Playoff Pick’Em StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. 100% Pick’Em Based on Various Talent Selections!
In our previous article, we shared our thoughts regarding the upcoming events in the Hungarian capital. We looked at different scenarios, but in this article, we’ll gather opinions from various people in the industry. At the end, we’ll definitely tally all the votes and make a final prediction that can be considered the community’s collective choice. But remember! There’s always room for unexpected twists at the Major! Considering such a strong lineup of participants, events can unfold in any way!
Pick'Em Challenge from HLTV Confirmed
- Quarterfinals – Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Spirit, FURIA
- Grand Final – FURIA
The editors of the main and most authoritative CS portal – HLTV – made a rather “expected” prediction. Everything is proper, dignified, according to rankings and odds. In their opinion, all favorites should pass the quarterfinals, and Spirit and FURIA will meet in the final. Boring? But reliable.
Pick'Em Challenge from EVELONE
- Quarterfinals – Falcons, Vitality, FURIA, FaZe
- Semifinals – Falcons, FaZe
- Grand Final – Falcons
The owner of the Russian-language broadcasting rights for the Major – streamer EVELONE – has a completely opposite opinion. He thinks that Spirit and FURIA (the main favorites) will stumble already in the quarterfinals against all expectations. Perhaps he remembered the 3:0 group stage curse, considers them weaker, or just has a gut feeling. While Falcons looks quite logical, choosing FaZe as the tournament’s top-2 is very extravagant! Let’s see if there are other talents who agree with him.
Pick'Em Challenge from FL4MUS
- Quarterfinals – Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, FaZe
- Semifinals – Vitality, FURIA
- Grand Final – FURIA
And you know what? Turns out there are! The recent addition to OG and former VP player – FL4MUS – also put FaZe through to the semifinals. However, unlike EVELONE, he didn’t believe in their advancement to the grand final, which already seems more or less realistic. For the second time in our “statistics,” FURIA becomes champion, and Spirit beats Falcons.
Pick'Em Challenge from Thour
- Quarterfinals – Falcons, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Vitality, FURIA
- Grand Final – FURIA
Let’s find out the thoughts of one of the main insiders in the community. Maybe he’s already found the “leaked script” in the game code that the developers accidentally uploaded? By the way, he actually found one thing – a mention of the Cache map, and according to him, we’ll find out everything very soon! Returning to the pick’em, here we have FURIA winning again, nothing unusual. But thanks to the insider for another spark of hope for Cache’s return, fingers crossed!
Pick'Em Challenge from Overdrive
- Quarterfinals – Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Spirit, FURIA
- Grand Final – Spirit
Another insider, but of the transfer market – Overdrive – believes in Spirit’s victory. Considering he’s slightly biased due to close relationships with the organization, this isn’t surprising. However, few would argue that the scenario is completely unrealistic. Spirit is in good form, confidently made it out of the group, and Overdrive’s main argument: “If Spirit gets past Falcons, they’ll believe in their prime, lift the weight off their shoulders, and steamroll through the rest of their opponents.” Honestly, we even somewhat agree with this take, but the key point: “If they get past Falcons.” So far, the statistics are not on the Dragons’ side.
Pick'Em Challenge from Vitality's SMM
- Quarterfinals – Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Vitality, FURIA
- Grand Final – Vitality
This time, we managed to collect an opinion from an actual Major participant! Of course, seeing a different winner in the organization’s official social media would be strange, but many prefer to “stay” on the sidelines so as not to jinx their luck (by the way, Spirit’s analyst did exactly that and chose MOUZ as winners). We respect such boldness; all that remains is to find out what the organization’s final post will be after the tournament in Budapest: a sad meme, a cold “Thank you for your support,” or a championship clip with the trophy being lifted and the caption in caps WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
Pick'Em Challenge from mou
- Quarterfinals – Falcons, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Vitality, MOUZ
- Grand Final – MOUZ
Now let’s turn to the coaching bench and the PGL Major Krakow 2017 champion with Gambit – mou. We don’t know if he’s familiar with Spirit’s analyst – clife, whom we mentioned above, but they gave identical predictions for the results of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. Actually, MOUZ is an extremely solid team that can beat any team, and lifting the trophy is truly within their power. Especially since their first match is against FaZe and by the feel of it – this is the most obvious pairing of all quarterfinal matches.
Pick'Em Challenge from n0rb3r7
- Quarterfinals – Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Spirit, FURIA
- Grand Final – FURIA
What will mou’s current protégé – n0rb3r7 – say? By the way, also a Major champion – IEM Rio 2022. For some reason, the meme “n0rb3r7 – 1 Major, NiKo – 0” went viral at the current tournament, so we couldn’t help but look at David’s choice. Well, everything is quite standard – the two best teams from the group stage meet in the grand final, and FURIA proves stronger in BO5. Actually, if such a grand final happens, from a map pool perspective, FURIA has a clear advantage, and in the long race to three wins, they should be considered favorites.
Pick'Em Challenge from Heccu
- Quarterfinals – Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ
- Semifinals – Spirit, FURIA
- Grand Final – Spirit
Finally, let’s turn to feminine intuition and see what verdict Heccu will deliver! She considers Spirit the main favorites and believes in their success, just like a year ago at the Major in China. And you know what? We find a pattern here! If we recall the events of last year, Spirit had a similar season: excellent start, a couple of wins in the summer period, a failed autumn, and championship at the end of the year. So far, these cycles are repeating exactly, so there’s something to think about!
Statistical Verdict: The Conditional "Perfect" Pick
After analyzing all the choices, we identified the most popular, and therefore most likely from the perspective of the talents’ “collective mind,” options. It’s noteworthy that almost no one believes not only in The MongolZ and NAVI’s championship but even in their potential advancement to the semifinals. Maybe this is where the main sensations lie? It’s possible, but we move on to the final pick’em:
- Quarterfinals: Spirit, Vitality, FURIA, MOUZ. This quartet is present in the overwhelming majority of predictions. The main debates are only around the Falcons vs Spirit matchup.
- Semifinals: Spirit, FURIA. Paradoxically, the best teams from the group stage will most likely meet in the final and will be stronger than their opponents.
- Champion: FURIA. The Brazilian team has a slight but statistical edge over Spirit in championship predictions.
Author: Alex
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