Team Pandemic - Features - CEVO-P CS 1.6 Week 1:2 Predictions

Sunday night is the second match for week 1 of CEVO Professional play. The map remains train, and last round's winners will try to continue their streak while last week's losers will get another shot to right their ship and bring their records back to .500. With a lot of focus being placed on the recent move to Counter-Strike Source by a lot of the top teams, this league seems to be lost in the mix. Amidst all the fuss of CGS and CSS, these world-class teams remain to represent their favorite game on what is still the nation's premiere online stage.

Last week, Johnny "Ph33r" Schwan beat our very own head of CS coverage, Edward "reflex" Chang, out-predicting him 5 matches to 4. This week they'll go head to head again.

Away Team (1-0) da bears cbz dominator ionZ m4gic Home Team (0-1) zid Des1re hanes aZn exodus	Edward Chang I initially regretted my decision of picking u5 over JMC last week after I found out aZn made the jump to JMC. I was still right however, as u5 soundly defeated JMC to show that they still have some fight left in them. zEx made me pay for picking netFragz to beat them next week, but here's to betting that they won't beat my pred two matches in a row. I see aZn fired up for the next match, as well as JMC showing eng the soccer pro that they're fine without him. I give this match to JMC in a close one. Prediction: JMC defeats zEx 17-13
	Jonny "Ph33R" Schwan Both teams here haven't been practicing much as of late, so it will be a real battle of who shows up to play and who doesn't. I think JMC will come prepared with a brucey hanes ready to put in work. Despite zEx's potential i just dont see them being able to win this one. Prediction: JMC defeats zEx 19-11
Home Team (1-0) hahN org foogs pham theNuT Away Team (1-0) Ph33R Daffsta mastern00k s0nNy kEEN	Edward Chang Our very own 1.6 team absolutely destroyed rSports last week, while u5 made a statement of their own taking out JMC with their new LAN beast aZn. This is definitely the match of the week! Prediction: No Prediction
	Jonny "Ph33R" Schwan Well, well, well; look who we have here -- if it isn't keen's ex-teammates. Looks like we have a battle on our hands here! I think this should be a pretty good matchup as u5 is definitely playing withsomething to prove here. Unfortunately for them, I'm feeling confident as of late and when that happens it's not a good time to be playing against me. ;) Prediction: No Prediction
Away Team (0-1) jame^s pinekone mehler LuckeyTed Perez Home Team (1-0) steno smoog1er cody evolution lim	Edward Chang After watching rSports get beat soundly last match, who could pick them to turn around and win on the same map? Regardless, I'm going to make the leap of faith and pick rS on this one. Flow didn't beat Meepins last week as bad as I thought they would, and I'm pretty sure Jame^s is going to have his men fired up and ready to frag. If either team wins it's gonna be a close one. If rS can go back to playing like they did in the CEVO-P placement tourney they should have no trouble with this match. Prediction: rSports defeats Flow Gaming 16-14
	Jonny "Ph33R" Schwan This should be a great match considering its an east coast rivalry. These guys are definitely going to be playing for more than just the victory, as there will be pride on the line if not more. With rSports coming off of a bad beat last match against Pandemic I really see flow winning this match. On the other hand, don't ever count rSports out! Prediction: Flow Gaming defeats rSports 16-14
Home Team (1-0) Grt tr1p shaGuar stevenson lari Away Team (0-1) broodex crock fiercemind rulER fuzion-	Edward Chang Again, I reiterate that EG has benefited the most from its pickups during this hectic "offseason." Johnny thinks Meepins is going to be blown out, but I have some inside information that tells me Mr. Bambrough will be playing from the 50Calibre house, also known as the "pwnhouse." While there is no shortage of alcohol and donuts in this legendary residence, .50\|decline seems to have his cs crash every match they play. This definitely doesn't bode well for GRT and company. BUT, they are still the best team in Canada and deserving of their top 5 spot in North America. That being said, I'm pretty sure EG could win this 4v5. Prediction: Evil Geniuses defeats Meepins 20-10
	Jonny "Ph33R" Schwan Meepins vs EG. The final score will all depend on how badly Meepins wants to win; if they want to win, they might make this one a game -- if they don't, they're going to get dominated. I simply don't see them winning this match due to their lack of professionalism and the fact that they're simply being outclassed. Meanwhile, EG with their experience and the "GuRT" will run like the bulls do in Spain. Prediction: Evil Geniuses defeats Meepins 25-5
Home Team (0-1) tOyMaCHiN3 theNuT thoMz dutchfoo happa Away Team (0-1) ninespot pyrite dsingh rockyte s.kiM bautista	Edward Chang NetFragz seems to have a very unstable lineup with no one really knowing what team Ben Hui is playing for, u5 or NF. They let me down last week as I predicted an "upset" against zEx, but I learned from my mistake. x3o is a good team, they practice a lot, and it shows. No one expected them to make CEVO-P except for them and their fans. Hats off to them, and I'll assume they keep practicing hard and beat netfragz. Prediction: x3o defeats NetFragz 18-12
	Jonny "Ph33R" Schwan NetFragz and x3o are two inconsistent teams. With that being said, it could be anyones game. I think x3o might be a bit more prepared than NetFragz and catch them off guard, leaving NF paralyzed from the start. LoAok for x3o to take down NetFragz in style Prediction: x3o defeats NetFragz 20-10

Good luck to all the teams and come back next week when we post the predictions for the Week 2:1 Matches.

** The opinions stated above are those of the predictors and not necessarily reflective of the views of the organization as a whole. **