Predicting VCT Match outcomes so that I can earn money.

Well possibly, I personally don't think NRG seems to be a fluke, due to many strong reasons.

First and foremost, is their team built. They have a stronger squad, but yeah as you rightly said, they aren't not the favourites walking down the 2026 VCT Kickoffs, but yeah compared to other teams, I do feel that they will have an edge over their squad being mostly unchanged, except Keiko.

What do you think?

KRU might be a dark rider behind the over rated teams so far. But so far based on their match-ups, their surprise likely to be seen in the middle or the lower bracket of the kickoffs, what do you think so far?

I would like to know more about your pick on LOUD and FURIA over MIBR and NRG.

For me personally, NRG seems to stick with a squad who has required experience to make it through being qualified.
MIBR seems to be a really tough team, which I feel is at par with G2 at the moment in Americas region. Hopefully it doesn't turn out like 2024 NRG squad, but yeah I am hopeful for both of these teams.

Talking about FURIA, they have built a great squad tbh, but yeah again I think comparing them with other squad build-ups, it doesn't seem too obvious for them to reach to Masters in their first stint, hence I think they will have good games in the kickoff, while they can be super favourites in stage 1 and stage 2.

LOUD is something, which needs to be understood for me as well personally. PRIME LOUD is what I do hope for based on this build-up, but personally it seems, that it's very unlikely for LOUD to find success within their first stint, same as FURIA.

Umm, I treat offseason performances to be more like experimental evidences.

Talking about the way KRU and SEN is developed, FURIA might have good chances, at least in individual performance POV. Or else, even FURIA is just like any other teams, for example 100T, EG and ENVY are the teams whose gameplay might be a shocker for my pickems overall in case they play the opposite to what I think.

I have been into eSports trading for a long time, making profits throughout the VCT circuit.

I would like to know some comments as well as some kind of suggestions on which you guys think, my pickems are nearly accurate or something, I will make sure to reply back with my own instinct on why I choose a particular team over its counterparts.

https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/c430ee3c
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/c39b3a13
https://www.vlr.gg/pickem/a04a8d9d

P.S. I have added my EMEA and Pacific pickems as well.

Let's have a good conversation guys.