(no LONGER LFT)

update:

nickl6 is dead. article will be updated soon..

should've volunteered when we asked about a week in advance for help B). though quite literally we took the advice of a few leaders in im, much like how main was drafted (but unlike your div, main is easier to do power rankings on since people are knowledgable about their own div).

i don't agree with portions of the list (e.g. comcast as top 4 im, your team being put as mid IM) but the list that had made for the presentation was prior to our knowledge of a few roster changes + the im move down. so we decided to just talk about the teams and where we stood with them instead of treating the list as definitive.

that being said, production wise we shouldn't have used the label for what tier of IM they are, rather we should've just said where each of the podcasters put them

i'm thankful for the people regardless who took the time out of their day to produce + partake in it. it wasn't even actually suggested by me as I thought to only do something for main

can't please everyone though ig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

good points!

rhmp is in a weird scenario where they have been losing a few scrims to low main teams. not sure what their scout scenario is right now though with magic. things would've been diff if they kept k1ng/rex

i watch a few of the demos/streams of the teams when doing the ranking. needless to say nug hub could b bubble playoffs main but i rated them after their pickup of zoomxze. probably new team things but they were losing to teams ranked lower and haven't seen them beat any of the bubble playoffs teams (yet). comms look really hectic and if you knew some of the things going on with their team it'd be justified

coconut oil is a good team. actually a lot of the people rated them low main but they beat one or two of the bubble teams iirc. i'm really high on the guitarfreak stocks

no counter for the jag argument. i still remember the match against happybob on sunshine tbh

its time.

100% whole fat milk

BEAST

There was a slight error in the list prior to publication. When PERUTECH had frosters on their roster they were Playoff Finalists. A few hours before publication we got word about the roster update and I thought I had edited it, but I guess I put the previous draft I had instead of the final draft. They're moved to Bubble Playoffs :)

Yup, I decided it was more important to include his soldier play since he played the entirety of thrembology's playoffs run minus the opening match I believe?

As part of Fireside Casts' coverage of IM/Main/Advanced this season, we decided to write up an article with input from a few Main leaders of the preseason rankings of the teams this season.

We're experimenting a little bit with coverage this season, so hopefully you guys can get a good picture of Main this season from this!

Article link here

Main/Intermediate Spreadsheet & Broadcast Schedule

Article credits:
jayy + rmx - writers
antlers + Soala - graphics + formatting & revisions

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Intermediate will have a podcast and a list of the power rankings, to come out this Saturday.

Featured guests: MarioManz, jayy, Popalofiti, octet, Ampere

very excited to cast this one :)

pleased to announce some additional helpers for this project:

- Soala (graphics/casting)
- Popalofiti (IM coverage)
- jemond (YOU KNOW HOW IT IS)

love these players, shame i couldn't make it work and play with them. give them a chance to play!!! jay and sakura are goated. also love dot and arzt, great guys to be with and give fair and constructive criticism

Roster Spreadsheet + Broadcast Schedule

May include main coverage here too :)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nPA3SLyzeEP0O_sAPVBmEC29YVSZ4iAUTB__9z-KCmU/edit?usp=sharing

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