Week2 predictions, Prem and d2a

Predictions are all the rage. Here’s some more for week2:

Premiership:

atrox_ Left us with a link to JB’s latest, thanks for the contribution:

Over at MyGamingEdge the legendary JimmyBreeze has been giving his thoughts and predictions on the upcoming week of TF2 madness! Read the full thing here

Div2a

** Shox takes care of the next:

Howdy, Sports fans. This is the first of a series (unless my interest / energy wanes) of ETF2L Division 2a predictions. I’ll be covering Div 2a exclusively in an effort to bring some attention to a division that I think will be pretty exciting this season.

The week 2 maps are; the housewife’s favourite cp_granary and the always contentious cp_gullywash.

So, without further delay…

RAGE.eSports vs Team Fruit

Scheduled: Tuesday 2nd, 20:15

Team Fruit go into this game after a week or so of inactivity due to member issues, RAGE on the other hand seem to be playing regularly and pretty well too. Fruit, however definitely have raw talent on their side and I think that’ll see them right in the end, probably by quite a narrow margin.

Predictions: ShoX (0-6), Rafe (0-6)

knockout vs XEN Team

Scheduled: Sunday 31st, 20:30

knockout managed a respectable result against Nitrose who’re one of the strongest teams in Div2a. XEN are a bit of an unknown quantity to me right now, either they’re not playing actively or I’ve missed them in IRC over the last few weeks. Either way their past results would indicate them to be no real match for knockout, although it’s not beyond the realm of comprehension for our Russian comrades to pull something out of the bag.

Predictions: ShoX (6-0), Rafe (3-3)

Procella vs Phrozen Gaming

Scheduled: Sunday 31st, 20:30

On paper at least Procella have a pretty strong line-up, whether the infamous DeeK can hold them together for long enough for this game to take place definitely remains to be seen. Phrozen suffered a 6-0 loss to Knights in week 1 and from my seat at least seemed fairly disorganised when under pressure. They do, however seem to be pretty active and I can see them giving DeeK’s boys a run for their money.

Predictions: ShoX (3-3), Rafe (3-3)

Knights vs MTF.Gaming Parxoysm Red

Scheduled: Wednesday 3rd, 20:15

Even putting aside my own personal bias and hopes I can’t see the admittedly strong MTF team taking either maps against Knights. We managed a PCW against them a few days ago and left with a strong victory on cp_badlands before an aborted attempt at playing cp_granary. Knights are, however, suffering with connection issues for two main players, with Anderson and SparkLe both experiencing annoyingly regular drop outs. The mighty Perry may be called on to give some continuity.

Predictions: ShoX (6-0), Rafe (6-0)

Digital Warfare vs NITROSE

Scheduled: Not scheduled

DW have suffered some horrendous problems with confirming a line-up for Season 8. To the best of my knowledge it’s still not sorted, with the all-important demoman slot still waiting to be confirmed. In a recent PCW vs. Knights Loco’s squad definitely seemed to lack cohesion and didn’t resemble the well drilled squad we’re used to seeing from ETF2L’s most elderly team leader.