Hey everybody, these are some predictions of the Foundry pre-season week. There are going to be some good matches this week, even though many will be one sided due to it being the first game of the season. Even still, there are going to be some exciting games. Enjoy.
Hit the jump to see what we can expect this week!
Free Frag Network VS Burma (tangerine)
Based solely on the rosters, it's impossible to say that the Free Frag Network will win this match. The extremely stacked roster of tangerine has an advantage in every class except for sniper. Tangerine may be a bit cocky going into this match just alone due to the fact they can heavily out DM FFN, but Free Frag has been playing together for a while now, and their teamwork will be key in this match. Hopefully they have been scrimming a lot and have had the chance to get a good amount of knowledge on this map, because players can't handle this match DM wise. I don't think that FFN will be completely out of this match though, as I said. If Jake pulls off some shots like he did in his frag movie (which I can't stop watching) that could give them the extra bit they need to make this a close game. I'm personally rooting for FFN as they are my dark horse to go far this season, but I don't think they are good enough to win this particular match. Good thing it's just pre-season.
I predict a 5-1 win for Burma.
Players to watch: Jake (FFN sniper), b4nny (tangerine demoman), and Gareth (tangerine sniper).
Sexy Ass Gamers VS Gangsta Posse
This will certainly be one of the better matches this week, as it will show if Gangsta Posse (the second team from Gangsta Gang Gaming) will end up doing as well as Gangsta Gang did in season 5. Gangsta Posse just started this season, and all of their players are from the GG 6v6 team (aka. Whiskey Militia) whom are participating in UGC 6v6. The team is also made from almost all of the Gangsta Gang season 5 backups. This team has an overall intelligent play, they know the basics easily from their 6s play and highlander scrims they are frequently playing. But will that be enough to beat SAG? SAG is another team that has experience and some strong, smart players like ruskeydoo and especially fatcrapper, who constantly surprises me with his demo play. Ruskey is a really strong positional heavy who is really good at shutting down certain parts of the map. I'm not sure about his aim, but it's heavy, so I think he will be ok. Fatcrapper is a solid DM demoman, and one I feel is overlooked as a highlander demoman. His DM is undoubtedly strong. The GG2 team has many strong players as well, and this match will really come down to who is practicing this map more, and wants the win.
I predict a 5-3 win for Gangsta Posse
Players to watch: Cole (GG2 pyro), Chriz (GG2 sniper), Fatcrapper (SAG demoman), Ruskeydoo (SAG heavy).
Team Player VS Bonus Points!
This might end up being one of the closer games this week, and if I could watch (I'll be playing) it would probably be this one. Bonus Points is the strongest team in Platinum in my opinion right now. Although they have a team of many unknown players, they all have strong DM, and they have impressive teamwork. The interesting thing about Bonus Points though is how they beat you. They have a very strong engineer who I have watched win them countless rounds, and a very strong pyro, the best in the league, pudding cup. (Sorry The Master Pyro). Over the course of many seasons, they have gotten much stronger with their teamwork, playing aggressively but staying coordinated. I'd say the most overlooked player though is Firefly. He is one of the two best highlander medics right now, and really has an understanding about the highlander game. This team knows what they are doing, and they have the DM to back it up. Team player (depending on who plays) will either be dead in the water, or have a strong chance at winning. They have some strong players like Puff, Doggles, and Sal to name a few. They have a strong DM team, and Bonus will be in trouble if Sal plays sniper. To me though, the only way that Team Player can win is if Bonus doesn't appropriately focus down the strong Team Player DM-ers, and if they let the sniper Sal stay alive.
I predict a 5-2 win for Bonus Points.
Players to watch: Firefly (points medic), Pudding Cup (points pyro), Sal (team player sniper), and puff (team player demoman).
Gangsta Gang Gaming VS ProN
ProN is a team that I think this season will be floating just under the radar, but will go pretty far. They are surprisingly stronger than I had anticipated, especially in our etf2l match whe we were extremely cocky and they tied us. I think that GG can win this though, since we are very strong on 5CP maps in general. It really depends on which Gangsta Gang will be playing, the "who cares" Gangsta Gang, or the "this is a match, let's pick up our play" Gangsta Gang. GG can be extremely coordinated, and the team overall has very strong DM. If GG improves our calls, and listens to calls, we can get the win. If people are playing for themselves, we won't win. Pron has fair DM strength, and has vastly improved their coordination from when I last remember. This should be a pretty good match, hopefully Gangsta Gang can step it up for this one and play for the win. ProN will be hard to beat though.
I predict a 5-2 win for Gangsta Gang Gaming.
Players to watch: watt (GG sniper), Comatose (GG soldier), Pron medic and heavy classes, big raz team carry (GG spy).
-Ma3la
