🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[dothebeats]

Team Spirit really put up a fight but unfortunately for them , they cannot have the team fights they were looking for as PSG were always one step ahead in the battle. Also , PSG gave the draft of 2nd map in favor of Spirit and they beat them again so don't get me wrong but I don't see any team that could stop PSG right now.  We have Spirit vs Aster next game and I think we all want to see Ame vs Monet , right ? I mean this are the best carries in dota 2 right now.

Rooting for Aster this series because I believe that the match will be more hyped if Ame and Monet encounter each other in the grand finals. They have been rivals a few years back for gaining that top carry spot in the Chinese Dota Scene. Both players are mechanically gifted, and their talents are only limited by their teammates. If you have teammates like xinqiu and y` doing a lot of work to make your game a lot easier, you'll stand out as a carry because your farm is not hindered and you can respond to fights well because you have the tools needed to make things work. Boboka is stepping up his 4 position game on a lot of pubs and we're seeing it on Arlington major. If he plays his A-game and be a nuisance to Ame and y`, they'll have a huge chance in gaining the upper hand since Monet likes to have sustainable carries that can be left alone and still get the cs he needs.

Going for a safe over 2.5 Aster vs Team Spirit but I'm liking the chances of Aster in this match up.

I may have lost the Aster ML but I won the over 2.5 maps. Overall I just watched the series and there are a lot of things that Team Spirit did well on this match-up, specially on game 3. Clutch silences on Monet's Troll Warlord is, IMO, what cost the game for Aster. Team Spirit's use of utility is top notch, and Collapse's positioning as Mars is as good as it can get on this game. They literally provided no opening for Aster on the 3rd game whatsoever, and even though I lost my bet, I had fun watching these two teams battling it out.

Up next is PSG.LGD vs Team Spirit. We all have our biases on this finals because of the two team's previous performances. Also, this is the last series before we head on to the Internationals season, so better get your bets lined up!

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[Beparanf]

Collapse manage to redeem his Mars pick by performing multiple on point spear and clutch arena to trap Monet and the gang. The draft of Team Spirit on Game 3 is impenetrable due to a a lot of sustain and mobility provided by Io and Phoenix. Collapse steal of Aegis is the real game changer of game 3 because Troll will manage to catch up TA net worth if they have the Aegis to push towers and secure camp of TS. Ori is doing it again that keeps choking on crucial times. He always walking in front of TS without any vision and he easily catch up by tiny first multiple times.

LGD vs TS is a very good rematch. I will still go for LGD this time.

[KTChampions]

The loser's bracket final was quite nervous, but I chose a good moment for a bet and in the end it played  As I understand it, most Dota specialists expect 3-0 in favor of LGD? In general, a rather strange format, in my opinion, after such a tense series, to play the final immediately. I don’t even know for whose benefit it is - those who rested or those who were warmed up.

[arallmuus]

I may have lost the Aster ML but I won the over 2.5 maps.

Lost mine, I was pretty confident that Team Spirit would have smashed Aster 2-0 again. I should have went for the over maps as well.


Well last game for the major



Getting this bet because Im feeling abit wild and PSG.LGD is just much better so its just silly as well as risky at the same time. Even some of the panelist for the Major had the same though of PSG.LGD smashing this final game with clean 3-0. Kinda thinking of getting -1.5 as well, as a backup bet to hedge this but odds are kinda lame

[Oilacris]

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The loser's bracket final was quite nervous, but I chose a good moment for a bet and in the end it played  As I understand it, most Dota specialists expect 3-0 in favor of LGD? In general, a rather strange format, in my opinion, after such a tense series, to play the final immediately. I don’t even know for whose benefit it is - those who rested or those who were warmed up.

Hearing up the interview or words from Yatoro whose the carry of Team spirit which he had said that it is a cycle and they are confident that they might able to beat up LGD this time.

Im not saying that they are that too confident considering on how LGD stomped them on upperbracket and sent them down on lower bracket but well they do have the chance
if they would really be showing off those kind of plays that they had done on Aster.

Speaking about getting warmed up or have played and to those who rested then i do see that it is really better to those who warmed up. 

[CLS63]

BLAST Premier is starting this Friday. Vitality - OG and NIP - Astralis matches are going to be played then. To be honest both of these matches are really hard to predict. Vitality seem to be the closer side to a win but OG are a team that loves to play against bigger teams. They make really big difficulties to that kind of teams. As for the other match it is even more difficult to predict. Astralis are in a better condition than NIP recently. NIP made very simple mistakes and got bad results in the recent times. Maybe Astralis can take advantage of this.

[hanspeter77]

BLAST Premier is starting this Friday. Vitality - OG and NIP - Astralis matches are going to be played then. To be honest both of these matches are really hard to predict. Vitality seem to be the closer side to a win but OG are a team that loves to play against bigger teams. They make really big difficulties to that kind of teams. As for the other match it is even more difficult to predict. Astralis are in a better condition than NIP recently. NIP made very simple mistakes and got bad results in the recent times. Maybe Astralis can take advantage of this.

my favorite is Heroic, maybe Faze they play realy good this jear.
yes its realy hard to say who win, im say vitality win they are longer in the game.
And yes Astralis in in top form butt maybe learn NiP from his mistakes an make it better this time we will see.

[Trofo]

Well last game for the major



Getting this bet because Im feeling abit wild and PSG.LGD is just much better so its just silly as well as risky at the same time. Even some of the panelist for the Major had the same though of PSG.LGD smashing this final game with clean 3-0. Kinda thinking of getting -1.5 as well, as a backup bet to hedge this but odds are kinda lame

I have the same bet, watching second map of the match and it is a wild one. We are getting to minute 70 and it is perfectly balanced on 50%-50% for last half an hour. This is a map well worth of the final. Problem is now I will not be able to go to sleep, I'll have to watch it all the way to the end and it is already past midnight here.

[KTChampions]

I have the same bet, watching second map of the match and it is a wild one. We are getting to minute 70 and it is perfectly balanced on 50%-50% for last half an hour. This is a map well worth of the final. Problem is now I will not be able to go to sleep, I'll have to watch it all the way to the end and it is already past midnight here.

As a result, TS won in the 75th minute. Incredible, probably tomorrow I will review this game because I didn’t watch it completely because of the Almeria-Real game. And tomorrow I will know the final score. There is a big premonition that even if there are only 2 games ahead, they will not be short. I'm going to sleep 

[jakelyson]

Speaking about getting warmed up or have played and to those who rested then i do see that it is really better to those who warmed up. 

It will take a toll later when they reached game 4 or 5. If they continue to play intense and long games like game 2, Team Spirit will be very exhausted by the time they reach game 4. That is the disadvantage of coming from the lower bracket.

Well last game for the major



Getting this bet because Im feeling abit wild and PSG.LGD is just much better so its just silly as well as risky at the same time. Even some of the panelist for the Major had the same though of PSG.LGD smashing this final game with clean 3-0. Kinda thinking of getting -1.5 as well, as a backup bet to hedge this but odds are kinda lame

I have the same bet, watching second map of the match and it is a wild one. We are getting to minute 70 and it is perfectly balanced on 50%-50% for last half an hour. This is a map well worth of the final. Problem is now I will not be able to go to sleep, I'll have to watch it all the way to the end and it is already past midnight here.

This is a very intense game. The lead keeps changing. I thought LGD was on the verge on winning when the barracks are down and they got mega creeps, but Team Spirit keeps on pushing and keep getting good pick off and winning team fight until they come back. Team spirit showing they can keep toe to toe with LGD.

[sunsilk]

I have the same bet, watching second map of the match and it is a wild one. We are getting to minute 70 and it is perfectly balanced on 50%-50% for last half an hour. This is a map well worth of the final. Problem is now I will not be able to go to sleep, I'll have to watch it all the way to the end and it is already past midnight here.

1-1 as the standing for this grand finals. You can watch the replay if you have to sleep but that doesn't have any thrill anymore as for sure you'll check your bets first before you watch the replay later.

As it's on the 3rd game right now.

This grand finals in the Arlington major are like the grand finals of the last year's The International. It was also TS versus PSG.LGD.

[arallmuus]

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I have the same bet, watching second map of the match and it is a wild one. We are getting to minute 70 and it is perfectly balanced on 50%-50% for last half an hour.

Its just crazy though to play for a whole 75 minutes, PSG.LGD could have won the 2nd map but Team Spirit dragged the game out. The bet was lost but its just so interesting to watch and kinda reminds me of how Team Spirit won the last TI against PSG.LGD . Well since I lost my bet, hoping we'll get it all the way until the 5th game for the sake of entertainment

[boltz]

Honestly that was the most tense and awesome game of Dota 2 between Spirit and PSG I've saw since TI qualifiers between Empire and Spirit again as that went over 60 minutes in map 3 if I remember correctly. Also , in theory PSG should have won the 2nd map but that shard from Viper and then the pick of Rapier from MK simply ended any chance for LGD but they should have pushed with buybacks the final tower and throne or at least give it a try.

Map 3 ? A lesson of old school Dota2 from Spirit by picking Sven ...the ultimate carry of Dota2 but also Naga is right there next to him as being the old school carry of Dota 2.

[jakelyson]

Team spirit is the Arlington Major Champion. What a series they have against PSG.LGD.

I never expected that axe last pick on collapse, that was brilliant. LGD has a good start. They are dominating the lane and even stole the creep stack of miposhka, I really thought LGD will win Game 4 but after the first team wipe, team Spirit took the helm and never looked back. All the controls from rubick and axe, the heal and sustain from chen pushed team spirit to Arlington Major Championship.

PSG.LGD another defeat on a BO5 series. They are really good in group stages and playoff that I cannot believe they will lose in the most important series of the tournament. They have more defeat in the Finals than in group and playoff stage together. Choking much?

[YuginKadoya]

I also didn't see that one coming, it just shows how certain teams like HLE play without pressure unlike DRX as they're initially viewed as one of the top teams before the regular season started. Maybe their overconfidence is still haunting them as I remember one of the DRX players mentioned that they used to have that kind of issue when facing weaker teams.

Yup! it could be that DRX is expected to win against Hanwha Life Esports that is why they are pressured with the game and this has caused them in focusing on their game Hanwha Life Esports was quite on it they had a superb team play on game 2 and each player have a remarkable assist,  while Karis with his Sylas made 7 kills and SamD with his Kalista made 8 kills while on game 3 DRX gameplay is off, they can not pull a great game strategy for Hanwha and this is just the 2nd win of Hanwha for the League of Legends Champions Korea

And right now League of Legends Champions Korea is readying for their Quarter-finals in the best of 5 series, on August 17, the first team to play was Sandbox versus DRX,

[Boristhecat]

Team spirit is the Arlington Major Champion. What a series they have against PSG.LGD.

I never expected that axe last pick on collapse, that was brilliant. LGD has a good start. They are dominating the lane and even stole the creep stack of miposhka, I really thought LGD will win Game 4 but after the first team wipe, team Spirit took the helm and never looked back. All the controls from rubick and axe, the heal and sustain from chen pushed team spirit to Arlington Major Championship.

PSG.LGD another defeat on a BO5 series. They are really good in group stages and playoff that I cannot believe they will lose in the most important series of the tournament. They have more defeat in the Finals than in group and playoff stage together. Choking much?

Team Spirit had two incredible streaks in a row - the loser's bracket final also consisted of comebacks (I don't understand how they have the mental strength to play second all the time waiting for a chance to turn the game). In the final, the decisive game was the second - after it, PSG broke down and made too many mistakes in the remaining two, which, by the way, is strange, since it could be assumed that, taking into account the final of the loser bracket, Team Spirit will be a more tired team and the longer the final lasts, the weaker they will be play. It turns out that yesterday Team Spirit spent more than 10 hours on stage and they had enough strength to win.

[dothebeats]

I'm sold on what Team Spirit can do now after watching the 3rd game of the series. Itemization and correct decision making really is the key to winning the game even if you are behind by a lot and your enemies have seemingly figured you out. I though PSG.LGD is unstoppable, but Team Spirit is just on a whole 'nother level. Collapse really redeemed himself and Yatoro once again proved that he's a better carry than Ame in this tournament. 

Lost my bet to a finals with LGD again. Seems like I'm starting to doubt their abilities to win finals matches right now

[Mauser]

Team spirit is the Arlington Major Champion. What a series they have against PSG.LGD.

What a final, that was very impressive by Team Spirit, after the first round I thought LGD PSG would win the major. They were the clear favourite before to win.  Luckily I had no bet for the finals, my last bets were on LGD for the upper bracket final when they won 2-0 and on OG to make it through the lower brackets. Somehow the potential winnings on LGD to win the major were already so low that it didn't seem worth the risk to me. Such a strong performance from Team Spirit in the final could also be the final for the International this year. Same like last year seems the most likely now LGD vs team spirit. During the commentary yesterday I think it was ceb from OG who says that teams play a little weaker during major to not show their full strength and best strategy before the international. Now I am wondering if team spirit already calculated to get into the finals via the loser bracket and held back till the very end.

[inthelongrun]

Wow! Unbelievable! That was a very great performance by Team Spirit over the always odds favorite PSG LGD. Team Spirit is a whole new different level just in time when TI is only a few months away. And who saw that TORONTOTOKYO's all caps "HATERS WHERE ARE YOU NOW?" just before they entered LGD's gates to deliver its final blow? That was funny.

And just as EG and Outsiders barely made it into the top 12 for an automatic TI invite. I have here the most painful award, and it goes to Fnatic. Peace Fnatic fans, I can feel the pain with that 0.05 DPC points differential.
 

[Trofo]

Don't think anyone held anything back in the final no matter incoming TI. That second map was one of the best I have ever seen and then I had to call it a night and go to bed. I guess it drained PSG a lot to lose it like that and they weren't at their best in last 2 maps.

Congrats to Team Spirit, they showed once again that they are on their best when it matters most.