🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[ralle14]

btw, i'm not sure why Alliance odds are so high right now, ml at 2.7? i just checked Liquipedia and there are no news about a player missing the match tomorrow...i know they're going through a rough patch, but they just beat Liquid the other day 

I think those are the right odds because if it ends up 60-40 or 55-45 then the value is on OG because last season they didn't have a stable carry and even though Alliance beat Team Liquid it's starting feel like they're in the same position as Team Liquid where they're both overperforming in the previous season. With that said i'm taking a small play on OG 2-0 since it's at plus odds.

Did someone watch VP get 2-0ed by Forze? I didn't know much about Forze, are they actually a good team or VP were just playing so badly?

I wasn't able to watch that series but i'd put Forze somewhere around the tier 2 level back then I remember they're good enough to qualify at lans but didn't have much success.

I think it was expected to be that close since both of these teams have met several times and based on the h2h they played a total of 34 maps.

[tomahawk9]

That's probably because of OG.Ana hype and I also expect a better performance from OG after ana returns

 the legend is back! i didn't know that, well that explains everything. Hopefully he's still a bit rusty after the break :/

@ralle14  you know what's funny? i actually thought about putting that alliance-og stake on SMASH +1.5 ahc cos Team Secret have been kinda shit lately, right? surprise, surprise, they're playing game 3 at the time of writing    gonna need some luck or i'll finish 0/2 today as EG choked against Dignitas...all of a sudden, DIG are good team, wtf? :-P

[ralle14]

@ralle14  you know what's funny? i actually thought about putting that alliance-og stake on SMASH +1.5 ahc cos Team Secret have been kinda shit lately, right? surprise, surprise, they're playing game 3 at the time of writing    gonna need some luck or i'll finish 0/2 today as EG choked against Dignitas...all of a sudden, DIG are good team, wtf? :-P

Looks like your luck turned around real quick and for me not so much   OG looked good at the start but their drafts went to shit as they picked greedy heroes heading to the second and third map.

I'm still going against Alliance Liquid later today as they face Team Nigma and tossing in TNC as well just to put the odds above even. Last season Team Nigma took down Alliance Liquid 2-1 and now that they're looking better after their win vs Secret it's hard not to expect another win here.

Edit : Liquid not Alliance. 

[tokeweed]

ASL Season 11 Group of 16 starts on Sunday in case anybody is interested in betting on some of the matches of this old RTS game.

where can we watch it live with english casters?  

Ah...  Good to see somebody else follows the scene as I do.  But yeah it sucks without Artosis and Tasteless on board doing the English cast.  But a case could be made for Afreeca TV to bring them back tho.  They’re late cast has been getting lots of hits which also shows that BW still has a solid following outside of South Korea.

[hanspeter77]

Next goes:
GamerAgent vs DBL Poney  not relay something special butt better than nothing ^^ Gamer win.
Movistar Riders vs Saw hard to say who will win butt Riders should win.

[turkandjaydee]

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I'm still going against Alliance Liquid later today as they face Team Nigma and tossing in TNC as well just to put the odds above even. Last season Team Nigma took down Alliance Liquid 2-1 and now that they're looking better after their win vs Secret it's hard not to expect another win here.

Edit : Liquid not Alliance. 

Unfortunately, Nigma were not careful with the AoE combo of team liquid, especially on game 3. They didnt respect ban warlock and let team liquid playing with a very very scary AoE combo.

Very bad decision and made me lost my bet on Nigma too 

[batang_bitcoin]

Unfortunately, Nigma were not careful with the AoE combo of team liquid, especially on game 3. They didnt respect ban warlock and let team liquid playing with a very very scary AoE combo.

Very bad decision and made me lost my bet on Nigma too 

Insania played all three games with Warlock. I agree with your opinion that they didn't respect the hero of Insania and didn't ban it. I think Nigma became confident when they've won the 2nd game and just ignored how annoying Warlock is during team fights and how big it can contribute to each of their clashes. But anyway, they still got the new position 1, ILTW. Let's see if they're going to win the series against Alliance, another strong team.

[tomahawk9]

"ESL updates event calendar, with Cologne as the first LAN tournament" https://www.hltv.org/news/31608/esl-updates-event-calendar-with-cologne-as-the-first-lan-tournament
🙏🙏

Ah...  Good to see somebody else follows the scene as I do.  But yeah it sucks without Artosis and Tasteless on board doing the English cast.  But a case could be made for Afreeca TV to bring them back tho.  They’re late cast has been getting lots of hits which also shows that BW still has a solid following outside of South Korea.

I started following the ASL 10 last year after you were recommended it here and i really enjoyed it,, i'm down for some 1v1 competitive games, i nice change of pace cos everything's team-based nowadays 
so, we only get to watch it in korean AND only on Afreeca? no more YT? it sucks but i'll try to follow it...i'm ready to back the favs like Larva, Soma, Zer0. moneyline markets are live and seems like we're better off adding them to parlays  (zer0 1.25 odds vs Mong, SoMa 1.27 vs JyJ)

[ralle14]

Speaking of ESL, few days ago they made a tweet that they're not related to the Super League (made my day lol)

Since stake isn't offering any lines for the Funspark matches i'll give CDL a try Empire and Ultra @2.08, watched the last major and there was tons of upset (Ultra being one of them), hopefully these teams retain their form. 

[hanspeter77]

IEM summer on the 26 of April:
Ence vs Movistar riders  hard to say butt im think Movie riders they play very good the last matches.
FunPlus Phoenix vs SKADE im would say FunPlus win.
Mousesports vs K23 Im think Mouse will win and im hope it relay they can it better. 

[ralle14]

Man this roster change is so unexpected, Device leaving Astralis and coming in to NiP getting one of the best awper probably cost them a lot and it'll be interesting to see how well he'd mesh with the team during the Flashpoint tournament.

Also I got a couple of CDL picks i'm confident on plus Complexity @3.25, manage to hit both favs yesterday so why not try it again.  

[Avirunes]

Man this roster change is so unexpected, Device leaving Astralis and coming in to NiP getting one of the best awper probably cost them a lot and it'll be interesting to see how well he'd mesh with the team during the Flashpoint tournament.

Device to NIP is really unexpected. Out of all the 5 device was the last one I expected to leave in this situation but well it's his decision. Device to NIP really would have costed them a lot but NIP are really have some good money. And with this roster change I am excited for their first map with this change. But still in other way round I am bit unhappy with his bond with his Astralis teammates getting broken here. Now that leaves me all with question on Astralis vacant spot- Who will fill device's place?

[Natsuu]

[Valorant]

VCT S2 Challengers 2 are now in Semi-finals



https://dotesports.com/valorant/news/na-vct-stage-2-challengers-2-main-event-scores-standings-bracket-and-schedule

[tomahawk9]

DreamLeague S15 is back! I'll keep an eye on Alliance - Nigma, i have single bet there (over 2.5), gonna be a cracking match

btw, SumaiL is gonna play for Team Liquid   https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1385611615677128710 poor Boxi tho :/

Who will fill device's place?

kennyS? benched in G2 and doing nothing but streams, perhaps they could sign him for cheap? but he doesn't speak danish, so...i also think Farlig would be a good replacement. i remember watching him a lot when he was in GODSENT and i always said he had potential and could definitely play in a tier 1 team. I wonder if FunPlus Phoenix would let him go, though

[turkandjaydee]

DreamLeague S15 is back! I'll keep an eye on Alliance - Nigma, i have single bet there (over 2.5), gonna be a cracking match
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I'll go for nigma win since they've become a better team after kick w33ha  . It could go the other way but the odds is also good.
Well, over 2.5 has a pretty good chance to hit considering most of their previous matches are over.

btw, SumaiL is gonna play for Team Liquid   https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1385611615677128710 poor Boxi tho :/
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I heard that qojqva has been playing offlane recently so Sumail probably will play as pos 2. Back when Sumail was still playing mid, I think he was a stronger midlaner than qojqva but I don't know about now. Goodluck for Liquid 

Device to NIP is really unexpected. Out of all the 5 device was the last one I expected to leave in this situation but well it's his decision. Device to NIP really would have costed them a lot but NIP are really have some good money. And with this roster change I am excited for their first map with this change. But still in other way round I am bit unhappy with his bond with his Astralis teammates getting broken here. Now that leaves me all with question on Astralis vacant spot- Who will fill device's place?

Astralis might be having a hard time after this roster change. But we will see, I hope they will find the best replacement.

[Avirunes]

Who will fill device's place?

kennyS? benched in G2 and doing nothing but streams, perhaps they could sign him for cheap? but he doesn't speak danish, so...i also think Farlig would be a good replacement. i remember watching him a lot when he was in GODSENT and i always said he had potential and could definitely play in a tier 1 team. I wonder if FunPlus Phoenix would let him go, though

That was one name that came in mind after some time and yeah it could be possible. kennyS is a good sniper and could give them a break inside rounds but I am worried about the team chemistry. French with Dane's -gonna be a bit hard. Haven't seen farlig play.. will do now if you say so he is good.

[ralle14]

btw, SumaiL is gonna play for Team Liquid   https://twitter.com/TeamLiquid/status/1385611615677128710 poor Boxi tho :/
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I heard that qojqva has been playing offlane recently so Sumail probably will play as pos 2. Back when Sumail was still playing mid, I think he was a stronger midlaner than qojqva but I don't know about now. Goodluck for Liquid 

Yup with the right heroes qojqva can transition to the offlane position, back then during the third party tournaments I remember him seeing on an offlane bloodseeker.

Same goes for Micke, tbh they could swap roles whenever it's necessary and depending on the comfort heroes.



I'm taking Alliance later with the plus odds, can't trust Nigma since they ruined my parlay last time I backed them up vs Liquid.

[hanspeter77]

Next goes in the Rainbow 6
Fnatic vs Knights  should an easy match for Fnatic.
TrainHard eSports vs Rogue  Rogue should win
Team Empire vs Team Secret  im think Team Empire will win they play very aggresive.

[tomahawk9]

anyone else watching the Quake pro league finals? what about the MDI Shadowlands finals? been a slow weekend so decided to watch these two events, bit of a change of pace...ramdom thought: i wonder why arena fps is not that popular today

Well, over 2.5 has a pretty good chance to hit considering most of their previous matches are over.

Alliance loves to drop a map against their opponents to give us an exciting game 3, you love to see it lol 
about SumaiL, yeah he'll defintiely play mid, Liquid are no strangers to changing roles

I'm taking Alliance later with the plus odds, can't trust Nigma since they ruined my parlay last time I backed them up vs Liquid.

Alliance and NikoBaby have been popping off lately. Looking forward to that game vs. Team Secret next week. Secret as expected the main favs in the books with the ml at 1.4, makes the alliance handicap odds more attractive at 1.7

@Avirunes  definitely keep an eye on Farlig. I think FPX will play in Flashpoint which starts in a couple of weeks. But will farlig be part of the FPX roster by then? 🤔

[ralle14]

Alliance and NikoBaby have been popping off lately. Looking forward to that game vs. Team Secret next week. Secret as expected the main favs in the books with the ml at 1.4, makes the alliance handicap odds more attractive at 1.7

Good catch will take that one as well, last season their match ended up 2-1 in favor of Secret and with the current trend of both teams winning 2-1 in their last couple of series it seems like they're headed in that direction once again.

anyone else watching the Quake pro league finals? what about the MDI Shadowlands finals? been a slow weekend so decided to watch these two events, bit of a change of pace...ramdom thought: i wonder why arena fps is not that popular today

I've only watched a couple of DPC matches today but I remember watching a WoW tournament back then and even though I don't play the game it's a bit refreshing to watch and same goes for fighting games like Tekken.