Predictions for next 1 week matchup?

#1 - Sept. 21, 2012, 6:48 a.m.

Well we are into the last day of the first 1 week matchup. My server Isle of Janthir has had a pretty tough time of it, but what can we expect for the upcoming week long matchup.

Currently the top 3 servers look to be fairly even. The only score I’ve seen so far from their matchup saw HoD on top with SBI slightly behind and JQ a bit further back. All were in the 230-280K range for their score.

In bracket 2 the score is very lopsided. ET currently has 460K vs. 85K (IoJ) vs. 70K (SoS).

I haven’t seen anything so far from bracket 3 which is Crystal Desert vs. Gates of Madness vs. Blackgate but going from the queue times I’d say CD is winning there.

So anyway after running them around in my head for a bit here are my prediction for the matchups for next week for the top 9 servers.

Bracket 1
- Henge of Denravi
- Stormbluff Isle
- Eredon Terrace

Bracket 2
- Jade Quarry
- Crystal Desert
- Blackgate

Bracket 3
- Isle of Janthir
- Sea of Sorrows
- Gates of Madness (or some lower ranked server that moves up).

What does everyone else think?

MikeFerguson

#18 - Sept. 21, 2012, 1:22 p.m.

I expect to see a good bit of churn in the rankings because of the blowouts we have in the current matchups.

I think the 24 hour matchups did a decent job of separating servers so they matched up decently for that style of play, but it took a couple of matches to get there. I am fairly sure it will take a couple 7 day matches before the rankings are more representative of long term performance as well.

Some worlds are great at 24 hour matches, but a 7 day match plays out much differently than a 24 hour match. I expect that the servers that are dominating during non peak hours will start to float to the top of the rankings after winning matches against worlds that don’t have great 24 hour coverage, and eventually those worlds will be in put in matches that reflect their abilities during all hours of the day.

I do not expect things to somehow magically be much better in the next match, but I do expect that matchups should start getting better as worlds will now start being sorted based on their 7 day performances.