🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[hanspeter77]

Next goes:
G2 Esports vs Ninjas in Pyjamas great match im think G2 will win.
Evil Geniuses vs FURIA Esports maybe Evil win they can do it, butt FIURIA is a bit better than Evil.

[STT]

Looking like Nip can take it in 2 maps, the map pick for G2 with inferno favors this possibility as its a high percentage winning map for G2 but also not a bad map for Nip either.    Its not clear how well the team with Device on it may be improved towards that possibility but the odds are pretty high against it so I think might be worth a go.

G2 are listed 5th in the world, didnt realize they were so competent; of course Niko but still a match to watch.   A learning bet for me perhaps but so far looking quite even between them.

''this is the best we've seen NiP play"

[ralle14]

What a grand final that was and good to see RNG winning it all. I kind of feel bad for Damwon though I know they are the best team right now but that loss must've been rough when you're that close. Looking forward to the summer split and Worlds more entertaining matches to come.

Moving on to some CSGO action i'll go for a small play on Spirit -1.5 vs K23 @1.55 the h2h stats says it all Spirit winning 9 out of 10 matches and I doubt it'll be any different since K23's results aren't that convincing.

[hanspeter77]

Next Goes:
Team Liquid vs Extremum this should be easy for Liquid.
Team Vitality vs Heroic this mathc win Heroic for sure they have a run play so good this jear.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Tuesday matches on flashpoint


Vitality - Heroic
Funplus Phonenix - Complexity
BIG - DBL PONEY
Sprout - Anonymo


Heroic is doing really good work this year I will try my luck for heroic.

[joker_josue]

From e-sport to reality.
It is no longer the first time that virtual racing players have experienced racing in real cars and tracks.
This time it was professional players Kevin Siggy and Frederik Rasmussen driving a Formula E car.

Here is an account of their experience:
https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/may/from-virtual-to-reality-siggy-rasmussen

[STT]

The only people who can beat the Brazilians reliably is the Brazilians themselves seems like, maybe its because these teams would be training against each other more often so relative to each other they are closer ranked then appears from purely world ranking vs every other nation.   Still its funny that Plano beat Furia in 2 maps despite a 40 rank disadvantage.
  This time I will favor Furia because the odds are decent for that and I dont know well enough that they cant pull it off but perhaps I'll hedge with 3 maps.   Often I find the hedge type bet is vital to staying profitable or sometimes late bets like if Furia lost the first 6 rounds then won the map, that can happen and would be nice odds probably.
  For an exact repeat of the last matches scoreline, its near 5 to 1 odds which seems like that should just be the bet I placed no further thought.   I'll kick myself later I guess, Plano do seem like a team who can ascend presuming they get on well to progress and practice etc.

[tomahawk9]

Moving on to some CSGO action i'll go for a small play on Spirit -1.5 vs K23 @1.55 <...>

nice odds consindering K23 are a tier 3 team

i managed to grab Dignitas moneyline earlier today https://i.ibb.co/yhWQRRG/dig.png  last time i saw them i thought they were pretty good so i said "why not?" 

currently watching O Plano - Furia, i have Over maps here at 1.95. Last time they met it was a 2-0 for O plano, but right now it's looking good for Furia in their map pick

Plano do seem like a team who can ascend presuming they get on well to progress and practice etc.

O Plano are legit, this new roster has been showing some good CS lately, they could become the 2nd best BR team behind Furia, matter of time before they start playing in the big leagues

[batang_bitcoin]

How does the math work out for TI qualification? Can OG make it?

It will be hard for them, there's only two majors for this season and they didn't even make it with any of those. The huge point for DPC has already been taken away from them. The last major is the Animajor which had already secured its participating teams for playoffs, group stage and wild card seeds. There's no room for OG but there's still one more chance and that's why I've said it's hard for them. But I'll tell first that there were already 4 teams that are secured to play to the upcoming TI10 namely, EG, IG, VP and Team Secret. And for OG, they need to win the one slot of Western Europe qualifiers. But look at their opponents for that 1 very slot: https://liquipedia.net/dota2/The_International/2020/Western_Europe

[Lorence.xD]

How does the math work out for TI qualification? Can OG make it?

I think the TI qualification works via DPC and each region needs to have top teams that will be able to participate, I think each region has different number of qualified participants. OG will make it even if they lose in the Majors because they are the last The International champion so they have a direct invite.

[ralle14]

I think the TI qualification works via DPC and each region needs to have top teams that will be able to participate, I think each region has different number of qualified participants. OG will make it even if they lose in the Majors because they are the last The International champion so they have a direct invite.

OG being the previous TI champions doesn't have any bearing with the current DPC season as they've changed the format for direct invites but they'll still get an invite to the TI EU qualifiers because they've participated in the upper division and same goes for the other teams that participated in the lower division.

i managed to grab Dignitas moneyline earlier today https://i.ibb.co/yhWQRRG/dig.png  

currently watching O Plano - Furia, i have Over maps here at 1.95.

Good hit on that Dignitas pick. That over on Furia was close but O Plano struggled to close out the map with a 15-10 lead.

Later today i'll go against Sinners and take sAw@1.75 since they've had some close wins against good teams like BIG and forze.

[Lorence.xD]

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OG being the previous TI champions doesn't have any bearing with the current DPC season as they've changed the format for direct invites but they'll still get an invite to the TI EU qualifiers because they've participated in the upper division and same goes for the other teams that participated in the lower division.

So what is their status that OG is in? Are they in the TI or not because that would be a bit shitty for Valve to not invite OG in the International.

[tomahawk9]

Flashpoint is back! haven't done a multi in a while so i'll place one today: Vitality +1.5 and BIG ml at 2.58 https://i.ibb.co/F5Vkn46/soez.png BIG better not choke against a damn PONEY!! EDIT* BOTality shit the bed, no worries, the under maps came to save the day https://i.ibb.co/JCWMKZN/under.png

@ralle14  Nice win. Generous odds for sAw tho, they've been crushing it lately

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OG being the previous TI champions doesn't have any bearing with the current DPC season as they've changed the format for direct invites but they'll still get an invite to the TI EU qualifiers because they've participated in the upper division and same goes for the other teams that participated in the lower division.

So what is their status that OG is in? Are they in the TI or not because that would be a bit shitty for Valve to not invite OG in the International.

right now OG are out cos they don't have enough dpc points to reach the top 12 dpc ranking, but, as @batang_bitcoin said above, they'll participate in the TI western EU qualifiers. They need to win that to qualify automatically to TI

[Jackl87]

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OG being the previous TI champions doesn't have any bearing with the current DPC season as they've changed the format for direct invites but they'll still get an invite to the TI EU qualifiers because they've participated in the upper division and same goes for the other teams that participated in the lower division.

So what is their status that OG is in? Are they in the TI or not because that would be a bit shitty for Valve to not invite OG in the International.

As far as i know OG is not yet qualified for TI and they will probably not be able to directly qualify for it because only the top 12 teams of the dota pro circuit ranking will receive a direct invite and OG is currently only at position 34 of that list so they won't reach position 12 anymore. The remaining 6 places for TI are determined through the regional qualifiers. Only the best team of every region that is not yet qualified through the dota pro circuit ranking will go to TI. This means OG must be better than Team Liquid and Nigma for example which will be very hard as both teams are stronger than OG at the moment.

[Rengga Jati]

As far as i know OG is not yet qualified for TI and they will probably not be able to directly qualify for it because only the top 12 teams of the dota pro circuit ranking will receive a direct invite and OG is currently only at position 34 of that list so they won't reach position 12 anymore. The remaining 6 places for TI are determined through the regional qualifiers. Only the best team of every region that is not yet qualified through the dota pro circuit ranking will go to TI. This means OG must be better than Team Liquid and Nigma for example which will be very hard as both teams are stronger than OG at the moment.

That's it, based on the data. The team also acknowledged the difficulties on their Twitter page on May 24. Their only chance of getting into TI is through closed qualifiers. But looking at the current conditions, maybe they only have a small chance anyway.
https://twitter.com/OGesports/status/1396744545635868672

[ralle14]

That's it, based on the data. The team also acknowledged the difficulties on their Twitter page on May 24. Their only chance of getting into TI is through closed qualifiers. But looking at the current conditions, maybe they only have a small chance anyway.
https://twitter.com/OGesports/status/1396744545635868672

With the current standings it does look grim for OG but it can still change since Team Nigma and Team Liquid are at the majors. I know the chance for them to secure an invite is small (Liquid with 19% chance and Nigma with ~5%) but still possible. OG needs to cheer really hard and hope one of them goes on a deep run and reach top 3 once that happens the fight for the qualifiers becomes a bit easier for them.

https://twitter.com/Noxville/status/1396580740083724290

[Kittygalore]

right now OG are out cos they don't have enough dpc points to reach the top 12 dpc ranking, but, as @batang_bitcoin said above, they'll participate in the TI western EU qualifiers. They need to win that to qualify automatically to TI

I don't think that they need the DPC points to qualify for The International since they are already the champion of the previous TI so they are automatically qualified, if they weren't qualified, they would have taken the DPC season seriously.

[hanspeter77]

Next goes:
Astralis vs Heroic an classic old scool match butt Astralis play not so good like the old scool times.
Complexity Gaming vs Anonymo Esports im think Complexity will win.
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs BIG im hope BIG win but im dont think Ninjas are to good.
FunPlus Pheonix vs Sproud its the same like BIG.

[tomahawk9]

am i delusional? no, i'm a believer   lol

also have Over maps between Dignitas and Skade, hopefully they'll trade maps, currently 6-1 for skade on Dig's map pick...and later today, a hard-fought win for Furia , perhaps?

right now OG are out cos they don't have enough dpc points to reach the top 12 dpc ranking, but, as @batang_bitcoin said above, they'll participate in the TI western EU qualifiers. They need to win that to qualify automatically to TI

I don't think that they need the DPC points to qualify for The International since they are already the champion of the previous TI so they are automatically qualified, if they weren't qualified, they would have taken the DPC season seriously.

unfotunately for OG, winning TI back-to-back isn't enough to qualify to the next edition, the only way to qualify is with dpc points or winning the regional qualifiers.

[Trofo]

am i delusional? no, i'm a believer   lol

Saw the odds and had about the same reaction. Placed a small single on Astralis and big stake double where I have Astralis +1.5 @1.65. I must admit that I am out of the loop with CS but those odds seemed like such big value and I had few seconds to place the bet before match was starting so I just placed it without checking recent stats.