Unfortunately I think newbee will be more ready than liquid as they already played OG two times which is a better warm up than all other teams and some flaws were found in liquid drafting since they drawed this big target on their back two weeks ago. They could get away with it against smaller opposition but not against newbee who are on par in terms of team chemistry and teamwork. On the other hand, liquid should have some prepared draft against newbee too. I also think the winner will come from loser bracket. In the end, whoever wins this won't win TI.
On June 12 2016 05:17 Dysisa wrote: Pretty cool that no matter who wins this, said team will become the first ever team to win two Valve tourneys.
except if liquid wins
For some reason I keep thinking they won Shanghai, silly me
as long as Liquid defeats Newbee a whopping 3 teams will have had all final spots in every single major so far though! Only Secret, OG and Liquid managed to get into a final at a major so far and like I said, if Liquid beats Newbee that doesn't change
In fact if Liquid wins it all it's evenly distributed as: Liquid: 1x 1st place, 1x 2nd place OG: 1x 1st place, 1x 2nd place Secret: 1x 1st place, 1x 2nd place
Although OG is the clear favorite to win the event out of the 3 remaining teams, I think they'll be a slight underdog to whoever comes out of the loser bracket.