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The OverSeer: Overwatch League S3 Week 4 Predictions

There are 7 matches to be witnessed at the Houston Outlaws' Homestand this weekend, and I am ready to fire off my predictions for the 3 games to be played on Saturday. Just like the week before, I will be using this post like a thread, adding my predictions for Day 2 after watching Day 1's matches, and also updating you about how accurate/inaccurate I was with respect to all those games. If at any point you wish to see a list of all my predictions posts, do open the menu on my blog and filter by the 'Match Predictions' label. I just have this, and the previous week's article on there right now, but we'll have a whole horde of posts by the end of this season, I promise you that.
Anyway, let's move on to the meat of this post.

DAY 1:

1. New York Excelsior vs. Florida Mayhem- Excelsior wins 3-1. Unexpectedly, the NYXL brought out Libero instead of WhoRU in this match, which led to them having an ultra-dominant 3-map run, demolishing the Mayhem with zero forgiveness.

2. Toronto Defiant vs. Atlanta Reign- Defiant wins 3-2. I know a lot of people think Atlanta is going to be top-tier, but I'm not so sure. I definitely don't think they'll be trash, but I assumed their skill level to be somewhat similar to the Defiant's in the off-season. Since the Defiant have exceeded my expectations a little since then, I'd say they can take the win, but not with ease. You know what? This is totally fine. I had no clue how good the Reign would truly be at the beginning of the season, and I have a rough idea of that now. They played a great game and 3-0'd the Defiant. Guess Toronto isn't the only team exceeding my expectations right now.

3. London Spitfire vs. Houston Outlaws- Spitfire wins 3-0. Yeah, sorry Houston fans, but your team is in shambles right now. Despite my vote of no-confidence in the Outlaws, they played a fairly good game today, and took London to a Map 5, which they lost in its third phase. LiNkzr is back on hitscan, which means that the role will be done much more justice in the days to come, but we'll have to see just how impactful the Finnish legend's return to the stage will be in turning Houston's season around.

With these 3 matches transpired, here are my predictions for Sunday's games:

DAY 2:

1. Boston Uprising vs. Philadelphia Fusion- Fusion wins 3-0. That was such an easy prediction honestly.

2. Paris Eternal vs. Atlanta Reign- This is frankly an impossible match to call with conviction. On one hand, the Reign had a dominant win against the Defiant today, and are looking incredibly strong, but the Eternal have been playing well too, and have been fairly consistent throughout all their matches. This may be a bonkers prediction to some, but I'm going to say that the Eternal win 3-2. Although Atlanta was very good today, we don't know if they're consistent yet, and I'm confident that Paris has that consistency, at least at this point. Sometimes, factors as overlooked as this one can determine the outcome of a match, which is why I'm going with Paris today; however, it could go either way. Paris did end up winning the match, but they were more dominant than I expected, and secured a 3-1 victory.

3. London Spitfire vs. Florida Mayhem- Spitfire wins 3-2. Ah these 3-2 predictions are always super-satisfying to get right.

4. Toronto Defiant vs. Houston Outlaws- Defiant wins 3-0. All said and done, the Outlaws look noticeably more inconsistent than the Defiant, and with Toronto exhibiting a higher skill cap overall, I'm confident they can easily take the win over the home team. The Outlaws really found their footing in this match, and I also realised how inconsistent the Defiant are. I literally expected Toronto to sweep Houston, as you can tell from my statements from Sunday, but things were not as they seemed at all. With LiNkzr back on hitscan, the Outlaws finally have a genuine hitscan player on the role, and that might, or might not aid them in the weeks to come; we'll just have to see.

Week 5 has ended with me getting 5/7 winners correct, and predicting 2/7 scores perfectly. That translates to a 71.43% winner accuracy, and 28.57% score accuracy, the former being higher than the week before and the latter being a tad bit lower. It's good to know that I'm at least able to somewhat gauge which teams are better than others, and that will certainly improve, but it's the scores I need to work on harder, so let's see if I can get more than 33.33% score accuracy next week, yeah? If you guys want to find out if that actually happens, subscribe to my blog so that you get notified whenever I post something new. Also, share this post around with other prediction fanatics and enthusiasts; it's always fun to read/listen to new perspectives on mutually-loved topics. Anyway, that's it from me for now. Hope you have a nice work week, and this is Proilios, signing out.
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