🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

<...> there have been lot of changes going around in mousesports and frozen and ropz are also out of form.

oddly enough, ropz was the MVP in the series...Nuke was a complete disaster for Complexity   underdogs keep winning,

Skipping the Vitality series, I think Vitality wins it but without Apex it's possible for OG to pull the upset.

Edit : I take back what I said, apex is confirmed playing. Still not confident betting on them though.
 
https://www.hltv.org/news/31226/apex-returns-for-iem-katowice

that was a short break...wth is going on with this org? 🤔

and talking about upsets, how about Spirit winning 2-1 vs. G2 earlier today...i think the Spirit that gave me so many wins last year are slowly coming back, a few more wins and i'll start adding them to my bet slips

anyway, those FaZe odds are too good to pass up, i think they're this high because of Liquid's map pool, very good winrate % in all maps except their perma ban, FaZe only have two maps with positive numbers

[Avirunes]

I'm surprised how the odds on Faze are this high and still moving in favor of Liquid given that they've 2-0'd them twice just a few days ago. As much as I like Liquid as a team it feels like they're overrated based on the hltv rankings.

Perhaps it is due to the change (haven't checked the odds myself). Olof left, karrigan came in so maybe that is the reason of shift in odds. I still think Faze can beat Liquid quite badly. They have players in form but just don't want to bet in with the recent change. Will check the match to see how they are working out with karrigan.

Edit : I take back what I said, apex is confirmed playing. Still not confident betting on them though.
 
https://www.hltv.org/news/31226/apex-returns-for-iem-katowice

That was quite a short break. I thought he was gone for quite sometime when he announced about break but guess he stepped in as there wasn't any guy who could fill his shoes properly in the team. We already saw how Vitality struggled in Blast after Apex left.

<...> there have been lot of changes going around in mousesports and frozen and ropz are also out of form.

oddly enough, ropz was the MVP in the series...Nuke was a complete disaster for Complexity  underdogs keep winning,

Didn't saw the match (match went at odd time for me here) but judging by the scoreline mousesports fight it well to make a comeback from 1-0 to 1-2. Good to see ropz back again lifting the team. I hope other players also try to step in and put themselves more along with ropz.

[hanspeter77]

Now live Heroic vs BIG   first round win Heroic and it look like that they win the second round to.
an Bad day for BIG.
And in the match Astralis vs Mousports looks like the same Mouspeorts lost maybe.
The event start not good for Europe. 

Later Faze vs Team Liquid hopefull Faze had an better start as the other teams.

[STT]

Faze to beat Liquid is the bet Im told is worth making, they are getting slaughtered with the odds upto 6.5x for a bo3 win.   Probably worth taking and Faze chose Nuke as their map for a good reason apparently (arent Liquid not bad on Nuke though).  I think 3 maps is a safer idea and the whole thing is underdog vs just betting Liquid simply take it.   I'd assume Liquid do take it but cant say I disagree on good grounds till I watch the game.


[Faze snap out of it]

[ralle14]

Brutal loss on Faze yesterday Fallen was insane on both maps.

I'll be going for an early bet today as I found DRX +1.5 vs T1 currently at 1.64. DRX might be overperforming after their big upset against Gen G but T1 shouldn't be this favored. Based on the current records (DRX with 5-3 and T1 with 4-4) of both teams this series is close to a 50-50 or 55-45 at best.

and talking about upsets, how about Spirit winning 2-1 vs. G2 earlier today...i think the Spirit that gave me so many wins last year are slowly coming back, a few more wins and i'll start adding them to my bet slips

The bookies are catching up quick though I got them at 1.9 vs G2 and i'll probably take them again later today vs Heroic. 

[Avirunes]

Brutal loss on Faze yesterday Fallen was insane on both maps.

Damn!! and I thought Faze got this. Great work from Liquid to get revenge in IEM Katowice. Mirage was decent from both sides but Nuke was all Liquid show with Fallen giving off a great show. Its great to saw Fallen back into good performance as well. Ever since he joined Liquid he wasn't performing as expected but good to see him giving off signs now.

[Natsuu]

Brutal loss on Faze yesterday Fallen was insane on both maps.

I'll be going for an early bet today as I found DRX +1.5 vs T1 currently at 1.64. DRX might be overperforming after their big upset against Gen G but T1 shouldn't be this favored. Based on the current records (DRX with 5-3 and T1 with 4-4) of both teams this series is close to a 50-50 or 55-45 at best.

DRX wins agains T1 - 2 to 1.
kt Rolster wins against Brion Blade - 2 to 1

T1 performed great, and its natural for T1 to be the one favored as they are indeed the crowds favorite, but as of now T1 is at the bottom of the standings with a record of 4-5. Faker is the only experienced player in the roster as Teddy is being benched.

[hanspeter77]

Now live Team Spirit vs Heroic
first round win team spirit and it looklike that they win the second round to 
a great match lovley to watch.
next good matches starts tomorrow in glad

[JEFE92]

Hi guys, couple of bets for today:

NiP - Virtus.pro: My bet
Team Liquid - Vitality: My bet
Natus Vincere - Furia: My bet

I hope CIS will continue their expansion, also wanted to place for Gambit - Heroic, but kinda hard to decide, both teams are equal. But I guess Gambit have more chances to win today. GL! 

[vennali]

Faze are picking OG apart at the moment. Won OG's pick and first map of Mirage 16-7 where Twistzz and Broky went ham with 24 Kills - 14 deaths and 25-10 respectively. Faze won the 2nd map as well, 16-9. The next match will be interesting Liquid vs Vitality. I think even though Vitality are favs to win, It won't be easy as Liquid are looking pretty good.

[ralle14]

Finally we got some Dreamleague action today and I got OG to win @1.61 vs Liquid. There's only two games left for OG and even if they have a good record at the moment this match is the big deciding factor for the major spot as they'll be facing Team Secret on their last game and I don't think they'll have a chance against them.

T1 performed great, and its natural for T1 to be the one favored as they are indeed the crowds favorite, but as of now T1 is at the bottom of the standings with a record of 4-5. Faker is the only experienced player in the roster as Teddy is being benched.

In their last two series they did look great but it was against weaker teams which is already expected, we could say those wins might've boost their confidence after having a tough record this split but DRX is no joke though. They're still a decent team despite losing their key players Chovy and Doran.

[Trofo]

Finally we got some Dreamleague action today and I got OG to win @1.61 vs Liquid. There's only two games left for OG and even if they have a good record at the moment this match is the big deciding factor for the major spot as they'll be facing Team Secret on their last game and I don't think they'll have a chance against them.

I am on OG match line here as well, as you said they can't really count on beating Secret in the last game. Better to secure the spot today in what should be an easier encounter for them.

I am officially hooked to eSports now, getting ready watch OG rather then football even though there is a lot of games going on

[vennali]

Finally we got some Dreamleague action today and I got OG to win @1.61 vs Liquid. There's only two games left for OG and even if they have a good record at the moment this match is the big deciding factor for the major spot as they'll be facing Team Secret on their last game and I don't think they'll have a chance against them.

I am on OG match line here as well, as you said they can't really count on beating Secret in the last game. Better to secure the spot today in what should be an easier encounter for them.

I am officially hooked to eSports now, getting ready watch OG rather then football even though there is a lot of games going on

Game 1, Qojqva playing on his Lone Druid. You gotta be careful. Liquid got NP as well, with Puck..really good for pushing as well as de-push along with Willow, Sand King. Really HYPE'd up for the game. Its an Alc game.. so, its an ALC game. Lets see how it goes.

[Avirunes]

Anyone watching Liquid vs Vitality? Team Liquid are playing good CS surprisingly. It has come down to third map against Vitality and its Mirage and so far they are really playing well as T in a CT sided map. It is 10-5 and Team Liquid are up atm. Mirage is the same map where they beat Faze couple of days ago and they were so strong with T side and with their plays.

[mezzaluna]

Surprisingly, EG lost to Quincy Crew even though having a solid performance with the first game then losing the next to games is just really weird for them and I'm feeling a sudden roster change might happen but their cores might stay. This DPC season is really great because of the versatility that it brings out in most regions specially in CIS when VP picked a Huskar jungle/support but ended the game within 15 minutes. I'm still hoping for games that would be played by EU/CIS and NA DOTA but the lag issue is still a problem. SEA and China is also being left out but at least they are bringing out some good games within their own regions.

[hanspeter77]

Next goes for tomorrow:
Virtus.Pro vs Team Vitality   an great match im bet on Vitality
Faze clan vs Furia esports  Faze should win.
Astralis vs Team Spirit  Astralis is my favorits for this match.

[boltz]

I'm currently watching and betting on DreamLeague Dota 2 / Vikings.gg VS Tundra and so far it's 1-1 and I caught the 2nd game going in the favor of Tundra and I took game 3 too. I'm waiting for the next days games after this one as we will have OG vs Secret in BO3 and I can't wait to see that one as Secret always have some paybacks to deliver to OG because OG were better than Secret in most of the DOTA TI 

[hanspeter77]

Yeah now Start Great matches come one Virtus
 my prediction for the last 2 matches.
Gambit Esports vs G2 Sports this match hard to say who win every team is good 
Team Liquid vs Natus vincere my favortie Natus vincere they should win. 

[STT]

Rare occasion for me in that I bet just the favourites today where as normally I just go underdogs of some kind.  Maybe I add something during game, sometimes a team is cold start stall and sits there like wet fish dying for 6 rounds or so then wakes up bites their heads off like Jaws       Navi and Astralis to win out, odds arent terrible but the bet I saw which makes fair bit of sense is Navi 2-1 beat over Liquid which yields odds over 3.   I would go 3 maps anyway but thats a reasonable bet to place rather then just Navi.    Liquid to win betting that same way is 5x or 6x if you want to say Navi win no map.   It is possible and even worth a long shot at those odds, Fallen was doing excellent work when I saw him in game but I dont think overall the team effect is there for me to go that way.

[vennali]

How do we comprehend this? Astralis, one of the greatest eSports(CS Go) team of all time against a team ranked 16 that we barely ever get to see at later stages of main events. They just crushed Astralis 15-0 on Dust 2. Astralis the tactical geniuses. The ones who use nades as their main stay weapons. couldnt manage to get a single round on a T sided map as T. Unbelievable. CS Go has been nuts, past couple of weeks. Chopper went 20 Kills and 5 deaths against Astralis on Dust 2. In the other fixture, G2 another favs to the tournaments, who are picking up form slowly lose to another CIS team in Gambit. Its been a great day for CIS. Niko was the only G2 player to come out with a positive K/D(+3). While Sh1ro from Gambit went +25. Madness.