I like do-overs. When I tell a woman at a bar that I write about eSports for a living, I wish I had the chance to turn back the clock and tell them I'm an astronaut or swim with dolphins. As per tradition, I'd also like to return back to how I forecasted the teams heading into the World Championships and call for a mulligan after the first week of play. In the most turbulent Worlds Group Stage in history, we've seen tournament favorites go winless and underdogs emerge with perfect records.

Will these rankings make everyone happy? Of course not. The rankings could be subjective, objective, whatever, and someone out there will have a distinctly different opinion from mine. In all honesty, I could rank each player's haircut and a brawl would break out between two people who disagree on Rekkles' hairdo. If you have a different opinion than me, disagree and post your thoughts on the teams, groups, and the overall landscape of this wacky, unpredictable World Championships.

1. SK Telecom T1 (3-0)

SK Telecom T1 came into the tournament as possible winners and did nothing but solidify those opinions with their opening week performances. The biggest takeaway from T1's perfect record so far is that Faker hasn't been carrying the team. Honestly, Faker has possibly been the weakest player from T1 through the first three games and that is a bad sign for the rest of the competition.

MaRin has stepped up to be the ace through their first three victories, slicing H2k apart in the opening game with Fiora, roasting the wildcard Bangkok Titans in the second on Rumble, and saving his best performance for the big match against EDG to close the weekend. MaRin's Renekton counter pick against AmazingJ's Darius shutdown the MSI champion's juggernaut composition, as T1's top laner amassed a gigantic CS advantage over his opponent and became an unkillable tank that EDG simply couldn't deal with.

2. Origen (3-0)

Heading into Worlds, many thought that if a Western team was going to legitimately compete for the Summoner's Cup, that it would be Fnatic. However, Origen have changed that script through the first four days of the tournament, as they hold a perfect record in one of the proclaimed 'Groups of Death.' They've been incredible in their three victories, using different strategies each game to exploit holes in their enemy's usual tactics. Their most impressive victory came against KT Rolster in one of the best matches of the week, Origen outplaying and outmaneuvering a team that is one of the best at Worlds in terms of late-game decision making.

Along with their topflight play and xPeke's renaissance at Worlds on the team he created at the start of the year, the player that has impressed me most is the rookie, Niels, in the bottom lane. We've seen inexperienced world-stage players like GODV falter and implode at this tournament, but Niels has been poised in his play and is proving his mettle against the likes of Imp.

3. EDward Gaming (2-1)

Don't worry China, you still have EDward Gaming. Yes, they got blown out in their MSI rematch against SKT T1, but the loss wasn't due to a gigantic difference in power. Just as Aaron did at MSI when he lured SKT T1 into picking LeBlanc in the final game of the finals, kkOma returned the favor by outsmarting his mastermind coaching peer by getting EDG to select Darius and then countering it with Renekton. Although EDG could have done better in the early-game to not starve AmazingJ's Darius and leave him alone with the lane bullying crocodile, it was a game that was largely influenced by the pick/ban phase.

EDG are still a strong team that have a smart enough coaching staff and in-game leaders that won't let SKT T1 spring the same trap. Looking past their one loss to T1, they've destroyed their opponents in the group, first crushing the Bangkok Titans and then making short work of Europe's H2k Gaming. While China's drafts have been poor through the first week, the one Chinese team you can feel comfortable with moving forward are the MSI champions and their brain trust of Aaron and Clearlove.

4. Cloud9 (3-0)

Let's put into perspective how incredibly insane and improbable it is for Cloud9 to be 3-0 after the first week:

They needed to beat Team SoloMid on the final day of the NA LCS summer split to force a tiebreak match against Team8 and avoid playing in the relegation rounds.

They then needed to beat Team 8 to qualify for the North American Regional Finals and not fall into the promotional tournament where they would have to play a best-of-five to even stay in the NA LCS.

They had to come back from being down 0-2 against Gravity in the first round of the NA Regional Finals.

The next day C9 had to come back again from an 0-2 deficit against Team Impulse in the second round of the NA Regional Finals.

After fending off elimination against four different teams, they had to beat the regular season champions, Team Liquid, in the finals of the Regional to make it to the World Champions.

Then, when they actually got to Paris they were given little to no shot in even taking a game or two. Now, they've beaten every team in Group B, a pool of teams that were all thought of as possible contenders for the semifinals or higher.

We're living the fanfiction of a Cloud9 fangirl and there is no way out.

The teams in Group B might be overall stronger than C9, but Hai and co. have simply outsmarted their competition. Instead of falling into lengthy brawls and complete bloodbaths, Cloud9 have stayed on the same course in all three games: pick Tristana, deploy a fast push strategy, and use their superior decision making to poke the bloodthirsty teams to death. After going unpunished with their fast push strategy in all three games — seriously, what are you doing, other teams in Group B? — it'll be interesting to see how they vary up their style in week two if forced to change.

Beyond C9's shot calling and Tristana-centric strategy, it's impossible not to hail Incarnati0n and Sneaky for their individual performances during the first three games. The Dane and American have played amazingly in all three victories and have created one of the best carry partnerships at Worlds.

5. KT Rolster (2-1)

KT were strong in the first week, rolling through TSM and LGD on back-to-back days before losing to Origen in a tightly contested match. Rolster have been led by their two star players, Piccaboo and Ssumday, the former setting up countless advantageous teamfights while the latter has been unstoppable in the top lane, asserting his dominance as one of the strongest players at the tournament.

The biggest issue with KT and their prospects at winning the Summoner's Cup is Nagne, their mid laner who had a week he'd like to forget. He was solo killed against Bjergsen in their first game against TSM and then was a liability in their match against Origen, as xPeke pushed him around in lane. Nagne was given a chance to carry with an assassin in Ekko against OG and failed, doing little to influence the game and becoming an anchor by the end-game. For KT Rolster to win the tournament, Nagne is either going to have to pull out some sort of rabbit out of his hat or strictly play utility champions or control mages like Azir.

6. KOO Tigers (2-1)

The Tigers have been an odd squad through their first three games. They started the tournament with a disastrous level one against paiN Gaming that saw them play from behind before they turned on the jets in the mid-game where they took over the match. Their second game was a mess, their two best players in Smeb and Gorilla had an off day on champions you'd expect them to excel on. And right when you were about to right them off as a failure, they brought back the Ashe pick that served them well in the final weeks of the Korean domestic season and blew out Counter Logic Gaming in a one-sided stomp.

While the Tigers might not be the talk of Paris yet, don't forget that they're the most creative and innovative team at Worlds. These are the guys who created the "Jugger'maw" strategy that is still terrorizing the scene today. So far in the competition, the Tigers have shown nothing new in terms of champions or strategies, and that should be something teams fear if they get into the quarterfinals and a best-of-five setting where their impeccable pick/ban phase and unorthodox strategies can topple even the strongest teams.

7. Counter Logic Gaming (2-1)

The sky was sunny and clear for CLG before they got knocked out in their final game of week one against the KOO Tigers. The first game against the Flash Wolves was a messy one, and they needed a major overextension from the Taiwanese team to get back into the game and complete the comeback victory. They blazed past paiN Gaming in their second game of the tournament before feeling the opposite result the next day against the Tigers.

The good news for CLG is that due to the Flash Wolves losing to paiN Gaming in the final game of the weekend, they are in a prime position to make the Top 8. The bad news is that the KOO Tigers exploited CLG's weakness in the middle lane and constantly attacked Pobelter instead of focusing on the star bottom lane duo of Doublelift and Aphroomoo. CLG fans should still feel relatively happy with a 2-1 record, but their team will need to play much cleaner on Thursday if they want to advance into the knockout stage.

8. Fnatic (1-2)

Worlds couldn't have kicked off any better for Fnatic. They entered the arena to a hero's welcome as the French crowd blew the roof of the building with the biggest cheer of the opening ceremony for the European champions. They followed the warm reception with a surgical dissection of China's Invictus Gaming, breaking them down in every facet of the game before the Chinese team waved the white flag and surrendered after only picking up one lowly kill in 30 minutes.

Since that historic first day, Fnatic has looked too confident for their own good. They had ahq e-Sports Club under control and a 2-0 record in their grasp, yet, after a full split where they played exceptionally together as a team, Fnatic reverted back to their sloppy, solo queue form that defined them at the start of 2015. Fnatic played into ahq's hands and played at the Taiwanese champion's chaotic tempo, turning the game from a clean Fnatic victory into a messy brawl where ahq escaped with an unlikely win.

That nonchalant play bled into their game against Cloud9, picking Yasuo with Huni into a disadvantageous matchup against Balls' Darius. As luck would have it, the match would come to a crushing end for Fnatic when that very same Darius dunked on each and every one of the European champions, completing a Pentakill and sending Fnatic to a 1-2 record.

Fnatic are a good team. Febiven and Rekkles have both had excellent tournaments, and due to everyone in Group B falling on their face except Cloud9, they are still in a good position to advance out of the group if they fix up their lackluster draft phase.

9. Invictus Gaming (1-2)

We are now at the point in the rankings where everything comes off the rails.

Invictus Gaming had an awful start to the tournament, getting run off Summoner's Rift against Fnatic in their first game. iG followed that up with another disappointing performance against Cloud9 in their second game, where their bottom lane of Kid and Kitties kept making needless mistakes that helped C9 secure the win. In their third game against ahq, Invictus did something interesting; instead of throwing Kid on a champion to be plain utility or just ignore him, they put him on a high priority pick of Kalista, backing up their criticized AD Carry in a game they had to win.

Although Kid still made mistakes and almost lost the game with a miss Rend in the Baron pit that allowed ahq's Mountain to steal the buff and turn the game on its head, Invictus Gaming were able to survive and get themselves back in the tournament. Looking at he other 1-2 teams not already ranked after Fnatic, iG have the best talent to make a comeback in week two if they can find any sort of consistency after narrowly beating ahq.

10. Flash Wolves (1-2)

Flash Wolves are one of the only teams in the tournament who had a legitimate shot of winning all three of their games and not getting blown out in at least one. The game that will haunt the Wolves if they fail to make the quarterfinals is the game versus CLG where they had a large gold lead for a majority of the game. The Wolves squandered that victory, couldn't close out the North American champions, and got taken out by CLG's late-game composition with Lulu in the center of the composition.

On the plus side for the Wolves, Karsa has emerged as one of the competition's best junglers, and Steak has quieted critics by playing well in the first week when he was expected to get stomped by Group A's top laners. FW's one victory against the KOO Tigers was a great game by everyone on the team and showed how strong the Wolves can be if they can close out out a game.

KOO and CLG are the favorites to advance out of Group A on Thursday — the Wolves aren't going down without a fight, though.

11. ahq e-Sports Club (1-2)

Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. That is the way of ahq e-Sports Club.

ahq are a team that love to bathe in blood, fight wild fights, and force the other team into their zone: insane sprawling brawls that take over the entire map, devolving the game from a chess match into a drunken bar brawl where they come out the winner in the end. They use the chaos to play into their strengths, and we've seen their strategy succeed and fail so far in the tournament.

Cloud9 did not care about their antics or fights. They picked Veigar, grouped up, and systematically broke ahq with a fast push strategy that they had no answer for.

Fnatic, after gaining a lead, did fall for the bait and started to make uncharacteristic moves that let the Taiwanese champions crawl back into the game. Before Fnatic knew it, ahq were in the lead, their base was in ruins, and they were overtaken by the maniacal anarchy.

12. Team SoloMid (1-2)

Team SoloMid have actually had one of the best early-games of the tournament, something no one would have bet on at the start of the competition. TSM's problems have stemmed from the mid-game, losing both to KT and Origen due to unnecessary deaths in the jungle and starting fights at times when they should be backing off.

Even in their win against LGD, TSM almost threw the entire game away after being up 10k at one point and destroying the Chinese champions in the early-game. Luckily for TSM, Bjergsen, who has been one of the best mid laners at Worlds, was able to be the hero like usual in the end. Dyrus also played one of his best games ever at the World Championships, beating LGD's Acorn to the punch when it came to teleporting and making moves on the map.

13. H2k Gaming (1-2)

I'm just going to be honest here, friends: it's impossible to rank H2k Gaming.

They are in a group with possibly the two best teams in the tournament and the worst squad in the tournament. That means unless H2k pull a gigantic upset or somehow lose to BKT, we will be leaving Paris without any real idea of how strong H2k truly are. After seeing Origen play and how well Fnatic played against iG, you'd have to think they're at least pretty good, but what can we take away from getting blown out by the two finalists of MSI and a win against BKT that didn't look like they took very seriously by the end?

14. paiN Gaming (1-2)

If it wasn't confirmed before Worlds, it's clear now: paiN are the best IWC team that we've ever had at the World Championships. They're not afraid to go for a home run at level one with invading strategies, and they were good enough to beat a Flash Wolves team that beat the KOO Tigers and probably should have won against CLG.

Even at 14th place, paiN Gaming are still very much in the hunt to make it out of groups and that's why this Worlds is already one of the best League of Legends tournaments of all-time. Other than the two teams below paiN, all the teams have shown up to play and have had strong moments through the first four days of play. Brazil can be proud of how their team have performed at the World Championships and get excited about the growth from last year to this year's participant.

15. LGD Gaming (0-3)

I gave LGD the benefit of the doubt after losing to Origen. Hey, Origen look really good, maybe it's just some sort of jet lag or nervousness?

I gave LGD the benefit of the doubt after getting embarrassed by KT Rolster. Wow, KT Rolster look amazing! Okay, maybe LGD aren't favorites to win the tournament anymore, but they can come back. They are just too talented to fail.

Then they get outplayed, outmaneuvered, and, frankly, outwilled by Team SoloMid in a game where both teams lives were on the line. When an opportunity in the bottom lane arose, it wasn't Acorn, the player considered the best utility top laner before the tournament, that made the first move: it was Dyrus. After giving up two kills to TSM, LGD then lazily walked their way into the Drake pit where WildTurtle and his Mordekaiser were ready to kill them with his pet ghost dragon.

LGD are an extremely talented team, I still firmly believe that. But they're like a kid who aced their classes all year long and then showed up to the exam that decides their final grade hungover after partying in Cancun all weekend. LGD entered the tournament cocky and unprepared, leading them to their current situation: 0-3 and needing a miracle to make it into the quarterfinals.

Do they have the talent to go 3-0 and somehow make the top eight after their terrible start? Sure.

Do they have the mental fortitude and coaching to do it? Right now, I don't think so.

16. Bangkok Titans (0-3)

The Bangkok Titans are by far the worst team at the World Championships.

And I love them.

We've seen countless minnows come to Worlds and play scared. They try to play the game ultra standard and get crushed in boring stomps where they take no chances against the best teams in the world. That's not what the Titans do. Whether it ends miserably or succeeds, they make sure to go for the jugular and create a game that is unforgettable. Up against Faker, the best player in the game's history? The Titans go for an Irelia in the middle lane. They could have went for something safe like Orianna, but they went for the move that if it somehow worked, would have made them legends.

BKT have the shortest game time at Worlds. They have lots of fun, make the game enjoyable for the people watching, and aren't letting possibly their one shot on the world-stage to go waste.

Two week vacation in Paris and the chance to play the best teams in the world while millions watch at home? No matter if they go 0-6 and lose every game in under 30 minutes, it's an experience the Titans will never forget.

Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger is a staff writer for theScore eSports. You can follow him on Twitter