We all know whos really gna take the win this time. Stop lying with all the fake predictions xdhttp://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/grizzly-bear-harry-bosen-dpc.jpg (Unsupported image host)  

Time to turn this back on topic for a short while...

For Mixed i'm going to have to predict:

1) Holy
2) Whitebeard
3) Team BEER

Holy was always so close to winning GST but now they got T-Daddy too so they'll probably win. They should put Brett, Aguzo, T-Daddy, John and Mish on core.

Whitebeard seems stacked...getting players from various different teams they look really stronkkk.

Team BEER got dope players so they'll be good even if they are mostly drunk I still think they'll make it Far.  

Skulls team will place.  

Hey guys, this is my first post! So here are my predictions:


Mixed:
1.) Holy - Currently I think they have one of the most solid core members this GST.
2.) TEAM BEER - While I haven't practiced against this team too often, they'll have a solid starting five in late GST. My boy Fulgy's improved greatly and Dante on any team can easily make his surrounding cast better.
3.) Rinse and Repeat - One of the harder practice opponents I've faced, this team is definitely going to go far into GST. I haven't seen the complete team spar in practice, so I cannot place it above TEAM BEER, but having Skull makes this team dangerous. When Skull's got the hot hand, he can be a handful for any team to take out.

Honorable Mentions:

Immortal/SLX - Always consistently in the top 5 mixed teams. Last GST they made it into the top 3 and was the biggest threat to Alumni, however this GST they lost two crucial pieces in Poodie and Exalt.
Whitebeard - Prime's team will always make it into the discussion of top 3 teams, however this GST is different and there's a good spread of competition due to the distribution of Alumni. Whitebeard has shown promise in practice, but they have a good few guilds to compete with. Nonetheless, having Prime, Exalt, and Poodie in any team should never be underestimated.

iDevice:
1.) RD - An odd choice for first considering the other posts don't believe in RD as much. This team is tied for first in practicing this season, and I believe it has a lot of hidden potential, iDevice GSTs usually end up different from our expectations, so I believe Dark and Noss can pull one in.
2.) Silver - I'm not too sure who's coring for this team, but if Sarah, Kosiris, Mariam, Arnol are in it, I think they'll do really well. The reason being most of Silver does GST with each other consistently without switching members up much. Along with the addition of Sarah, they should be a tough team to take out, specially if you lack patience.
3.) Amity - Was hard choosing between them and Trollin, but I'll give the benefit of the doubt to 4/7 former champions. I think Abood, Alexx, Shaheen, and Sugar will do great together (if they're all core, not sure). But Alumni idev put on a clinic last GST, and the only thing that'd make this result different is if they weren't GSTing together as five.

Honorable Mentions:

Trollin - I really think TomTheTurkey is a great iDevice and I believe Haze will perform given the opportunity, can't wait to see how they turn out this GST, maybe they'll make me rethink not putting them in top 3 with their performance!
Shark Gang - Tek, Jordini, Super are former Entity members, so I'm biased here big time! But in all seriousness, I think they can perform well due to them developing a strong teamwork with one another.
Grizzly/BuildTheWall/Whatever - I had to put this team as an honorable mention because I respect Den and Jose as GSers, and I believe the overall team is on the upper-mid echelon of iDevice GST.

Goodluck to everyone ~  

Kuz with the strategic no-pressure prediction strategy
boi, you know damn well Skull's team is gonna place (and probably win)  

im waiting for the surprise alumni comeback  

GLHF B)  

Mixed:

1st: Holy
2nd: Whitebeard
3rd: Team B33R

Idev:

1st: Grizzly
2nd: Amity
3rd: Silver

Ps. John is one of the best gsers on all of graal...him and brett are like the mixed sarah and abood...they wont be Beaten  

The iDevice tournament has been shrunk from 64 guilds/teams to 32 guilds/teams.  

Posted by fp4

The iDevice tournament has been shrunk from 64 guilds/teams to 32 guilds/teams.

Any consideration put into a single 64/32-team GST sometime in the future?  

Holy has Brett, Thallen, John, RM, and Aguzo? That's a tough ass team to beat.

Posted by fp4

The iDevice tournament has been shrunk from 64 guilds/teams to 32 guilds/teams.

Makes sense, there's never been >32 good iDev teams anyways, so this just takes out a useless round of noob guilds.  

Posted by Thallen

Any consideration put into a single 64/32-team GST sometime in the future?

The plan is to switch to a single 64 team tournament when the guild system is eventually updated.

Posted by TeK

Makes sense, there's never been >32 good iDev teams anyways, so this just takes out a useless round of noob guilds.

Pretty much.

Also guild spar score calculations have been adjusted to rank guilds with higher participation better.  

Apparently grizzly and that random letter guild got -3000 points for boosting! If they actually boosted (which i assume they did) nice to see admins making a stand and doing something  

Posted by fp4

when the guild system is eventually updated.

Before the February GST?  

Posted by fp4

The iDevice tournament has been shrunk from 64 guilds/teams to 32 guilds/teams.

Announce this in the news.
It'll make guilds gs more actively in the coming days for points.