I can be as &quot;long winded&quot; as Hate when I get the gumption, so feel free to skip right over this if you don&#039;t have the time or inclination to read it.<br /><br />Perhaps being more or less outside league membership makes my viewpoint on the future performances of the coming matches less valid.&nbsp; Or perhaps possessing a largely spectator/practice filler/priv player viewpoint could grant me some insight an insider might not have.&nbsp; <br /><br />In any case, I hope no one minds if I put in my two cents.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never wrote one of these before, and don&#039;t pay much attention to all teams and matches.&nbsp; So I hope you&#039;ll forgive me if I&#039;m not boned up on all the little ins and outs of the teams and the maps.&nbsp; You&#039;ll just have to take this with a grain of salt, I guess.<br /><br />[b]DMR vs. SPE, Match scheduled for Sun, 10:00PM (Central??)[/b]<br /><br />I don&#039;t know these teams by heart, so I&#039;ll begin by listing the players on each, just for my own personal clarification of who is playing who.<br /><br />From IDC South, DMR contains the likes of LB, Star, Collision, and Bulb, while SPE, from WDC East, contains MassVC, Doc Noob, mike and Reck.<br /><br />Of these teams, for DMR, I am familiar with LB, Star and Collision, and all are worthy players.&nbsp; Bulb I have never seen play before, so I don&#039;t know much about him.<br /><br />For SPE I&#039;m fairly familiar with all except MassVC, whom I have not played much with, though he seems a fairly capable player from what I have seen and heard.<br /><br />Both teams have capable runners in LB (DMR) and mike (SPE), but I&#039;m not sure both have capable defenders.&nbsp; Nostar is great in this regard (obviously) and of course he probably will be launching rockets like there&#039;s no tomorrow and carrying on with his smashing hairdo as usual, but who is on D for SPE?&nbsp; It&#039;s just not as clear to me.&nbsp; Doc noob loves feet just as much as I do, so maybe he&#039;ll be making DMR offense stop for foot examinations every few seconds.&nbsp; Or perhaps, even though Reckless isn&#039;t a foot lover, will step in and make a mighty effort?&nbsp; Not sure! Or maybe MassVC?? I don&#039;t know!!<br /><br />I&#039;m thinking SPE is going to have a tough time against a possibly stronger lineup of players.&nbsp; I wish them all the best of luck, though.&nbsp; Give em hell, SPE!&nbsp; Prove me wrong.<br /><br />[u]My prediction: 2-0 in DMR&#039;s favor[/u]<br /><br />[b]EBL vs. FLS, Match scheduled for Sat, 11:00PM (Central ??)[/b]<br /><br />EBL of IDC North have Hate, Devisin, Saber, and Mobius.&nbsp; Ahhhh my old team.&nbsp; But the only one remaining is my old cap, Hate.&nbsp; Hate, I know, is a great coach.&nbsp; He takes a lot of time during his practices to really get his players heads wrapped around the maps.&nbsp; Saber, former DX member, has been a strong addition to any team, so no doubt he&#039;ll perform in his usual manner, there.&nbsp; Mobius, I know from having played with him a little, has a pretty good shooting arm, but will it hold up against FLS? Devisin, unfortunately, I am not familiar with.&nbsp; Will he get top billing? <br /><br />FLS from WDC West has Legion, Capodecima, Goat, and Pot.&nbsp; However Leg managed to keep Pot on his team is a mystery to me, but good on ya, Leg!&nbsp; Pot is a star player, to my knowledge.&nbsp; Goat is not to be underestimated, either.&nbsp; Capo, unfortunately I am not as familiar with.<br /><br />I hate to say it (no pun intended) but I believe Hates ability to coach his team will put Leg in some hot water.&nbsp; I&#039;m just not as familiar with Leg&#039;s abilities as a team leader, and therefore it might be more of a challenge for him to pull his team together, formidable though they may be individually.&nbsp; I wish both teams the best of luck.&nbsp; Make them go to heck, Leg!<br /><br />[u]My prediction: 2-1 EBL&#039;s favor[/u]<br /><br />[b]BBC vs. KNF (div) Match scheduled for Sun, 11:55PM (Central ??)[/b]<br /><br />BBC from WDC West have Prime, Stallion, MadV, and dew.&nbsp; Prime has grown as a player quite a bit, and...well, that&#039;s just prime!&nbsp; I never expected him to cap an IDL team, but it was a pleasant surprise.&nbsp; MadV (don&#039;t get mad, get MadV!) is a fairly strong player (kicks my butt, anyway) and Stallion may be even more so.&nbsp; Dew is an experienced player, and probably kicks my can all over the place, even with being across the pond.<br /><br />KNF, also from WDC West has Struggle, Tobi, Soul, and Gyrossman.&nbsp; I know strangle as a player fairly well and have seen him play often.&nbsp; I know his team much less well, however.&nbsp; Soul I&#039;ve had the pleasure of playing with on ST, but that&#039;s about all. Tobi and Gyross are almost totally unfamiliar to me.<br /><br />I think BBC has a bit stronger line up this time around and at the very least will give KNF a run for their money.<br /><br />[u]My prediction: 2-1 BBC&#039;s favor[/u]<br /><br />[b]TKV vs. KGB div Scheduled for Thu, 12:30PM (Central ???)<br />[/b]<br />TKV from IDC North have Dumbass (lol you dumbass!), Kill, X-ray and Turska.&nbsp; Rus is a great player and a massive plasma dick, and I&#039;m glad to see him capping a team. Kill and X-ray kick my can any day (especially X-ray), but Turska I don&#039;t know much about.<br /><br />KGB, also from IDC North have Tai, Dawsonation, Bloodstrike and Junior.&nbsp; Tai is a pretty good shot, as is Junior, but I just don&#039;t know much about the other two.&nbsp; <br /><br />It&#039;s looking like Rus&#039; team has a slightly stronger line up, but perhaps I shouldn&#039;t underestimate Tai&#039;s team too much? I don&#039;t know!<br /><br />[u]My prediction: tai has left d (0-0 no one team&#039;s favor)[/u]<br /><br />[b]SUC vs. DMC div Match scheduled for Sun, 10:00PM (Central ???)<br />[/b]<br />SUC from IDC South have Ralph, Soulsucka, Rusty, and DD.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what it is about Ralph, but he always has winning teams.&nbsp; Is it his abilities as a leader or just plain ability as a player that carries his teams to victories?&nbsp; Rusty and DD can be relied upon to deliver, but Soulsucka is newer to the league and what I do know about him comes from my playing st priv, mostly.&nbsp; Maybe he&#039;ll sit this game?&nbsp; Hope not too much.<br /><br />DMC, also from IDC South, have Naughty, Megasonic, Mantits, and God.&nbsp; Naughty is one of the best trash talkers in the league, and a pretty darn good player to boot.&nbsp; Mantits and God were a good trade and that may come up big for Naughty in this match up.&nbsp; I&#039;m not as sure about Megasonic as I&#039;ve never seen him play.&nbsp; Maybe he&#039;ll sit, too?&nbsp; Also hope not too much, as playing in a match can be exciting.<br /><br />I expect both teams to put fourth their strongest players and efforts for this one.&nbsp; I think that SUC will be slightly favored over DMC in this match, assuming Ralph can show up for this one.&nbsp; However, I wouldn&#039;t count out DMC entirely...<br /><br />[u]My Prediction: 2-1 SUC&#039;s favor[/u]<br /><br />[b]BSK vs. SXP div&nbsp; Match scheduled for Sat, 1:00PM (Central ???)<br />[/b]<br />BSK from WDC East has Climhazzard, tacodolore, Gilga, and swift.&nbsp; Thankfully I&#039;ve played with all these players at least a bit.&nbsp; Clim has a pretty stand up line up of players here.<br />	<br />SXP, also from WDC East has Bones, Nosturi, blair, and Kill (force).&nbsp; I know bones is a great all around player when he wants to be, blair can dust up with the best of them in swapping digital lead, and Kill is no slouch either in that department, but Nosturi, I don&#039;t know much about.&nbsp; Hope I see him play at some point.<br /><br />I&#039;m thinking SXP is looking slightly stronger than their divisional rival in this matchup, but hopefully, maybe the BPers aren&#039;t really the underdogs I&#039;m making them out to be?<br /><br />[u]My prediction: 2-1 SXP&#039;s favor [/u]<br /><br />Good luck to all.&nbsp; And hey...[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2QApwtE8zQ] lets be careful out there.[/url]