Episode 30 - World Championships 2019 Main Event Group Stage

2019-10-09

Episode 30 - World Championships 2019 Play-In Recap and Main Event Group Stage Recorded on: October 8th, 2019 Chris, John, Vince, and eventually Kalvin break down their takeaways from the Play-in stage including disappointments, surprises, and a lot of big picture philosophical concepts like not drawing conclusions from 4-6 individual games about an entire region and some other misconceptions. After that they break down the different complexions of all four groups and, of course, give their predictions on who gets to go on in the tou...

Episode 30 - World Championships 2019 Play-In Recap and Main Event Group Stage

Recorded on: October 8th, 2019

Chris, John, Vince, and eventually Kalvin break down their takeaways from the Play-in stage including disappointments, surprises, and a lot of big picture philosophical concepts like not drawing conclusions from 4-6 individual games about an entire region and some other misconceptions. After that they break down the different complexions of all four groups and, of course, give their predictions on who gets to go on in the tournament and why. This was one of the longest episodes of TGCP but this is the World Championships!! You can feel the anticipation!

Intro

0:02:12 - Play-In Stage Recap (we spend a lot of time but included in this is our letdowns, surprises, and overall thoughts)

0:34:00 - Main Event - Group D: Liquid, AHQ, Invictus, DAMWON

0:46:29 - Main Event - Group C: SK Telecom, Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up, Clutch Gaming

1:15:35 - Main Event - Group B: FunPlus Phoenix, JTeam, GAM eSports, Splyce

1:32:12 - Main Event - Group A: G2 eSports, Griffin, Cloud 9, Hong Kong Attitude

1:39:45 - Betting Slate (for the lines we have so far)

1:49:18 - Pick of the Week!

1:50:43 - Podcast Props (Tournament MVP, Surprise player, Biggest disappointment)

2:11:14 - Sign Offs

John's Futures Article @ Oracle's Elixir

John's Game Changers Article @ Oracle's Elixir

John's Worlds Power Rankings @ Oracle's Elixir

Vince's Picks/Analysis Blog

Pick of the Week Records (Winnings assuming one unit on each bet):

Vince 16 - 13 (+4.98u)

John 14 - 13 (+6.38u)

Chris 15 - 12 (+8.17u)

Kalvin 4 - 19 (-7.64u)

As a cast: 50 - 55 (+11.86u)

Hosts:

Vince C @GelatiLOL

John George @TheEsportsPlug

Chris C @Prim3_T1m3

Kalvin @RulerrSama

The opening theme is "Clouds" by Harvey and the Hendersons (Instagram)(Facebook)