i tried to steal someone&#039;s template for prediction, but i don&#039;t have logos for the new teams, so shut up.<br /><br /><br />[b]DMR - DCL[/b]<br /><br />a division match that might be pretty important in the long run. the winner will clearly get some positive momentum, but these two teams will probably fight for the wildcard, so losing here might prove extra stingy at the end of the season.<br />i like DMR. all their players are underestimated generalists, but together saber(d)/mid(m)/goat(o) is a smooth, intelligent ctf machine. they might beat more heavyhitting teams just by knowing where to stand and when. sadly, map07 requires a tank, or at least a turret... something that will mow down anything and everything. i&#039;m afraid DMR lacks this sheer power and could find itself pressed back.<br />DCL is questionable. i&#039;m not sure they even practiced and i have no clue which squad will turn up. if shakal&#039;s there, they&#039;re the favourite. he can just sit back and play like spirit_crusader, which means barely moving turret defence that in the end for some ridiculous reason relays the flag and scores. i think cab can always grind something at least to the midgrounds, so it depends if aerial/x-ray can help him reach the shak territory.<br /><br />i think DCL is dumb as poland, but if shak plays they will muscle a victory in a 3-rounder.<br />[b]0 - 2[/b]<br /><br /><br />[b]SPE - SXP[/b]<br /><br />poor spe. :(<br /><br /><br />[b]KGB - TKV[/b]<br /><br />match of the week. super grindhouse matchup of two frag heavy teams. interestingly enough i think this will be a battle of thirds, the weakest player on the map will drag his team down.<br />i can&#039;t really read KGB. i&#039;ve seen madv play, but if they field goblin, i&#039;m lost. furthermore i think white _has_ to run, cause he&#039;s the only one with a chance to break star/rus barricade, but he also has to mid and def. i mean tai is a fine turret, but 07 isn&#039;t exactly 02 and when he&#039;s finally breached a weaker spawn might crush his neck. plus white isn&#039;t the best grind runner type, nostar will probably read his patterns.<br />TKV has a deathsquad base in star/rus, but their runner will have a tough time. i&#039;ve seen noob having good enough shot to do some muscling, but the question is if he can outsmart tai. i mean all of us can, but he&#039;s from skulltag and they consider tai a goddamn sun tzu. also i wonder if he ragequits after one or two hopelessly grindey 0-0 rounds. i can actually see turska playing the smartest man on the map, but he&#039;d need ridiculous russian support in the enemy main to get a chance of smuggling one through. can the finn reconciliate with the russians and bury the war skis?<br /><br />these teams could easily gay this up to 0-0 0-0 0-0, but i think KGB will leak one and despair.<br />[b]0 - 1[/b]<br /><br /><br /><br />[b]FLS - KNF[/b]<br /><br />two drug peddling teams locked in the battle of mexican border supremacy!<br />FLS is supposedly a doomed team. luckily for legion he&#039;ll be running against rather shaky strangle def, so he might grind away until his teammates decide to support him in a useful way for once. bloodstrike is very solid, kov is a hotshot, but both of them might produce brainfarts of epic scale due to not being &quot;played out&quot; enough. kov might find himself ripped apart by mike&#039;s antics.<br />KNF has a problem. strangle is cool def for the 31s and 04s and such, but weak def spawns and blind flag chases tie him up if you catch my drift. i&#039;m not sure if KNF plans to use coll or dosu, but they&#039;ll be definitely more comfortable with mike on mid, saving both strangle and the runner. both coll and dosu might do the job, but the mexican is pretty pro at sneaking around/into the base and stealing his opponent&#039;s tv set.<br /><br />dosu uses a keyword to trigger kov&#039;s conditioning to let the chief walk by, saluting him and singing the anthem of mexico.<br />[b]0 - 2[/b]<br /><br /><br />[b]SUC - BBC[/b]<br /><br />sorry, but i don&#039;t see BBC winning this, SUC&#039;s main lineup is too brutal for the pingfags. they&#039;ll whiff important shots and then lose 2 or 3 more flags talking about it. lordbitch might outrun gilga if he ever gets past him, but that will be complicated when the whole team is under siege.<br />[b]2 - 0[/b]<br /><br /><br />[b]EBL - BSK[/b]<br /><br />i&#039;m bored already, but i need jenova losing as much as possible, so go team with the worst name!<br />[b]0 - 2[/b]