🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[Trofo]

Betboom v NaVi in a few hours, BB is the favorites in the bookies, no surprises here, i'll jump on the BB hype train (:

I am on over 2.5 maps here. NaVi is sort of hit and miss team for me and I expect them to do really well in one game and really bad in other. Just depends if they will win that one good draft that has everything going on for them.

Bet Boost and x5 multi insurance are best things in gambling world, if eSports get excluded from them I think I will seriously lower my eSports exposure.

[arallmuus]

Watched the replay. Damn they have skills! Rotation is good, laning phase is good too. Plus that DR courier snipe lol. I should have went for over 2.5 maps too, but oh well I relied on my gut feeling but it just wasn't enough for today's game.

The moment that BB won the 1st game, Im pretty sure that it will go over 2.5 games. My simple reasoning was that Team Spirit hasnt been playing in any competitive scene since the 1st DPC together ( iirc Mira didnt join the team on Gamers Galaxy ) and BB has been playing quite alot lately and also won DCLS9 so it should be over 2.5 games



Spicing it up abit by taking BB -1.5  

Edit : turned out to be a bad decision after all 

[ralle14]

⌃  yeah actually CSGO is still avalaible but you gotta go through all the other icons in the carousel which is very annoying, it's the last one next to Dota. Tbh, i was using SB for my bets mostly because of the daily boost which blows every other sportsbook out of the water. But without it i don't see much reason to keep using SB, Betsy is fine, it offers more markets than SB's regular sportsbook, but the margins are atrocious

Good thing they brought it back, while I was checking the page at that time it disappeared from the list so I had to browse through my history just to get the link and unfortunately it doesn't work and it immediately redirects me to the homepage. I definitely agree the juice is crazy when comparing the odds between map handicaps and match winner.

Also, Perfect World announced that the qualified CN teams wouldn't be able to participate in the Major and they'll just go with another Regional Finals as an alternative.

https://twitter.com/PWRD_DOTA2/status/1519913942008492032

The DPC CN Tour 2 Regional Final will be played from May 6 - 8 for the upcoming Stockholm Major 2022.

Though CN teams will not be traveling to Sweden, you can still catch them battling it out in an elimination bracket next month in all the usual places.

[dothebeats]

A quick question for the Dota 2 guys out here. Do you still bet on events that include Chinese qualifiers? It seems that that region is plagued with match fixing, although no one seems to get sanctioned or banned for such actions even if reasonable points and questions can be raised on how some teams behave when match against underdogs. I know that next major is still far away, like ~4 months or so, and with not much going around the dota scene, this leaves us with small events to bet on. The Chinese scene has lots of games to offer and games that one can bet on, but do you think it's worth it?

Genuinely curious because I've been following the Chinese DPC after that loss I have on EHOME v Aster.

[tomahawk9]

I don't want to exaggerate but i think Betboom are gonna win the major 😂 🤣 in all seriousness, beating Team spirit and NaVi is no small feat, BB are legit, i genuinely think they can beat Outsiders tomorrow... you guys reckon this is gonna be a close series (over 2.5) ? 

and, really unfortunate what just happened with the CN teams, could hardly call it a major with an entire region missing out the big stage... Well, at least Evil Geniuses are happy they won't have to face their nemesis lol

A quick question for the Dota 2 guys out here. Do you still bet on events that include Chinese qualifiers? It seems that that region is plagued with match fixing

unless you want to bet in some really obscure and very low-tier game/league, i'd say you're fine most of the time. Every region is plagued with 322 matchfixing, it's not just CN, so the risk factor is always there, but nowadays betting on tier 1 and tier 2 events should be safe

[dothebeats]

A quick question for the Dota 2 guys out here. Do you still bet on events that include Chinese qualifiers? It seems that that region is plagued with match fixing

unless you want to bet in some really obscure and very low-tier game/league, i'd say you're fine most of the time. Every region is plagued with 322 matchfixing, it's not just CN, so the risk factor is always there, but nowadays betting on tier 1 and tier 2 events should be safe

The Aster vs EHOME game just really made me question if even tier 1/2 games in Cn is safe from match fixing. Just check game 2 of that matchup for China DPC. Aster is clearly trashing EHOME to the core and all of a sudden Alche dives in alone with no support on a 4 position Pugna and they just lost the game from there. I don't think it's a coincidence because it happened two games in a row. Aster taking the lead and then all of a sudden, either the carry feeds or the mid laner goes solo targetting a value-less support in exchange of dying.

It happened too on RNG and Xtreme gaming. RNG took the lead both games and then a 'slip up' happens. Btw these two teams (EHOME and Xtreme) were both underdogs before the matches started. Just some crazy shit happens in mid game when someone feeds and they can't recover anymore.

Maybe I'm just reading too much into things but I lost trust in Cn Dota that is not a part of a major tournament.

[STT]

I dont like this Complexity team half as much as the one that had blameF in it but vs mibr its a close game.  Im trying to arrive mid game and still bet, its 2nd map and mibr nearly trashed col outright.    A late underdog bet for 2nd map turnaround, its col pick but just small one as this seems quite near death for them sadly, briefly the odds to win overall and the 2nd map was about the same

[arallmuus]

Also, Perfect World announced that the qualified CN teams wouldn't be able to participate in the Major and they'll just go with another Regional Finals as an alternative.
-snip

Though CN teams will not be traveling to Sweden, you can still catch them battling it out in an elimination bracket next month in all the usual places.

While the other teams are playing against all top teams from different region, PSG.LGD will be racking those DPC points from all those teams that they have beaten in DPC Tour  . Kinda feels weird but oh well guess its due to their country being on lockdown again huh

I don't want to exaggerate but i think Betboom are gonna win the major 😂 🤣 in all seriousness, beating Team spirit and NaVi is no small feat, BB are legit, i genuinely think they can beat Outsiders tomorrow... you guys reckon this is gonna be a close series (over 2.5) ?  

Ikr, BB played well and if they win against Outsiders tomorrow then they are going to qualify for the Major. Pretty sure that there are far better teams compared to BB in the Major but I think they are good enough to qualify.


Anyway I hedge my bets yesterday and I took BB to win the 3rd game. Turned out to be  good decision lol




Edit : if any of you guys are reading this, I need a great tips for CSGO to use my free bets on

[ralle14]

I didn't expect that disqualification coming from Outsiders and Mind Games got lucky they'll be having at least three chances to qualify at this point.

Then in the lower bracket, PuckChamp and HR got eliminated from the tournament just like that, these two used to be in the top 2-4 in the previous tournament and now they're relegated. The current format seems punishing for losing teams but hopefully, they'd be given another chance or option to defend their spot.

[dimonstration]

Though CN teams will not be traveling to Sweden, you can still catch them battling it out in an elimination bracket next month in all the usual places.

While the other teams are playing against all top teams from different region, PSG.LGD will be racking those DPC points from all those teams that they have beaten in DPC Tour  . Kinda feels weird but oh well guess its due to their country being on lockdown again huh

[/quote]

Majors is not complete without CN team since they are top tier teams that can rival EU and CIS power house teams. It will be a massacre again for the SEA and NA/SA teams that will gonna contend on this Majors. CN team especially PSG.LGD already master the current meta and its a waste for them to not join on this upcoming majors and show us a very good matches. I'm teams like GG and TS will dominate this Major tournament but I still have faith to my favorite Boom SEA team. Forget about T1 and Fnatic. 

[arallmuus]

I didn't expect that disqualification coming from Outsiders and Mind Games got lucky they'll be having at least three chances to qualify at this point.

Quick search on twitter leads to post 1 of Outsiders 'Pure' drew a Z line on the minimap few times while playing

Letter Z is a symbol for of war for Russia therefore he was suspected of literally supporting the war as it is constantly used by pro-war Russians. One silly act from a team member and the whole team has to be disqualified, this is also the 2nd time VP is disqualified from a tournament ( the first one was Gamers Galaxy, they refused to not wear their VP jersey which is tied to Russian organization )

[tomahawk9]

I dont like this Complexity team half as much as the one that had blameF in it but vs mibr its a close game.  Im trying to arrive mid game and still bet, its 2nd map and mibr nearly trashed col outright.    A late underdog bet for 2nd map turnaround, its col pick but just small one as this seems quite near death for them sadly, briefly the odds to win overall and the 2nd map was about the same

brazilian teams are bullying the americans lol EG, Liquid, COL, they literally can't compete, brazilians are tier 1 in the region, the rest are playing catch up

talking about BR scene, today, FURIA v GODSENT, a banger 🔥 but first, Astralis v NIP, another banger 🔥🔥 this a coinflip, but i'm liking what i'm seeing from farlig and k0nfig lately so i'll go with the danes here

Edit : if any of you guys are reading this, I need a great tips for CSGO to use my free bets on

i wouldn't throw a free bet on events i'm not familiar with, but if you really want a csgo game in your bet today, Mibr to win vs. paiN

[arallmuus]

Edit : if any of you guys are reading this, I need a great tips for CSGO to use my free bets on

i wouldn't throw a free bet on events i'm not familiar with, but if you really want a csgo game in your bet today, Mibr to win vs. paiN

I wouldnt throw it on csgo normally as well but this free bets is limited to be used only on csgo so here it is



Seems to be a pretty low odds there but I'll take it as a sure win bets I guess. Hoping for the best on this


This BB team just wrecked the EEU DPC playoff. Starting out on 2nd division to the 1st division then taking the top spot as well as will be competing in the major.



Alright two more spots for the Major left on EEU region

[STT]

The csgo major will be the best time to bet, obviously the biggest prizes and all the preparation and strats they do.    A good strategy can make or break a team besides the whole god like aim they might require even the best teams can fall apart if not organized so the major tends to be the time its best to take bets in csgo.

Seem Mibr will take Pain but strange on Vertigo Pain takes it to OT but also not long prior only got 2 rounds on that map.   So they are inconsistent not a good bet to win seems like.   + Sprout to win just now.
I bet Astralis over ENCE tomorrow but I havent watched them enough recently to be sure but right now I think Astralis has been able to recover even if they stumble which is an important attribute as some teams are all go and then when setup back by round losses they stall.

[sunsilk]

I didn't expect that disqualification coming from Outsiders and Mind Games got lucky they'll be having at least three chances to qualify at this point.

Quick search on twitter leads to post 1 of Outsiders 'Pure' drew a Z line on the minimap few times while playing

Letter Z is a symbol for of war for Russia therefore he was suspected of literally supporting the war as it is constantly used by pro-war Russians. One silly act from a team member and the whole team has to be disqualified, this is also the 2nd time VP is disqualified from a tournament ( the first one was Gamers Galaxy, they refused to not wear their VP jersey which is tied to Russian organization )

That's not an accident.

It was a paused game and then Pure did just draw that on a mini map. Well, he has made it out of boredom and he shows support for the invasion.

His career now is ruined and I don't think that he's going to like further results of the decision of Valve. There's a likely that he might get banned from all Valve sponsor events.

[ralle14]

We got Team Spirit vs NAVI later for the lower bracket semis the winner will be facing Mind Games for the second major spot and the loser will have another chance as they'll be placed at another elimination playoff bracket and the winner of that bracket takes the third major spot.

As for my pick i'll go with NAVI +1.5 @1.90 so far these guys have won all the first maps and I think they'll at least get one against Team Spirit since I don't buy Team Spirit's 2-0 win against HR it would've been interesting to see if they'd do the same against Outsiders but unfortunate things happened on the side of Outsiders that put them at disqualification.

https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/3eefd1ae-30d3-42d0-92c7-8f94914e5079

[boltz]

ALGS finals on APEX LEGENDS in Stocholm. We might not have lots of Apex fans or players here but let me tell that this is the best battle royal game out there. Also all the big teams are there with TSM , NRG , Element 6 , Liquid etc.

For me , it would be nice to see this game making into esports to people could bet on it as the last circle of this game is simply insane and you can win by gifted mechanics , insane aim and a little bit of luck. For me , this are the main ingredients that an esports game needs to make it into betting system.

[arallmuus]

We got Team Spirit vs NAVI later for the lower bracket semis the winner will be facing Mind Games for the second major spot and the loser will have another chance as they'll be placed at another elimination playoff bracket and the winner of that bracket takes the third major spot.

I just realized that Mind Games literally have 3 chances to win the game to take the Major spot because of Outsiders being disqualified. Total of 5 teams,

As for my pick i'll go with NAVI +1.5 @1.90 so far these guys have won all the first maps and I think they'll at least get one against Team Spirit since I don't buy Team Spirit's 2-0 win against HR

Taking Team Spirits -1.5 on this game, I personally think that Team Spirits. Kinda biased on this because I personally think that they are still atleast top 2 teams in EEU region so they might sweep 2 games against Navi. The winner of this game will be playing against Mind Games after that so I guess whoever win the 1st game is probably going to go hard on the 2nd one as well to save up some stamina rather than going through all 3 games

[sunsilk]

Just another update about the disqualification case of Team Outsiders = Virtus.Pro. DM has made an statement that he's appealing for his team to be reconsidered and appeal to be able to still compete on DPC EEU.

Here are his tweets:

https://twitter.com/DmitryDorokhin/status/1520414472279670785?cxt=HHwWgoC-uYa6zJkqAAAA

https://twitter.com/DmitryDorokhin/status/1520414544404885504?cxt=HHwWgMC56Z--zJkqAAAA

But it seems that there's no word from Valve as Team Spirit and Navi will proceed instead of Outsiders and Team Spirit first.

[tomahawk9]

watching TS v NaVi, game 1 was awesome! No chance for Mind Games to beat Navi or TS later today, they got lucky with the Outsider situation, but then losing to Betboom was a reality check for them no doubt. Well at least MG will have the third slot decider final

I wouldnt throw it on csgo normally as well but this free bets is limited to be used only on csgo so here it is

https://i.imgur.com/mJPy28U.png

bummer  
btw, what's the name of that bookie in your pic? i have a weak spot for bookies that use dark themes,, the one in your pic kinda looks like Luckbox 🧐

I bet Astralis over ENCE tomorrow but I havent watched them enough recently to be sure but right now I think Astralis has been able to recover even if they stumble which is an important attribute as some teams are all go and then when setup back by round losses they stall.

i'm gonna be very, very surprised if this doesn't go to the decider. Over 2.5 is my pick