First just wanna say awesome job to all the casters/production people. The professionalism from all involved has been top class and it's setting the bar really high for future events. Now that we have a bracket for the knockout stage figured I would start a thread for people to post their picks and thoughts on the matchups
Quarterfinals:
Lierey 3
Tatoh 1
Could potentially see Tatoh winning a game but he'll have to play the set of his life to actually beat Lierey.
Hera 3
Mbl 0
Hera just seems much more prepared and his seems to matchup extremely well with Mbl even in standard RM. Mbl is one of those players you can never 100% count out but it seems like the preparation is lacking again and against a player like Hera that's gonna get punished.
TheViper 3
Daut 0
Bad matchup stylistically for Daut. Just feels like Viper has a very similar style to him but does everything a bit better and it adds up.
Jordan 3
Capoch 1
Capoch has done really well to make the top-8 but Jordan is clearly extremely prepared and just has a higher ceiling than Capoch when they both play their A games.
Semifinals:
Liereyy 2
Hera 3
Kinda hurts me to write this as I've picked Lierey in virtually every event over the last 2 years but just feels like it's Hera's turn to win one in this epic rivalry. Hope I'm wrong but either way I think we get amazing games and a deciding 5th game
TheViper 3
Jordan 2
I've been impressed with Viper this week. I feel like beating Hera 2-1 did a lot for his confidence and he's really feeling good. Think he pulls it out in a classic
Finals
Hera 4
TheViper 3
Just feels like it's Hera's time to shine as he's been close so many times and the only one who's been able to consistently beat him over the last 2 years has been Liereyy (and even those sets have been impossibly close). I wouldn't be shocked if Viper takes him down but if I was betting on it I'd put my money on Hera.
Quarterfinals:
Lierey 3
Tatoh 1
Could potentially see Tatoh winning a game but he'll have to play the set of his life to actually beat Lierey.
Hera 3
Mbl 0
Hera just seems much more prepared and his seems to matchup extremely well with Mbl even in standard RM. Mbl is one of those players you can never 100% count out but it seems like the preparation is lacking again and against a player like Hera that's gonna get punished.
TheViper 3
Daut 0
Bad matchup stylistically for Daut. Just feels like Viper has a very similar style to him but does everything a bit better and it adds up.
Jordan 3
Capoch 1
Capoch has done really well to make the top-8 but Jordan is clearly extremely prepared and just has a higher ceiling than Capoch when they both play their A games.
Semifinals:
Liereyy 2
Hera 3
Kinda hurts me to write this as I've picked Lierey in virtually every event over the last 2 years but just feels like it's Hera's turn to win one in this epic rivalry. Hope I'm wrong but either way I think we get amazing games and a deciding 5th game
TheViper 3
Jordan 2
I've been impressed with Viper this week. I feel like beating Hera 2-1 did a lot for his confidence and he's really feeling good. Think he pulls it out in a classic
Finals
Hera 4
TheViper 3
Just feels like it's Hera's time to shine as he's been close so many times and the only one who's been able to consistently beat him over the last 2 years has been Liereyy (and even those sets have been impossibly close). I wouldn't be shocked if Viper takes him down but if I was betting on it I'd put my money on Hera.