NPT Bingos Aggy, Parkenharbor Can't Keep Up With Star0Chris in the First Day of Week Two Season Four Bingo Brawlers

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

Bingo Brawlers Week Two News and Notes

- On the eve of what should be an exciting second week of Bingo Brawlers, here's the weekend schedule:

Parky v. Chris 3:00 PM ET 10/11

Aggy v. NPT 5:15 PM ET 10/11

Chris v. NPT 1:00 PM ET 10/12

Aggy v. Parky 3:15 PM ET 10/12

Rising Star Adef v. Vswed 5:30 PM ET 10/12

CBD v. Rising Star Adef 1:00 PM 10/13

Aggy v. Blanxz 3:15 PM 10/13

- We mentioned the best two of three falls match between Positive Vibes (Adef & Chris) and Parkenaggy (Parky & Aggy).  You can watch that here.

- Former bingo player (and maybe again one day) Blueberry Brioche is streaming Silent Hill 2 on her twitch channel today.

- Adef promised to debut a new skip during this weekend's matches.  He said that if he doesn't use it, he will make a YouTube video showing everyone the skip, which he says saves a lot of time.

Only a few players aren't doing the Ancient Dragon Man skip, which involves leaping from a great height into a pretty narrow window that allows you to access the ADM boss room from close to the opening grace in the dungeon.

- The biggest upset this season so far was Blanxz' upset of Bushy on the opening weekend slate, but we may have another in the final match on Saturday, 10/12.  While Rising Star Adef has shown he is formidable and the clear favorite, watch out for vswed.  This streamer has been practicing a ton and has showed remarkable improvement in practice matches against CBD and NPT.  We will pick the Saturday slate tomorrow morning (check back in then), but rising star Adef must know he has a battle on his hands.

Bingo Brawlers Season Four Picks: ERBW sees Chris and NPT as the Big Winners for 10/11

Last week, this space went 3-0 in predicting the results of Sunday's matches.  Will we remain undefeated?  Two good matchups today!

Parkenharbor v. star0Chris: Have you ever gone one-on-one with your best friend's GF?  During the 2 of 3 practice match series held on the evening of 10/10, Parkenharbor teamed up with boyfriend Aggy for awkward squabbling/pure love as they lost to Positive Vibes (rising star adef and Star0Chris) in a best two out of three matchup.  Parky's for-real match up against Chris is probably similarly likely to end in a loss, but her play has insanely improved in a short period, as she proved in completing several painful objectives during that best of three.  Chris desperately needs a win here, though, and we expect him to come through in a close match.  Pick: Chris

Aggy v. NPT: Will a week of playing Silent Hill 2 curb the momentum Aggy has had in his so far undefeated season?  (He's 1-0.)  This 5:15 pm ET match is the main event of Friday's festivities for a good reason.  If Aggy and NPT aren't the two best Elden Ring players in the world, they are certainly both in the top ten.  Again, NPT desperately needs this win not to start off 0-2 and he's typically gotten the best of Aggy in one-on-one matchups due to NPT's excellent reads of Aggy's thinking.  Pick: NPT