Elden Ring/Souls streamer LilAggy had everything rolling his way in his match against NuclearPastaTom on Friday evening. He had secured early key objectives like two unique Curseblades and Golden Hippo, and beat his opponent to Gaius' pants and the Golden Braid.
But then NPT did something unexpected -- he focused most of his energies on a row one bingo that featured two longer squares Aggy could not knock out quickly -- 6 DLC incants and the Gravebird Armor Set -- and Aggy could not distract NPT from that bingo as hard as he tried, losing 9-8 in an abbreviated but still thrilling matchup featuring two players operating at the top of their talents.
NPT looked lost early on, bungling a transition out of Fort Reprimand and seeming unsure of his objectives. When Aggy second tried the Golden Hippo, NPT's move to kill two other hippos for that square seemed odd, but Aggy should have seen that Tom was attacking a dangerous line. Instead, he focused on picking up squares that would have been otherwise important, but were inconsequential in the loss.
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In the day's other matchup, Parky (who would follow up this loss with a Starfire cosplay playthrough of Resident Evil 2 for some reason) couldn't get her own confidence going as she fell to star0chris. Chris was relentless, showing that despite his Week 1 loss to Aggy, he is most likely the definitive force to be reckoned with. A snipe of three great shields set Parky spinning on tilt, and after that it felt like she wasn't in the match. Chris and Parky both move to 1-1 on the season.
UPDATE: Quick picks for Saturday: Aggy over his GF, Chris over NPT
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