Group play for Season Zero of Overwatch Contenders is almost upon us! So what I'm wondering is, who does over.gg think will advance into the playoffs? (bonus points if you already have predictions for which 6 NA teams you think will qualify for Season One
If you don't remember who is in what group, you can check on this nicely written article: https://www.over.gg/4436/overwatch-contenders-season-zero-groups-announced
Since I made the thread, I should probably do some predictions of my own. I'll put a (1) after NA teams I think will make it to the Contenders Season One.
NA
Group A: FaZe (1) and CLG. CLG and Team Liquid are both potential dark horse teams, and if it wasn't for them, I would think Selfless could survive sans Dafran, but this group has no glaringly weak teams.
Group B: LG Evil (1) and EnVision. I don't have much to say here. LG Evil feels like a lock in the weakest group and I imagine EnVision to be the best of the other teams.
Group C: FNRGFE (1) and Immortals (1). Maybe their qualifier run was a flash in the pan, but I really liked how they looked and it's good to see those players succeed. I know Yikes! beat Immortals in qualifiers, but now that IMT has had more time to gel with their new additions, they should perform better. I think it will be a close group in which everyone has a chance, though.
Group D: C9 (1) and Hammers (1). This is certainly the group of death, and even C9 isn't a sure thing. Kungarna has just as good of a chance as the teams I picked, and it will be exciting to see how these matches play out.
EU
Group A: eUnited and BP. eU should have this group, and I think second place will be a battle between BP and Expert.
Group B: Misfits and LK. I really want NWA to find a way through, but it's hard to imagine they'll be able to play at the levels of Misfits and Laser Kittenz.
Group C: GamersOrigin and NiP. This group feels like a literal toss-up for me. Any of these teams can have a good day and win the group, and I only pick GamersOrigin to win it because of how strong they looked on Day 2. Hopefully NiP improves, but there is a good chance that they flounder and the other teams take their spot.
Group D: Movistar and Cyclowns. I don't see anyway the other two teams in the group beat these two. This was probably the easiest group to pick for me out of any in either region.
NA
Group A: Faze + CLG
Group B: LGE +Toronto
Group C: IMT + FNRGFE
Group D: C9 + Kungarna
Edit: My top 6 here would be:
C9, Faze, IMT, Kungarna, LGE, CLG
EU
Group A: eUnited + Bazooka
Group B: Misfits + Laser
Group C: NiP + TSN
Group D: Moviestar + Cyclowns
I haven't mentioned the upset possibilities because I wanted to stick to who I thought was going to make it through but most of these groups have a clear leader and pretty much a free for all race to 2nd. It will be very interesting to see who over/under performs here.
NA
Group A: Faze and Selfless. As much as it's gonna hurt selfless that they don't have dafran both CLG and Liquid are in terrible form, if they fail badly i'm taking Liquid to come out in 2nd place.
Group B: LG evil and YGGP. I don't really see toronto or envision making it out of the group sadly, maybe they can pull off a few close games tho.
Group C: Yikes and Immortals. As much as I want to see FNRGFE succeed this is a really hard group and i think yikes and immortals have more team experience.
Group D: C9 and Hollywood hammers. I'll be rooting for Renegades here but if we go by their latest results it doesn't look too good for their chances at getting out and kungarna would have a great chance at getting out if it was any other group
EU
Group A: eUnited and Bazooka puppies. Except for eUnited i don't really know much about any of these but i guess i'll take bazooka puppies because they have the best name in the group.
Group B: Misfits and Lazer kittens. Pretty obvious choices imo, don't think NWA or Cyberathletes can make it, I'll be cheering for my boy mgemike tho.
Group C: NiP and vivi's adventure. NiP is currently in a terrible slump but this group isn't terribly hard, I'll be expecting them to struggle quite a bit against GA but I'll take them to make it in the end.
Group D: Movistar and Cyclowns. Alfa squad doesn't seem too shaby but i think these 2 are the obvious choices.
NA:
A: FaZe, CLG (stacked group, FaZe looked really strong but the second place could go to anyone)
B: LGE, EnVision (LGE seems to have a safe first place, again a toss-up for second, but I see the edge for EnVision)
C: TempoStorm, Immortals (TempoStorm seems to have finally all their puzzle pieces together, I see them taking first. Immortals will have to fight hard for the second spot)
D: Hollywood Hammers, C9 (EU>NA Kappa)
EU:
A: eUnited, Team Expert (eUnited is likely the clearest winner out of all groups. As a German, I hope Expert makes it, although the Puppiez would be really cool, too)
B: Misfits, Laser Kittenz (Misfits looked really good in the qualifiers, I hope the Kittenz don't fall to another Midtier team)
C: Singularity Ninjaz, Gamers Origin (This group is basically impossible to call. These are my tips, but any other result would not surprise me)
D: Cyclowns, Movistar Riders (two of the best EU teams should make it through in this group.)
NA
Group A:Faze,Selfless.I don't think Selfless has the teamwrok gel down just yet with Dafran being banned and Carpe joining in with such short notice but the sheer mechanical skill on that team will catapult them to 2nd place and in addition to that Liquid hasn't been looking too solid.
Group B:LGE,Toronto esports.With the addition of Luddee,Toronto has been on fire,overcoming teams the likes of Team Liquid,Hammers and bringing a good fight to IMT with their stellar dive dps duo of genji aficionado Jaru and ex-Reunited Onigod,there's no doubt they'll make it through but it's gonna be a rocky road with ConnorJ being the boss with the rest of the EV squad.
Group C:FNRGFE,Tempo storm.As much as i like IMT:Korea,i believe in Enigma and 2easy to pull out some clutch plays and pull it through
Group D:C9,RNG.With their addition of Kaiser,C9 has looked really well,making a good run through Takeover with little time to practice and God's genji has looked really good as of late.Mangachu is a pretty cool guy And good hanzo player,but Kungarna could take second place with Dogman on his scary zen and Mykl's tracer
EU
Group A:Eunited and BP.Eunited is currently the best dive team in Europe,there's no doubht it'll be an easy kruise through their group while BP on the other hand has the best F/A Eu has to offer group up in one cute logo but i think it'll be a close fight between them and Team expert.
Group B:Misfits,LK.Misfits has looked pretty good after Takeover getting the 2nd seed on day 1 and i only expect them to grow stronger through the power of kebab.On the other hand,while i do like NWA and their roster of talented folks that were all previously on top tier teams and moursi but i don't think they can beat LK who has been together for 2 months i think and despite the roster changes,the 30 man roster can offer alot of versatility and be very frightening
Group C:Gamers origin and Vivi's adventure.GO has been looking very dominant lately with their 2 new additions playing a very scary dive team while Vivi's had some really good results,also i like Afoxx and Lullish and Nip is having a pretty hard time in this meta and their dive is not perfect yet but maybe the few weeks of practice can change my mind.
Group D:Movistar,ALFA SQUAD.as much as i like 123 and their beaut of a logo,i don't think they have what it takes to overcome these teams with their roster still young while i think cyclowns could easily take ALFA's place,the finnish squad will pull some nutty plays out of their ass to make it through the group
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