🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[arallmuus]

But as of now, there's this BetBoom universe tournament and already in the grandfinals, the teams that are fighting now and in their last match are Tundra and Team Spirit. Game 5 is about to end and Team Spirit is on the lead, those that might see this post can watch in on Twitch's live channel of BetBoom: https://www.twitch.tv/betboom_eng

I guess Tundra is still a pretty tough team afterall well aside from Team Liquid which was undefeated in WEU DPC. I thought its going to end with straight 3-0 for Tundra but yeah it was an interesting matchup that leads to 5th game and also its pretty surprising that Topson as well as Nightfall didnt stand in on the grandfinal considering how well they played

[jakelyson]

One week from now, the Lima major for Dota 2 is about to start. An extreme Dota 2 action is about to happen again. I've seen that there were teams already in Lima and enjoying some time there before the tournament starts. But as of now, there's this BetBoom universe tournament and already in the grandfinals, the teams that are fighting now and in their last match are Tundra and Team Spirit. Game 5 is about to end and Team Spirit is on the lead, those that might see this post can watch in on Twitch's live channel of BetBoom: https://www.twitch.tv/betboom_eng

There are no major tournaments right now either in CS or DOTA. I am not really into minor tournaments because it is quite unpredictable and bad for betting.

It is a rest for E-sports right now unless you are into some minor leagues.  There is also Valorant Champions tour but I do not know if there are sports bookies picking up this tournament at an early stage.

Anyway, it is just a few days before we witness great DOTA games again. I will save some fund for that event.

[ralle14]

G2 are the champions of the Iem katowice tournament.
I have to say that they really put on a great performance throughout the tournament. The fact that they defeated a team like Heroic in the final shows how much they should have won.

When they're on an impressive win streak it's kind of expected to see them win it all and props to Heroic for somewhat gaining back their form as their performance dipped before the IEM and still kept the finals competitive as possible.

Time to watch some Div2 matches later as I found some good odds on AG to win 2-0 @1.84 they're up against Xerxia which is currently sitting at the bottom of the standings.  Xerxia only has one series win so far only beating the weakest team in the group while AG hasn't lost a single map out of the four series they've played.

[inthelongrun]

One week from now, the Lima major for Dota 2 is about to start. An extreme Dota 2 action is about to happen again. I've seen that there were teams already in Lima and enjoying some time there before the tournament starts. But as of now, there's this BetBoom universe tournament and already in the grandfinals, the teams that are fighting now and in their last match are Tundra and Team Spirit. Game 5 is about to end and Team Spirit is on the lead, those that might see this post can watch in on Twitch's live channel of BetBoom: https://www.twitch.tv/betboom_eng

There are no major tournaments right now either in CS or DOTA. I am not really into minor tournaments because it is quite unpredictable and bad for betting.

It is a rest for E-sports right now unless you are into some minor leagues.  There is also Valorant Champions tour but I do not know if there are sports bookies picking up this tournament at an early stage.

Anyway, it is just a few days before we witness great DOTA games again. I will save some fund for that event.

Although I sometimes watch minor DOTA events but most of the time I am also not betting. One more week and we will see the first major of the year. Not good but at least only PSG.LGD suffered from the common visa issues surrounding DOTA events. Meanwhile, HellRaisers players are having issues recently with their chemistry and plays. Daxak seems very vocal about their inexperienced coach and too-relaxed team captain but in the end, HellRaisers decided to just kick out Daxak from the team. Hellraisers are currently looking for a new player for their position 1.

[Jossque]

Eternal fire finally got their ticket to the closed qualifiers in the paris major open qualifiers. Having a tough fight with Godsent, eternal fire managed to defeat the team even though it was difficult. The first map was inferno. After turning the match from 15-12 in overtime, eternal fire did not have much difficulty on the mirage map. The matches he played after that were for him to start from a better seed stage. Finishing in the top 2 was good for him to start from a better place.

[passwordnow]

But as of now, there's this BetBoom universe tournament and already in the grandfinals, the teams that are fighting now and in their last match are Tundra and Team Spirit. Game 5 is about to end and Team Spirit is on the lead, those that might see this post can watch in on Twitch's live channel of BetBoom: https://www.twitch.tv/betboom_eng

I guess Tundra is still a pretty tough team afterall well aside from Team Liquid which was undefeated in WEU DPC. I thought its going to end with straight 3-0 for Tundra but yeah it was an interesting matchup that leads to 5th game and also its pretty surprising that Topson as well as Nightfall didnt stand in on the grandfinal considering how well they played

Well, Tundra didn't disappoint and they've won against Team Spirit and become the champion for BetBoom Universe EP: 1 tournament.

There are no major tournaments right now either in CS or DOTA. I am not really into minor tournaments because it is quite unpredictable and bad for betting.

It is a rest for E-sports right now unless you are into some minor leagues.  There is also Valorant Champions tour but I do not know if there are sports bookies picking up this tournament at an early stage.

Anyway, it is just a few days before we witness great DOTA games again. I will save some fund for that event.

This minor tournament has got tier 1 teams and that's why it has caught my attention. Well, we're about to see the start of the Lima major next week.
It's like a rest week for most esports tournaments but if you want to watch some actions, there's the DPC season for Dota 2 but yeah, they're for the division 2 teams.

[Peanutswar]

Upon checking there's another team in the match which is the Shopify Rebellion which is the players of EG previously still they are capable to make a good gameplay just the new brand of the team, the draft is very unique right now unlike the bulba drafting before with the EG, I thought the game will close for 1:1 standing because of the greedy again with RTZ and Abed but they always now secured every time they seek an opportunity to end the game unlike before toying the enemies.

[Balmain]

EF's a defense in Inferno was terrible. A side pit players were ineffective all the time, they were passive, and the incoming backups were not enough. Maj3r contributed in the last rounds, we were coming back well but xanta painting was a big mistake in the last hand. He took too many risks on the banana when he was alone, he died while taking info and his side was empty. Bad new Eagles are a team that EF struggles every time they meet. In addition, the tactics and voices of the players were given from time to time in the content of this tournament. We heard Xantares curse at Calyx with toxic words, I was guessing that there was such toxic behavior within the team, I saw it today. It's hard this way

Copenhagen Flames has been very interesting on the offensive side. They never used the offensive game dynamics on the Nuke map. On a map where they finished 11-4 and played their defense well. In the second half, they couldn't even get a single round on the T side, they acted very differently. Anyway, the closed qualifiers continue. EF has one more game today.

[passwordnow]

Upon checking there's another team in the match which is the Shopify Rebellion which is the players of EG previously still they are capable to make a good gameplay just the new brand of the team, the draft is very unique right now unlike the bulba drafting before with the EG, I thought the game will close for 1:1 standing because of the greedy again with RTZ and Abed but they always now secured every time they seek an opportunity to end the game unlike before toying the enemies.

Yeah, but that's old news. They've been released by EG before the DPC season started. As EG continues, they've chosen to relocate with a new team in South America.
Their new roster is composed of 3 Thunder Awaken players and 2 beastcoast players from the last season. All of them are really good players and that's something new an organization has ever done when they migrated to another region because usually even if they migrate to another region, they still have the same roster but not with EG. All of the mentioned teams will participate in Lima major except Thunder Awaken. So, it's gonna be EG(new), Shopify Rebellion, and beastcoast.

[ralle14]

Upon checking there's another team in the match which is the Shopify Rebellion which is the players of EG previously still they are capable to make a good gameplay just the new brand of the team, the draft is very unique right now unlike the bulba drafting before with the EG, I thought the game will close for 1:1 standing because of the greedy again with RTZ and Abed but they always now secured every time they seek an opportunity to end the game unlike before toying the enemies.

It's more impressive that 5Rat got a map out of that series since they had to play with a stand in. Bulba is still the coach of the team though and I remember when Arteezy put the blame on Bulba as they lost against TSM during the NA DPC.

We have a top of the table match up between AG vs Polaris, I was thinking of skipping but I saw a good bet so might as well. I've gone for the over 2.5 because a few days ago both of them suddenly dropped maps against weaker teams that should've been a clean 2-0 if it weren't for the bad drafting and now with a tighter matchup it's more likely to go three maps.

[STT]

Complexity well ahead of Mibr on Ancient, however vital detail is that Mibr hold the CT side and as mentioned by some top players the map has more then a little bias towards CT side.   Col could do little but squirm and get a few impressive but futile kills while consistently losing rounds to Mibr vice like hold on the sites, recapping any plant made.    Quite tragic but I learn my lesson this map is a wild card, its going in the same bin as old Nuke and other odd ends just have to remember it for the future                                

[Jossque]

Eternal fire won 3 out of 3 games they played today. It was a really tiring day for them and these wins will boost their confidence. They reached the semifinals of the Malta tournament. In the major closed qualifiers, the situation is 2-1. One more win and they will qualify for rmr.  We can say that Imorr and xantares were the leading players of the team in these matches. There is a noticeable increase in imorr's performance. Maybe he is playing better because of the lan tournament. Let's see if he can show the same performance in the upcoming matches.

[Balmain]

Eternal fire won 3 out of 3 games they played today. It was a really tiring day for them and these wins will boost their confidence. They reached the semifinals of the Malta tournament. In the major closed qualifiers, the situation is 2-1. One more win and they will qualify for rmr.  We can say that Imorr and xantares were the leading players of the team in these matches. There is a noticeable increase in imorr's performance. Maybe he is playing better because of the lan tournament. Let's see if he can show the same performance in the upcoming matches.

It's good that EF needs one win. EF didn't start well in this qualifiers but they are in good shape now they will only get one win to rmr. I was able to take a look at the Forze and HAVU matches. I can say that especially the lan game it worked Imorr and then low ping creates very good games for Imorr. It has played the role of AWM well so far. I lost my hope on the first map in the Forze match because Anubis was one of the maps where EF was very good and it was their first choice, they lost this map 16-6. they did wonders on the other two maps.

[ralle14]

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The last pick ended up hitting  after Polaris wins game 1 but AG completes the reverse sweep to secure one of the two promotion slots to  Div 1.

Switching to some league of legends this weekend as there are a bunch of interesting matchups lined up (LCK,LPL, LEC) but the best one will be tomorrow though (T1 vs Gen G).

For my bet of the day, i'll go with BRO vs KDF over 2.5, this will be their second time meeting as we're in the second half of the season, and the last time these two met it went to three maps. BRO are still having a hard time getting their fourth series win but they should win here while KDF can keep it competitive regardless of their record as they've been getting maps against decent teams like Dplus KIA and LSB.

[Jossque]

Eternal Fire is doing great at the moment, even when the team is down, he can talk about how he can turn the game around and make it happen. Today he faced ence in the semifinal match. Having managed to defeat the ence team, eternal fire started to wait for its opponent in the upper bracket final. eternal fire, which exhibited a good game as a team, hopefully wins this tournament. the team needs a lot of morale to win the tournament right now.

[dothebeats]

Eternal Fire is doing great at the moment, even when the team is down, he can talk about how he can turn the game around and make it happen. Today he faced ence in the semifinal match. Having managed to defeat the ence team, eternal fire started to wait for its opponent in the upper bracket final. eternal fire, which exhibited a good game as a team, hopefully wins this tournament. the team needs a lot of morale to win the tournament right now.

Should be a relatively easy game for EF against Bad News Eagles. I don't know much about the said team but even then, they might still put up a fight but I doubt it. Calyx is stepping up on a lot of occasions and xantares seems to be on point with shot calling and his aim. Doubt there'd be much of a contest if they played consistently when they defeated ENCE. Then again, this team (Eternal Fire) is notorious for choking in important tournament stages so it could be a classic EF that we might see in the UB Finals.

[CLS63]

Congrats to Eternal Fire on their important victory over Into the Breach by 2-0. It was a quite comfortable series for them by the way. There was a great show by XANTARES on both maps as usual. I believe he is really like the key player for this team. If it weren't for his fragging skills the team would have had bigger problems than now. Even now I can't say they are too consistent but hopefully they will get better in time. The chemistry and strategies will get stronger as they play more matches together.

Now we are going to be able to watch them in the RMR. I have good expectations from them there. They should make it to the Major as long as they get well-prepared for the RMR.

[Jossque]

Eternal fire defeated the ence team in the upper bracket semifinal match and will fight with BNE in the upper bracket final. In this match, we see xantares and calyx duo coming to the forefront. The team started to play a really nice and enjoyable game. I hope they can continue this good form and have some success in the tournaments. The BNE team is a team that is against EF. We need to beat this team that we always lose by small margins.

[sunsilk]

Brackets are already been made for the Lima Major of Dota 2. Look at the bracketing for group A and group B.

Group A

EHOME
Evil Geniuses
Execration
Gaimin Gladiators
PSG.LGD
Talon Esports
Team Spirit
TSM
Tundra Esports


Group B

beastcoast   
BetBoom Team
Entity
Geek Slate
HellRaisers
Knights
Shopify Rebellion
Team Aster
Team Liquid

I've just noticed that Knights is there, isn't it this team was the one accused of fixed matching during the qualifier for Lima major or they were clear as they've been qualified?

[jakelyson]

I've just noticed that Knights is there, isn't it this team was the one accused of fixed matching during the qualifier for Lima major or they were clear as they've been qualified?

Yeah, they were accused of vision hacking but I think there is no resolution about that yet, so they are still part of the tournament until the resolution gets down. I was searching on the internet about that, but I can't find anything that is proven. I guess they will not be able to cheat on Lima so we will see if their performance will drastically decrease.