The time is almost upon us when one team will stand over the smoking corpses of their fallen opponents. Their battle cries will be heard throughout the LAN(d), and their legends will rise to near-mythic proportions among their fellow gamers.

Hey, a guy can indulge in hyperbole once in a while, right?

None of those things might happen, but considering the amount of talent at the LAN, and specifically in the final four teams, winning the BYOC is still something to be proud of. Three of the teams were drafted into the CGS as taxi teams, and the last team (eGe) beat Eximius and inRage.

On with the predictions!

Upper Bracket Finals – Pandemic (#1) vs. Turmoil (#3)

We’ll finally be able to see if anybody can touch Pandemic. So far, nobody has had much luck. Hyper and n3mesis put up eight rounds against them, and that’s been the highest total. With the #1 seed, their team history while under Forbidden and verGe, and their performance here, it’s clear they’re the favorite to take home the big prize.

But if anybody can take them down, it might be Turmoil. When the Laurita Effect is at 100% capacity, they’ve got a dominating AWPer. KwicK, sauce, and cheekz know how to handle a rifle, and if Sasquatch can get them in the right frame of mind, they’ve got plenty of talent to make it out of the Upper Bracket.

Sadly, I don’t have time to go into more detail than that. Train is going to be a great map for these guys to play on, and I expect some great AWP battles between Funshine and n0it. In the end, I think pandemic has been a little hotter. Gamings Elite took Turmoil into overtime on Dust2, and I think Pandemic is a little stronger.

Pandemic > Turmoil 13-10

Lower Bracket Finals – zomblerz (#6) vs. eGe (#4)

I hate to repeat myself, but I think we can all agree this will be an excellent match, too. The zomblerz fell to Eximius in overtime, and eGe pulled off a 13-10 victory. I’m not sure who will win, but I’m sure whatever happens, the zomblerz will do it while bunny-hopping. I don’t know if they’re trying to market bunny-hopping lessons or what, but they do it everywhere, going forward or backwards. So if you want lessons, those are the guys to talk to.

While you’re there, you could get a rifle or AWP lesson, too. When the zomblerz are hot, they’ve been dominating. They beat inRage 13-2, g3 13-5, and No-Namers 13-2.

eGe, on the other hand, has struggled with some teams. They got beat pretty well by Pandemic, they barely got by inRage and Eximius. I’m going to give this to +} based on the strength of schedule, but either team could take it

+} > eGe 13-11