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| Who's gonna make the playoffs then, eh? 041201 | ||||
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So who?s making the playoffs? There?s only 11 more days of NQR7?s regular season and things will be a little clearer by next Sunday, but for now, here?s a look at who?s in the running and who?s biting their nails over the results of their rivals? Div 5A 2oo have played all their games and have clocked up a respectable 10 points, but it?s the boys from Buff that top the division with 12 points from 4 games (out of 5). These 2 are certainties for playoff spots, but the final spots are going to be a little more hotly-contested. Much depends on whether the remaining games are played or not; John Bauer Quakers and Ryska Posten both have to play bottom team Passive Warriors, whereas Bukkake Samurai (currently 3rd) have 1 game remaining, against Buff. If the 3 teams gunning for 3rd and 4th spots play their remaining games, then it looks likely that RP and JBQ will complete the lineup. Div 5B Clan Cube Square are assured of a playoff spot now, as only 2 teams can realistically overtake them. Sadtroops sit in 2nd and will be confident of holding on to qualify for an ?easier? game in the playoff first round. The 2 Portuguese clans, Vadrigar and MQM, currently sit in the 3rd & 4th spots, and have 2 games left. Triple X from Hungary are just 1 point behind MQM and will fancy their chances of sneaking in. You can?t rule out a late charge from Sympozium or New Quake Order, but it looks like Vadrigar and either MQM or Trix will be completing the playoff lineup in 5B. Div 4A The top 2 clans, Easy to kill & Shadow Minions are certain of a playoff spot now. Dreadful Offensive Squirrels are in 3rd and can mathematically be overtaken, though it is rather unlikely. Fudoh are in 4th place and if they can play a few more games then they should be comfortable, otherwise MP or Ignoramus could sneak past them at the last moment. Div 4B Be Evil, Postal-Justice and Clan Metally Troopers are certain of a playoff place now; the only question is who will finish in what place. I wonder if BE and PJ will face off for the 1st spot? Da Quakking Manjakks can be overtaken, but only if EID can play their remaining 4 games. This will be pretty tough for EID as 2 of these games are against DQM themselves, and table-toppers Be Evil. It looks a safe bet for the current top 4 to stay there and qualify without any difficulty. Div 3A Like 4A, the top 2 here are certain of their playoff places. Indeed, VVV cannot be toppled from #1 spot by any other clan. The final 2 places are tough to predict because it?s not known whether Hips, PMS & Olw are going to play their remaining games. Olw has 1 match left (vs ufar) and a win would put them on 14 points and in 3rd place, giving them hope of qualifying. However PMS and Hips only need to take another 3 points (4 in PMS? case) each to be certain of their place. Div 3B Div 3B has been the most active division this season, withot a single walkover so far. The top 2, Assassins & Osams, are now firmly rooted in those positions; they cannot be overtaken by anyone. Just for fun and Dybbuk sit in 3rd & 4th place respectively, but they have played all of their games and so POFF would need to win just 1 more game to overtake Dyb (on map difference). Similarly, if any of the teams on 11 or 10 points can take a good haul from their remaining games, they will be able to overtake JFF and Dyb. Rabbit Dogs have the most games left so I suppose they are favourites, if they can just get the games played. I?m going to stick my neck out and predict JFF and Klatch for the last 2 spots though. Div 2A Elaintarha and Boefje are definites for the playoffs after more victories in recent weeks. Oblivion have a comfortable 4 point cushion on MNY, but the Fins have 3 games left and can in fact finish 2nd if they take maximum points. New Wave will need to step up their activity and take a couple of wins from their last 2 games if they want to be certain of a playoff place, and I think this is another division where the final positioning will depend greatly on the activity level during the rest of week 9 and during catchup week. Div 2B At this juncture, Veterans can only be overtaken by Suddendeath, and although this seems unlikely, a victory for SD in the showdown between these 2 clans could make it possible. The playoff battle is really hotting up in div 2B, and Ancient Gods threw a spanner in the works on Monday night by taking a surprise victory over SD, 2-0. Toolo Locals have apparently beaten Death Dealers and so they sit in 3rd place with 13 points. UPS and D2 are level on points and map difference and are separated by the result of their game (not on frag difference as the table suggests), so D2 are currently in 4th place. Things are going to be very tight and D2 and UPS will be pinning their hopes on their last games; who knows, it could come down to whether they win 2-1 or 2-0? If Suspected can pull themselves together and play their last few games then they can pull themselves into the reckoning as well, but after recent activitiy, this looks rather unlikely. Div 1A CMF are in 1st place having played all of their matches. One would expect LA to overtake CMF (Fragomatic can still do it but they are yet toplay either CMF, LA or HGC). It would be a big surprise to see the top 4 change from their current standings, but Death Team can put big pressure on HGC and fOm if they win their last game (against ToT). Div 1B Similarly to division 1A, it would be surprising to see things ending up differently to who they are now, at least in terms of the teams in the top 4. The only thing really up for grabs still are the exact finishing positions. FS, GTG and SR are battling it out for the top 2 spots, which will mean an ?easier? game (against either fOm or HGC, most likely, if you can call those ?easy? games). The team finishin in 3rd faces a likely battle against CMF, so it looks like we are guaranteed at least one hum-dinger of a game in the quarter-finals! GTG will play a game this weekend against KOFF in a bid to move back into the #1 spot. Their game vs Firing Squad will be key to deciding the final places, should it be played. Part of me wants SR to finish 3rd; a juicy SR-CMF game would be just the ticket to start the playoffs rolling! 17 comments |
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| SR-LA or SR-CMF, I should say :E | ||||
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| Also, 7 clans contesting 2 places in div 3b. omg :o | ||||
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| It has been really good season so far in div3b, and best quaking time I have ever had. Div 3b is propably the most interesting division atm and it's getting really exciting to see who can make it into playoffs. Thanks to all nqr admins! | ||||
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| juicy game coming up | ||||
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| Question is, is sugar-siv the man of the juicy games? | ||||
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| that's a really good question, time will tell. | ||||
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| Yes, div3b was really tight and felt *perfect* in terms of "equals vs equals" (tm) Link. Just some unfortunate end for us and it is all my fault :-/ | ||||
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| sugar-siv has always been the man of juicy games! especially ping pong games! | ||||
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| We in 3a are keeping an eye on you in 3b. We have no clue who we're gonna play in the playoffs :) | ||||
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| like it matters?
vvv will win 3000-0 every game to come :) |
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| I don't think div3a clans can challenge div3b clans. | ||||
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| We played some pretty close prac games vs VVV the other day, they beat us on our best map (DM3) and we beat them on theirs (CMT4), so I don't think anything is settled yet. Personally I think Thangorodrim could surprise a few people. | ||||
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| yes, overall div3b is much better bu i still think vvv (or perhaps ass) will win div3 finals. | ||||
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| lol you mention dt in div1a but not tot? I would say tot has much more chance since they still have their game vs hgc.. if they win it I'm sure they will go through playoffs! | ||||
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