🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

another quick 2-0 from Gambit. sh1ro is probably the best awper right now after S1mple

it's up to Vitality to see if i can recover some mbtc :/ *EDIT 2nd time today i have to wait for the underdog to win in the opponent's 100% wr map pick, FML! 

Just saw an exciting news that former Complexity players - konfig and BlameF have joined Astralis [...]

i saw that yesterday, shocking news, i expected the org to go sign new players, sure, but not those beasts  so, Astralis' roster will be glaive-xyp-konfig-blameF + Bubzkji or Lucky, one of those two (or maybe both) will leave for sure...i wonder if Astralis want to sign Farlig, a great awper who's now free agent after Funplux Phoenix decided to disband their csgo division, or maybe they'll sign nicoodoz (CPH flames)

[STT]

Is Gambit the only team that can challenge Navi now.    I see its just them and Big who list as recent losses for Navi.    All I did was put down 3 maps for Vitality but I see they on purpose chose Dust2 vs Navi, arrogant seems like or blind optimism.    Now Vitality must be Nuke gods which they did win vs Astralis but Navi chose Nuke for a reason and dust2 is a no reason aim map poor choice imo.   Shox and co. are old school greats but Navi seem like fresh out of the box not willing to stop for anyone

[KTChampions]

Unfortunately, EDG did win and in the final we will see the predicted pair EDG versus DG. At the moment, the odds for the final are as follows:
Edward Gaming 3,40
Damwon Gaming 1,29

DG look like favorites, but as we can see from the semi-finals, such a coefficient on them is hardly justified. EDG will take at least one map in my opinion and the match itself will end with a minimal gap.

Half an hour before the start of the final and the odds are now as follows:
Edward Gaming 3,80
Damwon Gaming 1,24
I don't see any point in betting on DG, but the coefficient on EDG looks very attractive. For some reason, I have a premonition that after the first map the odds will become more balanced.


It was obvious    After the first game, the odds really changed a lot:
Edward Gaming 1,90
Damwon Gaming 1,85
Interestingly enough, the odds on the 2nd and 3rd maps are still in favor of DG:
1,52 - 2,40
I must say that EDG played the first game in a dominant style and I see no reason why they should not continue and win, for example, with a score of 3-0.

[ralle14]

That first map between Furia and Gambit was so close it would've been impressive if Furia pulled it off but Gambit found the edge in overtime though.

Later i'll go with G2 @1.59 vs Heroic, the bookies are on point with the odds as they're performing much better compared to Heroic, and expecting them to advance to the Finals.

Edit : What a decider map, Heroic coming back down 12-6 or something like that then comes out on top leading at one point 13-14 then G2 bouncing back to force OT. 

[Wexnident]

It was obvious  After the first game, the odds really changed a lot:
Edward Gaming 1,90
Damwon Gaming 1,85
Interestingly enough, the odds on the 2nd and 3rd maps are still in favor of DG:
1,52 - 2,40
I must say that EDG played the first game in a dominant style and I see no reason why they should not continue and win, for example, with a score of 3-0.

In-Game 4 right now and EDG is leading for the current game but a score of 2-1 in favor of Damon on the best of 5. Looks like we might actually be seeing a game 5 and I wouldn't be surprised if either teams took the last game, both teams are being quite the finalists here with each team showing how they reached the finals. It was pretty amazing how EDG took game 1 though, but Damwon is showing they aren't to be underestimated here with them taking the next 2 games.

[KTChampions]

It was obvious  After the first game, the odds really changed a lot:
Edward Gaming 1,90
Damwon Gaming 1,85
Interestingly enough, the odds on the 2nd and 3rd maps are still in favor of DG:
1,52 - 2,40
I must say that EDG played the first game in a dominant style and I see no reason why they should not continue and win, for example, with a score of 3-0.

In-Game 4 right now and EDG is leading for the current game but a score of 2-1 in favor of Damon on the best of 5. Looks like we might actually be seeing a game 5 and I wouldn't be surprised if either teams took the last game, both teams are being quite the finalists here with each team showing how they reached the finals. It was pretty amazing how EDG took game 1 though, but Damwon is showing they aren't to be underestimated here with them taking the next 2 games.

Finally 2-2 and last game ahead. The fourth game was pretty even with almost complete absence of outs for DG (EDG luckylly stole the dragon, but in another episode they were unlucky so that luck did not interfere with this game). I am surprised that bookmakers do not rate the teams' odds as equal:
Edward Gaming 2,35
Damwon Gaming 1,57

[Avirunes]

Later i'll go with G2 @1.59 vs Heroic, the bookies are on point with the odds as they're performing much better compared to Heroic, and expecting them to advance to the Finals.

Surprisingly Heroic are quite enjoying some good lead on the first map Nuke and it seems with scoreline at 15-10 they will put the first map on the board for them. Anyway it was their map pick- Nuke and G2 need to win their map pick - Mirage to push to the third map - Inferno.

I am not sure what is happening right now with the majors.. First the Dota 2 major was a surprise one and now the CS major also has picked some interesting turn in these QF-SF stages.

[STT]

Not sure why it showed me bad score line during the game, bad (live) bet there from me; guess I was distracted have to double check my data next time.  Good win by Navi anyway, completely dominant nobody should beat this now.
Heroic did great to take overtime very nearly the entire series from G2.   I did think they were a good underdog bet but not quite made it this time,

[Wexnident]

Finally 2-2 and last game ahead. The fourth game was pretty even with almost complete absence of outs for DG (EDG luckylly stole the dragon, but in another episode they were unlucky so that luck did not interfere with this game). I am surprised that bookmakers do not rate the teams' odds as equal:
Edward Gaming 2,35
Damwon Gaming 1,57

Slept on the last game since I was pretty tired by then, just finished watching the VOD and ultimately it looks like EDG closed the game favorably for them, not letting Damwon take any chances from them from the last game. rather unfortunate since I was really rooting for Damwon since the beginning, but well, can't help with that I guess. Guess you could say EDG winning was kind of unexpected but also at the same time unexpected? Ig EDG just outperformed Damwon in the end.

[Avirunes]

Heroic did great to take overtime very nearly the entire series from G2.   I did think they were a good underdog bet but not quite made it this time,

I think it was their first major and to make it into the Semi Finals and defeating quite some good teams really speak what a great team they were. Unfortunately they didn't made it into finals but they surely put some great show. With a good talent like stavn and refrezh I am sure they can perform much better.

Its G2 vs Navi now in grand finale and with the performance Navi have put up so far it is very likely that Navi will win this but nothing can be said for sure.

[ralle14]

Its G2 vs Navi now in grand finale and with the performance Navi have put up so far it is very likely that Navi will win this but nothing can be said for sure.

Yup, this one is Navi's grand finals to lose since they're able to beat G2 multiple times before and I think we'll see a similar outcome.

I went for Navi -1.5 @1.82, I don't know how G2 would deal with Navi after seeing their quick series win against Gambit. I'm also thinking of going for the round handicap but it felt too risky compared to the map handicap.

[KTChampions]

Finally 2-2 and last game ahead. The fourth game was pretty even with almost complete absence of outs for DG (EDG luckylly stole the dragon, but in another episode they were unlucky so that luck did not interfere with this game). I am surprised that bookmakers do not rate the teams' odds as equal:
Edward Gaming 2,35
Damwon Gaming 1,57

Slept on the last game since I was pretty tired by then, just finished watching the VOD and ultimately it looks like EDG closed the game favorably for them, not letting Damwon take any chances from them from the last game. rather unfortunate since I was really rooting for Damwon since the beginning, but well, can't help with that I guess. Guess you could say EDG winning was kind of unexpected but also at the same time unexpected? Ig EDG just outperformed Damwon in the end.

In the last game, there was a moment when DG reduced the gap, but they could not "mentally" realize it and immediately failed (EDG made an ace and took the dragon) after that there really was no chance. By the way, at the moment when DG reduced the gap, the odds of their victory changed from 2.8 to 1.9.
As for the forecast, I initially did not believe in the bookmaker's quotes:

Unfortunately, EDG did win and in the final we will see the predicted pair EDG versus DG. At the moment, the odds for the final are as follows:
Edward Gaming 3,40
Damwon Gaming 1,29

DG look like favorites, but as we can see from the semi-finals, such a coefficient on them is hardly justified. EDG will take at least one map in my opinion and the match itself will end with a minimal gap.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Heroic did great to take overtime very nearly the entire series from G2.   I did think they were a good underdog bet but not quite made it this time,

I think it was their first major and to make it into the Semi Finals and defeating quite some good teams really speak what a great team they were. Unfortunately they didn't made it into finals but they surely put some great show. With a good talent like stavn and refrezh I am sure they can perform much better.

Its G2 vs Navi now in grand finale and with the performance Navi have put up so far it is very likely that Navi will win this but nothing can be said for sure.

Their comeback on the Inferno map was legendary, I think Heroic team took the game to overtime with this return. Despite being the first major, they did a great job. The final match will be played today between Navi and G2. When navi is involved, I look like a guarantee now

If there was a heroic-Navi match in the final, it would have excited me more. Fortunately, the G2 has Niko and I expect a superior performance from him today.

[tomahawk9]

so glad the final is BO3 and not BO5, we won't have to sit down for like 5+ hours 

if their last meeting in a Grand Final is anything to go by, G2 will put up a really good fight, but is that even enough against current NaVi? s1mple and b1t are godlike rn, unstoppable

I went for Navi -1.5 @1.82, I don't know how G2 would deal with Navi after seeing their quick series win against Gambit. I'm also thinking of going for the round handicap but it felt too risky compared to the map handicap.

GL
i'll start off with this single and then place a lot more in-play, i've missed the adrenaline of placing tickets during a big LAN match 

Fortunately, the G2 has Niko and I expect a superior performance from him today.

talking about NiKo, wholesome moment between him and S1mple  https://twitter.com/s1mpleO/status/1457106506453823494

can't wait for this match! so much hype!

[Avirunes]

so glad the final is BO3 and not BO5, we won't have to sit down for like 5+ hours 

Yeah well it has its own pros and cons but I personally wouldn't have mind watching this grand finale with BO5 as it gives a good chances of comeback for other who is behind and plus its final so yeah more the maps, more action we have. Anyway Navi are on cloud9 with their performance and G2 have been performing great lately.

And btw, have you guys thought about this- It is Bit's first major and it would be really great if he wins this at first shot at majors. flamie obviously wouldn't be loving this much btw. 

[STT]

Think I feel sorry for Spirit who did perfectly well this year and yet the squad is thrown up in the air, not sure where they land.    Plus I like their logo/sticker, they better come back :p

I went for Navi -1.5 @1.82, I don't know how G2 would deal with Navi after seeing their quick series win against Gambit. I'm also thinking of going for the round handicap but it felt too risky compared to the map handicap.

3.2x odds if I predict 2-1 to Navi,  has to be worth something of a sidebet.   Navi odds equate to over 80%   ok they probably do win but Im not a fan of throwing alot on there just to get a little back.   I'd rather try and predict the number of maps, Gambit collapsed a little surely G2 can put up more of a fight.

[tomahawk9]

https://twitter.com/natusvincere/status/1457463150123655168

S1mple finally won a major...the csgo GOAT. NAVI, unbeaten...Probably the most dominant performance in csgo history?

It is Bit's first major and it would be really great if he wins this at first shot at majors. flamie obviously wouldn't be loving this much btw. 

B1t has to win a rookie of the year award simply because of his performance in this major. We're used to seeing s1mple and electronic popping off, but this was b1t's first LAN grand final and it was a Major and he was terrific throughout the whole tournament

[hanspeter77]

Tomorrow in the Pin Fall Serie 2 Mad Lions vs Lyngby Vikings im think the Lions win  this match they are better.
Entropiq vs Nemiga Gaming for sure win Entropiq they they are to strong, Nemiga is an new Team.

[ralle14]

S1mple finally won a major...the csgo GOAT. NAVI, unbeaten...Probably the most dominant performance in csgo history?

Aside from the grand finals I think it is one of the most dominant performance, it's unbelievable how G2 was one kill away from forcing a third map but then the pressure came in and NiKo missed the deagle kill on s1mple.

The next big tournament will be within a couple of weeks which is the Blast Fall Finals. It's impressive that some teams aren't getting burnt out by these tournament schedules while the Dota and League scene is currently in their off-season.

[hanspeter77]

Tomorrow in the ESEA Season 39: Premier Division - Europe
Entropiq vs Sinners Esports im think Entropiq win this match they made a name in the last months.
Sproud vs Blink Sproud had a chance butt is gone be hard Blink is a strong enemy.
forZe vs Team Finest a very balanced match hard to say who win. 
Movistar Riders vs Nemiga Gaming that should very easy for the Riders they should win without problems.