🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[ralle14]

Beastcoast is in a rough spot that's for sure. They're up against a team that is relatively miles ahead of them, though they are still quite a team that can perform against the greats and still has a huge chance to come out on top. Rooting for OG to win the series but over 2.5 maps isn't really a bad bet at all.

I agree, a sweep on the side of OG seems likely after that solid performance against PSG.LGD but then again almost all of the lower bracket series have ended up going all three maps(6/7).

PSG.LGD looks like champions already and Team Spirit will have to be flawless to get anything in this matchup.

Yup, these guys look unstoppable and I don't think Team Spirit would stand a chance unless PSG.LGD would suddenly have a bad day.

[YuginKadoya]

Surely T1 and Gen.G have proven that they really are the only team that is competing for the LCK championship, T1 and Damwon - T1 won, with a 2 - 0 map score, while Gen. G VS kt Rolster  - Gen.G won, with a 2 - 1 map score, even though I haven't made a bet for this game I will now give my pick for tomorrow's game,

DragonX VS Hanwha Life Esports Correct Map Score (2 - 1)

Stake odds for this game are 1.23 for DRX while 3.90 for Hanwha, pretty much many will say that DRX is in the higher place in the standings than Hanwha, and right now DRX has 9 wins and 8 losses, while Hanwha has 1 win and 16 losses, this match could be slightly profitable but I will take it, I think DragonX will surely lead in this game that is why my pick is DragonX, while the Correct map score will be 2 - 1 - with 3.15 odds,

Nongshim Redforce VS Freecs Correct Map Score 1 - 2

Stake odds for this game are 2.17 for Nongshim while 1.64 for Freecs, right now NS Redforce has 4 wins and 14 losses, while Freecs have 6 wins and 11 losses, it could be a close game, but I can not be for sure that Freecs will win this game without Redforce taking 1 win for the map, so my pick will be Freecs, and Correct map was 1 - 2 with odds of 3.50

[dothebeats]

PSG.LGD looks like champions already and Team Spirit will have to be flawless to get anything in this matchup.

Yup, these guys look unstoppable and I don't think Team Spirit would stand a chance unless PSG.LGD would suddenly have a bad day.

Remember that PSG.LGD has an almost perfect performance on last TI yet Team Spirit manage to beat the odds and steal away there crown. I still believe on what’s Team Spirit capable now that they show how strong they are on beating Aster and Outsider on the upper bracket round. I think they are back again and they have a chance to beat LGD on this tournament. Actually they are the only team capable of beating them down for now.

I'm actually impressed by their support's solid rotation. Also, TORONTOTOKYO no longer hogs the midlane for a long time and is actually going around the map more often, and chooses heroes that have low cooldown and high mobility to be always active on the fights. With this small adjustments Team Spirit made, they may have a chance to pierce against the seemingly invulnerable PSG.LGD defenses. They just have to pick the right heroes to do the job.

[vennali]

OG vs Beastcoast was looking like it would end 2-0 in favor of OG but a pretty impressive comeback from Beastcoast to take it to game 3. After first picking Timbersaw, they should have banned Ursa.. I guess they messed that up. Game 3 coming up next.

[AbuBhakar]

OG vs Beastcoast was looking like it would end 2-0 in favor of OG but a pretty impressive comeback from Beastcoast to take it to game 3. After first picking Timbersaw, they should have banned Ursa.. I guess they messed that up. Game 3 coming up next.

ATF messed up big time by playing reckless on game 2. They gave space to Ursa and they got punish for being reckless especially ATF for giving himself multiple times on the crucial mid to late game. I think will gonna shove him a lecture of his life for being cocky. They already in control on early game but they play slow and commit multiple error in the process. Beastcoast is good right now.

[edgycorner]

There's a weird one-day CS:GO tourney tomorrow (https://www.hltv.org/events/6723/steelseries-nova-invitational-2022) with Faze and OG as one of the attendees. Never seen a tourney like this before.
Anyways, I am lowkey excited about it. Been a long time since we had any real CS:GO match(tired of watching academy newbs).

First match is a bo1 of faze vs tricked. Ez faze ig but odds are shit. Any sensible better will skip since it's a bo1 too. Whereas second match(OG vs sinners) will be more interesting imo, and sinners +7.5 handicap won't actually be a bad bet. NFA DYOR BOL!

As I read this message, the match was being played live. An interesting tournament, Faze and OG are playing in the final, I came across the first map and Cache is being played. I didn't know if the cache was still in the map pool or if it was chosen specifically for this tournament. As you said, we were tired of watching academy teams, this tournament was good for today.

OG and faze final was predictable but Faze's first match againt tricked did get close .

The second match between OG and Sinners went as expected. If someone read my post and took the habdicap on sinners then congrats :p

2-0 was expected from the final. Overall, it was a boring torunament with no upsets.

Next event on the calendar is Blast, which starts from 19th. Got 7 days of nothing from now for good CS T.T

[STT]

I've seen it before, sponsored events were far more common before the big money came into CSGO and gave regular pro games.   For a long time there was no regular income or even wage available to teams, that was the background to the famous ban events of ibp team.

The first John Wick film sponsored I think it was a weekend of games, 1 day is very brief.   Often online because thats far faster to organize,  I'm more then a little cautious about pro teams coming from the cold and how they perform.   It can lead to upset games,  Faze only 2 rounds off loss to Tricked ranking 70 below them is kinda funny

[arallmuus]

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PSG.LGD looks like champions already and Team Spirit will have to be flawless to get anything in this matchup.

Kinda feel the same with this statement. So far they are far better compared to any other team in this Major. While other teams are trying hard to actually win a game from them, they won most of the game like its their regular pub games or something. Well for the past two or three years, they have been dominating though but they have yet to win any TI so probably this year (?)

Taking Team Spirit to win a map, good value though

[sunsilk]

[Dota 2] Watching now the last game for the match of Entity and Boom Esports. I don't know if this is the final of Boom Esports for this major as the score isn't favorable for them.

12-3 kills in favor of Entity.

Next game is beascoast and Outsiders, two teams that are alread qualified for The Intertional 11.

BoomEsports was outdrafted on that game 3. They thought that Sven was the core but its not but rather that Necro by Saberlight  which had fucked them hard on late game.

Currently watching for Beast and Outsiders game 1. I would be putting my bet on Outsiders on this game but wont really be that simple unless if Ramzess would able to make some good farm.

What makes me excite is on the game where LGD against TS. 

Well, they probably haven't picked IO on that last match. Too hard for them to kill each of those heroes on the game 3 as they're all thick and hard.

Well, Boom and Entity ended both of their journey and we're already on the semis, LGD waiting on the grand finals while Team Spirit is waiting for the battle for 3rd.

Meanwhile, OG and Aster are playing right now. Game 1 is won by Aster.

[ralle14]

DragonX VS Hanwha Life Esports Correct Map Score (2 - 1)

Stake odds for this game are 1.23 for DRX while 3.90 for Hanwha, pretty much many will say that DRX is in the higher place in the standings than Hanwha, and right now DRX has 9 wins and 8 losses, while Hanwha has 1 win and 16 losses, this match could be slightly profitable but I will take it, I think DragonX will surely lead in this game that is why my pick is DragonX, while the Correct map score will be 2 - 1 - with 3.15 odds,

I'm also expecting a DRX win but with a 2-0 scoreline since this series would be a good way for them to end the split on a good note and slightly improve their form heading into the playoffs as they'll be facing Sandbox in the quarterfinals.

Team Spirit tried their best but PSG.LGD is way too good and coming out ahead in most of their teamfights. In the first game, Team Spirit was on a timer against PA and then in the second game, the Dawnbreaker was dishing out some crazy damage plus the threat of Chrono from Faceless Void.

[dothebeats]

I've seen it before, sponsored events were far more common before the big money came into CSGO and gave regular pro games.   For a long time there was no regular income or even wage available to teams, that was the background to the famous ban events of ibp team.

The first John Wick film sponsored I think it was a weekend of games, 1 day is very brief.   Often online because thats far faster to organize,  I'm more then a little cautious about pro teams coming from the cold and how they perform.   It can lead to upset games,  Faze only 2 rounds off loss to Tricked ranking 70 below them is kinda funny

I usually avoid the early tournaments of the season after teams have just came off of rest. A lot of them are pretty rusty on the aim and are still not in the zone. Their adjustment time is pretty short though, and after the initial tournament you can now see these teams in form. That game with Faze is really heartbreaking, but I kinda have to give it to Tricked because they also played well. Faze just needs to grind and grind for weeks and they'd be back on top 1 form in no time.


For Arlington Major, I'm inclined to pick Aster over Team Spirit seeing how dominating Aster was against OG, and how PSG.LGD dumpstered Team Spirit on their last match up before the finals. I'm not expecting anything big from Team Spirit given how well Aster is playing, and this could be another Chinese vs Chinese final before we head off to the International.

[vennali]

3 teams remain in Arlington Major, With LGD into the finals waiting for one of Team Spirit or Team Aster to join them. Aster out drafted OG in the lower bracket knockout to be able to get to the knockout semis. It looks likely that it will be Team Aster vs PSG.LGD in the finals but with Team Spirit, you just never know. They surprised pretty much everyone last TI and that could happen again. Can't write them off.

[jakelyson]

Remember that PSG.LGD has an almost perfect performance on last TI yet Team Spirit manage to beat the odds and steal away there crown. I still believe on what’s Team Spirit capable now that they show how strong they are on beating Aster and Outsider on the upper bracket round. I think they are back again and they have a chance to beat LGD on this tournament. Actually they are the only team capable of beating them down for now.

Team Spirit was very unpredictable last TI because they have a very large pool of heroes. You cannot predict which hero they will use that is why they won. They were the underdog and no one expect them to win, so maybe no one actually paid too much attention to them. But now is different. All eyes are on them because they are the defending champ.

It seems PSG.LGD weakness are cheesy strats and unpredictability. They were beaten before by OG in TI with cheesy strats. And TS beat them with unpredictability. Is that a pass now or they overcome that weakness?

For Arlington Major, I'm inclined to pick Aster over Team Spirit seeing how dominating Aster was against OG, and how PSG.LGD dumpstered Team Spirit on their last match up before the finals. I'm not expecting anything big from Team Spirit given how well Aster is playing, and this could be another Chinese vs Chinese final before we head off to the International.

Team Spirit already proved that they can beat Aster. They already wiped them in the upper bracket. I am not inclined to see that their next series will be different. Aster has a reputation to choke in big tournaments outside of china. I believe they will choke again.

[dimonstration]

Remember that PSG.LGD has an almost perfect performance on last TI yet Team Spirit manage to beat the odds and steal away there crown. I still believe on what’s Team Spirit capable now that they show how strong they are on beating Aster and Outsider on the upper bracket round. I think they are back again and they have a chance to beat LGD on this tournament. Actually they are the only team capable of beating them down for now.

Team Spirit was very unpredictable last TI because they have a very large pool of heroes. You cannot predict which hero they will use that is why they won. They were the underdog and no one expect them to win, so maybe no one actually paid too much attention to them. But now is different. All eyes are on them because they are the defending champ.

It seems PSG.LGD weakness are cheesy strats and unpredictability. They were beaten before by OG in TI with cheesy strats. And TS beat them with unpredictability. Is that a pass now or they overcome that weakness?

I think I need to withdraw my statement above after watching how LGD destroy Team Spirit back to back. The game is both close but its clear that Team Spirit is at there best while they are still beaten by LGD. I doubt that they can surprised us again on there possible rematch but I think Aster will gonna revenge to them on the lower bracket finals since Monet is finally awaken again after there explosive performance against OG.

It’s very cool to watch Aster and Team Spirit match. I will go over 2.5 maps this time and for sure.

[boltz]

Team Spirit really put up a fight but unfortunately for them , they cannot have the team fights they were looking for as PSG were always one step ahead in the battle. Also , PSG gave the draft of 2nd map in favor of Spirit and they beat them again so don't get me wrong but I don't see any team that could stop PSG right now.  We have Spirit vs Aster next game and I think we all want to see Ame vs Monet , right ? I mean this are the best carries in dota 2 right now.

[boyptc]

Damn too hard for the TI qualifiers on the SEA. AFAIK, only 1 slot will be from there through the qualifiers, right?

Its going to be one for each regions so thats additional 6 teams from each regions. Aside from that, 2nd and 3rd from each regional qualifiers will have another chance for the last chance qualifiers. Thats 12 teams from 6 different regions to get the last 2 spots for TI. Lots of chances to get to TI though if the team is actually decent

So that will be 6 teams from the qualifiers while +1 team from 2nd-3rd places that shall fight for the wildcard/last chance qualifier.

Which means that there will be more +7 teams that will join the TI11. CMIIW.

Damn too hard for the TI qualifiers on the SEA. AFAIK, only 1 slot will be from there through the qualifiers, right?

The same thing goes for the other regions and the last chance qualifier which arallmuus already mentioned. I still think SEA has the lowest chance of taking one of the two spots in the last chance qualifier when you look at the possible second and third place teams coming from the other regions.

I'm thinking that it will be from the EU/CIS region that will take that last chance qualifier. We will see.

[dimonstration]

Team Spirit really put up a fight but unfortunately for them , they cannot have the team fights they were looking for as PSG were always one step ahead in the battle. Also , PSG gave the draft of 2nd map in favor of Spirit and they beat them again so don't get me wrong but I don't see any team that could stop PSG right now.  We have Spirit vs Aster next game and I think we all want to see Ame vs Monet , right ? I mean this are the best carries in dota 2 right now.

Yeah men, LGD improves a lot since there TI failure. Team Spirit is indeed very strong on this tournament but Ame and the gang is too much to handle by any teams in Dota2 right now. LGD supports is so good on positioning and protecting there cores at the same time. Team Spirit and Aster has this kind of supports too but pos1 to pos3 of LGD is on different league against them in terms of farming, team fights and lane stage.

I see Monet many times on this tournament that crumbling while Ame is still consistent on his farming win or lose.

[YuginKadoya]

I'm also expecting a DRX win but with a 2-0 scoreline since this series would be a good way for them to end the split on a good note and slightly improve their form heading into the playoffs as they'll be facing Sandbox in the quarterfinals.

Surprise Surprise, DRX lost to Hanwha of all possible teams that DRX could have lost to, I really never expected this result either, but I really never underestimated Hanwha that is why I have given them 1 map score, but in actually winning against DragonX, pretty much for me is just a lucky day for Hanwha Life Esports,

The result of my picks on today's game, on League of Legends Champions Korea 2022 and it is getting red this time,

DragonX VS Hanwha Life Esports MAP 1 - 2 - PICK LOST Correct Map Score (2 - 1) LOST

Pretty much I was shocked by the result in game 1 DRX is really something, gaining momentum on the first game, Deft is really striking hard with his Aphelios with 9 kills and 2 assists he is the lead for game 1, but the table has been turned when Karis and his Sylas together with SamD and his Kalista made a great performance on game 2 with Karis having 7 kills and 12 assists, while SamD has 8 kills and 8 assist, giving Hanwha their win, but on game 3 looks like Hanwha have their luck today, Karis this time with Lissandra with 6 kills and 9 assist and SamD with Draven with 7 kills and 6 assist, winning the game the 2nd win for Hanwha,

Nongshim Redforce VS Freecs MAP 2 - 0 - PICK LOST Correct Map Score 1 - 2  LOST

Nongshim just destroys Freecs completely, I really didn't expect this to happen but it happens to Nongshim RedForce even though they are in the 8th spot of the standings but Freecs was just above Nongshim, so there is really a possibility for them to win this, pretty much SnowFlower's support have taken them the win, 0 kills, but has 10 assists is a tremendous play, and I guess they have won the 1st game because of SnowFlower's Leona, and on game 2 NS RedForce have switch players from SnowFlower to Effort but still uses Leona and they also accumulated Leona's assist power Effort's has 1 kill, but 13 assist was really crazy, Ghost with Aphelios have 8 kills and 3 assist, while Dread with Wukong has 5 kills and 7 assist,
  

[dothebeats]

Team Spirit really put up a fight but unfortunately for them , they cannot have the team fights they were looking for as PSG were always one step ahead in the battle. Also , PSG gave the draft of 2nd map in favor of Spirit and they beat them again so don't get me wrong but I don't see any team that could stop PSG right now.  We have Spirit vs Aster next game and I think we all want to see Ame vs Monet , right ? I mean this are the best carries in dota 2 right now.

Rooting for Aster this series because I believe that the match will be more hyped if Ame and Monet encounter each other in the grand finals. They have been rivals a few years back for gaining that top carry spot in the Chinese Dota Scene. Both players are mechanically gifted, and their talents are only limited by their teammates. If you have teammates like xinqiu and y` doing a lot of work to make your game a lot easier, you'll stand out as a carry because your farm is not hindered and you can respond to fights well because you have the tools needed to make things work. Boboka is stepping up his 4 position game on a lot of pubs and we're seeing it on Arlington major. If he plays his A-game and be a nuisance to Ame and y`, they'll have a huge chance in gaining the upper hand since Monet likes to have sustainable carries that can be left alone and still get the cs he needs.

Going for a safe over 2.5 Aster vs Team Spirit but I'm liking the chances of Aster in this match up.

[ralle14]

I'm thinking that it will be from the EU/CIS region that will take that last chance qualifier. We will see.

I also think the same, those two plus the CN region have the best chance of securing the final two spots.

It looks likely that it will be Team Aster vs PSG.LGD in the finals but with Team Spirit, you just never know.

I'm not sure about that since Team Spirit pushed Team Aster down in the lower brackets a few days ago so it could happen twice in a row.

Surprise Surprise, DRX lost to Hanwha of all possible teams that DRX could have lost to, I really never expected this result either, but I really never underestimated Hanwha that is why I have given them 1 map score, but in actually winning against DragonX, pretty much for me is just a lucky day for Hanwha Life Esports

I also didn't see that one coming, it just shows how certain teams like HLE play without pressure unlike DRX as they're initially viewed as one of the top teams before the regular season started. Maybe their overconfidence is still haunting them as I remember one of the DRX players mentioned that they used to have that kind of issue when facing weaker teams.