🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[YuginKadoya]

Pretty much very busy and not making any bets with the July 30 and 31 games and pretty much I was shocked about the result on the T1 VS Gen.G game I'd never imagine that T1 would lose to Gen.G but still Gen.G is a formidable opponent, so it is still not a surprise,

But here are my picks for the upcoming League of Legends Champions Korea 2022 on August 3

Sandbox Gaming VS Damwon Gaming

Stake odds for this game are 2.47 for SANDBOX, while 1.50 for Damwon, right now Sandbox Gaming has 9 wins and 5 losses, while Damwon Gaming has 9 wins and 6 losses, and on June 19 Damwon won against SANDBOX, 2 - 0 and I think that Damwon Gaming can win again with the same score, so I will bet Correct Score in Map 0 - 2 with 2.50 odds Damwon will win,

Freecs VS Gen.g Esports

Stake odds for this game are 7.60 for Freecs while 1.07 for Gen.G right now Freecs have 5 wins and 8 losses, while Gen.G Esports has 13 wins and 1 loss, and on July 2, GEN.G won against Freecs with a 2 - 0 score, and right now Gen.G Esports recently win against T1 2 times, which I think make them leading this tournament, so, for now, I think it is not profitable to bet for this game for now because of so much bet for GEN.G, but my pick will be GEN.G,

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[dothebeats]

Team Aster already won the 1st map and I think they started 2nd map perfectly and it should be a 2-0 in this B05 finals. The odds are 1.1 in this right moment for Aster so I don't think there is any chance of comeback and even if a comeback happens , it won't last long as Aster simply has skilled players with Monet leading the pack. 

It was actually a straight map for them. Looks like an easy three wins for them and secured a slot to the ESL One Malaysia. I've just figured out why LBZS has always picked Zeus and then it's not working on them honestly.

Also, they let Aster picked Puck and they don't have a hero that can catch and disable it easily. They've got Marci for "stun" but that's not really enough to catch this slippery hero, puck.

I just can't think of how they have thought during those picks.

Well as they say on Div 2 Chinese tournaments: skip. These guys that fought Aster are capable of taking them down. They have good rotation and map awareness, and are overall knowledgeable on the game. I just don't know what happened when it comes to picking against Aster. Oh well, at least you didn't bet on LBZS. I was expecting this to happen, and sure enough it did.

[tomahawk9]

calendar in the OP has been updated! thanks for reminding me, @arallmuus 

looking forward to Arlington major. Heh, I just saw that RNG will have ana as stand-in, talk about strange crossovers in dota. Ame has a score to settle with ana 👀 TI18

[dimonstration]

calendar in the OP has been updated! thanks for reminding me, @arallmuus 

looking forward to Arlington major. Heh, I just saw that RNG will have ana as stand-in, talk about strange crossovers in dota. Ame has a score to settle with ana 👀 TI18

I don’t think Ana will still on par with Ame considering how many years he went offline on competitive Dota while Ame continuously playing and dominate Chinese region on all the time Ana is on break. Ana needs a lot of practice and motivation just get back his TI form to defeat Ame. This will not gonna happened on a stand-in team but maybe next year if Ana decided to go full time again and settle on team with good team mates.

[arallmuus]

looking forward to Arlington major. Heh, I just saw that RNG will have ana as stand-in, talk about strange crossovers in dota. Ame has a score to settle with ana 👀 TI18

The strangest ever, I mean Ana is pretty well known for his inability to communicate with the teams and let alone he is standing in on a chinese team so its pretty weird. Aside from that we'll have Ceb back on pos5 for OG because of the visa issue as well and that is pretty weird considering that there are tons of other russian for the other teams as well

[hanspeter77]

now in the sommer break not so mutch big matches butt the youngster have a big match in the WePlay Academy League Season 5 and the pricepool is nice 100k
Tomorrow play my favorite team BIG Academy vs OG Academy im think BIG win they are the better team.
Apeks Rebels vs fnatic Rising here for sure win fnatic 

[boyptc]

It was actually a straight map for them. Looks like an easy three wins for them and secured a slot to the ESL One Malaysia. I've just figured out why LBZS has always picked Zeus and then it's not working on them honestly.

Also, they let Aster picked Puck and they don't have a hero that can catch and disable it easily. They've got Marci for "stun" but that's not really enough to catch this slippery hero, puck.

I just can't think of how they have thought during those picks.

Well as they say on Div 2 Chinese tournaments: skip. These guys that fought Aster are capable of taking them down. They have good rotation and map awareness, and are overall knowledgeable on the game. I just don't know what happened when it comes to picking against Aster. Oh well, at least you didn't bet on LBZS. I was expecting this to happen, and sure enough it did.

Something is fishy, right?

We don't want to judge these matches on China but we're also aware that "something" is common there when it's come to these teams under the lower tier teams.

They really are capable of beating Aster but the picks are funny and mediocre when I've seen it. They seem to be not thinking of their picks and easy to counter what LBZS has done.

[inthelongrun]

One more day before PGL Arlington Major starts. I feel bad for Fnatic. They are yet to officially announce their needed 3-player stand-ins.

Another thing. I was surprised to see a new name representing North America. Did Quincy Crew disband or did they just rename it into Soniqs since all players are the same? I already forgot Valve's ruling on players leaving for another team. There are a lot of stand-ins in this last major and I can't wait to see how it works. 

[jakelyson]

Another thing. I was surprised to see a new name representing North America. Did Quincy Crew disband or did they just rename it into Soniqs since all players are the same? I already forgot Valve's ruling on players leaving for another team. There are a lot of stand-ins in this last major and I can't wait to see how it works. 

I read in this article that they have been signed by Soniq Esports and they will represent them in the upcoming Arlington Major.

https://afkgaming.com/dota2/news/quincy-crew-gets-signed-by-soniqs-right-in-time-for-arlington-major

[Beparanf]

One more day before PGL Arlington Major starts. I feel bad for Fnatic. They are yet to officially announce their needed 3-player stand-ins.

Another thing. I was surprised to see a new name representing North America. Did Quincy Crew disband or did they just rename it into Soniqs since all players are the same? I already forgot Valve's ruling on players leaving for another team. There are a lot of stand-ins in this last major and I can't wait to see how it works. 

Soniq is an organization which Quincy Crew sign in. They are technically still Quincy Crew but they just joined an organization to absorb there team for bigger support financially to these team.

I’m not updated anymore on Fnatic updated roster because they will surely can’t build a strong team with such short notice. This is so painful for them because they will miss the opportunity to have a good shot for the DPC points.

[Peanutswar]

calendar in the OP has been updated! thanks for reminding me, @arallmuus 

looking forward to Arlington major. Heh, I just saw that RNG will have ana as stand-in, talk about strange crossovers in dota. Ame has a score to settle with ana 👀 TI18

Actually, I didn't expect that this kind of announcement is real I just see this lurking around in the different pages because we know Ana is just waiting for the OG again and many people ask why Ana makes a standin in the RNG well we know he take some pub games most of the time I saw Topson having a Rivalry in Mid with Ana at the same time still he knows how to play as a 2x TI Champion I guess for sure most of us here waiting for the comeback of the HumbleGod.

[CLS63]

Boombl4 was speculated with G2 for some time and they were looking serious about signing him as well. However they couldn't agree terms and this transfer won't happen soon as a result. As you know he has been benched by Natus Vincere after some unacceptable things about him have been detected. I even thought that his career would be over actually but it turns out that he can still play at a professional team. If he can't find a team for himself then he would continue his career as a rapper I assume.

( The source : https://www.hltv.org/news/34330/boombl4-speaks-on-talks-with-g2-falling-through )

[Eternad]

calendar in the OP has been updated! thanks for reminding me, @arallmuus 

looking forward to Arlington major. Heh, I just saw that RNG will have ana as stand-in, talk about strange crossovers in dota. Ame has a score to settle with ana 👀 TI18

Actually, I didn't expect that this kind of announcement is real I just see this lurking around in the different pages because we know Ana is just waiting for the OG again and many people ask why Ana makes a standin in the RNG well we know he take some pub games most of the time I saw Topson having a Rivalry in Mid with Ana at the same time still he knows how to play as a 2x TI Champion I guess for sure most of us here waiting for the comeback of the HumbleGod.

I think he don’t have any chance to on OG because the current roster is very strong and full of potential while the old OG guys already lost there interest before and just missed playing Dota that’s why they came back playing again. They don’t have the same hunger to win another TI title so I guess OG management will stick to the current roster. There’s a chance that they will form another OG team like what they did on OG Seed before. This is the only way to complete again the old OG roster.

[dothebeats]

One more day before PGL Arlington Major starts. I feel bad for Fnatic. They are yet to officially announce their needed 3-player stand-ins.

Really sucks that this upcoming major is plagued with lots of visa issues. I'm also waiting for their announcement regarding their stand-ins. Lots of options and free agents right now but team work and overall synergy would be sacrificed even if top pubstars agree to join them.

Another thing. I was surprised to see a new name representing North America. Did Quincy Crew disband or did they just rename it into Soniqs since all players are the same? I already forgot Valve's ruling on players leaving for another team. There are a lot of stand-ins in this last major and I can't wait to see how it works. 

QC is just an organization created by Quinn and his teammates to qualify for Valve events. They aren't signed by anyone IIRC and are also not sponsored so it's just okay for Soniq to acquire them under their management.

calendar in the OP has been updated! thanks for reminding me, @arallmuus 

looking forward to Arlington major. Heh, I just saw that RNG will have ana as stand-in, talk about strange crossovers in dota. Ame has a score to settle with ana  TI18

Actually, I didn't expect that this kind of announcement is real I just see this lurking around in the different pages because we know Ana is just waiting for the OG again and many people ask why Ana makes a standin in the RNG well we know he take some pub games most of the time I saw Topson having a Rivalry in Mid with Ana at the same time still he knows how to play as a 2x TI Champion I guess for sure most of us here waiting for the comeback of the HumbleGod.

Ana is just a free agent right now looking for his fill of Dota 2 tournament hunger. He's still technically and mechanically strong in the game but I don't think his talents matches those of the young bloods of OG. Yuragi is quite consistent as a carry and his gameplay is 'just right' for OG. Also, ana already lost that drive to win TI. He's just doing it to get his fill, though I highly doubt that he'll ever commit to joining a professional team again to play Dota full time.

EDIT: just found out that Topson has been released by OG as he expressed his desire to compete for another TI. I wonder if he has Jerax, ana, n0tail, and ceb's number on speed dial to create a new team just to see if they still got it?

[Trofo]

Finally one nice eSports ticket for me to boost the bank a bit before Major starts. Brame has served me well throughout this week and already brought me nice amount of satoshis while LOL was mostly luck since I don't get that eSport at all and usually it always end opposite to my expectations

[YuginKadoya]

Here is the result of the games yesterday, for the League of Legends Champions Korea 2022

Sandbox Gaming VS Damwon Gaming MAP 2 - 0 - LOST

Pretty much It was a wrong decision to trust Damwon, could win against Sandbox, I thought it will be a close game against SANDBOX, but it was not it was a dominance for Sandbox Gaming, on Map 1 winner got 58.1k Gold, 13 kills, and 10 towers, while Damwon has 45.7k gold, 3 kills and 2 towers, and on Map 2 the winner got 62.9k gold, 22 kills, and 9 towers, while Damwon has 50.7k gold, 8 kills and 3 towers, pretty much it was not a close match like I anticipated but still a great game for the Sandbox Gaming,

Freecs VS Gen.g Esports MAP 0 - 2 - WIN

Well I surely anticipated that Gen.G would eventually win this, and they surely make T1 under them when they win against them 2 times, and the only team in the League of Legends Champions Korea that makes a win against T1, and Map 1 winner are 54.9k gold, 14 kills, and 11 towers, while Freecs, has 38.4k gold, 5 kills and 0 towers, a pretty much dominating 1st game, while Map 2 was 53.6k gold, 14 kills and 9 towers for the winners, while Freecs has 36k gold, 2 kills and only 1 tower, that is why Gen.G Esports right now is on top of the standings for this league,

[tomahawk9]

LOL was mostly luck since I don't get that eSport at all and usually it always end opposite to my expectations

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not bad, solid LoL picks
you're playing with fire when adding events that you don't usually follow, been there done that  

but, Dota should be right up your alley, yeah? got any tips for tomorrow? schedule is packed with the Major. I'm going with but might place more tickets:




i'm surprised to see OG @1.4 even though Fnatic will play with three subs,, btw Fnatic haven't announced the subs yet   if they withdraw from the major and my ticket gets voided, i'll add Team Liquid to win vs Soniqs

[arallmuus]

Finally one nice eSports ticket for me to boost the bank a bit before Major starts. Brame has served me well throughout this week and already brought me nice amount of satoshis

Brame has been doing better lately, I should have keep an eye for them

i'm surprised to see OG @1.4 even though Fnatic will play with three subs,, btw Fnatic haven't announced the subs yet  if they withdraw from the major and my ticket gets voided, i'll add Team Liquid to win vs Soniqs

Its kinda understandable though because playing with 3 subs literally means its not Fnatic anymore, its just another team with two Fnatic players on it and most of the time that wont works. They are probably going to have 3 random players from NA or something because there isnt that many players available to join. Half of the participants of this Major wont get any prize money though so alot of players might be abit hesitant to stand in

Picking this up for tomorrow, I'll get alot more tomorrow because at the moment there isnt that many selection being offered in Rollbit yet

[Trofo]

not bad, solid LoL picks
you're playing with fire when adding events that you don't usually follow, been there done that  

but, Dota should be right up your alley, yeah? got any tips for tomorrow? schedule is packed with the Major. I'm going with but might place more tickets:

i'm surprised to see OG @1.4 even though Fnatic will play with three subs,, btw Fnatic haven't announced the subs yet   if they withdraw from the major and my ticket gets voided, i'll add Team Liquid to win vs Soniqs
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I am never betting serius money on stuff I don't follow and understand completely but these multi tickets are different beasts. There simply wasn't enough games today to make my multis without LOL. I even had EDG on another 2 multi tickets which are still live.

I am on OG against Fanatic and couple of teams to take one map: RNG, Boom and Entity. Maybe I'll even put something on PSG.LGD to drop map, odds are great and they usually start slow and get better and better as the stakes rise.

[sunsilk]

One more day before PGL Arlington Major starts. I feel bad for Fnatic. They are yet to officially announce their needed 3-player stand-ins.

Another thing. I was surprised to see a new name representing North America. Did Quincy Crew disband or did they just rename it into Soniqs since all players are the same? I already forgot Valve's ruling on players leaving for another team. There are a lot of stand-ins in this last major and I can't wait to see how it works. 

That usually happens when a major tournament or the TI comes in. If a qualified team doesn't have an organization that they are playing for, it means that they're free to be sponsored and play to bring the badge of that organization.

IIRC, Newbee, a chinese organization was played by American players on TI because they've got no org and Newbee signed them. And those American players were Quinn(CCNC), Yawar, Sneyking, mss and pieliedie. This was on 2019 TI.