Both of the semi finals are now over, Lions beat Trademark eSports 2-0 and Fallen Kingdom beat FnaticMSI 2-0. With the finals and third place matches now being known, GosuGamers polled a few pro players to get their predictions for the NASL finals and third place match, this is what they had to say;
Finals Predictions
Robert 'Bdiz' Tinnes:
“
Fallen Kingdom 2:0 Lions
Fallen Kingdom has had a stable roster for a while and have a lot of experience against Lions. I think they're the team that improved the most and learned the most off of Dreamhack, which will result in more domination from them in the grand finals. Also, Akke is too powerful for Fittske.”
Emil 'Izzystradlin' Thunberg:
“
Fallen Kingdom 0:2 Lions
Lions are on a roll, playing well and will outdraft and outplay Fallen Kingdom who have too many leader types yelling at each other and playing individually. Lions works as a solid unit.”
David 'Wytaliba' Ashwell:
“
Lions 2:1 Fallen Kingdom
My predictions for first place has to be Lions - they dominated Fallen Kingdom in Dreamhack in the group stage and are an extremely strong team, and played some amazing games in the semi final vs Trademark, a team definitely in form.”
Dominik 'Black' Reitmeier:
“
Lion 2:1 Fallen Kingdom
This should be a very close and interesting game. ze will take one game from Lion, but when the series is over, Lion will come out on top and take the finals 2-1. Lion right now is the better team, they have great team work and its very impressive. They’ve been practicing a lot lately and it shows.”
Third Place Predictions
Robert 'Bdiz' Tinnes:
“
Fnatic 2:1 Trademark eSports
Fnatic had a somewhat disappointing showing vs Fallen Kingdom. Now that they're rested I'm sure they'll be able to beat Trademark, although it'll be a close series because Trademarks playstyle is better suited for more passive teams such as Fnatic.”
Emil 'Izzystradlin' Thunberg:
“
Fnatic 2:1 Trademark eSports
Trademark just looked broken today and with rumours of them breaking up after NASL plus using a ringer and taking such a big loss I'm sure their confidence and motivation is low. Fnatic, while having some internal issues too, will take the game out of sheer experience.”
David 'Wytaliba' Ashwell:
“
Fnatic 2:0 Trademark eSports
Third place would have to go to Fnatic, due to their experience on LANs. I think the first game versus Fallen Kingdom drained them in NASL, and it could have gone either way, with that loss they never recovered for game two. Fnatic will want to get revenge and prove that they are the great team that won Dreamhack.”
Dominik 'Black' Reitmeier:
“
Fnatic 2:1 Trademark eSports
Fnatic are hot off a Dreamhack winter victory, they have more LAN experience and are overall the better team. Fnatic has been around much longer than tdM and should be able to outplay tdM, taking third place 2-1. I think tdM may be able to take one game from Fnatic, if they do its because of a few surprise picks.”
NASL will be streaming their SC2 tournament for the rest of the day. The Heroes of Newerth tournament will continue tomorrow.
10:00 PST / 19:00 CET: Third Place Match: Fnatic MSI vs Trademark eSports
12:30 PST / 21:30 CET: Final Match: Online Kingdom vs Lions eSportklubb
Links
NASL - Site
Finals Predictions
Robert 'Bdiz' Tinnes:
“
Fallen Kingdom 2:0 Lions
Fallen Kingdom has had a stable roster for a while and have a lot of experience against Lions. I think they're the team that improved the most and learned the most off of Dreamhack, which will result in more domination from them in the grand finals. Also, Akke is too powerful for Fittske.”
Emil 'Izzystradlin' Thunberg:
“
Fallen Kingdom 0:2 Lions
Lions are on a roll, playing well and will outdraft and outplay Fallen Kingdom who have too many leader types yelling at each other and playing individually. Lions works as a solid unit.”
David 'Wytaliba' Ashwell:
“
Lions 2:1 Fallen Kingdom
My predictions for first place has to be Lions - they dominated Fallen Kingdom in Dreamhack in the group stage and are an extremely strong team, and played some amazing games in the semi final vs Trademark, a team definitely in form.”
Dominik 'Black' Reitmeier:
“
Lion 2:1 Fallen Kingdom
This should be a very close and interesting game. ze will take one game from Lion, but when the series is over, Lion will come out on top and take the finals 2-1. Lion right now is the better team, they have great team work and its very impressive. They’ve been practicing a lot lately and it shows.”
Third Place Predictions
Robert 'Bdiz' Tinnes:
“
Fnatic 2:1 Trademark eSports
Fnatic had a somewhat disappointing showing vs Fallen Kingdom. Now that they're rested I'm sure they'll be able to beat Trademark, although it'll be a close series because Trademarks playstyle is better suited for more passive teams such as Fnatic.”
Emil 'Izzystradlin' Thunberg:
“
Fnatic 2:1 Trademark eSports
Trademark just looked broken today and with rumours of them breaking up after NASL plus using a ringer and taking such a big loss I'm sure their confidence and motivation is low. Fnatic, while having some internal issues too, will take the game out of sheer experience.”
David 'Wytaliba' Ashwell:
“
Fnatic 2:0 Trademark eSports
Third place would have to go to Fnatic, due to their experience on LANs. I think the first game versus Fallen Kingdom drained them in NASL, and it could have gone either way, with that loss they never recovered for game two. Fnatic will want to get revenge and prove that they are the great team that won Dreamhack.”
Dominik 'Black' Reitmeier:
“
Fnatic 2:1 Trademark eSports
Fnatic are hot off a Dreamhack winter victory, they have more LAN experience and are overall the better team. Fnatic has been around much longer than tdM and should be able to outplay tdM, taking third place 2-1. I think tdM may be able to take one game from Fnatic, if they do its because of a few surprise picks.”
NASL will be streaming their SC2 tournament for the rest of the day. The Heroes of Newerth tournament will continue tomorrow.
10:00 PST / 19:00 CET: Third Place Match: Fnatic MSI vs Trademark eSports
12:30 PST / 21:30 CET: Final Match: Online Kingdom vs Lions eSportklubb
Links
NASL - Site
