🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[soliton]

It sucks that most of the odds in the Huya invitational is one sided and it's hard to take the handicaps based on their group stage performance but i'll just stick with IG@1.45, they'll be facing Vici Gaming in the upper bracket. Both teams looked good but I prefer IG because they have the experience while VG still needs more time with their new roster as we've seen so many teams struggle after forming a new roster.

I just notice that VG change 4 players in there roster. Only poyoyo left IIRC. IG is very solid team especially during TI. That 1.45 odds is a steal considering how good they play before and they are still playing with same roster. I don't know what happened to VG but Poyoyo can't play like his performance before even they are showing a good run on this DPC tournament since they are facing a strong opponent.

Yeah, that was "privately" done a couple of months ago. Among those 4 players who have left VG are Pyw and Dy whose game tactic I really admired. Pyw and Dy plus Eurus as well two former  players  of SAG have registered a new roster which was dubbed as Xtreme Gaming. In my view this is  roster of very experienced gamers and all they have to do now is polish their teamwork.

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[hanspeter77]

Tomorrow start the Asia play off Funpark butt first a match  from ESEA Season 39 Michigan State vs Revel  Michigan win this for sure
Team NKT vs New Happy NKT will win this they are the better Team.
Team Renewal vs The Black Company it gone be hard for company im dont think they have any chance to win.

[ralle14]

Nice to see SMG bounce back and show signs of life after losing their first three series in the tournament. Their schedule is unfortunate though as they'll be facing VG next in the same day.

Anyway, I really like Xtreme +1.5 @1.41 vs RNG, their last meeting in the group stage ended 1-1 and i'm thinking this is more of a coinflip after RNG went down against Neon.



Edit : Looks like a 2-0 for RNG, Xtreme looks good in the laning phase but RNG have the better draft.

[Trofo]

Anyway, I really like Xtreme +1.5 @1.41 vs RNG, their last meeting in the group stage ended 1-1 and i'm thinking this is more of a coinflip after RNG went down against Neon.

RNG loss to Neon was a big surprise or me and I like your pick, unfortunately did not manage to get the ticket out in time, now waiting for live odds. VG is not unbeatable with their new roster but I expect them to win against SMG

[hanspeter77]

Tomorrow in the Huya Winter Invitational 2021
Royal never Give up vs Vici Gaming im think Royal will win this they have mor experiense in the game.
OB Esports x Neon vs Invictus Gaming here the same  Invictus are to good they will win.

[ralle14]

Testing the over 51.5 kills in Neon vs IG as i've noticed whenever it's a SEA vs CN matchup both sides tend to take a lot of risks in the first map and it usually ends up with a lot of kills.

In their last meeting in the group stage both maps ended going over (54 and 79) and it's likely we'll see another over unless IG stomps them early game and force an early high ground push.



Edit : Winner, map 1 ended with 62 kills. 

[tomahawk9]

I've updated the Calendar in the OP!

Check out what's coming up in January 2022! MOBA fans are gonna be stoked seeing how Dota and LoL will have tons and tons of matches. But, on the other hand, we fps fans won't be that lucky cos csgo will have crappy month, same with Rainbow six, and Valorant will only have some qualifiers, so...

[hanspeter77]

in 2 days start the HLTV Top 20 Players of 2021
The teams are not so crazy like in the intel extrem masters butt not to bad. 
KSCERATO vs REZ  im think REZ win butt i not easy KS is not bad butt new in the game.
B1T vs huNter- here for sure will win b1T there are to good for hunter
NAF vs Twistzz here the same loke above NAF will win.

[passwordnow]

Dota 2 news. - Xiao8 was spared. He's not guilty of the allegations that have been brought to him by his ex-wife. Well, a personal issue has been brought to him just after they've lost TI10 championship and alleged him that he's match-fixing his own team.

Article: Xiao8 found innocent of accusations as PSG.LGD completes their investigation into allegations of Dota 2 TI10 matchfixing

Well, match-fixing today has a bigger and heavier sanction that could lose someone's career not only in Dota 2 but in the entire esports.

[ralle14]

Surprised to see Neon take down IG yesterday and for today's lower bracket final, i'm taking the value pick which is IG @2.13 I think this match is slightly IG favored since they kept it close against Neon. I guess the only reason why RNG is slightly favored against IG is that they took down VG in a 2-0 fashion while IG went to a decider against them. This is still a 50-50 at the minimum since anything can happen at the drafting phase just like how Xtreme gaming got stomped 2-0.

[Trofo]

Surprised to see Neon take down IG yesterday and for today's lower bracket final, i'm taking the value pick which is IG @2.13 I think this match is slightly IG favored since they kept it close against Neon. I guess the only reason why RNG is slightly favored against IG is that they took down VG in a 2-0 fashion while IG went to a decider against them. This is still a 50-50 at the minimum since anything can happen at the drafting phase just like how Xtreme gaming got stomped 2-0.

Though luck, it was a good 3rd map and it could have gone either way but in the end RNG got it. I had over 2.5 on one ticket but then i got greedy after second map and placed a bet on IG to win since i liked their draft better. So I am about break even with this early DOTA game.

I am thinking of playing even over 4.5 maps for the final. Have a feeling this one could go the distance.

[hanspeter77]

some not so crazy matches the next days but it give some
BIG Academy iNation  im hope BIG win butt iNation is not to bad it gone be hard for BIG.
RBG Esports vs ONET4P here for sure win RBG they are to good for ONE.
Royals vs Levadia  here is a bit hard to say each team is good butt im say Royals wil rock it today

[tomahawk9]

friendly reminder that DPC CN starts in a few hours https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Dota_Pro_Circuit/2021-22/1/China/Division_I

the balance in my accounts in the bookies is 0 atm because new year and all that, but if they weren't i would've gone with Ehome to win...some value in Aster +1.5 @2.6 but tbh they were crap in Huya Invitational...were they saving strats for the DPC? maybe, maybe not

[passwordnow]

friendly reminder that DPC CN starts in a few hours https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Dota_Pro_Circuit/2021-22/1/China/Division_I

Before I proceed with the DPC CN, I'd like to congratulate Ob.Neon for winning against RNG a few days ago. Ob.neon became stronger with their new roster and these are aspiring good players. They've been against RNG and Somnus aka Maybe was there together with Chalice and Xnova. That team was strong but they've managed to win 3-1 against them during the Huya invitational. Now, proceeding with the DPC CN, first game is going to be Ehome and Phoenix. RNG is also a participant of this tournament.

[ralle14]

some value in Aster +1.5 @2.6 but tbh they were crap in Huya Invitational...were they saving strats for the DPC? maybe, maybe not

On paper, Aster have some good players but after that performance in the Huya Invitational it's tough as they barely showed signs of life unless they go IG mode and suddenly become a different team when it comes to DPC tournaments.

I'm going against them and go with LGD -1.5 I think i'll bet against them until they show some improvement since they're just a new roster.

[hanspeter77]

Today some cool machtes in the ESEA Season 39: Main Division - Europe
LowLandLions vs Insilio im think LowLandLions will win this they have more experiense in the Game.
Diffendo vs Conquer Gaming  Conquer is the better Team im think they will win.
GenOne vs SC e-Sports here im not sure SC is not bad butt GenOne is a bit underated im think they win this.
VELOX vs iNation here should iNation win.

[Peanutswar]

some value in Aster +1.5 @2.6 but tbh they were crap in Huya Invitational...were they saving strats for the DPC? maybe, maybe not

On paper, Aster have some good players but after that performance in the Huya Invitational it's tough as they barely showed signs of life unless they go IG mode and suddenly become a different team when it comes to DPC tournaments.

I'm going against them and go with LGD -1.5 I think i'll bet against them until they show some improvement since they're just a new roster.

With this odds still I will prefer for the LGD we know that they already have a good complexity even though Somnus M is not on their side and becomes part of the elephant but still it's the Ame God and they have their own good supports on their lineup. It's another year for the LGD to prove themselves they really deserve another Ti Champion but of course it's a good come back to them on this match.

[ralle14]

With this odds still I will prefer for the LGD we know that they already have a good complexity even though Somnus M is not on their side and becomes part of the elephant but still it's the Ame God and they have their own good supports on their lineup. It's another year for the LGD to prove themselves they really deserve another Ti Champion but of course it's a good come back to them on this match.

I somewhat expected LGD to be rusty but it sucks that they dropped the first map due to poor drafting as they barely have good disables aside from their Tide.

I'm going with the over 45.5 total kills on LGD vs Phoenix since they looked sloppy yesterday plus the odds are too one-sided and there's no point in taking the moneyline @1.02 or handicap @1.20 after their performance against Aster.

[Coin_trader]

DPC SEA division 1 is completely dominated by Boom, Fnatic and T1 which the team except T1 has the roster of previous TNC. Armel and Tims is showing an impressive performance in both there respective team. I want Boom to win on this DPC so that they will more points participate on TI since TI and Fnatic will surely get the spot in case they will fall down to wild card. I want to see Tims play on TI.

[hanspeter77]

Tomorrow start the HLTV Top 20 Players of 2021
Hobbit vs electronic im think electronic win this match they are mutch better. by side Hobbit as Teamname for a CS:GO Team is LOL 
NAF vs Twistzz NAF wil win this they are to strong.
Jame vs YEKINDAR im seen Jame play they are not so good think they will lost this match.
sh1ro vs NiKo sh1ro will win without any problem they are my favorite for this HLTV.