The Samsung Euro Championships will be Grubby's first offline event under the MYM tag and I'm sure he will be well-prepared for this, given that his reputation is at stake as well. For those of you who are unaware, Grubby was eliminated early in the knock-out round of the AWL European qualifiers by Gravitas.TITAN, and a 0-2 loss to WE.Sky in the following day in WC3L.

But despite all these aforementioned insinuations, I strongly believe that those losses will serve as stupendous lessons if he brings home the gold.

Judging from the brackets, HoT will either face ToD or XyLigan in the semi-finals. Nonetheless, expect him to sail through to the Grand Finals as his NE vs HU match-up is remarkable as of late.

Let's also not forget that he will be defending his title this year, and will be practicsing extra hard for this.

I won't be too confident of this prediction, since we haven't had the chance of seeing him performing enough. 2 losses from NGL-One finals and a withdrawal from the AWL European qualifiers are simply not enough to glean anything. Yet, ToD is the kind of player that always performs well if he tries hard enough, so don't hold back your support.

I'll go with third place for now, but it is easily interchangable with first place depending on how gung-ho ToD has been about the malicious DotA.

Expect lots of surprises either at the Extreme Masters finals or the Samsung Euro championships. Being the captain of Gravitas Gaming, XyLigan will have a lot to prove in this tournament, similar to WCG 2006 where he finished fourth. However, word has it that the former fnatic player has not been practicing sufficiently as of late.

But hey, who needs practice when he has his towers?