Blizzcon Group D

If C was the group of death, Group D is the easiest to call.

Ballistix and Team expert.

There. Done.

What? Soul Torturers and SPT have no chance. None.

What? FINE.

Match 1: Soul Torturers over SPT

Yeah, China is not looking good. The Taiwan team takes them out in the opening match. SPT was hot garbage at the Mid-Season Brawl, and since EStar went away, continued visa issues for Chinese teams (someone fix that), my heart goes out to the China eSports scene because we almost never see them at their full strength at Blizzcon. Soul Torturers, with three members formerly on Please Buff Arthas, have done much better than their mainland counterparts, getting an impressive four wins in the group stage at the MSB. So, a minor region gets a win. What next?

Match 2: Team expert over Ballistix???

Yes. I'm going there. Look, it doesn't matter, which ever team loses this match wins the deciders' match, both are going through. I think too many people are sleeping on expert and they are contenders for the finals, 100%. When you have adrd drafting, you have to prepare for everything. This is the guy who pulled out Gazlowe in a match this year! Yes, it failed, but you have no idea what he willing to try. He's the mad scientist. Team expert catches Ballistix on cruise control, 2-1.

Winners' Match: Team expert over Soul Torturers 

2-0. ST is not ready for expert. This will be a pub stomp. The dream for the minor regions is on life support and no minor region will make it out of groups.

Losers' Match: Ballistix over SPT

How much does it suck to be SPT? You are your entire region's hope. You had visa issues. You were terrible at the last global event, finishing last in your group. You run into an angry Ballistix team, defending Blizzcon champions, who just got knocked off by a crazy guy from Poland (love you adrd!). You get 2-0ed and bounced out as a major region that is not NA doesn't make it out of groups.

Deciders' Match: Ballistix over Soul Torturers 

This won't be pretty. The groups were set up so that 1 and 2 of Korea and 1 and 2 of Europe would be the top seeds heading into playoffs. Ballistix is likely looking at facing the winner of Group A (MVP Black) coming out at the bottom of Group D. Expect a very short match. 2-0. Ballistix is will end up with a tough road ahead.

You can safely skip most of this group, but make sure to watch Team expert vs. Ballistix. That match, if it goes how I think it will go, will be epic.