Review Major Qualifying Tournament – PenGs vs. Peppers

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PenGs vs. Peppers

 

Hello, eSports lovers & readers! Today, I will be reviewing the match between Penguins (PenGs) and Peppers played in the Major Qualifying Tournament (MQT).

 

For those of you who don't know, MQT is a qualification tournament for upcoming Clan Championship. Top 16 clans from the RU clan rating system battle against each other and the Top 8 clans afterwards progress to the Clan Championship tournament.

 

The aforementioned match has been played on Bobruisk map in Hard CTF Format. Peppers, who are the holders of exclusive paints “Impulse” and “Gladiator” challenged Penguins who are currently holding the "Gladiator" paint which they received for the 6th place in “Master of the Swords" tournament.

 

These two teams faced each other in the Loser Bracket of Master of the Swords tournament. Unfortunately, this match hasn’t been streamed, but Peppers won this match 3:2.

 

You can watch their recent match here.

 

 

First Round

 

Penguins started on the blue base and Peppers on the red. The round started with few attacks from Penguins and Peppers which both teams managed to stop without complications. Eight minutes before the round end, PenGs attacked Peppers’ base. @Ben, the new leader of Penguins, took the flag under the cover of @Daydreams and captured it. The score was 1:0 for PenGs.

 

Penguins gave it another shot and tried to capture another flag, @Daydreams from Penguins team took the flag from the middle of the map and almost brought it into PenGs’ base, but 4 players from Peppers chased him and they managed to return the flag.

 

Not more than 30 seconds after this attempt, @Ben grabbed the flag once again. However, this time Penguins left their own base exposed to attack which allowed @RaffaeIIo from Peppers to take the flag as well. Peppers managed to return the flag very easily since @Ben, Penguins’ flag holder, had no support with him while his counterpart had 2 bodyguards with him. Peppers captured the flag and tied the result to 1:1. But, the round was not over yet! For some reason, PenGs had no defenders in the base which allowed C-K-JI-E-P-O-3-H-U-K to take the flag and capture it. It also meant that Peppers grabbed the lead first time in the match.

 

 

Penguins were determined to win. took the flag from the middle but his Double Armor has ran out and thus Peppers had no problems eliminating him.

 

C-K-JI-E-P-O-3-H-U-K from Peppers managed to take Penguins’ flag once again. Penguins’ defenders failed to stop him from returning to his base. The result wass 3:1 for Peppers and there was only a minute left.

 

took Penguins’ flag at the last minute, he came to his base but Penguins’ players didn’t let him capture. peppers came off victorious in this round, but the match was far from over!

 

 

Second Round

 

The Second round was probably less interesting then the first. Players came up with few indecisive attacks which both teams managed to stop. Three minutes before the round's end, @Daydreams from Penguins took the flag and almost reached his base, but 3 Peppers’ members managed to return the flag.

 

@Daydreams with help from @FinalStage took the flag once again while C-K-JI-E-P-O-3-H-U-K  did the very same thing. While @Daydreams was successfully returning to the Penguins’ base with enemy flag, returned the flag from Peppers. Penguins captured the first flag of the round.

 

 

From this point onward, Peppers had nothing to lose in this round. PenGs had an advantage of one flag lead and there was only a minute left! Peppers attacked Penguins’ base once more, but Penguins repelled their attack. The round ended with the result 1:0 for PenGs.

 

 

Third Round

 

Both teams didn’t come up with any serious attacks till the mid-stage of the round. @Daydreams, PenGs’ member, approached the enemy from the right side of his base and took the flag from Peppers' base. @Ben and @FinalStage came to help him while Peppers’ members tried to eliminate him. Penguins’ players cleared out Peppers’ players who came after him and Ben captured it! The result was 1:0 for PenGs. Right after the attack, Peppers’ members invaded Penguins’ base, but Penguins successfully reflect all of them and cleared their base. Similar to the previous rounds, Peppers attacked enemy base in the attempt to capture a flag and tie the result. In the last 20 seconds, both teams took enemy flag, but both teams returned their own flags right away. The round ended with 1:0 victory for PenGs.

 

 

Fourth Round

 

Peppers had nothing to lose. If they wanted to at least tie the match, they had to win this round. Draw in fourth round would guarantee Penguins the victory.

 

Peppers started the round with few aggressive attacks while Penguins pulled back to more defensive gameplay. Peppers managed to take the flag from the middle where the previous flag-holder was blocked and destroyed by Penguins’ players. However, when most of the players were destroyed and spawning, [member=Daydreams] successfully returned the flag.

 

Four minutes left! @I3oris eliminated the defender of Peppers and took the flag. It was almost impossible to hold the flag any longer because 3 members of Peppers were chasing after him. [member=I3oris] intentionally let Peppers return the flag while [member=Daydreams] from Penguins was waiting behind for the flag to be returned to take it without a problem. [member=Daydreams] drove from the middle, but Peppers returned the flag. The score was still 0:0.

 

A minute before the end, Peppers left their base without any defenders and tried to build up the pressure in Penguins' base. [member=Daydreams] easily grabbed the abandoned enemy flag, but on his way to the base, enemy destroyed him and returned the flag. Just 30 seconds before the end of the round, [member=I3oris] took the flag and succeeded in capturing it! The score was 1:0 for PenGs. Penguins won the last round with the result 1:0 and the match with the result 3:1.

 

 

 

 

Interviews

 

I also approached two players who took part in this match. @I3oris, who represents the clan Penguins and who represents the clan Peppers. Let's see what they have to say about their recent match.

 

@Spy: Hello @I3oris! Yesterday, Penguins won the match against Peppers. In the first round, you captured one flag, however Peppers managed to capture 3 flags. What happened? Why do you think PenGs lost first round?

 

@I3oris: We were confident of a victory yesterday and after capping 1 flag we were sure we would win without a problem. However, Peppers  changed equipment more smartly than us and had clearly trained much more than we did. This is why we lost in the first round, in my opinion. I personally didn't know which turrets were good there but after experimenting in the first and second round, we realized what worked and what didn't. That's how we won.

 

@Spy: It looks like something changed on your side after the first round. You started playing differently which resulted to the fact that Peppers were not able to capture even a single flag in the next rounds. What changed in your approach?

 

@I3oris: In the second round, we took a more defensive approach to the game. We used two heavy hulls and an Isida. So for Peppers, taking a flag wasn't an easy task. However, our attack suffered due to the lack of support. Near the end of the round, our Isida started supporting us in attack and we were finally able to capture a flag. Round 3 was a very good round for us. While playing on the harder side, our Freeze managed to take one attacker out of the action each time, reducing enemy's attack strength and making it easier for our main defenders to deal with the attacks. In Round 4, we went full defense mode with our Thunder damaging them early before they reached our base. Our counter attack strategy really worked well and caught Peppers off guard when @Daydreams and I grabbed the flag near the end of the round.

 

@Spy: Why do you think you won the match?

 

@I3oris: I think we won the match because  we were much better at tactics and our choice of turrets was better than theirs. Skill-wise, we were much better, probably because our players have much more experience in supply battles and hard format.

 

@Spy: Thank you for answering my questions and good luck in your next matches!

 

 

@Spy: Hello ! In the first round of the match, you were loosing but your team made a grandiose take-over when you captured three flags in a row. What changed after that first PenG's capture?

 

: After losing that first flag, we lifted our heads up and started playing more like a team. Because of this we won that round.

 

@Spy: After winning the first round, you failed to capture a single flag. What changed in your gameplay? Why you do you think you lost after such great start?

 

: PenGs started to play very smart and and defeated us in the tactics. Their choices of equipment and they approach took us by surprise.

 

@Spy: What do you think your team did wrong?

 

: We didn't choose the correct modules, equipment and we kind of failed in teamwork.

 

@Spy: What do you plan on doing differently in your next hard format match?

 

: We are planning to look at our mistakes and analyze our previous games and battling style. We will try to not repeat those mistakes again.

 

@Spy: Thank you for your time, best of luck in your upcoming matches!

 

 

Conclusion

 

The key to victory in Hard Format is attacking in groups. Penguins demonstrated how a great communication between the team members should look like and they rightfully won this match. Nevertheless, both teams played very well. In the end, Penguins once again proved they are currently one of the best English clans.

 

Thank you for reading this article!

 

Edited September 11, 2017 by Vikingsrallentando

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I was Watching Match. Players Of Peppers Changes Their Modules/Guns/Hulls Before Starting Of Match. In 1/2/3 Rounds PenGs Changes  After Starting Of Match So They can Take Heavy Protection Modules and Change their Turrents which are taken by Peppers. That was Not Fair 

In My Suggestion it should be re-match.  No Problem PePPeRS! Next war I think PenGs Vs VAV  , They Cheat Or No Cheat Vav will win!.

PenGs Does Not Proof " One Of The Best English Clans Yet. They Would If t hey Won Vs  SNERGY 

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You are allowed to change your protection , Hull and Turret at the middle of the round.

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Edited July 5, 2017 by HighTwenty4Seven

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