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CEO 2018 Results and Top 8 Rundown

HellblazerHawkman

Confused Thanagarian

After a long, hot weekend filled with cancelled flights, giants bugs and Jebailey entering the wrestling ring, CEO 2018 finished up for the NRS scene this Saturday afternoon. In case you missed it, TYM is coming at you with that SPOILER FREE (plz stop yelling at me) results breakdown!

The Top 8 going into this was as follows:

Winner's:
Tweedy vs. Biohazard
Gross vs. Semiij

Loser's:
Tekken Master vs. Forever King
Sonic Fox vs. Honeybee

If you wanna just see those matches for yourself, swing by either the Netherrealm Twitch or the Injustice Youtube. NOWHERE ELSE! YOU STREAM THIEVES AIN'T SLICK! Otherwise, you can catch the play-by-play by clicking the spoiler down below.

First up was actually CEO's MC stepping into the literal ring to set the tone like a not as loud Bruce Buffer. Following him was our first round of Winner's with Noble Tweedy vs. bc Biohazard. Mixing things up a bit, Tweedy used his Dr. Fate while Biohazard brought out that pocket Starfire. After going down 2 games rather decisively, Biohazard swapped for Black Manta round 3. Didn't end up being enough and Tweedy took the first set 3-0.

Next in Winner's was DR Gross coming out with some swag to another song I couldn't recognize (this will be a trend) playing Noble Semiij. Semiij was coming in with the "I sent SonicFox to Loser's" badge and rocking Catwoman against Gross' Black Adam. After a close game 1 and a not so close game 2, Semiij moved on to Winner's Finals 3-0.


To start off Loser's side, Echo Fox Sonic Fox came out with the furry squad to a remixed version what sounded like Papyrus' theme from Undertale. Matching Sonic's gusto, bc Honeybee came into the ring while taking a few selfies and trash talking into the ring's camera. It was at this point that the hype grew to be too much and the stream crashed. I would assume Honeybee played the Flash, Sonic probably went with a good counter for the Flash? Maybe Captain Cold? I dunno, dude plays literally everyone. In surprise twist, it was revealed that Sonic was actually playing Michelangelo against Honeybee's Starfire. After a game 1 loss, Honeybee swapped back to the Flash, which created a situation with WAY too many mix-ups for the stream to handle, resulting in another crash. When the stream came back, Sonic was on the bad end of losing game 3, but came back to take the entire set 3-0, knocking Honeybee out of the Top 8.

Moving on, NASR Tekken Master took the stage up against Forever King. Tekken Master walked out to what sounded like some music more native to him, while King went full Goku with the Dragon Ball Super intro and 2 Android 21 ring girls. Looking to prove that Starfire is indeed Top 3, Tekken Master went with her while King kept classic with Batman. Showing that he's not washed up just yet, King came in hard to clutch out game 1 on the final hit. In a straight repeat, King took game 2 in the same fashion, putting the pressure on Tekken Master once things got into chip territory. Not going down without a fight, Tekken Master finally got a game on the board. Did not end up being enough unfortunately, Forever King won the set 3-1.

Next up was Sonic Fox's Red Hood vs. Biohazard's Starfire. After losing game 1, Sonic Fox brought back out Michelangelo, opting to just mix Biohazard into oblivion. Now tied 1-1, Biohazard wanted MOAR VENOM and decided to awaken Bane. In a final trade that was a fraction of a health bar shy of a tied game, Biohazard took game 3, now up 2-1. Feeling pressured, Sonic jumped back to Red Hood, but it didn't do the trick: Biohazard avenged his brother and defeated Sonic Fox 3-1.



Closing out Loser's Semis was Forever King up against Gross. Not rocking any boats, Forever King stuck with Batman while Gross was rocking all the boats by playing Aquaman. Continuing the theme of the day (matches decided by 1 hit), Gross some good reads to secure games 1 and 2. King was not able to fight back against the power of the 7 Seas, Gross took the final game, closing out the set 3-0.

In a special, live edition of War of the Gods, Semiij and Tweedy faced off in Winner's Finals. Game 1 was Catwoman vs. Starfire, and after 1 bad decision, Tweedy was up the first game. Running with the momentum, Tweedy took game 2 in a much more decisive fashion. After finally getting a point on the board in an impressive game 3, Tweedy returned the favor in game 4, with a near perfect on the first life-bar. Semiij got close, but he wasn't able to finish out the final game and Tweedy advanced to the Grand Finals 3-1.

Playing for the honor of now playing Semiij was Gross' Black Adam against Biohazard's Bane. With a perfect win (had some chip damage) Gross dominated game 1. Not letting himself get discouraged, Biohazard stuck it out with the Bane Train, and secured a game 2 win. On the verge of a perfect, Gross was forced to wake-up super to at least get some damage and voluntarily surrendered game 3. In game 4, Gross looked like he got things back under control, making all the right reads needed to take things to a game 5. BUT NOBODY STOPS THE BANE TRAIN, Biohazard took game 4 in the end, advancing to Loser's Finals 3-1.



Getting onboard the BANE TRAIN, Semiij was up in Loser's Finals to determine who would be facing Tweedy for the CEO champion title. Opting for Catwoman over his Starfire, Semiij took game 1, looking a million times better than he did in his recent set with Tweedy. Now up 2 games, Semiij.exe finally looked to be working and the Bane Train was running out of steam. Unfortunately for you wrestling fans, Biohazard just couldn't make the proper adjustments and Semiij advanced 3-0 to Grand Finals.

In the Winner's Finals runback, Tweedy and Semiij stuck with Starfire and Catwoman. While Tweedy was still looking strong, Semiij looked significantly better in this first game. Not making the same mistakes he did last time, he took game 1 with a smart whip punish. In a game 2 that went in the blink of an eye, Semiij took another win rocking the first health-bar magic pixel. Not eager for a 3-0 bracket reset, Tweedy got things back under control and was able to win game 3. Semiij wasn't having none of that though, he made the adjustments to Tweedy's adjustments and took game 4 to reset the bracket at 3-1.

In the new set, Tweedy kept with Starfire and opted for the new stage. The change didn't do much to slow down Semiij, he came in hard for game 1 and took that victory in much the same fashion he did in the previous set. Tweedy wasn't going out free though, and retook some control in game 2. Now 1-1, Semiij took a breather with a stage swap and took another game off of Tweedy with another magic pixel win. In game 4, Tweedy put up a good fight, but Semiij made the right read on a B3 and was able to take the second set 3-1, becoming the CEO 2018 champion.



With a lot of smiles, the Top 8 line up looked pretty happy to be there. Semiij was definitely feeling good taking this major (and the lion's share of the $10,000 pot) and bringing Noble another Injustice 2 trophy this year. Congratulations to the Catwoman God-Lord, see you at the next major!
 
Congratulations Semiij. Your gameplay only gets better and better. I knew you would take this Major and many more to come. So proud of you.
 

hkriderz

Lin Kuei Scum, yellow robot enthusiast
goddamit sonic stop lagging and start mopping these fools already.



congratz to semij though, seems like ceo is his major.
 

Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
Seeing results for Sonic but didn't see him at all in top 8?

Also wondering why Dominique McLean wasn't mentioned at all even though he was in top 8?
 

Marinjuana

Up rock incoming, ETA 5 minutes
Thanks for no spoilers, it was a good tournament. Wish there was more Grodd. I had PTSD flashbacks from the Brainiac vs Batman matchup in Forever King vs. Scar. King's one of my favorite players, I love Tekken Master and Forever King. Catwoman just doesn't do it for me as a spectator so GF wasn't really too hype but good for Semiij, great player. Everybody's play is getting better and better.
 

Roy Arkon

I will leave my seal on you!
Kudos to Semij for winning, really wanted Tweedy to win with Starfire though, or maybe Sonic with Michelangelo, or either Tekken Master or Bio with there Starfires (and also Bane from Bio) Still kudos to Semij, great tournament overall.
 
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Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
Yea starfire is a little more bonkers than I initially thought.

Felt like Semij was just making all the hard reads out of all of Starfire's easily available options. Like making a read whether to neutral jump on her wakeup or not, deciding whether to actually take advantage of your plus frames etc.

Honestly idk what the weakness of this character is
 

Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
Also "In third place.... The Flash Lord God..... Biohazard!".....

??
 

ChatterBox

Searching for an alt.
This top 8 was hype as hell, I was rooting for my boy Bio so hard. Everyone played great and showed just how much growth this game has gone through in a year. Can't wait to see how hard the players keep leveling up after this.

About the starfire complaints -- Semij clearly labbed it and being able to beat all of Starfires wakeup options put him a step above everyone else. He was beating wakeup uppercut, charge, and hair flip. I bet other characters can do the same. Then there's her ignoring plus frames, it's just like chasing down a backdash. She loses the risk/reward game on it real bad, please lab more before complaining and learn what a read is. If everyone just sat there and blocked when it was their turn to block, Batman would win every match forever and Johnny Cage would've won all three MK9 evos.
 

Cursa

Counterpoke with armoured DB2 at all times.
She loses the risk/reward game on it real bad,
Not sure I agree so much with this statement, it's really matchup dependant considering if you make the wrong read then you are probably also eating a trait back to fullscreen while simultaneously taking 20-25% damage. Some characters can deal with that while others get hurt by it real bad

I would also bet there is a good chunk of characters that have very few options against this, specifically those with kinda shitty normals. I'd say Bane would struggle with it if he couldn't also armour through the gap in BF2 MB.
 

kevkopdx

Noob
It’s pretty much works like armor.. ignores star fires negative frames and the opponents positive frames and is stupid safe. Leads to like 300 damage on hit... honestly I can’t believe it’s taken us that long to realize how dumb that move is
The move still doesn’t seem that great, you have to use meter to make it safe, so what if you misread and eat it? The move is only good on wake up or a good read, and on wake up it can still be stuffed. I’m failing to understand why this move should be nerfed. Her trait is by far a more interesting move for debate.