★ Game Horseshoe Original
MSI Play-In Tournament Advance Team Predictions
The teams in the MSI main tournament are currently the champions of the Spring Finals in the four major regions, namely GenG, BLG, G2 and TL, and the remaining 4 spots will be selected from the 8 teams in the play-in round. With the merger of multiple regions in recent years, there are fewer and fewer wild cards, so the format has to be changed, and the MSI has changed from the champion of the past to the top two of the four major regions, and the double-elimination format has been added. In this case, the wild card seems to have more chances to advance, but in fact, it feels like it reduces the probability of being upset and overturned in the four major regions.
The teams in this year's MSI Play-In are TES, T1, Fnatic, FLY, EST, GAM, Loud, PSG. The normal outcome is that the teams from the four major regions TES, T1, Fnatic and FLY advance. In the case of a double defeat with a margin for error, this outcome will not change 99%.
Group A
T1, EST, FLY and PSG are in Group A, with T1 barely putting any pressure on them to make it all the way to the group stage with an easy winning streak. The strength and style of the Korean LCK doomed them to almost no rollover on the wild card, and in the past ten years of world history, only the LCK team has lost to the wild card ANX in 2016.
Latin American EST is completely out of chance in this group, and the second spot will be born between FLY and PSG. Considering that PSG was sent home with a clean sheet in North America last year, there is a high probability that they will not win this time. Although it is not ruled out that they can take the place of the North American team, the PCS region is a large wild card that combines multiple small wild cards, and it is still a wild card in essence.
Group B
Group B where TES is located, Loud in Brazil, GAM in Vietnam, Fnatic in Europe. Although TES may not be as crushing as T1, there is not much pressure to qualify. The second place is likely to belong to Fnatic, and Brazil's overall strength is average, but Vietnamese GAM has a chance to cause an upset. It's not because they have a relationship with TES, but because Fnatic is the bloodiest team in Europe this year, and they love to fight, and it just so happens that the Vietnamese team has a tradition of brainless fighting! However, the European team is still a little better than the wild card in terms of operation and finishing ability.
It's fun for everyone to watch
If GAM can upset Fnatic, it will undoubtedly be fun for everyone to watch, because then their group final opponent will be TES. At the 2022 World Finals, the thrilling death song comeback is still fresh in many people's memories. A bigger upset, the TES finals have lost wild cards, and MSI has a probability of losing to GAM. In short, under normal circumstances, the final teams that will advance to the Play-In Tournament will be T1, TES, FLY and Fnatic. However, in 1% of cases, PSG and GAM have a chance to fight for a place in the promotion.
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