Lessons from the 50ph vs BT Match Games

Last Friday, Jimber's 50ph played against a mix of Boyztrek players. Boyztrek's "Team Flowt" composed of Yuki (Mirana), Jeztah (Tinker), Top (Sven), Chian (Chen), and BigBhoy (Warlock/Lich) decimated 50ph in two games.

Last night, 50ph faced off with both the NoMets Team, and DC Clan. During the first game, 50ph's Joker (Warlock), Batusai (Rigwarl), Totzkie (Akasha), Tintin, and Lalab battled against Nomets' Jay (Sven), Yuki (Mirana), Jeztah (Nevermore), Rioren (Chen) and Burnz (Akasha). 50ph had a strong start but NoMets proved resilient to 50ph's initial aggressive plays.

During the second game, Yuki (Chen) again played as a substitute player for DC. He played with DC Clan's Subang (Lich), Duke, Topher (Sven) and BigBoy. They played aggressively throughout the game. Only Totzkie (Ursa) had a strong game among 50ph. Joker (Akasha), Batusai (Sven), Lalab (Viper), and Tintin (Zeus) struggled throughout the entire game. (Can't remember the entire line-ups, somebody help me here pls.)

Lessons I learned?

1. Practice, practice, practice. Most of 50ph's players didn't play their with their full potential since they have been playing another game (*ehem*GRANADO*ehem*) these past weeks.

2. Have a solid heroes line-up with each player using a hero he has practiced with. Tintin struggled during the second game because he was using a hero he wasn't comfortable with.

3. Be flexible. If your original plan does not work, adjust to the situation.

4. Constantly evaluate yourselves. If your observe a weakness, work on it. Do not simply shrug it off. If you know you can't win it, then, at the very least learn from the experience.

5. Know your opponents. There is no better way to beat an unbeatable opponent than knowing him/them inside out.

On a related note, two teams had their debut match games in neighboring Sequel Juan Luna. These teams are unknowns YET. One had a strong game last night. The other had strong players but lost due to lack of leadership. If there's one thing I learned about my team's DCE: DCG 07 experience, it's that a team does not necessarily have to have a leader. What is important is knowing and memorizing each other's moves and skills. This may only be achieved by constantly playing together. By regularly playing together, team members get a better sense of each others' skills, abilities, moves, strategies, and weaknesses.

Next week, another exciting event will be happening at BoyzTrek Jacinto. Stay tuned to this blog for the details. ;)