lets see if we can start a trend of prediction posts that arent too bad
[CONG] EmbCPT vs SMB [CRYO] - Edu's teambuilding has left me a little confused this season. His teams are either extremely formulaic and similar to each other, or he seems to be going extremely out of his comfort zone to make up for that (his past 2 zard teams). Either way, I think that's whats been holding him back; it's easy to get a read on his typical fatstuffs builds, and he doesn't yet seem to be comfortable with branching out. SMB on the other hand has used a lot of different teams and has overall impressed me with his prep. Both of these dudes are great players and pretty even skill-wise, but SMB should win this via teambuilder advantage.
[SHRK] fespy vs miltankmilk [SCTR] - While fespy has bounced back from an 0-2 start, his playing abilities haven't really impressed me yet. He's good, but nothing I've seen has showed me that he is on par with everyone else in the field. Personally I think milk is one of the best in the field (given that he should be 4-1 without hax), and while his teams can be somewhat hit or miss, they're usually diverse and good enough to keep opponent's guessing. This is a more volatile prediction, since if milk's team flops (like in week 2) he could get stomped and if fespy brings a cheese strat (like he did vs Human) that milk is unprepared for, which personally is what I think he should shoot for, he could easily win. Barring those possibilities, I think milk will simply have a better team and play better than fespy.
[RAID] Biosci vs emforbes [TYRN] - This is a weird one. While everyone knows these two are fantastic players, I can't say I've particularly liked either player's teams a ton. Hard for me to say too much, I'm just going with Biosci because he's undeserving of that low record. Everyone knows Bio can play, so if he can get the team situation under control he can easily pull out a win here. Meanwhile, I have yet to be impressed by playing or building from post-gar ban emi, so yeah I'll just go with Bio.
[BIGS] Ezrael vs MajorBowman [TGRS] - Another hard one to call. Predicting what I consider a bit of an upset because normally I'd choose Bowman, but I haven't liked his recent teams while Ezrael's have been decent. Ezrael came back last week with an odd team that worked, while Bowman used a team 6-0'd by Zard Y followed up with Azumarill in 2019. I still consider Bowman as one of the best in the field this year, so this can really go either way if his team doesn't hold him back too much. Close one.