The WB finals for each side are set and we have 2 really good matches to see this upcoming weekend! We are going to take an indepth look at all 4 teams in the WB and also peek into the losers brackets as well to get a better grasp at the Champions League 26! Chiming in today we also have guest predictors Amica from Faith and antioj18 from Pure to weigh in on who they think will win!

[ond] insTinct ? luck ? vs. violent Reaction ¬ eraser

This is shaping up to be a GREAT match and one I wish I could watch for sure. Both of these teams are doing quite well this season and it’s pretty obvious by their meeting up in the ODD WB Finals. Matze had an easier road to the finals than SpInN, beating a rebuilding Zeppo in his first game then facing off vs. rahmkay and disposing of him 15-9 in the semi finals. SpInN had a much harder road, facing off vs. Aleex in the first round and squeaking by 14-10, then going to OT to beat moses in the semis 19-17. Looking at the quality of opponents, I think that SpInN has had a tougher road but I somehow believe that we may see matze pull this one out on d2 and take it 14-10.

Amicas prediction: Pretty much the same for matze (see moses) and he has been more convincing than Spinn

Antioj18 prediction: The other ODD match Matze vs SpinN im going to go with experience and pick matze to once again make his appearance in the Trophy rounds over SpinN.

MASSIVE » myw00t vs. Spinning Shalk ¬ eraser

Well we saw this coming like a heard of elephants… these two titans will clash once again in the WB finals of the EVEN bracket. These two faced off in their group earlier in this CL and SpiDevil won both meetings between the two teams. Not much has changed between the teams since those meetings and if kirsch doesn’t do something, we can expect more of the same on the scoreboard as these two meet again. While in the tougher bracket, both of these teams made short work of their opponents, kirsch posting 15-9 and 16-8 wins over arcane and g0rilla respectively while SpiDevil handed osi a 15-9 loss and the always tough Linde a 16-8 defeat. Look for a close game once again between these two but unless kirsch has a magic tact, expect to see SpiDevil win this one 13-11.

Amicas prediction: Spidevil has done well against kirsch in all of their matches and he is the champion (won it 5 times in a row) so Spi takes it.

Antioj18 prediction: For the game all eyes will be on kirsch vs spidevil its very close to call as there most recent matches have been so tight but i will have to pick kirsch this time since maybe its his time to win 13-11 ;p.

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Triad • Spieluhr vs. MASSIVE » Exodus

Ahh Kortex vs. moses.. another good game coming out of the ODD bracket. These two teams both have had some close, tough games, especially moses who lost in OT to SpInN in the semis to find himself here. Moses has also had to beat his comm mate janek twice to get to this point, which is no small feat. When I asked moses about the upcoming match, he had this to say; “hehe, im looking forward to see how Kortex's new dutch player will perform, as i planned on buying him.. i think it will be a nice match to watch and im glad i dont have to spend time on selecting and/or making tacz, as i wouldnt do such things vs Kortex because i <3 him.. so let's see”

As for kortex, he too has had a tough road to this point, losing in the first round to comm mate rahmkay 17-7 but then being able to defeat him later and find himself facing off against moses. When asked about his match vs. moses he had this to say... "I think moses is a good opponent, he have a powerfull team and he is a great manager, he will normaly win me , but with csm, all is possible ! Hope that i can make the surprise as challenger, but as i said before, normaly moses will win."

While this game should be close I have to give it to moses 15-9.

Amicas prediction: moses just seems to be the favorite in that match, primarily because he's done well in the tough German league

Antioj18 prediction: I'll start with the ODD sided bracket first and the match Kortex vs moses. I am going to have to go with Kortex over moses in this match since it seems Kortex is performing very well atm with 1st place 1337.fr and maybe time for him to get a trophy in CL.

Triad • wannabe vs. [ond] Faktory.dk

Here we have the losers bracket matchup between g0rilla and Linde in the EVEN side of things. Along with a renewed since of passion for the game and recent activity it seems in strats, Linde has to come in as the favorite in this match. He talked with us about the upcoming match saying “Well I'm sure it will be a nice game. g0rilla got an awesome team, and got a nice placement in 1337.swe. We haven't played against each other on a regular basis, so I don't really know what to expect. But I'm convinced it will be a very close game. And I'll just hope I will draw the longest straw. GL to all the other participants.”
His road to this spot has been a tough one though, losing to SpiDevil in a close game then having to beat osi in order to gain his spot here. For g0rilla, it’s been a rollercoaster ride, dominating mpi first then losing a seemingly uninteresting match vs kirsch 16-8. Then in a rematch vs. mpi, he won a much closer game to earn the right to face Linde here. g0rilla had this to say about his impending matchup vs. Linde; “well it will be an interesting game against Linde, I actually even checked the facts and last time I met him on aztec was S23 in the WWT-playoff. I lost 9-15, and if I remember it correctly I actually had my second best player on red fitness. So considering this it could be close, since my team is at least better now than it was back then. :) On the other hand.. Im incredibly low on aztec these days. Ill try to come up with something new for this game, but yeah I just doubt it will work.”

“My chances in total: 20/80 to win/lose.”

This may be the biggest defeat we see in this round as I think Linde just has too much for poor g0rilla and takes this one 16-8

Amicas prediction: Linde has been looking really good lately, also more active so he takes this one.

Antioj18 prediction: For the EVEN bracket matchups ill start with gorilla vs linde. Again i will have to side with experience on this one picking linde to make it to the next match knocking gorilla out.

With some great matches this upcoming week, this seasons CL is shaping up to be one of the better ones yet. While SpiDevil may be the favorite, kirsch, matze, moses and brother SpInN could all prove to be spoilers! Stay tuned to CSM-Times as we break it down for you each week :)