🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

anyone watching LEC summer? Rogue with a 0-2 and tomorrow they'll face undefeated Mad Lions. Rough start for rogue but a nice change of pace in the league, they've been dominating LEC for way too long

now off to watch G2 - Vitality in Blast Premier ... gotta keep my mind off the ongoing crypto crash 🥲

Its not looking right now because GG won the 1st map

https://i.imgur.com/lv63eyu.png

did you cashout @ x2? i hate cash out options, they exist to help the bookies and not the players, but in this case, x2 option with two coin flips like GG and GS facing each other? yeah that cash out didn't look too bad 

fun fact: out of the last 10 series in Tour 3 WEU, only one series finished 2-1

[arallmuus]

now off to watch G2 - Vitality in Blast Premier ... gotta keep my mind off the ongoing crypto crash 🥲

Lol Im watching this as well right now, pretty even right now imo ( current score 10-8 for G2 on 3rd map ). I dont really follow CSGO at all but atleast binge watching all these esports game help me ease my mind rather than worrying about the current crypto situation. Probably going to watch the final game tomorrow as well

Its not looking good right now because GG won the 1st map

https://i.imgur.com/lv63eyu.png

did you cashout @ x2? i hate cash out options, they exist to help the bookies and not the players, but in this case, x2 option with two coin flips like GG and GS facing each other? yeah that cash out didn't look too bad  

fun fact: out of the last 10 series in Tour 3 WEU, only one series finished 2-1

I didnt cash out sadly. Second thoughts on this, I think I should have when GG won the 1st map but oh well its all good. Kinda regretting on why didnt I take a single betslip for OG -1.5 because the odds was over 2 iirc which was pretty decent.

[execijutiere]

Apex showed an extra performance today. In this way, he was the key figure that led his team to the win. I told you that there was a problem with the changes made in G2. Aleksib plays well in one match and badly in the other 3 matches. G2 should find a solution to this. I also don't understand why aleksib came as igl.

I expected navi to win in the navi-og match, which it did. S1mple/electronic duo decided the fate of the match. Both of them showed their difference by finishing over 70 kills.

[ralle14]

anyone watching LEC summer? Rogue with a 0-2 and tomorrow they'll face undefeated Mad Lions. Rough start for rogue but a nice change of pace in the league, they've been dominating LEC for way too long

Rogue's start and schedule are indeed not one of the best, facing three of the toughest teams in the league in the opening week of the LEC. exceL also putting up a nice performance as they go up 2-0 after taking down Fnatic earlier today. Vitality is still a hit or miss as usual even though they have a solid roster on paper.

I didnt cash out sadly. Second thoughts on this, I think I should have when GG won the 1st map but oh well its all good. Kinda regretting on why didnt I take a single betslip for OG -1.5 because the odds was over 2 iirc which was pretty decent.

I also saw the odds movement at the end and it went as high as 2.50 while the handicap odds for Entity went down from 1.6 to 1.40.

[Trofo]

Just made my morning DOTA ticket. I took RNG to win against Aster.Aries and PSG.LGD -1.5 against Vici Gaming. I have more faith in second game so I plan to play it again in case RNG lets me down. PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

[ralle14]

Just made my morning DOTA ticket. I took RNG to win against Aster.Aries and PSG.LGD -1.5 against Vici Gaming. I have more faith in second game so I plan to play it again in case RNG lets me down. PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

BOL on the PSG pick i'm avoiding PSG for now since they've dropped maps on two series already but Vici's losses have all been 2-0's so far so we'll see.

I'm looking forward to the Blast Spring Finals later between Navi and Vitality, I didn't expect Vitality to make it to the grand finals and thought they'd be stopped by G2. I'm leaning on Navi to win but i'm going for the over 2.5 @2.03 hoping for Vitality to take at least one map and push the series to a decider just like the semis.

[arallmuus]

Just made my morning DOTA ticket. I took RNG to win against Aster.Aries and PSG.LGD -1.5 against Vici Gaming. I have more faith in second game so I plan to play it again in case RNG lets me down. PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

BOL on the PSG pick i'm avoiding PSG for now since they've dropped maps on two series already but Vici's losses have all been 2-0's so far so we'll see.

I had the same bet, PSG.LGD -1.5 lol. I thought they should be back on track right now especially if they want to qualify for the next major but I guess they are either going to take it slow because they most likely will be qualified for the TI or they are currently pulling 322 .

I mean its 2-0 and it feels just so weird and the chinese are pretty well known on pulling 322 so yeah. Oh well I guess I'll start betting against them for the meantime because the odds against them should be high

[execijutiere]

In the Blast premier final, navi won the navi vitality match. Navi clearly had the upper hand. They were very good as a team. Vitality didn't show much of a presence. Except for their talented player zywoo, the rest of the players were really bad. Navi seems to be the heavy favorite in all tournaments if they continue like this.

Tomorrow the last 2 matches for the esl pro league season 16 qualifiers will be played.
I'm looking forward to the Heet-Falcons match, it looks like it will be very competitive. Looking at their previous matches, neither side has a clear advantage over the other.

[boyptc]

PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

It was an upset. My friend really won a lot on this match, I don't know if he's got a signal or it's just a normal prediction for him that he knows VG will win on this match.

The two games were likely an obvious not serious playing for the PSG.LGD. We know that they're already in for the TI and this could have been a reason for them to not get serious for this match against VG.

Anyone who knows the meme about xiao8 on matches like this?

[tomahawk9]

PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

It was an upset. My friend really won a lot on this match, I don't know if he's got a signal or it's just a normal prediction for him that he knows VG will win on this match.

[...]

the value bet was VG to win. PSG haven't look too good, they've been dropping maps against weaker teams lately so an upset was inevitable at some point. Vici Gaming was the strongest team PSG.LGD were going to face in this Tour so far, so i guess your friend saw the opportunity and pulled the trigger. I would've gone with VG map handicap just to be on the safe side

[Balmain]

In the Blast premier final, navi won the navi vitality match. Navi clearly had the upper hand. They were very good as a team. Vitality didn't show much of a presence. Except for their talented player zywoo, the rest of the players were really bad. Navi seems to be the heavy favorite in all tournaments if they continue like this.

Tomorrow the last 2 matches for the esl pro league season 16 qualifiers will be played.
I'm looking forward to the Heet-Falcons match, it looks like it will be very competitive. Looking at their previous matches, neither side has a clear advantage over the other.

The problem with Vitality against strong teams is that if Zywoo's other teammates could contribute more, they would be able to fight these teams better. When you look at it, the vitality team couldn't win too many rounds on both maps. By the way, I pay attention to the fact that B1t continues to perform better in every tournament, and now it has almost reached the level to compete with s1mple.

[vennali]

In the Blast premier final, navi won the navi vitality match. Navi clearly had the upper hand. They were very good as a team. Vitality didn't show much of a presence. Except for their talented player zywoo, the rest of the players were really bad. Navi seems to be the heavy favorite in all tournaments if they continue like this.

Tomorrow the last 2 matches for the esl pro league season 16 qualifiers will be played.
I'm looking forward to the Heet-Falcons match, it looks like it will be very competitive. Looking at their previous matches, neither side has a clear advantage over the other.

The problem with Vitality against strong teams is that if Zywoo's other teammates could contribute more, they would be able to fight these teams better. When you look at it, the vitality team couldn't win too many rounds on both maps. By the way, I pay attention to the fact that B1t continues to perform better in every tournament, and now it has almost reached the level to compete with s1mple.

That had always been a problem around a star player. S1mple finally found a solution after like 2 years of struggle where he always stepped up, but his teammates always disappointed. Zywoo will have to go through the same. A team has been built around him along with a few more superstars but its surprisingly not working well enough. I think Magisk and Dupreeh addition would actually do wonders since they are championship winning veterans by now. Very surprising that it isnt enough. Still, reaching the finals itself isnt a small feat after losing to G2 earlier.

[Trofo]

PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

It was an upset. My friend really won a lot on this match, I don't know if he's got a signal or it's just a normal prediction for him that he knows VG will win on this match.

[...]

the value bet was VG to win. PSG haven't look too good, they've been dropping maps against weaker teams lately so an upset was inevitable at some point. Vici Gaming was the strongest team PSG.LGD were going to face in this Tour so far, so i guess your friend saw the opportunity and pulled the trigger. I would've gone with VG map handicap just to be on the safe side

You guys could have said something before the match, it is easy to be right after it finishes Kidding aside I am a bit out of the loop in DOTA at the moment since there wasn't much Tier 1 DOTA lately and I don't watch lower tiers. This feels like something I should have avoided. That is the price on betting outside of what you are watching at the moment.

My focus has been mainly tennis in last few months, and it shows on the tickets. Any good tips for tomorrow?

[arallmuus]

My focus has been mainly tennis in last few months, and it shows on the tickets. Any good tips for tomorrow?

I took Tundra -1.5 and Team Liquid -1.5 for tomorrow. Its a bit sassy picks for tomorrow, probably should have been taking over 2.5 for Tundra vs Team Secret. As for the other one, pretty sure that Team Liquid is pretty much better than Alliance therefore taking -1.5 might not be a bad idea although the odds are pretty bad for only 1.54 there

[boyptc]

It was an upset. My friend really won a lot on this match, I don't know if he's got a signal or it's just a normal prediction for him that he knows VG will win on this match.

[...]

the value bet was VG to win. PSG haven't look too good, they've been dropping maps against weaker teams lately so an upset was inevitable at some point. Vici Gaming was the strongest team PSG.LGD were going to face in this Tour so far, so i guess your friend saw the opportunity and pulled the trigger. I would've gone with VG map handicap just to be on the safe side

There's this thing that makes them play as like the weaker teams because they're now secured for The International. I've read some of the few posts before that the Chinese Dota are like a good community and they're helping each other.

Well, you can think of this one if a team isn't yet secured with a spot for the TI since it's the most goal of every team to get in as they're getting these DPC points.

You guys could have said something before the match, it is easy to be right after it finishes Kidding aside I am a bit out of the loop in DOTA at the moment since there wasn't much Tier 1 DOTA lately and I don't watch lower tiers. This feels like something I should have avoided. That is the price on betting outside of what you are watching at the moment.

My focus has been mainly tennis in last few months, and it shows on the tickets. Any good tips for tomorrow?

Later, Team Secret and Tundra and as well as Liquid and Alliance.

These two matches are hard to predict but in exciting times you could bet on any of them. Puppey and the gang has a high chance of beating Tundra and the odds are good to bet for Team Secret and the same goes for Alliance.

I'm just telling the odds that I can see right now but no doubt Tundra and Liquid in terms of standing, they're above Team Secret and Alliance which are the bottom.

[tomahawk9]

PSG should be much beter than Vici at this point, I am only concerned a bit if they go with some of their strange drafts to test it a little.

It was an upset. My friend really won a lot on this match, I don't know if he's got a signal or it's just a normal prediction for him that he knows VG will win on this match.

[...]

the value bet was VG to win. PSG haven't look too good, they've been dropping maps against weaker teams lately so an upset was inevitable at some point. Vici Gaming was the strongest team PSG.LGD were going to face in this Tour so far, so i guess your friend saw the opportunity and pulled the trigger. I would've gone with VG map handicap just to be on the safe side

You guys could have said something before the match, it is easy to be right after it finishes Kidding aside I am a bit out of the loop in DOTA at the moment since there wasn't much Tier 1 DOTA lately and I don't watch lower tiers. This feels like something I should have avoided. That is the price on betting outside of what you are watching at the moment.

My focus has been mainly tennis in last few months, and it shows on the tickets. Any good tips for tomorrow?

took a quick glance at the fixtures tomorrow and this is what i would go for:

Dota, +1.5 Ehome, if they can take a map from LGD and RNG then maybe they can do it again vs. Xtreme, plus 1.6 odds isn't too shabby here. +1.5 Secret, would wait for drafts here. Some league of legends, V5 to win and Weibo +1.5. Csgo? Team Finest to win but i would it to a parlay: Finest + Team Aster + V5 all to win.

I have some free bets in sportsbet.io so i might just all of that to a monstrous acca

[ralle14]

the value bet was VG to win. PSG haven't look too good, they've been dropping maps against weaker teams lately so an upset was inevitable at some point. Vici Gaming was the strongest team PSG.LGD were going to face in this Tour so far, so i guess your friend saw the opportunity and pulled the trigger. I would've gone with VG map handicap just to be on the safe side

On top of that, the bookies haven't catched up to PSG's regression, I remember the +1.5 handicap odds for their opponents were usually above 2.00 but I didn't pay much attention to their series as I was interested in betting on the other matches scheduled that day.

I'm also on the Tundra handicap @1.88, the over seems okay too but I remember tomahawk9 mentioned that most of the series so far have been 2-0 sweeps so i'd rather rely on a Tundra sweep plus Team Secret haven't shown anything promising so far.

https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/1f036508-d788-4fdd-9717-106dfd6fc36e

[sunsilk]

I'm also on the Tundra handicap @1.88, the over seems okay too but I remember tomahawk9 mentioned that most of the series so far have been 2-0 sweeps so i'd rather rely on a Tundra sweep plus Team Secret haven't shown anything promising so far.

https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/1f036508-d788-4fdd-9717-106dfd6fc36e

The first game is on Tundra.

That techies of Zayac was out of tune or it's just that they've been out drafted and nine was too good with that winter wyvern. What a game for the 1st match, chaos knight and alchemist that are too damn fat.

Watching the 2nd game and Tundra is in the lead. 24 minutes on the game and the score kill is 18-9 in favor of Tundra.

[edgycorner]

In the Blast premier final, navi won the navi vitality match. Navi clearly had the upper hand. They were very good as a team. Vitality didn't show much of a presence. Except for their talented player zywoo, the rest of the players were really bad. Navi seems to be the heavy favorite in all tournaments if they continue like this.

Tomorrow the last 2 matches for the esl pro league season 16 qualifiers will be played.
I'm looking forward to the Heet-Falcons match, it looks like it will be very competitive. Looking at their previous matches, neither side has a clear advantage over the other.

For some reason teams with a stand-in get a buff
Faze with jks
Ence with snax
OG with degster
and now navi with sdy

There's clearly a pattern here lol
Going to bet my house on the next team which plays with a stand-in /s

For some reason HEET have been choking on Dust2, even tho it's supposed to be their home turf. 322? Possible. After all, they all are washed-out players, might as well rig matches and make some retirement fund lol
It should have been Heet 2-0 

And now finest is losing to Sinners with coach. Tier 2 is full of 322 moments lol

[vennali]

I'm also on the Tundra handicap @1.88, the over seems okay too but I remember tomahawk9 mentioned that most of the series so far have been 2-0 sweeps so i'd rather rely on a Tundra sweep plus Team Secret haven't shown anything promising so far.

https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/1f036508-d788-4fdd-9717-106dfd6fc36e

The first game is on Tundra.

That techies of Zayac was out of tune or it's just that they've been out drafted and nine was too good with that winter wyvern. What a game for the 1st match, chaos knight and alchemist that are too damn fat.

Watching the 2nd game and Tundra is in the lead. 24 minutes on the game and the score kill is 18-9 in favor of Tundra.

Somehow, they managed to botch that game and took it down to game 3, where they stomped Secret 37-12.  Secret seems to have lost their edge these days. They dont look like a TI contender team anymore. Can Puppy somehow mastermind the team for another TI success? I personally doubt it but will be pleasantly surprised if they can.