NA KotS XI Finals -- is on!

[iDuckman]

This for the King of the NA Seas!  Defending champion [07] and second seed [????] are still alive.  [SCCC] and [AP] are challenging.  Who will meet in the Finals?

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https://www.twitch.tv/lord_zath and the WoWS channel

Lord_Zath and SeaRaptor00 commentating on the [AP] Absolute Penetration vs. [????] Kleber prpr (Geishu) semifinal match and will do the Finals, too.

MizuharaChizuru, Carrier_Hosho and Admiralpng are also streaming it.

I will be following Zath and reporting on his matches.

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https://www.twitch.tv/00duke

00duke 'casting the [07] vs. [SCCC]

Streamers: Boggzy and Ahksance, GameProdigy and Minihannibal65, 00duke

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Third Place Matchup
Streamers: Carrier_Hosho and Admiralpng, 00duke

[iDuckman]

Game 1 on North map.

[AP] down on points, but has a huge HP lead. 

[AP] has the points lead and up two ships!

[????] loses its first game of the tournament!

[iDuckman]

Game 2 on Northern Waters.

Each team has two Smalands and a Yamato.  AP has a mix with a Goliath.  [????] has triple Des Moines and a Z-52.

Z-52 takes B cap and the other two are DD slap fights.

Near-tie on points.  [????] down a DD with a slight HP deficit.

AP still up a ship and takes its first lead of the game with 4:00 left.

Three lead changes near the end, with [????] squeaking out a win!

[iDuckman]

Meanwhile, [SCCC] and [07] split the first two games.

[iDuckman]

Game 3 on Loop. 1-1

[????] brings FOUR DDs, double Kleber.  Both have Yamato.  [AP] has Wooster, Goliath, Venezia, double Stalingrad.

[????] grabs A and C.  No one anywhere near B cap. 

AP loses its Yueyang contesting A cap.  Now 4:1 DDs.  [????] takes B, A and C are each being held by a Kleber.  [????] leading by 450 points.

AP has called Student Body Forward. They have B and will take A.  Someday.  But down 580 points and a ship.

It's not enough.  [????] takes a very interesting game.  2-1

[iDuckman]

Meanwhile, [SCCC] up 2-1 on the defending champ [07].

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Game 4 on Crach Zone Alpha.  [????] leading 2-1.

[????] Again with the four DDs (Kleber and Smaland banned).  [AP] has the same composition as the last game.

[????] grabs all three caps, then pulls out of C but holds a small lead.

AP concentrated N of the B and C caps. 

AP down all three caps and 400 points

[????]  takes the win and moves into the finals.

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Meanwhile, [07] comes back on [SCCC] to tie it up 2-2 in a tight match.

[iDuckman]

Game 5, last of the Semifinals, on Loop.  [07] vs.[SCCC].  Banned Petro, Stalin, Kleber, Marceau.

SCCC with 3 DDs, 07 with two.

SCCC grabs B and C, with A contested.

SCCC has the points lead, but down a Moskva.  07 takes A and is moving on B.

SCCC down three ships.  07 positioning is masterful.

07 takes B and is moving on C.  This match is over.

[iDuckman]

[iDuckman]

Game 1 on North: [07] vs. [????]. Best of five for the Crown as King of the NA Sea!  Bans: Daring, Petro, Nevsky, Cockbote Wooster.

[????] with three DDs and and , the first I've seen on NA tourny; Marceau instead of Kleber?

Points are tied.  [????] down a ship.  Now two.

07 in a spread push.  [????] is clustered between A and B.

07 up two ships with two caps and the lead.

[????] kills a DD, and flips a cap.  They're still alive, with three surviving DDs.

07 owns C and is pushing the B cap hard.  Ship counts are equal, but 07 has much more health.

[????] DD tries a rush on a three-ship 07 cluster and accomplishes nothing. 

07 for the win!  1-0

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Meanwhile [AP] wins Game 1 over [SCCC].

[iDuckman]

Game 2 on Tears of the Desert.  Bans:  Smaland, Stalinbote, Nevsky, Cockbote Wooster.

Holy cripes!  We've move to EU.  07 with FOUR Petropopodopoli, Shima, Marceau?   [????] with two Petbotes,  Yammie, double Zao, three DDs, including Marceau?  {Kleber not banned.)

07 typically behind in points, but now own two caps and are on target to win.

[????]  goes down a ship.  Needs a kill, but has nothing spotted.

TIED at 914!  07 takes a slight lead.

Geishu DD blapped and 07 takes a 2-0 lead! 

 

[TarasBulba_]

Dear Warships Staff,

You need to hire SeaRaptor and Lord_Zath full time when it comes to events. They are great color commentators and good guys, in general. I am proud to follow their streams and learn a lot from them. I do stream other CC's and enjoy their shows too, but these two go the extra mile during KOTS. They need their own captains on WoWs with their voice overs too.

[iDuckman]

And they wear shirts and ties for official events!

[iDuckman]

Meanwhile, [AP] goes up 2-0 over [SCCC]

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Game 3 on Northern Waters.  [07] can take the crown with this game.  Bans: Worcester, Nevsky, Petropavlovsk, Smaland.

Again, matching Daring and Marceaus?  (What about Kleber?)  [????] 3 DDs with Z-52.  (Why not try the quad Kleber comp?)

[????] again takes the caps and points leads, but seems to have better position with better damage trade than previous.

07 down 400 points, and take First Blood.

William the Dank's Ohio explodes and it's over!  [????] pushes it to 2-1 in a strong showing.

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Meanwhile, [SCCC] comes back for a 2-1 score to force a Game 4 with [AP].

[TarasBulba_]

I agree. 07 owns KOTS

 

[Navalpride33]

In 07 match, in game 5... Compliments to them on how they played... I like fleets that are versatile, adaptive and tactical.

Which is an upgrade from my comments on them 2years ago...

Congrats to the guys of 07... The finals await.. I will be watching you guys...

[iDuckman]

Game 4 on Crash Zone Alpha.  Bans:  Harugamo, Petrosomething, Stalingrad, Worcester.

[????] double Nevsky, triple DDs with a Marceau?  [07] double Des Moines, triple Smaland.

07's DDs take heavy early damage.  [????] concentrated near A, set to kite.  (Why? Did they expect an 07 push at A?)

07 with two caps and a small lead, spread evenly between caps.  Now one cap and there might be a contest at A.

[????] with a 150 point lead.  This match could go either way.

12:30 First Blood to [????].

07 trailing but now owns 3 caps (two contested).  They haven't taken DD damage since the opening.  [????] has many damaged ships.

07 takes the points lead, though down 1 ship.

[????] takes out William the Dank's Montana for the lead, but holds no scoring caps.

Wow!  07 wins with last-second trades!!  Hail the King! 

 

 

[RickPatton]

54 minutes ago, iDuckman said:

And they wear shirts and ties for official events!

I thought that was the KOTS weatherman.

[iDuckman]

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Meanwhile, [SCCC] comes back for a 2-2 score to force a Game 5 with [AP].

 

[IfYouSeeKhaos]

And AP gets the win in the tie breaker for 3rd place.

Standby for Ducky's rundown...

[iDuckman]

No rundown.  I didn't watch it.  I had something to do at 7.

[CaptainKaitoGhost]

So, who won NA?

[skillztowin]

1 minute ago, CaptainKaitoGhost said:

So, who won NA?

07

[iDuckman]

21 minutes ago, CaptainKaitoGhost said:

So, who won NA?

Hate reading, eh?

The following teams advance to the World Finals on Oct. 11:

1. [07]
2. [????]
3. [AP]

 

[MannyD_of_The_Sea]

18 hours ago, iDuckman said:

And they wear shirts and ties for official events!

Who is their manager, the ghost of Brian Epstein?

[iDuckman]

2 minutes ago, MannyD_of_The_Sea said:

Who is their manager, the ghost of Brian Epstein?

Boy, are you old.