Nicknames Prediction Thread

[Nickname]

TWLD TEAMS:

Disoblige
Pallies
British Squad
Grapevine
Sk8
-F-
Egyptian
Shriek
Avalonian
Rapid
DragonGuard
Verone
Pirates
Synd
Ancients
Melee

Wow, the bottom rung of TWLD teams is SO MUCH WORSE than last season - mostly because TWD doesn't work because you can dodge hard squads.

I can't decide who will finish last, it's between Melee and Verone - both have the monopoly on horrible duelers. Pirates, Ancients, Egyptian are the squads that will finish lower down but are capable of delivering upsets. GV, Pallies, -F-, Synd will be near the top, diso and sk8 just below. Avalonian sucks, DragonGuard is solid but without great depth, rapid is only ok as well and brits suck, but they're better than you think they are.

Mostly it all depends on who's in what conference for who makes Playoffs. You may end up in an easy or hard conference. But assuming it's split the way it should be, my top 8 will make it.

REG SEASON:

1. Pallies - i just have a feeling they're going to have a flawless reg season
2. Syndicate - they still need some work
3. grapevine - a very pussy style of dueling, but it works
4. -Final- need work
5. Sk8 - solid wb team
6. Disoblige - solid wb team
7. Shriek - not enough depth
8. DragonGuard - no depth
9. Pirates - no depth
10. Egyptian - no depth
11. Rapid - may dissolve
12. British Squad - enough good duelers that when 5v5 they can form a decent line
13. Ancients - just a feeling
14. Avalonian - may drop from season with noshows, maybe not (probably)
15. Melee - they're gonna suck, but they won't dissolve
16. Verone - the first squad to drop this season from LD - will be replaced

Playoffs:

1. Pallies VS 8. DragonGuard

Pallies takes the win, they just have a lot more depth and a lot more to prove, and DragonGuard is only solid, and lost one of there best wbs in Mega Newbie.

2. Syndicate VS 7. Shriek

Shriek has very very talented wbs, just not a lot of them. So if any attendance issues show up they're pretty screwed. Syndicate has a solid wb team with a few flaws, but non that are major. Syndicate will have the best teaming in LD this season. If there is a first round upset though, this is it.

3. grapevine VS 6. Disoblige

Disoblige lost it's best wb (mikena) in the offseason because they recruited an annoying mediocre jav and mediocre wb (great recruiting fellas). Disoblige is still a pwoerhouse, but the GV boys are a stronger team with more depth than Melee was, and Melee beat a stronger diso team last season. Look for a Repeat

4. -Final- VS 5. Sk8

Although the two closest teams seeded wise, there is a big difference in depth and skill for both teams. -F- will roll over them on there way to the semifinals.

ROUND2

1. Pallies VS -Final- OR 7. Shriek

If it's a Shriek Pallies encounter, Pallies will take the win. They just have better players and more depth. however, I have a feeling that if a -F- and Pallies meeting happens, it may not work out to well for the Palliesh. I'm still going with pallies, but this could be the "upset" (hard to call anything an upset when were talking top seeds) of the second round.

2. Syndicate VS 3. Grapevine

HAHAHA, how things change. Syndicate (elusive) and Grapevine (Melee) played in the LD finals last season, but only get the semis this season. Now, neither squad is the same, Syndicate is very different and GV is semi different, but both rosters are semi similar to last season and the playing style is basically identical. Syndicate will come out on top again here.

FINALS:

1. Pallies OR 4. -Final- VS 2. Syndicate

If Pallies make it to the finals, i really doubt they're going to be denied. Should it be a pal-syn final, synd will have the better teaming and pallies will have the better talent and depth. Theres a lot of Syndicate "Warbirds" i wouldn't trust to go 1:1 in a big game situation, and as always not everybody can make it, so you may have to play those guys. Pallies has the depth that it shouldn't be a real problem if someone doesn't show, but the teamwork can suffer when that happens. If pallies make it, they'll take the title. If -F- beat them the previous round I think Syndicate will come out on top. I just don't think the full -F- can take full synd.

Javs comign up next.

[Nickname]

LJ:
Shriek
-F-
Tanked
Rapid
Mambo
Synd
Pirates
Elenya
DG
GV
Melee
Egyptian
Ancients
Disoblige
Pallies
Sk8

OKAY ladies and gents, we've got a very tier'd league, with an upper and a lower and not a lot of middle - so here we go

REG SEASON

LJ:
1. Syndicate - clockwork style - predictable as can be, but works
2. Shriek - may finish undefeated
3. -Final- - only a loss or two, solid team but based on two guys to much
4. Pallies - better than 4th, but they'll ahve a semi good regseason only
5. Sk8 - lots of medium talent
6. Disoblige - not as good as last season
7. Pirates - solid starting line, not so solid after that
8. Grapevine - a few good guys, a few guys riding coatails
9. Mambo - not fooling me, not enough talent for playoffs
10. Rapid - may dissolve, may not - decent enough
11. Tanked - see rapid
12. Egyptian - not a lot of jav talent
13. DragonGuard - not a lot of jav talent
14. Elenya- this far down, they may only beat melee
15. Melee - this far down, they may only beat nobody
16. Ancients - NOT FOOOLING ME. Ur way to far down on the list to be a threat, you're not praciticng, and you'll have shit attendance, so you won't finish the season

Synd and Shriek may both go undefeated all season if they never play each other, and that would be pretty cool.

PLAYOFFS:

1. Syndicate VS 8. Grapevine

Really the proof of the twotier'd ness of league. Easy win for Syndicate

2. Shriek VS 7. Pirates

A wicked first round matchup considering the seeding. Shriek will take the win, but not by a lot. Look for Pirates to make a midgame charge.


3. -Final- VS 6. Disoblige

Euro laggers vs Euro laggers! -F- has the biggest part of Disobliges winning season with Download, not to mention an entire host of solid laggy javs. Diso just doesn't have as much depth.

4. Pallies VS 5. Sk8

Pallies will win it, they just have to much depth not too. Pallies will really need to have gel'd in LJ by now if they want a shot at the title.

Round2:

1. Syndicate vs 4. Pallies

A great match, and would be a worthy title match. Syndicate has the overpowering teamwork, but if Pallies have ever proven anything it's that they can beat up on squads whos teamwork is so good that you know what they'll do. (see Disoblige in TWLB season 5)
I have a feeling Pallies will move on, which even with all there talent would be a MAJOR upset.

2. Shriek vs 3. -Final-

I see a blowout for Shriek and i'm not sure why. As long as the squadcap remains a2m and not annul, the squad will go far.


FINALS:
2. Shriek VS 4. Pallies or 1. Syndicate.

I think Syndicate will deliver better matches than Pallies would. I don't see Shriek being beaten by Pallies at all. However, if Syndicate gets past Pallies I don't see Shriek beating them. Syndicate would have a major depth advantage, and pallies might too. Shrieks 5th jav just isn't up to snuff compared with other squads, and the rush attack would fluster pallies but not syndicate.

Basing Next

[Mattey]

I think you're being nostalgic or crazy if you think that Brits, Ancients, Avalonian, Melee and Verone this season aren't as good as Brits, Supremacy, Focus, NS and Cripples of last season.


Brits this year > Brits last year
Avalonian > Supremacy hands down
Melee > NS (everyone's better than NS)
Verone = Focus
Melee = Cripples

[Nickname]

LB TEAMS:

RB
Inc
Sk8
BC
Synd
-F-
Shriek
WRS
Tanked
Pallies
Disoblige
Spastic
Mambo
Anti-Scrub


REG SEASON:

1. Pallies - will lose to rabbits, thats for sure.
2. Spastic - will take a loss early in season, then cruise.
3. Disoblige - shadow of former self
4. -Final- - my surprise reg season team
5. Mambo - solid
6. Incuira - solid
7. Anti-Scrub - Brookus > you
8. whiterabbits - a lot of depth
9. Rejected Basers - alot of depth
10. Shriek - no depth
11. Syndicate - no depth
12. Tanked - not a solid starting line
13. Sk8 - no line no depth
14. BasingCrew - no line no depth

Heres the low dow, Chief. 9 squads can make playoffs in LB, and only 8 will - you do the match. RB could finish top 5 or as low as 9th, same can be said for wr, a-s, inc and -f-. It all depends how the season goes, and for a few if a terrier steps up there game.

PLAYOFFS:

1. Pallies VS 8. Whiterabbits / 8. Rejected Basers

a pallies wr first round matchup wouldn't be so good - that should be a second round matchup. As for RB pallies Pallies owuld just run over them. Rb really needs one of it's several "medium" level terrs to step up, while Pallies has about 5 people who could terr for RB and be better than what they have. if it's pallies wr Pallies will still go on, as wr beats pallies in season, pallies beats wr in playoffs (thats how it goes folks)


2. Spastic VS 7. Anti-Scrub

Neverunderestimate BROOKUS! with the brookinator in terr A-S has a terr advantage, the one "weak" spot in spastic's armour. Necro is a very solid terr, but he's no brook, and if this turns into a lot of fr fights a-s could take it. However, with the solidness of the cram for Spastic, the fr fights may be few and far between, which would give Spastic the win.


3. Disoblige VS 6. Incuria.

Disoblige recruited a lot of active basers, which is good, but they're not the allstar calibre diso is used too. Diso looked lost in terr by the end of last season. if warp gets back into the groove this should be pretty easy, if not, this is going to be hella hard. bram owns you btw.


4. -Final- VS 5. Mambo

-F- has 3 terrs and no idea who to use. Mitch being one of the louder terrs "Mitch> I rule" out there has made a big name for himself, however Sika and his lag are a superior terr. Mitch does have Hannes in shark though, which resulted in a TWLB win (sorta, no playoffs or anything, uber gay season) in Season 5. Pooz is also a very capable terr, but won't see any time this season. Mambo is a solid team, and will bring about the minor upset here as -F-'s season go down the drain. Even with domi on board.


Round2:

1. Pallies vs 5. Mambo

The Pallies basing machine will continue to roll on through mambo with a close yet decisive victory.

2. Spastic VS 3. Disoblige

No easy pass this time Spastic, Disoblige will be going fullthrotle for the elusive TWLB championship, which as one of if not the best basing squad of all time they should have won by now. Disoblige finished 2nd in LB in season 5 AND season 6, which means they know how to get the job done, to a point. Spastic won last season though, and has somethign diso doesn't have, TWLB championship exp. a wicked match, more than capable of being a match of legend, if such a thing exsists. I'm going with Disoblige here, assumign scheduling meant that pallies already beat mambo - disoblige will want to prove once and for all who the real bitches are and beat pallies in the finals. I admit this is probably not going to happen, and spastic will probably win, but everybody wants a Diso Pallies final, even you (i mean YOU!) so lets stick with diso for the sake of fun.

FINALS:

Palliesh vs Dispalogies.

Something like that. An epic epic battle, even if spastic comes out on top and plays pallies. I really feel neither spastic, diso or pallies will win TWLB. They all have holes that need fixing, some more than others. 2 should have won twlb by now but continually don't and 1 needs a new terr to step up. If it's Pallies Diso, Pallies will take the win, as at this point in time they're truly better than Diso. They have a better terr, more all-star sharks, the best jav in ss and possibly better spiders, possibly not. Spastic is what disoblige used to be, clockwork basing. It's boring, sad and pathetic, but it's won them a championship.

I have a feeling someone else is going to win though that I really can't shake, so i'm going to have to go with nobody for my twlb win.

[Randedl]

nickname has been listening to the pallies bunch way too much.

given what happened last season, there's reason enough to believe they will have problems getting their top people there.

however, even if they do have all their guys alive and active (which i hope to see), there's no way they do as well as i just read about.

[Nickname]

it all depends on whos in what conference rand, but i'm posting what should happen. I alreayd stated earlier that the leagues being in the summer will fuck pallies over, but as is now the playoffs may just be aroudn the end of june, which won't hurt them. They didn't have problems until august.

[Mayo Inc.]

Wow Nick predicted pallies to look pretty good throughout TWL. I dunno how our activity will be come the end, but we'll see, thats our weakness for sure though. This TWL stuff may actually come to a smoother rhythm after this season ends (IE more seasons per year, seasons not starting in april but rather october, november? who knows). So if we can keep it together I really think we could dominate next season as well.

BUT I'm looking too far ahead, this season hasn't even started. I really don't think we're as strong as nick thinks we are.

[Da1andonly]

I guess Diso really SUCKS now, according to nn

Especially when sk8 is placed above us...lol

[warportal]

These predictions are but a shadow of ur predictions last season NN. Hardly the well argumented, usually objective predictions I expected from you..

[Galleleo]

Rejected basers - They have a big roster, maybe a little bit too big. Some problems might occur during matches when they have lik 14 members on. I dont see any obvisious first string lineup wich could certainly mean as an advantage. But I think they will choke atleast a couple of matches and wont be able to meet the standerds being set by alot of people.

Incuria - What can I say, its my own squad. We have a pretty solid and good lineup. We can put like 15 people in our first string without it losing strenght. We do have a couple of keyplayers wich could make a difference wether they are there or not. But I think we can pull off a pretty solid season, some wins, some losses.

Sk8 - These guys are defiantly one of the lower tier basing squads. They have some solid people on there, but they are more of a dueling squad then that they really base. The might pull a few wins against easier squads. There should be some good games between melee, sk8 and bc. Tho after they lose a couple of matches they might lose interest a bit and stop showing good lineups.

Basing crew - I think they will keep showing trough twl, no matter the losses. I think they are very driven to try their best. And it should be a very good learning expierence for them. They might pull up a few offsets. but wont make a big difference in twlb.

Syndicate - I dont know that much about this squad. They can put up a very dangerous and solid lineup, tho I think they might have some problems with lag and activity. I dont know if they are really that burned on twlb and I doubt that they will show their top lineups alot. They will win some, and lose some.

-Final- - I dont think these guys are that good. They have some good people and they could can put up a good lineup. But they will mainly win because of their lag.. specially if sika gets put in a shark or a jav. He can break crams with his lag and kill terrs because he eats a couple of bullets along the way. But I dont see them as main contenders and they will probably choke.

Whiterabbits - Very eager people, specially after last year missing the playoffs. They have a very good and solid lineup. Tho a weak point might be sharks, and lacking an allstar terr when PL is not around. They do however have some of the best spiders in the game, ezo. I think they will make the playoffs this year. Definatly a squad to look out for, and should make some exciting matches. I hope they can change their twd matches around where they in very close matches always seemed to just not making it.

Shriek - They picked up some pure basers. But I dont think they will be much of a contender this TWL. They might bring a few upsets in games against squads like Incuria, Rejected basers, etc. But overral they are like mediocore.

Melee - They are down there with sk8 and Basing crew, have some decent basers. But can only do some minor damage when they have their top 8 online and when one of their starters is missing immediatly takes a heavy blow to the strenght, relies alot on the skill of induvidual players.

Pallies - If any squad has the skill to complete the job it is Pallies. Lots of depth and skill in there. But somehow never seem to manage to get it out. Maybe its because of lack of interest, maybe because of problems with people showing. I dont know what it is. But they certainly go to the playoffs and can go very far into them. Alot of it depends on the players and the willingness to show up for the games.

Disoblige - Like mentioned before, and alot of times. Merely a shadow of what they used to be. But that is no reason to underestimate them. They are surely one of the contenders for the titel again this season. Once Warportel throws off his rusty cloak, diso already gains alot more power. They will definatly make playoffs and go far in it. But they do rely alot on some players wich could be their downfall too.

Spastic - I cant tell what these guys will do. They seem to be alot less stronger then last season, and if necro doesnt show up they might have a terrin problem. This does not mean they dont have a solid lineup and cannot make playoffs. These guys are also a serious contender for the #1 position, but I dont think they will go all the way this season.

Mambo - This is one squad wich only gained power since last twl. They are very solid, they have very loyal core players. and got some new players with alot of talent and wich fit in the system just fine. They can play multiple lineups and have to skill to do so. These guys also have alot of depth and you can put like 14 different people in the first string without it losing any strenght, a weak point could be the terr tho. They dont have an allstar terr wich could mean a big difference.

Anti-scrub - These guys always seem to get underrated. But you should be very carefull when you play a squad like A-S, with players like Brookus and Holydude they are always a serious contender and you should watch out when they cross your road. A-S likes to be the underdog in matches, but when it comes to flagroom fights brookus is one diffecult bug to kill. Underrating these guys while going in a match could mean your downfall.

Results
--------------------------
1. Mambo
2. Disoblige
3. Spastic
4. Pallies
--------------------------
5. Incuria
6. Anti-Scrub
7. -Final-
8. Whiterabbits
9. Rejected Basers
10. Syndicate
11. Shriek
--------------------------
12. Sk8
13. Melee
14. Basing Crew

Squads between the dotted lines can vary. So place 1 to 4 could be anyone listed there, place 5 to 11 could be anyone listed there, etc.

Nice conferences would be:
East: West:
------------------- --------------------
Pallies Disoblige
Spastic Mambo
Whiterabbits Incuria
Syndicate -Final-
Shriek Anti-Scrub
Rejected Basers Melee
Basing Crew sk8

I dont think that there is a big difference between strenght in the conferences and they are quite evenly devided.

[Nickname]

Mr. Portal, my in depth predictions were at the begining of this thread, these are just where i think people will be (about) I know nobody ever wants to hear that they're squad isn't the best, but you've lost your single best jav, and another start in lj, you lost your best wb in ld and you already showed what happens when you guys become inactive last twlb.


EDIT: The best way to show me i'm wrong, is to prove me wrong fellas.

[Luckily Yours]

u could argue that they made up for the loss of ppl, pjotter and desperate are more than capable of easily subbing those that left, and displaced and ara will make up for the loss of mikena pretty easily too. overall diso has become a stronger squad, the only thing that will prevent them from doing something is that people now are watching out for them, not underdogs anymore, lets see how they cope with it.

plus i dont think thats wy warportal said they lacked depth, cause i pretty much thought they were made on the knee too

btw, B.Rabbit of Mambo will be the best rookie jav, the guy is awesome.

[Nickname]

there are a lot of "established" people who haven't played any TWL time yet. B Rabbit is certainly very good, but he doesn't have a stellar team around him.

As far as diso goes, i think they're definatly weaker than last season. They're not going to win LJ this season, and I doubt LD too, the best shot they have is LB, which they should have won 2 season ago, or last season, but never did.

[Underground]

Disoblige never won TWLB nick?
I thought they did.

PALLIES 4 TREBLE!

[bloodzombie]

These predictions are but a shadow of ur predictions last season NN. Hardly the well argumented, usually objective predictions I expected from you..

How can you say that? He thinks pallies might win everything.. he's the best predictor ever!