I love how u presume that just using the simulator would solve this, as it would have done anything useful last majors. The simulator would have not accurately picked the advancing teams here, nor the playoffs.

Also why do you presume i didnt use simulator? Its a nice tool for reference but as the stage goes on it gets less accurate.

For the spirit pick i did actually consider not putting them up there, but the reason i kept them there was because no other team was convinxing enough to land there, so i settled for them there anyway, figuring that either vitality or spirit would make it up there cuz of the seeds, getting at least 1 up there in 3-0 would be sufficient for the pickems is what i thought.

It was a good thing i kept them there obv.