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

[livingfree]

OG - Natus Vincere: OG ML, 1.61 @ MY BETSLIP

Straight 2-0 for OG. Navi is out.

Secret - Liquid: Secret ML, 1.42 @ MY BETSLIP

Liquid wins. Team Secret is out.

First time to see Secret struggle in a tournament. Their domination is totally out of control from the past months but this time, OG beats them and Liquid too.

Liquid vs. OG - which team you will bet?

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[rand1919]

[DOTA 2] Four teams remain in the EPIC League Division 1 and the same number of teams remain in the Division 2. Friday is time for the one upper and one lower bracket match from each division. Let’s analyze the matches and try to predict the winners.

Spider Pigz vs Alliance: Alliance ML

Alliance are big favourites here. Their EPIC League Division 2 lower bracket has been impeccable for now. 2 matches, 2 straight wins and 4-0 in maps. Really impressive. They beat Winstrike and Just Error and it seems like they’ve just started to show a glimpse of their old form back. We will see how their next performance will be. They are facing Spider Pigz, not a bad squad, but not a squad that should cause them any problems. Pigz lost to Gambit in the upper bracket, but they won against Chicken Fighters (ex NiP) in the lower bracket round 2. Overall, this is Alliance’s match. Anything else other than their victory would be a shocking result.

Gambit vs Live to Win: Live to Win ML

Live to Win are on fire, one of the most promising CIS squads right now, right behind Virtus.Pro and NaVi, I would say. Recently, they’ve lost only to OG, and they finished their group stage with 8 wins and 1 loss. Amazing result. Even though Gambit is showing a glimpse of good plays here and there, they shouldn’t have a chance in this series I think. Live to Win are a big favourite here and I do think odds are amazing on ML bet. In their last match 16 days ago, Live to Win took an easy 2-0 win over Gambit in the same league. I do think they can repeat that again.

Team Liquid vs OG: OG ML

OG had a poor performance in the group stage, however it seems like playoffs are going much better for them. With two 2-0 results vs strong teams, they come to face Liquid now in the lower bracket round 3 of Division 1. 2-0 vs Yellow Submarine, winners of the Division 2, and 2-0 vs Natus Vincere, 3rd place team from Division 1 are some really good results. Liquid lost to Virtus.Pro, but won 2-0 against Team Secret yesterday in an elimination match. That is pretty big for them, and it should give them an extra boost of confidence going into this match. It seems like OG are an underdog in this match on most sportsbooks, and we must use that. There is a great value in betting on OG here. They are capable of winning this. This should be a very close match if OG repeats performance from the last 2 matches. They surely have a chance.

Virtus.Pro vs Vikin.gg: VirtusPro ML

This is the clash with two teams that performed the best for now in this league. Virtus.Pro finished 1st and Vikin.gg finished 2nd in the group stage of Division 1. VP had only 2 losses, while Vikin.gg had 3 losses. These two are surely the teams that showed the best games and are the biggest candidates to take the championship home. I would bet more on Virtus.Pro, but Vikin.gg is surely one of the strongest EU teams in the last few weeks. Virtus.Pro lost to Vikin.gg with a close 1-2 in the group stage, but I do believe they will take the series home now. They are just showing the most currently, out of most teams here. They crushed Team Secret in under 60 minutes in total (2 maps). They are favourites here, and I suggest going with them.

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[rand1919]

OG - Natus Vincere: OG ML, 1.61 @ MY BETSLIP

Straight 2-0 for OG. Navi is out.

Secret - Liquid: Secret ML, 1.42 @ MY BETSLIP

Liquid wins. Team Secret is out.

First time to see Secret struggle in a tournament. Their domination is totally out of control from the past months but this time, OG beats them and Liquid too.

Liquid vs. OG - which team you will bet?

Going with OG vs Liquid, odds are amazing on ML. You can read my thoughts in the post above!

[rand1919]

After 2 days of bad #Dota2 bets, we are back to winning! 💪

✅ Spider Pigz vs Alliance: Alliance ML
✅ Gambit vs Live to Win: Live to Win ML
✅ Team Liquid vs OG: OG ML
✅ VirtusPro vs Vikingg: VirtusPro ML

[Natsuu]

OG VS Liquid where OG wins is dope

That game 1 where tompson gets tipped every time he dies must trigger something innate in him, those game 2 and 3 are pretty much his game with his void spirit and vengeful spirit.

Although I have slight of interest in team liquid as they are able to wipe the floor with team secret.

[mezzaluna]

OG - Natus Vincere: OG ML, 1.61 @ MY BETSLIP

Straight 2-0 for OG. Navi is out.

Secret - Liquid: Secret ML, 1.42 @ MY BETSLIP

Liquid wins. Team Secret is out.

First time to see Secret struggle in a tournament. Their domination is totally out of control from the past months but this time, OG beats them and Liquid too.

Liquid vs. OG - which team you will bet?

Secret struggling is somehow like a Kryptonite to them when the tournament is coming to its 2nd half. They are always doing this like in previous events, complete domination then somehow in some way, they began to crumble even with good drafts. OG is now not the strongest team for now but they would need to step up their game.

[STT]

Some teams will fade away in the later stages of any event, I think its not just them but the opposing team is playing more seriously maybe using more strats or moves not previously utilised before to a surprise in any round that turns the tables.   IGL that have done their homework and have a rabbit to pull out of the hat at that point will excel and those just bringing their usual game which might be excellent but predictable and so countered will do worse.

[Natsuu]

Some teams will fade away in the later stages of any event, I think its not just them but the opposing team is playing more seriously maybe using more strats or moves not previously utilised before to a surprise in any round that turns the tables.   IGL that have done their homework and have a rabbit to pull out of the hat at that point will excel and those just bringing their usual game which might be excellent but predictable and so countered will do worse.

This series has only a few carries that really pop off, and it's SVEN, FACELESS VOID, DROW RANGER, and PA. Other than that, the carries will back to normal strategic picking meta if they banned those carries. Nonetheless, the one you mentioned about the teams who did their homework pretty much sums up the current OG as they are killing these carries with a nice pick off mid and offlaner counter pick, as Midone uses a heavy core for mid-late game advantage.

[livingfree]

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Secret struggling is somehow like a Kryptonite to them when the tournament is coming to its 2nd half. They are always doing this like in previous events, complete domination then somehow in some way, they began to crumble even with good drafts. OG is now not the strongest team for now but they would need to step up their game.

Yeah. I think that was last year when everybody was expecting them to be the TI champs but that didn't do well for them. The same as the former roster of VP which also dominates the major tournaments but also struggles during TI.

OG is also the same as them, the early tournaments of OG didn't show them good performance. But I don't know what's on the mind of these 2 time TI champs. They get to experiment as much as they can and I'm sure that they have pretty sticking mind to the upcoming TI and hiding some strategies that they'll blow the entire tournament again, just like Ana's IO.

[Natsuu]

[DOTA 2]

EPIC League Finals (VP vs OG) : VP Champion

Match Summary:

Game 1: VP 1-0
     VP won with a 37k gold lead, and a score of 47-10 as VP.epileptick1d's sven shows off with a 15-2-20 kda.

Game 2: OG 1-1
     OG surprises VP with a carry Chaos Knight to counter SVEN throwing them off guard, as Tompson's Morphling with the combo of Earth Spirit, aganims, roaming around the map looking for kill making space for CK.

Game 3: OG 1-2
     Tompson shows his powerful Morphling-Earth Spirit skills as they locked in both of the heroes which leads them to their win. OG Completely destroys VP in this game in just 18 minutes with final score of 4-20 in favor of OG.
 
Game 4: VP 2-2
     VP turn the game after the 20 minutes mark as Ursa controlled by VP.epileptick1d gets aggressive and began to destroy the team, of course with the help of their midlaner gpk who is on the front line with his Death Prophet.

Game 5: VP 3-2
     VP Finishes the series with a PA fountain dive killing slark controlled by midone with no buyback closing it 3-2.

[boyptc]

The super team of CIS has disbanded, goodbye Just Error. The formation of their team was probably just an error. 

--> https://www.vpesports.com/dota2/ramzes-announces-the-dissolution-of-just-error

[Lorence.xD]

The super team of CIS has disbanded, goodbye Just Error. The formation of their team was probably just an error. 

--> https://www.vpesports.com/dota2/ramzes-announces-the-dissolution-of-just-error

It seems that they can't work together, SumaiL is not familiar with CIS players, has been an NA player since but damn this could have been a star studded team. This seems like a bad decision on Ramzes though as stated in the article, seems not the kind to bite the hand that feeds them.

[rand1919]

[DOTA 2] Tuesday marks the return of the OGA Dota Pit. Season 4 is kicking off in the EU and CIS regions. With 8 participants, teams will fight through the double elimination bracket for the $150,000 prize pool. Here are my analysis and my picks for the Day 1 matches.

Live to Win - Natus Vincere: Natus Vincere ML, 1.40 @ MY BETSLIP

First match of the Dota Pit Season 4 and already it’s a beauty. This CIS clash will feature NaVi, as one of the strongest CIS squads currently vs Live to Win, a newborn Dota 2 squad that just won 2nd place in the EPIC League Division 2. They lost to Alliance in the grand finals by a narrow 2-3 score. NaVi finished in 6th place in EPIC League Division 1, but they’ve finished group stage on the 3rd place with only 3 losses. From the recent wins they’ve beaten Team Secret and Vikin.gg which are pretty big wins. Even though I do think that Live to Win is a good up and coming squad, I think NaVi should outclass them. They are a better squad on all fields, individual play and teamplay. This should be NaVi’s victory.

Alliance - Mudgolems: Alliance ML, 1.44 @ MY BETSLIP

Alliance are current EPIC League Division 2 champions. Even though the competition was not so big in the Division 2 compared to Division 1, claiming another title for them was crucial to get back some confidence that they needed. They are really a decent team, and with players like NikoBaby, they are made to compete with everyone in Europe. However, I don’t see them doing anything significant in this tournament. There are much stronger teams out there at the moment. Alliance can shock, but they can’t win this tournament next to teams like OG and Virtus.Pro. Mudgolems without their best player BoraNija can hardly do a thing here. They are just in shambles and I think they are not far away from disbanding. Obviously something in the squad is not right, I wonder if they can continue to play like that. They are not a shadow of the team that they used to be a month ago. This could be an easy victory for Alliance. Alliance ML bet here is a good way to go with decent odds.

Virtus Pro - OG: OG ML, 2.27 @ MY BETSLIP

Oh boy. This is EPIC League Division 1 grand finals all over again. Just this time in a best of 3 format. OG and VP will face each other again. Two days ago, Virtus.Pro celebrated their Division 1 victory over OG in a narrow 3-2 match win. Virtus.Pro showed that they are one of the best young, new Dota 2 squads in the EU/CIS and they are already leaving their mark. By winning EPIC League Division 1 over OG in a close 3-2 series, they’ve shown that they are currently the strongest team in Europe. Those two teams are my favourites to take Dota Pit, while Virtus.Pro is leading on the favourite board. This time, I’ll go with OG, just because I see a real value in odds. Betting on OG can double up your money, but there is a high risk of course. VP are favourites here, but I do believe this can be a very open match where OG will have their chance.

Nigma - ViKin.gg: Nigma ML, 1.45 @ MY BETSLIP

In the last 6 months Vikin.gg never won against Nigma. They played 3 times, and all 3 times Nigma won with 2-1 score. You can never count out Nigma, especially now with their captain Kuroky being back to the 1st lineup. Even though they’ve dropped off early in the playoff stage of EPIC League, they did show decent performance in the group stages. They are surely one of those teams when in a good form, conque ring Europe is not a problem. I don’t think their current form and play is enough to win this tournament, but you never know with them. Let us tell you Vikin.gg’s result in the last months. 1st place at BTS Pro Series Season 3: Europe/CIS, 1st place at DOTA Summit 13 Online: Europe & CIS, they ended up on 2nd place in group stage of EPIC League, finishing at 3rd place in the end. That is a really impressive result if we check the list of participating teams. Vikin.gg are one of the teams that can surprise anyone today and they can go really far in this tournament. However, in this match I feel like both teams have an equal chance to take the series. There are no straight favourites here for me, but I’m leaning to Nigma slightly. My bet would be Nigma ML.

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[boyptc]

The super team of CIS has disbanded, goodbye Just Error. The formation of their team was probably just an error. 

--> https://www.vpesports.com/dota2/ramzes-announces-the-dissolution-of-just-error

It seems that they can't work together, SumaiL is not familiar with CIS players, has been an NA player since but damn this could have been a star studded team. This seems like a bad decision on Ramzes though as stated in the article, seems not the kind to bite the hand that feeds them.

Sumail is flexible. From mid to off lane and to carry.

It's just about money for him and it doesn't matter if it's from an EU team or NA or CIS. He just hasn't tried SEA, we'll see if the known team in SEA, Fnatic will get him and kick moon.

[rand1919]

Another #Dota2 clean sweep. 4/4 bets with sick odds and returns 

✅ Live to Win - NaVi: NaVi ML
✅ Alliance - Mudgolems: Alliance ML
✅ VirtusPro - OG: OG ML
✅ Nigma - ViKing: Nigma ML

[Peanutswar]

Looks like OP have a good green day, I'm waiting for another update because the BTS Pro series is still running, hoping that my prediction gets more concrete with the OP so if we fail we both fall out lol, also I follow some of the wage of OP and base on my experience I won most often.

Looking for updating Goodluck road to green days.

[Lorence.xD]

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Sumail is flexible. From mid to off lane and to carry.

It's just about money for him and it doesn't matter if it's from an EU team or NA or CIS. He just hasn't tried SEA, we'll see if the known team in SEA, Fnatic will get him and kick moon.

Yeah, he pretty much admitted it back then that he is only playing for the money, pretty douchey for my taste but he speaks volumes about practicality, you need to live before chasing prestige. Even though he is flexible, I think he shines the best when he is playing Mid.

[Trofo]

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Sumail is flexible. From mid to off lane and to carry.

It's just about money for him and it doesn't matter if it's from an EU team or NA or CIS. He just hasn't tried SEA, we'll see if the known team in SEA, Fnatic will get him and kick moon.

Yeah, he pretty much admitted it back then that he is only playing for the money, pretty douchey for my taste but he speaks volumes about practicality, you need to live before chasing prestige. Even though he is flexible, I think he shines the best when he is playing Mid.

I don't consider playing for money as negative. That is his job and I am sure many players are playing only for money but don't want to admit it publicly. Same as in other sports, it is just job. Few rare and lucky people actually get paid well to do something that they actually like doing Even if you think playing DOTA is fun and not a job, it probably gets very tedious when you have to play it every day whole day. I know I could not do it.

[Lorence.xD]

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I don't consider playing for money as negative. That is his job and I am sure many players are playing only for money but don't want to admit it publicly. Same as in other sports, it is just job. Few rare and lucky people actually get paid well to do something that they actually like doing Even if you think playing DOTA is fun and not a job, it probably gets very tedious when you have to play it every day whole day. I know I could not do it.

I did not say that his reason is negative, it is just that when I heard the interview about it, it sounded douchey to my ears and that is about it pretty much. Now that you mentioned other players, I have to call out his candor because other seems hypocritical when they are asked the same question. I do agree with you about playing DOTA, I have around 3k hours clocked in on that damned game, it is fun no doubt but it seems that some priorities will catch up to you sooner than you could expect.

[rand1919]

[DOTA 2] It’s time for another day of OGA Dota Pit and the first day of BTS Pro Series EU/CIS tournament. Let’s focus on a few matches from each tournament and try to cover them. Here is my analysis and my best picks for Wednesday matches.

Natus Vincere - Alliance: Natus Vincere ML, 1.63 @ MY BETSLIP

Some hard core, oldschool Dota 2 fans would say that this is Dota 2 El Clasico. But to be honest, this is far away from the old El Clasico we used to watch in those first years. Alliance vs Natus Vincere is obviously one of the most iconic matchups in Dota 2 history. However, different lineups, different times and lack of result made those two teams away from the champion spotlight. Now, let’s get back to reality. NaVi played Alliance only once with this new lineup, and that was their EPIC League Division 1 match. NaVi was much stronger in that series, taking it 2-0. If we look at match history, we can see that Alliance have 5 wins from their last 5 matches. However, that is not the caliber of teams that NaVi played in Division 1. In their first match in this league, NaVi beat Live to Win with 2-0, and Alliance won against Mudgolems with the same result. NaVi has had too much experience playing teams like Secret, Vikin.gg and OG in the last days, so I believe on that terms they should be much more prepared for Alliance that is not in great form. At least not in the form to be able to compete with the best in the EU right now. I do think NaVi are slight favourites here, and if their draft clicks, they have a high chance of taking this series.

OG - Nigma: OG ML, 1.59 @ MY BETSLIP

Live to Win - Mudgolems: Live to Win ML, 1.59 @ MY BETSLIP

CIS squad Live to Win will face off EU mix Mudgolems in the lower bracket round 1 of this tournament. In their two matches where they’ve faced each other, Mudgolems have come out ahead both times. Two 2-1 victories over Live to Win made them slight favourites in this series. But, Mudgolems recently lost a player (BoraNija), and without him they fell into abyss. 5 losses in their last 5 matches brought them to the edge. Live to Win have some wins vs teams like Gambit and Just Error. Their first match was a loss vs NaVi, but let’s say they’ve played decently. Sadly, they are still not on the level to face teams like NaVi. However, Mudgolems should be an opponent for their level, and I do believe Live to Win are a much better squad than Mudgolems currently. Without the best player and demoralized after so many losses, Mudgolems are not looking good and I do believe Live to Win will eliminate them from this tournament.

Virtus Pro - ViKin.gg: Virtus Pro ML, 1.26 @ MY BETSLIP

+ BTS Pro Series bet:

Brame - Spider Pigzs: Spider Pigz ML, 1.35 @ MY BETSLIP

We haven’t heard from Brame for quite some time. Since the 5men era, for more than a month. While Spider Pigz are on the Dota 2 map, they are not a team to be competing for the top. They are doing their work and doing work within tier 2 teams. However, this time I do think that they should be able to cope with Brame quite easily. They are on the level where they can beat Chicken Fighters (ex Ninjas in Pyjamas), Empire or even play good matches vs Liquid and Alliance. Yes, Spider Pigz are one of the weakest teams in this competition, but they surely can beat Brame, a squad that we haven’t seen a lot. My bet is Spider Pigz ML with a decent odds and a nice return.

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