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Keep going, asset, they can't know you're an impostor. Base, over and out.
Welcome sports 'n guns fans and what a Round of 16 we had in this Tournament!
We've got giant empires choosing to go home and smaller countries who want the crown of laurels. We got surprises, both nice ones and disappointment.
And we even got one match going into round 3, but mostly 2-0 victories.
Context from Round of 16: https://app.warera.io/article/696a510537a9e3ca49e02bd7
QUARTER FINALS
Team 3 participants: https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac802, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7aa, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac80b, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b0, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7ef, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8ac, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8a0, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f49, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f40, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8ce, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f6d, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac79c, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac86e and https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15d1
Team 6 participants: https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac871, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac82c, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7f8, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7ac and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac83c
Team STAR casually eliminated Team BOMB (Team 2) in the Round of 16 with a 2-0, needing just a bit more than 700K. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7aa dominated the top 10 with 7 players, https://app.warera.io/user/68929146dd632cc978a7876e being no. 2. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac80b's seemingly eternal President https://app.warera.io/user/6844719389c36412e15fbdf8 delivered 88K and gained the no. 1 spot, while BOMB's star https://app.warera.io/user/687b6a059deb08620c2d9817 delivered just half of that at 47K to represent https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac880, who have 3 players in the top 10. It seems Russia depleted most of their resources and didn't want to over extend into the tournament, and Iraq didn't commit. Therefore, we can expect Portugal to be in top shape for the Quarter round. Interestingly enough, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac86e has no player in the top 10. Perhaps they will do more against Team BAT.
Team ROBOT put up 560K damage in the first round against Team BAT, but it was only half of what BAT did (1.01M). In the next round, BAT made sure to put the nail in the coffin with another 800K against just 144K. https://app.warera.io/user/6939cf8e7e92fa425b25ef7e from https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac83c dominated the scoreboard with 204K damage, while the other side's MVP was https://app.warera.io/user/68e0f6006555f19119ac310e from https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac87d with 168K. There are only Chileans in the top 10 scoreboard, with the exception of https://app.warera.io/user/68a874379b9401bed2fa09c7 from https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac82c. With 1.75 million damage already, will Chile be able to overpower their geopolitical enemy https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7aa? Sure, Portugal already did 21 million damage in the world this week, while Chile is rested up, but if history teaches us anything, is that Portuguese always seem to find damage to give. We will see if https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac80b and other allies are determined to help their team advanced to the Semi-Finals.
Team 5 roster: https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f43, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f3d, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15b5, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f1c, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac85c, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a8, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f70, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f4f, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac890, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8af, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac80e, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7bc, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8cb, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f1f, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac835, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac829 and https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15bd
Team 15 roster: https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac855, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7f2, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f67, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac838, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15c7 and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac79a
Team ARROWS curb stomped Team TANK in the Round of 16 with a comfortable 2-0. It seems neither the fearless https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7e8 nor the titan https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac858 wanted to spend damage, with only https://app.warera.io/user/6880350aa21ec005b5039baf delivering 100K. Meanwhile, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a8 and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac835 carried Team ARROWS to victory, the former with 4 players in the top 10 and https://app.warera.io/user/683ad03bbd2c4cb97021c9f8 no. 1 with 126K, and the latter with an additional 4 players in the top 10. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8cb's https://app.warera.io/user/6888883388956dec34f7b81f is the only mercenary to make it into the top 10, perhaps the others were preoccupied with the revolt against https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7eb, or just reserving strength for the Quarters against Team TRIANGLE.
And what fierce opponents they have got in the Quarters! Team TRIANGLE almost wiped the floor with Team HEXAGON, with neither Argentina nor Serbia participating with notable damage except for https://app.warera.io/user/681d0db3470bf2a142767aa4's 67K. It was actually https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac808 who held the line, with https://app.warera.io/user/686222896c0e408991840f98 being number 1 with 120K damage. But they were no match for https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac79a's 1 million damage with https://app.warera.io/user/6813b754efecdf9bab194cbe's 171K at no. 1 and https://app.warera.io/user/692758d399b6f95d03f9fef7 at no. 2 with 107K. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7f2 didn't do much in the last match, perhaps they will do now.
So... Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Croatia and others against France and Sweden. A nice match-up with some traditional enemies against enemies. We will see who has more of the itch to win.
Composition of Team 12: https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5ef1, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac852, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15bb, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac848, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8da, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8c1, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b2, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f76, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f25, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac886, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac862, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5ee9, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac811, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f7c, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac845
Composition of Team 4: https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15d7, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f4c, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f2e, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15f7, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f2b, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8d7, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f63, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f37, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7fe, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac84b, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15c9, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15cf, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8d1 and https://app.warera.io/country/69614d0e5d798a861630c58e
Team SKULL has had the hardest win so far and its match has also seen the most action. Over the whopping 3 rounds, they lost the first round by https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b6 and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a4 Team BEAR sniping ticks at a low damage difference, at 2.09 million versus SKULL's 2.07. On the BEAR side, the scoreboard is shared brotherly by https://app.warera.io/user/681b15ac7c71edf800e224a4 with 381K and at no. 2 https://app.warera.io/user/6841cf283655f677fb5a581f with 337K. https://app.warera.io/user/68bf174cc687aa6c30c46de5 followed closely with 333K. However, perhaps aided by the night time in Europe, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac862 delivered 900K damage in the second round, while the opponents did as a whole 300K. With the score now 1-1, Round 3 was a butt clencher.
BEAR Team employed snipe and steal tactics, gaining 231 ticks total, but SKULL's veterans https://app.warera.io/user/681b32f97c71edf800ef000f, https://app.warera.io/user/68ab23704c43363a48e18b58 and https://app.warera.io/user/688aef98857479ba65b1e44c delivered cumulatively 1.4 million damage. They received much needed aid by https://app.warera.io/mu/695d2a3f9cddbde050bebbbb mercenaries who dealt 455K damage, and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac852 and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac845, perhaps seeing that they might win, added 500K to the scoreboard. The match was won by just 100K difference, 3.49M vs 3.39M.
Team ATOM, meanwhile, absolutely obliterated Team HORSE, made up of https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af1612 and https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f60. Despite being wiped live, ZA did 162K in the tournament still. Alas, it was a minuscule amount. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7b8 did about 200K alone, but the real damage was done by the Vatican cardinals https://app.warera.io/user/681e8d94f6f19b81b6bc45da (210K) and https://app.warera.io/user/681d8310470bf2a1423d8d16 (203K), the micro-state dealing 784K total. And it seems they didn't try too hard either.
Will India, The Expendables, Libya, Egypt, Hungary and allies stand up to the ferocious Lithuanian-Vatican forces? Will https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7fe step up and deal some damage as well? We will see today. It sounds like a very interesting match indeed.
Who's in Team 11: https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7eb, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15d3, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac81d, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7c0, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac89c, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7e2, https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af15db and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8bb
Meanwhile, here's Team 1: https://app.warera.io/country/683ddd2c24b5a2e114af160f, https://app.warera.io/country/6873d0ea1758b40e712b5f34, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7e5, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac8be, https://app.warera.io/country/687eab339142f76907295e50, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a6 and https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7ae
Team FLEUR-DE-LYS made short work of team MICROBE in the ROUND of 16. Employing tick sniping, the brave https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7a0 didn't gain more than 1 tick, despite dealing 765K in the first round. Netherlands' https://app.warera.io/user/68796073314bd5bcd33ddc6b carried his team both rounds, dealing 306K, with https://app.warera.io/user/6920c8da9317706a7449f960 and https://app.warera.io/user/692ee8d8d930f58a92c19dd3 dishing an additional 132K, but it was not enough. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7eb's https://app.warera.io/user/6890b4c1ac8e8066fc70b725, https://app.warera.io/user/6892521832c6fcd3f41ec95e, https://app.warera.io/user/68305110bbd6e3b4179f0110 and https://app.warera.io/user/68dd81bf404a0cde48538cc0 along with https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7c0's https://app.warera.io/user/693e545ec4a36f2529d21747 dealt a median 115K each, with the first one mentioned dealing 136K. So, a teamwork. Although it needs to be mentioned, Turkey carried the team with 1.21 million overall, while Latvia supplemented with almost 400K. https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d546e731854c7ac81d was almost absent from this match, perhaps occupied somewhere else or gathering strength for the Quarters, where they would eventually meet Poland and USA.
Team ALIEN was singlehandedly carried overall by https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7ae, who cut up Team AXE's dreams in just 2 short rounds. Only https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac79e attempted a defence with a total of 218K coming from a few players, https://app.warera.io/user/6835a9ba84e6c5602992eeb7 and https://app.warera.io/user/6943ab8243f4fb12c8469f78 among those. Poland's https://app.warera.io/user/686176844d05d7380240ca7b dealt 134K, while his compatriots in the top 10 did less than 100K each, to overkill the first round 717K to just 210K. Round two was a tick sniping game, but totaling just 500K damage from both sides. Notably, https://app.warera.io/country/6813b6d446e731854c7ac7e5 chose not to engage.
There we have it. Turkey, Latvia and Japan against Poland and United States. Will more players activate? Are we going to see more tick stealing?
Final thoughts
Overall, a smaller Round of 16 in terms of damage. Conflicts in the world probably contributed to some losing teams not participating as much. As we climb the ladder into the semifinals, surely the damage contribution will rack up. There are several possible contenders for the semi-finals and honestly several matches can go either side. We can affirm that some matches can definitely swing to that side or the other if that nation's players can be motivated to fight.
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