🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

LPL finals about to start. RNG v TES. All i ask is a banger 🔥🔥 and also TES lifting the trophy 

Yeah lesson learnt, its always safer to take over 2.5 for two evenly matched teams

and i did this today in a csgo game. Let's see if Astralis can put up a good fight

[ralle14]

RNG got lucky in the tiebreakers for the final spot in the majors, they're about to face Vici but they decided to forfeit, i'm curious what made them forfeit since they have a good chance at taking the spot from RNG since they've been struggling without GodKing these past few weeks.

https://twitter.com/PWRD_DOTA2/status/1518473095924781056

VG has chosen to forfeit their tiebreaker match against RNG, originally scheduled for today. RNG gets the def-win and a 2-0.

Also, EG's league squad manage to complete the lower bracket run similar to G2 and qualify for MSI, they dropped one map in the lower bracket and then proceed to sweep every team they meet, it's impressive to see another team rise aside from C9 and Team Liquid.

[Mauser]

BLAST Premier Spring Showdowns in Europe and North America are starting on Wednesday 27th. Semi Finals will then be on the weekend. There will be some really exciting games coming up, looking forward to it. Liquid vs paiN is probably the most one sided game this season, who is looking for a small profit could bet on Liquid here, this seems like sure a sure win for Liquid. The payout with below 1.1 seems almost a waste of the funds. In my opinion much better games are Astralis vs Movistar Riders, should be a good win for Astralis. And also NiP vs Bad News Eagles should be an easy win for NiP. They played already last week against each other and NiP won that one.

[arallmuus]

RNG got lucky in the tiebreakers for the final spot in the majors, they're about to face Vici but they decided to forfeit, i'm curious what made them forfeit since they have a good chance at taking the spot from RNG since they've been struggling without GodKing these past few weeks.

https://twitter.com/PWRD_DOTA2/status/1518473095924781056

VG has chosen to forfeit their tiebreaker match against RNG, originally scheduled for today. RNG gets the def-win and a 2-0.

This feels so weird especially when it was a tiebreaker for the Major slot. There seems to be additional information about this on weibo but I totally have no clue what they were discussing in there lol but quick summary was that it has something to do with their post 3 player not being able to play and Vici werent allowed to use stand-in or some sort

[ralle14]

This feels so weird especially when it was a tiebreaker for the Major slot. There seems to be additional information about this on weibo but I totally have no clue what they were discussing in there lol but quick summary was that it has something to do with their post 3 player not being able to play and Vici werent allowed to use stand-in or some sort

Yup, it looks like that was the case, their offlaner couldn't play due to a back injury which is really unfortunate and even though they can find a stand-in replacement for him, the tournament organizer didn't allow them due to the stand-in limit per team.

There's also an announcement about the CIS region resuming their DPC tournament tomorrow. 

https://twitter.com/DOTA2/status/1518785754322767872

The EEU DPC region will be back with a set of online qualifiers hosted by BeyondTheSummit starting April 27th that will qualify teams to the Stockholm Major. More details coming soon from
@BeyondTheSummit

[dimonstration]

This feels so weird especially when it was a tiebreaker for the Major slot. There seems to be additional information about this on weibo but I totally have no clue what they were discussing in there lol but quick summary was that it has something to do with their post 3 player not being able to play and Vici werent allowed to use stand-in or some sort

Yup, it looks like that was the case, their offlaner couldn't play due to a back injury which is really unfortunate and even though they can find a stand-in replacement for him, the tournament organizer didn't allow them due to the stand-in limit per team.

There's also an announcement about the CIS region resuming their DPC tournament tomorrow. 

https://twitter.com/DOTA2/status/1518785754322767872

The EEU DPC region will be back with a set of online qualifiers hosted by BeyondTheSummit starting April 27th that will qualify teams to the Stockholm Major. More details coming soon from
@BeyondTheSummit

I’m curious what happened to the prematch bet for the match of RNG and VG? Is this considered as bet win if players bet for RNG prematch and vice versa?  This is the first time I see that team forced forfeit on a Majors qualifiers match. This is so bad for VG but I definitely like RNG to go on Majors since they can. Give a good fight on top tier team there.

About the BTS CIS region? Will the Russian team will be joining now on this tournament??

[ralle14]

I’m curious what happened to the prematch bet for the match of RNG and VG? Is this considered as bet win if players bet for RNG prematch and vice versa?  This is the first time I see that team forced forfeit on a Majors qualifiers match. This is so bad for VG but I definitely like RNG to go on Majors since they can. Give a good fight on top tier team there.

About the BTS CIS region? Will the Russian team will be joining now on this tournament??

When a team suddenly forfeits a match, all bets are usually settled as void but i've experienced a bookie that graded the bet as a win even though the match wasn't played out. I think it was Betsy but I can't confirm for now since it's rare for teams to back down on a match.

Yes, with the CIS qualifier scheduled tomorrow two CIS teams will join the major. I don't know how it'll be handled but I hope they don't run into any issues.

[tomahawk9]

friendly reminder that BLAST Premier Spring NA and EU starts tomorrow. ENCE to beat cph is a lock for me

i'm also thinking about a single bet in DPC EEU but not sure which one: +1.5 CIS Rejects or +1.5 BetBoom. It's hard to think Team Spirit could drop a map against BB but you never know, BB are one of the best t2 teams in CIS, but CIS Rejects might stand a better chances against Outsiders. What are you guys gonna watch tomorrow?

[arallmuus]

Yes, with the CIS qualifier scheduled tomorrow two CIS teams will join the major. I don't know how it'll be handled but I hope they don't run into any issues.

There will be 3 teams from the EEU region that will join the major. Its quite interesting that they decided to go with bracket format instead of round-robin format like the other region. There seems to be an issue with Virtus.pro being sanctioned or whatsoever so the team will be participating under a different name for the team and aside from this everything else seems to be alright

Abit late for the 1st game so I took this instead as I think that Navi will be able to get 2-0 sweep

[ralle14]

What are you guys gonna watch tomorrow?

I ended up picking Team Spirit -1.5 @1.82 initially I was planning to take the handicap on CIS Rejects but the odds are way too juiced on Betsy and unfortunately it's the only series that's not yet available on BetRadar while they have the other two. Hopefully, Team Spirit won't be rusty on their opening series and doesn't draft something unusual like the other teams have been doing.

[dothebeats]

Placed a few dollars on Team Spirit -1.5 against Bet Boom. Not really sure who the guys are on Bet Boom apart from Sonneiko and Daxak but so far, they are doing good against T2 - T3 CIS teams. Team Spirit can still close this game without losing a map if TORONTOTOKYO decides to play a disciplined mid lane and not go cocky against players whom he deem as someone below him. Hopefully he doesn't tilt against his enemies and play as disciplined as he should be to close the series without a problem.

[Peanutswar]

Who makes a wage with the match of Navi versus HR? At the first glance the pick of the HR is already in favour with them and of course, its tiny against the TB its all about the late game but the viper pick does not give too much impact on the game also the Navi have a close fight because they make a throw before ending the throne but still they manage to bring the mega. In the game two the unexpected pick with the Enchantres and the Beastmaster and the troll unit makes a summon too many skeletons and they manage to push towers within ten minutes easily and thats how they got the game two.

[OgNasty]

Where are people watching these Esporting events. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one televised but I know they’re extremely popular. Are people watching these types of events on social media live feeds or is there a website that broadcasts such events. The only Esports platform I’m aware of is twitch and that seems like more of a personal video game streaming platform. So I’m wondering, let’s say I wanted to watch the next big event. How would I find it to watch and where would I get more information about it?

[Trofo]

Where are people watching these Esporting events. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one televised but I know they’re extremely popular. Are people watching these types of events on social media live feeds or is there a website that broadcasts such events. The only Esports platform I’m aware of is twitch and that seems like more of a personal video game streaming platform. So I’m wondering, let’s say I wanted to watch the next big event. How would I find it to watch and where would I get more information about it?

Twitch is the place to go. You will be surprised by the quality and effort put into those streams. All bigger events have studios and several people casting. For instance I am mainly watching DOTA. Standard cast for DOTA tournaments is usually 5 people per game. 3 in the studio, let's say one of them is sort of host while other 2 are experts and they talk you trough the draft stage and then you have another 2 who take over the game with live commentary.

https://liquipedia.net/ is the place to see what is happening. Looks like outdated shit but has all the info about any eSport you could possibly want to watch.

[arallmuus]

Who makes a wage with the match of Navi versus HR?

I did on game 2 and won.

Not really sure who the guys are on Bet Boom apart from Sonneiko and Daxak but so far, they are doing good against T2 - T3 CIS teams.

Honestly, BB is a pretty decent team and they've won DCLS9 recently. Took over 2.5 games on this one

Where are people watching these Esporting events.
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Twitch is the place to go.
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https://liquipedia.net/ is the place to see what is happening. Looks like outdated shit but has all the info about any eSport you could possibly want to watch.

@OgNasty : If you are curious which twitch channel to watch, just scroll down those liquipedia page of your esports preference and normally they will include links to streams as well

This is an example for the upcoming stream channel for DOTA2 Major

[tomahawk9]

What are you guys gonna watch tomorrow?

I ended up picking Team Spirit -1.5 @1.82 initially I was planning to take the handicap on CIS Rejects but the odds are way too juiced on Betsy and unfortunately it's the only series that's not yet available on BetRadar while they have the other two. Hopefully, Team Spirit won't be rusty on their opening series and doesn't draft something unusual like the other teams have been doing.

Good luck
I'm 2-0 today thanks to Rejects and ENCE. I didn't go for the Betboom handicap, i thought it was too risk, but i'm kinda regretting it lol i'm watching the match and it's a good early game for BB, 17-6 and a 6k gold lead, this could snowball out of control

[Peanutswar]

Who makes a wage with the match of Navi versus HR?

I did on game 2 and won.

I'ts an easy game because the enchant and beast dominated the top lane imagine void and bane can't do anything just the 5 minutes mark they manage to win the top lane and after they saw the potential of this pushing strategy, they keep pressuring the game until the end and the void and invokes combo can't do anything congrats with your win.

[dothebeats]

Where are people watching these Esporting events. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one televised but I know they’re extremely popular. Are people watching these types of events on social media live feeds or is there a website that broadcasts such events. The only Esports platform I’m aware of is twitch and that seems like more of a personal video game streaming platform. So I’m wondering, let’s say I wanted to watch the next big event. How would I find it to watch and where would I get more information about it?

Apart from what Trofo said, some of these off-tournament games can be found directly on the game's client too. Dota 2 has a dedicated 'Watch' tab wherein you can directly view these games from the game client--though sometimes there aren't any casters on the game and you just really have to have good understanding of the mechanics to make the watching experience enjoyable.

Not really sure who the guys are on Bet Boom apart from Sonneiko and Daxak but so far, they are doing good against T2 - T3 CIS teams.

Honestly, BB is a pretty decent team and they've won DCLS9 recently. Took over 2.5 games on this one

Watched the replay. Damn they have skills! Rotation is good, laning phase is good too. Plus that DR courier snipe lol. I should have went for over 2.5 maps too, but oh well I relied on my gut feeling but it just wasn't enough for today's game.

[ralle14]

I didn't go for the Betboom handicap, i thought it was too risk, but i'm kinda regretting it lol i'm watching the match and it's a good early game for BB, 17-6 and a 6k gold lead, this could snowball out of control

Props to them for pulling the upset and Team Spirit was too stubborn for forcing the same CK carry twice in a row when it already didn't work out the first time around.

Also, Sportsbet made some changes just now and that they have removed a couple of esports games from the main list (csgo and dota) and added the esports button (that leads to betsy) in the upper part of the page where all the other sports are listed. The downside for this is that we can't use the odds boost but hopefully they'll integrate it into the Betsy page just like what they did with their horse racing.

[tomahawk9]

⌃  yeah actually CSGO is still avalaible but you gotta go through all the other icons in the carousel which is very annoying, it's the last one next to Dota. Tbh, i was using SB for my bets mostly because of the daily boost which blows every other sportsbook out of the water. But without it i don't see much reason to keep using SB, Betsy is fine, it offers more markets than SB's regular sportsbook, but the margins are atrocious

i could sniff out an upset yesterday when i was thinking about the +1.5 handicap in the games, but didn't expect it to be TS.
Betboom v NaVi in a few hours, BB is the favorites in the bookies, no surprises here, i'll jump on the BB hype train (: