Week 9 Manatsu’s Magazine
Hi! Manatsu here, power ranking and predicting who will win their matches this week. We have finished the last week of cross-divisional play and have one last week of divisional matches left to close the season. More teams have been eliminated, and one team has already qualified for playoffs. Congratulations to Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon! There are ten teams vying for the last seven playoff spots. Some teams can qualify by just winning a single game. Others need to win the series and also cross fingers that certain other teams lose. Next week will be a wild one. With that said, let’s get started!
Power Rankings
16th = Anarchy Amber (0-12, 1-4)
Week 8 Results: 0-2
Week 9 Opponent: Swift Esports God Squad
15th = Team Dark Spark (2-10, 1-4)
Week 8: 0-2
Week 9 Opponent: Glacial Rising Phoenix
14th ▼1 Hide on Team (5-7, 1-4)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Predictive Gaming Chronos
13th ▲1 Crosspoint Southpaw (4-8, 2-2)
Week 8: 2-0
Week 9 Opponent: VBU Radon
12th = Soulbound Tempest (6-6, 1-4),
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon
11th = !rawr Lethal (5-7, 3-3)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Chubby Babies Black
10th ▼2 Glacial Rising Phoenix (7-5, 2-3)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Team Dark Spark
9th ▼2 Swift Esports God Squad (5-7, 4-2)
Week 8: 0-2
Week 9 Opponent: Anarchy Amber
8th ▼4 Omega Gaming Fire (7-5, 3-2)
Week 8: 0-2
Week 9 Opponent: Chubby Babies White
7th ▲1 Chubby Babies Black (7-5, 3-2)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: !rawr Lethal
6th ▲1 Crosspoint Origin (7-5, 3-2)
Week 8: 2-0
Week 9 Opponent: Flash the Disrespect
5th ▲1 Flash the Disrespect (6-6, 4-1)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Crosspoint Origin
4th ▼1 Predictive Gaming Chronos (8-4, 3-3)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Hide on Team
3rd ▲2 Chubby Babies White (8-4, 4-2)
Week 8: 2-0
Week 9 Opponent: Omega Gaming Fire
2nd = VBU Radon (8-4, 3-2)
Week 8: 1-1
Week 9 Opponent: Crosspoint Southpaw
1st = Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon (11-1, 2-2)
Week 8: 2-0
Week 9 Opponent: Soulbound Tempest
Predictions
I am currently ahead by 1 prediction going into the last week of the season. I could play it safe and just copy all of the ELO predictions to guarantee my victory. And for this week, I actually predicted the same as ELO’s.
Current Record:
Manatsu: 52-37, Week 8: 8-6
ELO: 51-38, Week 8: 9-5
Week 9
Swift Esports God Squad vs Anarchy Amber
ELO Prediction: Swift Esports God Squad at 71.8%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Swift Esports God Squad 2-0
Chubby Babies Black vs !rawr Lethal
ELO Prediction: Chubby Babies Black at 57.3%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Chubby Babies Black 2-1
Soulbound Tempest vs Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon
ELO Prediction: Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon at 71.8%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon 2-0
VBU Radon vs Crosspoint Southpaw
ELO Prediction: VBU Radon at 67.5%
Manatsu’s Prediction: VBU Radon 2-0
Hide on Team vs Predictive Gaming Chronos
ELO Prediction: Predictive Gaming Chronos at 64.8%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Predictive Gaming Chronos 2-0
Chubby Babies White vs Omega Gaming Fire
ELO Prediction: Chubby Babies White at 56.2%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Chubby Babies White 2-1
Crosspoint Origin vs Flash the Disrespect
ELO Prediction: Flash the Disrespect at 52.0%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Flash the Disrespect 2-1
Glacial Rising Phoenix vs Team Dark Spark
ELO Prediction: Glacial Rising Phoenix at 68.3%
Manatsu’s Prediction: Glacial Rising Phoenix 2-0
Week 8 Standings
You will notice letters in parentheses beside some of the below team names. Teams with the letter “e” in parentheses are eliminated from playoff contention. Teams with the letter “q” have already qualified for playoffs. Teams with the letter “t” will, at worst, play a Best of 3 tiebreaker with a non-divisional team. I was going to make a section about what needs to happen for each team to qualify for playoffs, but there were so many scenarios that I realized it would take too long to write up. Some teams can qualify by just winning a single game, not even the entire series. Good luck to all teams!
Week 8 Players of the Week
The stats page got updated again. I had to recalculate all the points from the previous weeks so you might see some discrepancies from last week’s magazine. Some players have also been playing in different roles. I will make sure to tally all positions when calculating the Overall MVP. Traditional sports usually have a separate MVP for the regular season and the championship match. I will do the same. I will have a regular season MVP and, instead of just an MVP for the championship match, a playoffs MVP. The MVP points will reset, and I will begin tallying MVP points with a blank slate. For the playoffs, there will be no positional MVPs, just an overall one.
The Challenger Team
Top: SgtRoebuck115, Crosspoint Origin
Jungle: LatexMonkeynuts, !Rawr Lethal
Mid: RutledgeIsBeast, Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon
Bot: Reliable, Chubby Babies White
Sup: Hook and Fisted, Chubby Babies White
The Grandmaster Team
Top: Jax of AII Trade, !Rawr Lethal
Jungle: Guster Posey, Crosspoint Origin
Mid: BuhRockObama, Chubby Babies White
Bot: Master Siomai, Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon
Sup: Synplistic, Crosspoint Origin
The Master Team
Top: ŸourÐaddy, Predictive Gaming Chronos
Jungle: kodnim, Flash the Disrespect
Mid: Manatsu, Flash the Disrespect
Bot: Keorra, Crosspoint Origin
Sup: SolarZen, Glacial Rising Phoenix
Current MVP Race
Top
1st: ŸourÐaddy, Predictive Gaming Chronos, 12pts
2nd: Jax of AII Trade, !rawr Lethal, 5pts
2nd: SgtRoebuck115, Crosspoint Origin, 5pts
4th: RutledgeIsBeast, Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon, 4pts
Jungle
1st: daniel m, VBU Radon, 7pts
1st: Morgana x Lillia, Hide on Team, 7pts
3rd: Guster Posey, Crosspoint Origin, 6pts
4th: Atlaś, Swift Esports God Squad, 5pts
Mid
1st: Manatsu, Flash the Disrespect, 12pts
2nd: katasoul, Omega Gaming Fire, 9pts
3rd: fonso, VBU Radon, 4pts
3rd: Skìzz, Glacial Rising Phoenix, 4pts
Bot
1st: Master Siomai, Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon, 14pts
2nd: Reliable, Chubby Babies White, 13pts
3rd: Keorra, Crosspoint Origin, 4pts
3rd: PG Swagner, Predictive Gaming Chronos, 4pts
Sup
1st: FirstDream Maybe, Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon, 10pts
1st: Kîry, Omega Gaming Fire, 10pts
3rd: Bangbusdriver, Chubby Babies Black, 5pts
Overall
1st: Master Siomai, Goon Squad Gaming Epsilon, 14pts
2nd: Reliable, Chubby Babies White, 13pts
3rd: Manatsu, Flash the Disrespect, 12pts
3rd: ŸourÐaddy, Predictive Gaming Chronos, 12pts