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These are my predicted end of the season rankings. These are based on me going through the entire schedule and predicting the outcome of each game.
Note: that some teams may actually have a couple of toss up games, but I will make note of that later. Don't fret if your team is predicted to go 5-5 or something, you may have 3 or 4 toss up games, it could also go the other way if your team is predicted to have a high win/loss ratio.
*squads in bold are bubble squads*
1. Dice 10-0: Dice has the possibility of owning the regular season. They have a very tough schedule ahead of them with 4 weeks they'll have to pay close attention to, including their first week vs Spastic.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Spastic, Week 5 - Pandora, Week 6 - BasingCrew (this could be especially hard if BasingCrew keeps up the solid play lately and/or if Dice loses to Pandora the previous week), and Week 9 - Anti-Scrub.
Names to watch for: a2m/cig, megaman89, suede
2. Anti-Scrub 9-1: I'm optomistic about A-S' season, they have 3 weeks that they'll have to watch out for. They have an opportunity to either go 7-3 this season to 10-0. With A-S, you never know anymore.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Syndicate, Week 6 - Spastic, Week 9 - Dice.
Names to watch for: Brookus, Holydude, jr5/za
3. Pandora 9-1: These guys held the top spot on the TWBD ladder longer than any squad this off-season, and for good reason. They may have played game after game, but they played against great teams and had an amazing amount of wins. Pandora has an easy schedule ahead of them, but they have to watch out for 3 distinct games.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Dice, Week 6 - -Final-, and Week 9 - Syndicate.
Names to watch for: Mouse, Totem, Eelam
4. Syndicate 9-1: Out of the top 5 teams, Syndicate has the easiest schedule. These guys have been a bit iffy lately, perhaps beacuse of the lack of fireballz or the lack of games and activity.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Anti-Scrub, Week 9 - Pandora, Week 10 - Sk8.
Names to watch for: Kazi, Jrahen, pavement, escalate
5. Spastic 8-2: Being in the easier conference, Spastic has a fairly easy schedule. We have been iffy as well lately, but we have picked up a few promising spider recruits, something that our activity generally enjoys. We do have a couple of iffy games, and could end up with a record of 6-4 if we don't play the top of our game.
Weeks to watch PAULOAKENFOLD: Week 1 - Dice, Week 3 - -Final-, Week 6 - Anti-Scrub, Week 9 - BasingCrew.
Names to watch for: Eke, Jamal, Weaver, Ethena
6. -Final- 7-3: I'd say that although -Final- doesn't have to face Dice, they have a fairly tough schedule ahead of them this season. -Final- had an absolutely OUTSTAND first pre-season game vs Anti-Scrub, but had an embarassing second game vs Spastic. These guys could very well do a lot better than a record of 7-3.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Syndicate, Week 3 - Spastic, Week 5 - BasingCrew, Week 6 - Pandora, Week 8 - Sk8.
Names to watch for: Sika, Domi, Windreaper
7. BasingCrew 6-4: These guys have a solid and challenging schedule ahead of them. They'll have to be on top of their game for 80% of the games they play in order to make playoffs this season. I have a lot of faith in these guys, for they've been fairly impressive lately. An impressive first game against a top notch team without Ajaxee terring for them, and a pretty good start to a canceled game, that even from the couple of minutes viewed, looked to have been able to go either way.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Anti-Scrub, Week 5 - -Final-, Week 6 - Dice, Week 7 - Disoblige, Week 9 - Spastic.
Names to watch for: Ajaxee, Falk, Dutchbaser, jebu
8. Sk8 5-5 - Wow you guys have quite a trip ahead of you. Good luck. Right in the middle of the pack you go fellas, and what a fitting record to be the middle team. Week 1 should be a nice way to begin the season for you guys, but I'm afraid it's not much of a walk in the park from there on.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 3 - Ancients, Week 4 - Disoblige, Week 8 -Final-.
Names to watch for: Ease, xvr, hellzno!, Dumbrit!, fizzy/pred
9. Disoblige 4-6: I almost feel bad giving you guys such a crappy record. For many of us, you'll always be rememered for season 5 and TWT performances, but alas, you are a mere shadow of that great basing team. You guys definitely have the potential to pull a positive rec this season, but I'm just not seeing it right now.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 4 - Sk8 and Week 7 - BasingCrew, Week 10 - SLAM.
Names to watch for: Bram, Fit of Rage, Trouper
10. Slam 4-6: New group of guys, have some older basers thrown in there, some good, some not so good. They have a pretty tough schedule ahead of them, but like Diso, have the potential and the opportunity to get above that .500 mark.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Ancients, Week 6 - Sk8, Week 10 - Disoblige.
Names to watch for: Rab, Genes, Golden_Aim
11. Ancients 3-7: They looked pretty decent the first TWBD tournament, slipped up in the second, and had a crushing defeat against Sk8 in the second week pre-season match. Not looking promissing for playoff hopes guys. Who knows, maybe you'll suprise us all.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Ancients,Week 3 - Sk8, Week 5 - Slam
Names to watch for: Bliz, Hopkin Green Frog (best name every by the way, I don't even know where it's from), exe
12. Passion 3-7: Congratulations you had a perfect pre-season, but it's a shame that the two squads you beat, are also a part of your 3 wins. I don't think anyone expects much from these guys, but perhaps they like it that way. The last of the bubble squads.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Ancients, Week 9 - Camisade.
Names to watch for: Mikkiz, Ryyni, Midget
13. Pirates 2-8: Nothing too impressive here. They could pull a win or two, or could very well go 0-10, but not playoff contenders I'm afraid.
Weeks to watch these guys: n/a
Names to watch for: SaiyanSoldier, Dark rampage!, 2dragons (if he's around this season and wanting to terr)
14. Teks 1-9: And here we have Teks, the underdogs of last season and this season. Last time they played in the leagues they were a shoe-in and suprised many people. The competition this year is a bit higher, so I don't expect that to happen again. Not quite a bubble team, but they definitely have some bite to them.
Weeks to watch these guys: n/a
Names to watch for: Hockey <ER>, Fire Blade
15. Camisade 1-9: If Diso is a mere shadow of their past team, Camisade is their old team, but thrown into a room full of plastic balls with the lights off.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 9 - Passion
Names to watch for: Nockm, grven, molgan
16. Shinobi 0-10: The dirty asshole of our basing league. They seem like a nice enough group of guys, and I recognize a couple of old warbird veterans, but in regards to basing, they just don't cut it. They replaced GV because of some issues, but are definitely not up to the par of GV (who probably would have had a season similar to Sk8).
Weeks to watch these guys: Don't
Names to watch for: You shouldn't be watching for names if you're not watching their games.
So there you have it. Some of my predictions may have a couple of rough edges, and I don't expect anyone to fully agree with my predictions beacuse they're based on 10 or more weeks of game play, where anything can and WILL happen.
Note: that some teams may actually have a couple of toss up games, but I will make note of that later. Don't fret if your team is predicted to go 5-5 or something, you may have 3 or 4 toss up games, it could also go the other way if your team is predicted to have a high win/loss ratio.
*squads in bold are bubble squads*
1. Dice 10-0: Dice has the possibility of owning the regular season. They have a very tough schedule ahead of them with 4 weeks they'll have to pay close attention to, including their first week vs Spastic.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Spastic, Week 5 - Pandora, Week 6 - BasingCrew (this could be especially hard if BasingCrew keeps up the solid play lately and/or if Dice loses to Pandora the previous week), and Week 9 - Anti-Scrub.
Names to watch for: a2m/cig, megaman89, suede
2. Anti-Scrub 9-1: I'm optomistic about A-S' season, they have 3 weeks that they'll have to watch out for. They have an opportunity to either go 7-3 this season to 10-0. With A-S, you never know anymore.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Syndicate, Week 6 - Spastic, Week 9 - Dice.
Names to watch for: Brookus, Holydude, jr5/za
3. Pandora 9-1: These guys held the top spot on the TWBD ladder longer than any squad this off-season, and for good reason. They may have played game after game, but they played against great teams and had an amazing amount of wins. Pandora has an easy schedule ahead of them, but they have to watch out for 3 distinct games.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Dice, Week 6 - -Final-, and Week 9 - Syndicate.
Names to watch for: Mouse, Totem, Eelam
4. Syndicate 9-1: Out of the top 5 teams, Syndicate has the easiest schedule. These guys have been a bit iffy lately, perhaps beacuse of the lack of fireballz or the lack of games and activity.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Anti-Scrub, Week 9 - Pandora, Week 10 - Sk8.
Names to watch for: Kazi, Jrahen, pavement, escalate
5. Spastic 8-2: Being in the easier conference, Spastic has a fairly easy schedule. We have been iffy as well lately, but we have picked up a few promising spider recruits, something that our activity generally enjoys. We do have a couple of iffy games, and could end up with a record of 6-4 if we don't play the top of our game.
Weeks to watch PAULOAKENFOLD: Week 1 - Dice, Week 3 - -Final-, Week 6 - Anti-Scrub, Week 9 - BasingCrew.
Names to watch for: Eke, Jamal, Weaver, Ethena
6. -Final- 7-3: I'd say that although -Final- doesn't have to face Dice, they have a fairly tough schedule ahead of them this season. -Final- had an absolutely OUTSTAND first pre-season game vs Anti-Scrub, but had an embarassing second game vs Spastic. These guys could very well do a lot better than a record of 7-3.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Syndicate, Week 3 - Spastic, Week 5 - BasingCrew, Week 6 - Pandora, Week 8 - Sk8.
Names to watch for: Sika, Domi, Windreaper
7. BasingCrew 6-4: These guys have a solid and challenging schedule ahead of them. They'll have to be on top of their game for 80% of the games they play in order to make playoffs this season. I have a lot of faith in these guys, for they've been fairly impressive lately. An impressive first game against a top notch team without Ajaxee terring for them, and a pretty good start to a canceled game, that even from the couple of minutes viewed, looked to have been able to go either way.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Anti-Scrub, Week 5 - -Final-, Week 6 - Dice, Week 7 - Disoblige, Week 9 - Spastic.
Names to watch for: Ajaxee, Falk, Dutchbaser, jebu
8. Sk8 5-5 - Wow you guys have quite a trip ahead of you. Good luck. Right in the middle of the pack you go fellas, and what a fitting record to be the middle team. Week 1 should be a nice way to begin the season for you guys, but I'm afraid it's not much of a walk in the park from there on.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 3 - Ancients, Week 4 - Disoblige, Week 8 -Final-.
Names to watch for: Ease, xvr, hellzno!, Dumbrit!, fizzy/pred
9. Disoblige 4-6: I almost feel bad giving you guys such a crappy record. For many of us, you'll always be rememered for season 5 and TWT performances, but alas, you are a mere shadow of that great basing team. You guys definitely have the potential to pull a positive rec this season, but I'm just not seeing it right now.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 4 - Sk8 and Week 7 - BasingCrew, Week 10 - SLAM.
Names to watch for: Bram, Fit of Rage, Trouper
10. Slam 4-6: New group of guys, have some older basers thrown in there, some good, some not so good. They have a pretty tough schedule ahead of them, but like Diso, have the potential and the opportunity to get above that .500 mark.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 5 - Ancients, Week 6 - Sk8, Week 10 - Disoblige.
Names to watch for: Rab, Genes, Golden_Aim
11. Ancients 3-7: They looked pretty decent the first TWBD tournament, slipped up in the second, and had a crushing defeat against Sk8 in the second week pre-season match. Not looking promissing for playoff hopes guys. Who knows, maybe you'll suprise us all.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Ancients,Week 3 - Sk8, Week 5 - Slam
Names to watch for: Bliz, Hopkin Green Frog (best name every by the way, I don't even know where it's from), exe
12. Passion 3-7: Congratulations you had a perfect pre-season, but it's a shame that the two squads you beat, are also a part of your 3 wins. I don't think anyone expects much from these guys, but perhaps they like it that way. The last of the bubble squads.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 1 - Ancients, Week 9 - Camisade.
Names to watch for: Mikkiz, Ryyni, Midget
13. Pirates 2-8: Nothing too impressive here. They could pull a win or two, or could very well go 0-10, but not playoff contenders I'm afraid.
Weeks to watch these guys: n/a
Names to watch for: SaiyanSoldier, Dark rampage!, 2dragons (if he's around this season and wanting to terr)
14. Teks 1-9: And here we have Teks, the underdogs of last season and this season. Last time they played in the leagues they were a shoe-in and suprised many people. The competition this year is a bit higher, so I don't expect that to happen again. Not quite a bubble team, but they definitely have some bite to them.
Weeks to watch these guys: n/a
Names to watch for: Hockey <ER>, Fire Blade
15. Camisade 1-9: If Diso is a mere shadow of their past team, Camisade is their old team, but thrown into a room full of plastic balls with the lights off.
Weeks to watch these guys: Week 9 - Passion
Names to watch for: Nockm, grven, molgan
16. Shinobi 0-10: The dirty asshole of our basing league. They seem like a nice enough group of guys, and I recognize a couple of old warbird veterans, but in regards to basing, they just don't cut it. They replaced GV because of some issues, but are definitely not up to the par of GV (who probably would have had a season similar to Sk8).
Weeks to watch these guys: Don't
Names to watch for: You shouldn't be watching for names if you're not watching their games.
So there you have it. Some of my predictions may have a couple of rough edges, and I don't expect anyone to fully agree with my predictions beacuse they're based on 10 or more weeks of game play, where anything can and WILL happen.
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