Well imo:
1. I watched replays and should say, game was intresting from some points, but, that lihl guyz did so much mistakes - it builds, sendings, general strategy (seems they had no any general plan), also choosed bad moment to build together, so they were just totally outplayed. That is not mean that cross imba. If someone think that he pro he should know how to play vs cross. If they agreed to play with that rules, so no more excuses after game - challenge was accepted, but game failed, thats all.
2. If someone challenge top players in "
high league" they should accept this and defend the reputation of the league, or wat is that "high league" for? Call it fun league then. Theese rules are acceptable (maybe only hybrid is not due too luck factor). I remember someone challenged "higest income" to play and he just disappear from thread, but seems still think that he s best ltd player ever, so wat is the difference between this challenge and that? U can also cross, u can yolo with doublebuild or just solo - wat u want but if u really stronger, prove it. All from lihl play pub games and should (must!) know how to deal with cross. Or lihl alrdy transform into just a variation of UC clan? Only difference is they think they lose because of "savers", and there think lose because of "crossers"?
Maybe u were good some time ago but now became too fat for punishing cocky pub?
3. Maybe previous with tier7 they used planted spy and maybe mh, but in theese games i guess they didnt use it - they sended on levels when it was obviously fail send.
And free tip - if u play hybrid mode u 99,9% cant win it full solo vs good cross, it will be just smashing for u. I thought its obvious but seems not for all.