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Oh man, this other set is a doozy. For those unaware of the history behind this set, this marks the third consecutive invites in which greil and zaaya are set to throw down, with greil having narrowly escaped the previous matchups with the winds of RNG in his favor both times. The stakes? Never higher. Greil is looking to earn a chance at becoming the only player to win multiple BSS Invites, while zaaya seeks to overcome his semi-finals stumbling block and take his shot at making the BSS Hall of Fame.
So, how does this week's matchup shake up compared to previous years? Zaaya is coming into this set in top-tier form after a successful run of circuit tours and managing a strong Series 9 Gen 8 core in BSPL, while greil has mostly stuck to cart laddering and avoided tons of tour activity this year. Still, greil is an extremely talented player, and has the ability to make some magic happen even while out of tournament practice, so this one is going to be down to the wire. Ultimately it's gonna come down to who wants it more and who can avoid bad luck. I don't see zaaya's poor Invites luck extending to a 3rd straight year, so I'm giving him the slight edge here: zaaya vs greilmercenary9, 3-2
Sorry guys unfortunately your last predictor standing (me) cannot predict the finals of this match. THE APM SHOWDOWN FINALS DREAM MATCH came to reality and I am happy for both as this meant a gurantee APM Ribbon 2021 I am hoping for a 3-2 banger for either down to the wire style.
Regardless the result you both are the winners for me!
GLHF BOTH OF YOU MAY THE BEST MAN WIN LETS COOP WITH CHEMCOOP LETS MAKE PLAYAS WITH ZAAYA
I have some more thoughts to put down, but probably will do that later. cheers to all and thanks everyone who played in the circuit this year. I hope to make it even better next year!
congrats on the gold brotha. I know you wanted it just as bad as me/anybody, and you earned it 100%
definitely not as floored as I was the past two invi's, you simply had me and it's an infinitely better feeling than getting haxed out lol, breaking my ceilings in circuit/invi is something I can def be happy about at least, I'm glad it was chemcoop I lost to
Idk if I can take another year of the stress that comes with this game but we'll just have to see, big shoutouts to Mishimono and twincell for the practice games, and zeefable and Aldrich for all the support