change any equipment (perhaps they gained some solid confidence from winning the previous round). Hell Girls' Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S, however, changed from Shaft/Hornet to Hammer/Hornet.

   

Soon after starting, MixxDJBoy, assisted by l8ter, managed to break their opponents' defense and speed off in his XP combo equipped with a Speed Boost. MixxDJBoy then proceeded to check his base for opponents and handed the flag over to a now respawning Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S. Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S then captured the flag quickly; an early start to the final round.

 

St.Blackwolf96 and l8ter were then busy attacking New Day's base, so l8ter decided to attempt a second capture merely seconds after the first. l8ter sped off with the Red flag, only making it just into the border of his Blue base before being destroyed, long range, by a persistent BADDAX. The attacking squad of Hell Girls would then pass the flag onto one another (after being destroyed) and ultimately l8ter re-took the Red flag and captured it, making the score 2:0. A Gold Box fell 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the battle, but the players of both teams were clearly focused on gathering 2,000,000 crystals rather than 1000; a reasonable choice.

   

A further attack of similar exhibition occurred just seconds after, where l8ter carried the red flag all the way from New day's base to Hell Girls' base: a solo run making the score 3:0 in their favour. This was followed by a desperate attempt by New Day's PORT3S_S who took the Blue flag and sped off with it whilst being covered by Self-Control. Unfortunately, PORT3S_S hit a slight turbulence when jumping off the bridge and remained stuck. His teammates arrived too late an a thundering MARSHAL-86 returned the flag in defiance to such a brilliant attempt.

     

The last capture of the final would say goodbye to any hopes of leveling the score when a fully drugged St.Blackwolf96 bashed the Red team's defense and ultimately handed the flag off to Ba.TT.Le.Sc.Ar.S, who captured the flag and ended the round with a score of 4:0.

 

Top pictures from the round:

 

 

Conclusion

 

Congratulations to New Day for making it to the finals of the first ever Junior Domination Series. They were truly worthy

adversaries, showing great sportsmanship and fortitude throughout the match. New Day definitely deserved their

1,000,000 crystals. As for the Hell Girls champions, they showed true power and unleashed their potential throughout

the match, displaying excellent, swift coordination throughout it all. Due to their intelligent decision to never let up

and persist upon their opponents, Hell Girls without a doubt earned their 2,000,000 crystals and the Gladiator paint.

 

 

Edited December 18, 2016 by Shedinja

[St.Guardian 514]

A Brief Interview (courtesy of @Regency)

 

What do you think about the final and the tournament in general?

 

(Hell Girls Captain): It was a good final and I took pleasure in playing. Some said that New day would tale revenge for losing against us in the group stage but they all were wrong. New Day played well though, they are a good clan. The tournament went pretty well overall.

 

@I_Purified-KilleR_I (Hell Girls): I think the tournament in general was very well ogranised; if I could fix a few things it would be to make the rules more straightforward and have fixed dates for matches. I would also have liked for the players to be able to choose match formats by elimination rather than organizers deciding it for them.

 

(New Day Captain): This tournament was really great. It was cool to play with players in a team and with players from different places. It was a great final!

 

(New Day): For the first round, I was confident that my team did not attack very well. I did not have too much fun during the game. I think Hell Girls have their strengths and weaknesses. It was a fun tournament full of twists and turns.

Edited December 25, 2016 by St.Guardian

[St.Guardian 514]

Extra (courtesy of @Regency)

 

Why did you take part in this tournament?

 

(Hell Girls Captain): I took part to have fun with my friends, and it was fun to play in the tournament. We didn't really expect to win but we were strong together.

 

@I_Purified-KilleR_I (Hell Girls): I participated in this tournament because I was attracted by the prizes; after all I have never played in a tournament for M2s with good rewards and appropriate formats.

 

(New Day Captain): I participated in this tournament for Gladiator, as it is one of my dreams to have that paint.

 

(New Day): I played in this tournament only for the paint that caught my eyes!

Edited December 19, 2016 by St.Guardian

[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

Congrats to new day, shame we had to face the eventual second place winners early on in the tournament... ah well, just wasn't our battle :( still, they were quite a good sport, GL for future tourneys ;)

 

Yet I still feel it's kinda useless making sperate tourneys since 75% of the players were alts... if the prizes weren't that high however I think players who have alts wouldn't bother much. Ehh, who knows :/

[Lankbouv 6,347]

Congrats to new day, shame we had to face the eventual second place winners early on in the tournament... ah well, just wasn't our battle :( still, they were quite a good sport, GL for future tourneys ;)

 

Yet I still feel it's kinda useless making sperate tourneys since 75% of the players were alts... if the prizes weren't that high however I think players who have alts wouldn't bother much. Ehh, who knows :/

It's the price of competition, want good prizes for EN M3 tournaments, then let the Russians in.  Same for Junior, let the alts in or the prizes should't be there.

[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

It's the price of competition, want good prizes for EN M3 tournaments, then let the Russians in. Same for Junior, let the alts in or the prizes should't be there.

Nah, I'm not saying don't let any alts in. The competition would be very minimal, plus its quite impossible to see who is an alt and who isnt. I'm just saying if the prizes are lowered (no paint, less crystals) , less alts would be there and the tourney wouldn't be 75% alts atleast... idk, just my thoughts :/

 

For example, would HG still enter the tourney if there wasn't a paint prize and if the prize wasn't 2 mill crys for the team? Ehh.. with CC9, I'm not sure if they would.

 

I think that might motivate more main M2 accs to enter, and get them prepared for bigger tourneys once they get M3s. But getting rekt heavily isn't very motivational :x hmm idk, just my opinion :/ or maybe making the prizes divided by more teams than just the top 4 wouldn't hurt either.. :/

Edited December 19, 2016 by Kurt_KurtDGreat

[Lankbouv 6,347]

I know what you're saying, but I just pointed out the price of good prizes is good teams.

[Amar.Tu.Vida 0]

Good Job !

 

[St.Guardian 514]

Good Job !

thank you, and I could say the same to you  ;)

[Sub 27]

Nice Job covering everything ) (can't wait for another tourney like this)  :)

[Regency 2,099]

#Thanks@RegencyForInterview :v

[I_Purified-KilleR_I 20]

I've been misquoted a tad bit. I don't want to see fixed formats prior to matches but rather the opposite, allowing clans to decide what format they want to play by system of elimination as opposed to organizers deciding it for them.

[St.Guardian 514]

Fixed*

All right, sorry about that my fault.