🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

* I've updated the Calendar in the OP*
There's some exciting tournaments coming up this week:

Flashpoint S2 starts on Tuesday, huge tourney with a $1M prize pool where we'll see the likes of BIG, OG, Fnatic and a few other top tier teams. Dota will have the EPIC League Division 1 starting next Thursday. And tomorrow, League of Legends is back in China with the National Electronic Sports Tournament 2020

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[KnightElite]

The DOTA summit 13 in SEA officially finished, yesterday it was good grandfinals and the MG.Trust managed to sweep the Among us. MG.Trust is really a solid team and they able to become champions again, the individual have high skill DOTA 2 level wherein there is chemistry in their team. I thought they can score even 1 but the MG.Trust did not let them to do it. I also thought that they will play in good in game 1 because they have momentum after they beat the BOOM in grandfinals in the lower bracket with 2-0.

[hanspeter77]

The DOTA summit 13 in SEA officially finished, yesterday it was good grandfinals and the MG.Trust managed to sweep the Among us. MG.Trust is really a solid team and they able to become champions again, the individual have high skill DOTA 2 level wherein there is chemistry in their team. I thought they can score even 1 but the MG.Trust did not let them to do it. I also thought that they will play in good in game 1 because they have momentum after they beat the BOOM in grandfinals in the lower bracket with 2-0.

Im dont watch DOTA butt they game is very nice.
Today are very much danish CS:GO machtes, im dont now about the danish how they play.
butt north europe play realy well.
BIG play tomorrw vs No limit Gaming, that would be an easy match for BIG. 

[KGB.ru]

Well... I'll try my luck and put this multi bet, OG looks good and Fnatic is in their best shape lately!
Good luck to everyone with your bets!

[docdiss]

Today going for:

Spirit vs OG - MY BET

MAD Lions vs fnatic - MY BET

Betting on underdogs, OG does not seem to be very convincing and odds for Spirit are decent, MAD Lions impressed me in a match against Navi, even if they lost they played really well, I think they can take a win against fnatic who is in terrible form recently, definitely worth a try at those odds

[tomahawk9]

With european football leagues going on a 2 week break, i'll have more time to focus on CS and Dota...I'll start with the IEM beijing today,

gonna take advantage of Sporsbet.io boosted odds and take Spirit - OG - Over 2.5 maps at 1.95, much better odds than Buff.bet

the russian can't shit the bet twice in a row, can they? surely they'll take D2 or Mirage, if OG doesn't ban Train then Spirit will be 1-0 from the start...I can see this going to the decider if OG takes inferno (unless it gets banned).


second ticket will be Fnatic ML, higher odds on buff.bet than SB

strange odds across all books, Fnatic are the favorite but not by that much, MAD lions win is at 2.12...not sure why since the danish are dog sh*t playing low tier cs tourney week in and week out...but we'll see, more often than, Fnatic and dissapointment go hand in hand

[Trofo]

With european football leagues going on a 2 week break, i'll have more time to focus on CS and Dota...I'll start with the IEM beijing today,

gonna take advantage of Sporsbet.io boosted odds and take Spirit - OG - Over 2.5 maps at 1.95, much better odds than Buff.bet

Same here, better to focus my energy on eSports than on National teams. I always loose money on those National league games.

I have same bet of over 2.5 maps on Spirit - OG  game coupled with over 2.5 maps on Yelow Sub vs LiveToWin on a nice double. Later on whoever wins that match is gonna lose to Mudgolems so I am betting on that as well.

Morning already started well for me, hopefully it will continue in a same way

[ralle14]

Good to see three of us have the same bet I got the over 2.5 as well 

I was thinking of taking Spirit to win this series but since OG is so unpredictable I settled with the over for a safer play.

[hanspeter77]

Next Match Today in the flashpoint Series BIG vs MIBR that would be an intresst match.
Germany vs Brasil , Brasil have many good players not only in CS:GO

At IEM XV MAD Lions vs Fnatic, an great match to.
Fnatic is the Favorite and win the match hopefull

[tomahawk9]

I have same bet of over 2.5 maps on Spirit - OG  game

Good to see three of us have the same bet I got the over 2.5 as well  

well, that sucks LOL

i'm gonna have to avoid Spirit from now on, they're too unpredictable, one day they look like they're gonna win the tournament they're participating on, next day they turned into offline training bots   tbh tho, Og was horrendous today, i think OG fluke era is over and they're back to their usual shitshow when we had LAN events

Next Match Today in the flashpoint Series BIG vs MIBR that would be an intresst match.

i've seen a lot of people social on media saying that MIBR map handicap +1.5 is free money, and i think there might be some value there, the brazilians did put up a good figh against Astralis, Furia and G2...But you never know with BIG, they could pop off today, so i decided to skip that match

[docdiss]

Won both bets for underdogs yesterday, feels good. Bets for today:

fnatic vs c0ntact - MY BET

NaVi vs Spirit - MY BET

fnatic plays really terrible and I think betting on c0ntact is worth a risk, especially at those odds. When it comes to NaVi vs Spirit, NaVi just have to win it in order to advance further so I think they will take it, GL!

[hanspeter77]

Next match 5PM  Fnatic vs c0ntact Gaming im love to watch fnatic at the playing.
My favorite is Fnatic 

IEM XV  6:30PM  Natus Vincere vs Team Spirit Russian play very well not only in CS:GO
butt im realy dont now what for team will win its hard to say Natus is the better team butt is all possible.

[ralle14]

well, that sucks LOL

i'm gonna have to avoid Spirit from now on, they're too unpredictable, one day they look like they're gonna win the tournament they're participating on, next day they turned into offline training bots   tbh tho, Og was horrendous today, i think OG fluke era is over and they're back to their usual shitshow when we had LAN events

That was indeed terrible from the side of OG after the first map win from Spirit I expected OG to stomp them but it was the other way around. lol

My bets for the Flashpoint matches are Mad lions -1.5 and contact +1.5. Dignitas losing to weaker teams and Mad lions almost taking down Fnatic 2-0 yesterday. As what docdiss said Fnatic is slowly falling off even though they had a decent performance in Dreamhack I also think contact might win this but i'm taking the handicap in case it goes to a decider.  

[tomahawk9]

Next match 5PM  Fnatic vs c0ntact Gaming im love to watch fnatic at the playing.
My favorite is Fnatic  

Fnatic are a toss-up right now, they're favorites in the books because of the difference in ranking with c0ntact, but you remove rankings and this is a 50/50 match

Btw, I just found out a tweet from the CEO of the Fnatic org https://twitter.com/sammathews/status/1325508143414190080

Maybe the players know something's coming up soon (a restructuration in the CS:GO team perhaps?), and pressure and anxiety was building up yesterday to the point that they couldn't comeback into the game...or maybe this is all in my mind 'cause i'm trying to comprehend why Fnatic are so shit lately lol

My bets for the Flashpoint matches are Mad lions -1.5 and contact +1.5.

good luck! i'm adding only football friendlies to my tickets today, so no CS for me, but i saw value in that c0ntact single ticket

[docdiss]

Bets for today:

Vitality vs MAD Lions - MY BET

OG vs Gen.G - MY BET

G2 vs NiP - MY BET

Although Mad Lions play really well recently imo Vitality are clear favorites, similar situation with G2 matchup I consider them as one of the best teams at the moment after NiKo arrival so those two bets should be rather easy wins and odds are quite good for such low risk in my opinion. When it comes to OG vs Gen.G I'm usually lucky with underdogs, OG is not very convincing recently so I'm gonna give them a chance, imho definitely worth a try, especially at those odds, GL!

[tokeweed]

I just made a small bet on OG to win vs Vitrus.pro at 1.92, to win the first map at 1.90 and something about first tower of the first map at 1.87..  I have no idea what I'm doing.  Lol.  

[tomahawk9]

OG vs Gen.G - MY BET

risky. Gen.G just went through some major roster changes, they're gonna play with a couple of stand-ins for this tourney. I would've gone with map handicap for Gen.G though, OG won't know what to expect from their rivals, that could work on Gen.G's favor.

but my first ticket today will be in Dota. Epic Legue Div1 starts today with three matches, but i'll focus on VP - OG. I  have OG to win at 1.89 boosted https://i.ibb.co/ky6B1kX/322.png (pretty low odds but w/e). Team Liquid - Navi later today, O2.5 maps looks like a safe bet given their recent meetings

@toke  i'm looking forward to ur ASL S10 Grand Final tip   and good luck in ur ticket lol

[tokeweed]

^  Hah.  Just keep in mind..  I'm not a sharp sports gambler.  All my picks are from a degenerate's perspective. 

Anyway I'm rooting for Soma.  The guy has a fun style.

[Trofo]

Did you guys see that new team Just Error? From what I have been able to find they just formed recently but all the players are among the very best on their positions (NoOne and Sumail just to name 2). I am thinking of placing a bet on them today. Mudgolems just won tournament and they could enter into this game a bit slow. On the other hand Just Error certainly wants to prove them selves from beginning.

[tomahawk9]

Well, OG got outdrafted in game 1, same story in game 2 + Dogson and the rest of the team went trolling-mode even though they had a good early game *sigh*

^  Hah.  Just keep in mind..  I'm not a sharp sports gambler.  All my picks are from a degenerate's perspective. 

Anyway I'm rooting for Soma.  The guy has a fun style.

still, your SC picks are better than mine for sure, i don't even follow competitive SC closely, let alone Broodwar...Soma, eh? bookies have him as the underdog (moneyline @2.44)

Did you guys see that new team Just Error? From what I have been able to find they just formed recently but all the players are among the very best on their positions (NoOne and Sumail just to name 2). I am thinking of placing a bet on them today. Mudgolems just won tournament and they could enter into this game a bit slow. On the other hand Just Error certainly wants to prove them selves from beginning.

I'd give Mudgolems the edge here, they've been pretty hot lately, they had a good showing in ESL One Germany, although they had an underwhelming performance in Summit 13