I just looked at the groups that were released this week and since no pickems here's who I think survives each group:
Group A: VS, SMB - SMB I trust to win 2 games just based on raw mechanical skill alone, and while I think Acend is very good they've shown that against disciplined teams like Gambit they heavily rely on cNed to bail them out.
Group B: KRU, Vivo Keyd - KRU has kenzit who is cracked, and combined with a better understanding of the meta this time around they have everything they need to qual. Vivo Keyd will on the other hand employ the tried and true "heat" them to death strat.
Group C: Gambit, 100T - ethan, nitr0, and asuna on LAN is scary for any team, and Gambit has been the epitome of consistency. HL has a chance tho, CR is prob out first.
Group D: SEN, F4Q - SEN obv and F4Q cause LAN + G2 just chokes randomly sometimes. Bren idk much about.
In review, every team in Group A is screwed, South America has a breakout tourney, and we get robbed of a cNed vs TenZ matchup. Also fuck Kanye. Wake me up when Berlin starts
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