🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[hanspeter77]

Next goes:
FunPlus Pheonix vs Ninjas in Pyjamas hard match for FunPlus, Ninjas play very good im like this Team.
Evil Genuises vs paiN Gaming im realy dont now about paiN, butt i now Evil is a good Team.

[Zilara12]

Have i been missing out on VP? They already qualified for TI, damn.





Im just getting back into following dota2, is OG struggling hard with Ana back?

[tomahawk9]

Surely OG won't get relegated right?

hard to say...but i'll tell you this, don't place any tickets in any of those games unless you really enjoy coin tossing  

Im just getting back into following dota2, is OG struggling hard with Ana back?

Yeah. Heh! Looks likes he's still rusty after all. can't fix this team in just a month
only good thing about OG's current form is the memes on twitter lol Team Secret acc having a field day https://twitter.com/teamsecret/status/1395076950012608512 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[ralle14]

Have i been missing out on VP? They already qualified for TI, damn.

A little bit, the current VP roster mostly started from their youth team VP.Prodigy which was formed last year when there wasn't any valve tournaments and they found a lot of success compared to their main roster with Noone and the gang. After some time VP dropped their entire roster, picked up their youth team and here they are now. 

hard to say...but i'll tell you this, don't place any tickets in any of those games unless you really enjoy coin tossing 

Good thing it's their last game until the TI qualifiers which is probably a month or two away from now. 

[Avirunes]

In the comments they make a vital point that the fault was not on the Nip side but via the host server themselves.   I dont know if thats true but if provable it explains why in this case they get the rematch where lewis is also correct nobody would really care if the smaller team had a problem.

and things escalated very quickly on social media https://twitter.com/jonasgundersen/status/1394752609634951170
I feel like there's been nothing but complaints and controversy around Flashpoint 3 so far. Shitty production, average casters messing up when they're on the mic, and now this 

Wow just noticed such a big drama. They were having problems then but didn't thought that this would be such a big issue with some sites claiming one of the worst controversies. Still some fans really take it so far with death threats to players. I don't recall the incident but there was one team who were receiving death threats from brazilian community. Guess it makes whole lot easier to make a death threat when you are on internet no? Wished we have something of a better solution to deal with this pathetic kinds.

[Trofo]

A little bit, the current VP roster mostly started from their youth team VP.Prodigy which was formed last year when there wasn't any valve tournaments and they found a lot of success compared to their main roster with Noone and the gang. After some time VP dropped their entire roster, picked up their youth team and here they are now. 

What do you mean mostly? I thought it is their whole youth team that took places of their first team. Actually after reading your post twice I guess you wanted to say the same but word "mostly" added some confusion for me


I love Team Secret twitter, but I am all for trash talk and some good banter. Some people take that stuff way too seriously. I am sure OG is remembering this meme and will retaliate when results go their way, as they should

[tomahawk9]

Wow just noticed such a big drama.

man, we've had so much drama everywhere lately...Cloud9 getting tons of hate after their MSI showing, NiP now getting a lot of hate cos of the Anonymo rematch in Flashpoint, the OG drama in Dota...pretty much a reflection of how the community of each game behave in-game, pure toxicity 

I am sure OG is remembering this meme and will retaliate when results go their way, as they should

looking forward to a Team Secret vs OG match in the near future, gonna be spicy


my friday tickets, off to a bad start:
RNG - PSG - Map 1 O27.5 killls
RNG - PSG - O3.5 maps + Vitality moneyline @2.48
COL - Heroic - O2.5 maps @1.95
Furia - O PLANO - O2.5 maps @2

[Zilara12]

A little bit, the current VP roster mostly started from their youth team VP.Prodigy which was formed last year when there wasn't any valve tournaments and they found a lot of success compared to their main roster with Noone and the gang. After some time VP dropped their entire roster, picked up their youth team and here they are now. 

What do you mean mostly? I thought it is their whole youth team that took places of their first team. Actually after reading your post twice I guess you wanted to say the same but word "mostly" added some confusion for me


I love Team Secret twitter, but I am all for trash talk and some good banter. Some people take that stuff way too seriously. I am sure OG is remembering this meme and will retaliate when results go their way, as they should

Whoever is running Team Secret Twitter should get a raise. The guy is a savage LOL!

[Fatunad]

A little bit, the current VP roster mostly started from their youth team VP.Prodigy which was formed last year when there wasn't any valve tournaments and they found a lot of success compared to their main roster with Noone and the gang. After some time VP dropped their entire roster, picked up their youth team and here they are now. 

What do you mean mostly? I thought it is their whole youth team that took places of their first team. Actually after reading your post twice I guess you wanted to say the same but word "mostly" added some confusion for me


I love Team Secret twitter, but I am all for trash talk and some good banter. Some people take that stuff way too seriously. I am sure OG is remembering this meme and will retaliate when results go their way, as they should

Whoever is running Team Secret Twitter should get a raise. The guy is a savage LOL!

You mean this? https://twitter.com/teamsecret/status/1395076950012608512

or am i missing something?  People would normally have different reactions with this and some saying that its way too harsh.

[Trofo]

I love Team Secret twitter, but I am all for trash talk and some good banter. Some people take that stuff way too seriously. I am sure OG is remembering this meme and will retaliate when results go their way, as they should

Whoever is running Team Secret Twitter should get a raise. The guy is a savage LOL!

You mean this? https://twitter.com/teamsecret/status/1395076950012608512

or am i missing something?  People would normally have different reactions with this and some saying that its way too harsh.
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Yup, that is the one. To be absolutely fair I don't know enough about DOTA rivalries and player history to judge it correctly. That tweet can have totally different context depending on relations between players. If for instance couple of them played together at some time in history than that tweet is just good banter. If they don't know each other well than it is borderline too much even for me.

Also the tweet should have been just "Thanks for keeping the DPC streets clean @TeamLiquid" and video. The part after the comma "thank you for taking out the trash" is sort of explaining the joke to dim witted audience and ruins the flow for me.

[Fatunad]

Yup, that is the one. To be absolutely fair I don't know enough about DOTA rivalries and player history to judge it correctly. That tweet can have totally different context depending on relations between players. If for instance couple of them played together at some time in history than that tweet is just good banter. If they don't know each other well than it is borderline too much even for me.

Also the tweet should have been just "Thanks for keeping the DPC streets clean @TeamLiquid" and video. The part after the comma "thank you for taking out the trash" is sort of explaining the joke to dim witted audience and ruins the flow for me.

Totally depends on the impression on how a certain individual would really trying to look on that line which it might be that offensive for the team itself or just not taken seriously.
I do agree into your point that it did really ruins the flow but it isnt really that much of an issue though, thing here is that we do see a good game even
OG on 2nd game didnt able to make out some good plays due to bad draft.

[Jackl87]

Im just getting back into following dota2, is OG struggling hard with Ana back?

I also just started to watch dota 2 matches again on twitch but it seems that OG is pretty out of form as of now even now that Ana is back. I really expected them to win against Liquid but they but it was a clear win for liquid instead. They can still make their way to TI through the open qualifiers but the competition there will be very hard and even if they qualify for TI i don't think that they will reach the semi-final. I mean they are still very exciting to watch because they are playing in an unpredictable way and are also doing drafting heroes that no ones expects because they are not in the current meta but other teams have improved and are ahead of them now.

[ralle14]

What do you mean mostly? I thought it is their whole youth team that took places of their first team. Actually after reading your post twice I guess you wanted to say the same but word "mostly" added some confusion for me

Technically you're correct they're all from the youth team but gpk and Kingslayer only started playing with the other three core players officially after they were all moved to the main team. I should've worded it better and used "half" instead of "mostly" sorry if that made you confused. 😅

RNG - PSG - O3.5 maps + Vitality moneyline @2.48

No sweat on the over   I also took the same bet since I still remember that RNG loss during the rumble stage.


Also it looks like Ceb can't handle the memes anymore and messaged the admin behind Secret's twitter account. For me I don't see anything wrong with the posts since OG likes to do it as well back then but now the tables have turned.

https://twitter.com/midormeepo/status/1395395657951813636

[stomachgrowls]

Im just getting back into following dota2, is OG struggling hard with Ana back?

I also just started to watch dota 2 matches again on twitch but it seems that OG is pretty out of form as of now even now that Ana is back. I really expected them to win against Liquid but they but it was a clear win for liquid instead. They can still make their way to TI through the open qualifiers but the competition there will be very hard and even if they qualify for TI i don't think that they will reach the semi-final. I mean they are still very exciting to watch because they are playing in an unpredictable way and are also doing drafting heroes that no ones expects because they are not in the current meta but other teams have improved and are ahead of them now.

Give them some time because Ana came back to OG in last April 11 (https://www.hotspawn.com/dota2/news/ana-returns-to-og-for-second-dpc-season)

It would be needing some time to make those synchronize and unpredictable plays of the team.Yes, its a bit odd that we arent seeing some good comeback plays from OG but
this team doesnt stop to impress nor surprise the Dota world.

It would be good if we would see Jerax on the support side.Im not underestimating Saksa though but we can see the difference.

[tomahawk9]

RNG - PSG - O3.5 maps + Vitality moneyline @2.48

No sweat on the over   I also took the same bet since I still remember that RNG loss during the rumble stage.

i went with something similar today https://i.ibb.co/Twv0Tb0/gg.png

sucks how Mad Lions just fell apart after that insanely good game 3. Game 4 felt like they were a bit overconfident and messed up the draft. Game 5 typical DWG stomp with Showmaker wreaking havoc with his 100% winrate Zoe. the highlight of the series? Ghost trolling BeryL lol 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 https://youtu.be/lVmz7g2rtmI?t=2407

Anyway, RNG - DK, another one going to 5 games?

[hanspeter77]

Next goes:
Extra Salt vs Team Liquid  that match should win Liquid they play better
Astralis vs Mousesports  OOO Love this match to watch 2 of my favorite Teams and im Hope Mousports win this match they earn it.

[Zilara12]

I was really hoping that OG would get relegated today. It was pretty close but they stay in upper division. How does the math work out for TI qualification? Can OG make it?

[ralle14]

I was really hoping that OG would get relegated today. It was pretty close but they stay in upper division. How does the math work out for TI qualification? Can OG make it?

Same, it would've been interesting if OG did get relegated to the lower division.

I think the chances for them to win the TI qualifiers is very low since Team Liquid and Team Nigma still don't have enough points to secure an invite. Even if all the top 4 EU teams gets the invite it's still a tough road for OG since they'll be facing Brame, Tundra and probably some teams from the lower division.

Anyway, RNG - DK, another one going to 5 games?

At the very least it'll probably go 3-1 i'm not too sure about 5 games on this series since RNG is like their kryptonite judging from how it went last time.

[Natsuu]

Anyway, RNG - DK, another one going to 5 games?

At the very least it'll probably go 3-1 i'm not too sure about 5 games on this series since RNG is like their kryptonite judging from how it went last time.

I'll oppose your prediction with this one. RNG is not Damwon's weakness, this meta is clearly part of it but the playstyle is very much opposite in both teams. It will most probably go up to game 5, or DK will finish it 3-0 or 3-1.

[JEFE92]

Hi guys, wanna post my bets for today's Flashpoint matches:

Astralis - mouz: My bet
G2 - NiP: My bet

Today's matches are rather controversial, so you can't immediately say who can win, but if you take into consideration the fact that Astralis and NiP have recently had roster changes and did not have serious Tier 1 matches, therefore I will place both bets on the favorites of the matches: mouz and G2 - both teams run with pretty good match stats, losing only to Gambit.