Five Fans Remain Perfect in League of Legends Worlds Pick’ems
Only five League of Legends esports fans have managed to maintain a perfect Pick’em score as the 2023 World Championship transitions into its knockout stage.
These five fans correctly predicted the eight teams that would advance from the Worlds Swiss stage, as well as the two teams that would come out of play-ins. They even earned bonus points for correctly predicting the team that would emerge from the Swiss stage without losing a match. Now, these fans have the opportunity to continue their perfect streak by correctly predicting the final seven matches of the tournament. Last season, no one achieved a perfect Pick’em score as DRX surprised everyone and won the world title.
Among the five fans with perfect Pick’ems this year, four have already made their picks for the next round. It seems they largely agree on who will emerge from the quarterfinals. In the upper half of the bracket, all of them selected Gen.G to defeat Bilibili Gaming, while three of them chose Weibo Gaming over NRG Esports. A similar pattern emerged in their picks for the lower half of the bracket, with each of them selecting JDG over KT Rolster, and three out of four going for T1 over LNG Esports.
Gen.G are considered the favorites, with 94.5 percent of fans predicting their victory against Bilibili. However, it’s worth noting that Bilibili beat Gen.G 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of this year’s Mid-Season Invitational, proving that upsets can happen.
The matchup that has the most variation in picks is Weibo vs. NRG. In this series, 74 percent of fans have chosen Weibo as the winner. However, NRG has been proving themselves throughout the tournament, defying expectations with their strong performances. They have carried the hope of the West, surpassing the expectations that were initially placed on G2 Esports, who NRG convincingly defeated in the Swiss stage.
If you want to make your own picks for the Worlds 2023 quarterfinal round, you need to do so quickly as submissions for the first match of the knockout stage will close in a few hours. The first match is scheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 2, with NRG Esports facing off against Weibo Gaming.