North America - Round 1 of these CEVO-P TF2 Playoffs proceeding pretty much according to plan, with no real hitches or surprises.. and also no points scored by the losing teams (ouch!). But now the playoffs begin in earnest, with some huge clashes in the upper bracket and a trip home for the loser of the lower bracket matchup. On to the preds!

UPDATE: 20ID and Pandemic advance to the Upper Bracket Finals!!

Predictions:
Relentless Assault v Frag Dominant
A disappointing loss for both teams to be sure, but I was pretty disheartened by the fragD not even putting up a fight against 20ID. I think my preview-pick was more true then I know - these two teams will finish up last and almost last, regardless of who wins this match. It'll be a toss up between fragD and REK in LB-R2, but all three teams are done in the end.
RA [1:4] fragD

20ID v makeSHIFT Gaming - MOTW
Now here's a match with some chesthair! Who'll prove to be the REAL #2 team in this league? Who's gonna be the Daddy? Who'll defiantly cry out "YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!". Who, I say! I could waffle and slam and make things up, but really these two are about as even as you can get from my perspective, so lets just sit back and enjoy some kickass-TF2. I'm picking mSHIFT for the simple fact that they did manage to knock off Pandemic once, while 20ID had a surprising loss on cp_granary to SIT in the regular season.
20ID [2:4] mSHIFT

Team Pandemic v Devastation
Booyah, my darkhorse came through again! Riding high after a solid $1000 victory in the TFL 8v8 S1, Devastation is looking better and better after a crushing victory over REK.

..but there's a big difference between REK and Pandemic. Pandemic steamrolled their two opponents when cp_granary came up during the regular season, and the (pardon the pun) devestating combination of their scouts and soldiers - possible the most mobile foursome I've ever seen - will be a tough group to counter. Sorry Dev, but you'll have to fight your way through the lower bracket to see these guys again. But fight you shall!
Pandemic.TF2 [4:2] Devastation

CEVO-P TF2 S1 Playoffs - Upper Bracket Semi-Final Scores:

CEVO-P TF2 S1 Playoffs - Lower Bracket R1 Scores:


Round 1 can be found on the next page while GotFrag Brackets are on the last page. Official CEVO Brackets can be found here.