RIP Fnatic in the group stage. ( FW/SKT and RNG )
I personally would LOVE if NA could be in a group with EDG honestly, each year EDG gets held as the runner-ups to Worlds and are predicted to lose in the Finals, only to barely get out of Groups, followed up by quick eliminations in the first round of the bracket stage. I always viewed them as the LPL version of TSM. They also have a very clear way of playing, especially with Clearlove, he's very aggressive and plays for his lane but once he feels like a gank that he pulled off goes south, he just farms for literally the rest of the game, similar to say Dardoch on TL, never to really gank and have any real communication with his team and that's when EDG"Clearlove" really become a solo Q/Free for all team.
If CLG does indeed make it to Worlds and are in the group with Gambit and the Dire Wolves, I doubt they would be able to make it out, not only has CLG always goofed against Gambit Gaming in the past but CLG can barely ever beat International Wildcards teams "IWC", not to mention the two better tier teams among them.
Well, it wouldn't be Worlds if at least Edward Gaming and AHQ didn't meet( 2014/2016) or TSM vs RNG(2014/2016)
Group A (G2 Esports Immortals Samsung Galaxy Team World Elite)
G2 and IMT are very close but gotta go with Immortals to make it out of Groups and Team World Elite
( Team World Elite/Immortals )
Group B( Longzhu Gaming Team Solomid Gigabyte Marines Hong Kong Attitude
LZ most likely for obvious reasons and while GAM did beat TSM(W.O/D-Lift) they also lost I think their Top and Jng players so this could be a very "Meh" GAM.
( Longzhu Gaming/Team Solomid )
Group C( Flash Wolves SK Telecom T1 Royal Never Gives Up Fnatic
Honestly, if this group did in fact happen, SKT COULD be either eliminated or comes in 2nd in my opinion, a very interesting group indeed, but......
( SK Telecom T1/Royal Never Gives Up )
Group D( Edward Gaming Misfits AHQ Esports Counter Logic Gaming
The two ol' guards(EDG and AHQ) vs the young talents(MFS and CLG)
( Counter Logic Gaming/Misifts )
LZ def MFS 3-0
IMT def CLG 3-1
SKT def RNG 3-1
TSM def WE 3-2
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LZ def IMT 3-1
SKT def TSM 3-1
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LZ def SKT 3-1
Overall, good post/and thoughts !
- Also How were you able to interact with the teams/Pool thing ?