“Most Imbalanced Fantasy of the Season” is Now Live with TWC 2025
“Most Imbalanced Fantasy of the Season” is Now Live with TWC 2025
The Thunderpick World Championship 2025 has officially gone live as a Season Fantasy event, while CS Asia Championships 2025 is available as a partner Fantasy competition.
Format & Structure
Thunderpick World Championship 2025
The event features two double-elimination groups of four teams each, followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket (with a third-place decider).
All matches except the grand final are best-of-3 (BO3); the grand final is best-of-5 (BO5).
The teams that win the upper bracket final in groups get an extra “padding” round in the playoffs.
Because there is a third-place decider, teams that reach the playoffs are guaranteed at least two matches to generate fantasy points.
The BO5 grand final yields 25% more rating points than usual for fantasy scoring.
CS Asia Championships 2025
Format: two double-elimination groups (8 teams each), followed by a six-team single-elimination playoff bracket with a third-place decider.
The opening round matches are BO1, the grand final is BO5, and all other matches are BO3.
Since this event is not part of the Season Fantasy, participants might take riskier picks aiming for big rewards rather than safe ones.
Teams & Imbalance
One of the standout observations in the HLTV piece is the gap between the invited (top) teams and the qualified teams at TWC 2025. The article remarks that four teams in the top 10 are pitted against four teams ranked outside the top 30 — making this one of the most imbalanced fantasy setups of the season.
Because of that discrepancy, the qualified teams are assigned the “bronze cards” (lowest tier) in fantasy. For example, Santino “try” Rigal is the costliest among the qualified side, but his price is only $202,000, with a 1.28 rating over the last three months. That undervalued status makes it difficult to justify using many of the qualified teams as a fantasy core — though selecting one might help you afford stronger picks elsewhere without sacrificing much.
Prizes & Incentives
Fantasy participants have access to both Season points and skin prizes, sponsored by Skin.Club.
Some of the prizes include:
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Driver Gloves | Racing Green (Field-Tested)
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AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)
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M4A1-S | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)
Recent Matches & Context
One of the current matchups in related events is Liquid vs. MIBR in the CS Asia Championships group stage. The match is a BO3 in the upper bracket semi-finals, with implications for playoff qualification.
Also relevant is TWC’s own scheduling: the group A winners’ match is scheduled, keeping the tournament moving toward its finals.
Related News & Player Quotes
While the main HLTV article does not include player quotes, HLTV’s broader news feed mentions several relevant ongoing stories and quotes:
EliGE: “We can definitely do some damage here.”
kRaSnaL: Headlines mention “kRaSnaL to stand in for B8 at CAC 2025.”
m0NESY: In one feature, he said:
“Something was off for me when I joined Falcons and also when I was in G2.”
flameZ:
“ThistrophyThis trophyThistrophy keeps us in a run for the era.”
These quotes reflect the broader competitive environment around these events.
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