Cloud 9's strongest maps are Icebox, Haven, and Split.
Immortal's strongest maps are Icebox, Bind, and Split.
Neither team really likes Ascent, but since IMT really seems bad at it, wouldn't be surprised if C9 left it open.
Wouldn't be surprised if C9 banned Bind. Also wouldn't be surprised if IMT banned Ascent.
This leaves Icebox, Haven, and Split.
Thus, I think C9 have the advantage.
C9 Take Haven and Icebox, IMT take Split
C9B 2-1

XSET VS ENVY

Also, what the hell is this seeding???!?!?!?
Why is V1 < ABX < C9 < BBG???
How the hell does that make sense????

100T VS C9

Edit: I'm gonna use this top spot for my prediction too :)
100T bans Split, C9 bans Bind fairly obvious, both teams hate those maps so far
100T's favored on Ascent
I'd say Icebox and Haven are both pretty 50/50, so we'll say 100T takes Icebox for the other map and 2-0's it
100T 2-0

100T VS ENVY

100T VS ENVY

100T 2-0 with nitr0, Ethan, and Asuna being +40 in kills difference together.

I mostly just root for underdogs, but also 100T. I also like newer teams.

NV VS BBG
XSET VS ABX
100T VS V1
IMT VS C9B

These will probably be the matchups in order.
I think it's most likely to be the top seeds that are going to be the top 4, but we'll see!

imo, all of these matches are going to go for the favorites, but we'll see. Anything is possible!

Also I will use this thread just to say the matches based on seeding for those who were wondering and those who were going to create early predictions...
NV VS BBG
100T VS V1
IMT VS C9B
XSET VS ABX

So the reason why there are a lot of upsets, especially from some teams, is that the seeding doesn't really change from event to event. So, matchups like GenG vs C9, FaZe vs V1, SEN vs BBG happen quite often, mostly going for the higher seeds. But, since the lower seeds know who their opponent is almost definitely, they're developing a lot of counter strats. That leads to closer matches and upsets. This was the case even in the NV/Ghost match. Lower seeds are putting in more work for the matches comparatively.

well, the dude is cracked

I'm just psychic

Let's be real, we all know SEN is going to qualify for Chall 2 main event, love em or hate em, and they're probably gonna be first seeded too, dunno how it works tho (does 4-8 teasm from chall 1 get better seed?)

Lotta throws from both sides, but I'll take it!

Agreed. I think SSG must've given him a pretty good salary for him to stay.

Thanks man

roca and pr0phie cracked out of their minds, they will defo go to T1-T2 teams

Top 4 only qualify for the challenger finals, and the top 2 from that event go to masters. So there's still a lot of games left before they're gonna win it all.

Cloud9 will win Haven, Icebox, and Split
GenG will win Ascent and Bind
In my opinion
So it depends on map order!

Cloud Nine BLEU FTW Let's Go Upset SZNNN

Wait a minute...

Now it's time for C9B over GENG, LETS GOOO

GG, LETS GO BOYS

roca and pr0phie are actually good players, especially roca, I wouldn't be surprised if you see either of these guys on a Tier 1 org

MAP 2 in Ascent should go to FaZe, it's their best map of the three and is a must-win for them.

He got kicked for abusing the power the org gave him and calling someone r*tarded

I actually don't agree. BBG played their best match, arguably ever. They came to play. Their aim was better, their teamplay was better, their executes were better. They were by far the better team, no excuses.

True. Teams like C9B and V1 always get put against Faze/Geng, which is rough, because losing to two of the best teams in NA doesn't really mean they don't deserve masters. There should be like a play-in for four of the masters spots imo, between like 4-16 seeds.

Agreed, but not only that, if you watched the game, their aim was AWFUL. A main reason why they lost is TenZ not winning gunfights like he usually does. I think it was both Sentinels being just terrible yesterday and BBG coming to play, with a stellar performance from POACH and Critical.

I think that's just because NA consumers are willing to spend more on teams, and there is a greater fanbase, so sponsors and organizations are willing to dish out a lot of cash for the NA circuit, which we see less around the world.

The current way incentivizes the consumers to "buy it while it's hot", and make purchases immediately because of hype and because it will, like you say, take forever to appear in your store.

Any thoughts on replacements?

Underrated: zekken, BcJ

I mean he's probably replaced by brax, no?

Tenz is the best of Canada? You Canadians suck!

GL 2-0

B OMEGALUL O M E R S

Obviously, SEN and LG got upset, but IMT were the weakest team coming out of masters. XSET, Envy, 100T, GENG are all looking pretty strong right now, and arguably, V1, NRG, and C9B all could’ve made masters against different teams.

I’m still just arguing your first point, IMT are definitely one of the weakest teams out of the top 8 teams in NA

RIP

Their history is more losses than wins, if they can’t beat teams like 100T, SEN, LG, GENG, then they’re not good enough! Also, they have a sub and lost their main IGL

You think cloud 9 is going to go down on that price because of a loss? Also, nonetheless, what I’m saying is that they shouldn’t throw even if it’s for that reason. Did you even read what I posted?

I mean, they also have to AT LEAST go against SEN, NRG, LG, and T1 in those quals so gl to them

They were 7-8 at the first masters, and since NRG, XSET, Version 1, and Cloud 9 all look good, and LG look bad, it’s easy to see why.

This dude doesn’t represent NA, just delusional SEN fans. Those of us who watch international valorant don’t think that Brazil is shit :)

Yeah he gets an average of 3 kills per clip

Like crashies

On god