Predictions were done by Ben Nick, Brent and myself.
Group A (Ben)
xl_vain_lx - Another fashioned runner, Mike typically likes to try and run if he can and usually succeeds in doing so. He has struggled in most competitions but I think he will do good in this one and have a chance to win most of his matches. His snooker game is good enough to help him do so
oh.tyson - Just coming back about a month ago or so.. Tyson is a decent player. He may struggle in this group, though, however. He knows the aspect of the game, but sometimes he leaves his opponents easy tables to finish, or gets beat in a snooker match. However, I think Tyson will be in most sets, but will fall short.
dope.skill - The Amazin Asian here folks. Timmy is a solid player, and especially a good runner, with an ok snooker game. I could see him if he got a few big wins and a little luck finishing as high as first, or second, but I think he will be battling vain for 3rd place and will fall just short. However, do not sleep on him he can hang in all these sets and possibly win them.
pro.jeremy - He has improved since being jeremybolt and since he started playing again. I think he has become a better overall player and runner. He's also a decent snooker player when he wants to be, but sometimes he tries to overrun and then messes up leaving his opponent an easy table to clean up. Jeremy has the skills to possibly finish first in this group, but I think he will lose two matches.
FastEddieTheEvilPsycho - Another dude from Michigan like Vain and me, I haven't seen Eddie play except in a few teamers, and from my take he looks like a runner who snookers as a last resort. He can finish most runs, but at times seems to cough up others, and I think he will win some sets but battle for the 5th spot with Tyson.
Hawkeyestriker - Overall, Andy probably is the best in this group. However, this group, like most, is tough and Andy will have to avoid that rhythm of bad luck in these sets if he wants to take first place in this group. He has been playing for a long time and is skilled at running and snookering. If Andy can play well during most sets I think he will fare well.
Pecking order - 1.Andy 2.Jeremy 3.Mike 4.Timmy 5.Eddie 6.Tyson
Group B (Ben)
haters - Lol My Jamaican buddy! Latty is a good player and can run tables and do some snookers too. He should be able to hang in most sets, but this is a hard ass group and I am going to have to put you at the bottom.
xlx_chex_xlx - This guy is pretty good snooker and runner with great cue control. First time in the competition since around this time last year where he was fairly successful. I see Chex doing well in this group, although its going be a real tough group, he has the skills to be at the top.
GaRy_Is_My_NaMe_PoOl_Is_My_GaMe - The SS captain. He Recruits about 24/7 so holla if you need a dolla. Anyways, Gary is a great runner, and since he cameback has been winning a lot of games for ss and is one of their best players. He has a chance to finish at the top of the group its up for grabs!
trav_the_king - Ok, Travis has really good running and banking skills and has really improved the past two years from when he used easy_lvloney LOL. He can also make nice safeties when he needs to, but usually tries to run and most times he does.
llvllasterllvllind - Well a straight up run breaker. He tries to run most everything, and then relies on his safety play from there. He can sometimes make nice run, and sometimes gets a little lucky bang to help lol. Overall he can finish high up on the ladder too its just going be difficult.
black_stallion010 - Another talented player Irfan is a smart player and handles the tables well, and has skills on all parts of the game. He also, like almost everyone in this group has a chance to take 1st place.
Pecking order - 1. Trav 2. Luiz 3.Irfan 4.Steve 5.Gary 6.Ryan
Group C (Nick)
x_i_am_me_x - Although I do not know too much about you Alexx, I see you played Division A ball in 8br cam making the playoffs. Decent record of 2-1-1 in group play beating Cam (nxs_skills). Did make the playoffs only to be sent home round 1 by a good player in PC. This will be a tough group for you having Stu and company leading the voting. Best of luck to you, maybe a wild card bid at best.
zl_stu_lz - Stu is most likely the favorite here having the most consistent play I've seen in ypool. Sometimes Stu can get into trouble with his runs early but when he figures it out he is deadly. If he can beat Stephen he shouldn't have to much trouble winning the group.
british_pool_wizard - I know basically nothing about you, but I do hear you used to be pretty good. Also that your an old schooler which is bad ass. Tough group to get through here, hopefully you can crack a playoff spot.
l1_stephen_1 - Another very consistent player. He's won a few comps in the past and I believe he has the skill to knock of Stu for first in this group. If there was one set to watch in this group it would be Stephen/Stu. Timm may give Stephen a run for his money but as far as I can see Stephen should take 2nd here. Good luck!
l3lack_jesus - Probably the biggest sleeper in this group. I haven't been around much in the last few months but before I had left few months back, Timm was Al2'in it up all day table 1. Has a good run game and knows when to do it. He definitely can knock off anyone in this group when he is on his game. If anyone were to snag 1st/2nd, it will be Timm. If not he still should make the playoffs.
x_majik.shots_x - I've seen you play a few times, I don't remember a whole lot about ya. If I were to do predictions again for you next season I hope I'd be able to say good things about this one :P. Good luck bro.
Pecking order - 1.Stu 2.Stephen 3.Timm 4.Alexx 5.Jason 6.Cal
Group D (Brent)
arse_kicker_oo1 - Aaron began playing Yahoo! Pool a couple years after the dinosaurs disappeared. With that sort of experience, its safe to say that he has an advantage. With that said, I personally thought he was always just an upper-average player and I'm sure he is still pretty good. He should struggle in this group, however.
nick_ownzz - Nick is one of those people who have also been around for years, but for some reason I haven't played him much. The only thing I can go off of is his recent 8brcam group stage in which he struggled a lot. Although that group was probably a little tougher than his group here, I expect him to struggle to make the playoffs.
leafed_leafs - Jon can be one of the hardest people to beat, or he can be one of the easiest people to beat. His last group stage in Sscam was pretty horrible in a mediocre group, he still managed to make playoffs, however. With that said, he has won the competition before and it would be foolish to predict him out of playoffs.
_Cue - Nish is similar to Jon in that his gameplay is somewhat streaky. Unfortunately, his id accurately describes his play most of the time. If he manages to tidy up the tables and not allow people to enter janitor mode, he should do well. I don't think we'll see Nish come playoff time, however.
Oh My God! - Craig will make the playoffs if he wants too. If he decides to act like a child and quit after he loses a game or something, it certainly wouldn't be surprising. With that said, he is the best player in the group and barring any foolishness, he should take first or second.
dwaechte - Similar to Nick, I don't think I've ever played Dan. However, I have seen Dan play and he is a pretty solid player. I think he has a strong enough ability to play both snookers and runners to find success in this group.
Pecking order - 1.Craig 2.Jon 3.Dan 4.Nick 5.Nish 6.Aaron
Group E (Jon)
xlx_s_p_g_xlx - Welcoming Scotty to the sscam field.. it's his first time in this competition but definitely not his first time playing sets. I know that I've seen him in the start of quite a few cam comps but searching through archives of other comps we haven't seen him in playoffs mostly because he doesn't complete his sets. So far in lg in a pretty small amount of games he's winning slightly more than he's losing although those are mostly teamer stats. He'll definitely have to play all his sets and bring his top game to have a chance at going through here.
_Brimstone_ - It's good to have TJ back in the competition after a couple times through without him. Definitely a very tough player to play against even though he does like to run mostly he's able to battle with safeties as he's a pretty strong all around player. This is really not the most challenging group and he should be a strong candidate to go through.
TlNO_NICA - Tino is back for possibly his last stand in div A as really the seasons haven't been very successful for him this year. Now we all know that Tino is more than capable of playing some great pool but maybe the focus isn't always there. This group isn't exactly overwhelming and there are definitely opportunities for Tino to show he belongs at this level.
mr_camtasia - Chris is the defending champ and he's looking to add his 3rd sscam title to his resume. He doesn't really have too much to worry about at this stage of the competition as he's looking like a strong candidate already to come up with a 5-0 campaign. Chris is definitely the man to beat in this competition but it's worth noting that there will be more worthy challengers to the throne this time around.
trumpsterized - Welcoming Mikey to the competition and it's possibly going to be a rude one with the div A challengers. I really did make an effort to research Mikey to find him in a cam comp and I had to go all the way back to 8brcam's div B last year where the effort was decent but no playoffs. He's definitely capable of playing well but it remains to be seen if he can put it together against this competition in a set. Not the most overpowering group so if he can put some strong play together a couple wins will be possible.
l2ack.em_up - Other Chris is back and he'll be happy to once again be sharing a group with champ Chris. I think Chris has a great chance to get back to the playoffs this season if he's on his game. This is definitely one of the more wide open groups and based on his previous performances he should be able to challenge TJ for second place.
Pecking Order - 1.Chris(mr) 2.TJ 3.Chris(l2ack) 4.Scotty 5.Tino 6. Mikey
Group F (Jon)
p.ascal - This wandering pool vagabond has been called past his prime on many occasions. Great to have him back in this competition because there's nothing like a race with Pascal. He's definitely always a tough set and if he brings his A game then look out. He's a pretty strong shooter and knows the ins and outs with power and rolls, doesn't often miss easy shots. Sometimes can go for a little too much and that's where he gets in trouble but if he's hitting his stride in a set he usually wins.
R_ook - JT has a pretty strong run of success in sscam ended last season, failing to qualify for the playoffs . The group he's in this season is probably even better than last time so he's going to need to bring his top level of play. He might be a little more skilled than Matt and Trey but those wins would only take him part of the way to playoffs. Needs to play to win in ever set and might have to settle for a wildcard.
the_pool_professor - Kenny is coming off a pretty shaky sscam group stage last season where a couple early losses had him on the verge of disaster. There's definitely the same kind of danger in his group again this time around with capable players to go up against in every set. He's definitely shown strings of shaky play but he's also shown an ability to tighten up his level of play. He should do very well in this group as he appears to one of the two top skilled players along with Brent.
ImThatGood - This is attempt number two for the former div B champ Matt. This guy has been playing a lot of pool everywhere from inters to other comps and has been putting up pretty good results. This particular group might be the toughest he'll have had to go up against so far from all comps. There are wins available so Matt is going to have to play his best against the weaker opponents in the group to have a chance at making playoffs. I think he'd be happy to improve on his one win from last season.
UN_NATURAL - I'm hoping that Trey didn't make a mistake by putting div A on his sscam application but here comes some heat. Trey's 5-0 domination of div B showed that he's ready to take on some better players and this will be a pretty tough test. We've definitely seen Trey win against good players before but the key will be putting a few of those wins together in the same comp. Not impossible to see him in the playoffs but he's the big underdog.
l3anger - The other favourite in this group Brent made a great run in the sscam playoffs to quarter-finals where he became a victim of the Chris train. The only two losses for Brent that season were to Chris so he'll be happy to see that obstacle not existing in the group stage. Brent is playing very well lately and he looks to be serious about trying to win it all and knock off anyone who gets in his way. Should be a comfortable playoff player again.
Pecking order - 1.Brent 2.Kenny 3.Pascal 4.JT 5.Matt 6.Trey
Group G (Jon)
loverboy_aireagle22003 - Another returnee to the competition we have Mina back in the game. Mina I think is a bit of an underrated player as his skills are most often no display in inter matches where he often displays some good clutch shooting. Haven't really heard too much from Mina in cam comps lately but in the few seasons where he had previously played he was a playoff contender. He's going to be fighting with David and Mike for the last playoff spot.
fhm_champion - Oh how it must be nice to have Ben's game with a deadly mixture of great shooting and ultimate patience to wait for openings. Ben accepted the challenge to take div A's final spot and enters a tough group with a few strong players. Definitely one of the stronger players in the competition and should even challenge Ant in a set if he manages to complete all his sets he'll be comfortably in playoffs.
PxYxRxO - Well I can't say that I don't feel a little bad for DJ being in this situation but it's definitely not all bad. It's not often that you get an opportunity to get schooled by some really good players. Honestly though DJ has nothing to lose here as there aren't huge expectations on him but he does have a great opportunity to go out there and try to upset one of these players. Definitely will be a good example of the consistency required to play at top level I think winning a set would be good two might be a stretch.
x_ant_x - Oh hello there. Worlds are colliding! Worlds are colliding! Just when you thought there were enough strong players we have another two time champ in the competition in Ant who won last year's season 4 as well as this year's season 1. As well as being a two time finalist in the other two seasons he played that is a prime example of how Ant tends to dominate this competition. Ben might challenge him in groups but that's it.
mike_the_champion - Mike is looking to come back from a disappointing previous season where he started out strong with a win but finished with only 3 sets played and 2 losses. Mike definitely has the game to compete at the highest level he just needs to keep his head high and go into sets with a winning mentality because he definitely is a playoff player if he can manage to play his best. Should fight with David and Mina for 3rd and a possible wildcard.
l3_lvl_x - Ever since David was given the challenge of playing in div A he's been a competition finalist and made the playoffs for the next two seasons. This particular group stage might be the ultimate test as there really aren't any easy wins available. David has suffered early playoff defeats in previous two seasons and wants to improve but here definitely must focus on these group stage sets to ensure he qualifies. One of the most improved players in div A is doing it with legit skill and he's got the inside track to 3rd place in group.
Pecking order - 1.Ant 2.Ben 3.David 4.Mina 5.Mike 6.DJ
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