DW / CHF / ORD / LGC / AV / BMR / SIN / TTC

I, as the resident CHF #2 Overlord, would like to welcome my new compatriots. What took you so long? Rest of the list remains unchanged. Legacy close a bit of a gap to ORD but not as much as the result suggests. I don’t consider that result to be repeatable – but I hope Sybol proves me wrong.

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DW / CHF / LGC / ORD / AV / BMR / SIN / TTC

A shuffle between teams in the two to four bracket has occurred largely due to how teams have appeared against each other in recent weeks with only ORD CHF left to play in the last week. CHF appear to be a class above LGC and ORD currently, with LGC and ORD appearing to be quite close together.

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DW / CHF / ORD / LGC / AV / SIN / BMR / TTC

This week Legacy exposed some chinks in the armour of ORDER that no other team but Dire Wolves had taken advantage of so far. It will be interesting to see how ORDER fare against a Chiefs team next week that continues to show strong, decisive play. Bottom side of the ladder remains the same with Sin moving up one spot after their surprisingly close series against Avant.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / BMR / SIN / TTC

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DW / CHF / ORD / LGC / AV / BMR / SIN / TTC

I nearly put BMR above SIN last week, call me old sentimental for having not done so. Now there can be no doubt, though it was a competitive, enjoyable series. You should have expected Chiefs to comfortably handle Legacy, but the degree to which they have done so was an absolute statement series from Australia’s Boys in Blue. (Not to be confused with the US Boys in Blue in EnVyUs). There is no gap between AV and LGC these two teams are as close in relative strength as any other two teams in this list, including CHF and ORD.

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DW / ORD / CHF / LGC / AV / BMR / SIN / TTC

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DW / ORD / CHF / LGC / AV / BMR / SIN / TTC

Only change this week is Bombers moving up one spot after their win against SIN. They’re starting to really come together as a team and it’s great to see. I personally think ORDER can take a series win against Chiefs right now but a potential Legacy upset this weekend may change my mind.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / BMR / SIN / TTC

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DW / CHF / ORD / LGC / AV / SIN / BMR / TTC

The gap between ORDER and The Chiefs continues to narrow, but as long as they keep putting up similar results, the nature of those matches continues to not be substantially different enough to justify flipping them. I still give The Chiefs the edge on Strength of Schedule. Legacy and AV flip on the nature of their results. Legacy show stronger results on a consistent basis against like opposition, to a degree that for my money it overpowers the head-to-head. I called BMR over TTC in this column last week, and on the Friday Flash-Forward, and much like when I moved SIN to 6th the week before their victory over Bombers I am again proven right. *smug*

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DW / ORD / CHF / LGC / AV / SIN / BMR / TTC

Legacy, despite having lost to Avant twice in the split move ahead and take 4th place. Avant appear to be on the decline, after having a strong start to the split defined by the synergy in the top side of the map. Legacy appears to be on the rise, and should only improve with further improvement in their baron play.

The bottom three still appear quite close despite Bombers taking the 2-0 against Tectonic. The lack of proactivity between these teams had favoured Bombers. SIN moved ahead of both of these teams due to a seemingly favoured matchup against both these teams and being able to push early tempo.

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DW / ORD / CHF / LGC / AV / SIN / BMR / TTC

ORDER and Chiefs both with clean 4-0’s this week, Dire Wolves faltering a little against Legacy but still come out on top. I’ll be watching next Sunday’s games very closely. The only change for me on the bottom side is Bombers moving up 1 after their victory over Tectonic.

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DW / ORD / CHF / LGC / AV / SIN / BMR / TTC

Over the course of the super weeks I think the top 3 have distinguished themselves from AV. Thus putting us more into a 3-tier system; (DW, ORDER and Chiefs in 1-3, Legacy and AV 4-5 and Sin, Bombers & Tectonic 6-8).

Looking at playoffs, Legacy are more likely to have a chance against the teams in the top tier than AV however they need to overcome this weakness they seem to have vs AV. Bombers finally had a result against Tectonic in which their players just overpowered the Tectonic lineup. ORDER have displayed a lot of problems in what be clean 2-0’s but end up being far from it. Meanwhile Dire Wolves are clearly taking every opponent seriously and look the more solid roster. Chiefs are getting better every week and I think the likely match in the gauntlet vs ORDER will be the toughest one to call.

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DW / CHF / ORD / AV / LGC / SIN / BMR / TTC

Not much reason for change towards the top of the pile. Maybe I want to believe in the Bombers narrative a little too much, maybe not…but when the Bombers string together encouraging plays it looks to me that they’re trying to do things and it ultimately falls short. When I watch Tectonic have some of these strong early games I want to scream at my screen “WHAT ARE THEY (the other team) DOING?!” I want to take a closer look at Tectonic’s matches to see if this is something they’re forcing or a product of being disrespected. For now though what I see from the Bombers is more repeatable and controllable.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / TTC / SIN / BMR

Power Rankings remain for another week. CHF have cemented themselves as a top 3 team, and until they face tougher competition it is difficult to place them above ORDER. As for the bottom 3, until competition between these teams commences it remains difficult to gauge which order these teams will belong with all teams showing signs of improvement.

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DW / ORD / CHF / LGC / AV / SIN / BMR / TTC

After our first Super Week, the rankings may be a little skewed because some teams played more games than others. I’m leaving my top three the same, however in my mind Chiefs and ORDER are on the same level currently. I’m keen to see them match up in week 9. I do believe Legacy at least for the time being look slightly better than AV, even though they’ve lost to them now twice. I’ll be watching Avant closely this weekend as they go up against ORDER, could be a very telling series for both sides.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / SIN / TTC / BMR 

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DW / CHF / ORD / AV / LGC / SIN / TTC / BMR

I’m incredibly pleased that the teams agreed with my Power Rankings from last week, and delivered performances that give me no reason to change them at all. You know where to come to see the most correct rankings week in, week out ^_^

All arrogance aside, I think in their losses both ORDER and Legacy showed some narrowing of the gap to the team above them, especially Legacy who closed what I saw as a lot of space between them and Avant who were punished for what was tantamount to trolling in game one. They’re significantly better than that, and hopefully that’s woken them up to the knowledge that it’s how you handle matches you’re expected to win that defines a truly dominant team.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / TTC / SIN / BMR

A rough week for all the teams in the league this week albeit little has changed in the power rankings. AV and LGC could very much be interchanged, with AV taking a game loss to TTC and LGC taking a game win against CHF. However due to overall quality of play in the LGC CHF series, AV scrape into 4th. TTC remain in 6th after a game win over AV, narrowly edging out SIN who picked up their first victory against the BMR.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / SIN / BMR / TTC

After a full weekend of 3 game series, my top 5 hasn’t changed this week, but the bottom side has. The Sin/Bombers series was a good showing from both teams, both teams finally getting some wins on the rift. Bombers are gaining momentum (albeit slowly) and I think we’ll see that continue to build.

Tectonic has dropped a couple of spots to 8th, but in my opinion still looked impressive in their loss. That was heavily tipped to be a quick 2-0 for Avant but the NZ squad was able to give them a decent run for their money.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / SIN / TTC / BMR 

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DW / CHF / ORD / AV / LGC / SIN / TTC / BMR

For my money there are four groups. The Dire Wolves group, the Chiefs Group, and then two groups of three. Within those last two groups, I think that they’re pretty interchangeable – except that with this loss Legacy are for now Definitely Fifth. I’ve put ORD above AV purely based on the 6-0. Assuming equal results, AV have played better but until then ORDER has my vote. The bottom three are more volatile. It’s weird to bump SIN up after a loss but I was so spectacularly let down by Bombers that i’ve dropped them to 8th and simply slid the other two up one. I  don’t mind what order anyone has them in, I think you can make an argument for any iteration of those three.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / TTC / BMR / SIN

The top five remain unchanged after a week of mostly expected results, except for AV vs LGC. Remaining at the top we have DW, ORD and CHF where we have seen Shernfire strengthening the number one-ranked Wolves. ORD has seemed to have finally found some strong footing in the OPL. And we have CHF rounding out the top 3, CHF while having their struggles against a surging TTC remains in 3rd place. As for the bottom after another week of 0-2’s for these teams, TTC jumps to 6th after another week of showing both promise and resistance not willing to go down lightly. BMR falls to 7th after Looch and Sleeping return to the roster, but with little resistance over the last 2 weeks it’s difficult to place them above TTC. SIN land in 8th after another tough week, and despite trying to place players on comfort will be looking to prove a point this week against BMR.

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DW / ORD / CHF / AV / LGC / TTC / SIN / BMR

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DW / CHF / AC / ORD / LGC / BMR / SIN / TTC

The top 4 really solidified themselves this week, over the other 4 teams. I would say Dire Wolves are the clear best team. Meanwhile 2-4 is fairly interchangeable until we have more information from the matches they play against each other. My current placement is just based on how cleanly they are closing out games against weaker competition. Similarly I would say the exact same thing about 5-8 as I would about 2-4.

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