I am in 1st place, in first round I will play against team no. 4 which will definately play CT, but playing for me CT would be suicide, because I am thinking about Finals and promotion....so I am gonna take Normal, plus good tactics choise, plus that my opponent hasnt TIEd last 5 games, plus My team is stronger....so I guess there is no broblem of playing Normal.....dont need to wory so much about these TIE/N/CT....need to take into account also how good is your team...and your tactics choise.....