GSA Overview 2

GSA Overview 2
Due to the positive responses I got, I decided to write a follow-up to my first post. This time with a slightly different structure, one that might work better. This time I’m going to run down the last 2 weeks day by day, race by race. Due to Smash.gg not being very nice to get data from I won’t be incorporating much in-depth stats. I hope y’all like it. Small note, I wrote the last post on the 24th, but couldn't incorperate any of the statistics of that day, that's why I'm starting here.

February 24^th

On the 24^th 6 matches were played over 5 leagues. To start the day Cheese and Toastrider91 faced of in the first division of the 70 star league. After 48 minutes and 50 seconds of delightful commentary by the team of Puncayshun and Dwhatever, Toastrider took the win. A minute and 25 seconds later Cheese ended his run, taking 11 out of the 20 additional points. This resulted in 49 points for Toastrider, and 11 for Cheese. This may certainly be seen as an upset, as the odds favoured Cheese. This was Cheese’s second loss over the season.

Up next Toastrider91 was scheduled again to fight for points, however this time in Mario Kart: Double Dash. Sadly Toastrider91 dropped out of the MKDD league, mainly because he couldn’t warm-up and practice next to Super Mario 64. His replacement is JHawk, he faced off against the undefeated No. 2 in the league GoombaNL. GoombaNL won the game 12-1. With this win he reclaimed first place in the tournament, a spot he’s held ever since.

Following this there was some Super Mario Odyssey action, SuisagaW vs. Chaospringle. The race was commentated by Flamefuser and Cheesejamez, two knowledgeable players of the game. Chaospringle took the win with a 1:01:56.77, while Suisaga clocked in with a 1:03 flat. Due to this Chaos was awarded 40 points plus an additional 7 points for the time difference, while Suisaga took 13 points. This brought Chaos’ total to 240 points, breaking the tie he had with Suisaga for 4^th place.

Next was a Division 2 match in the 70 Star league where 3^rd DrogieSR and Tabascoth faced off. Tabascoth took the win in 51:30, while DrogieSR finished with a 51:39. This gave Drogie 19 out of the 20 extra points, the optimal amount in a loss. Not much is to be said about this race, solid times from both, decent commentary.

The next run was also in the 2^nd Division. Copitz and 2^nd place in the league Protoman fought for 60 points. Protoman decisively won the race in 51:37 compared to Copitz’s 53:29. Protoman got 52 points, Copitz took 8, this elevated Protoman temporarily to first place. This place would be taken from him the following week be a rather surprising participant.

Lastly Cheese and Akki squared off for bragging rights, the first place and the undefeated streak in the 16 star league. The first game saw Cheese PB’ing and taking the win. 1-0 for Cheese. Then being virtually tied the whole race the climax came down to the last 5 minutes. Akki eventually took the lead in BitS, and took the win with a 30 second difference tieing the score 1-1. The last race was a 15:37 for Akki, which Cheese could not beat. 1-2 for Akki, the undefeated streak lives. This brings Akki to 21 points, and secures him first place for at least 1 more round as he’s now 4 points ahead of Binny.