🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[sunsilk]

I thought that the power of friendship will lose against PuckChamp. If you guys know what I mean, I'm talking about Old G. 

It's a 2-1 for them but still moved to the last part of the closed qualifier for the upper bracket finals. I guess that they'll be against Betrayed and from that team I only know two players which are Symetrical and Shad.

While for some SEA Dota 2 action for this day, Blacklist lost against Army Geniuses. It seems that Blacklist players have gotten old and they need to revamp their roster or hire another one and replace their coach.

[Jossque]

Esl playoffs are underway and there are no surprises in the matches played so far. The first match was between G2-MR. I can say that G2 had a comfortable win. Jks was the star of the team today. MR couldn't do anything against the strong G2.
The second match of the day was furia-fnatic. Furia managed to win 2-0. Both maps were close in terms of score. Fnatic had a hard time beating the Brazilian team. Kscerato was the star of the team. We can say that he won the match.nicoodoz's effort was unfortunately not enough to win the match.

[arallmuus]

Getting this silly bet for the NA DPC. Odds are lame yeah but I just cant seem on not to take this especially when I know that both of these teams are owning most of the NA DPC teams

Got this down. Seems like a good decision this time but 1.74 odds for two games and taking 2-0 means thats total of 4 maps to win so odds are actually on the lower side to be considered as a good bet.


I normally wouldnt bet on SEA region but I have been following Talon since the Lima Major and so far it seems they are pretty good but this time they are playing against SMG which also have won 3-0 so far. Getting classic over 2.5 maps on this because Im not sure if I should go with Talon -1.5

[execijutiere]

The only surprise result for me was Liquid losing to pain. Thus, liquid became the team that said goodbye to the tournament.
G2 didn't struggle against an easy opponent and won. It was an easy match for them.
Furia-fnatic was a closer match. Both teams had prominent names. Furia won the match and became the team that continued on its way.
In Liquid, things are not going well. There is a bad atmosphere in the team and if this atmosphere does not dissipate, the team will collapse morally in tournaments and success will become impossible.
In the last match of the day, Na'vi defeated 00nation, albeit hard. There is a noticeable drop in S1mple's performance. I don't know if he is trying to lead the team as igl. If so, he's doing himself a disservice.

[rafaloko]

The only surprise result for me was Liquid losing to pain. Thus, liquid became the team that said goodbye to the tournament.
G2 didn't struggle against an easy opponent and won. It was an easy match for them.
Furia-fnatic was a closer match. Both teams had prominent names. Furia won the match and became the team that continued on its way.
In Liquid, things are not going well. There is a bad atmosphere in the team and if this atmosphere does not dissipate, the team will collapse morally in tournaments and success will become impossible.
In the last match of the day, Na'vi defeated 00nation, albeit hard. There is a noticeable drop in S1mple's performance. I don't know if he is trying to lead the team as igl. If so, he's doing himself a disservice.

i think he just don't care anymore... i feel like he dont wanna carry 1v9 anymore, if his teammates not even trying in the match, he just int.. something like that

[dbshck]

I think grand final gonna be G2 vs Heroic  

Looking at the playoff bracket, I agree, it appears we may be in for another G2 vs Heroic final, similar to last month's IEM Katowice. Given NaVi's recent performance, it seems that Faze may be the only significant challenge for Heroic on their side of the bracket, potentially leading to an exciting semifinal clash. As for G2, if they manage to defeat Vitality in the quarterfinal, their path to the final will be smooth as I don't expect Mouz/Pain/C9 to give them any challenge.

[execijutiere]

I expect we will see one of Vitaliy or Faze in the final. The matches at the top are more difficult than at the bottom.
Today we saw that in the Ence-G2 match, ence did not let g2 pass with a good game.Nertz and dycha had a good match and won the match for their team.As I mentioned recently after Nertz came, there is a rise in the ence team.
NaVi continues on its way by defeating the outsiders team.We have to say that they are starting to recover as a team.I feel like we are going back to the times when NaVi started to play well from match to match and everyone in the team started to contribute.It should be said that everyone played equally and well in this match.

[passwordnow]

Finally, a whole series was won by Blacklist Rivalry Dota 2 against Bleed Esports. And we've got some news this coming summer for CS: GO and it's gonna be CS: GO 2. I guess this is going to push me to get into counter-strike again and hopefully, this isn't just all hype and whatnot.
News: CSGO 2 news center: Valve confirms Counter-Strike 2. Here’s what we know

[ralle14]

Ooredoo Thunders with another upset and got their second series win after taking down Tundra 2-0. The first game was a huge outdraft by Ooredoo Thunders as Tundra ran out of options and just went with an Enigma last pick against Rubick and Silencer. The second game was similar to the first game and it felt like another outdraft with the Venomancer offlane doing work against Tundra's Ursa and they can't do much to stop them. Before the series started I had Tundra -1.5 then I suddenly went for another bet after seeing Tundra's state in the first game and luckily the next game wasn't any different. 



Also, congrats to Old G and PuckChamp for winning the closed qualifier and securing the two new spots for the upcoming DPC WEU Tour 2 Division 2. I would've bet on this match if I've seen more markets available but unfortunately, the only lines I saw at the time were winner markets that are around 1.10-1.20.

[execijutiere]

Faze beat Furia 2-0. It should be noted that it was not a very difficult match for Faze. For Furia, things are not going well at all. It is obvious that something is missing and they need to take measures as soon as possible. Art is not a good igl in my opinion. That's why they are losing. I think he is not leading the team in important places.
In the last match of the day yesterday, we saw mouz defeating pain. Mouz had a hard time but he managed to beat the brazilian team. The young and talented awper torzsi was the star of the game and made the win even easier. When awper plays well and makes a difference, teams win more easily.

[Peanutswar]

Anyone watching OldG games on Division 2? It’s so entertaining watching all their matches because you can feel that they just having some fun on all of their games while they trust each other on the game. There play give same vibes the old OG that win 2 TI championship. Resolution and No[one] are very good on there respective role because they are playing synchronized to the 3 original player of old OG. I think they still can compete on Division 1 if they will just developed more their game play. I’m rooting for this team to beat the top tier teams on Division 1 unlike their new OG that is now crumbling because of their pos 1 cold performance and pos 5 that can’t find a way to contribute a big impact in the game.

Old G is dominating the Division 2 tournament which means only few waiting until they will move on the higher Division to compete against the big boys. I really miss Topson, Ceb & Notail playing together again just like the old times. I hope that they will a good run with this roster.

Even their drafting still topson seems like trolling in the game imagine picking a sniper as always for the midlane this guy keep abusing the shardupgrade of the sniper and making another draft that seems unpredictable and they really enjoy trolling this division, I guess they made this team just to try if their complexity are still in and we know how does topson make a good mindset gambling against mid lane and Ceb for a really good strategy analysis and initiation. If Ana will came back i guess this is the new meta, or else miracle playing for OG.

[Balmain]

ESL pro league quarter-finals. Although the Vitality - ENCE match will start a little late, I can say that this is the match of the day. Normally I would have preferred Vitality in this match but ENCE earned my respect for winning the quarterfinals by knocking out the G2 team. That's why I'm going to pick ENCE to win. In the Cloud 9 MOUZ match, Cloud 9 can win without losing both maps, but it would be too risky. Cloud 9 will win this match, I do not expect a surprise.

[execijutiere]

The first match of the day will be Cloud9 vs Mouz. It will be a tough match for both sides. Both teams have young and talented players. I see C9 one click ahead. I see them as the team that works better and has more success in these tournaments. I see Sh1ro and Ax1le as two names that will really make a name for themselves in the coming days. 2-1 I expect C9 to win.

[arallmuus]

Ooredoo Thunders with another upset and got their second series win after taking down Tundra 2-0.

This is pretty silly upset because of that I didnt land my acca. Sucks when you know that Tundra was the clear favourites by miles then somehow they decided to lose 2-0 to OT which is pretty weird.



I would have gotten myself pretty decent balance if this hit but yeah it didnt. The only thing that I was worried about on my acca was Nigma because they are pretty bad at the moment but Tundra ended up dissapointing me instead

[Jossque]

Cloud 9 beat Mouz 2-1 and Mouz was eliminated.
The first map was inferno, which mouz chose. Mouz, who played a great ct side on the map of his choice, won this map 16-10.The second map was the vertigo map chosen by C9.On this map, on the contrary, C9 knew how to beat the map by showing a good performance.It was left to the last map to determine the winner. The last map was the mirage map.Ax1le became the star here and we can say that he was the name that brought the win to his team.Ax1le managed to get 26 kills while his teammates could not pass the 20 kill threshold.
In the second match of the day, we will be watching the Vitality-Ence struggle. Currently Vitality is 7-4 ahead on the nuke map and the nuke map is the map chosen by the ence team.I expect Vitality to be the winner.

[ralle14]

This is pretty silly upset because of that I didnt land my acca. Sucks when you know that Tundra was the clear favourites by miles then somehow they decided to lose 2-0 to OT which is pretty weird.

Yup, it reminds me of their shakiness during Tour 1 when it seems like they can win with ease but the reality is they struggle to win 2-0 against the weaker teams.

In the second match of the day, we will be watching the Vitality-Ence struggle. Currently Vitality is 7-4 ahead on the nuke map and the nuke map is the map chosen by the ence team.I expect Vitality to be the winner.

Vitality did win Nuke but ENCE bounced back hard on the next two maps to win the series and eliminate Vitality from the tournament. Cloud9 will be their next opponent and the h2h says it all as they've lost every series.

[dothebeats]

This is pretty silly upset because of that I didnt land my acca. Sucks when you know that Tundra was the clear favourites by miles then somehow they decided to lose 2-0 to OT which is pretty weird.

If there is one thing I learned from Tundra, that is to not put anything on a parlay with them as one leg. They're sometimes bound to lose as heavy favorites. They don't seem to be that consistent especially if there are breaks between tournaments or qualifying games. I would bet on them if they played straight for weeks or days. If not, meh.

I would have gotten myself pretty decent balance if this hit but yeah it didnt. The only thing that I was worried about on my acca was Nigma because they are pretty bad at the moment but Tundra ended up dissapointing me instead

Next time you do a parlay, better remove Tundra on it and you'll be fine. Aside from being the most boring TI champions, they also belong to the most inconsistent ones.

[Jossque]

I didn't expect Ence to win this match, both teams didn't play very well and the maps were won by close scores. Vitality, who won on the Nuke map, had a terrible performance on the overpass map of his choice.vitality, who started 13-2 down on T Side, could not turn the match this time. Except for Spinx, there was no good player in the team on the overpass map.Sunpayus was the name that won the map for the ence team. In Vertigo, zywoo's efforts were not enough.zywoo, who played a good game with 34 kills, could not win the match for his team. In general, I can say that apex had a terrible performance.

[Coin_trader]

This is pretty silly upset because of that I didnt land my acca. Sucks when you know that Tundra was the clear favourites by miles then somehow they decided to lose 2-0 to OT which is pretty weird.

If there is one thing I learned from Tundra, that is to not put anything on a parlay with them as one leg. They're sometimes bound to lose as heavy favorites. They don't seem to be that consistent especially if there are breaks between tournaments or qualifying games. I would bet on them if they played straight for weeks or days. If not, meh.

I would have gotten myself pretty decent balance if this hit but yeah it didnt. The only thing that I was worried about on my acca was Nigma because they are pretty bad at the moment but Tundra ended up dissapointing me instead

Next time you do a parlay, better remove Tundra on it and you'll be fine. Aside from being the most boring TI champions, they also belong to the most inconsistent ones.

Tundra is not performing well since the start of this year tournament after winning TI. Probably they are just chilling like what they are always doing and get serious on the mid year to late year DPC tournament during TI. They are always a late bloomer every year and just become stronger when TI is new year which is the opposite of GG that always choke on tournament that near TI.

Including them in the parlay when they are facing underdog team is very dangerous because they keep losing on this kind of match statistically wise. You will know that they are serious when their gameplay is in perfect form which GG and Team Liquid will be having a hard time dealing them. Right now they are still struggling to find their game like what’s happening on the current OG. Probably due to the current meta.

[arallmuus]

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Next time you do a parlay, better remove Tundra on it and you'll be fine. Aside from being the most boring TI champions, they also belong to the most inconsistent ones.

Im abit obsessed with Nigma right now and I took -1.5 on them lol. 1st map ended up with a clutch because OT should have won that after owning over 20k gold but somehow Nigma turned that around. I need OG to win 2-0 as well next to win my acca. I got close to 9 odds with only two game on my acca which is pretty great