Riot Needs Better Game Analysts... Because Current Ones Are Terrible
Both the PICKEM predictions and more so the Pre-Game Analysts are terrible. Your better off flipping a coin and predicting who is going to win vs listening to most of them.
For example, although QuickShot probably did okay with 35pts, all of NA analysts are sub-30pts. They don't even get the summoner's icon this stage. Phreak, the "Master of LOL", at 27pts?... They probably had NA teams in high places or otherwise and engaged in wishful thinking... but why are we paying attention to these losers?
What is even more insulting is the pregame show hosted by Dash. The people here are, well... The last day group stage was especially horrendous in accuracy; I would have been better of flipping a coin (0, 1 is Win/Loss for their Game Predictions; Correct Games/Total):
Week 2 Day 4 (Group B):
TABE: 011011; 4/6, 66% Accuracy YAMATOCANNON: 11; 2/2, 100% Accuracy ZIRENE: 0001; 1/4, 25% Accuracy CRUMBZ: 000101; 2/6, 33% Accuracy
Tabe was most accurate throughout the day; Cannon only came in for "the easy games". Whereas Crumbz "The Prophet" should be fired immediately... IDK why he is on this show he is like wrong every time. Zirene is living on the edge as well, although performed better in other days.
For Comparison Purposes... some of them are not at least impossible. Granted some of these other days were far easier then Group B:
Week 2 Day 1 (Group A):
SPAWN: 111100; 4/6 66% Accuracy ZIRENE: 111000; 3/6 50% Accuracy CRUMBZ: 101100; 3/6 50% Accuracy
Again Crumbz is simply a glorified coin flip once again. Everyone here did poorly as well. Favored NA teams over reality... even when faced when continued losses. Failed to observe LMS as well and prioritized Korea too much.
Week 2 Day 2 (Group C):
TABE, SPAWN, YAMATOCANNON all participated and only made predictions in 3 games however got all correct. This IS Group C; SKT group, other who SKT or EDG is going to win, this group was pretty much figured. If not IDK what your doing as an analyst.
Week 2 Day 3 (Group D):
YAMATOCANNON: 11101; 4/5, 80% Accuracy SPAWN: 10101; 3/5 60% Accuracy ZIRENE: 11101 4/5, 80% Accuracy
This day was better.. however this was following Group A and they finally figured out to stop favoring western teams. Even so Spawn maintains same level of accuracy even following Day 1. Zirene does better.
Alas...even I was able to predict Day 8 results with 100% accuracy amazingly enough post-Pickem. I figured that C9 would fail and FNC would win somehow. I spent a lot of time Sunday screaming at my screen seing all of this worthless picks. All I am saying is that if RIOT is going to have trusted pre-game analysis... they need to hire/use better people then they have now. The PICKEM especially was just one sided... filled with region biases and not clear game-based observations.
BTW If your wondering how I did...
38PTS FTW! Take that... everyone else "celebrity"! Alas if I had simply not considered LGD and gotten the order of KOREA/LMS teams right in A I woulda done much better alas no matter...
Lastly; EU>NA. Anyone who disputes this for Season 5 lives in DENIAL at the moment...
Indeed it is so...
