It's come down to this:
Europe: Unicorns of Love vs. Origen (8 AM PST)
Unfortunately, Unicorns of Love have struggled quite a bit over the last few weeks. Their style of off the wall picks and team compositions that most teams wouldn't run served them well in the past, but now has come back to punish them. In general, they tend to fare well in best of five scenarios (until their 3-0 loss to Fnatic, then a back to back 3-0 loss to H2K); however, they've struggled to get their acts together in recent weeks. Unless Unicorns of Love put adequate time into their preparations this week, there is a good chance they could get steamrolled again. Origen, on the other hand, hasn't taken the easy road to this point. They pulled the first two wins over Fnatic that any team has all season, but they struggled against ROCCAT in the Semi finals.
Prediction: Origen 3-1. I'd like to see the Unicorns pull it off, but I'm afraid they've sort of lost their touch in recent weeks.
North America: Cloud 9 vs Team Liquid (12 PM PST)
Cloud 9 has made it back up through the ranks kicking and screaming through their last two showdowns. Both victories have been down to Game 5, Cloud 9 does have a bit of a comeback reputation in North America, especially in time for Worlds--you can be sure that Hai returning to the team brings back a much needed shot caller--so to be sure, it'll be an interesting game today. On the other hand, Team Liquid has done fairly impressive things with their season. The team has had a season to really work on unity, and has brought solid game play to the forefront across the board. This should prove to be quite a fight.
Prediction: Team Liquid 3-2. Cloud 9 does have a chance at taking that Game 5, but TL has paid their dues and should be able to pull off that win.
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