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· BeNeLux 2021: Eliminated in RO32
My very first tourney, about two months after I started playing mania (rank 60k at the time). Even though I lost two matches in a row, it was still fun to score some points on the SV maps against opponents that were way higher ranked than me :p
· BeNeLux 2022: Eliminated in RO32
Another BNL, this time with a different format (1v1v1v1, top 2 advances). I got paired with two of the highest seeds in the tourney so there was no way I was making it past the first round lol. I did beat kyudomaster on the tiebreaker though >:) (even though that was only for third place)
· Combro Cup: Eliminated in Semifinals (team listen to arcaea music with Lothus, [GS]linc, ERA Frossno, [GS]V2power and Takedown05)
This tourney was stacked with high four digits, so I knew the only way to get in was to tryhard the SV qualifier. Teams were drafted by captains one round at a time, and I was picked on Lothus' team at the very end (bless SV). I pretty much only practiced the SV maps because those were the only maps I could compete on with the rest of my team, so even though I got carried through all of the rounds, I still did my part by scoring some points on SV haha
· Cold Open Cup: Eliminated in Quarterfinals (team The Grachtengordelse Schavuiten with kyudomaster and Reilyy)
I lost to Reilyy in BNL21 and I got paired with kyudomaster in BNL22, so we basically formed a 'BNL team' for this tourney. It's a five-digit tourney, and since we were all around the 15k range, we would make a pretty strong team. Team name was deliberately chosen to fuck with commentators LOL. We got seed 15 in qualifiers which was wayyy higher than we expected. Our first two matches (RO64 and RO32) went really well, kyudo has some insane accuracy so he carried us through the early rounds, winning both matches 4-0. In RO16 we had to face seed 2, which was definitely scary, and after 2 very close losses we ultimately lost the match 3-5. Then in quarters we had to face seed 1 who had somehow choked their way into loser's bracket. Their team was very strong in rice, and kyudo wouldn't be able to play so we weren't able to capitalise on the hybrid and LN picks, so we lost the match 1-5. This tourney was definitely the most fun so far because the pool was specifically made for five digits, and Reilyy, kyudomaster and I are also very close in skill level, so we also competed against eachother try and improve our scores. Honestly there should be more five digit tourneys, get on this tourney hosts :p
· Mania Collegiate League Spring 2023: Eliminated in Quarterfinals (team Technische Universiteit Eindhoven with kyudomaster and Reilyy)
The teams in this tournament were represented by universities, but since we were the only Dutch and Belgian players, we got grouped into one team. Lots of good teams, so we didn't make it very far: we won one match in loser's bracket, after which we got eliminated in the next round.
· SV Summer Exhibition 2: Eliminated in week 3 (team The Grachtengordelse Schavuiten with kyudomaster)
SVSE is an SV only tournament, which is super interesting to me. Kyudomaster and I are two of maybe like 10 five-digits that enjoy SV, and we wanted to test our skills against some of the best SV players in the world. 44 teams entered qualifiers, and we finished 26th: not amazing, but top 32 nonetheless. From then on, every week would feature two maps to practice (one for each team member), and all scores are ranked on a big leaderboard. Get bottom 50% on the overall teams leaderboard and you lose a life, lose two lives and you're out (so qualifier seeding doesn't actually matter at all after this point). Going off our seeding, we weren't very optimistic to reach top 16 in week 1, but we actually managed to get 14th, so we went into week 2 with both lives remaining. In week 2, the maps went up in difficulty, and we just fell out of the top 16, landing 19th place. At this point, only 18 teams remained, so to stay in the tourney we had to reach top 9 in week 3. This was basically impossible, as the top 9 teams were all cracked lol. After some unlucky scores we set in the lobbies, we landed in 15th that week, and even if we both had matched our PBs, it still wouldn't have been enough, so we were eliminated.
Given that we were a team of five-digits, playing against a bunch of other established SV players was so fun to experience. On top of that we exceeded our expectations by a lot, going from 26th place in qualifiers to 15th place in week 3. Because there was only one map per person per week, it wasn't very stressful which definitely improved the whole experience. All in all, very cool tourney, will definitely join SVSE3 if it happens