🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[edgycorner]

What an effort by Astralis today!

After losing against NIP, I thought that this wasn't their tournament. But they made an insane comeback after that. They beat OG and NIP consecutively and managed to destroy Vitality in the finale as well.

Actually Vitality had a good advantage in the finale but Astralis never gave up and won by OT. It made me start thinking whether Astralis were bringing back their good old days. I can't wait to watch them in the main tournament later.

Yea, that was completely unexpected from Astralis.
I was expecting them to lose Mirage from everyone but they won twice against some good teams. It shows that they are definitely grinding and working for their paycheck!

Very disappointing performance from OG. Degster did alright. Seems like Nexa is the problem(just like he was in G2  ) .

Exciting matches today. We will get to see JKS in his new home.

Before anyone places their buck on navi, keep in mind that s1mple isn't playing.

[boyptc]

DotA 2: I'm still not sure what is going on when it comes to TI qualified teams. Has Fanatic qualified to TI through DPC points or is it Outsiders? From Liquipedia, it stated that Outsiders are ahead of Fanatic by 0.5 points to make the cutoff but Dota2 official website still states that Fanatic are ahead of the Outsiders? What's going on? Maybe the stress of the situation was shown by Fanatic as they just lost to barely active team called Resurgence, who were active last during TI9. They are probably playing regional qualifiers, trying to qualify for TI again. 

It is official that Fnatic is the one that's qualified with the last slot and not Outsiders. The decision was made by Valve themselves and I think it's favorable because the set and venue is in Singapore (SEA).

So, ticket sales wise for Valve, they should allow another SEA team although DPC points of theirs was really calculated well and exact as more than Outsiders has.

But with that decision, I think the factor is to make more SEA fans support their own teams so they've got 2 now, Fnatic and Boom Esports and another one coming from the qualifiers.

[Oilacris]

DotA 2: I'm still not sure what is going on when it comes to TI qualified teams. Has Fanatic qualified to TI through DPC points or is it Outsiders? From Liquipedia, it stated that Outsiders are ahead of Fanatic by 0.5 points to make the cutoff but Dota2 official website still states that Fanatic are ahead of the Outsiders? What's going on? Maybe the stress of the situation was shown by Fanatic as they just lost to barely active team called Resurgence, who were active last during TI9. They are probably playing regional qualifiers, trying to qualify for TI again. 

It is official that Fnatic is the one that's qualified with the last slot and not Outsiders. The decision was made by Valve themselves and I think it's favorable because the set and venue is in Singapore (SEA).

So, ticket sales wise for Valve, they should allow another SEA team although DPC points of theirs was really calculated well and exact as more than Outsiders has.

But with that decision, I think the factor is to make more SEA fans support their own teams so they've got 2 now, Fnatic and Boom Esports and another one coming from the qualifiers.

How the f*** it could be possible even though the issue about Fnatic didnt able to get insider is on that .05 dpc points which i do remember which outsiders are the qualified ones
and now they made out such changes? I cant believe on it but it turns out to be real.
Valve throws Outsiders out of TI11, Fnatic invited instead
https://win.gg/news/valve-throws-outsiders-out-of-ti11-fnatic-invited-instead/
So whats the word from Outsiders team?

[ralle14]

What an effort by Astralis today!

I was also surprised by their performance throughout the lower bracket, after their first series against NiP I thought they'd be the first one to get eliminated while Vitality is just cruising all the way through the grand finals of the group and assumed they'll be the ones taking the top spot of the group.

anyway, early LCK greedy ticket

I'm on Gen G as well but I only took the -1.5 handicap and added RNG @1.7 vs EDG, the bookies shouldn't be giving this much value on EDG because IMO there's still a decent gap between them and RNG.

[Peanutswar]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

[Visdome]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

I did, this group stage gamers galaxy tournament i just put every single bet on underdogs since it is only BO1. Either underdogs ML or +kill handicap.
Make some profit this way, BO1 full of upset.

[YuginKadoya]

Result for the Quarterfinals of the League of Legends Champions Korea 2022

Damwon Gaming VS kt Rolster MAP 3 - 2 - PICK LOST Correct Map Score (2 - 3) - LOST

It was an outstanding loss, but as I have said these two teams are equal and anything can really happen, actually Damwon was really good in getting those 2 wins 1st, then kt Rolster have manage to catch up, with 2 wins aswell, Deokdam on the 1st  2 games was crushing the opposition while the next 2 games were apprehended by the kt Rolster so they can make a comeback but on the last game ShowMaker was the one that makes many kills while the other has penetrated kt Rolster's defense, I may have lost the bet but it was satisfying to watch and as I am posting this the next game for today has already started for GEN.G VS Sandbox Gaming, and GEN.G really got a good start, they now have 1 - 0, I haven't made a bet because I am busy at the moment,

[dothebeats]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

I almost did. However I'm gauging whether this team composition is a good one. Iceiceice is still a great offlaner but can't obviously keep up with the meta and the youngbloods, hence why he was kicked from Secret. This patch, the offlane is the most important role because movements will always base on how far ahead the offlane is. I miss watching iceiceice dominate lanes with veno or other damage over time heroes, but now everyone seems to just bully him.

[AbuBhakar]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

I almost did. However I'm gauging whether this team composition is a good one. Iceiceice is still a great offlaner but can't obviously keep up with the meta and the youngbloods, hence why he was kicked from Secret. This patch, the offlane is the most important role because movements will always base on how far ahead the offlane is. I miss watching iceiceice dominate lanes with veno or other damage over time heroes, but now everyone seems to just bully him.

Better bet on the proven team which is Fnatic since Iceiceice usually very weak during adjustment phase. Fnatic has a better team work since they already play a lot in different tournament with this same line-up and with impressive performance. I would say that Team SMG has an all star SEA players but I don’t know if they can compliment to each other on actual game.

[vennali]

Navi were favs against Complexity for the Group B, upper bracket semi finals. Complexity surprised Navi with some good team play and counter strats and were able to beat them quite convincingly. Navi are without S1mple and is being replaced by headtr1ck who performed pretty well early into the map while being up 8 kills, 2 deaths at a stage of the match. headtr1ck was the only one coming out with a positive K/D while electronic  is missing S1mple in his team I suppose, played really badly(10 kills - 22 deaths). Liquid vs G2 going on at the moment.

[Eternad]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

I almost did. However I'm gauging whether this team composition is a good one. Iceiceice is still a great offlaner but can't obviously keep up with the meta and the youngbloods, hence why he was kicked from Secret. This patch, the offlane is the most important role because movements will always base on how far ahead the offlane is. I miss watching iceiceice dominate lanes with veno or other damage over time heroes, but now everyone seems to just bully him.

Better bet on the proven team which is Fnatic since Iceiceice usually very weak during adjustment phase. Fnatic has a better team work since they already play a lot in different tournament with this same line-up and with impressive performance. I would say that Team SMG has an all star SEA players but I don’t know if they can compliment to each other on actual game.

Team SMG sometimes show an explosive performance because they are currently playing with Midone and Moon on the roster. The last time they become weak is because of the absence of this 2 core member by the current roster is definitely can rival on top teams on Sea even on Boom or Talon. Also Fnatic is jot showing well on the current group stage for an unknown reason. This is not the real Fnatic game and I don’t know if this because of the recent adjustment of support on majors or the 3 cores can’t play properly.

[Balmain]

Navi compete in the finals on Team liquid dust2 map. The match started in a balanced way. I wonder how effective the game will be against YEKINDAR Navi. If G2 had made better transfers, they could have easily defeated Navi without S1mple, but the new transfers could not contribute to this match at all, I predicted that this would happen. A team that makes really bad decisions G2

[CLS63]

G2 were the biggest disappointment today. Of course there hasn't been much time passed since they brought their new transfers to the team. But they still could have been more competitive. They were strong enough to beat Liquid but something went wrong as usual. Right after that they lost to Natus Vincere which were playing without s1mple. We also saw Natus Vincere showing a very nice performance by ending the Group B as the leader without their best player. But I can't see how much they can progress in this situation. Hopefully s1mple would come back soon.

[STT]

I wondered why the odds for Navi were off, their Junior team member isnt the weakest link its just the team overall not quite 100% without a star player able to fill the gaps.    A star that big can cover alot of problems that might accumulate throughout a game towards a loss.   They beat G2 anyway but it was close, the odds are probably not good value yet till people understand s1mple is not there.
  I know people initially just bet the name not checking all the details so it wont be as good value as it could be

Tyloo play tommorow vs uranked team with 'somebody' in there.   major qual
Faze play a totally destroyed EG team ranked 200 somehow

I like the underdog but both of these might be a little too far.  Maybe combo favorites or precise score

Heroic vs BIG  but its 1 map and they are super closely ranked.  Flip a coin, depends on the map mostly I guess so a live bet might be ideal

[sunsilk]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

If this is the game that you're mentioning, the game was won by SMG and not Fnatic. Anyway, the gamer's galaxy is already done and we've Boom Esports as the champion of this tournament while Polaris Esport is the 2nd.

Next is ESL One Malaysia.

We'll see Fnatic here and they're complete with Raven, so there is no more stand ins. 2 days from now and we're going to see them pack with actions again.

[YuginKadoya]

And just like that GEN.G just dominated the Sandbox yesterday with a 3 - 1 Map score, I haven't made a bet but it is alright it seems that the odds were surely high for GEN.G, so it is still OK,



It was really a dominating game for GEN.G they busted the 1st and 2nd games, but Sandbox utilizes a strategy to counter on the 3rd game, the 1st map was just Straight forward Ruler and Prince is competing with one another both have 10 kills but Ruler has 10 assists and most Gen.G players have that much kills in winning the game, then Map 2 the strategy of GEN.G just change making Peanut take the lead with 8 kills, but then Sandbox Prince just decided it is enough so they manage in winning taking many towers as they can, while the final game GEN.G take on a new strategy in beating Sandbox for good, now Chovy and Doran was the killers while Lehends, Peanut, and Ruler assisted the 2 guys, to victory,

Next game for the quarterfinals of League of Legends Champions Korea 2022

T1 VS Damwon Gaming Correct Map Score (3 - 1)

Stake odds for this game are 1.29 for T1 while 3.40 for Damwon, I think Damwon would really struggle a lot, Damwon fought T1 on June 25th, and they surely lost it with a 0 - 2 score, and on August 13 with a 2 - 0 score, so I really don't see any winning map score for Damwon, but I have given them 1 on the COrrect Map Score this time, so my Correct Map Score prediction for this game is 3 - 1 for 3.15 odds, T1 winning my pick,

[ralle14]

We also saw Natus Vincere showing a very nice performance by ending the Group B as the leader without their best player. But I can't see how much they can progress in this situation. Hopefully s1mple would come back soon.

I agree Navi still need their star player back as I doubt they'll place high in the upcoming ESL Pro League but on the bright side, they already secured their spot for the Fall Finals.

Also earlier today there were a bunch of RMR qualifier matches and so far Astralis failed to secure a spot in the first two sets of open qualifiers, there are still another two left later today but imagine if they don't make it out today.  

First set (round 16 exit)


Second set (round 64 exit)

[Peanutswar]

Does anyone make a bet between the matchup of Fnatic vs SMG we know that the recent news is iceiceice is now remove from the team secret and now as an open and of course it is a great offlaner in the era of players so they grab the opportunity even though the Fnatic lack of their core because Raven have an illness still the Fnatic manage to win the game and because it is DJ clockwork and Dawn breaker combo.

I almost did. However I'm gauging whether this team composition is a good one. Iceiceice is still a great offlaner but can't obviously keep up with the meta and the youngbloods, hence why he was kicked from Secret. This patch, the offlane is the most important role because movements will always base on how far ahead the offlane is. I miss watching iceiceice dominate lanes with veno or other damage over time heroes, but now everyone seems to just bully him.

iceiceice actually did his job and carried the game until the early game but the snowball of the Fnatic makes them harder to make a turnaround fights like from match Razor against bristleback after the SMG loses a two clash and that's why they lose the game but still I guess Fnatic still deserve to win imagine raven is not yet there and still manage to win I guess still destined with that win and part of the Direct invite in Ti11

[tomahawk9]

First set (round 16 exit)
https://i.imgur.com/PY5xvY1.png

Second set (round 64 exit)
https://i.imgur.com/YkOkAXh.png

Entropiq, Movistar, Copenhagen Flames and Heet also ko'd... imagine betting against them in a parlay, you'd probably be cashing out 6 figures or more 

anyway, T1 just beat DK. didn't expect DK to go the distance against Faker & co, but what was that draft from DK in the last game? yasuo, heimerdinger, azir top... of ccourse, yuumi + zeri combo will snowball in the late game. And V5 with a huge comeback in game 4, Karsa woke up and chose violence 

watching BLAST premier now

[vennali]

Heroic vs BIG might be going the distance in the upper bracket semifinals at the Blast Premier fall groups. Cadian and Tabsen, both having good games for their respective teams. With Nuke being CT sided, Heroic might be on closer to the win while the score being 13-13.