Before Champions I made a post about my Hot(ish) Takes
Time to laugh at how wrong I was on some of them.
The pre champions takes are in itallics and my review now is in bold.
Gambit: Redgar, Chronicle, and d3ffo struggle as Gambit go out in quarters. nAts best ACS at 242. Redgar worst 167.
Not even close. Redgar did struggle but everything else was pretty off the mark. Gmb's easy schedule didnt help my predictions
Acend: Highest placing EU team where BONECOLD hopefully has less than the 0.19 FDpR that he had in Berlin last time. Semis? cNed best ACS at 260. Kiles worst 180.
Pretty dang accurate. The numbers are slightly off.
Fnatic: Not enough firepower, only Derke brakes 200 ACS (barely). Out in groups. Boaster worst 150.
I still hold with that first statement. Also only Derke broke 200 ACS but he carried so hard. I was half right and half very very wrong.
Sentinels: Show that their letdown to some tough strength of schedules was a fluke and make grand finals. TenZ best ACS 270 (290 before the grand finals). zombs worst 185.
Yikes. I still think Sen is underrated but this was not good.
Envy: Yay is merely good and Marved, Victor, and FNS struggle (<190 ACS). Out in quarters. Yay best ACS 245. FNS worst 165.
I was pretty close on this one. Some minor things wrong.
Vikings: Finally find their rhythm, best placing Brazilian team, score one upset either GMB in groups or their quarters matchup. Sacy best ACS 255, at least 3 break 220. Sutecas worst 180.
Best placing brazilian team, so close to that upset, if Frz had fragged these predictions would have been so good.
Keyd Stars: heat and mwzera actually fit together and are both top 10 ACS, but the other 3 struggle, out in groups. mwzera best ACS 270. Jhow worst 150.
Pretty good here too, however mwzera was merely good and not great.
Vision Strikers: The korean region is worse than previously thought so VS again disappoint in quarters. BuZz best ACS 235. K1ng worst 175.
I think this is fairly accurate.
Crazy Raccoon: 7 man roster isn't it. The koreans once again do well, but CR cant compete with anyone but TS. Munchkin best ACS 225. Ade worst 140.
Yep. When I predicted the ACS for every player at champions, I predicted ade to be 2nd worst and he was still one of my biggest overpredictions.
X10: Perform the best out of the SEA teams and challenge every team they face. Still don't get out of groups. Patiphan best ACS 235. Crws worst 160.
I would say they did the best out of the SEA teams. Secret had by far the easier schedule.
Team Secret: Beat Crazy Raccoon and lose at least one map by 13-2 or worse against the other teams in the group. Witz best ACS 215. dispenser worst 145.
Very accurate except the part at the end about dispenser
KRU: keznit carries but KRU aren't competetive against TL or SEN. keznit best ACS 255. NagZ worst 170.
Well, once more I am half right and half very very wrong.
Team Liquid: The brits struggle against the best teams and they go out in semis. ScreaM best ACS 280. L1NK worst 180.
Pretty accurate here.
Cloud 9 Blue: Struggles in groups and gets destroyed in quarters 26-8 (2 maps). leaf best ACS 235. vanity/mitch worst 160.
They did quite well in the quarters but other than that I like my predictions here.
Furia: Look pretty much like Sharks in Reykjavik. Xand best ACS 225. Mazin worst 145.
yep
Full Sense: Fail to match the hype, look worse than X10 in Reykjavik. PTC best ACS 245. SuperBusS worst 150.
yep except for that part at the end about PTC
I think my predictions were pretty dang good overall despite some big misses.
As usual feel free to roast me for these.
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