Crazy Stage 1 Predictions

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Team Predictions

G2, FNATIC, Nongshim, and EDG do NOT qualify for London.
ENVY, Vitality, GE, and DRG WILL qualify for London
SEN for Playoffs
LOUD upset one of the Big 3 (NRG, G2, MIBR)
C9, NRG, Heretics, Vitality, PRX and T1 finish #1 in their respective groups
There will be an unexpected mid-season roster move.

Agent Predictions

KAYO, Vyse, Veto, and Deadlock will see a rapid rise in pick rate
Tejo receives a buff/nerf mid-season
Waylay > Neon
Astra > Viper
Omen sees a decline in pick rates
Some teams experiment with Miks -- Nothing notable
Yoru will have the lowest pick rate of any duelist

Player Predictions

Aspas underperforms
Derke has his best stage yet
cNed gets benched
Demon1 has his second-best stage ever
Dambi finishes groups with the highest ACS
Sacy subs for a player on MIBR due to X reason
nAts and Boaster retirement rumors
N4RRATE proves the doubters
primmie outed as a Ranked Demon
Munchkin hands IGL to Stax

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G2 and FNC are regional farmers they’re 100% going and C9 is not winning 1st seed and LOUD is going 0-5 but other than that predictions look nice

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Smeag is sleeping at the wheel!!!
Jawg only performed well at Masters
Trent can't shoot
Keiko mogs Valyn

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Smeag is back to farm americas like the team is known for, Throwgemo woke up during santiago and will wake up in stage 1, Trent can absolutely shoot don’t let one round make you think otherwise when he’s improved since that game. Keiko does not absolutely mog valyn, they’re both very good though so it depends on whoever is having a good day

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I could be convinced about Smeag
Jawg has a really hard time on Waylay, given the current meta
Trent has had multiple bad games, especially during Kickoff. I would say that America's Kickoff was harder than all of Santiago
Keiko absolutely mogs Valyn. Both can shoot, but keiko just difs him

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G2 were playing double duelist without yoru a good amount at santiago so there’s no need for Jawg to play waylay if Smeag can fulfill that role. Trent only had a rough game vs 100T else he’s been fine throughout kickoff. Keiko does not mog Valyn have we forgotten how insane that man is at least regionally ?

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I would say most of the maps in rotation right now do not require double duelist, and teams will quickly realize that.

Breeze requires double smokes // mid round info gatherers
Haven is gonna fall flat because no mid-round Yoru info
Pearl was played ONCE by G2 in Kickoff, and they did a very interesting comp (I'm actually excited to see this again)
Fracture is going to have Neon and MAYBE Iso
Lotus is gonna be more of the same with Fracture, more Neon and most likely Double Int being Tejo/Fade

Moral is, they played Yoru 4/7 maps, so their entire comp is going to have to get overhauled and I don't think JoshRT is gonna have the right read
And Keiko still mogs Valyn

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If "Waylay > Neon", how will Aspas underperform?

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¯|_(ツ)_|¯

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what the fuck