Day 1 - Group Stage

Information / About Day 1 - Group Stage:

Game 1 - Fnatic vs Vexed Gaming:

Game 2 - Luminosity Gaming vs Cloud 9:

Game 3 - TeamSolo Mid vs Flipsid3 Tactics:

Game 4 - G2 Esports vs Mousesports:

Game 5 - Virtus.Pro vs Team Liquid:

Game 6 - Ninjas In Pyjamas vs Titan:

Game 7 - Team EnVyUs vs Team Dignitas:

Game 8 - Natus Vincere vs Counter Logic Gaming:

For Day 1 - Group Stage there are 8 games being played. They are all best of 1 map games where the winning team goes to the upper bracket and loosing team goes to the lower bracket for the next day. For the Pick'em Challenge it self, each game you pick correct on Day 1 - Group Stage will grant you 1 point. So if you get 1 or 2 picks wrong, then it's not a big deal but the more points the better. Just for placing stickers and playing for that day it will grant you 1 bonus point.Fnatic are currently not at their best but they are still the 2nd best ranked team in the world. Vexed are also on a slump at the moment with a 11 map loss streak even getting wrecked to tier 3 European teams. Fnatic's in game leader Pronax will not be mucking around at a major and will be getting his team together like always to most likely smash Vexed.15/10 | Fnatic 16 - 13 Vexed Gaming - Train15/10 | Fnatic 16 - 14 Vexed Gaming - OverpassFnatic 85% - 15% Vexed GamingFnaticBoth teams are slacking on results recently with very in-consistent scores. Both teams are having a mixture of wins and losses against tier 2 and tier 3 teams and i don't rely on either teams doing well at this major unless either of the teams in the next few days hugely pick them selves up. For this pick i have gone with the team that has preformed better against each other recently. Also Luminosity missed their flight to Romania so they will be missing out on 1 - 2 days of practice.15/10 | Luminosity Gaming 7 - 16 Cloud 9 - Overpass02/10 | Luminosity Gaming 6 - 16 Cloud 9 - TrainLuminosity Gaming 45% - 55% Cloud 9Cloud 9TeamSolo Mid are arguably the number 1 team in the world right now and have the full potential to win this major as they are very on form and beating tier 1 teams with amazing scorelines. Flipsid3 have recently changed their line up and are preforming decently well against tier 2 and tier 3 teams off of wins and good scoreline losses but with TSM having the potential to win this major, TSM should be able to thrash Flipsid3. Flipsid3 won against TeamSolo Mid last time they played but that was 4 months ago when TeamSolo Mid were getting into their new lineup and when Flipsid3 had a stable team and not making changes.30/06 | TeamSolo Mid 12 - 16 Flipsid3 Tactics - Overpass08/06 | TeamSolo Mid 16 - 10 Flipsid3 Tactics - TrainTeamSolo Mid 85% - 15% Flipsid3 TacticsTeamSolo MidBoth teams are winning and loosing matches against tier 1 and tier 2 teams. Both teams i'd say are on form but are having inconstant wins and losses but both teams have been having good scorelines on their matches. G2 have lost ScreaM who was one their powerful fraggers but was recently replaced with Jkaem. Mousesports lost Spiidi who has been replaced by Niko who in my opinion is doing great in the team. I think that Mousesports should just narrowly take this game due to their teamwork and experience of being at previous majors.28/09 | G2 Esports 16 - 4 Mousesports - Dust 228/09 | G2 Esports 16 - 10 Mousesports - CacheG2 Esports 50% - 50% MousesportsMousesportsVirtus.Pro are currently not at their best, they've been beating tier 2 and tier 3 teams by only a few rounds and loosing against tier 1 and tier 2 teams. Liquid are very on form at the moment while currently on a 15 map win streak and even before that they've had very few losses. In my opinion this will be a very close game depending on the map but i think with Virtus.Pro's wide range of a map pool, that they will end up winning this game. Also for most of the players from Team Liquid, it will be their first time at a major so Virtus.Pro will have more experience.02/10 | Virtus.Pro 16 - 9 Team Liquid - Mirage02/10 | Virtus.Pro 16 - 14 Team Liquid - OverpassVirtus.Pro 65% - 35% Team LiquidVirtus.ProBoth teams are very inconsistant off of wins / losses and scores at the moment. They both have been playing alot of tier 1 and tier 2 teams recently and alot of the time winning / loosing by giant margins so it's hard to judge who's playing better. Titan's new addition of ScreaM has been amazing as well as Ninjas In Pyjamas doing alot of practice to come back on form. Even though Titan recently beat Ninjas In Pyjamas, Ninjas In Pyjamas have beat quite a lot of tier 1 and tier 2 teams in the last week or so but Titan have as well. Ninjas In Pyjamas have had more wins against tier 1 teams and with better score lines. This is going to be an amazing close game.24/10 | Ninjas In Pyjamas 17 - 19 Titan - Dust 206/10 | Ninjas In Pyjamas 21 - 16 Titan - CobblestoneNinjas In Pyjamas 50% - 50% TitanNinjas In PyjamasEnVyUS are having great wins and very close loses against tier 1 and tier 2 teams, they are highly on form. Dignitas are winning and loosing to tier 2 teams with very close score lines and are getting smashed with very few rounds to tier 1 teams. Also a few weeks ago loosing Schneider and having to get Tenzi to play. This means that Dignitas are still learning how to play with Tenzi instead of Schneider.18/10 | Team EnVyUs 16 - 3 Team Dignitas - Cobblestone18/10 | Team EnVyUs 16 - 4 Team Dignitas - InfernoTeam EnVyUs 80% - 20% Team DignitasTeam EnVyUsNatus Vincere are doing quite well at the moment, winning most of their matches but only by a few rounds for tier 1 teams and a decent ammount of rounds for tier 2. Most of Natus Vincere's losses have been to tier 1 teams and by only a few rounds so they are doing wuite good at the moment. Counter Logic Gaming are quite inconsistent at the moment, winning more games then they have lost but by only a slim scoreline against tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 teams. By the way Natus Vincere are looking, it seems as though they are prepared.21/08 | Natus Vincere 16 - 14 Counter Logic Gaming - CobblestoneNatus Vincere 75% - 25% Counter Logic GamingNatus Vincere