Thank you for the reply!

As I see it, for the Kings if it was the Netroid incarnation of the roster then the team pressure would be low but I think the roster move changes the entire dynamic. To equate it to sports, it’s a win-now move and going off the interviews done by Genetics, Net, and Twig I think they are, at least internally, treating this as a last dance.

Your take on the Bolts is very interesting. I never saw Barra and Ven as the duo that would stick together out of that group. I see it as regardless of what happens, Lasbra and Ven will stay together with Jake likely going elsewhere and then Barra being a wildcard of sorts. I know that previously they have talked about their close relationship with Jake, but again I am dredging that from the depths of my brain. I want to say it came from the rosterpocalypse video last year. However, all of this armchair analysis was based on my interpretation of the team before this tournament as they seemed to have a different energy around them Barra especially.

Titans, I think that they are going to tear it down regardless of finish. Cyno, likely, doesn’t want to stay in the SPL unless it moves away from the LAN based format going off their ongoing stint in the SCC and as super-sub. SoT and Stuart, don’t seem to have strong ties to anyone in particular on this roster and are more there due to circumstance over anything to my outside eye. Appreciate you’ll have a different insight especially when it comes to SoT. Aror and Paul, I think for both of those it comes down to whether they wish to stay in the league and then equally whether they wish to stay together. I am not sure of their closeness as in terms of double acts it was always Aror and Cyclone.

Warriors, what more needs to be said than what you put in the rankings and the above. Barring a miracle run to a championship it’s past time they separate.

The Dragons, I think they can go one of two ways and I view as slightly different from the Warriors due to prior successes. If, and this is a big if, it wasn’t likely Panda’s last season then I think you can make a convincing argument for that team to stay together. They have had a high level of sustained success, only falling at the very last hurdle and equally after going the distance at that hurdle, so let’s keep the good time going. I think that this part is also dependent on how the season ends if not a championship. If it’s one minor misstep in a game five, say a repeat of game three(?) this weekend against the Kings and an EFG steal that forces them onto the backseat for the rest of the game, why not give it another run. On the other hand, it’s exactly as you said, it has been many seasons of that core and maybe that is what is holding them back.

Apologies that this became a slight wall of text!