Hm, so last season the French community and the Turtles dropped from A and they immediately dropped out of the league and apparently kinda disbandoned.

Pretty sure that we didn't relegate tho

Division A:

Lynx
Masters
Outlaws
ONE!
GG
VS
M'Hunters

Lynx added a lot of strong players lately and they are thirsty for revenge after previous season. If they assign their big guns in the right way, they can have narrow edge over anyone. And imho Quicksilver is on the way to become the best player on the site.
Masters can be affected by "winners hangover", as were Lynx previous season. They have probably the strongest roster and the key is to stay motivated. In overall, I don't see any clan which can overpower those two, except of maybe...
Outlaws. Those are "black horse" of the race. Their roster is very strong and if they avoid booting (and they should), here we have serious challenger to top 3 at least for sure. And with a bit of luck, who knows? ;)
ONE is falling back slightly this time. I don't see their roster being deep and strong enough to maintain pace with top contenders, but they should avoid relegation comfortably.
The same goes for GG. In div B, they were superpower, here... not so much. Just too bad Ollie and Motoki aren't playing, with them they would have chance for top 3, without, they will be glad for staiyng in A.
VS added Buns, but aside of him, they lack depth of talent needed for maintaining themselves in A. The sole fact they are here just because lack of Turtles is telling.
MH suffered lossess of several good players, so the most interesting question here is if Norman will really play.

Division B

WG
TJC
SNinja
Hydra
FCC
Statisticians

IF WG don't win, that would be huge upset, and IMO TJC with all their lossess are still good enough for second place. They have more talent on their roster than the rest of the field still. I picked Stats as last, but wouldn't be surprised if FCC end up here, their fall and rebirth just affected their strength way too much.

Q1:
NWO
Preussen Garde
BIA
Wizards
FUDEW
German warlords

No doubt NWO will win, and Preussen should go with them thanks to some top end talent they posess. BIA can cause an upset, and I don't see Wizards good enough for competing on top.

Q2

CORP
Acme
VIW
Hawks
TSK
Avengers
USSR

I believe we have enough quality to win our group, and comfortably. Acme should go with us , as their top end talent should overweight VIW's depth. But it will be close. Hawks will cause some upsets again, but that is all.

Q3

101
Apprentice
REGL
{rp}
DP
LEA

Clearest of all 5 divisions. If 101st or Apprentice don't promote, that would be the biggest upset of any time in Clan league history. Or in any team event history. Or in the game history in overall. Choose yourself.

Edited 3/28/2018 23:48:10

I don't think we are going to be top 3 clan in this division, what people fail to realise is we are seriously going to struggle on America Biomes which we heavily dislike as a clan and activity wise we just aren't up there as before hence boots coming in like before.

It will be the same as last season for us, to fight with the others to stay in A to finish 5th where anything above 5th = bonus.

M'Hunters I don't think have the quality and depth to stay in A. VS will be a tough proposition for us to fight against with Buns + Nack powering the line-up, I think Outlaws has the edge tho in outperforming VS to stay in A with the experience we gained in the last CL.

For me:

1. Masters
2. GG
3. Lynx
4. ONE!
5. Outlaws
6. VS
7. M'Hunters

GG are the darkhorses this season, They have the quality to perform exceedingly well on the 1v1s and with MIFRAN to power up the team-games, I believe they can be the over-achievers as ONE! were in CL9. Coming from the unexpected of the masses of the public's eyes.

u have much confidence on us platinum:)

A:

1 Masters
They will try to continue their domination this season too and with many additions to their roster this time ( Xeno, Moto, Shinra, Pardon and Gulius) along with already strong team they are ideally favorites for 1st place.

1/2/3 Lynx:
I put them here, first mainly because of too many additions to their roster from last season(Kurdistan, Timon, Rento, Juan, Octane,Wini, 90,kantos ) and this solves reliability problem they had. They have biggest obstacle of dominating Masters and might face trouble with One or Outlaws too.

2/3/4 Outlaws
Many will be wondering why I am putting Outlaws this high and after seeing the come-back last CL, they are surely worth 2/3/4. From last season, the roster might have reduced in numbers- but there will be lesser boots this time. They're my favorites for 1st and I would say capable to do so, if Masters and Lynx (who aggressively recruited more than Plat) are careless.

3/4 One
They really surprised everyone last time and might do the same this time too. They have some additions to their roster( Nox, Fivestar, Suschel, Memele) but it will be very hard for them this time.

5/6 GG
Moto becoming Master Moto and Ollie retiring looks like big problem,last time when Ollie didn't play, they relegated to B; but addition of many players ( K, Linberson, Fireice, awesomeuser,..) makes them to guarantee a stay in Div.A. They surely can finish 3/4 too, but because of boots in last season-I am predicting them here.

5/6 VS
With Buns and Nack, they're good to stay in Div.A-but not sure how it will turn out. I am not underestimating VS, but placing them at relegation mainly because of them getting 3rd in Div.B last season. They surely can be the surprising clan who goes from zero to hero-but it is a tough rough road for them.

7 M'Hunters
Placing them here mainly because of no Pana and no 90 in their roster. They do have good performances in Div.B last season, with newer faces getting so many points for them and that is highly improbable this time. Of-course, there is enough time to improve during the CL and if they can pull an upset by staying in A against all odds, it will be entertaining and I will be really happy.


B:

1 WG
The elite clan's only problem is reliability. Theoretically this roster should dominate div.B, but if they get plagued by boots-it is all over.

2/3 Sninja
They've just enough players to claim 2nd place and if WG faces reliability problem, they will be 1st place. Their roster size is almost same, but this season they're better.

2/3/4 TJC
There are many changes in roster, which got reduced compared to last season. They're still capable of causing an upset and even have a chance to promote mainly because of other clans being weak.

3/4 Hydra
So much of reduction in the roster and owing to their bad-luck in CL, I am predicting them a bit lower. They're surely capable of promoting, but not sure if they will.

5 Stats
They may face problem with boots.

6 FCC
Revived FCC. I placed them here, mainly because I don't know any of their participants except Aura. The roster looks like they can jump upto 2nd or 3rd place due to their element of surprise and good player-base, I feel they will prove me wrong.

Q1:

1/2 NWO
Rumor is that Benoit coaches everyone daily 3 hours and makes them take these warzone exams every week and so they are clear favorites for winning this and going to C. Keyser not playing for NWO and Nikola being inactive are bad (in div.C at-least), but they've newer faces who are skilled enough to make NWO a good candidate for getting into B.

1/2 Preußen Garde
There are good players in roster and they might give a tough competition trying to goto C. I don't really know any of them, but based on their ratings-I place them here.

3/4/5 Fudew
They're probably unknown to many, but they are having a good player-base and experience in past CL. Not sure how they'll perform, but they're surely good for 3/4.

3/4/5/6 Wizards
I maybe wrongly predicting them to be here, but I guess I have little bias since I know the roster ;)

3/4/5/6 BIA
Plagued by poaching and possibly inactivity- I am placing them lower than what they may deserve. They have good base and experience, but not sure how they'll end up. They can go 2nd at max, but then it all depends on performance of other clans.

5/6 German Warlords
Tough call to make, but I place them here due to past performances.

Q2:

1/2 VIW
For Q2, I see their roster is good for 1/2 and they got to regain their old glory. This maybe overestimating them, but I guess it is good motivation too.

1/2 CORP
They will dominate and clearly there is no one to stop them. Only reason for not going to C maybe because they lose just enough points to not to promote to C.

3/4 ACME
Fails at depth compared to above two clans, but clearly better than the rest. Hope it gets carried again.

3/4/5 Hawks (Maybe wrong, but they can surprise all by going up)
They are good. They can cause upsets, but can they pull a major upset and try to goto C? Let's wait and see.

3/4/5 Avengers
No Siema Ziom= horrible for them. So they are placed here; but knowing almost all in the roster, I won't be surprised if they can reach 3rd position.

6/7 Seven Kingdoms
They're here mainly because I don't know anyone except JJJ.

6/7 USSR
Getting strategic. I won't put them higher, mainly because of lack of depth.


Q3:

1 101st
Their roster is cool- with many who are of Lynx level (Krunx, Kicorse, Cowboy, Mostly Harmless, Lobsy, roque,...), many who are 1800-2000 rated in 1v1 ladder and one or two not in these two lists. With aggressive recruiting, and passive poaching (I maybe wrong, but I would still use poaching here :P ) the clan as well as the roster looks overpowered.

2 Apprentice
Compared to last season, their roster has changed-but still they are in love with 101st. They are considerably the 2nd best in Q3 and possible contender for going to B.

3 REGL
Not sure I even know their members, but I put them at 3rd place.

4/5/6 rp

Only 6 members in roster!

4/5/6 LEA
Tough group, so they might end up at bottom.

4/5/6 DP
Tough group, so they might end up at bottom.

Whoever predicted Viw ad 1st or 3rd predicted bad.

VIW are so bad I forgot to include them in my predictions...

I trust all feeder clans will do well and VIW being the biggest feeder clan, it can't perform bad.

Division A

1. MASTER
2. Lynx

I don't think there is anything surprising about this prediction (although it might go either way). MASTER is a smaller clan, but with bigger superstars, having legends like MOTD, MOD, Timinator - usually either of the three considered the best player on WarZone - as well as bloom of newer generation in Rufus, Xeno, Pardon who will make MASTER roster for their first time.
Lynx in comparison is a recruiting and schooling gigantic machine, with variety of star players and way bigger rotation of them - Rento and timon92 being some of the newcomers to the clan, and then there are Zero, Quicksilver, Juan, alexclusive... the list is long.

3. Outlaws
4. ONE!

Outlaws should avoid boot problems they had last season - in which they still managed to go top 3. This season should go well, having a mixed roster of own-grown players like Platinum, Edge, Njord on one hand and Krzysztof and Odin on another. ONE!, I am honestly not sure of. Was 2nd place a bit of a fluke, or they can actually repeat that? Ragnarok is lost, but they also gained many new players.

5. GG

I don't think that this roster will do any surprise. It;s mainly built of old GG players and some old Blitz players (who couldn't save their clan from relegation last season). It always did better on 1v1s than on team games, but guys like FlyingBender, MIFRAN or EZPickens should bring points from the latter. Fireice, linberson, wrongdoer are the best newcomers to GG this season I think.
They might finish fourth too, but I don't think their lineup will be made so badly that it'll push them out of the division, like in CL8.

6. VS
7. M'Hunters

Back in CL7 - when they joined the competition for the first time - those two were definitely the hottest newcomer clans, seen a lot in tournaments and open games. M'Hunters did below expectations in their division (D1), while VS along with Yin Yang dominated their (D2). M'H have had years of history full of scandals, which was making many of their players join other clans, while VS kept more of a low profile.
As a result, we see a VS with their stable team of Glamorous, rocky, INSIDE, and some others... and reinforcements from a dropping out clan - Buns and Nackickwind. However I think that VS will be much like BIA in CL9 B - on some templates they will actually win games (Buns and Nack), but their overall level is just not same as most other A clans.
M'Hunters however is just weak. Most of their former stars are inactive or went to other clans and there is no one they could be replaced with.

Division B

1. WG

WG with only 8 players on the roster seems like a minimal one considering their overall activity. Super Smoove, almosttricky and Verzehrer are the best ones here, but I'm not sure if the latest will actually play. Yet it's still the best clan in this extremely underpowered division.

2. Sninja

This is the rakleader and max clan, but otherwise... I don't know, they have problems similar to WG, only that it never held a position of even a semi-elite clan. Though with AquaHolic, Waddles and ssesse (and Tof but he sucks) debuting on their roster it's still their strongest lineup so far thanks to their merge with Vikinger a year ago.

3. FCC

I was close to overrate FCC, but it turns out that Master of the Druids is last seen 12 days ago and that was one of their best players. Overally it's a very fresh roster, which might or might not be ready yet for Clan League. Still they have Aura Guardian - awesome player, Rubik87 - the first player to win two seasonal ladder seasons, mmasterwar, or the Lithuanian guy. This roster shouldn't do badly.

4. Hydra

Very, very small roster. Ppface, Milly, Hunta were historically Hydra/Illuminati/AWF big stars and should do great. Sebus Maximus and Derfellions are ok, and wakanarai joins them after Blitz's dissolve - another heavyweight. Loss of Great Expanse, Python's Koala, Hysterical Koala and Benoit hurts them a lot, but I have some faith in this roster.

5. TJC

Since this is a division of understrength clans, TJC might actually hold out well here despite so many retirements since last season. Rikku, dry-clean-only and Pichu are their stars, and some of their other players are kind of ok and should still win a game or two per template.

6. Statisticians

Math Wolf, Jackie Treehorn and Yeon are great players, but I'm totally unconvinced of anyone else there - and even those three might not play maximum templates, I don't know.

Division Q1

1. New World Order
2. Preußen Garde
3. Brothers in Arms
4. [BR] FUDEW
5. The Wizards
6. German Warlords

Benoit's brainchild WarZone academy is a force to be considered and maybe one of the best non-elite strategic clans these days. Prussian Ward actually gained some strong players since previous season. BIA didn't change a whole lot from previous seasons. I know FUDEW used to be ok in CL, while Wizards and the other German clan I really don't think are strong at all.

Division Q2

1. CORP
2. Viw
3. Acme Co.
4. Hawks
5. Seven Kingdoms
6. The Avengers
7. USSR

I don't think I'll look biased predicting CORP as #1, since everyone seems to. I think we improved a lot in terms of roster making :P As well as several new players joining the roster, including Nemo, Dutch Desire, Ragnar Lothbrok, and returning Uki. Tjoex and Chancho are sadly gone though. I will get myself banned from WZ forever if we still fail to promote.
Acme has the best player in the whole division, while Viw has a lot of decent-to-good players but I think they aren't as consistent. Hawks tends to have decent performance in CL. Seven Kingdoms have JJJ (who originally wanted to play for CORP), but other than that - I doubt anything great will come out of there CL-wise. Avengers have no one strong, and USSR used to always finish last in RPCL - unless they actually improved (which isn't really an achievement) they will finish dead last too. Honestly it feels like actual USSR - insane numbers, yet absolute no quality.

Division Q3

1. 101st
2. Apprentice
3. REGL
4. {rp}
5. Decus Praesidium
6. LEA

Really a no brainer. Top 2 are elite schools, REGL has little-mouse. {rp} used to be one of the best clans in RPCL actually (just below CORP and TJC) so I pick them above the unknowns and the reduced 5v5 clan.

A:

1 Masters

I carried Masters last season to record breaking scores. I have decided to sit out this season to see if they can make it on their own. They will be hurt by the addition of Xenophone but still have some decent players. QB I carried to 1st place in the 2v2 ladder but I think he has learned quite a bit. MoD is a gentle soul who I can trust to run the clan while I take a rest. Then there is Timinator...no one is perfect. Lastly we come to Deadman. The same man I taught 3v3 Europe to. He was a horrible pupil but I think the others around him will pick up the slack as Atom and I did last season. It would be a proud moment for me to see Masters win their first Clan League without me holding their hand. I hope they do well but like the rest of you I am skeptical. Even with all that said I do not see a way they can lose since everyone else is a steaming pile of shit.

2 Outlaws

Trash

3 Lynx

Double trash

4 One

Could be...trash

5 GG

Worse than GGr


6 VS

Oh god they suck


7 M'Hunters

I'll enjoy this

You guys in CORP will get your asses handed to you by TSK I think.

Q3:

Corp
VIW
Avengers
Acme Co.
HAWKS
USSR
TSK

Protip: Im obviously going to boot all my games so Ill rack up an astounding total of 0 points.

^ TRAITOR

Division A:

1. Masters
2. Lynx
3. Outlaws
4. GG
5. ONE
6. VS
7. M'Hunters

I am assuming no boots with my predictions or with my write-up below. Boots are difficult to predict, are likely to happen, and will almost certainly affect the final standings.

The Masters have a very good chance at winning Clan League 10. Lynx also has a very strong lineup and are the only clan with a real possibility of finishing in front of Masters. I would be pretty surprised to see Lynx finish below number two. I expect Masters to threaten to break the CL record for the number of points scored (the record they set last season). Lynx also has an outside chance at the record, but only if they play at their best.

I think that third place could be very close. I anticipate Outlaws, GG, ONE, and VS finishing with very close scores on 1v1. Team games is where I expect to begin seeing separation. Outlaws should do well in all team games, so I picked them to finish third. GG looks a bit weak on 3v3, so I picked them in fourth. Neither ONE nor VS has very good team lineups, but I think ONE's 3v3 is significantly better than VS'.

I would predict Outlaws to finish somewhere between third and fifth. I would predict the same for GG. I predict ONE to finish anywhere from third to sixth, and VS to finish either fifth or sixth.

M'Hunters' lineup looks significantly weaker than the other six. I would be surprised to see them finish anywhere other than 7th.

Onoma

You guys left me hanging, I sent like 4 messages asking about if I could join CL and I got no real answers so I figured why not join the bootsquadron :)

Hoping to stop CORP from getting to div C ;) that would make things as it should be
Jk no hate or hard feelings, Im going to boot and all know it

Division A

1. Masters

Masters have the best lineup. Every player of Masters lineup would probably get at least 2 tournaments in any other clan. Mod, MotD, QB, Timi, Pardon and the list goes on are among the best players right now. If they play up to their level, they can only beat themselves. If everybody in A would play at their best including Masters, then Masters would be without a doubt the clan who wins the competition.

2. Lynx

Lynx definitely has to be careful. As I said earlier, no clan can beat Masters, if they play accordingly to their level. Also Lynx won't be able. If I compare this seasons and last seasons lineup, I just feel like this season Lynx isn't as good as it could have been last season. In my opinion they weren't able to replace the quality losses of Hades, andy, Green Tea, Arkanton and even AG on 3 templates with the additions of Rento, timon and others. There was a time, were it looked like they might be able to replace that quality loss, but with other players like Kurdistan and even Darkpie going pretty much inactive (again) their depth isn't as impressive as it was a season ago. Lynx will have a hard time to get that 2nd place, but for the moment I think they have the slight advantage towards the other clans on 3-5.

3. Outlaws

Actually from 2-5 everything can happen. I think we didn't lost any quality from our lineup in comparison to last season. We finished 3rd back then, after a great comeback. The additions of Odin and aoc strenghten our overall lineup. As the overall development of other players did. The booting risk should be hopefully reduced to a minimum, so I hope this time we don't need to make our Outlaws signature comeback again and just can play at our best from the beginning. I still have some question marks, that are especially been shown on Biomes. I think the competition in Manager League was a bit stronger there, but if u don't have the confidence on a template, it's just hard to really get good results out of it. It's like the China tournament last season, where we played a few games and I just never gained that confidence, but instead a bit frustration, which resulted in the end in a 1-5 finish, with that 1 win beeing a boot win, if I remember it right. In contrast to China we just hadn't the time to prepare for Biomes, that I would have gained that feeling of confidence for Biomes, which I gained for China, although China won't be played here. So yeah there are some question marks and as I said everything from 2-5 is absolutely possible for every clan.

4. GG

Tough call to put them on 4th playce below us. I think their 2v2 lineup is really strong and can challenge any clan. I do miss Flying Bender. If they would have put Flying Bender in 2 slots, then I wouldn't have put them 4th. I have some question marks on their 1v1 lineup. Mifran and Mister T, who are in my mind their best players are playing in the 2 most stacked 1v1 tournaments Greece and Guiroma. So it will be hard for them to seperate enough from the other clans to absorbe a potential loss of points of other 1v1 tournaments. I don't think it will be a significant loss, but just a slight loss of maybe 1 win in 2 or 3 of those tournaments could make the difference between 2nd and 5th place. That's how close the competition could be. I'm interested to see what their Biomes team is able to do. It's Blitz + Mikaela, but I have absolutely no idea how good they actually are on Biomes.

5. ONE

Last season One performed really good. I absolutely expect some of their players to play as good as they did last season. Beren, PJ and malakkan especially. Besides them there are some new players to Division A who have the burden to replace Holdway and Ragnarok, who are phenomenal players and especially phenomenal team players. They also gained Nox, who will be an asset for them in the stacked Guiroma tournament, but overall I just think that the losses of Holdway and Ragnarok will have to much of a negative impact, that they can absorb it just yet with their new additions. Clan League might come 2-3 months to early for them to replace those losses almost without a negative impact.

6. VS

I think VS has to many weaknesses to compete with any of the above clans. They need to hope that any of those clans will mess things up, to get in a position, where they have a shot to challenge them to avoid relegation. The additions of Buns and Nackickwind made an impact, but as it shows now they just play in 3 slots combined. Add only 2 slots for Inside and just 1 for Glam and that's just 6 slots for their 4 best players. Then again 2 of them are playing their 1v1 on Guiroma/Greece, so 2 stacked tournaments, where they probably won't rush through the competition.I doubt, that this is enough to stay in A. Their depth isn't as good as for the other 5 clans which shows up especially in the tournaments of Volcano Islands and Biomes. VS should have enough quality to stay in front of M'Hunters, but they shouldn't have enough to avoid relegation.

7. M'Hunters

I don't think M'hunters are that far away from VS. AI, hobo, Emu and Rogue are all good players, but I miss those quality players on a level of Buns, Nackickwind and Inside, that could make a difference also against the other clans. The depth of M'Hunters is probably better than the depth of VS, but in Division A that might not be enough to equal the losses of points against those VS heavyweights. That's the reason why I have M'Hunters behind VS. But it wouldn't surprise me at all if they manage to finish ahead of them again. Maybe i'm wrong and it shows, that their depth equals maybe even beats out their loss of top players in comparison to VS. Another advantage for both of VS and M'Hunters, is the underdog role. Nobody expects them to avoid relegation. That can be a good thing, if some of the other clans underestimate those 2 clans.

Division B

1. WG
2. SNinja
3. TJC
4. Statisticians
5. Hydra
6. FCC

I make it quick. I have no idea how good or bad some of those clans are. I just now, that WG should have the best lineup. As long as they don't lose 1 or 2 players to inactivity, they should promote to A. I put SNinja 2nd since they have rakleader. Also some of their other players are good. Then I think TJC will be 3rd. Yes they had some significant losses, but they still have some decent to good players to have enough depth to gain points in every aspect. I have Statisticians next, simply because I know what guys like Math Wolf, Yeon and Jackie Treehorn are capable to do. I don't know some of their other players, so I have some huge doubts on the 3v3 side. Depth can be really important in B and the qualifiers, so I have them behind TJC, although I don't think any TJC player can match up with those 3 Stats players. Hydra is 5th since they also have some good players in their lineup. Then FCC comes in as last, just because I don't know any of their players besides Aura. I have no idea what they are capable to do. I just now, that Rubik isn't in their lineup so they miss one of their best players. I just can't take them above clans, where I now some of their players to a certain amount.


Group Q1

1. NWO
2. Preußen Garde
3. BIA
4. [BR]FUDEW
5. Wizards
6. German Warlords

NWO should finish 1st. They have to much talent, so everything else would be a disappointment. Then I expect a close race between Preußen Garde and BIA, but ultimately I have Preußen Garde on top. Some of their players are really good. BIA has the experience on their side and they also have some really good players in their row. So Preußen Garde needs to perform well to finish in front of BIA, but I think they can do that. FUDEW come in as 4th slightly in front of Wizards, because I think FUDEW has some nice depth. They might get problems on EU, but they should be able to seperate a bit on the other templates. For Wizard their main assets are definitely Sherlock Holmes, who will gain a lot of points for them and david who will also do quite ok. Besides them I don't know many of their players, so I think FUDEW might have more depth to gain enough points to finish in front of them. The German Warlords should come in as last place. The loss of Suschel hurts them bad and even if they still have some decent players, it shouldn't be enough to beat out one of the other clans, if none of them has boot problems.

Group Q2

1. Acme Co.
2. CORP
3. VIW
4. The Seven Kingdoms
5. HAWKS
6. The Avengers
7. USSR

A lot of those clans loaded up their lineup to get to Division C. I didn't expect me to put Acme that high, but after I looked at their lineup I think they will do really good in stage 1. ACL Tears will get them enough points. Other player like Dark Ninja, biggreen, JT and Grivous are good as well and since they are all loaded to play in stage 1 they should be able to even beat out CORP, who I have 2nd. CORP also have some great players, f.ex. Former GG player Dutch Desire, but also other really good players like psykkoman, Nemo etc. So they will give Acme a good fight, but I think Acme will have a slight advantage over them. VIW comes in as 3rd. They also have some good players, but overall I think they could be the clan left out of qualification for C between those 3 clans. I know JJJ will kill me for this, but I think The Seven Kingdoms won't be able to get to C. JJJ is a great player and I know how highly he thinks about their other players, but they are still unknown to me and since those other clans also stacked up their best players in stage 1, TSK will have a hard time to actually get to one of the first 2 positions. I have HAWKS at 5. They always did quite ok, which they will do this time as well, they just don't have the top end talent to get higher. I know that Avengers have also some decent to good players, so I put them 6th. They can beat out HAWKS, but I give HAWKS the experience factor in their favour. USSR is a bunch of unknowns to me, so I have them finishing last, through maybe they can surprise me. It's always hard to judge clans, if u don't know their players.


Group Q3

1. 101st
2. Apprentice
3. REGL
4. LEA
5. {rp}
6. Decus Praesidium

101st and Apprentice should finish as 1 and 2 fairly comfortable. Both didn't invest to much into stage 1, but if no boots happen, both should have enough quality to get into C, which they will then have a good advantage other basically any other clan, maybe NWO could compete with them, since they were the only clan that didn't go all in in stage 1. I have REGL rated as 3rd. Little Mouse will compete on one level as the other 2 clans above REGL, but I think REGL miss other good players to get to C. I don't know much about the other 3 clans. LEA has born41R, so I give them the 4th place. I have rp 5th and Decus Praesidium last place for no particular reason.

It was a high quality prediction essay, it was very good to read, thx Edge!
And there were some other good to read essays too, thx guys!
I am very excited about this competition, and it is started! :D

Unfortunatelly, seems that Masters are too strong, and agree with Edge, if they will do their best, no many chance for the others.
I wrote unfortunatelly, because it can easily mean a boring competition for the title (just like was last time).

But I really hope that Lynx and Outlaws can do something :D
And there are many really good players in the tourneys from the other clans too, so maybe everything can happen (I hope, at least).

So I wish a good race for the first place.
I think will be a good race for to avoid the relegation although.

And come on ONE! :D

I already predicted Group A, but I did not predict the rest because I did not know a lot of the players. After a few days of analysis, I have come up with my predictions for the other groups:

Group B:
1. FCC
2. TJC
3. Statisticians
4. Hydra
5. Sninja
6. WG

It should be a super close race for first between the top four clans. All four of these clans are stacked from top to bottom. Sninja has some good players, but I think putting rakleader into their lineup was a huge mistake. They're only fifth because WG is so bad. I mean, how do you get worse than putting Verz into your lineup? The dude hasn't been first on the ladder in ages. The only way this lineup could get weaker is if Gnuffone came back.

Group Q1:
1. Preuben Garde
2. German Warlords
3. Feduw
4. The Wizards
5. BIA
6. NWO

The battle for first should be a sight to behold. The top 4 teams all seem to have some talent, and any of the four could end up on top. BIA isn't awful, but they aren't great either. I would be stunned to see NWO win even one non-boot game. They are simply one of the least talented clans of all time.

Group Q2:
1. USSR
2. Avengers
3. The Seven Kingdoms
4. HAWKS
5. ACME
6. VIW
7. CORP

I honestly think USSR belongs in A. This clan is highly underrated. They will set the world on fire. The last three clans in this group will all be locked in a close fight for fifth place. Unfortunately for VIW and CORP, I think ACME will push them aside as they rise to the occasion.

Group Q3:
1. DP
2. LEA
3. RP
4. REGL
5. Apprentice
6. 101st

DP is another highly underrated clan. I would expect that when they meet up with USSR in Group C, it will be a close battle for first. REGL looks pretty weak. They would likely finish last in nearly any other qualifying group. I mentioned above that NWO is one of the weakest clans of all time. The reason they aren't the actual worst is because 101st exists. This clan is a joke. They even put their worst player, krunx, in to play some tournaments. The only reason they may get a win is because Apprentice is nearly as bad. With players like min34, they are sure to finish in the bottom two of their group.

Edited 4/10/2018 03:10:53

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