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Crathen Wins MKX Italian Tournament, Test Your Pride, In Rome

WiseM0nkey

welcome to the ButtSlam
GGs @Crathen, well deserved man! You have some of the most godlike reactions i've ever seen.

as for myself, this was my first offline experience, it was a blast to have the chance to play against really good players and level up my game. Though i couldnt make it out of my pools, it was nice to play on stream and deal with tourney nerves, maybe next time i'll be more prepared and hopefully i'll not drop that much combos, the sooner you face your nerves the better :). I'd like to thank everyone who came from all around EU @rubmytaco, @Vak Phoenix, @FireBreather and many others (sorry if cannot remember you all :(), my scrubby online training partners @SaSSolino @DavideHT @Semensatch @Asodimazze, and @Sand-man @Crathen for helping me understand better the game in an offline mindset.

Special shoutouts to @SchiacciSempre and Filippo! they didnt let the dreams be dreams :p.

Hopefully will get to see again at Viennality guys. JUST DOOOO IT!
 
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IrishMantis

Most humble shit talker ever!!!
Well atleast I proved Stereotypes Ain't true

They all expected me to be small because I was Irish lol

They where shocked


Funniest moment would have to be when I was searching for my hotel on the computers they have there, and there where these Italian guys there playing League of Legends with each other minding their own business, when a drunken JerQ randomly comes up and puts his arm around the guy in front of me and start telling the dude "hay, i want to play, can I play? I want to play please" lol I don't even think the dude in front of me could speak English haha
 
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GLoRToR

Positive Poster!
My first major and it is been fantastic! I met fantastic players and all kind! I think that the level at the end of tournament was very very high and i've seen awesome matches! Congrats to all for organization and i want say i'm actually on ps4 so if you want add me,do that!
That name though XD
 
Man this tournament was godlike. I dont know how to tag people but shoutouts to crathen, firebreather,and vak phoenix and the rest of the guys in top 16. Europe got ballers over there man
 

Asodimazze

https://twitter.com/AlfioZacco
The first thing I want to write is a big THANKS to the organizers, @SchiacciSempre and Filippo Facchetti.
It was a great tournament, definetely the best organized event I ever played in.
FT3 in both groups and bracket should be standard for any other tournament; even the players who lost in the first stage had to play at least 3-4 matches, get some good experience and enjoy the competition.
The location was extremely nice and anyone who works there did a very good job, I'll surely try to come if another event will be organized in the future.

Meeting in person with @FireBreather and @rubmytaco after a billion online games was very nice :D I already knew you guys were great players, now I also know you are nice people. I hope we'll meet again soon!

Congratulation to my fellow italians, expecially to @Crathen for taking the tournament and giving Italy the win; sticking with your main throughout all the tournament is something I respect a lot, well done friend.
@Semensatch put up some great games too, he improved A LOT in the last few months and his top 8 result is proof of that. Well done

Despite the 4th place I'm not too upset about my performance, I failed to play well in a few rounds against Crathen but I think I did alright overall.
Against Taco I was esitating to pick Ferra Torr thinking I might look like a fool lol but it turned out fine, I don't feel too bad about that loss....could have gone either way and he did great anyway.

Shout-outs to:

@Vak Phoenix (great Tanya and nice commentary too)
Thorx (nice D'vorah, it was a bit unfortunate that you didn't make top 8 because your are definetely a great player. Thanks for the work put in the trailer)
Snoop (good job reaching the top 8, nice Sub)
@Jupe (Badass and loyal Kano, respect) and.....
the almighty @JerQ_Q , the true hero of the weekend. Funniest guy in town and surely the soul of the tournament, your performances will be remembered in the years to come
 
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Nivek

Athena guide me, the thunder God...
The tournament was pleasurable to watch, the players were at good level (good stuff crathen,taco,vak,firebreather etc)

BUT

The true superstar in the whole stream was the mussolini bot!!
It was a bot for antihype lol...after 7 caps it was punishing with ban some seconds the user!
It got me...it got bizzle.. it got mustard!!
The final score mussobot vs all of us: 13 - 0
Ggs
 

WiseM0nkey

welcome to the ButtSlam
The tournament was pleasurable to watch, the players were at good level (good stuff crathen,taco,vak,firebreather etc)

BUT

The true superstar in the whole stream was the mussolini bot!!
It was a bot for antihype lol...after 7 caps it was punishing with ban some seconds the user!
It got me...it got bizzle.. it got mustard!!
The final score mussobot vs all of us: 13 - 0
Ggs
what

the

fuck
 

rubmytaco

CarriedByClone
The tournament was pleasurable to watch, the players were at good level (good stuff crathen,taco,vak,firebreather etc)

BUT

The true superstar in the whole stream was the mussolini bot!!
It was a bot for antihype lol...after 7 caps it was punishing with ban some seconds the user!
It got me...it got bizzle.. it got mustard!!
The final score mussobot vs all of us: 13 - 0
Ggs
Mussolini don't play around man. Dude lays down the law.

That's pretty stupid though xD
 
You're lucky cause you aren't italian. The Mussolini bot knows italian bad words and can ban you for that. Some guys got banned for saying "shit" in italian. Italian E-sports federation is like that.
 

WiseM0nkey

welcome to the ButtSlam
oh and just one more thing, it's a minor problem i know, but still it would be nice to have a fully unlocked game (brutals, costumes etc.) for the streaming next time.. and switch the langauge in English :p
 

Crathen

Death is my business
Gonna be a long post so deal with it.

Goes without saying that this wouldn't have happened without Filippo , @SchiacciSempre and all the tournament staff , so props to them for hosting a very well run tournament and putting Italy on the map , the format of the tournament is the best you can ask for both for experienced players and new ones and it's a trend that should be picked up even oversea.

The venue was very nice , great place for tournaments.

There were quite some close calls even in pools , i'm glad i was able to win the tournament with all Erron ( shoutouts when in GF reset @Asodimazze told me to switch characters only to be met by a rude rushed "NO" ) and defending the homeland haha.

Shoutouts to @FireBreather and finally meeting ya in person after playing since Injustice online and showing off your Johnny Stunt wich is great ALMOST as your godlike irish accent.

Shoutouts to @rubmytaco for yet again travelling around EU and being a good friend , grand finals were fun stuff , shoutouts to breaking a slide and telling me "Stay in that corner" , awesome.

Shoutouts to @Vak Phoenix for keeping it classy as always , another top 8 in your pocket!Hope you enjoyed the visit to Rome.

Shoutouts to my friend @Sand-man for the scary drive through the little small towns in the mountains to get to Rome , just some more adjustments and he's gonna wreck it in tournaments.

Shoutouts to @Asodimazze and all of the south crew ( lintinisi and fury ) , proving there are more than a few good players in Italy and a fun bunch to hang out with , that Ferra/Torr switch made that set hype AF.

Shoutouts to @Semensatch , you stepped up your game BIG TIME since the last time i saw ya , keep working on it dude!

Shoutouts to @Jupe and @JerQ_Q for travelling all the way from Finland and showing what they've got both in game and outside of it , seriously a JerQ is what every tournaments deserves from now on lol

Shoutouts to Thorx and Snoop , even tho i haven't had the chance to talk much with you guys i appreciate coming down from Poland to play some MKX , yet again thanks Thorx for that trailer!

Shoutouts to everyone that came including @SaSSolino and @DavideHT for a good tournament showing and a "warm" welcome saturday night , keep working on your mains and you guys gonna be real threats in the future , let's show what the italian community is made of.

@WiseM0nkey Daje forte

@Hidan @Metzos @Qwark28 goddamn i wanted to see ya guys in there too , too much time since we last met lol , Viennality pls!

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@Rickyraws i still practiced my Erron Black in fallout 4 you fool , gunslinger / marksman build ayyyyy

@MK_Al glad it was a good show!

@st9rm thanks mate!

@Frenci93 giuuuuusto eh!?

@RyuKazuya Grazie!

@Nivek Loooooooooooool Mussobot wins plsnerf! Santa Crathen wins too was awesome #beardteam
 
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