DreamboatBBiA_duchessDreamboatIm actually shocked that people are blaming Se7en for the stalemate on badlands. It was 100% evl. Did people even actually watch the game?
That's such a fucking lie lol. It definitely wasn't all se7en, but the Americans and Aussies play was more aggressively against each other, but whenever they play se7en the pace slows to a crawl.
EVL plays super stalematey as well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_0ugeeoZ4Q) and were only sacking a roamer. Pushing badlands mid off a roamer pick isnt easy and you cant fault se7en for not pushing off of it. The entire reason the stalemate was there was that Corsa didn't move on spy. EVL rarely tried to have an uber exchange, corsa never went for anything on spy, evl just kept repeating the same roamer bomb time and time again. They were 100% responsible for the stalemates on that badlands game.
Very much disagree. EVL did have middle so in a technical sense it was on them to push but it was not that simple.
I believe EVL knew they had 7 right where they wanted them, it just came down to execution.
Corsa was providing information on locations of 7's players so he didn't "need" to go for a play because that information alone was more valuable. With that information, I see nothing wrong with EVL trying to roamer bomb the medic over and over to get a force. Why? EVL knew 7 was not going to push at all, and even if they did, Corsa's calls would have stuffed any push to middle. Why then would EVL risk a bad push when they had positional advantage and location calls? This seemed like a thought out and planned defense of the 2nd point and 7 did not deviate from the plan, hence stalemate.
IMO, 7 made the mistake in this stalemate and if you watch the video a few times you can see why. Every time Purleshirt failed his bomb, the 7 players never pushed forward to contest or at least gain information. Corsa's POV showed they just sit back and waited over and over. Nobody on 7 saw 2 EVL scouts for about 8 minutes because none of them tried to push forward. These players are very smart and experienced. I feel they could have sniffed out an off-class had they attempted to get information but it just never happened in this instance.