Hmm, SQ is doing better than I thought. Of course they are playing on LAN against just about every top 8 team from last season. Hell, even Str8, TD, Instinct aren't playing as much LAN against other top teams put together.
I may have to change my predictions for SQ. I think they will do good at an event, but the highest they will take is 4th.
Reasons are that there is no money on the line at those LANs. . There is no need for Str8 to divulge all of their strategies at a practice LAN, same with Instinct and TD who have both lost in series to SQ. These LANs at they play are just for practice and while SQ is a new team with something to prove and can go all out at these LANs it would be almost foolish for a team in the top 3 to give away all of their strats at a LAN that in the end has little indication on who is going to win what.
Don't get me wrong, it shows that SQ is definitely a capable team, but they are all young and inexperienced except for Strongside who is used to the mainstage. I still say that the pressure gets to them at Meadows, but I could see them taking 4th, 5th, or 6th. I also think they will win an event, probably the one before the playoffs. But I don't see them winning anymore than 2 events at all, especially not the championships or playoffs.