🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[ralle14]

Truly the worse curse in CS:GO for the MVP players. You won the MVP prize but your team lost the grand final.

It's still not bad for the MVP as these guys showcase how much impact one player can bring to the team. Even though Navi lost to Faze, it's still impressive that they manage to push them through all five maps even without a full roster for like a few months.

So in the Chinese regional qualifier, powerhouse LGD went with my so-called plan B, join the tiebreakers and remove the no-hoper Aster.Aries. My bad. I lost that Aster bet as LGD just blitzkrieg their way to 2-0, both maps ended in less than 30 minutes. That's how good LGD is. And then they threw, I mean they lost to Aster in the tiebreakers. Too bad there aren't 1 map odds in my bookie. And it's annoying when they just forfeited to Extreme. I hope Valve will remove the right to forfeit.  

I remember someone mentioned that LGD decided to forfeit that tiebreaker game because they still have to participate in the Riyadh Masters.

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[Harkorede]

had a pretty good run during IEM Cologne. Made a deposit during the 2nd round of Group B, since then (adding a few LPL and LCK tickets):



9 days, 14W, 3L, avg odds: 1.73, avg bets per day: 2 (i didn't count a dumb multi, meh, damn u ForZe lol). 'Player Total Kills' was by far my most profitable market, bookies were too generous on FaZe's individual performances throughout the whole tournament, Twistzz and Rain gave me a lot of wins. overall,

That's quite a great run man, I envy your luck 

If there's anything I hate about these tournaments is that you anticipate them for a couple of weeks and all, then the whole hype gets utterly short-lived and the tournaments always end almost way too soon imo, but that's how a cookie crumbles innit ??!

NaVi's reign at the top didn't last long as FaZe reclaims the No 1 spots as the best CS:GO team in the world.

[blue_hurricanger]

Talk about Liquid, damn I'm also hyped for the Liquid team back then with the NAF, elige, twistzz, stewie, nitr0 as the main rooster. Liquid got a short period of time overwhelming the EU cs scene but after a few tournaments and replays being watched and analyzed, Liquid's strats got countered pretty quick. I think we all know how Liquid values the individual skill, the star player. This helps them to overcome the tough spots in the game with other EU cs teams. Bad economy? Drop big gun for twistzz or elige and see they shine, line up the kills. CT side control a chokepoint with all nades? Let stewie pull his smoke criminal play and push thru.

But once the enemy knows all of your tricks and pulls, they keep tight control of the games and more discipline which is the main core for EU cs teams. And that's the end for Liquid, frustration leads to low morale, no confidence in the individual skill of your teammate and start doubting on igl's call,... A sad end.

Tho I'm happy for twistzz right now because his talent doesn't go waste. He's playing for Faze now and Karrigan is 200IQ brainer so he knows where to make use of twistzz's skill. This IEM cup surely shows that.

Also, that's a nice winning streak, tomahawk9. Congratulation!

[YuginKadoya]

Here are my picks for Tomorrow's game for League of Legends Champions Korea 2022 highlighted in green are my picks

Brion Esports VS DragonX

Stake odds are 4.20 for Brion Blade while 1.20 for Dragon X or DRX, right now Brion Blade has 1 win, and 9 losses, while DRX has 5 wins and 5 losses, and back on June 18, these two teams have already clashed with a 2 - 0 winning score for DRX or Dragon X so this match maybe will become a repeat just like the previous match-up I really hope so not, Brion Blade needs to win this but I don't think that DRX will prove about this, and in my opinion, this is why it is easy to pick a bet for League of Legends Champions Korea and Dragon X with an even score of 5 wins and 5 losses, they surely need to this so they can have a greater win than with the losses, but this is very obvious Dragon X is my pick but I will bet on Correct score on the map this will be 0 - 2 wins for DRX at 1.74,

Nongshim Redforce VS Damwon Gaming

Stake odds for this game are 6.00 for Redforce while 1.11 for Damwon Gaming, right now NS RedForce has 2 wins and 7 losses, while their opponent has 7 wins and 3 Losses, pretty much another obvious win for Damwon, and again will be a repeat on what happened last time, back on July 3, when Damwon Gaming wins against NS RedForce, with 2 - 0 score so my pick here is pretty obvious it is Damwon Gaming, but surely I am betting on the correct score on the map, I think this will be 0 - 2 game again With 1.50 odds, this will be a win for Damwon Gaming,

[arallmuus]

Few opening games for tomorrow on Riyadh Master. Going for crazy parlay as usual for the few opening games, alot of crazy stuff might happened though. There isnt that many selection for the bets on the group stage yet so this is pretty much okay for now. Taking two -1.5 on Team Liquid and Tundra, not sure if this is going to work out as both team will be playing with Stand-in on their team

[boyptc]

Few opening games for tomorrow on Riyadh Master. Going for crazy parlay as usual for the few opening games, alot of crazy stuff might happened though. There isnt that many selection for the bets on the group stage yet so this is pretty much okay for now. Taking two -1.5 on Team Liquid and Tundra, not sure if this is going to work out as both team will be playing with Stand-in on their team

Good luck, I think those bets are good to take since it's just the opening of the Riyadh masters but this tournament will be quick to end. Just a total of 6 days.

3 days for the group stages.

And another 3 days for the playoffs up to the finals.

[inthelongrun]

10 more hours before games will start in Riyadh Masters. Still no odds in my bookie. Planning to take my bets on Tundra, Spirit, and OG.

So in the Chinese regional qualifier, powerhouse LGD went with my so-called plan B, join the tiebreakers and remove the no-hoper Aster.Aries. My bad. I lost that Aster bet as LGD just blitzkrieg their way to 2-0, both maps ended in less than 30 minutes. That's how good LGD is. And then they threw, I mean they lost to Aster in the tiebreakers. Too bad there aren't 1 map odds in my bookie. And it's annoying when they just forfeited to Extreme. I hope Valve will remove the right to forfeit.  

I remember someone mentioned that LGD decided to forfeit that tiebreaker game because they still have to participate in the Riyadh Masters.

The Riyadh Masters starts today and LGD's first game is scheduled for the second day. That's like 4 or 5 days. And the game they just forfeited to Extreme happens in only an hour or two after they removed Aster.Aries. But I get it, it's a nonsense game to them and it's probably the plan.



 

[jakelyson]

Those teams that are also qualified for the Arlington got a very few days of taking rest and this might affect their performance. Am I just thinking too much and worrying for nothing? Because this Riyadh masters could drain them that much but anyway, it's going to be a quick tournament and also a good place to experiment before the major.

You are just overthinking. They have plenty of rest after the Riyadh Masters. Arlington will start on August 4, so they have at least a week to rest and regroup for the Major. That is plenty of time.


Here are the odds in stake.com for today's games. I would like to put some on Team Secret and Deboosters and see if they can pull an upset. Is it good or I am throwing away my money? I know Deboosters is a long shot but who knows, right?

[TopT3ns]

Here are the odds in stake.com for today's games. I would like to put some on Team Secret and Deboosters and see if they can pull an upset. Is it good or I am throwing away my money? I know Deboosters is a long shot but who knows, right?

Your choice with team secret is very good and can have a high potential for victory but you must know that there are other teams that can pursue victory, one of which is team Liquid, so far as I know Micke Vu as team leader of team Liquid is ready to move forward and try his luck in this match. Dota 2 must play patiently and full of teamwork to win.

[vennali]

Here are the odds in stake.com for today's games. I would like to put some on Team Secret and Deboosters and see if they can pull an upset. Is it good or I am throwing away my money? I know Deboosters is a long shot but who knows, right?

Well, Secret havent beaten Tundra in the last 4 encounters. In the last 8 games played, Secret have won only 1 and lost 7. I don't see how that changes today as Tundra seem very solid and Team Secret have kinda lost their identity at the moment. Their pos 1 keeps changing and at the moment, they've got Crystallis playing for them. He's a very good carry but I'm not sure how he fits into Team Secret.

[tomahawk9]

had a pretty good run during IEM Cologne. Made a deposit during the 2nd round of Group B, since then (adding a few LPL and LCK tickets):

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Just wondering what bookies do you use. Seems pretty neat to be showing all that win/lose status in all one spot.

sorry for the late reply. It's 500 casino.

Riyadh Master in two days for DOTA, some of the teams will be playing with stand-in for some reasons

still, i think the orgs want to see a high level of commitment in this tournament, after all, prize pool is 4 million!

however i'll skip today's matches, i don't want to place some bets and then realize that i was wrong and every team is trolling with crappy drafts and dodgy strats 😂

[boltz]

As far as I know Team Secret will have TI qualifiers to make it. If they don't make it there , then , they will have Regional Qualifers to work with and get the last chance for that TI ticket. I'm very confident that Secret will make it to TI , especially because it's being hosted in Singapore as Secret has a lot of fans there. If somehow , Secret won't win any of those 2 chances for TI , then they should think on a bigger scale that something is def not working with Puppey, Nisha or Icex3.

[ILuckyGuyI]

The IEM Cologne tournament in CS:GO was really impressive. The final round was just amazing to me. I've seen a much more competitive matchup between NAVI and FaZe. I was expecting NAVI to eliminate their opponent but it was a really huge comeback by FaZe from a 2-1 disadvantage to a 3-2 victory. s1mple stated also that it was the hardest finale he has ever played. Now the BLAST Premier tournament is up next but there is still one month to go. We will see if NAVI will be able to have their revenge on FaZe then.  

[arallmuus]

Here are the odds in stake.com for today's games.

Map winner offered by Stake huh, so much better option compared to what Rollbit offered though. There is only handicap offered by Rollbit and the odds are pretty lame but I guess this is what usually happened when it comes to those that is not officially 'valve event' huh

I would like to put some on Team Secret and Deboosters and see if they can pull an upset. Is it good or I am throwing away my money? I know Deboosters is a long shot but who knows, right?

Idk though, I would personally avoid the Deboosters bet. I mean there is no point to bet on that game, obviously not taking Team Spirit because of the lame odds but honestly Deboosters is pretty much Tier 3 teams so yeah unless Team Spirit does something stupid by throwing the game then I dont see how they would win against Team Spirit

sorry for the late reply. It's 500 casino.

I gotta try this bookie, seems pretty neat from the UI layout

[dimonstration]

What a nice game between Team Liquid and TSM, Team Liquid is very strong early to mid game but TSM full investment to Terror Blade pays off on late game since he bring huge damage on the team fights to get the momentum. TSM control coming from there support punish the line up of Team Liquid which is focused on sustain type. Ana plays normal but not that hype compared before, Let’s see in game 2 if there will be a revenge.

Zai keeps baiting TSM and he is relying too much on dawnbreaker and winter wyvern sustain but this strategy backfire after giving multiple TSM a multiple successful attempt on getting him as well as the support responding to him during mid game. This gives Timado space and time to farm his items until he completely dominate the gold lead.

I though Saberlight is choking again by initiating many failed attempts initiation on early stage by the vision he provides plays an important role for the TSM victory but ofc including what you mention about there supports.

[jakelyson]

Here are the odds in stake.com for today's games. I would like to put some on Team Secret and Deboosters and see if they can pull an upset. Is it good or I am throwing away my money? I know Deboosters is a long shot but who knows, right?

Well, Secret havent beaten Tundra in the last 4 encounters. In the last 8 games played, Secret have won only 1 and lost 7. I don't see how that changes today as Tundra seem very solid and Team Secret have kinda lost their identity at the moment. Their pos 1 keeps changing and at the moment, they've got Crystallis playing for them. He's a very good carry but I'm not sure how he fits into Team Secret.

Team Secret dominated game 1. It started in a great draft and continued in a great execution of the game. Team Secret looking good. Hope they can continue this on game 2. I am eager to see what adjustment Tundra will do to counter Team Secret.

[sunsilk]

Team Secret dominated game 1. It started in a great draft and continued in a great execution of the game.

I'm impress with the game 1, despite the low score of Tundra, they've managed to prolong the game with Nature's Prophet of Daxak.

Team Secret looking good. Hope they can continue this on game 2. I am eager to see what adjustment Tundra will do to counter Team Secret.

They really do. Waiting for the next game to come, let's see if Tundra's going to retrieve themselves and will make this series a tie of 1-1.

[CLS63]

According to the source Vitality are planning to replace misutaaa with Spinx. Vitality haven't been much successful in the latest tournaments. They have been struggling a lot to advance to a serious level. They have decided to make some changes because of that as it seems. I think that Spinx is really performing better in the recent times misutaaa now. This can add some strength to the team.

( The source : https://www.hltv.org/news/34277/vitality-in-market-to-replace-misutaaa-target-spinx-report )

[ralle14]

As far as I know Team Secret will have TI qualifiers to make it. If they don't make it there , then , they will have Regional Qualifers to work with and get the last chance for that TI ticket. I'm very confident that Secret will make it to TI , especially because it's being hosted in Singapore as Secret has a lot of fans there. If somehow , Secret won't win any of those 2 chances for TI , then they should think on a bigger scale that something is def not working with Puppey, Nisha or Icex3.

Isn't the TI qualifiers the same as the regionals but if they come in second they'll probably have another shot at it and go into the last chance qualifiers. They're likely to qualify but I remember seeing a model that shows the probability of all teams to qualify in TI and Secret is at 44% then Entity comes next at 43% so it won't be easy for them.

They really do. Waiting for the next game to come, let's see if Tundra's going to retrieve themselves and will make this series a tie of 1-1.

The second game isn't even close, quick early snowball from Secret, and Tundra can't do anything to stop the bleeding.

[vennali]

Team Secret dominated game 1. It started in a great draft and continued in a great execution of the game. Team Secret looking good. Hope they can continue this on game 2. I am eager to see what adjustment Tundra will do to counter Team Secret.

That came completely from left field. I clearly wasn't expecting that. I guess that's the beauty of LAN events. Experience and motivation matters and the Puppy experience with drafts came into fruition. Better drafts and execution and Tundra looked clueless about it. Clean swept Tundra with relative ease. Up next is OG vs RNG. Its always nice to see the Chinese teams play against the giants of EU.