🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[jakelyson]

T1 for Dota 2 just posted that they're now parting ways with Gabbi and Karl. I think that Karl should have retained and it should only be Gabbi that they have to release.

No offense on that but they're getting ready for the TI qualifiers and it will be hard if Fnatic won't get a direct invite because they'll be another burden to the SEA TI qualifiers.

Who are you guys thinking? The players that are free at this time that I can think of iceiceice and topson. But I doubt that topson will join them. Some rumors said that topson could replace Abed on EG and then Abed goes back to Asia and will play for T1. Well, it's just a rumor and I don't think that it will be allowed by his contract.

Who do you think guys will replace these two?

In the interview in Road to The International with BMW, Topson stated that he wanted play in Europe. He believes it is the strongest region. So, I doubt that he will want to play for a Sea team. I really do not have an idea who can replace the two. Let's see in the future.

What a dissapointment is EG right now. They missing TI , they have no major trophy in the last years and I think they strongly need to chance something in that team as soon as possible because they basically have 2 carry in that team that both have big EGO and won't let anything from them in order for the team to have an advantage and I'm sick of both Nightfall and RTZ and to be honest,

Can't they try qualifiers? Team Secret will have to go through qualifiers as well, maybe EG can regroup and try again in the qualifier. But surely, they have to change something in their roster. They cannot stay like this and hope to be competitive.

nothing can stop PSG or Aster to reach the finals.

Let's see, Team Spirit and OG is quite formidable, especially the way they have shown in their last series. We will see in their matches later if OG/Spirit will not be able to adjust against these power houses.

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What a dissapointment is EG right now. They missing TI , they have no major trophy in the last years and I think they strongly need to chance something in that team as soon as possible because they basically have 2 carry in that team that both have big EGO and won't let anything from them in order for the team to have an advantage and I'm sick of both Nightfall and RTZ and to be honest, nothing can stop PSG or Aster to reach the finals.

There is wildcard for each region for those team who didn’t qualified of on TI through DPC points. They have a huge chance to get a spot in there because they are one of the strongest team on NA. The TI11 qualifiers give chance for 2 extra spot besides those who won on the Regional Qualifiers. EG is one of the team that has a best shot to get those spot if they will improve there game.

2hrs 20mins left for Fnatic vs Beastcoast. I really want to bet for Fnatic 2-1 but Beastcoast sometimes make unpredictable play which I’m afraid that they reverse Fnatic on this do or go home match.

[vennali]

What a dissapointment is EG right now. They missing TI , they have no major trophy in the last years and I think they strongly need to chance something in that team as soon as possible because they basically have 2 carry in that team that both have big EGO and won't let anything from them in order for the team to have an advantage and I'm sick of both Nightfall and RTZ and to be honest, nothing can stop PSG or Aster to reach the finals.

EG isn't a bad team, to be honest. Its just that there are a few teams that are just way too ahead when it comes to team play and meta. NA always lags behind the meta at the moment and even when they embrace it, it doesn't always work out as they expect it to. Heard just yesterday that the issue with these players is that they barely play any PUGs, the supports do but the cores play very less PUGs during their off times. While other big teams, its usually the opposite. The Carries grind PUGs while the big brain supports go through strats or other in game scenarios(like Kuro, Puppy). In other NA news, it might be the last year for Matu's career. He did also mention that he will not stop playing if he doesn't qualify for TI.

[Peanutswar]

Taking over 2.5 maps for this though, just a hunch that Boom might pull an upset then forced Liquid to go all the way to the 3rd map

One down, three more to go and two with flat 1.88 odds. Had another one on Fnatic -1.5 but as long as the other two flat 1.88 odds ended up winning then Im good for today as I put higher stake on these three compared to the other one. Personally want Liquid to win this so that they will get the direct invite, that means Nigma will has less competitor on the regional qualifier 

With this match up with the Boom vs Liquid it is already in favor with the liquid but because of too much chase and confidence of their team they lose the game one but of course they manage to make a comeback with the 2nd game, i just observed the pro teams mostly pick with the Death prophet offlane because of the ultimate that can easily get the tanky heroes and of course the TB good for early game and once get snowball it is already dominated the game which is the Boom e-sports grab the opportunity and make a game play currently i don't see Yopaj really playing well.

[ralle14]

Can't they try qualifiers? Team Secret will have to go through qualifiers as well, maybe EG can regroup and try again in the qualifier. But surely, they have to change something in their roster. They cannot stay like this and hope to be competitive.

They're likely going through the qualifiers if Fnatic takes down beastcoast (so far the series is 1-0 for Fnatic) then Outsiders takes down Fnatic in the following series but still, it feels bad when they're that close to skipping the qualifiers.

Who are you guys thinking? The players that are free at this time that I can think of iceiceice and topson. But I doubt that topson will join them. Some rumors said that topson could replace Abed on EG and then Abed goes back to Asia and will play for T1. Well, it's just a rumor and I don't think that it will be allowed by his contract.

I was thinking of the guys from Polaris since they used to be good before having issues in Tour 3 due to standins and getting relegated.

[tomahawk9]

It was easy yesterday, all the games went the distance except the last one, so betting bank is in the green but I feel it will not be after today.

so far i've barely made any profits in this tourney. Win one ticket, lose one ticket, win two, lose one then lose two more then go through a losing streak and wipe out all previous wins + some bankroll, and restart. Win one, lose one, win one, lose two, FFS!

for today,



fnatic - beastcoast going to game 3, beastcoast ain't going down without a fight,, whew! i was this close to dropping a unit on -1.5 handicap  

[vennali]

It was easy yesterday, all the games went the distance except the last one, so betting bank is in the green but I feel it will not be after today.

so far i've barely made any profits in this tourney. Win one ticket, lose one ticket, win two, lose one then lose two more then go through a losing streak and wipe out all previous wins + some bankroll, and restart. Win one, lose one, win one, lose two, FFS!

for today,



fnatic - beastcoast going to game 3, beastcoast ain't going down without a fight,, whew! i was this close to dropping a unit on -1.5 handicap  

Beastcoast won game 3 and K1(hector) typed "for Arteezy" in all chat after the game. Beastcoast taking revenge from Fanatic for taking out EG haha. It was PL vs the world but with ET,Mag, Lina and Tiny against him. It was a little too much to handle.

[jakelyson]

fnatic - beastcoast going to game 3, beastcoast ain't going down without a fight,, whew! i was this close to dropping a unit on -1.5 handicap  

Beastcoast completed the comeback in Game 3. They are moving forward in the lower bracket as they dropped FNATIC out of the touranament. They easily won game 2 and also dominated Game 3. For a moment there, I thought FNATIC was able to make a comeback late in the game, but they failed to complete it.

I really thought FNATIC have a chance to win this series. That destroyed my parlay bet for today. Just gonna enjoy watching the next game.

UP NEXT:
PSG.LGD vs OG

This is going to be a good series again. OG has not won against LGD in the group stage, I wonder if they can take a game in this series.

[Balmain]

Liquid have confirmed to HLTV.org that they will play with Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis once again at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups. YEKINDAR has had good tournaments lately and was expected to be transferred to a team. I think it was good that he went to America. Liquid transferred a potential player who could be very useful to the team. I expected that G2 could perfect his squad by transferring jks and YEKINDAR at the same time.

https://www.hltv.org/news/34380/liquid-confirm-yekindar-for-blast-premier-fall-groups

[arallmuus]

Beastcoast won game 3 and K1(hector) typed "for Arteezy" in all chat after the game. Beastcoast taking revenge from Fanatic for taking out EG haha. It was PL vs the world but with ET,Mag, Lina and Tiny against him. It was a little too much to handle.

EG's ass was literally saved by Beastcoast. Imagine that yesterday all that dissapointment were in their faces then today, they are enjoying the moment they got qualified onto TI. Anyway, I guess Fnatic is pretty much fine as I think with Boom going to TI through the direct invite then that pretty much means the SEA regional qualifier should be easy for their complete roster

[CLS63]

Liquid have confirmed to HLTV.org that they will play with Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis once again at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups. YEKINDAR has had good tournaments lately and was expected to be transferred to a team. I think it was good that he went to America. Liquid transferred a potential player who could be very useful to the team. I expected that G2 could perfect his squad by transferring jks and YEKINDAR at the same time.

https://www.hltv.org/news/34380/liquid-confirm-yekindar-for-blast-premier-fall-groups

YEKINDAR⁠ is one of the quite skilled players and it would have been very nice to see him at G2 indeed. Because I still think that they need to improve the quality of their roster. HooXi is coming to fill JACKZ's place but this is still not enough for them. They need substantial changes in the team. BLAST Premier is nearly starting as there is one week left. I'm not expecting G2 to be very successful in this tournament to be honest. They need to make this team stronger if they want to keep their best player who is m0nesy in the team as well.

[tomahawk9]

K1(hector) typed "for Arteezy" in all chat after the game.

"for Arteezy" it's gonna be a meme now 

EG and Outsiders qualify directly to TI. Easy path for Soniqs in the NA qualifiers and boy are they happy right now lol https://twitter.com/SoniqsEsports/status/1557804454623252481

[Trofo]

Just trying to stay awake for a decider between PSG.LGD and OG. First 2 maps were a stomp, one for each side. 3rd one could be a bit longer maybe.

Anyway, has somebody used Bitget? I just sow they are official crypto currency partner of the tournament.

[YuginKadoya]

Sandbox Gaming VS T1 MAP 2 - 0 - PICK LOST Correct Map Score 2 - 0 - LOST
I really didn't expect this to happen, T1 losing to Sandbox, is still mind-boggling, I thought that in the 2nd game T1 will surely make a comeback but the SANDBOX have dominated them this time, their gameplay has started to crumble but they still did a great job in getting this far, and 2nd place is not so bad,

I also didn't expect that one hell of a stomping series coming from the side of Sandbox, it'll be rough for T1 to switch it up heading into the playoffs.

I never expect it as well, pretty much T1 is well-known to be very superior because they have many championship titles, and also won the 2022 Spring, but right now Liiv Sandbox hasn't won anything yet, and there they are at the number 3 spot of the standings, maybe this is their time and even a runner up to the league could be also great,

Now here is my pick for the League of Legends Champions Korea 2022

Nongshim Redforce VS Hanwha Life Esports Correc Map Score (2 - 1)

Stake odds for this game are 1.47 for Nongshim while 2.55 for Hanwha Life Esports, right now NS Redforce has 3 wins and 13 losses, while Hanwha has 1 win and 15 losses and these two teams fought back on June 26 and NS Redforce won with 1 - 2 well I think the history will repeat itself so I will bet on correct map score of 2 - 1 for 3.30 and my pick will be Nongshim Red Force,

Brion Esports VS Sandbox Gaming Correc Map Score (0 - 2)

Stake odds for this game are 4.00 for Brion while 1.22 for Sandbox, after Sandbox defeated T1 this is a sure increase of people trusting them now, that is why their odds increase, Right now Sandbox is number 3 in the standings and has 12 wins and 5 losses, while Brion Blade has 3 wins and 14 losses, this is a onesided game, in my opinion, so I will bet for correct map score of 0 - 2 with 1.80 odds, it is a small profit but I will take it, and Sandbox is a sure pick for this,

[Peanutswar]

K1(hector) typed "for Arteezy" in all chat after the game.

"for Arteezy" it's gonna be a meme now 

EG and Outsiders qualify directly to TI. Easy path for Soniqs in the NA qualifiers and boy are they happy right now lol https://twitter.com/SoniqsEsports/status/1557804454623252481

BeastCoast is the last hope of the NA and because of the poor performance of the EG right now and some of the visa issues they can't perform well, with this match of the Fnatic, i guess they can't release their true power because Armel is not in the team as well but still the fnatic have the higher chance with that game, in the game 3 Lina is not really strong hero but because of the proper initiation with their magnus they manage to win a come back against with full OP strat of the dawn and viper.

[AbuBhakar]

Watching Aster doing it again is nostalgic, Monet and Ori are killing the team again with their choke game performance on crucial matches on upper bracket. They seems don’t get proper sleep before they fight team Spirit. Monkey that didn’t build farm items while he is against TA is the craziest item choice I watch on this Majors so far. They are too confident on there picks while they didn’t anticipate the damage output of the draft of Team Spirit.

Team Spirit is confirmed to be on TI form again. I think they can beat LGD on finals either on UB or the grand finals.

[inthelongrun]

Team Spirit is confirmed to be on TI form again. I think they can beat LGD on finals either on UB or the grand finals.

It seems that we are heading into another Team Spirit vs PSG LGD match which is pretty exciting. And yes, I think Team Spirit is starting to become stronger once again which is perfect because TI is getting nearer. I will be rooting for Team Spirit t win but my bet will be over 2.5 total maps.  

OG and Outsiders are still alive though and I see these teams are also a threat on the upper bracket losing team.

[vennali]

Watching Aster doing it again is nostalgic, Monet and Ori are killing the team again with their choke game performance on crucial matches on upper bracket. They seems don’t get proper sleep before they fight team Spirit. Monkey that didn’t build farm items while he is against TA is the craziest item choice I watch on this Majors so far. They are too confident on there picks while they didn’t anticipate the damage output of the draft of Team Spirit.

Team Spirit is confirmed to be on TI form again. I think they can beat LGD on finals either on UB or the grand finals.

Sadly, they lost 2-0 to team Spirit in a surprising fashion. A lot of people had them going far into the competition if not winning it but they just got Chen'd. Chen seems to be a very high impact support this patch and I guess the Zoo meta is back. I guess Monkey knew that he cant out farm TA early on and hence tried something else. They still aren't out of the tournament I think(they go down to the lower bracket?). Will have to wait and find out.

[TopT3ns]

Watching Aster doing it again is nostalgic, Monet and Ori are killing the team again with their choke game performance on crucial matches on upper bracket. They seems don’t get proper sleep before they fight team Spirit. Monkey that didn’t build farm items while he is against TA is the craziest item choice I watch on this Majors so far. They are too confident on there picks while they didn’t anticipate the damage output of the draft of Team Spirit.

Team Spirit is confirmed to be on TI form again. I think they can beat LGD on finals either on UB or the grand finals.

As long as the team spirit can have good teamwork then it can provide an opportunity to become a winner because if they can't do that it will make it difficult for them to get a win even though the draft hero he chooses is quite good, it's possible to make mistakes when fighting will make them lost. TI is not like a regular game, everything has to be considered and moves quickly.

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As long as the team spirit can have good teamwork then it can provide an opportunity to become a winner because if they can't do that it will make it difficult for them to get a win even though the draft hero he chooses is quite good, it's possible to make mistakes when fighting will make them lost. TI is not like a regular game, everything has to be considered and moves quickly.

Team Spirit is aggressive on this tournament. Torontotokyo game is always on point and back to his original play style unlike when they are on Riyadh that he gives a lot of bad team fight entry. Collapse is reliable too on punishing the pos1 lane of the enemy team which is the key on defeating Aster easily. Collapse is so good on giving the early pressure to Aster pos1 that result for Yatoro to farm freely while the enemy team pos 1 are forced to join on every team fight of the map just to help his team mates.

Yatoro is playing his normal game like, Torontotokyo and Collapse needs to maintain this level of aggression if they really want to beat LGD.