🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[qwertyup23]

About OG vs TS then no doubt i would hands down for OG.

Sad ending. Team Spirit took down OG for two games straight with an "ez game" all chat by torontotokyo. 

There's no more 3-peat hopeful for this TI10. Team Spirit's performance is awesome and they're the dark horse of this tournament. Let's see if they'll take down Virtus.Pro after T1 and VG's game.

I think in terms of mental state, VP is on the state because TS' just came from 2 straight games although they have a few hours of rest.

Man when I saw OG getting crushed, it made me realize that they are not truly an "immortal team" especially with their 2-peat. After the game, I saw Sumail's face completely shattered- like he was in a state of shock after the game. Game 2 was truly a disaster as TS were dominating the early matchups. I think the draft was pretty weak on OG's side especially that all of the focus was centered towards Sumail getting farmed.

Nevertheless, I expect Secret to win this year's TI! While I do think that TS is the dark horse of this tournament, their experience will be their downfall once they face a more experienced team soon.

[tomahawk9]

tiebreakers in group A of Worlds! Let's gooo!

and Team Spirit just beat VP!! hell of a game! the underdog keeps getting away with it!

any predictions for the games tomorrow? can IG or VG put a stop to Team Spirit winning streak?

I capitalized on that. I put a small stake on Spirit to win against OG at 2.65x odds . I was kinda surprised with how much dominant they were against the former champions but seriously they really played a dominant game.

https://i.imgur.com/R376dZJ.png

Have my money on T1 to win against Vici now.  

well, well, well, look who's making bank now, eh?  👍

both matches went to game 3, so 

[Avirunes]

^^ Had so much fun today betting on I10 games but tomorrow is great day ahead as I am looking forward to PSG and Team Secret game. PSG are a very strong team but Team Secret also has surprised some good teams.

any predictions for the games tomorrow? can IG or VG put a stop to Team Spirit winning streak?

I think IG might have some chance putting an end to Team Spirit's run but there is nothing for sure. Team Spirit showed hell of a play in today's game.

[batang_bitcoin]

any predictions for the games tomorrow? can IG or VG put a stop to Team Spirit winning streak?

Yeah, for sure these two chinese team can go par against Team Spirit. As you see at the first round of the upper bracket, IG won against Team Spirit (2-1).
And during the day 2, Team Spirit against VG and VG has won. Looking at those matches, Team Spirit only defeated the chinese team, Elephant. So I think, they have a weakness against the chinese team. I like the play style of both IG and VG. VG is more of a turtle game but they're great in team fight. IG is also good in team fights but before thinking of against Team Spirit, we have to wait the result of IG/VG tomorrow.

[Trofo]

I am on over 2.5 games on both early games today.

IG - Vici has already started and we just had a bit of fun. IG killed Roshan and left Aegis on the floor, just forgot to pick it up. Possibly the move that lost them the map, since they have the lineup which should have made an advantage before minute 30.

Edit: Did not bother them in the end. IG managed to clean sweep Vici even though they were significantly behind on both maps.

[soliton]

tiebreakers in group A of Worlds! Let's gooo!

and Team Spirit just beat VP!! hell of a game! the underdog keeps getting away with it!

Well, VP  has  again made the same mistake as in the previous game against PSG by  building  the line of  heroes and rely solely on them and   falling into the trap of individual fight  forgetting support each other on the map. I'm very disappointing over what they are doing because this is the team from my country. As I said in my previous post the team badly needs a profound coach that would train teamwork for them.  There are many ways to win in DOTA and relying solely on drafting is a big mistake.

[dothebeats]

[The International - Dota 2]

Team Spirit vs IG is a match that I'm very familiar of what will happen. Placed my bet on over 2.5 games because I know that IG can read into Team Spirit so well, that even if Team Spirit crushes IG on the first game, they can readjust and force a game 3. TORONTOTOKYO also dominates the lane against Emo, and if TORONTOTOKYO is free to do whatever he wants in the map on the early stages of the game, it enables rotations on the offlane which can put a lot of pressure on IG's carry. Team Spirit capitalizes on early game advantage and holds on to it like a baby holds on to his/her favorite toy.

It will be a nice series to watch.

[Avirunes]

I think PSG are very likely to win the International 10 tournament at this stage. They have been consistent performer and have thrashed all their opponents. Their level and coordination is on another level compared to all other teams. They have been surprised by some of the teams in some rounds but they have done well to make a comeback and win.

Right now we have Team Secret waiting in lower bracket final for the winner of Team Spirit and Invictus gaming.

[Wexnident]

[The International - Dota 2]

Team Spirit vs IG is a match that I'm very familiar of what will happen. Placed my bet on over 2.5 games because I know that IG can read into Team Spirit so well, that even if Team Spirit crushes IG on the first game, they can readjust and force a game 3. TORONTOTOKYO also dominates the lane against Emo, and if TORONTOTOKYO is free to do whatever he wants in the map on the early stages of the game, it enables rotations on the offlane which can put a lot of pressure on IG's carry. Team Spirit capitalizes on early game advantage and holds on to it like a baby holds on to his/her favorite toy.

It will be a nice series to watch.

Welp that's GG for Spirit vs IG, IG had a nice early game, they really tried to maximize the early capabilities they have but Yatoro was able to come back hard later on with Torontotokyo and Collapse giving him the space he needed. Spirit just had way too many opportunities that let them open up a fight that made them win. Not to mention that when Spirit actually had a chance where flyfly hit his Chrono on 2 carries and then another one with the refresher, it was good, but they couldn't back up due to Torontotokyo, and well, when Yatoro was set loose after that he just basically destroyed the hp of the rest of the team.

[Beparanf]

I think PSG are very likely to win the International 10 tournament at this stage. They have been consistent performer and have thrashed all their opponents. Their level and coordination is on another level compared to all other teams. They have been surprised by some of the teams in some rounds but they have done well to make a comeback and win.

Right now we have Team Secret waiting in lower bracket final for the winner of Team Spirit and Invictus gaming.

Same here, I'm expecting LGD to win this TI. The team that has a good chance on fighting LGD was IG based on there previous matches on other tournament. Both Team Secret and Team Spirit is always been defeated by LGD on any Dota tournament before and also on group stage. I don't know if any of this two team on LB can give a good fight against LGD.

I know that Team Spirit is currently on fire on there LB run but I believe that they will fall short again in the finals. I think Team Spirit will defeat Team Secret in there match.

[boltz]

I had and still have Secret to win TI but after what I saw today from Secret ....feels kinda bad for them as no matter how good their draft is , PSG looks like they are unbeatable with those high mechanics and high responses in team fights. On the other side, Spirit can beat anyone at this point as this team really doesn't care who they are facing as they understood perfectly that whoever controls the pace of the game , ends up winning it so eyes big around Spirit tomorrow.

[qwertyup23]

I think PSG are very likely to win the International 10 tournament at this stage. They have been consistent performer and have thrashed all their opponents. Their level and coordination is on another level compared to all other teams. They have been surprised by some of the teams in some rounds but they have done well to make a comeback and win.

Right now we have Team Secret waiting in lower bracket final for the winner of Team Spirit and Invictus gaming.

Same here, I'm expecting LGD to win this TI. The team that has a good chance on fighting LGD was IG based on there previous matches on other tournament. Both Team Secret and Team Spirit is always been defeated by LGD on any Dota tournament before and also on group stage. I don't know if any of this two team on LB can give a good fight against LGD.

I know that Team Spirit is currently on fire on there LB run but I believe that they will fall short again in the finals. I think Team Spirit will defeat Team Secret in there match.

Have you seen the game of LGD vs Secret? The way they executed their team fights was such a privilege to witness. Not to mention, Ame with zero (0) deaths on both games with a Godlike streak? How on earth how he did that?

It seems like LGD is the favorite to win this year's TI. With their performance, I do think that they have all the chances to win and sweep the tournament. Though the dark horse of this year's TI is Team Spirit, it will all boil down to their experience as a team in case they win on the upper bracket.

[tomahawk9]

did not bother to place tickets earlier today because i wanted to watch some good 'ol football...but i feel like watching some CSGO now



and it looks like everyone has been enjoying The International a lot, eh? the thread has been very active over the past few days 

I'm very disappointing over what they are doing because this is the team from my country.

hey, at least this is the first time in years that a CIS made it to a TI final    huge achievement for the region!

TORONTOTOKYO also dominates the lane against Emo, and if TORONTOTOKYO is free to do whatever he wants in the map on the early stages of the game, it enables rotations on the offlane which can put a lot of pressure on IG's carry. Team Spirit capitalizes on early game advantage and holds on to it like a baby holds on to his/her favorite toy.

i didn't watch the game but you were right. TORONTO had yet another great performance today and game 1 went exactly as you predicted, good early game from TS and then got a team wipe to snowball and win the game

Have you seen the game of LGD vs Secret? The way they executed their team fights was such a privilege to witness. Not to mention, Ame with zero (0) deaths on both games with a Godlike streak? How on earth how he did that?

masterclass from Ame but also his teammates. Feels like they could 3-0 whoever reaches to the grand final. It would be a very underwhelming Final for sure, but it would well deserved win for the best carry and the best team in the world

[sunsilk]

About OG vs TS then no doubt i would hands down for OG.

Sad ending. Team Spirit took down OG for two games straight with an "ez game" all chat by torontotokyo. 

There's no more 3-peat hopeful for this TI10. Team Spirit's performance is awesome and they're the dark horse of this tournament. Let's see if they'll take down Virtus.Pro after T1 and VG's game.

I think in terms of mental state, VP is on the state because TS' just came from 2 straight games although they have a few hours of rest.

Man when I saw OG getting crushed, it made me realize that they are not truly an "immortal team" especially with their 2-peat. After the game, I saw Sumail's face completely shattered- like he was in a state of shock after the game. Game 2 was truly a disaster as TS were dominating the early matchups. I think the draft was pretty weak on OG's side especially that all of the focus was centered towards Sumail getting farmed.

Nevertheless, I expect Secret to win this year's TI! While I do think that TS is the dark horse of this tournament, their experience will be their downfall once they face a more experienced team soon.

There's no really immortal team. Just looking at the past TI champs, they no longer can stand and all of them became simple players again and a lot of them have already retired. But I think if it's the main cast of OG, it will be a different story.

That's always the situation when a team has lost, they'll either be sad or be fine and accept it later on that they've lost.

We'll see if Team Secret will stop the domination of Team Spirit tomorrow.

[Wexnident]

There's no really immortal team. Just looking at the past TI champs, they no longer can stand and all of them became simple players again and a lot of them have already retired. But I think if it's the main cast of OG, it will be a different story.

That's always the situation when a team has lost, they'll either be sad or be fine and accept it later on that they've lost.

We'll see if Team Secret will stop the domination of Team Spirit tomorrow.

Sad story for OG really, it was like they were kings yesterday and suddenly they discovered today that they aren't kings today anymore. It's nothing new ig, but the story behind their team was pretty amazing if you look back on it imo.

Kinda hyped for Spirit vs TS tbh, I know a lot of people are thinking that TS has a higher chance of winning but there's still that hope for me where Spirit just dominates them you know? I know Secret has way more experience but Spirit has shown their, well, "Spirit" even against other teams after all, I don't expect Secret to have an easy time with trying to defeat Spirit right now. Hopefully, Spirit keeps up their performance just like in their past games.

[ralle14]

Kinda hyped for Spirit vs TS tbh, I know a lot of people are thinking that TS has a higher chance of winning but there's still that hope for me where Spirit just dominates them you know? I know Secret has way more experience but Spirit has shown their, well, "Spirit" even against other teams after all, I don't expect Secret to have an easy time with trying to defeat Spirit right now. Hopefully, Spirit keeps up their performance just like in their past games.

We'll see, i'm on Team Secret@1.59 but yeah Team Spirit's momentum is a bit scary after taking down two good teams.

Hopefully Team Secret wins so that we'd get decent odds against PSG.LGD and i'm interested to see another rematch between these two. So far so good, laning stage looking decent for Team Secret.

[soliton]

Kinda hyped for Spirit vs TS tbh, I know a lot of people are thinking that TS has a higher chance of winning but there's still that hope for me where Spirit just dominates them you know? I know Secret has way more experience but Spirit has shown their, well, "Spirit" even against other teams after all, I don't expect Secret to have an easy time with trying to defeat Spirit right now. Hopefully, Spirit keeps up their performance just like in their past games.

We'll see, i'm on Team Secret@1.59 but yeah Team Spirit's momentum is a bit scary after taking down two good teams.

Hopefully Team Secret wins so that we'd get decent odds against PSG.LGD and i'm interested to see another rematch between these two. So far so good, laning stage looking decent for Team Secret.

IMO, In my estimation, Secret is much stronger than Spirit and their odds to lose the coming game is less than 10%. I mean, there's a lot of weird stuff going on around Spirit lately,  they  win less  than they did when they first entered DOTA in 2015. Right now their favorite tactic is carry centric and I think they will use it again to  scramble with  Secret but the latter  is not like   OG   they have managed to beat.

[ralle14]

IMO, In my estimation, Secret is much stronger than Spirit and their odds to lose the coming game is less than 10%. I mean, there's a lot of weird stuff going on around Spirit lately,  they  win less  than they did when they first entered DOTA in 2015. Right now their favorite tactic is carry centric and I think they will use it again to  scramble with  Secret but the latter  is not like   OG   they have managed to beat.

I don't think weird is the right term but Team Spirit was lucky enough to catch these players when they're killing it in the tier two scene and these guys performed well in a couple of online tournaments during their time in Yellow Submarine. Their team is just based around a new set of pro players with the potential to catch others off guard and it's not surprising as other teams like LGD and VP are also thriving with the younger players.

The second map looked interesting in the end, it looked like Secret was close to holding their ancient but the aghs on Morph is just too much to handle and the Jugg felt underwhelming.

[Wexnident]

Kinda hyped for Spirit vs TS tbh, I know a lot of people are thinking that TS has a higher chance of winning but there's still that hope for me where Spirit just dominates them you know? I know Secret has way more experience but Spirit has shown their, well, "Spirit" even against other teams after all, I don't expect Secret to have an easy time with trying to defeat Spirit right now. Hopefully, Spirit keeps up their performance just like in their past games.

We'll see, i'm on Team Secret@1.59 but yeah Team Spirit's momentum is a bit scary after taking down two good teams.

Hopefully Team Secret wins so that we'd get decent odds against PSG.LGD and i'm interested to see another rematch between these two. So far so good, laning stage looking decent for Team Secret.

Man Spirit has been performing WAY too well right now. They just defeated Secret 2-1 right now and now their momentum just got way scarier than before. Secret had a nice first game, they dominated Spirit early on and managed to ride on that till late game. Managed to watch midway in 2nd game and even though there wasn't much happening, Spirit's carries were ahead of Secrets when I left. Came back a bit later to see the third game and Spirit dominating Secret. Secret tried ngl, but I guess Spirit had that momentum and they were pretty confident on the plays after that good 2nd game.

[Avirunes]

^^ Yeah. Team Spirit really surprised most of us. From underdogs to the grand finals. What a journey for them. Team Secret had a good start but Team spirit really made a nice comeback to enter into the finals. It's now Team spirit and PSG in the finals. PSG are very likely to win this one but I am not very sure after watching the Team Spirit momentum. Could go either way.