🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[Trofo]

Still ignoring the CS scene until big boys come back.

I am betting on OG today against Alliance @1.55. I watched a lot of Allinace in this tournament and I am not impressed with them at all. They can only hope that Nicobaby has a great match every single time. I am expecting OG to harass him from the minute one and take this game. Unfortunately, I did not manage to watch OG in this tournament so I am not 100% sure in this bet and that is why I went for Medium stake.

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[tomahawk9]

Main ticket today is a small multi: LDLC -1.5 + OG ML ,total odds: 3.15

LDLC are in the zone right now, GamerLegion have been pretty poor vs. higher tier teams.

btw, there's an epic battle game going down on LCK Summer Split right now: DragonX - DAMWON, the hottest teams in korea, on paper the match was totally 50/50, but DWG just obliterated DRX in game 1, wtf!!

A stupid question but what happened to complexity, weren't they supposed to play in Nine to Five 2? I can't find anything online, maybe they declined the invitation?

According to the history of the liquipedia page their spot was taken by NaVi Juniors. I guess they had no choice but to opt out because they also got invited to dreamhack which could have some conflicting schedules between the Nine to Five matches.

Oh, i thought there was a mistake in the invitees list, never occured to me to check liquipedia for more info =P

[morvillz7z]

GamerLegion have been pretty poor vs. higher tier teams.

I wish i read this before placing my second parlay of the day. I backed GamerLegion 1.5 along with AVEZ ml (which i should've probably played single, since decent odds 2.11). GamerLegion had the lead on their map pick but could not hold on to it. 

Early matches hit quite nicely, even though betting on CR4ZY these days is nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster.

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thx for the info @ralle14, i swear bookies had complexity @1.08 in what was supposed to be their first match of Nine to Five 2

[ralle14]

btw, there's an epic battle game going down on LCK Summer Split right now: DragonX - DAMWON, the hottest teams in korea, on paper the match was totally 50/50, but DWG just obliterated DRX in game 1, wtf!!

I had DRX to win on that series and it was anti climactic as they had poor team composition in both game 1 and 2 thankfully stake had a cashout option after game 1 ended and was able to put it all on Damwon game 2. 

After that series I hope they win the rest of their matches so they could take the first seed away from DRX and they're looking like the best LCK team this split.

[TGD]

How do you guys assess OG these days? Do you think they can claim the championship after the return of Ceb?
While their performance in the online tournaments aren't consistent they still have a good chance since the next TI is a year away and now is a good time for them to rebuild while ana is on a break.

I don't think so, there will be another surprise that will happen with OG because I see ANA will always be present when it's at the end of the tournament, so I think ANA will give full support at the Final Session because as I know ANA has started to warm up or play and can be used as an exercise in preparation for the final tournament.

They really need Ana so badly. Still no one can replaced ANA as pos.1 even Sumail and worst MidOne. Mid One pos.1 is very unstable and he was always left behind by opponent pos.1, He surely not fitted anymore for Pos. 1. Saksa is doing great as replacement to jerAx as pos.4 although JerAx is the best. Saksa gameplay is very consistent and very stylish. I hope Ana will really back on TI or else we can see an early exit for OG on TI.

[Globb0]

Wow there is literaly nothing on today. 

Managed to find 1 Acca. Shame as I have been smashing it.

[tomahawk9]

Off to a good start today:



LEC Summer returns today, gonna add a couple of matches from there to another acca: MAD Lions ML + Fnatic ML + Gambit Youngsters ML total odds: 3.10

After that series I hope they win the rest of their matches so they could take the first seed away from DRX and they're looking like the best LCK team this split.

DRX have a few "easy" matches ahead while DAMWON needs to play GEN.G next week. I think Week 10 will be key, both damwon and drx will play against T1

[finaleshot2016]

I barely see any people talk about Valorant which is one of the mainstream game and most of the CS:GO players are already playing it.

There's upcoming FaZe Clan valorant invitational tournament and I wanted to know where you will place your bets?

• FaZe Clan announce VALORANT Ignition Series tournament

Rooting for T1 or TSM!

[morvillz7z]

Wow there is literaly nothing on today.  

Managed to find 1 Acca. Shame as I have been smashing it.

I have almost the exact same bet as you, except i picked cr4zy 1.5,  thank god i didn't take them to win, their CT side on inferno was horrid.

Waiting on SG.pro now, hopefully it does not go to decider map, as BIG Academy have better recent stats on overpass. Let's see...

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edit; WINNER

[ralle14]

I barely see any people talk about Valorant which is one of the mainstream game and most of the CS:GO players are already playing it.

There's not much bookies offering odds for Valorant except for loot bet that's why it's not discussed here even though it's one of the popular games at the moment. If stake have i'll probably give it a try but for now I just have to stick with league, dota, csgo and a little bit of cod.

Back for some league action, I currently got this good looking parlay hoping it hits so I could post it in stake's parlay promotion and maybe at least take one of the ten prizes.

[pikkie]

How do you guys assess OG these days? Do you think they can claim the championship after the return of Ceb?
While their performance in the online tournaments aren't consistent they still have a good chance since the next TI is a year away and now is a good time for them to rebuild while ana is on a break.

I don't think so, there will be another surprise that will happen with OG because I see ANA will always be present when it's at the end of the tournament, so I think ANA will give full support at the Final Session because as I know ANA has started to warm up or play and can be used as an exercise in preparation for the final tournament.

They really need Ana so badly. Still no one can replaced ANA as pos.1 even Sumail and worst MidOne. Mid One pos.1 is very unstable and he was always left behind by opponent pos.1, He surely not fitted anymore for Pos. 1. Saksa is doing great as replacement to jerAx as pos.4 although JerAx is the best. Saksa gameplay is very consistent and very stylish. I hope Ana will really back on TI or else we can see an early exit for OG on TI.

of course ANA is a very important point for OG victory, so when ANA is not in the competition at the start then I will doubt OG can win but when ANA is present then I am sure he can make the OG team win again and surely ANA will really really feared by many teams, because without ANA, OG will not feel alive.

[tomahawk9]

Reminder: Dota PIT EU CIS is over, but more Dota action starts tomorrow

OMEGA League: Europe Closed Qualifier  &  OMEGA League: Asia Divine Division

I barely see any people talk about Valorant which is one of the mainstream game and most of the CS:GO players are already playing it.
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the game still doesn't have a solid and well-known/well-organized competitive scene, this is obviously cuz it's been out for a few months. Give it a few more months, if its popularity remains the same or better yet it goes up, bookies will start offering more and more lines and esport bettors will begin to throw money at it and ppl will talk more about it

Back for some league action, I currently got this good looking parlay hoping it hits so I could post it in stake's parlay promotion and maybe at least take one of the ten prizes.

what parlay promotion? is it esports related?

[finaleshot2016]

I barely see any people talk about Valorant which is one of the mainstream game and most of the CS:GO players are already playing it.
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the game still doesn't have a solid and well-known/well-organized competitive scene, this is obviously cuz it's been out for a few months. Give it a few more months, if its popularity remains the same or better yet it goes up, bookies will start offering more and more lines and esport bettors will begin to throw money at it and ppl will talk more about it

Even in the beta start of the Valorant, there are many tournaments that happened and even the first week of its launch, many popular fps players already have a team. Even here in Southeast Asia, there are many current CS:GO players that shifted to Valorant. It's true that the Valorant don't have any tournament that is so popular like Worlds or The International, but those tournaments are already enough for any betting sites. The important thing is, popular teams are already playing it and it's mainstream in different platforms.

[Trofo]

Reminder: Dota PIT EU CIS is over, but more Dota action starts tomorrow

I am still new at this so is there some nice DOTA related page. Something like HLTV for CS. Where I can easily see H2H, all upcoming matches etc. Usually I see the games in my bookie offer and then I check what it is about Should be other way around.

Looking forward for more DOTA. I had good luck on PIT games, hopefully it will continue.

[ralle14]

Back for some league action, I currently got this good looking parlay hoping it hits so I could post it in stake's parlay promotion and maybe at least take one of the ten prizes.

what parlay promotion? is it esports related?

It's not esports related, the promotion is posted on their forum there's not much requirement other than the bet amount and the parlay to win. The ranking is determined by the number of legs in your parlay, total odds and highest odds. The first five prizes are nice if you can hit a long shot parlay.  

I am still new at this so is there some nice DOTA related page. Something like HLTV for CS. Where I can easily see H2H, all upcoming matches etc. Usually I see the games in my bookie offer and then I check what it is about Should be other way around.

For the head to head I use the dota liquipedia page, when you click the "i" logo on a specific match there's a bar graph on the bottom that shows all the head to head results.

Here's an example between OG and Alliance.

[tomahawk9]

<...> The important thing is, popular teams are already playing it and it's mainstream in different platforms.

Yeah, the top esports team know that there's potential in Valorant, it's just a matter of time now cuz you don't wanna end up like Apex Legends (showed some promise for a while but ended up being forgotten  ) some major tournaments are starting to pop up (liquipedia has a few in A-tier here), so it's possible that in Q4 this year or Q1 next year we'll see the first S-tier tournament

Reminder: Dota PIT EU CIS is over, but more Dota action starts tomorrow

I am still new at this so is there some nice DOTA related page. Something like HLTV for CS. Where I can easily see H2H, all upcoming matches etc. Usually I see the games in my bookie offer and then I check what it is about Should be other way around.

like @ralle14 said, liquipedia have a simple tool to check H2H, but my go-to website to check h2h, recent matches, record in the last few months, players stats, live coverage with scoreboard, detailed match stats including graphs, etc is Dotabuff. I've added it to the OP

[finaleshot2016]

<...> The important thing is, popular teams are already playing it and it's mainstream in different platforms.

Yeah, the top esports team know that there's potential in Valorant, it's just a matter of time now cuz you don't wanna end up like Apex Legends (showed some promise for a while but ended up being forgotten   ) some major tournaments are starting to pop up (liquipedia has a few in A-tier here), so it's possible that in Q4 this year or Q1 next year we'll see the first S-tier tournament

Well, Apex Legends is kinda different from Valorant, it's a battle royale and all FPS players are still interested in the CS:GO type of match even it got launched and mainstreamed. I used to play Apex legends for 3 seasons, and obviously battle royale aren't suitable in betting platforms because it's hard to know who's gonna win if the drops on a certain area are RNG. Definitely, a good team will still lose if they have a fight with a gold armor team while wearing white armor. Anyways, many people are already thinking that Valorant is almost the same with CS:GO, I doubt it will have the same future with Apex Legends and besides, they have different game developers and I know that Riot Games will spend millions of money to make the game last longer as they did on the league.

[FlightyPouch]

<...> The important thing is, popular teams are already playing it and it's mainstream in different platforms.

Yeah, the top esports team know that there's potential in Valorant, it's just a matter of time now cuz you don't wanna end up like Apex Legends (showed some promise for a while but ended up being forgotten   ) some major tournaments are starting to pop up (liquipedia has a few in A-tier here), so it's possible that in Q4 this year or Q1 next year we'll see the first S-tier tournament

Well, Apex Legends is kinda different from Valorant, it's a battle royale and all FPS players are still interested in the CS:GO type of match even it got launched and mainstreamed. I used to play Apex legends for 3 seasons, and obviously battle royale aren't suitable in betting platforms because it's hard to know who's gonna win if the drops on a certain area are RNG. Definitely, a good team will still lose if they have a fight with a gold armor team while wearing white armor. Anyways, many people are already thinking that Valorant is almost the same with CS:GO, I doubt it will have the same future with Apex Legends and besides, they have different game developers and I know that Riot Games will spend millions of money to make the game last longer as they did on the league.

Another thing is that Valorant is still a new game and one of the best way to keep your game for a long time is having a bind with the community. As CSGO have ways to tell what they want like making maps, Valorant don't have that. Well, Valorant in their first release have their bonds too but some players are worrying how the maps are so claustrophobic and not that well-made.

As I said, it is still a new game so obviously there will be a lot of development that will happen through time. Still, I don't see CSGO going down because of Valorant.

[TitanGEL]

How do you guys assess OG these days? Do you think they can claim the championship after the return of Ceb?
While their performance in the online tournaments aren't consistent they still have a good chance since the next TI is a year away and now is a good time for them to rebuild while ana is on a break.

I don't think so, there will be another surprise that will happen with OG because I see ANA will always be present when it's at the end of the tournament, so I think ANA will give full support at the Final Session because as I know ANA has started to warm up or play and can be used as an exercise in preparation for the final tournament.

They really need Ana so badly. Still no one can replaced ANA as pos.1 even Sumail and worst MidOne. Mid One pos.1 is very unstable and he was always left behind by opponent pos.1, He surely not fitted anymore for Pos. 1. Saksa is doing great as replacement to jerAx as pos.4 although JerAx is the best. Saksa gameplay is very consistent and very stylish. I hope Ana will really back on TI or else we can see an early exit for OG on TI.

of course ANA is a very important point for OG victory, so when ANA is not in the competition at the start then I will doubt OG can win but when ANA is present then I am sure he can make the OG team win again and surely ANA will really really feared by many teams, because without ANA, OG will not feel alive.

Everyone is now talking about ANA after CEB's comeback. OG is not in their full strength without ANA,  their carry which is MidOne is not strong as ANA and it is the reason why they keep losing in many tournaments. They recently let go Sumail because of his poor performance and his bad attitude. The number 1 team in the world today is the Secret. Their carry is so good which is Matumbaman but he is no much to OG if ANA is playing. 

[Savemore]

How do you guys assess OG these days? Do you think they can claim the championship after the return of Ceb?
While their performance in the online tournaments aren't consistent they still have a good chance since the next TI is a year away and now is a good time for them to rebuild while ana is on a break.

I don't think so, there will be another surprise that will happen with OG because I see ANA will always be present when it's at the end of the tournament, so I think ANA will give full support at the Final Session because as I know ANA has started to warm up or play and can be used as an exercise in preparation for the final tournament.

They really need Ana so badly. Still no one can replaced ANA as pos.1 even Sumail and worst MidOne. Mid One pos.1 is very unstable and he was always left behind by opponent pos.1, He surely not fitted anymore for Pos. 1. Saksa is doing great as replacement to jerAx as pos.4 although JerAx is the best. Saksa gameplay is very consistent and very stylish. I hope Ana will really back on TI or else we can see an early exit for OG on TI.

of course ANA is a very important point for OG victory, so when ANA is not in the competition at the start then I will doubt OG can win but when ANA is present then I am sure he can make the OG team win again and surely ANA will really really feared by many teams, because without ANA, OG will not feel alive.

Everyone is now talking about ANA after CEB's comeback. OG is not in their full strength without ANA,  their carry which is MidOne is not strong as ANA and it is the reason why they keep losing in many tournaments. They recently let go Sumail because of his poor performance and his bad attitude. The number 1 team in the world today is the Secret. Their carry is so good which is Matumbaman but he is no much to OG if ANA is playing. 

ANA is one of the best carry in DOTA 2 because of his IQ. He always invented crazy meta and build. He carry the OG many times and it is the reason why they became 2x T. I champion. I also excited to see ANA playing dota again, it's been months and he still in the rest mode. His teammate which is jerax already retired in playing Dota 2 but I hope that the OG will be in the finals again with ANA. The team Nigma and Fnatic are now also strong. OG really need ANA because they are having hard time to win in different tournaments.