Admirable’s Division 1 Predictions

I have been living everyday to the fullest since my near miss with that toaster, and as such I decided to go with the last minute approach to this week’s predictions. So, I’m going to keep this short and sweet.


The Sproggalots vs CRAB BATTLE!!!

The Sproggalots will be entering this fixture looking to maximise points where the German War Machine could not. A very convincing four nil victory last week against nineLegends has surely laid the ghost of the LOLSTEAMROLL game to rest. Currently joint top of the league, Sprogga are looking in tiptop condition with excellent levels of activity within the roster and young Thomas “Tweadle” Eagle back to help George “Emo” Gibbons at the reins. This should be a no-brainer.

Those Crazy Crustaceans at CRAB BATTLE!!! are having a tough time fielding a team these days it would seem. If it’s not doogie out romancing his friend’s mothers, then it’s gobot’s exams, Daggah’s terrible cup and string internet connection or Sp3cT’s birthday (bonne aniversaire mon amis!). Don’t even get me started on that bojan guy, off studying in Lille for a Law Degree or something; priorities man! What is a poor Irish boy to do? Forfeit :D

Impact players:
sprogga ~ : sheep (Lerk), enigmatic (Marine)
(v)o_O(V) : doogie (MAAAD Version 2.0)

The Sproggalots 4 - 0 CRAB BATTLE!!!

Adz’ Final Thought: Not likely to be played this week, but that is unlikely to affect the outcome!


LOLSTEAMROLL vs nineLegends

It seems to me that Week 5 has become the traditional point in a season for everyone to get a little inactive. It could be time for exams or maybe things aren’t turning out as you hoped in the ENSL or perhaps you are looking at a fifteen to twenty stretch for Rape and Grievous Bodily Harm. Who knows? All I can say is that I haven’t seen much from these Fun-time Finns in the last week, and that is going to have an impact here. Oh and I just noticed NsN is not in the roster, WTF?!

Those “second rate legends” appear to be the only other active team in Division 1 this week. Whilst I have seen a few shakey PCW performances from nineLegends I am definitely seeing improvements in their game. RT Chewing is much improved taking a little pressure off the often inconsistent lifeforms. However, a reliance on Silence and a fast four Marine Pressure is starting to make things a little predictable for opponents.

Impact players:
?lol-? : Peacham (Comm), N@de (Lerk/Marine)
nineL * : frG (Lerk!!!)

LOLSTEAMROLL 2 - 2 nineLegends

Adz’ Final Thought: LOLSTEAMROLL could probably take this with some activity…


Snowrollers vs de-stroyer

Sexy Snowrollers managed to steal a round from the German War Machine last week. In all honesty I didn’t see the game and I didn’t watch the demos but from what I’ve heard it was a terrible Marine Round from Flatline-Ns rather than a strong performance from the Swedes; but this is what happens when you put Handschuh on your Pressure Team (Oh yes! I went there!). So in summary: Snowrollers you are still shit, must try harder! ;)

Hmmm. De-stroyers: inactive bad Germans looking increasingly likely to be ejected from the dizzy heights of ENSL Division 1. Enough said.

Impact players:
sR | : Action_IHOP (Lerk), atman (Fade/Marine)
de-stroyer | :

Snowrollers 4 - 0 de-stroyer

Adz’ Final Thought: If this game actually does get played Snowrollers are quite likely to fuck up at least one round, but a four nil prediction is much more exciting than a draw.


n.p. Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

Fag out.


Bacillus' Division 2 Predictions

Group A


Vital - NS~F

The last match of the season for NS~F is going to be a nasty one. Vital has been in devastating shape losing only one round this season. The only thing keeping vital from taking this 4-0 is Eon. Eclipse is a tricky map too, but Eon is the real trouble. Huge distances and excellent ambushing spots make it a real comm nightmare. Once again, I'd say Bigbanana's performance is important, since you'll need some heavy medding to get your marines going further into the map. Shotgunner must also be able to gun down skulkers before they can pick off the pressure one by one. So far Vital hasn't failed to slip any rounds because of the maps and I doubt this is going to be any different.

Biggest Impacts
Vital:Bigbanana (meds), Smoke (sg?)
NS~F:The Eon alien round, especially early skulkwork.

Vital 4 - 0 NS~F


Noname - bP

Two teams that should've won more this season. Both have a lot of good basic gameplay, but haven't had the last bit of something to win rounds from the more experienced teams. The maps of the week make this a very likely alien draw. Eon is going to be 1-1 aliens definitely, so its up to eclipse to decide the score. If a team can take advantage of the eclipse and cut the cc hive off its going to be a pain for the aliens to keep up with the marine tech. I still think that's not going to happen and its yet another alien tie.

Biggest Impact:
Eclipse marine tactics.


Noname 2 - 2 bP


Orchid.ns - Dom

Orchid is still a pain to predict, but I think the Domicide won't have much trouble dispatching them and finishing 2nd in the div. Once again the eon marine rounds are most likely the big problem. The lag might hurt here even more, since lone skulks can pick off the marines here and there and its a huge walk back from the marine start. Nevertheless, the Domicide should have the 4-0 vs the inactive (?) Orchid. The dom have proven themselves to be quite stable and consistent so a lot depends on what Orhid has got after a lot of forfeits.

Biggest Impacts:
Orchid: Eon aliens. Activity.
Dom: The Lag Effect, FREIGHT_TRAIN, Eon marine.


Dom 4 - 0 Orchid


Group B

TTS - Avalanche

Quite an interesting match. The main focus will be on Avalanche's ability to work as a team. Scale's fragging will do little good if they can't use their teamwork to see the TTS shotguns, baserushes and mass restowers early enough. I think TTS way of playing is quite optimal against a team like Avalanche, but whether that is enough to counter scale and co I don't know. My guess is that TTS will win both on Eclipse.

Biggest Impacts
Avalanche: Scale, teamwork.
TTS: The surprises.

TTS 3 - 1 Avalanche


RawR^ - Rm

The match of the week in Div2. Two teams playing entertaining ns and some skilled individuals on the field too. I'd say RawR has a bit of an upper hand when it comes to all around skill and teamwork, but both Eclipse and Eon are quite difficult maps. It's easy to get yourself stuck with 1 hive if you can't prevent the PGs from going up. Then again, both are also quite difficult to comm since the aliens have got many good routes to your base, quite a few nodes are difficult to cap as a lone marine and the aliens can pick anything from early silence to vent DCs or maybe even surprise with sc. The only thing sure is that its going to be interesting.

Biggest Impacts:
Rm: Marmotte (all-around)
RawR: Doctor (comm).
Both: PGs and map control. Chamber selection. Lifeforms avoiding Eon walls.

RawR 2 - 2 Rm.