🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

Both teams should be capable of defending their own picks so hopefully easy money.

i'm also going O2.5 @1.92,, i think we'll see D2, Nuke and Train...Nuke could be 50/50 cos that's G2 2nd best map, but wel'll see, gonna be tge battle of the #4 and #2 best player of 2020 according to HLTV
EDIT* well, that was a shit ticket lol but, at least btc price is pumping so there's that 😂

and nice call on Liquid map 2,
whoever wins in the next match is gonna have a hard time with Liquid tomorrow, they've been really solid so far, but i'll probably focus on the Astralis vs Vit match..banger! 🔥

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[ralle14]

What do you guys have for the Blast matches later, I got Vitality and a side bet on the over this feels like Vitality's series to lose since Astralis have dropped maps in their last two series.

For the lower bracket I got NaVi to win, they seem to be improving in every series and same thing can be said for Liquid but i'm still less confident in them.

[Natsuu]

Does anyone plays or watches valorant here?

i played it...couldn't stand the mobile game graphics and uninstalled it 🤣 but i do follow the competitive scene a bit. I'm looking forward to the 'Red Bull Home Ground' next week

and there are some bookmakers that offer Valorant matches like Loot.bet, Unikrn, Buff.bet, Thunderpick and EGB (:

Valorant player here, also dota 2, league, and cs (little bit, uninstalled it after). And I would say that you shoul've play it on high graphics then. It is designed that way cause of the skills and animation, unlike apex and likes. It is really better than when it was introduced, so if you are referring to the older valorant, then you might wanna try again this time. 

[STT]

I bet 3 maps on Vitality vs Astralis but way its looking right now Zywoo and friends will take the series with superior play.    However Dust2 can be substantially different, Astralis floundered at dust2 start so I took 2.5 odds but they arent coming back enough and they look a little weaker today.   3 maps is always the smarter bet and if Im wrong on that I will be upset , Vitality have improved their teamwork and razor sharp on the kills easily enough especially online.

[While I wrote this post Vitality swing to 4x odds, can win either way in those ideals]

[hanspeter77]

Next go Nexus vs ex-Ethereal  an easy match for Nexus im think. 
Team Liquid vs natus Vincere lovley match great to watch, hard to say who will win im think Natus.
Tricked esport vs IN.GAME im think Tricked will win the match.

[Mauser]

I bet 3 maps on Vitality vs Astralis but way its looking right now Zywoo and friends will take the series with superior play.    However Dust2 can be substantially different, Astralis floundered at dust2 start so I took 2.5 odds but they arent coming back enough and they look a little weaker today.   3 maps is always the smarter bet and if Im wrong on that I will be upset , Vitality have improved their teamwork and razor sharp on the kills easily enough especially online.

[While I wrote this post Vitality swing to 4x odds, can win either way in those ideals]

Good luck with your bet. I didn't bet on the match today, but probably should have done so myself. Zywoo is just a beast, definitely the best player in CSGO right now. But the tactics from Astralis are just crazy, such game sense and map awareness, will be a hard comeback for Vitality.

What are your thoughts on winning the tournament? Maybe Navi will pull through and make it to the finals.

[tomahawk9]

this is why i try to avoid parlays as much as possible lately


any other day i woulda gone with just Ast - Vit and call it a day cos i was more interested in a few football matches, ffs! 

I bet 3 maps on Vitality vs Astralis <...>

we were on the same wavelength, it's just too hard for these to get stomped 2-0,

talking about stomp, first game tomorrow will be Vitality - NaVi, surely there won't any stomp here? bookmakrs seem to favor Vitality by quite a bit, not too sure why tho, s1mple is literally godlike right now, haven't been too impressed watching ZyWoo lately

[KGB.ru]

Stock up on chips today for the Navi vs NO Techis match.

CIS titans against CIS cats, it is not surprising that the coefficients are so small for Navi, I bet on Navi (victory) and just try to guess that the score will be 2-0.

Here's my bet - good luck everyone

[ralle14]

What are your thoughts on winning the tournament? Maybe Navi will pull through and make it to the finals.

Astralis is going to win it imo, NaVi could make it to the finals if Vitality underperforms but I doubt they will as they've looked very consistent throughout the tournament and probably want another rematch with Astralis after getting stomped on Inferno yesterday.

this is why i try to avoid parlays as much as possible lately

Same, having a rough time with parlays yesterday I parlayed my Vitality with Misfits pick good thing both lost though.  

Taking Vitality for the lower bracket final since the odds seems way too high NaVi did 2-0 Liquid but it was still close as both maps came down to 2-3 rounds.

[Trofo]

What are your thoughts on winning the tournament? Maybe Navi will pull through and make it to the finals.

Astralis is going to win it imo, NaVi could make it to the finals if Vitality underperforms but I doubt they will as they've looked very consistent throughout the tournament and probably want another rematch with Astralis after getting stomped on Inferno yesterday.

I agree that Astralis should be a winner of this tournament, they have shown best plays and tactics and have hole team of good performers. Vitality and especially Navi often end up depending on their start players and then falling short if they don't have an exceptional day.

In the consolidation final I am giving advantage to Vitality for the same reasons, Zywoo gets more help from his team than Simple and that should probably be enough to see them book another match against Astralis.

[hanspeter77]

Tomorrow start CS summit wirh great matches
OG vs Team Dignitas  OG wil win.
Fnatic vs Complexity Gaming that gone be an hard match for each team, my favortie Fnatic.
Heroic vs MIBR  very easy match for Heroic 
Faze clan vs Moussports Faze should win butt Moussports gets new player in te team.

[STT]

What are your thoughts on winning the tournament? Maybe Navi will pull through and make it to the finals.

I couldn't give a reliable answer tbh, I need to watch more games.    Navi are the greatest team to almost but never win a major so right upto the end they are a threat to any team and then whatever occured previous still somehow in finals it can be a bit iffy for them.

I think 3 maps is reasonable, s1mple and zywoo either side but it comes down to teamwork to utilise kills for actual rounds no silly stuff like losing 4 to 1 deagle player like yesterday


https://www.hltv.org/matches/2346067/vitality-vs-natus-vincere-blast-premier-global-final-2020

[vennali]

Well played by NAVI. They beat Vitality and Astralis in the same day to win $60k prizemoney. Good start of the year for them. They beat the favs and 2nd favs to take home the title.

[ralle14]

Yesterday felt like an underdog day Navi playing out of their minds winning two series in a row then on the LCK you have T1 losing to KT Rolster and Gen G losing to Hanwha Life both favorites getting reverse swept after winning the first map.

JDG @ 1.5 vs Rare Atom seems too good to miss out on, both teams at 1-3 but JDG looking a bit better with Yagao now back in the starting lineup.

[Mauser]

What are your thoughts on winning the tournament? Maybe Navi will pull through and make it to the finals.

Astralis is going to win it imo, NaVi could make it to the finals if Vitality underperforms but I doubt they will as they've looked very consistent throughout the tournament and probably want another rematch with Astralis after getting stomped on Inferno yesterday.

this is why i try to avoid parlays as much as possible lately

Same, having a rough time with parlays yesterday I parlayed my Vitality with Misfits pick good thing both lost though.  

Taking Vitality for the lower bracket final since the odds seems way too high NaVi did 2-0 Liquid but it was still close as both maps came down to 2-3 rounds.

Wow just what a final that was it yesterday. I am glad I didn't end up betting on Vitality, even though they looked so strong, but Astralis was just too good for them. And then Navi actually pulled it off to get back into the tournament through the lower brack finals and managed to beat Astralis. I really enjoyed watching the tournament and it's alright losing a bit money on Astralis, can't win them all. I hope the will come back stronger next time.

[tomahawk9]

JDG @ 1.5 vs Rare Atom seems too good to miss out on, both teams at 1-3 but JDG looking a bit better with Yagao now back in the starting lineup.

i was thinking of taking this earlier, even considered dropping 2 units on it, but i hesitated and backed out after seeing JDG's recent performances...nice win tho, hope this match serves a turning point for the team, Zoom is one of my favorites LoL players in the LPL, kinda sucks seeing him and the team struggling so much lately

anyhow, cs_summit 7 just started and i'm gonna back Mouse to win today,, (boosted to 1.67, still not the best odds around tho but whatevs)

Mouse just signed Acor the other day^[1], a nice addition to the roster as BotJ is benched for a while

Heroic -MIBR will start at the same time. Heroic is the main favs to the bookmakers (ML @1.14), but i remember being heavily impressed by the brazilians back in december, taking MIBR +1.5 handicap was free money cos of their great form back then.

Furia - Cloud 9 later today, should finally be a winnable match for the brazilians, but ML odds are not that attractive imo...heh! and i just found out that Cloud9 signed Xeppaa from Chaos? lol Cloud already playing 4v5 each round and the match hasn't even started 😂🤣

[StartupAnalyst]

It was a cool night last night. Navi won. I'm so happy about that. I bet on them for the first time in a long time. Both games. And they didn't let me down. Even though they say there's two rules:
1) Don't bet on the Navies.
2) Don't bet against the Navy.

[docdiss]

Bets for today:

fnatic vs OG - MY BET

mousesports vs Heroic - MY BET

Virtus.pro vs Furia - MY BET

All three matchups should be rather even so apart from fnatic match where they seems to be favorites according to bookies I'm going for better odds, GL!

[tomahawk9]

the other day i was wondering "where the f*ck did the thunderpick shills go"?, but i just realized that i have these turds on Ignore which is why i kept missing their posts...i might start reporting these shills and see if they'll start polluting this thread with their mindless and smelly shitposts

anyways, sportradar (or was it Betradar? i forgot the name of this provider) is back with their bullcrap, ffs! https://i.ibb.co/886tjHs/d8fg6.png
Fnatic - OG about to start and FJ, SB, bitsler, stake, etc, they are only offering moneyline, rest of the markets are closed...well, that's the kind of push i needed to finally top-up my esports bookie accounts   i'll prolly go O2.5 maps in Heroic - Mouse, Nuke and Train should be free wins for both teams respectively

[ralle14]

the other day i was wondering "where the f*ck did the thunderpick shills go"?, but i just realized that i have these turds on Ignore which is why i kept missing their posts...i might start reporting these shills and see if they'll start polluting this thread with their mindless and smelly shitposts

anyways, sportradar (or was it Betradar? i forgot the name of this provider) is back with their bullcrap, ffs! https://i.ibb.co/886tjHs/d8fg6.png
Fnatic - OG about to start and FJ, SB, bitsler, stake, etc, they are only offering moneyline, rest of the markets are closed...well, that's the kind of push i needed to finally top-up my esports bookie accounts   i'll prolly go O2.5 maps in Heroic - Mouse, Nuke and Train should be free wins for both teams respectively

Interesting to know that Bitsler also uses betradar and yeah the lack of updated market does suck when it happens. Anyway best of luck on the over I think that should be an easy hit since both of them looked great yesterday.

I should've  just taken the over too but I already locked my pick on mousesports kind of a risky bet hoping frozen pops off again.