Team-by-Team analysis:<br /><br />Strangle, KNF: Whiteboy, Legion, WhiteMike<br /><br />Strangles picks confuse me...White was obviously a good decision but he must really know something about legion that we don&#039;t. Legion is playing much better but he&#039;s still in need of a lot of practice. If Whiteboy is able to practice with this squad a lot, Legion could definitely benefit. Strangle mentioned wanting to be more of a defender. With Whiteboy in mid or O, his job as a defender will be easier. Legion just has to step it up. If he does, this is a sleeper to make the playoffs.<br /><br />Hatred, SGS: Stallion, KillForce, Bloodstrike.<br /><br />I was in shock when they let both Killforce AND Bloodstrike slip down to me. I&#039;ve now got two capable players, one to run, one to mid/defend whenever needed. My lineup is interchangeable and allows me to make tweaks as I see fit for every map. I will most likely stick with Killforce: dude is ballin&#039; right now. Bloodstrike is [b]not[/b] on the trading block. GG<br /><br />Doomguy, MD: Xenaero, Xyltol, Dew.<br /><br />Interesting choice here. Xenaero is an underrated 3rd overall pick. I&#039;m not sure how much faith DG has in his brother to perform well but he must know something we don&#039;t. I see this team being tough to score on but having problems scoring themselves. This is not a bad philosophy, if you can&#039;t get a powerful offense, stock up your defense and keep your team in it in low-scoring games. This team will be in contention but I&#039;m not sure they&#039;ll make it to the post-season. Still, this won&#039;t be a roll-over team. <br /><br />Tai, KGB: Killingblair, Junior, Null<br /><br />Tai&#039;s picks, again, look great on paper. Clearly this will be a team built to support Junior with Blair most likely floating. I see Tai doing a lot of 2o pushes to force teams to slow down their offense against him. The success of this team depends on how often Tai stays on D and the amount of success Blair will have as a mid/secondary fragger option. I would label this team as contenders and expect them to probably sneak into the post-season.<br /><br />Humanbones, CTB: Dev, Higgs, Shadow_Ghost<br /><br />Bones is banking on Denny committing full-time. Higgs was his back-up plan. It&#039;s strange he didn&#039;t draft the other way around, Higgs would have definitely been available in round 4. Overall, a good team nonetheless. Bones and Dev will be a powerhouse fragging combo but Higgs can be a liability if he doesn&#039;t practice a lot. If Denny plays and practices a lot, this team will be a fragging monster but they might be a very lethargic offense. Nonetheless, if Denny plays, they can frag people into oblivion and force scores. If Higgs plays, he will be good for maps with item control in mind but CTB will need to be creative with their offense to be a real threat. With all that in mind, I still see this being a top contending team in the WDC. <br /><br />RustInPeace, RR ([=&gt;): Gilgamesh, MassVC, ReckLess.<br /><br />A very unique line-up. No true runner and no true defender is present on this squad. Mixing and matching will probably be done often to establish who does what, but this team is strong enough as a group of fraggers to defend well and savvy enough to score. I see this as a very versatile team and in my mind, I believe they are the favorites in the WDC. They&#039;ll need an identity sooner or later but I suspect you&#039;ll see a very balanced team when that identity is established for each player. <br /><br />RussianDumbass, PU or PDU: Turska, Ladna, Fastidious.<br /><br />An interesting draft by Rus. He clearly had Turska in mind and spent his first round pick on him. I&#039;m not sure that&#039;s a good or bad thing but Ladna and Fast are two incredibly risky players to bank on. Ladna has proven to be IDL worthy in the past but his activity as of late hasn&#039;t been there. Fast has made it clear there&#039;s a good chance he won&#039;t be around for the post-season, so it almost seems like a wasted pick when you already took a risk with your 2nd overall pick. Nonetheless, if Ladna practices and Fast ends up staying, this team can be good. Turska won&#039;t have a powerful fragger backing him up this time around, but I don&#039;t think he necessarily needs one. If Rus commits to being defense heavy, however, Turska will only be able to do so much. I see this being a very aggressive offensive team with Rus dicking it down on defense. I think they have a shot and might make it in but it depends on what happens in the IDC north and if WAD, SUC and PBh beat up on each other enough. <br /><br />Nostar, WAD: Chaindude, Shakal, Delusion.<br /><br />There&#039;s really not a ton to say about this team. Nostar must know something we don&#039;t. If this team is active and practices, it&#039;s a top contender. If it&#039;s not, nostar&#039;s risk probably gets him the worst record in IDL this season. Only time will tell. <br /><br />Ralphis, SUC: Oath, Climhazzard, MionicDonut<br /><br />This is probably the weakest team Ralph has had in a long time. While Oath is formidable on offense and a stellar fragger, Clim and Donut are unknowns. Donut tends to be a decent fragger, so having him on D might be SUC&#039;s best bet. I think he&#039;s a better fit than Clim is because he&#039;s rather inconsistent. Ralph will have to really coach this team up and if he can get Oath back to a good playing-form and Donut playing at a higher level, this squad will be dangerous at the end of the season if they find their way into the postseason. <br /><br />Sabertooth, TCB (Best): X-Ray, Nosturi, Roscoe. <br /><br />An interesting line-up. My only question about this team is who will defend? They have two players who are very capable and established mid guys in X-ray and Saber and a good Euro runner in Nosturi. I don&#039;t know if this team will work unless Saber is playing defense and playing it well. X-Ray is a good defender on some maps but putting him on defense is a wasted spot. He&#039;s much better for mid. Nosturi will clearly run but this team will be totally victimized by frag-heavy teams. They&#039;re going to need to be a very quick-strike, coordinated offense to keep pressure off of their defense. All in all, I see this team squeaking into the playoffs.&nbsp;  <br /><br />LordBritish, PBH: Dr_Noob, Armour, MadV. <br /><br />I believe LB got a steal in MadV in the 3rd round. Noob is a good pick, too. The only question is how good is Armour? If he&#039;s very good, LB has a sleeping giant. If he&#039;s not, LB&#039;s probably not going to get the opportunity to defend his championship. Nonetheless, if Armour turns out to be a bust, we could see LBD with Noob on mid and MadV running. A decent line-up, but probably not built correctly as LB is best served as a runner. This team probably falls short unless WAD bombs or PDU turns out to be disappointing. <br /><br />ThatsJustPrime, BBC: Mantis-X, Gyrossman, Dawson<br /><br />I&#039;m afraid to say it, but Prime probably fell into the same trap I did last season. He had a great season, thought he was a genius and could coach anything up and took a total risk on a rusty Mantis. He could have gotten a good fragger in Killforce or more reliable fragger in Bloodstrike or Ladna. The problem with this team is definitely defense. Prime will totally be out of his element on defense here. Mantis&#039; mid generally becomes him bleeding into the other teams base and getting 60 touches. This is a very aggressive tactic and the constant pressure does cause confusion on defense. The problem is, it leaves your D out to dry and I don&#039;t think Prime is capable of being a solo, shutdown defender. Gyross is definitely good but Mantis will have to be far more fraggy in mid and play more coverage than anything. He&#039;s a veteran and he&#039;s smart enough to do it. If he practices enough and gets some damn confidence, then he could be a solid pick. If not, this team will be gone fishing for the post-season. Overall, I see BBC and KNF probably missing out. <br /><br /><br />This was a very surprising draft. Nostar gambled his entire season on two guys who&#039;ve hardly been active. Strangle possibly botched his 2nd round pick and gave away a really good team in doing so. Power house captains in the past are looking at becoming Captain of The Year just for their teams to be successful. This was an entertaining draft aside from all the random ass delays. Every team is decent and we probably won&#039;t see any winless teams at the end of the season. I suspect records will still be about the same as they always are with 2 teams dominating each conference and the rest falling in-line. But the games will probably be much closer and more intense. <br /><br />Overall, a good start to a very important IDL season. If this one goes well, we could possibly establish some momentum for future seasons and keep the IDL&#039;s expansion a relative possibility in the future. So with that said, I wish all of you the best of luck and I shall see you on the field. 