Quad Quips: Week Four
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MLQ athletes have a lot to say and now we’re giving them space to broadcast those opinions weekly. “Quad Quips” is a series consisting of player thoughts and feelings from around MLQ. Each week a randomly-selected batch of athletes are sent a number of questions and prompts for which to respond. The majority are open-ended though multiple choice surveys are sometimes included.
Survey Results
Our Series of the Week is Boston Forge vs. New York Titans. Last regular season, Boston filled four of the top five spots for highest plus/minus in the league. New York held one spot in the top 10. Which beater will exit this matchup with the best series plus/minus?
Lulu Xu (BOS): 21.4% of respondents
Tate Kay (NYC): 21.4%
Devin Lee (NYC): 17.9%
Erin McCrady (BOS): 14.3%
Tessa Cicco (NYC): 14.3%
Max Havlin (BOS): 7.1%
Rachel Ayella-Silver (NYC): 3.6%
Mo Haggag (NYC) is three for three on catches this season. How many catches do you think Haggag will secure on the weekend?
Two Out of Three: 46% of respondents
Three for Three Again: 32%
Just One: 11%
Goose Egg: 11%
Who is the player to watch this weekend and why?
“Jay Stewart. Young man is READY to redeem himself after…the quarters 🪦” Daniel Williams, San Antonio Soldados
“Player to watch is definitely Hayden Boyes, time to see if he is homesick or is loving his bigger and better squad.” Milena Sousa, San Antonio Soldados
“You'll want to keep your eyes peeled for Izzy Kirby (TOR). An emerging beater from Canada, she is here to change the fate of your kneecaps. I'm excited to see her go face-to-face with Detroit's former Raiders and her previous MLQ/QC beater partner 👀👀” Grey Scott, Toronto Raiders
“Me. Again. Duh. Boston won't be able to FORGEt about this beatdown anytime soon. They might be the home team but they'll still be traveling to Dunk City, USA.” Zach Armantrading, New York Titans
“SA Chasers: I just think it's going to be electric to see how Jay, Hayden, David, Louis, and Matt all share the rock, or maybe they don't but I'm excited to see regardless.” Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
David Avila II John Alvarez!!!! Never gets the credit deserved, a top seeker in the country for years but rarely mentioned!! Pure workhorse, fate of the universe on the line I'm taking JOHN ALVAREZ JR 🛸
“Anyone who isn’t paying attention to Maksim Sviridov on Detroit needs to start.” Riley Hodder, Detroit Innovators
“Mo Haggag vs Will Richardson, I do think Mo will get more catches but Will is gonna make Mo work for ‘em, and learn a thing or two in the process.” Brandon Kubena, Houston Legends
“Aaron Jin on Toronto is one to watch. Making a catch in your first MLQ series is not an easy feat. All I'm saying is we may see him cooking this weekend. 👀” Izzy Kirby, Toronto Raiders
“Stephen Trempel- but really only for the wind sprints he'll have to run during SOP. Man is never touching that flag runner.” Christian Barnes , New York Titans
“Devin Lee. By far *the* most electric beater this sport has seen or will see. He's an energizer bunny that is all over the pitch and has both the arm strength, speed, and agility to absolutely embarrass opponents.” David Banas Jr., Detroit Innovators
“Molly Potter - she was on fire against Washington and she'll bring the heat again with Boston.” Annika Kim, New York Titans
“Javien Stewart, there’s literally not a soul in the South that can guard KvngJayHoops. KC and AUS need to watch especially, but in the end it won’t help them 😂” John Alvarez, San Antonio Soldados
“Brittany Taylor has proven to be one of the top beaters in the league, watch as she brings down Detroit’s average dodgeball!” Gabriel Kwok, Toronto Raiders
What player matchup deserves all eyes this weekend?
“Devin Lee vs Max Havlin/Lulu Xu. Can the aging Boston pair pull out some magic this weekend on their retirement tour to give Boston their first series win since 2022? Or will Lee send them to the old folks home with another series loss? Only time will tell.” David Banas Jr., Detroit Innovators
“BOS vs. NYC, so everyone can see who is gonna get 2nd this year (Soldaddies for the win)” Milena Sousa, San Antonio Soldados
"There are two i really wanna see:
1. Leo Fried vs Andrew Steinberg: The Battle of the Scrum Caps
2. Tessa & Vincenzo vs Lulu & Max: The Recently Betrothed Beater Battle of Boston" Zach Armantrading, New York Titans
“Tyler Trudeau and accurately identifying Nick Love because I must be living rent free in his head.” Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
“Hayden Boyes v Andrew Acosta, We’re talking Obi wan vs Anakin | Shifu v Tai Lung | Strong mentor Strong student that’s sure to feed audiences 🔥 Hayden dropping 40 tho #DaddyisHome” David Avila, San Antonio Soldados
“Ashton Glenn vs. anyone on Toronto who thinks they have a chance in hell of wrapping him (they don't)” Riley Hodder, Detroit Innovators
“Max Havlin vs Tate Kay. Always a battle for the ages with these two!” Daniel Williams, San Antonio Soldados
“Ryan Hsu vs all of Toronto, can the self-proclaimed Quip King quell the questioners and quickly queue up some quantifiable plus-minus?” Tony Bonadio, Charlotte Aviators
“Lukas Marklin v Bryan Melchior. Two heavy hitting drivers with high defensive talent.” Gwen Pratt, Detroit Innovators
“Lachlan Craig and Ryan Hsu won’t be tackling each other, but their trash talk definitely deserves all eyes this weekend.” Gabriel Kwok, Toronto Raiders
“Boyes/Stewart vs. whoever wants to get put in a highlight reel” Karsten Assoua, Boston Forge
Whip out the magic 8 ball and give us your upcoming weekend's predictions.
“Even with our superstars taking the weekend off San Antonio is gonna show the league what they already know, the Legends are nothing without Hayden Boyes to backpack. 3-0 🧹 without breaking a sweat.” John Alvarez, San Antonio Soldados
“Boston will definitely need the magic of the 8 ball cuz everyone knows New York's sweeping.” Annika Kim, New York Titans
“Soldados in 3” Javien Stewart, San Antonio Soldados
"Detroit and San Antonio sweep. No free bulletin board material!" Kieran Collier, Boston Forge
"NYC sweeps BOS and all 3 games have a point differential of 80+. Toronto wins 2-1 over Detroit. Let's go Trash Pandas!!!" Zach Armantrading, New York Titans
“NY 3-0 (Boston Might Squeak 1), SA 3-0 (Prove me Wrong Acosta), Toronto is the first team eliminated from going to Buffalo.” Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
“Based on the North Division so far, DET looks primed to sweep Toronto. Other than that, y'all have known the division champs since franchise rosters dropped.” Christian Barnes, New York Titans
"2-1 NY. 3-0 DET (Team Canada doing all that talking just to get swept again smh 🤦🏼♂️). 3-0 SA (Business as usual)." Daniel Williams, San Antonio Soldados
“William ‘Him’ Richardson ends Haggag's 3-for-3 flag pull streak and sends the Titans back to Jersey with some reflection to do.” Karsten Assoua, Boston Forge
“This just in, the Raiders step into the ring against the so called Detroit Innovators this weekend, but let’s be real here, there’s nothing groundbreaking about getting steamrolled. You can bring your blueprints, your brainstorms, your best 'innovations' to the series this weekend, but when the whistle blows, all you’ll be doing is researching how to recover. My Prediction? Pain for Detroit. And a three peat of W's for the Raiders.” Lachlan Craig, Toronto Raiders
Water Cooler: What do you want to talk about or comment on going into week two?
“I actually think the Boston vs. New York series is starting at an appropriate time.” Kieran Collier, Boston Forge
“Hayden Boyes vs his old team and Anna Blanchfield vs her old team should be fun to watch - they should both understand how their former teams play so it should be interesting to see how they can bring that knowledge to their new teams to help them succeed.” Annika Kim, New York Titans
“Hayden Boyes becoming player of the week this weekend after he spanks his former team.” Javien Stewart, San Antonio Soldados
“Next T-Time episode has to be Tyler watching games live because I don't think he watches games, he's just looking at Teddy's cheat sheet and saying whatever top chaser and beater lines come to his mind #BringBackTeddy” - Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
“MLQ please let me edit your Quad Quips I'm done with the typos.” Riley Hodder, Detroit Innovators
Editor’s Note: Nah, people need to own their typos if they’re going to talk. You forgot a comma or period, by the way.
“This Detroit Toronto series has the potential to be the most interesting matchup between these two teams in a while. I expect great things from both sides now that they’ve both had a wake up call. Detroit better be locked in cause Toronto isn’t giving away these wins for free.” Brandon Kubena, Houston Legends
“Andrew Acosta may be facing his former mentor, but so is Hayden boyes… Sam Reagan faces his former protege this weekend as well.” Sarah Stewart, Houston Legends
“I think the top teams from the North and East will not go undefeated heading into champs. So much parity at the top which should make for some exciting games!” Daniel Williams, San Antonio Soldados
“MPLS has nice pickups but still no match for CHI starpower, depth and development, coaching, and execution. Let’s hope TOR-DET and then CLE can make something interesting happen and force our friends at the MLQ gameplay department to do MATH.” Alexander Scherger, Toronto Raiders
Taunting is Legal
“Nobody is allowed to trash my bad stats this season, I didn't get to pad them against Ottawa ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ “ Tony Bonadio, Charlotte Aviators
“I don't recognize a lot of the names on the Boston roster going into this series and I won't remember any of them leaving the series either.” Annika Kim, New York Titans
“I don’t like taunting, it’s unnecessary and lowkey embarrassing 😭” Spencer Quintana, Houston Legends
“If any game against Legends ends up with us winning by only 5-6 goals, it’s a failure of a weekend respectfully.” Javien Stewart, San Antonio Soldados
“To Levi Medeiros - your betrayal is still felt, you better be watching your back this weekend 😝 (Sincerely your old beater partner)” Izzy Kirby, Toronto Raiders
“I took a hiatus and there’s still nothing special coming out of NYC and Boston.” Milena Sousa, San Antonio Soldados
“Think you're a flame, Forge? You’re not even the spark. We gon' light it up, then leave y'all in the dark.” Zach Armantrading, New York Titans
“Imagine saying that the Raiders were going to be fighting for the second spot in the North just to get swept by the Riff and your season ends on your own home turf in my hands just like last year, couldn't be me.” Nicholas Love, Detroit Innovators
“To everyone and anyone who’s between me and the hoops, I hope your insurance covers emotional damage :) ” - David Avila, San Antonio Soldados
“Detroit's just going to be aura farming this weekend. Good luck Raiders!” Riley Hodder, Detroit Innovators
“San Antonio’s got a lot of mouths to feed, maybe that’s why guys like Jay and Hayden are so small?” Brandon Kubena, Houston Legends
“I’ve been cooking the Legends in practice for years, time for the return of the king.” Hayden Boyes, San Antonio Soldados
“Missing me yet, Toronto? It’s too bad the team closest to Buffalo won’t qualify for champs but maybe you’ll come watch me play.” Sarah Dykstra, Toronto Raiders
“People keep talking about a BOS/NY rivalry...I guess in other sports Boston is competitive with New York?” Christian Barnes, New York Titans
“I’ve dared Hayden to dunk on my hoop and told Balde to leave me unbeaten. Let’s see if Hayden is up for the challenge.” Sarah Stewart, Houston Legends
“Don't worry Detroit, we'll bring you all some spare parts. We need to make sure we fix you up after breaking you down.” Grey Scott, Toronto Raiders
“@Toronto it's only fitting that there are 3 Os in y'all's name that way it'll match your weekend result: O and 3.” David Banas Jr., Detroit Innovators
“I hear Canada likes their Tim Hortons. They better get used to Dunkin' cause that's what I'm going to be doing this weekend!” Trevor Halverson, Detroit Innovators
“Welcome back Athletes to Third Bludger Inference where we will continue to overhype an otherwise irrelevant team that lucks out of falling to last place thanks to a shell of an Austin roster and an absent Curse franchise.” John Alvarez, San Antonio Soldados
“@Matthew Copper. WOOF WOOF WOOF” Daniel Williams, San Antonio Soldados
“I hope the Innovators bring some fresh new ideas to the series this weekend, because the old ones clearly aren’t working. Toronto’s about to raid your game plan and put a patent the W.” Lachlan Craig, Toronto Raiders
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