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America's Army: GotFrag Predictions: CAL-I Week 6

By: Dave Munro - Published June 24, 2008 at 9:59 PM EDT - Writer Archive
3 weeks remain in this season of CAL Invites. The playoff picture is becoming more and more clear as the better teams are looking to advance, but all the teams are still jockeying for position.



Just Cause Project is still undefeated this season, and increased their division lead to a 2 win spread after Final Destination were upset by Dropouts. IceNine and Mug 'N Mouse are neck 'n neck in their division, but IceNine has the tougher matchup this week. Check out the schedule this week and see what Rainmak3r, Stan, and Mr.Clean had to say about what's going to happen when the matches go down.

overRated decided not to bother to play last week. This week look for them to try to even up their record with IceNine in the standings. If not, they'll be in tough to win the division. Rising Storm get a free win as this is their BYE week.

Weapons cache requires your team to be solid at every aspect that a CQB map demands. Skills, strats, and teamwork are all very important to win on this map. A good defense is very tough to break, but as the jCp vs rS CEVO match showed last week, teamwork and smart gameplay can break even the best of defenses!

IceNine vs overRated 

IceNine will get the opportunity to pull off their 3 big upset in as many weeks. I'm not sure if they have ever beaten overRated, but this may be the best chance they get. overRated is having activity issues, and Thursday nights are especially tough for them. If IceNine lets them play another night, this match should be very close and quite intense. Otherwise there's a good possibility that oR will forfeit for the second consecutive week. Rumor has it that oR isn't planning on finishing the CAL season anyways, hopefully that rumor doesn't hold true.

Mr.Clean
rainmak3r
stan
If oR fields their top 4 (epic, scar, eagle, osiris) they would take this match by a couple of rounds, but i9 is on a roll so who knows. 8-6 oR > i9.

When we scrimmed i9 they had no trouble reeling off multiple headshots through smoke so their loss of no fog shouldn’t hurt them too much on this map. oR is the better team but if i9 has no smoke it should be a slaughter at primary. i9 8-6.
Yet I believe i9's talent is mostly outdoor heavy. oR is very talented and experienced and I do not see i9 being ready for what oR has to offer on Weapons Cache. Blow out. oR> i9 11-3.







Mug 'N Mouse vs Animus 

MNM is suffering quite a bit right now, I've even heard rumours of chris and the dropouts reforming overkill. Why would you reform something that was bad though? ;) Animus put up a solid effort against an open team in CEVO last week on WC, but this will be a much tougher test. If Animus plays confident they could take this to OT, but against chrones, buckwild-rabb, hendrix, and wolf they are going to have their work cut out for them.

Mr.Clean
rainmak3r
stan
If MNM rosters a solid 3 + wolf, they should beat substance and his company of gentlemen. 9-5 mNm > anX.

With how much MNM plays AA, the chance of one of their player dying from a heart attack is greater than them losing this match. Even if they can’t practice this week Animus is not very good. MNM 9-5.
mNm is by far the superior team. Look for mNm to dominate. mNm > anX 10-4.









Conviction vs just Cause project 

This was once Conviction's best map, but their roster has changed dramatically since those days. They will still surely be prepared, but will that preparation be enough to overcome the difference in skill level between these teams? Just Cause Project surely are a force to be reckoned with, it will take a miracle for Conviction upset them.

Mr.Clean
rainmak3r
stan
Stan can win this one 1v4 blind, he's just THAT GOOD. Ok, all joking aside, the skill edge will lead jCp to a relatively easy 9-5 victory.

Not too much to say on this one, Con seems to be a decent team but they wont be able to handle the professionalism and tactics of jCp. Any team with staff does not go down easy. jCp 10-4.
I like what I see from the 1st year invite Conviction. I believe experience is the only thing holding back this Up and coming squad. With that being said WC is a very strong map for jCp and I do not foresee any suprises. jCp > con 11>3.









Dropouts vs Nerve Damage 

Dropouts are quite sicknasty on Weapons Cache, at least when they don't play teams full of red colors in their player history. It's a mute point either way as Nerve Damage as an AA team is all but dead. If dude can round up a few soldats to play this contest, they could win a couple of rounds.

Mr.Clean
rainmak3r
stan
Well to be honest dropouts is probably one of the best teams on WC. Sucky for them to play a dead team, but a win's a win.

A forfeit win for Dropouts seems like the smart choice here.

drp should be riding high after last weeks suprising win over fd. The winning streak will continue because nd will more than likly not field 4 for the match.







 

Even Flow vs Final Destination-I 

Final Destination-I were shocked last week, by a seasoned dropouts squad. If they still have wind in their sails, they should be able to coast their way to victory. Even Flow is suffering growing pains this season, as shown by their back to back lopsided beatdowns, but they will be hungry for the upset this week.

Mr.Clean
rainmak3r
stan
I'm tempted to take Even Flow in the upset here, but my temptations aren't strong enough to follow through with the pick, 8-6 FD-i.

FD-I promises to try hard but they are quite terrible. Eflow isn’t so great themselves but they have a couple good indoor shots so I see them handling this fairly easily. Eflow 8-6.
fd should have no problem against a re-building eFlow. fd > eFlow 10-4.







CAL Invite S9 - Week 6

Final Score1H2HOTF
Rising Storm71-8
BYE----
FFW
Final Score1H2HOTF
Mediocrity27-9
Animus5--5
Final Score1H2HOTF
overRated71-8
IceNine Gaming----
FFW
Final Score1H2HOTF
Dropouts77-14
Nervedamage----
Final Score1H2HOTF
-just Cause project.6118
Conviction16-7
Final Score1H2HOTF
Even Flow6118
Final Destination-i16-7

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