CEVO-P Placement Tournament – Round 1 Schedule & Predictions

CEVO-P Placement Tournament Schedule / Predictions – Round 1 – October 2, 2008

Here is the lowdown…
-25 teams in 5 groups.
-5 rounds of group play // Best of 3 maps.
-Top 3 teams in each group advance to a double elimination bracket
-Final 10 advance to CEVO-Professional

Teams:

1. justBALLS (CEVO-P 7th)
GODE, DUBE, boomermayne, Hyper, Miller-1, TN, solraK

2. Dynamic (CEVO-P 8th)
adren, JoKa, bmK, NoObLeR, demonic, sil

3. CyberRevolution (CEVO-P 9th)
frozt, drAgon, eterNity, zDk-, xperience, NearCry, ridic

4. Skull Gaming (CEVO-M 1st)
DaZeD, hollywood, kstyle, Stryker, chewbacca, hauNt

5. PK (CEVO-M 2nd)
bits, JaP, pNo, ms, bReAkDoWn, xc0n, Mose5, ER1c

6. Vanskap (CEVO-M 3rd)
a!M, moseph, aL|ve, trerobinson1c, tech, Polar, hyperion, BumpstatiK

7. 3D.NY (CGS CSS 2nd)
Ksharp, Volcano, juan, nickn0it, method

8. LA Complexity (CGS CSS 3rd)
Warden, fRoD, Storm, Rambo, hanes

9. San Francisco Optx (CGS CSS 5th)
paradox, Warmach1ne, mOE, clowN, Grt

10. Chicago Chimera (CGS CSS 6th)
da bears, lari, hahN, stevenson, shaffer

11. KEYBOARD SMASHERS (CEVO-M 4th)
Nile, Torrr, Alex, Monkey, Glackaeer, DamiaN

12. Fighting Bears (CEVO-M 5th/6th) aka no-namers
nayr, tactical, -tRiGGa-, drmm, genes.s, darkone, sixster, Cr0nus

13. EZ5 (CEVO-M 5th/6th)
JAYC, jackals, UTP, chek0, godson, mav0

14. GH (CEVO-M 7th/8th)
brnn, mepz, messiaH, vulpine, Hamrick

15. Mug N Mouse (Thermaltake Winner)
Showtime, ArabianKing, w1redNP_, Jerbear, jareD

16. Hyper (Thermaltake Winner)
PenguinMURDA, waxxt, AlphA, Daemos, Shredder, Mingus

17. viNdictive (CEVO-M 9th-12th)
Jyro, CrazieFool, CypheR, TumTum, FluX, hp, kurridGe, TerroR, default

18. stormaKt(CEVO-M 9th-12th)
Prec1sioN, Fractured, NaDeZ, RealOne, mikeHmikE, pppppppppp

19. Carnage (CEVO-M 9th-12th)
Octan3, benn1tt, HeliX, AC, beck, breWer, Foerster, Spooner, Dutch

20. Just Cause Project (CEVO-M 9th-12th)
fondler, neiL, DARKO, zack, Forever0, aMbU$Ht

21. icon (Application Spot)
dbatt, kosei, seuss, simo, Jarhead, calgeR, Digi

22. eX (Application Spot)
5stars, miller, flash3, cibor, Freeway, thebes

23. eXult (Application Spot)
Knockers, smedegard, RaGs, ryan, manbearpig-, ABM

24. Team.NEG (Application Spot)
DirtySecreT, akhaN, RUFF-, nikon, REMiX, deciple

25. Mexico City Furia (Application Spot)
Secret Agent, v1koo, Caby, aladar1, Pis7ol, dEiMON!

Groups:

Group A: justBALLS, Chicago Chimera, KEYBOARD SMASHERS, Just Cause Project, icon.css
Group B: Dynamic, San Francisco Optx, Brotherhood, Carnage, eX
Group C: CyberRevolution, LA compLexity, EZ5, stormaKt, eXultance
Group D: Skull Gaming, 3D.NY, PRIDE, viNdictive, Team.NEG
Group E: PK, Vanskap, Mug N Mouse, Hyper, Mexico City Furia

Predictions // Thursday, October 2nd

Note: These are very quick predictions with very little research. I want to get out the predictions for tonight before the matches start!!

Double Note: I don’t know the maps for these either! So predictions could be very off =) Go easy on me! Not going to predict scores for this time. Just map wins… and I suppose a PTW on each team as well (Player to watch).

MATCH OF THE NIGHT:

Mexico City Furia vs. Vanskap

Pred: Vanskap 2-1

-Vanskap PTW : aL|ve

-Mexico City Furia PTW : dEiMON!

SourceTV: tv2.quantum-servers.com:3028
Scorebot: #Furia ; #Vanskap
Time: 11:30pm EST

I think this should be the best/closest match-up of the night. A much improved Furia team from CGS season 1 which took down the world champion Salvo team this past July in Los Angeles will put up a much harder fight than their previous season in CEVO . I recall watching dEiMON awping during his World Finals matches and I was impressed. I hope he can bring the same tonight. However, I think Vanskap has the fraggers to win this match. They have a few guys on their roster that have been around the scene for awhile – aL|ive, trerobinson and tech among others. I’m going to go with Vanskap winning in 3.

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Other matches:

stormaKt vs. CyberRevolution
Pred: CyberRevolution 2-0
-stormaKt PTW : RealOne
-CyberRevolution PTW : ridic

GH vs. Skull Gaming
Pred: Skull Gaming 2-0
-GH PTW : messiaH
-Skull Gaming PTW : chewbacca

viNdictive vs. Team.NEG
Pred: Team.NEG 2-0
-viNdictive PTW : hp
-Team.NEG PTW : nikon

San Francisco Optx vs. Carnage
Pred: San Francisco Optx 2-0
-San Francisco Optx PTW : Warmach1ne
-Carnage PTW : HeliX

EZ5 vs. Los Angeles compLexity
Pred: Los Angeles compLexity 2-0
-EZ5 PTW : JAYC
-Los Angeles compLexity PTW : fRoD
SourceTV: 66.228.122.147:27025
Scorebot: #compLexity
Time: 10:30pm EST

eX vs. Dynamic
Pred: eX 2-1
-eX PTW : 5stars
-Dynamic PTW : demonic

PK vs. Mug N Mouse
Pred: PK 2-0
-PK PTW : pNo
-Mug n Mouse PTW : Showtime

justBALLS vs. Just Cause Project
Pred: justBALLS: 2-0
-justBALLS PTW : TN
-Just Cause Project PTW : aMbU$Ht
SourceTV: tv2.quantum-servers.com:3002
Scorebot: #jcp
Time: 11:00pm EST

icon vs. KEYBOARD SMASHERS
Pred: KEYBOARD SMASHERS 2-0
icon PTW : dbatt
KEYBOARD SMASHERS PTW : Torrr

eXult vs. BYE

3D.NY vs. BYE

Hyper vs. BYE

Chicago Chimera vs. BYE

Fighting Bears vs. BYE