Playoffs Round 1 Manatsu’s Newspaper

Blue Otter
Oct 6, 2020
3 min read

Hi! Manatsu here, power ranking and predicting who will win their matches this week. As someone competing in the Plat league and spending time creating content for that league, I don’t have as much free time to watch the Gold league games. This means all my rankings and predictions will be made by my ELO system. We are entering the first round of playoffs with a thrilling set of 8 matches for the top 16 teams. Since all the other teams are not competing anymore, they will not be included in the power rankings. At the end of this newspaper, I have a new section for Players of the Week. I use the stats provided by the Blue Otter League to determine who performed the best. With that said, let’s get started!

Power Rankings

16th = Vitamin X (3-3, 6-8)

Week 7 Results: 0-2 vs Pod of Dolphins

Division 1, 4th Seed

15th ▼2 Dawnbreak Gaming (3-3, 7-7)

Week 7: 0-2 vs Literal Monkeys

Division 1, 3rd Seed

14th ▼7 Primal Gaming (3-3, 8-7)

Week 7: 0-2 vs Chubby Babies Cinder

Division 3, 4th Seed

13th ▼5 The Collective Esports (3-3, 7-6)

Week 7: 0-2 vs Twin Disasters

Division 2, 4th Seed

12th ▲3 Hyperion Gaming (4-2, 8-6)

Week 7: 2-0 vs VBU Argon

Division 4, 4th Seed

11th ▲3 Chubby Babies Shock (4-2, 10-6)

Week 7: 2-0 vs Imperial Gaming

Division 2, 3rd Seed

10th ▼1 Chubby Babies Frost (4-2, 8-4)

Week 7: Bye

Division 4, 3rd Seed

9th ▲2 Oasis Octane (4-2, 10-6)

Week 7: 2-0 vs Eyes on Us Midnight

Division 3, 2nd Seed

8th ▲4 Chubby Babies Cinder (3-3, 9-6)

Week 7: 2-0 vs Primal Gaming

Division 3, 3rd Seed

7th ▲3 Scarlet Miracles (4-2, 9-4)

Week 7: 2-0 vs NSG Amethyst

Division 4, 2nd Seed

6th ▼1 Mad Rawrs (5-1, 10-2)

Week 7: 2-0 vs Poro Snaccers

Division 2, 1st Seed

5th ▼2 NSG Black (6-0, 12-4)

Week 7: Bye

Division 3, 1st Seed

4th ▲3 Twin Disasters (5-1, 10-5)

Week 7: 2-0 vs The Collective Esports

Division 2, 2nd Seed

3rd ▲1 Literal Monkeys (5-1, 11-3)

Week 7: 2-0 vs Dawnbreak Gaming

Division 1, 2nd Seed

2nd = Oasis Nails & Day Spa (6-0, 12-1)

Week 7: 2-0 vs VBU Krypton

Division 1, 1st Seed

1st = 3-0 Esports (6-0, 12-0)

Week 7: FF 2-0 vs Titan Esports

Division 4, 1st Seed

Predictions Playoffs Round 1

Oasis Nails & Day Spa vs The Collective Esports

ELO Prediction: Oasis Nails & Day Spa at 65.8%

Oasis Octane vs Chubby Babies Frost

ELO Prediction: Oasis Octane at 51.4%

Mad Rawrs vs Primal Gaming

ELO Prediction:Mad Rawrs at 60.9%

Scarlet Miracles vs Dawnbreak Gaming

ELO Prediction: Scarlet Miracles at 59.0%

NSG Black vs Hyperion Gaming

ELO Prediction: NSG Black at 58.0%

Literal Monkeys vs Chubby Babies Shock

ELO Prediction: Literal Monkeys at 58.5%

3-0 Esports vs Vitamin X

ELO Prediction: 3-0 Esports at 72.8%

Twin Disasters vs Chubby Babies Cinder

ELO Prediction: Twin Disasters at 56.3%

Week 7 Players of the Week

The Challenger Team

Top: Exiled Blade, Chubby Babies Cinder

Jungle: Anderson Cooper, Chubby Babies Shock

Mid: Casino, Mad Rawrs

Bot: HowIMetYourTable, Scarlet Miracles

Sup: KillaTron100, Hyperion Gaming

The Grandmaster Team

Top: Protts, Scarlet Miracles

Jungle: Poobin, Scarlet Miracles

Mid: Dragonic70, Arcanists

Bot: Quelana, Oasis Octane

Sup: AintEZBngCheezy, Oasis Nails & Day Spa

The Master Team

Top: diete, Oasis Nails & Day Spa

Jungle: The Turd Burgler, Arcanists

Mid: Healthy Ego, Scarlet Miracles

Bot: TRuX MaNE, Oasis Nails & Day Spa

Sup: SharpOtter6, Oasis Octane

Current MVP Race

I didn’t include this portion of the newspaper in last week’s iteration, but I’m adding it now. This MVP race is tallied by the rankings of the Impact Efficiency Ratings on Blue Otter League’s Stats sheet. If you have made it onto the Challenger Team (best IER rating), you earn 3 points. Making the Grandmaster Team earns you 2 points and the Master team 1 point. Unlike professional sports systems, I will be tallying the points into playoffs (traditional sports have a separate MVP for the season and for the finals). The point format for those rounds will vary. Round 1 and Quarterfinals retain the same format. For Semifinals, the Challenger Team members will earn 2 points and the Grandmaster Team members will earn 1 point. The reason for this change is that there will only be 4 teams competing for these points. For Finals, the Challenger Team will earn 1 point. Here is the current standings for the MVP race!

Top

1st: Exiled Blade, Chubby Babies Cinder, 8pts

1st: Rurfu, The Collective Esports, 8pts

3rd: Lil Natz, Mad Rawrs, 6pts

Jungle

1st: Anderson Cooper, Chubby Babies Shock, 6pts

2nd: Kral Sultan, Mad Rawrs, 5pts

3rd: Fresh53, Chubby Babies Frost, 3pts

3rd: Greedee, 3-0 Esports, 3pts

3rd: HongKongLongDong, Vitamin X, 3pts

3rd: KizerCoolness, Oasis Nails & Day Spa, 3pts

3rd: Poobin, Scarlet Miracles, 3pts

Mid

1st: Candle King, Chubby Babies Frost, 6pts

1st: Duero, Mad Rawrs, 6pts

1st: Healthy Ego, Scarlet Miracles, 6pts

Bot

1st: Flân, The Collective Esports, 9pts

2nd: GummyBullz, Chubby Babies Frost, 5pts

2nd: Wunderworld, Literal Monkeys, 5pts

Sup

1st: KillaTron100, Hyperion Gaming, 6pts

1st: Dogster, The Collective Esports, 6pts

3rd: AintEZBngCheezy, Oasis Nails & Day Spa, 4pts

Overall