Ladle 41 Predictions

[Spook]

First Round

DS-0
Tx-2

pRu-2
uNa-0

Second Round

Crazy Tronners A-2
Twixted Xats-0

Rouge-2
uNk.Team-1

you in danger girl-2
Crazy Tronners B-0

Immortal Dynasty-0
Speeders-2

Team Unknown-2
Tronners Unlimited-0

SP Sunshine-2
Still alive-0

Mixed Dark-1
SP angry losers-2

pRu-1
Oracle-2

Thrid Round

Crazy Tronners A-2
Rouge-1

you in danger girl-1
Speeders-2

Team Unknown-2
SP Sunshine-1

SP Angry Losers-1
Oracle-2

Semi's

Crazy Tronners A-1
Speeders-2

Team Unknown-2
Oracle-1

Finals

Speeders-1
Team Unknown-2
uNk Wins there first ladle

[Lanfear]

First Round
pRu-2
uNa-0

Just wait

[Titanoboa]

Apparently the round names have changed, but I bet there's a good reason for that.

Opening Round

DarkSyndicate vs Twi¦×¦ted ¦×¦ats
I guess anything can happen in Tx's opening round matches, but this is a pretty clear 0-2 to me.

PRU vs The United Noobs of Armagetron
Most of uNa has improved a lot individually, but PRU has the greater experience and, of course, two crazy hungarians to hypnotize the poor noobs. 2-0

Sweet Sixteen

Crazy Tronners Alpha vs Twi¦×¦ted ¦×¦ats
I usually tend to overestimate Tx, and this time I won't let them let me down
Either way though, CT Alpha has a really strong team. It won't be a walk in the park, but it will end 2-0.

Rogue Tronners vs uNk.Team
Rogue Tronners love beating uNk, and they won't go easy on 'em just because it happens to be uNk's slightly weaker team. 2-0

you in danger, girl vs Crazy Tronners Beta
Judging from the player list, CT Beta has a pretty solid roster even if they lack the match winners that are in the A team e.g. ZaP, Woned. "you in danger, girl" on the other hand have a few really skilled players (read: teen) that can turn a match over at will when things go his way.
I'm expecting a long and entertaining match, and the solid CT Beta will last until the end. 1-2

Immortal Dynasty vs Speeders
Red has gotten better, but has the rest of ID? I don't know, but I don't think Red can carry ID all the way on sunday. 0-2

Team.uNk vs Tronners Unlimited
Tu has some talent here and there while uNk is filled with it, and that makes the math quite simple. 2-0

~*SP*~ Sunshine Happy Club vs Still Alive
Some veterans (and a rookie: slov) vs a newly migrated bunch of sumo players. Still Alive have a roster full of potential, and I'd love for them to surprise the entire community with a win. But I doubt they'll be able to outsmart psy and his crew. 2-0

Mixed Dark Matter vs ~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers
Well, they won't lose this one. Easy 0-2.

PRU vs Oracle
PRU will enter the match with high ambitions, and take Oracle by surprise for a bit. My guess is that PRU will win a match before Oracle wakes up and pulls through with a 1-2.

Elite Eight

Crazy Tronners Alpha vs Rogue Tronners
As if the rogues would let CT Alpha get even close to winning 3 consecutive ladles. 0-2, no doubt.

Crazy Tronners Beta vs Speeders
CT Beta's biggest strength in my book is their stability. Unfortunately for them, SP's team is more solid, and they have a stronger offense. 0-2

Team.uNk vs ~*SP*~ Sunshine Happy Club
Keep an eye out for 0ma. While SP does their best to try and stop slash, potter, wildcat etc... 0ma will be free to harvest the points. 2-0

~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers vs Oracle
The open team wasn't enough of a warmup. Oracle takes this one, 0-2.

Final Four

Rogue Tronners vs Speeders
Titanoboa does not like facing Speeders in ladles. Maybe that will change if he stops losing against them? Either way, the Rogues will carry him to a victory this time around. 2-0

Team.uNk vs Oracle
(Slash, Pr3, Potter, Wildcat, 0ma, Jip, Fingerbib)
I really hope Pr3 has his camera on for this onslaught. It'll make a nice montage. 2-0

Championship

Rogue Tronners vs Team.uNk
Here we are again. _~R~_ has had a tougher road, and I think that's an advantage at this point. On the other hand, even if CT and SP are more merited teams, uNk certainly isn't worse in terms of skill. I'm not gonna reveal who wins, you'll have to see for yourself


On a sidenote, there has been lots of talk about the past year, and nobody mentioned the predictions, so here I wanna credit Durka for starting making ladle predictions. And I hope you'll start making them again sometime! They've been the most fun to read, tied with Concord's Power Rankings.

[Word]

i want to see dlh's probability rankings again...I'm too lazy to write all these URLs

(I noticed we play in the same server the whole time...now we only need to bribe Z-Man...^^)

[syllabear]

I prefer it when predictions are backed up with a bit of writing, a la titan . Interesting R-steamrolling theory, but I think some of the matches will be a bit harder than 2-0 victories. Especially if you have to beat unk, cta, sp and then face unk again in the finals (if they make it there?). But in all honesty, the top half of the bracket does look like a huge skillfest... CTA, R, TX, SP all previous winners, unk and YIDG both strong teams as well... I think you overestimate CTB in their match vs YIDG

I think oracle have quite a lucky bracket, they have by far the easiest run for seed position in the tourny.

[Spook]

well yea but last ladle we had the hardest brackets, thats how brackets work sylla sometimes u get hard brackets some time you get easy brackets

[INW]

Oracle's loss of me, mecca, lisa, and eckz and the lack of communication is not going to get them to the semis.

But hey! I didn't think we would make the finals last ladle but we did...hmmm...

[INW]

Opening Round
DS v TX
0-2

PRU v UNA
2-0

Sweet Sixteen
CTa v TX
2-0

Rogue v uNk.Team
2-0

YIDG v CTb
2-0

ID v Speeders
0-2

Team.uNk v Tu
2-0

~*SP*~ Sunshine Happy Club v Still Alive
2-0

Mixed Dark Matter v ~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers
0-2

PRU v Oracle
2-1

Elite Eight

CTa v Rogue
2-1

YIDG v Speeders
2-0

Team.uNk v ~*SP*~ Sunshine Happy Club
2-0

~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers v PRU
1-2

Final Four
CTa v YIDG
2-1

Team.uNk v PRU
2-0

Championship
CTa v Team.uNk
2-0

[-*inS*-]

Opening Round

DarkSyndicate vs Twi¦×¦ted ¦×¦ats
The only DS I've seen is 3B and 1 man is not a team. 0-2

PRU vs The United Noobs of Armagetron
Not sure much has changed since ladle 38, pRu wins 2-0.

Sweet Sixteen

Crazy Tronners Alpha vs Twi¦×¦ted ¦×¦ats
Tx has some good players, but CTa is definitely a more complete team. 2-0

Rogue Tronners vs uNk.Team
Ooh wow 2 uNk teams (I see they took a page from plus), and they both look to be contenders, this should be an exciting matchup. However R is the more experienced team and will for sure have a few tricks up their sleeves winning 2-1.

you in danger, girl vs Crazy Tronners Beta
After the inevitable clash in Oracle, lizmatic has created her own side and recruited teen + a few aliased people. CTb will put up a good fight, but in the end liz wins 2-1.

Immortal Dynasty vs Speeders
Wait SP is active? 0-2

Team.uNk vs Tronners Unlimited
Unlucky matchup for Tu, uNk has a nice team will win this one 2-0.

~*SP*~ Sunshine Happy Club vs Still Alive
Wow, I really like SP this ladle, with the return of a few players this is a stong line-up top to bottom. And a favorable first round match-up. 2-0 SP

Mixed Dark Matter vs ~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers
This is almost like a fight between 2 Open teams, seeing neither team will have had a lot of experience together. ASL is the better skilled team and wins 0-2.

PRU vs Oracle
Despite losing a few players, Oracle remains a force to be reckoned with, but expect pRu to put up a good fight. 1-2

Elite Eight

Crazy Tronners Alpha vs Rogue Tronners
Woned vs Titen will no doubt make the highlight reels (please put titen in center R, I really wanna see this). That and both teams high powered attacks will make this a very exciting match, Emmy and Luffy have their work cut out for them. I see both teams equally motivated to get 3 wins/stop 3 wins. In the end R will prevail 1-2.

you in danger, girl vs Speeders
Well they say lightning never strikes the same place twice. 0-2

Team.uNk vs ~*SP*~ Sunshine Happy Club
Tbh, I really haven't seen uNk in a ladle, but hearing from other people, they sound downright scary. When two talented teams collide, experience and organization kick in. I'd say SP has the edge in experience, but uNk have played together a lot more. 2-1

~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers vs Oracle
This match hinges on how organized SP can get themselves in their first matches, the skill is there, can they come together and play as a team? I have faith in them. 2-1.

Final Four

Rogue Tronners vs Speeders
A rematch of ladle 40, the rogues will come out for revenge. However, this is not the same error prone Speeder team we have all seen before. Activity on their side for once. Speeders have a date with the finals. 1-2

Team.uNk vs ~*SP*~ Angry Short Losers
(Slash, Pr3, Potter, Wildcat, 0ma, Jip, Fingerbib)
Well it was a good run SP, uNk wins 2-0.

Championship

Speeders vs Team.uNk
lol third SP team in a row for uNk. Expect SP to dish up some payback for uNk's last 2 matches. uNk won't go down without a fight though. 2-1

[LucK]

Sigh. We get doubted every single ladle and we always prove every1 wrong so please keep doubting us it only makes us stronger.

[FoFo]

Predictions ftw

Opening round:

Dark syndicate vs twixted ¦x¦ats
DS is too inactive to do something good on this ladle , i dont know who will showup for tx but still i think it will be an easy match for them.
TX 2 - DS 0

Pru vs uNa
Pru improved a lot last year and uNa still hasnt a lot of experience.
Pru 2 - uNa 0

Sweet Sixteen:

CT a - Twixted xats
CT has a vnice line up as usual , with woned and gonzap in attack they will be very hard to stop , but with deso def and hoax as a sweeper , it could be an interesting fight i think ct will win but for the result , it depends on who in tx will show up. But tx is quite inactive atm so...
CT 2 - TX 0

Rogue - uNk.Team
i played with rogue (and i enjoyed ) and i can say that they are really organised plus they have a very nice line up , unk has a nice team but still , they r not organised as rogue are now , matches will be close but R are better .
Rogue 2 - uNk.Team 1

You in danger girl - Ct b
I think ct b has a nice team and will surprise some of us , they can make a good match , i ll say this match will be close but liz has a good line up with more experienced players.
You in danger girl 2 - Ct b 1

Immortal dinasty - Speeders
ID has not really lots of experienced players and dont really know how to play as a team. Speeders will have a nice line up and they are used to play together , i ll say easy match for speeders.
SP 2 - ID 0

uNk - Tronners unlimited
Unk practiced a lot, have a good line up and are now as good as ct R or SP , TU will try but doesn t have enough skill to beat a team like unk yet.
uNk 2 - TU 0

SP sunshine - Still alive
SP 2 as ct b has a nice line up , they are used to play together and are organised , still alive still need to practice and are not good enough to win against them.
SP sunshine 2 - still alive 0

Mixed dark matter - SP angry
Not lot of to say on this match since mixed dark matter is an open team , i think it will be an easy match for SP.
SP angry 2 - mixed dark matter 0

Pru vs oracle
Pru has a nice team and improved a lot but i dont think they can handle oracle team for the moment.. Raiden is a solid def and they can steal a match
Oracle 2 - Pru 1

Elite Eight :

CTa vs Rogue
Surly the best match of this ladle , Ct wants to have their 3 vicotories in a row but rogue didnt win for a while and will fight hard to win this match , olive vs woned will be the best center fight we could see for the moment , i predict a cloose match but rogue is hungry of winning
Rogue 2 - CT a 1

You are in danger girl - Speeders
you are in danger had a better warmup than sp and will be hard to fight and already organised , sp loses the first match time to get really warm up the SP atk/def will make the difference.
Speeders 2 - You are in danger girl 1

uNk - Sp Sunshine
as i said earlier , sp sunshine could be a surprise this ladle and could resist to the unk squad ,sp knows each other but the trio slash / potter / oma will make the difference .
uNk 2 - Sp Sunshine 0

SP angry - Oracle
For me oracle wont go far as others ladle since they lost one of their best player but sp angry has lots of inactive players in their team so will commit some mistakes plus they r not really used to play together , it wont be so close i think and oracle will win this match.
Oracle 2 - SP angry 0

Final Four:

Rogue - Speeders
This match starts to be a classic now lol , it will be a very nice , long and close match but i think SP has the best def of this ladle so i ll say 1-1 then sp win the 3 rd match 102-98 ( titan )
Speeders 2 - Rogue 1

uNk - Oracle
as i said before oracle lost one of their best , i dont think they can fight against unk s skill , unk will win without so much problems.
uNk 2 - Oracle 0

Championship :

i got some news who made me change my mind for this final.

Speeders - uNk
1st time speeders meet unk in a final , it will be interesting to see how it will goin, it will be a very close match , very exiting but unfortunatly for unk speeders has a line up with more experience and knows exactly how to play together.
Speeders 2 - uNk 1

Grats SP

[Mkay1]

you changer fofo.

[FoFo]

haha you ll understand why on sunday

[Mkay1]

Edit: oh. nou

[owned]

I can't wait until all of you guys are proved wrong.












MDM is definitely gonna win.