Well, now I know what it feels like to be left at the altar. And with my luck, and at this rate, that will happen too.
I normally try to not complain about hax and accept defeat graciously, but this match was complete and utter bullshit. The Escavaliers are the most undeserving winners ever, not a single person on that roster deserves a win this NPA season. The New York Scrafties were a better team and outplayed the Escavaliers and somehow managed to lose by conditions we had no control over. If ever a winner deserved to have an asterisk by their names, this would be it.
No, this wasn't any sort of cosmic balance, karma, or whatever you want to call it, not that I believe in those anyway. If those did exist, we would have won. This was nothing short of highway robbery that allowed an unworthy team filled with unworthy players and personnel to get (notice how I didn't say "win" or "earn") a win. No, it wasn't "meant to be", because nothing happens because it's supposed to. The Escavaliers first "wins" came down to (in order): a freeze, a 50/50, an overheat miss, a freeze, and a choke. Not a single convincing win in the bunch. Not a single instance of being out-teamed or out-played. The Escavaliers might get the win, but it is definitely not deserved, as deserve had nothing to do with this. The Scraftys were better. The Scraftys are better. The Scraftys know this, and anyone who paid any attention to this series would know that, hell the Escavaliers probably know that. It is nothing but a meaningless win.
This is all before we even get into all the shady under the table dealings the Escavaliers pulled, while showing no loyalty to any of their players. I don't know if I should be more pissed at the people behind the trade or the people that allowed it to happen. And yeah, let's reward constant asshole behavior from the Escavaliers, from the top to the bottom of the organization. Speaking of which... look at BlueCookies, thinking this win makes any sort of a difference, acting like it allows him to act like even more of an asshole than usual. You are still just the same player as before this all started, a player that has never accomplished anything. And if you did ghost any of those finals matches? You should be embarrassed if that is the best you could do. You and I both know just how much you lucked out here, no matter how you try to justify it to yourself. Funny thing though, if we won I was going to make a post bashing every single one of the Escavaliers players, and it would have been a hell of a lot better than your weak ass post.
I have no idea how a team can be bailed out by such improbable last minute luck time and time again. I guess the saying is true, "No one wins, one side just loses more slowly." This wasn't just "hax is part of the game" or "those are the breaks" kinds of hax, it was literally "no fucking way that could possibly have just happened" hax, in every important turn of every game. Hell, it was so improbable Smogon promptly shut down for a week afterwards rather than process it (and I should've followed suit...). The Escavaliers have to tell me, what demon did you sell your soul to for this? Because I obviously sold mine to the wrong one. I guess it isn't true that the devil you know is better than the one you don't...
To the New York Scrafties, now. First, thank you to all of our fans and everyone who supported us and helped us out throughout the regular season and the playoffs. To the players and management: we had a good run, I'm sorry it had to end that way. Back to back finals appearances is still plenty impressive. You all individually exceeded my expectations, you guys won, rose to the occasion, and had my back whenever I needed you guys to. I'm proud of every one of you, and you are all champions in my book, for whatever that is worth.
But fuck the Escavaliers, and fuck this game, I'm through with it.
I normally try to not complain about hax and accept defeat graciously, but this match was complete and utter bullshit. The Escavaliers are the most undeserving winners ever, not a single person on that roster deserves a win this NPA season. The New York Scrafties were a better team and outplayed the Escavaliers and somehow managed to lose by conditions we had no control over. If ever a winner deserved to have an asterisk by their names, this would be it.
No, this wasn't any sort of cosmic balance, karma, or whatever you want to call it, not that I believe in those anyway. If those did exist, we would have won. This was nothing short of highway robbery that allowed an unworthy team filled with unworthy players and personnel to get (notice how I didn't say "win" or "earn") a win. No, it wasn't "meant to be", because nothing happens because it's supposed to. The Escavaliers first "wins" came down to (in order): a freeze, a 50/50, an overheat miss, a freeze, and a choke. Not a single convincing win in the bunch. Not a single instance of being out-teamed or out-played. The Escavaliers might get the win, but it is definitely not deserved, as deserve had nothing to do with this. The Scraftys were better. The Scraftys are better. The Scraftys know this, and anyone who paid any attention to this series would know that, hell the Escavaliers probably know that. It is nothing but a meaningless win.
This is all before we even get into all the shady under the table dealings the Escavaliers pulled, while showing no loyalty to any of their players. I don't know if I should be more pissed at the people behind the trade or the people that allowed it to happen. And yeah, let's reward constant asshole behavior from the Escavaliers, from the top to the bottom of the organization. Speaking of which... look at BlueCookies, thinking this win makes any sort of a difference, acting like it allows him to act like even more of an asshole than usual. You are still just the same player as before this all started, a player that has never accomplished anything. And if you did ghost any of those finals matches? You should be embarrassed if that is the best you could do. You and I both know just how much you lucked out here, no matter how you try to justify it to yourself. Funny thing though, if we won I was going to make a post bashing every single one of the Escavaliers players, and it would have been a hell of a lot better than your weak ass post.
I have no idea how a team can be bailed out by such improbable last minute luck time and time again. I guess the saying is true, "No one wins, one side just loses more slowly." This wasn't just "hax is part of the game" or "those are the breaks" kinds of hax, it was literally "no fucking way that could possibly have just happened" hax, in every important turn of every game. Hell, it was so improbable Smogon promptly shut down for a week afterwards rather than process it (and I should've followed suit...). The Escavaliers have to tell me, what demon did you sell your soul to for this? Because I obviously sold mine to the wrong one. I guess it isn't true that the devil you know is better than the one you don't...
To the New York Scrafties, now. First, thank you to all of our fans and everyone who supported us and helped us out throughout the regular season and the playoffs. To the players and management: we had a good run, I'm sorry it had to end that way. Back to back finals appearances is still plenty impressive. You all individually exceeded my expectations, you guys won, rose to the occasion, and had my back whenever I needed you guys to. I'm proud of every one of you, and you are all champions in my book, for whatever that is worth.
But fuck the Escavaliers, and fuck this game, I'm through with it.
