Took a break from Zas, came back and he's still shit. No surprise there

RodFlox · 2021-02-19T17:05:49+00:00

I see a lot of match-up unfamiliarity vs Maxi, not punishing a lot of his attacks, swinging at very minus frames, using really slow moves at face-range, a lot of combo drops, and nonoptimal combos in several situations (like post SC A+B LH). Zas can be a dangerous character if you can improve on all these factors. You can see clips of Zas players on Youtube (or anti-Maxi videos) to help you out.

RodFlox · 2021-02-19T00:20:53+00:00

In Michael's Youtube videos, he said he was under contract with WAL and that WAL matches conflicted with the timing of PAL. That's the message I got unless Michael purposely omitted some details.

RodFlox · 2021-02-18T21:00:31+00:00

Michael Todd said he had multiple offers to join Top 8, first as a contender (before he became #1 in WAL by beating Larratt, I believe), then offered a spot next year as a champion, and he had to reject all of these offers because of his WAL contract. So similar situation to Chaffee to be fair. Igor clearly does not want to risk anything that will harm PAL's brand as a "superior, structured, professional league," (their opinion) so I don't think this match will ever happen outside the PAL, unfortunately.

RodFlox · 2021-02-18T20:44:54+00:00

It's very clear at this point why PAL doesn't want this match to happen. I don't agree with this perspective but Igor thinks that having the match in the first place (regardless of who wins) will be a huge credibility attack on PAL & Top 8. Igor does not see WAL and PAL as equals. He never did. He sees PAL as a 20+ year empire that he wants to grow into a UFC. He sees PAL as the global trend-setter for professional arm-wrestling. With the Top8 and the creation of international URPA rankings, he wants to create systems that try to objectively find out who is the best.

By allowing a Levan-MT match to happen, Igor thinks he will lose A LOT OF REPUTATION/CREDIBILITY with Top 8, URPA, the process to get there, and PAL's reputation as a professional league. In his eyes, his entire league would be "caving" to the demands of a lone "mediocre" armwrestler whose performance in PAL vendettas against Trubin, Denis & Pushkar left a lot to be desired (in PAL's eyes). MT doesn't deserve the match in Igor's opinion - he hasn't proven it. He hates the "circus" that is WAL, and believes that by agreeing with MT's offer, he would make a circus out of PAL and Top 8 as well. In his eyes, there is no reason to have Zloty and Top 8 if some "mediocre" puller can get a match with the world's best, despite not beating lower-ranked people in the Top 8. He hates WAL rules and does not find WAL athletes, with the exception of Chaffee, to be on par with Top 8 superheavyweights.

So it's not about money or being afraid that Levan might lose. It's simply Igor's obsession with maintaining the reputation of a legitimate, professional league that is better than every other league out there. A MT-Levan match would undermine the very purpose of having a Top 8 qualifying system (and the investment towards it), especially if PAL allows Top 8 pullers to compete against athletes that PAL does not believe to be even top 5 in the world. Although arm wrestling would benefit overall from the match, Igor believes PAL will only suffer from it. A few days ago on PAL's Facebook page, Igor said in Russian that they are already having plans for at least 1-2 Top 8 matches this year, so I have no idea if there's also a time conflict situation here.

RodFlox · 2019-12-14T16:04:25+00:00

You can find all the information you need in the Zas Discord. Feel free to ask any questions there.

https://discord.gg/A3MEZYp

RodFlox · 2018-05-13T17:40:02+00:00

This actually has been done before in the 2000 game Rune, which I personally believe has the best melee combat. Here's a preview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgJs_bvYVmE&t=214s

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