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In this video, I welcome Szepiz to the channel to discuss how he brought the #56 ranked U21 team in the World all the way up to the #3 ranked U21 team in the world. We go over how his process is unique compared to other programs and speak on the Hungarian community as a whole. Szepiz also explains how he first started BB and we talk about the challenges facing smaller nations when it comes to international competition, among other fun topics.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSSgb62qkQs)

I really like your little side project, sounds like a lot of fun.

I'm seriously considering option 7 for my Utopia team to have some fun there... but still trying to figure out where to start.
So if you have any ideas, I would be interested

It’s definitely a fun task if you get a small group together! If you wanted a trial run to see what it is like you’re more than welcome to help with South Africa U21! We have a discord and it’s been fun competing in Africa with a small staff and close group of players! You can also search the TL to see if there are any two solid 18 year olds with the same small nation and start that way as well! I’d suggest something in Africa or Asia as the competition is much lighter and more fun to realistically have a chance.

Cheers!

Thank you for the kind offer, would love to join in and help out to see how it is going - and have training capacity as well - plus do not have a small group crazy enough to do something like this... yet

Awesome! I'll shoot you a direct message here in just a minute!

In this video, I discuss how I avoid and dodge game day prep guesses and how triangle tactics can be incredibly useful for league play both during the regular season as well as the playoffs. I show my favorite Triangle Tactic, and provide other examples as well.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJqrMWHq-lY&t=224s)

Nice video!

Regarding what you say at minute 7, I disagree with your perspective. You say that, with non-triangle tactics, there's a 4/9 chance to get double-guessed, while with the triangle ones, there's a 1/9.

If you play only 3 tactics, no matter whether they are triangle or not, there's a 1/3 chance that the opponent will double-guess you. The only difference between triangle tactics and non-triangle tactics is that, when you're not double-guessed, it's always a double mistake in the case of the triangle ones while it is one mistake and one guess for the non-triangle ones.

To sum up, triangle tactics are good for causing double-guess mistakes but are also dangerous, because when the opponent is right, you are double guessed. I used them when I had weaker teams. However, when you are superior and your main goal is not to be double-guessed, it is way better to play 5-6 tactics and make it almost impossible to be double guessed. The price to pay is that most times one of the two GDPs is right (but almost never the two!).

Hey Darkonako!

Thanks for the feedback and thoughts! I suppose the percentages don't work very smoothly when the focus and pace tactics aren't independent from each other, so I see your point there.

Something I could have made slightly clearer is probably that while having 3 primary tactics is good, they typically should not be your only tactics, for the reason you just laid out. In my example of my favorite triangle I have LI, Motion, and Patent listed, but if you look at my tactics ran, you can see I also have a decent amount of PtB, as well as a LP game and an II game. That means that 25% of my games, I was still not running offenses from my triangle.

In essence, I played 6 offensive tactics last season and was able to pull out the LP and II against two opponents who I thought had a chance to double-GDP guess me. With that being said, I don't think you necessarily need to run 5-6 tactics consistently, as long as opponents know you are capable of switching it up. Many times I know when a double GDP guess might be coming and when it likely isn't (although this is just my experience where I have mostly spent time in D.III).

In this video, I give a tribute to Kumiko and provide a history on her team, 蝴蝶Supreme, discuss her nearly flawless Canada U21 season, and dive into what she meant to the game. She was one of best managers I had the pleasure of talking with throughout my early seasons on BuzzerBeater.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyoE0wJtjaU)



Last edited by E.B.W. at 04/04/2023 23:34:12