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Day Of Defeat: CAL Invite Season 18 Week 6 Predictions

By: joe gergens - Published March 13, 2008 at 11:46 AM EST - Writer Archive
GI’s Larry “slaughter” Walper is flying solo over week 6 of CAL-Invite on dod_Harrington.

(Note: that scumbag named Tony Compton bailed, hence the single set of preds) <3 Tc

Jetty vs. Nascidos Pro Game
 
Jetty is a powerhouse of a team that is doing well in invite and will continue to do well, until they don't win it. Cypher is one of the best I've seen in mid on Harrington, wedo is by far one of the best I've seen and played with on mountain, and JGale is without a doubt the worst rifle I've ever seen and destroyed on the map. That being said, jetty outclasses the NPG dudes in every class by 10x the their awfulness. Of course, you might say 10x awful is really awful but that’s not what I mean. I guess what I'm trying to say is, this match won't be close, the unbanned bitch-x won't make a difference, and the brazi's will fall to .500.
 
Prediction: jetty > NPG by 150+
Players to watch: JGale, cypher, wedo, and bitch-x
 
 
Nefarious Gaming vs. United Gamers
 
This is a great match up here. Two solid teams full of ugly people. Here’s lookin' at you Ivan. Nefarious has done well since their move up, posting a 2-1 record, with their only loss against future invite winners Online Thunder (you heard it here 1st, right?). As for UG, they have been able to keep all their matches close, except for the loss to online thunder and their huge win over Dumbledore’s army. Their other matches were so close: they beat BnG by 14, lost to TAP by only 5, and noLuck by only 6. Those losses really could have gone either way. I think this week they will break out of this slump very well with a win over NG. Bluerevolver should be dominant in mid over the pubestache rebad and Alan "homo-monster" Williams. This match will close and there will be A LOT of back and forth battles on long and mountain, but UG should win the heavy battle and help mid out enough to get some caps.
 
Prediction: united gamers > nefarious gaming by 50-
Players to watch: rebirth, bluerevolver
 
 
AYEBAYBAY vs. Dumbledore’s Army
 
 
Ayebaybay is rolling through invite since their move up. Downhill that is. After their loss to NPG on donner I imagine they must be somewhat frustrated. Dumbledore’s army, too, has been struggling, with only one win against LCM/3H who is also without a win. Really, this is the deciding match to decide who is the worst team in invite. Both teams should step up here. a quick look at each teams rosters reveals some startling results. First of all, Dumbledore’s army has good rifles, and a solid heavy in k4boom, who is either random or a cheaterpants. You decide. But looking at the rest of the team, they aren't very strong. Same goes for ayebaybay. Stealth, Hatmaker, and Joel make up some decent players, but again, the rest aren't nearly as strong. This will probably be the closest match of the week, but I gotta go with the guys on ayebaybay. Stealth’s control of mid and Hatmaker at mountain should be enough for the rest of a.b.b. to work around and get the job done.
 
Prediction: ayebaybay > Dumbledore’s army by 50-
Players to watch: stealth, Christian, austizzle
 
 
3xtreme LCM humiliation vs. Butt Naked Gamers
 
Okay, BnG wins by FF, which is good for 3h because they would've been destroyed. But BnG didn't come out of this week unscathed, losing three excellent rifles in Dyelife, dorito and arn. Interesting to see what happens to them next week
 
 
Team Super vs. That’s a Paddlin’
 
After losing to tap in cal-m finals recently, I am very confident they know how to win on this map. The problem is they might not cheat, which can make it hard to do well against a team like TAP. It should be a back and forth battle at long, though Tiacus is amazing, and vasily is not bad either. They will hold long or advance very well, but you just never know if the random poizoned who came out of nowhere might just single-handedly dominate them. I do love fallen, since he’s the good one who played with me on our run to CEVO-A finals, but Patten will control mid better than him. Mountain SHOULD be dominated by tap, but occasionally mistadobalina will run around a corner and running-headshot one in window and one in tunnels. <3 Jeremy. Overall, tap is just the better team in my opinion, and although I think it will be close, I give it to TAP to play a little smarter.
 
Prediction: tap > super by 75
Players to watch: Tiacus, poizoned
 
 
Match of the week
 
Online thunder vs. noLuck
 
Here we have the match of the week. NoLuck to me is the second best team in invite. The problem for them this week is that they are most likely playing the best team in invite. I love the noLuck guys and I really want them to win this one, but unless they come up with some new strat or can shit miracles out of their ass like prostar, I just don't think they can do it. Every area of the map is going to be so close. the battle at mid will be glorious, with JaGGoN facing off against iorio. I give the slight edge to JaGGoN, and if Tox goes mid Corey’s job is going to be a lot easier. But whoever gets mid will most likely hold for quite a while, depending how the other areas prevail. I think the real difference on this map will be the rifles at long for both teams. Prop and mexicant work very well together, and on their own, and should win the long battle over fatson and equis more often than not. Mountain and mid will be very evenly matched, but because I believe long will be the downfall of noLuck, I am giving this one to thunder. Prove me wrong NL
 
Prediction: online thunder > noLuck by less than a cap
Players to watch: OH MY GOD EVERYONE!

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