Well my intention was to go for the surprise tactic.
I knew my opponent would go all in with nothing to lose. But he guessed it 100% correct.
I did not see that coming.
In my opinion this loss is due to bad luck on my side and a massive amount of luck on Coach Aurora's side.
There are no sure things in this game I guess. Very sad it happens in the play-offs.
to be fair, i disagree with your analyse here. Imho, you made a mistake. If we compare both teams, you will see that Kikaaz has the better inside, a slightely better guards aswell. You have HCA. So there are 2 ways you can go about this game:
a) you decide to do something random as you did. That means that you aren't using the best attack for your team, which is inside (and we all know that!) Hence, if my opponent isn't using his best attack, then i'm a happy camper, cause you aren't using the best out of your team. If you went inside, you'd overpower Meircity in the area where they are strongest (but not as strong as you) even if they predict it correctly, it's a risk i would have taken. the HCA overcomes the difference that will be used in enthusiasm. However, you decided not to use your best attack AND the only way Aurora could win, was if you didn't use your best attack AND she managed to call your bluff. She did both! Hats off to Aurora, but in my book you made the mistake. You gave Aurora a chance to set up a perfect defense against a weakened form of your offense. No matter how you slice it, that wasn't smart...
And to be fair, i was expecting something like this from your team. The entire season you've been changing between so many tactics. Not to mention that you seem to refuse to use your strongest tactic the entire season. You've only gone inside when you thought you really had to (vs BB, vs me and 1 more games, amongst which your first game). That to me shows that you've done gone to such length to hide your strength and weren't willing to use it in the quarters, and probably not even in the semis. Come play off time, you need to dissect your opponent. I'm also somewhat stunned that you didn't predict Meircity going inside.
Either way, Hats off to Aurora for calling your bluff. it shows that she was able to read you like a book. I knew that if there was a chance that you would lose, then it would be before the finals. But i was expecting Insane hangtime to pull off the upset (if it was going to happen). Not the Meircity bears.
You'll learn form this. Joe thought me this lesson long ago in IV :P (yes i played in the same IV as Joe did :P)