EGX – Guest Predictions

To go with our predictions for the EGX tournament this weekend, we asked 2 members of the talent team and 2 guests to join us in predictions for the tournament.

The guests are on the same train of thought as Staff with the Fnatic VP finals to take place, but this time with Fnatic to take the cup.

First up we have Karam “Kyan1te” Kabbara (@KYAN1TE) one of the major UK Casters working with NiPGaming TV, ESLUK and Gfinity, a man that believes that Tea should be made milk first, had the following to say on the the rankings for this weekends event.

“All four teams are so evenly matched that it’s very difficult to pick a top 4. Being a Virtus.pro fan myself and after winning ESL Dubai, I can’t help but feel that the plow have a tank full of momentum under their bonnet at the moment which might see them just about edge fnatic for the title. But then again, considering the massive amount of quality in the fnatic side like JW & Olofmeister, it will come straight down to the wire.”

Secondly we asked Matt “Chewwy” Smith (@NiPChewwy), another one of the UK Casters who started of in CoD and now works freelance for a range of organisations such as ESL, Multiplay and NiPGaming TV.

“I don’t think Fnatic will let a repeat of Dubai take place if they face up against Virtus.Pro in the final and expect them to return to winning ways. However, if Virtus.Pro play how they did at Dubai or Cologne they can certainly beat NiP, Fnatic or nV in my opinion. With all matches being BO5 the teams need to have a lot of maps that they feel confident in, and I personally believe Fnatic have the strongest map pool in the entirety of CS:GO teams as of right now.”

Up next we’ve got Kalvin “Kalkal” Chung (@KalKalCS) the owner of Molotov’s and Marshmallows (He prefers it to be called Marshmellows) and the Leeds University eSports Vice President. MnM recently picked up the Curse these metal hands line up.

Envy because they’re on a roll now and Fnatic are falling behind a bit with Envy rekking TSM 2-0  at Dreamhack. NiP are consistent and at Cologne the train game was so close against VP and that I felt like there was a bit of a spark there so they might come 3rd. Fnatic are consistent but I feel Envy are better atm so 2nd for them and VP can perform, pasha has been lagging behind a bit at recent events so 3rd/4th with NiP

Lastly we’ve got Mick (@Perilous_Mick) the Founding Manager of Perilous Gaming who was recently voted the sexiest man of Perilous, rumours have it though that he was the only guy that voted in this poll and chose himself over Gumpster.

It’s been a crazy month for CSGO and going from one tournament to the next it’s difficult to predict who will come out on top. Unfortunately however, out of this group of 4, I think NiP will struggle the most unless this rumored change in attitude and belief is brought to the show. EnVyUs look absolutely on fire after their Dreamhack London win and edge ahead of the others as my favorite, but the difference between them and Virtus.pro  is so fine in my mind right now. That leaves Fnatic, and it’s not as if they’re there just to fill up the numbers, they are undoubtedly still huge contenders, but my thoughts and hopes lie with change rather than having a clear top 1. All in all, it could be any of the 4 as they all know what it takes to win, but I think Envy will take it!