NYANPASU and welcome back to another edition of the UNBIASED PREDICTIONS!!
The Italians unsurprisingly managed to clinch the tiebreak, putting them up against a blazing hot BR team. Who will take home the win?
The Italians (4) vs. The Brazilians (7)
Bo5 - Alexander. vs Gilbert arenas | marcop's solid, and scored an upset win over ABR last round. Prinz needed a healthy dose of good fortune to take down marcop a few weeks ago. That being said, I've always been a Prinz believer and I think he's a bit better than marcop; with no new gens, especially, though, this is a very close series.
Bo3 - Empo vs mncmt | The fake Jamvad has been a man on a mission after he was subbed into the SPL semis against CTC. He's in the midst of an absurd OST run, and seemingly never loses in Corona PL either. That being said, Empo's way more proven and is currently worth about 17k on my scale; he's also had a great tour himself. It would be crazy not to bold him here.
SS OU - Bloody alfa vs Lusa | Bloody alfa is completely unproven on the big stage, and hasn't impressed too much over the past 2 tours. Lusa proved he was ready foe big stage with a solid SPL performance, and has clutched two series in a row for the BRs. Sizable edge.
SM OU - Quaze vs Askov | I'm not too big of a Quaze fan, but he might be semi-competent. Askov, meanwhile, has been a disaster since his losses to EW last Corona PL, and is only playing because Spl4sh has been beyond terrible this tour. Small edge for Quaze.
ORAS OU - Santu vs Luigi | Santu is coming off a surprisingly good SPL performance, and has been amazing in CoronaPL as well. Luigi went positive in SPL as well, though, has an individual trophy under his belt, and has had similar levels of success in CoronaPL. Santu is better than I originally thought, but I drank the Luigi kool-aid a long time ago. Small edge.
BW OU - Mix vs Caetano93 | Mix has had a nice Corona PL, but he's completely unproven on the big stage. Caetano showed his mettle last SPL, and has had a nice CoronaPL run to boot. Solid edge.
DPP OU - umbreon098 vs Tamahome | An irrelevant player going up against arguably the best thinking gen player of the modern era? Please.
ADV OU - Watchog vs kael | Watchog has been one of the big success stories of CoronaPL. That being said, he's actually doing a bit worse than I thought in this tour, and considering the fact that he played a different tier last CoronaPL and has 0 experience on the big stage, I just can't bold him here. kael has limitless amounts of experience in this tier, and has been solid when he decides to use teams made in the past decade LOL Watchog's been good enough that I don't feel comfortable bolding kael, though, especially since their last game was as close as it was. Tossup it is.
SS UU - Sage vs Highways | Obviously not a big Sage fan, but it would be a bit sacrilegious to not bold her here against a random Brazilian who hasn't been too impressive
SS RU - Tricking vs Eternal Spirit | LOOL now THIS is a game. The clicking should be fucking insane in this game. Both players have been fire, and I rate them pretty similarly in terms of skill. No read here.
SS NU - Osh vs ggggd | Osh is definitely a relatively solid player, but I think Pablo is a bit better. He had an undefeated SPL campaign, and has shown the ability to adapt to a plethora of different tiers; I don't really value experience too heavily in lower tiers, anyway. Miniscule edge.
SM LC - fran17 vs GOAO | GOAO's been pretty solid in two Corona PLs and has the all-important Pablo support. I'm not too much of a believer in the other guy, but he's been decent enough I suppose. Miniscule edge.
BW UU - Chill Shadow vs Raichy | Raichy's had a nice campaign, even if though got smashed yesterday due to a pretty poor matchup. CS has also had a nice tour. Both have had some experience on the big stage with similar levels of success; CS did get to play some mainers a bit more, so his record is a hair better. I think these two are pretty similar in skill, honestly. Tossup.
DPP Ubers - Corckscrew vs hs | LOOOL MY BOY DICKSCREW NOOOO oh my god LOL he's back. We've been ABSURDLY bad in DPP ubers LOOL we lost after a ridiculously good start yesterday my god. That being said, I have absolutely no faith in this dude's playing ability. Coinflip once more.
DPP LC - H.M.N.I.P vs snaga | Lots of coinflips here my god. snaga's looked absolutely terrible, but maybe a change in scenery can help him get back on track. I really have no faith in Pietro, either, though. In a tier with even more variance than DPP OU, this matchup SCREAMS "coinflip."
ADV Ubers - Djokra vs p2 | p2 at least has a decent amount of experience on the big stage, even if his results have generally been less than impressive. p2's on a nice win streak with Tamahome's support, and going up against a player whom I have no reason to have any measure of confidence in, he's an easy bold.
