1. Icelandic Turtles: 179
2. Master: 175
3. Lynx: 145
4. French: 107
5. ONE! 91
6. Outlawz: 66
7. Blitz: 63


Perhaps I overvalued our 1v1's and 2v2's a little bit but of course I'll be biased towards my clan. I was pretty surprised that Lynx and Masters were down a bit but there were a few slots I was unsure of. I think Alexclusive will go winless in their 1v1 Volcano Island and I don't think Hades will do well in Elitist Africa. Masters will drop some points with Timinator and Farah on Final earth as neither of them have much experience on that map or together, I will also be interested in how Timinator does with Paniagotis on his team.

French is always hard to evaluate so I have them in the middle of the pack and they could swing in either direction.

ONE was a suprise for me. I didn't think they would score this many points but they did! I just hope that Alexander and Peixoto don't boot again and cost them the game.

Outlawz seems to lack in some of their team games or have a weak member on each team game. Idk maybe i'm wrong but I think theyyre a little overrated. (But heck i'm overrated too :P )

Go BLITZ GO! Without Giant Frog or KKND I don't think they can stay in Group A. Bannashake is back which is great(we've missed you) but he won't be enough to turn the tide nor will he be able to puppet his teammate to victory. Let alone rustyness from competitive play...


I'll do the others later but these are just predictions don't take them personal =)

Master Turtle -

I'm willing to bet you my 100 coins to your 100 coins that alexclusive will win at least 3 games on Volcano Islands.

Mate, put your money where your mouth is.

Edited 2/3/2017 09:23:38

You're just as biased as Turtle. Kindly take the pissing contest elsewhere.

Every time someone says something remotely negative about Lynx we don't need you to whip your proverbial dick out.

Thanks.

Master 197
Lynx 146
Turtles 143
French 113
ONE! 92
Outlaws 72
Blitz 68

Thought I was predicting French and Blitz to relegate. Spreadsheet changed my mind.

@DrunkPlayer

Seems you got what I got but removed my Turtle Bias ;). This is what I was predicting before I used the score simulator. But in my opinion, no clan gets more than 185 points, we'll just have to see and then be surprised ;)





@Quiksilver

I'm putting no money on this. These are just for fun, perhaps I shouldn't have mentioned any players by name....


Edit: I currently have less than 100 coins.

Edited 2/3/2017 15:21:30

I really liked Chris's spread sheet last year as well, MT that is quite the prediction xD

1. Masters
2. Lynx
3. Turtles
4. French Community
5. ONE
6. Outlaws
7. Blitz

I think the fight for first should be interesting to watch. Lynx's lineup looks a bit better than last season's winning lineup. The Masters are helped by the addition of Timinator, and there is no obvious weaknesses in their lineup. In my mind, Master's lineup looks stronger on paper, but they had a huge advantage on paper last season as well, and Lynx managed to grab first. I predict Masters in first place by around 10-15 points over Lynx, but would not be a bit surprised to see Lynx win for the second year in a row!

Turtles have a decent lineup again; I don't think their lineup has really improved though, and I'd be somewhat surprised to see them seriously contending for first. Team games are again a major weakness for them, and I think they will lose too much ground there to make up for it on 1v1. I expect the Turtles to gain a few more points than they did last season because of the fact that A is weaker this season, but see them losing by the same margin as last season.

The French Community also have a lineup similar to last season. Like with Turtles, I expect their score to go up a bit, but I'd be very surprised to see them competing for the title. I'd also be surprised to see them relegate, but I don't think that's completely out of the question this season.

I think the fight to avoid relegation will be interesting. We saw the Outlaws, Blitz, and ONE compete last season in B; it was fairly close but Outlaws outperformed the others in the end. I believe Outlaws have improved their lineup from last season in many areas; I still can't see them competing for a top 3 finish in the league, but a top 5 finish seems quite possible for them. ONE have added Beren and Ragnarok, and if they avoid boots, they could surprise a lot of people in A. I consider ONE to be the dark horse of Group A this clan league. Blitz haven't really weakened their lineup, but I don't think they have kept pace with ONE or Outlaws. They could potentially grab a top 5 finish, but I don't think it is likely.

I'd like to remind everyone to not set too much stock in predictions. 2 seasons ago, very few predicted the French to even finish in the top 4, and yet they tied for first. Last season, Lynx was predicted to finish 6th on average, and yet managed to grab first in a convincing performance. We have also seen clans go the other way, where two of the top favorites from last season (Apex and GG) are no longer in A. Will we see Outlaws, ONE, or Blitz compete for a title this season? Or will we see Masters or Lynx or Turtles relegate? Should be an interesting clan league!

I think 101st won't do well. I defeated {101st} Cupcake a few times in the past and I'm not even chosen on the line-up, and their teams aren't really that strong compared to others, especially {TJC} or Statisticians. But good luck anyway. :)

I think 101st won't do well. I defeated {101st} Cupcake a few times in the past and I'm not even chosen on the line-up, and their teams aren't really that strong compared to others, especially {TJC} or Statisticians. But good luck anyway. :)

For me Q3 is a complete blackbox. I do not know 80% of the players in the line-ups. In addition to that {TJC} is really hard to rank for me, as some mentioned, you have many alts in there. Very possible, that {TJC} will slaughter us all.
All in all, I think Qualifier Group 3 is very balanced. I do not see a single clan, that has no chance in Q3 and I have to admit: I do like that, we will face interesting match-ups.

We have some clans, where I see outstanding players (Statisticans=> MathWolf, Yeon; DWF=> fireice ...) and on the other hand some real nonames, which according to their stats should be beatable.

In the end we all tend to rank players higher, if we know them. Let's have some intensive games in Q3.

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My guess for Div.A:

1. Masters
2. Lynx
3. Turtles
4. Outlaws
5. ONE
6. French Community
7. Blitz

Masters and Lynx have a very balanced line-up and I think both will compete for place 1-2. On the paper Masters is clear favourite. Turles has some really awesome 1v1 players, but I think compared to the clans mentioned before, their teams for teamgames loose some points.
Outlaws is new to Div. A, but as far as I can judge, they seem to be very motivated and I see lot of Outlaws playing very activly. They seem to have not that shiny names as some other clans, but I think they have a very wide and motivated roaster. I think teamgames may be a big chance for them.
ONE has outstanding teamplayers, but compared to the other clans in this Div. A I see them loosing points on 1v1. French Community is the roaster I do know very less about. This may be the reason, why I rank them that low. Blitz has a solid line-up, but I fear that they get outperformed on most of the templates by the other clans in Div. A.

I could be wrong, but I expect the fight for 2/3 is likely to be more intense than the fight for 1/2.

Q1 Predictions

1st-Poon Squad. Old Strat ME looks to be where this division will be won and lost. Luckily Poon Squad have Bayern to step up to the plate here. Bayern will have easy wins against most in this template, such as Omniscient from FCC, admittedly, there are some tough games against Milly and ACL Tears but I expect him to prevail.

2nd-FBG. Unfamiliar with this clan and its players but I expect them to do well.

3rd-Olympus. Very strong alt clan. Inside word is Hades is actually playing for them this year through his alt Hera.

4th-ACME. Really like this lineup. ACL Tears is a great player possibly the 2nd best in this division behind Bayern. ACL Tears efforts however will prove to be futile in a roster weighed down with simply stupid players such as Dr. Stupid.

5th-Hydra. Most are predicting this clan to do well. I like to think of myself as a hipster so I'll predict them to finish 5th. Benoit playing Deadmans Rome is really worrying, I hear he has little experience on this map therefore there is a solid chance Hydra go 0-6 in this crucial template.

6th-FCC. I expect this clan to suffer from what is commonly known as the Bayern Effect. Any clan who has triggered Bayern is doomed to choke all their CL9 games just like a certain person who has choked all their 1v1 ladder runs.

Q2 Predictions
I really have no idea who any of these clans are except for Corp and 7th Heaven. I know both these clans to be mediocre however so I predict all other clans to finish above them.

1st-German Warlords
2nd-Dutch NL
3rd-Preuben Garden
4th-Lu Fredd
5th-7th Heaven
6th-Corp


Q3 Predictions
1st-TJC. Can't see anyone being stronger than our alt clan, with retired greats such as Dunga, Latnox and Tyrion Lannister all playing for TJC this year. Our new talent Mpouroumpouroumpouroura will surely surprise a few this year, his exceptionally long name will surely give him an edge in Old Strat ME.


2nd-Hawks. Expect history to repeat itself here with Hawks once again finishing 2nd to TJC. I see Gazpacho is playing both Guiroma games that must mean he is great at the template, I predict he will sweep both.

3rd-DWF. Could've finished 1st if they had picked Apollo - everyone knows multilingual players have a natural advantage at warlight - instead they must pin all their promotion hopes on fireice.

4th-Apprentice. Have a strong feeling that Apprentice and Statisticians will tie for 4th this year. I recently caught wind of a plot that involved MotD making all the picks for the Deadmans Rome team, fortunately, just like MoD with Elitist Africa, Deadman is terrible at his own template and they will go 0-6 here.

4th-Statisticians. Could've claimed 4th outright if Jackie Treehorn like Math Wolf had been given a 2nd game. Unfortunately I hear there is some animosity between Jackie and Math Wolf. The glory seeker Math Wolf doesn't like sharing the spotlight and wants to drag his clan to promotion in a solo effort. These chemistry issues will destroy any chance of promotion they previously had.

6th-101st. In the words of the ever enlightened Boston, "Terrible clan. Terrible players. I can't see them winning a game." I agree with this sentiment. Hopefully this doesn't trigger Lynx.

Please mention me more, it makes me feel important.

Just waiting on JSA to comment now, then the circlejerk will be complete.

Really liking TJC to win Group Q3. This guy: https://www.warlight.net/Profile?p=1275133857 looks like a potential star.

Thats my main account, where did you find him?

I never reveal my sources.

Its alright, I'll ask your brother.

He is a star, but none of his opponents will have been around long enough to know him..... Except Math Wolf.

Place	Clan		Points
1.	Masters		163
2.	Turtles		154
3.	Lynx		152
4.	French		115
5.	ONE!   		101
6.	Outlaws		70
7.	Blitz		51

This is what I get when I fill in that scoresheet thingy, keep in mind that I'm obviously biased towards Turtles (although I tried to prevent as much bias possible).

1. Masters 190
2. Lynx 187
3. Turtles 154
4. French 103
5. ONE 93
6. Outlaws 76
7. Blitz 49

So I predicted ONE as coming 6th before. But I got them coming in 5th with the spreadsheet. Not too far off French either. Outlaws did worse than I first thought too, especially on the team games.

Small gap between masters and lynx, and I guess he gaps between French, ONE and Blitz aren't too big either. So I expect these are the positions that could change.

A:

1. Masters
2. Lynx
3. Outlaws (this clan is probably the top skilled both in casting and recruiting, awesome job there)
4. Turtles
5. French
6. ONE
7. Blitz

B:

1. MH (compare to CL8, we lost Farah and his cookies :'(, Smoove and his 2 days 23:59 hours turns, and more importantly our best players are playing only 1 tourney this season, so we can finish anywhere from 1 to 4 - well as a MH I can only be arrogant right ;-)) so..)
2. GG
3. WG
4. VS
5. SNinja
6. VIW
7. BIA

Q1:

1. Hydra
2. Acme
3. FCC
4. Poon
5. FBG
6. Olympus

Q2:

1. 7th
2. CORP
3. LuFredd
4. GW
5. Dutch
6. PG

Q3:

1. TJC (can we have a full list of alts ? I originally put them in 4 before knowing about some alts)
2. 101st
3. Apprentice
4. Stats (like groups A and B, top 4 order of this group will be exciting to follow)
5. DWF
6. Hawks

Edited 2/5/2017 03:49:28