🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[ralle14]

Which teams do you guys think will advance to the Legends stage from EU RMR A?

I'm expecting Faze, B8 would be the first two teams to take the Legend status then Navi should take the third legend status while the fourth could be a toss-up between several teams(Fnatic, Falcons, etc.)

Also Team Secret with their first win against Alliance earlier in the WEU Division 2, in the first game they looked somewhat sloppy as they kept making mistakes by overextending and things went smoother heading into the second game for the 2-0 win.

[dbshck]

Yeah BO1s are the ideal setup for upsets, especially since there are a lot of new teams that we haven't seen much of. I'm placing some small bets for the underdogs on the opening matches, hitting just one of these could be a nice payout.

Lots of upset, this strategy has paid off quite well. Seeing B8 vs Fnatic on one of the 2-0 matches is not something I expect And now, VP on the brink of elimination after losing to Into The Breach.

I'm expecting Faze, B8 would be the first two teams to take the Legend status then Navi should take the third legend status while the fourth could be a toss-up between several teams(Fnatic, Falcons, etc.)

Agree, FaZe and NaVi should make it to the Legends stage, as these two teams seem to be the only ones consistently delivering strong performances.
Update: NaVi has become the first team to secure a spot in the Paris Major Legends stage after a convincing 2-0 win against FaZe. Outstanding performance by npl, they're looking incredibly strong now. Also, are they really playing Vertigo now? Or is this just a psyops against Faze?

[AbuBhakar]

It seems some bookies are still giving decent odds on Old G because they are not considered as any favourites yet so yeah Im taking advantage on this for a while until the odds are lowered to around 1.5 or something

Nice win. It hilarious to see the OG fan page excited for the dream match between the 2 OG teams that turns to be an ultimate bonding experience on elimination. 

Old G has very good track record on their Division 2 run which possibly the reason for bookies to gave them a decent odds. Hellraiser has Ramzes as pos 1 which is far better and competitive than noone. I will choose too the HR over OldG if I will bet on this match. Congratulations on countering the positive chime of OG.

[Jossque]

Today's matches were good for me and I must say that I got around 3.5 odds.
The matches I bet on were Sprout-Viperio, SAW-OG and B8-Fnatic respectively.
In Sprout, Staehr put in a good performance to keep his team in the race and make it 1-2.
Although they will play one more match, they will face Apeks tomorrow and I don't think they can beat Apeks.
OG, on the other hand, struggled a bit against SAW but won the match.Overall, their performance has been declining and if they don't recover soon, I think there will be a change in the roster again.
Tomorrow they have a tough match against 1WIN and it's a winnable game for both sides.
In the last match, Fnatic managed to defeat the B8 team, even if it was difficult. They managed to win the match with the superior performance of Krimz and IGL mezii.
They started fast in T side on Ancient map and despite taking 6 rounds in a row, the situation was 13-13. Fortunately, they won the match with their experience.

[Balmain]

Yeah BO1s are the ideal setup for upsets, especially since there are a lot of new teams that we haven't seen much of. I'm placing some small bets for the underdogs on the opening matches, hitting just one of these could be a nice payout.

Lots of upset, this strategy has paid off quite well. Seeing B8 vs Fnatic on one of the 2-0 matches is not something I expect And now, VP on the brink of elimination after losing to Into The Breach.

I'm expecting Faze, B8 would be the first two teams to take the Legend status then Navi should take the third legend status while the fourth could be a toss-up between several teams(Fnatic, Falcons, etc.)

Agree, FaZe and NaVi should make it to the Legends stage, as these two teams seem to be the only ones consistently delivering strong performances.
Update: NaVi has become the first team to secure a spot in the Paris Major Legends stage after a convincing 2-0 win against FaZe. Outstanding performance by npl, they're looking incredibly strong now. Also, are they really playing Vertigo now? Or is this just a psyops against Faze?

wow NPL .Navi has seen what can happen when his team carries NPL, in the paris qualifiers. If the fifth player is also effective, it means they can beat FaZe 2-0. What a great game Navi played in Inferno on the first map They only lost three rounds in the first half on the T side. Navi is already very concentrated and seems to have very good game rotations plans. It was a good match, Navi made FaZe look very simple with this 2-0 win.

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It seems some bookies are still giving decent odds on Old G because they are not considered as any favourites yet so yeah Im taking advantage on this for a while until the odds are lowered to around 1.5 or something

if you look at the previous match Old G has a bigger chance of winning compared to Hustlers. I now also choose to take this opportunity and bet on Old G as the winning team.
even though Old G is not very familiar but their game performance is very good and in mastering the map they are also superior to Hustlers.
let's take a look at the current match in progress and hopefully this prediction is right.

[arallmuus]

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It seems some bookies are still giving decent odds on Old G because they are not considered as any favourites yet so yeah Im taking advantage on this for a while until the odds are lowered to around 1.5 or something

if you look at the previous match Old G has a bigger chance of winning compared to Hustlers. I now also choose to take this opportunity and bet on Old G as the winning team.
even though Old G is not very familiar but their game performance is very good and in mastering the map they are also superior to Hustlers.
let's take a look at the current match in progress and hopefully this prediction is right.

It was convincing though but the 2nd map was kinda lame  . I thought I nailed it once more time when Old G won their 1st map. Its not a bad bet after all and I might be going for the same option as well on their next one. Taking team secret -1.5 might be a good option as well, I watched their game and I think they have what it takes to dominate division 2

[dbshck]

wow NPL .Navi has seen what can happen when his team carries NPL, in the paris qualifiers. If the fifth player is also effective, it means they can beat FaZe 2-0.

Yeah if npl continues to perform well, it seems like NaVi has a great chance of winning this last CSGO major. Hopefully, they can keep up their strong performance on the Legends stage.
FaZe is going against BNE for the qualification spot, I'm betting on an easy 2-0 there. I have to say BNE got quite lucky with the matchups so far (1WIN, Viperio, Apeks) so this match against FaZe will be their first real challenge against T1 teams. On the other side of the bracket, VP is fighting for their major life against Mouz. This will be a tough match for VP, as Mouz is one of the top teams in the 1-2 pool.

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It seems some bookies are still giving decent odds on Old G because they are not considered as any favourites yet so yeah Im taking advantage on this for a while until the odds are lowered to around 1.5 or something

if you look at the previous match Old G has a bigger chance of winning compared to Hustlers. I now also choose to take this opportunity and bet on Old G as the winning team.
even though Old G is not very familiar but their game performance is very good and in mastering the map they are also superior to Hustlers.
let's take a look at the current match in progress and hopefully this prediction is right.

It was convincing though but the 2nd map was kinda lame  . I thought I nailed it once more time when Old G won their 1st map. Its not a bad bet after all and I might be going for the same option as well on their next one. Taking team secret -1.5 might be a good option as well, I watched their game and I think they have what it takes to dominate division 2

eventually Old G lost and worse I forgot not to click the cashout button
in the 2nd map Old G underestimated Hustler and took too long to push to the tower, so in the late game Hustler was superior because Slark was very ferocious.
this Slark in the late game is very dangerous because if Slark has become wild the 5 people in front of him will be killed by themselves.
Old G's mistake of stalling for time caused Slark to have a gap to reach the max level which has high damage.

but it's okay there is still the next match and I think I will follow your prediction again.

[passwordnow]

Pinnacle Cup: Malta Vibes #1's champion is the Ex-HR. While NaVi took the 2nd place on this tournament, I'm not familiar with their players but it seems another round of aspiring players being formed by them.
Funny to see the bracket below that Ex-HR came against Virtus.Pro for which it was the former team of Solo and Ramzes.


On the other news, ATF is out of Nigma Galaxy and Miracle is back on the roster for DreamLeague S19.
News: Miracle- replaces ATF at DreamLeague S19, ESL explains its choice of emergency replacement for PSG.LGD [Updated]


Abed is also out for DreamLeague and will be replaced by an Iranian pubstar Mikey to stand-in for Shopify Rebellion.

[JooBra]

Right now we have the third game between Fnatic and Astralis in LoL. Tide has shifted looks like Fnatic is closer to taking the win here.

[Balmain]

BNE didn't let the FaZe team through. They won the series 2-0 and in the Paris Major. BNE was a team that we matched a lot in Eternal Fire matches. As a team, they are friends and have been playing together for years, and they have improved a lot during this time. Gxx awp was very effective in this series in my opinion. He was very eager Rigos and provided extras to the team during the match. Team FaZe actually started out really well on the Inferno map, Twisst had a 16-17 kill after a few more rounds. Later, this streak was broken and BNE was included in the game. BNE pushed Faze too hard on banana. As I said, they reached the sides easily at the beginning of the game, but after playing the +1 rotation B game, things changed for BNE. There was an incident that surprised me quite a bit on the Mirage map. The BNE player, who was about to defuse the bomb, stabbed with 0.01 seconds remaining and won the clutch Twistzz.

[arallmuus]

On the other news, ATF is out of Nigma Galaxy and Miracle is back on the roster for DreamLeague S19.
News: Miracle- replaces ATF at DreamLeague S19, ESL explains its choice of emergency replacement for PSG.LGD [Updated]

No reason needed on not to bet on Nigma after I saw this 



Abit risky because Im gonna need Nigma to win both map to win this but I think Im going to take draw as leverage later as well. OG is not really in a good shape either and with Miracle back in the team, I guess Nigma is going to have an edge over OG in this BO2 game

[execijutiere]

BNE's Faze win was a surprise for me. BNE has a strange playing style and it's hard to predict which match they will win or not. Faze, on the other hand, started 2-0 and will continue the tournament 2-2. The last major champion Outsiders aka virtus pro team was eliminated from the tournament. They have an incredible low form. After these defeats, maybe they need to sit down and think a little bit. It was a sad result for them.
Tomorrow, there are some good and tough challenges for the teams. I'm especially looking forward to see who will be the winner in the faze-mouz match. Faze is one step ahead but they don't inspire confidence.

[dbshck]

I'm especially looking forward to see who will be the winner in the faze-mouz match. Faze is one step ahead but they don't inspire confidence.

I was expecting for an effortless 2-0 victory for FaZe yesterday against BNE, but boy, was I mistaken. While I initially believed that their loss to NaVi was simply due to NaVi's strength (which is true, npl was phenomenal), it's now clear that FaZe isn't performing at their peak, even against non T1 teams. Can't for the FaZe vs. Mouz match today. Despite the odds favoring FaZe, I'm guessing that it's going to be another close match.

Faze, on the other hand, started 2-0 and will continue the tournament 2-2.

Losing two consecutive BO3s 0-2 is so uncharacteristic for such a strong team. I wonder what's wrong with them? Could it be that they're losing their competitive drive after recently securing the Intel Grand Slam?

[execijutiere]

I'm especially looking forward to see who will be the winner in the faze-mouz match. Faze is one step ahead but they don't inspire confidence.

I was expecting for an effortless 2-0 victory for FaZe yesterday against BNE, but boy, was I mistaken. While I initially believed that their loss to NaVi was simply due to NaVi's strength (which is true, npl was phenomenal), it's now clear that FaZe isn't performing at their peak, even against non T1 teams. Can't for the FaZe vs. Mouz match today. Despite the odds favoring FaZe, I'm guessing that it's going to be another close match.

Faze, on the other hand, started 2-0 and will continue the tournament 2-2.

Losing two consecutive BO3s 0-2 is so uncharacteristic for such a strong team. I wonder what's wrong with them? Could it be that they're losing their competitive drive after recently securing the Intel Grand Slam?

I think they got complacent thinking that they played very well. So what I mean to say is that we are already perfect and we think that we can easily get out of this group. So we don't need to take ourselves too seriously. Because I think they are strong enough to beat BNE and it doesn't make sense for them to lose this game. Today they will play against mouz. Mouz played an excellent game against the last major champion virtus pro. If they show the same performance, it will be easy for them to beat Faze.

[dbshck]

Today they will play against mouz. Mouz played an excellent game against the last major champion virtus pro. If they show the same performance, it will be easy for them to beat Faze.

It appears to be the case. FaZe continues to struggle, losing their map pick (Nuke) against Mouz with a disappointing 16-8 score, not even reaching double digits. Now they're moving on to Ancient, and it's likely that FaZe will suffer another 0-2 defeat. It's gonna be tough for the players to get down to Last Chance Qualifier right after getting the Intel Grand Slam.

In other news, BNE has claimed the fourth and final Legends spot from RMR A after a hard-fought 2-1 series against Gamer Legion. Well deserved!

[jakelyson]

I'm especially looking forward to see who will be the winner in the faze-mouz match. Faze is one step ahead but they don't inspire confidence.

I was expecting for an effortless 2-0 victory for FaZe yesterday against BNE, but boy, was I mistaken. While I initially believed that their loss to NaVi was simply due to NaVi's strength (which is true, npl was phenomenal), it's now clear that FaZe isn't performing at their peak, even against non T1 teams. Can't for the FaZe vs. Mouz match today. Despite the odds favoring FaZe, I'm guessing that it's going to be another close match.

Faze is sometimes shaky in my opinion. There are times, against strong teams, they are good and times they just bad. I will not put my trust on Faze to consistently win matches at this point. They have been shaky since late of last year.


Watching DOTA 2 Division II Spring tour. I am still not used to see Team Secret in Division 2. They are doing good though, they won their first match and now dominating their second match against ITB.

[Eternad]

Watching DOTA 2 Division II Spring tour. I am still not used to see Team Secret in Division 2. They are doing good though, they won their first match and now dominating their second match against ITB.

They badly needed to relegate because their performance against Div 1 teams is so poor and they need confidence boost to strengthen their bond for the new roster. This is what happened to Nigma and now they promoted again by slowly building up their team again with the new roster adjustment.

It will be more fun now to watch Div 2 since Old G will have a good rival on the top spot compared before that most of the Division 2 team is inferior to them. Team Secret can give them a hard time on securing top spot for a possible fast promotion on Division 1.

[STT]

Faze Karrigan and Rain between them have enough years between them to call this team old, though the other players are younger.  It can just be a top team needs a break or similar, they cannot be top performance all the time I dont think that many teams maintain that top level.   Fnatic old team and only a couple others were that consistent.

With Col vs MIBR now I think Col does win it but its close enough to go with 3 maps are the safest bet.  Whoever wins it should be struggle not a straight win.