ESPORTS - predictions and tips (Dota 2, CS:GO, LoL)

[STT]

The history of Astralis has always been skill but also continual failure to cohesively make the best of that skill and win.    In recent years they became dominant and conquered their internal failure but for the moment I would refer to them as their former selves, in disarray but deadly even in retreat.   They dont give up but they can lose their grip it seems, this disruption is not helping them I think they will come back to full strength when we can have proper LAN and things are more normal.    Still I think they are more interesting to watch when not perfect, kinda cruel possibly to say that maybe but they arent exactly poor.

[rand1919]

[DOTA 2] The last 2 days of the OMEGA League Immortal EU division approach. Only 6 more matches remaining and only Team Secret has secured their playoff spot for now. It will be interesting to see the development of those group stages this weekend. Here are my picks for Friday matches.

Natus Vincere - Alliance: Alliance, 1.41 @ MY BETSLIP
Team Liquid - flytomoon: Over 2.5, 1.85 @ MY BETSLIP
Team Secret - OG: OG 1.5, 1.68 @ MY BETSLIP

Natus Vincere and Alliance is considered to be one of the modern-day El Clasicos of Dota 2. Although the current rosters have nothing to do with the ones from a few years ago, it’s always fun to watch these two teams going against each other. As much as I like NaVi, I think that Alliance is just a lot better compared to their enemies, which should mean that they will win. Even though Alliance is holding the last place in their group A with 1 wins and 3 losses, NaVi has 1 match more to play. They are just one place above them in rankings with 1 win and 2 losses. At this point, Alliance is a better team, even if they are not looking good in this tournament. With NikoBaby carrying them, they shouldn’t have bigger problems beating NaVi.

Team Liquid and FlyToMoon are two teams that are in a similar position right now. Generally speaking, Team Liquid is the better team, however, their most recent performance is just dreadful. This should be a very close match, and I have a feeling that we can see all 3 maps here. Liquid are slight favourites because of their history in previous tournaments, but in this one - they are looking very bad. 1-3, with 2 maps won out of 8. Terrible numbers. FlyToMoon has a win over NiP and a map won vs Vikin.gg. It’s hard to predict the match winner here, that’s why I’m going with an Over 2.5 bet.

This is the clash that everyone is waiting to see. Team Secret and OG are two of the best teams in Europe right now, maybe in the world too, which is why this series is really hard to predict. Even though the two time TI champions are in good form, Team Secret has won everything in the last couple of months, so we will choose them over their opponents. Secret are big favourites in this match, simply because of their current form and strength. They are the best Dota 2 out there currently. What could go in bettors favour is that they’ve already secured their playoff spot and top 2 positions in group B. They can play for seeding now. However, with Topson and Ceb back, OG is slowly getting their old shade back. They have a decent chance here I would say, and handicap OG bet here is the smartest way to go, with a decent odds of course.

[rand1919]

[CS:GO] My ESL One Cologne picks for today:

Astralis - Ninjas In Pyjamas: Ninjas In Pyjamas 1.5, 1.52 @ MY BETSLIP
Evil geniuses - FURIA: Over 2.5, 2.02 @ MY BETSLIP

[hanspeter77]

The history of Astralis has always been skill but also continual failure to cohesively make the best of that skill and win.    In recent years they became dominant and conquered their internal failure but for the moment I would refer to them as their former selves, in disarray but deadly even in retreat.   They dont give up but they can lose their grip it seems, this disruption is not helping them I think they will come back to full strength when we can have proper LAN and things are more normal.    Still I think they are more interesting to watch when not perfect, kinda cruel possibly to say that maybe but they arent exactly poor.

yes so it is. 
Today G2 sports win butt OG have played very good,a lot of rounds they given away.
Tomorrow play G2 sports vs Heroic, i think Heroic lose im find OG play better as Heroic. G2 sports win tomorrow and is in finals with Astralis. 

[boyptc]

Don't you want to bet on ESL One Thailand Asia?

The teams that are participating aren't explosive as the Omega League in Europe. There were roster change and stand-ins which is interesting. Raven to Fnatic, Abed to stand-in to Geek Fam and SamH to play with T1.

ESL One Thailand Asia is pretty interesting, but its really hard to predict and a lot of teams have some question marks for me, so i'm rather skipping that tournament. Its easier for me to follow EU / NA tournaments and teams, im more familiar with those, much easier to bet then to Asian fixed matches. Asian is the region with the most teams that fix matches / results for money... Another reason, why to skip it.

Thanks for that answer rand.

I'm curious as to why you haven't bet with that region but now it's clear why haven't posted bets for it.

[rdbase]

The history of Astralis has always been skill but also continual failure to cohesively make the best of that skill and win.    In recent years they became dominant and conquered their internal failure but for the moment I would refer to them as their former selves, in disarray but deadly even in retreat.   They dont give up but they can lose their grip it seems, this disruption is not helping them I think they will come back to full strength when we can have proper LAN and things are more normal. Still I think they are more interesting to watch when not perfect, kinda cruel possibly to say that maybe but they arent exactly poor.

I bet on Astralis and they made me lose all my parlays yesterday. So I do not think they are back to their best form yet and their performance really lacked watching them go down so badly.
I also bet on Furia to win a map but they lost. They couldn't even win their map pick so they are out of contention.
The thing before the match started was they did a pause of over 2 minutes holding BLM signs before their match began.
So this movement has spread into the esports leagues as well.

[hanspeter77]

Vitality Play very good as well, for the Ninjas was it not eneugh to come in finals.
Tomrrow the Finals beetwen bitality and Heroic that gone be a great match i think.

what you think guys who win?    Heroic has a great cahnce to win underdog Bonus.

[rdbase]

Heroic just killed Vitality in the first map and are looking like they will take this finals from the big dogs.
I don't know what the odds were for them for a sweep getting all 3 maps in a row would be but must of been massive.

[Waffen]

For me, Heroic all the way

[hanspeter77]

For me, Heroic all the way

Ui Ui Ui 2:00 for Heric nice gameplay. Heroic have a run the last matched hey played like realy pro,s.
butt they are new ^^.
it looks like that win Heroic the ESL Cologne, yeah the win goes to europe.
how much was the win rewards 125k ?? 

[Trofo]

Uh, screwed up big time today, missed all eSports games I picked today and almost all football matches I played as well. Tomorrow is the new day and it simply isn't possible for it to end as bad as this one has for me

Heroic is just about to 3:0 Vitality. Really did not expect that. They have 6 mach points and form on their side.

[hanspeter77]

Uh, screwed up big time today, missed all eSports games I picked today and almost all football matches I played as well. Tomorrow is the new day and it simply isn't possible for it to end as bad as this one has for me

Heroic is just about to 3:0 Vitality. Really did not expect that. They have 6 mach points and form on their side.

Yeah im too, dit ecpect that.
im must say Vitality dont have a good day, Heroic perform prefekt realy.
they play realy good strategie.
in 2 days Start ESLPro league im cant wait to it
hopefull BIG rock it this jear.

[boyptc]

Did anyone notice the trial of pick for a Bloodseeker offlane by other teams? This pick was started and first seen through Team Secret.

It's effective for them but not for OG and EG when they've picked it and did the same strategy as Secret's.

[Mauser]

Uh, screwed up big time today, missed all eSports games I picked today and almost all football matches I played as well. Tomorrow is the new day and it simply isn't possible for it to end as bad as this one has for me

Heroic is just about to 3:0 Vitality. Really did not expect that. They have 6 mach points and form on their side.

Sorry to hear that, similar for me. I was very unlucky in my last few bets and am down quite a bit. I used to just bet csgo keys and skins. But now I don't have many skins left. Only 1 knife and few worthless skins. I am. Looking for one good bet to get back into the game. Any recommendations? Are you soley getting with cryptos?

[rand1919]

[CS:GO] My picks for today:

Heretics - Queso: Heretics -1.5, 1.42 @ MY BETSLIP
Winstrike - BIG Academy: Winstrike, 1.22 @ MY BETSLIP

Lower odds, but safe picks.

[rand1919]

[DOTA 2] My Dota 2 picks for today:

Cyber Legacy - Ninjas in Pyjamas: Ninjas in Pyjamas, 1.80 @ MY BETSLIP
HellRaisers - Natus Vincere: HellRaisers 1.5, 1.42 @ MY BETSLIP
Quincy Crew - beastcoast: Quincy Crew -1.5, 1.46 @ MY BETSLIP

GL! All matches are BO3.

[hanspeter77]

Next go from Tomorrow to the 3 of September ESL Pro League
Team Liquid vs Chaos Esports Club i think Liquid will win.
And in 2 Days come a hart Match for Cloud9, earlier 1-2 jears cloud9 plays realy good was long time Top Team.
Gen.G vs Triumph in this match i dont now the Teams are new for me 

[pikkie]

[DOTA 2] My Dota 2 picks for today:

Cyber Legacy - Ninjas in Pyjamas: Ninjas in Pyjamas, 1.80 @ MY BETSLIP

GL! All matches are BO3.

I think your choice to guess who will be the winner is already very good because from various kinds of matches Ninjas in Pajamas have very good performances and they often win early matches even though they never enter the final round but Ninjas in Pajamas wins also often happen.

[DevilSlayer]

I want to focus to the game for today in ESL One Thailand which is the game between the Geekfam and Fnatic. In this game, the team will be lost will be removed in the series so this game is basically a do or die game. The current carry of geekfam is EG.Abed which is really strong because he is the one of the player which have high mmr. In terms of the carry of the Fnatic which is Raven who have good performances in this past series. Geekfam are good in terms of team fight but in terms of strategies and plays, fnatic have the upper hand. I will make a bet in geekfam but only for game 1. I avoiding betting in game 2 because for me it is a crucial and I do not have high winning rate in terms of making bet in game 2.

[rand1919]

[DOTA 2] My picks for today were:

Geek Fam - Fnatic: Fnatic, 1.39 @ MY BETSLIP
Cyber Legacy - Omegalil: Cyber Legacy, 1.24 @ MY BETSLIP
HellRaisers - Khan: Khan 1.5, 1.73 @ MY BETSLIP
flytomoon - Ninjas in Pyjamas: Ninjas in Pyjamas 1.5, 1.66 @ MY BETSLIP

This is the first lower bracket match of ESL One Thailand Asia. I always expect great things from Fnatic, but in this tournament they didn’t deliver it yet. Both Fnatic and Geek Fam ended up with a 3-2 win/loss ratio in their groups. However, I do think that Fnatic had much stronger opponents. This will be a match with a lot of stress, since the loser is out of the tournament. Luckily, it’s the best of 1 series. In the last 2 months, Fnatic did not beat Geek Fam in a BO3 series. However, I think that they are in slightly better shape, and this could go their way. It must go. Fnatic ML is a way to go here. They have slightly better chances for the win.

For many people ,Cyber Legacy were favourites vs NiP yesterday in the round 1 of the upper bracket of OMEGA League EU Divine Division. However, NiP once again showed that they are very good vs CIS teams. Cyber Legacy were dominant in their group with 5 wins and 0 losses. One of those wins was 2-0 vs Omegalil. New Cyber Legacy team looks really strong on paper. Basically they are made of players that were dropped from the biggest CIS squads (NaVi, VP…). With this new lineup, Cyber Legacy never lost to Omegalil. Two matches, two easy wins. However, Omegalil is playing decently too. 2nd place in their group, and wins vs decent tier 2 CIS squads. However, in this situation CL are clear winners here for me. Maybe higher CL ML odds would be a good pick.

HellRaisers won their group with 4 wins and 1 loss, but they’ve lost in the round 1 of playoffs. NaVi was the better team in that match, and HR lost 0-2. Surprisingly, because I do think overall HellRaisers is a squad with more quality. Khan has only 2 wins from the group, but they look good on paper, and they had some amazing wins vs pretty strong Team Unique. Impressive win for them, and I believe that win can boost their confidence. They need it, because they are facing favorited HellRaisers. However, I don’t think that will be an easy match for HellRaisers. Yes, they are the favourites, but I do think Khan can surprise too. Odds on HR ML win are so low, that I advise to go for +1.5 Khan handicap. HellRaisers ML is a safer way to go, if you want to go that.

In the last 10 days, those two teams faced each other two times. FlyToMoon took both wins with clean 2-0 results. Impressive. But I was impressed with NiP last week too. Their last two wins are vs Cyber Legacy and Team Liquid. And then, they lose to FlyToMoon. Really inconsistent performance from NiP, but I do think that they have all that it takes to be able to threaten FlyToMoon. Yes, a day ago they lost to FTM, but I believe they always have a chance to surprise them. They are a decent squad with a big minus on position 5. They are playing with a standing player from Team Spirit, and that may affect them. If they can take a win from Cyber Legacy which is decent tier 2 CIS team, i’m sure they can surprise FTM if they have a good day. Odds on FTM ML are so low, that I’ve decided to chase higher riskier odds.