🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[jakelyson]

The Dream League Season 19 Playoffs will start in a few hours. It is great to see great teams fighting tonight.

Shopify Rebellion vs Tundra Esports
This is a do or die match between these two great team. Tundra is slightly favored to win this matchup but ex-EG players Shopify Rebellion will surely not go down without a fight. Expect a great match on the first game of the Playoffs.

Team Liquid vs Gaimin Gladiators
The Win could go to any of these teams. Both teams are performing extremely well lately but I think Team Liquid is extra motivated to get back on GG. Gaimin Gladiators swept Team Liquid on the group stage so Liquid might want to return the favor. As far as I know, Team Liquid could adjust well against opponents so expect to have a good game between these two.

[boltz]

For me is getting very hard to watch and bet on Dota 2 lately. After the videos with "322" and russian mafia , I simply don't want to bet on Dota 2 games even if it is a major , dreamleague or TI itself.

Maybe today I will watch the game just to see how "pro" teams will deal with this new map as I played one game last night and it's chaos ...we ended up with more than 120 kills in a pub but every objective in this new map , it's very punishable from both sides. 

[Trofo]

This new patch is a total unknown, I wanted to place some serius bets today but as it stands I just played over 2.5 maps on both games.

There was some interview where GG said they need time to find out the best strats so maybe Liquid with all their experiance will manage to finally win against them.

[Coin_trader]

This new patch is a total unknown, I wanted to place some serius bets today but as it stands I just played over 2.5 maps on both games.

The new map is so huge and make the gameplay so crazy. Despite the map size increase, They provide lots of utility like more outpost for wards, lotus fountain for regen and the game changer portal on both safe lane that makes the game more on aggressive since anyone can rotate anytime since portal doesn’t have cooldown. Most of the save some money for utility item like TP and wards because the new has it all.

Watching the game now between Shopify and Tundra. Shopify play so well on this new match by choosing a hero that can mobilize his teammates globally. The game is so action pack even on early games because the portal is place near the safe lane tower which easier to gank the enemy position 1 hero. 

Underlord pick is so useful on the map because the team can literally back and fort whichever they want. Shopify massacre Tundra by abusing the portals.

[jakelyson]

This new patch is a total unknown, I wanted to place some serius bets today but as it stands I just played over 2.5 maps on both games.

There was some interview where GG said they need time to find out the best strats so maybe Liquid with all their experiance will manage to finally win against them.

This new patch is really chaotic. The map is quite too big and there are too many new items. Even though the map is now bigger, there are more ways to get to your teammates across the map. Response to team fights is faster.  I do not think any team right now has a good grasp on the meta. So, it all comes down to the skill of the players. This will just make the game between GG and Team Liquid more exciting.


The game between Tundra and Shopify Rebellion is now tied as Tundra was able to win Map 2. I was surprised at how fast the Alche can farm in this patch and he did not even lane. Went straight to the jungle. Let's see on the third map how Shopify will respond to the adjustment of Tundra against them. Exciting third map up ahead.

[dimonstration]

The game between Tundra and Shopify Rebellion is now tied as Tundra was able to win Map 2. I was surprised at how fast the Alche can farm in this patch and he did not even lane. Went straight to the jungle.

I saw neutral creeps in every aspect of the new map while portal make him mobilize both neutral camp of both sides since they have the early advantage of the game. They just blow-up the game after Naga Siren is already well farmed and they can’t manage to successfully finish their duel due to the song save that is very annoying.

Alchemist is useless when the enemy core heroes has a huge gold on his team mates. I believe Tundra got this game 3 because they are now property using the map compared to game 1.

[execijutiere]

In the first match of the day, we watched the C9-Vitality match.The first map was Inferno, which was chosen by Vitality.C9, who showed a good performance on the T side, defeated the map 16-6 and started the match 1-0 ahead.The second map was Vertigo, which was chosen by C9.Although C9 closed the first half 12-3 ahead, the match went to overtime.In overtime, Vitality defeated Vitality 19-16 and it was left to the decider map to determine the winner of the match.On the decider map, Vitality had a good CT side and started ahead with a difference.12-3 In the match where Sh1ro got 77 kills, they didn't win many matches as they didn't have any good players in their team.We can say that Vitality got better and closer scores as a team.

[Spack17]

sh1ro is such a great fragger for Cloud9 honestly. He made a big impact on his team's effort today as well. He finished all three matches as the top fragger of his team. But he had really tough opponents like dupreeh and ZywOo at the same time. Because these two became the stars of their teams on Vertigo and Overpass maps later on by getting a lot of frags to help an incredible comeback to be made.

There were 39 frags by dupreeh on Vertigo and 31 frags by ZywOo on Overpass. Cloud9 couldn't take advantage of being 1-0 ahead and said goodbye to the tournament in the semi finals. Right now NaVi and Heroic are playing a series against each other to determine Vitality's opponent in the final stage.

We are on the first map, Overpass. It has been pretty competitive as Heroic are 23-22 ahead now.

[boyptc]

The game between Tundra and Shopify Rebellion is now tied as Tundra was able to win Map 2. I was surprised at how fast the Alche can farm in this patch and he did not even lane. Went straight to the jungle. Let's see on the third map how Shopify will respond to the adjustment of Tundra against them. Exciting third map up ahead.

That was an intense fight. Alchemist sure has got some buff on this update but then Tundra took it down. While for game 3, I think this is where all the highlights is gonna come from.

This hero, Muerta has been added to the captains mode and these teams have just been waiting for it to be used. It wasn't only Shopify Rebellion that used it but also Team Liquid.

Tundra is out and will go home with a 4th place and $85,000. While Team Liquid is waiting for the grand finals, the battle of 3rd and 2nd will be with GG and SR. Who you think will move to the grand finals guys?

[Balmain]

I don't want to say anything about Zywoo, he's a GOAT, he plays very smooth. I was watching the game Cloud 9 started the game so effectively. They won the first map, then they were clearly superior on the Vertigo map, I remember the score was 12-3. From that score, Vitality took it all the way to overtime, after which they won the game in OT Dupreeh did a great job. In the last map, Cloud9 was mentally exhausted and Zywoo was on the stage. I think this map had at least 5-6 clutches. Sh1ro was very, very good on Cloud9, but it wasn't enough for this match.

[jakelyson]

The game between Tundra and Shopify Rebellion is now tied as Tundra was able to win Map 2. I was surprised at how fast the Alche can farm in this patch and he did not even lane. Went straight to the jungle. Let's see on the third map how Shopify will respond to the adjustment of Tundra against them. Exciting third map up ahead.

That was an intense fight. Alchemist sure has got some buff on this update but then Tundra took it down. While for game 3, I think this is where all the highlights is gonna come from.

This hero, Muerta has been added to the captains mode and these teams have just been waiting for it to be used. It wasn't only Shopify Rebellion that used it but also Team Liquid.

I think Alchemist was not properly itemized in that game. Sure, he was farmed early and was able to build Tarrasque and rRadiance very early in the game but he did not get BKB to save himself when ganked or properly participate on team fights. I do not know why Arteezy did not get BKB but I do think that is the only item he missed that could have made a difference in that game. Anyway, they won the 3rd game and would face Gaimin Gladiators in the do-or-die match in the lower bracket finals.

Tundra is out and will go home with a 4th place and $85,000. While Team Liquid is waiting for the grand finals, the battle of 3rd and 2nd will be with GG and SR. Who you think will move to the grand finals guys?

Between Gaimin Gladiators and Shopify Rebellion, I am taking the side of GG in this match. Even though they have been swept by Team Liquid in the upper bracket, I still believe they can grind and have a better grasp of this patch before their match against SR. GG has been solid until now and I think they will be better against SR later. I expect a rematch between GG and Team Liquid for the finals of DreamLeague season 19.

[Beparanf]

Pick your bets now on the upperbracket, I guess many will be choosing Team Liquid instead of GG. And on the lower bracket, many will choose the former TI - Tundra than Shopify Rebellion.

Team Liquid on Upper Bracket and SR on lower bracket but still Team Liquid and GG in the finals. Liquid and GG are dominating the Dota2 scene.

My prediction works well on last night matches. I didn’t place a parlay but I’m happy that things go out as planned. I might bet on the upcoming match until the grand finals.

The new map is insane. Watching Roshan use the portal to switch place from top to bottom is really funny especially if the team gonna kill him but his time to swap places occur. The team literally just follow him and use the portal with like waiting on the elevator. Team Liquid is still as strong as before even with the new patch.

[dbshck]

We are on the first map, Overpass. It has been pretty competitive as Heroic are 23-22 ahead now.

NaVi fumbled the bag. Losing their momentum when they failed to secure the first map in overtime despite having the lead during regular time and unable to close the map with 3 round map points. They seemed utterly lost on Ancient, can't get anything going with 1-14 scoreline in the first half. On the other hand, Heroic's incredible endurance on Overpass is a testament to their status as one of the top teams right now. Their performance mirrors Vitality's, who made a stunning comeback from a 1-12 deficit on Vertigo. Such resilience truly showcases the mentality of these top players. The grand final tonight should be very interesting to watch, with both Vitality and Heroic performing near their peak at this tournament.

[Mauser]

Damn what a round of semi finals that was yesterday, there was so much action in the two matches. I really thought that NaVi would pull it off, going into overtime two times on the first map the game could have went either way. Surprisingly that was Heroic picks for a map and then on Ancient NaVi got completely destroyed. Simple tried really hard, but it wasn't enough. At least Vitality managed to pull through and I didn't lose all my money yesterday. The game of Cloud9 vs Vitality was insane, I think this was the best match dupreeh ever had on Vertigo. He carried his team alone into overtime. The first map Inferno was Vitalitys pick and they lost it not even close, only to make one of the biggest comeback in CSGO history on Vertigo. They went from 12-1, to 12-14 without losing a single round. After such a run Cloud9 was broken and Vitality should be hyped for today to win the tournament. On paper Heroic is the better and should be winning today, but the two teams already played twice against each other and each team won one time. It's going to be a final with 7 Danish players, so they all know each. I am probably going with Vitality for the final today and hope that they can get another hyped match like yesterday. 

[jakelyson]

Risking some small amount to Gaimin Gladiator against Shopify Rebellion on the Lower Bracket Finals. Though they were swept by Team Liquid last night, I think GG can still recover from that. This is a new map, and everyone is still lost in navigating it and trying out the new Meta. I think GG has an upper hand, skill-wise, against Shopify Rebellion. They should win this even with a new and confusing map.

[Peanutswar]

Risking some small amount to Gaimin Gladiator against Shopify Rebellion on the Lower Bracket Finals. Though they were swept by Team Liquid last night, I think GG can still recover from that. This is a new map, and everyone is still lost in navigating it and trying out the new Meta. I think GG has an upper hand, skill-wise, against Shopify Rebellion. They should win this even with a new and confusing map.

The result of this game already showed GG wins the game against SR and the first game doesn't quite suitable with the playstyle of the OLD EG after this riki updates they keep pushing this hero as a support because of the cooldown of the silence smoke screen but it doesn't go well, they have  a good counter for RTZ in the first game of Cent plus Ursa and the Morp cant do anything with the UD and Riki does not have any impact reason why they get the game 1 and at the game 2 still the EG have a really bad draft they don't have any counter with the BB because Mikey chooses to have a Burst and not go for a vessel against the BB and IO. Congrats with your wins.

[jakelyson]

The result of this game already showed GG wins the game against SR and the first game doesn't quite suitable with the playstyle of the OLD EG after this riki updates they keep pushing this hero as a support because of the cooldown of the silence smoke screen but it doesn't go well, they have  a good counter for RTZ in the first game of Cent plus Ursa and the Morp cant do anything with the UD and Riki does not have any impact reason why they get the game 1 and at the game 2 still the EG have a really bad draft they don't have any counter with the BB because Mikey chooses to have a Burst and not go for a vessel against the BB and IO. Congrats with your wins.

Thanks! The odds is quite small but it is quite a sure win since GG has been performing really well in this tournament.

They are now against Team Liquid which is also outstanding in this tournament. Team Liquid swept Gaimin Gladiators last night so I am taking a risk on them in this match. They might be the favorite in this match but I think Gaimin Gladiators has learned a lot in their loss against Team Liquid last night. It will be interesting to watch this game since I really do not know which team will win. It is a long game since it is a best-of-five series. Unlike my earlier bet, this time, my bet is a real gamble.

[dimonstration]

Thanks! The odds is quite small but it is quite a sure win since GG has been performing really well in this tournament.

They are now against Team Liquid which is also outstanding in this tournament. Team Liquid swept Gaimin Gladiators last night so I am taking a risk on them in this match. They might be the favorite in this match but I think Gaimin Gladiators has learned a lot in their loss against Team Liquid last night. It will be interesting to watch this game since I really do not know which team will win. It is a long game since it is a best-of-five series. Unlike my earlier bet, this time, my bet is a real gamble.

GG is already get the first map but I’m hesitant on this pick since Team Liquid is much more stronger than GG on all of their matches after the last major without Boxi. Complete Team Liquid is so strong for GG to handle but I give this a shot since there’s a new map and patches which change every strategy that all team in their pocket.

The game is so intense but I don’t want to place any bet on this. Not on match winner because there’s no dominant with this 2 team for this new patch.

[execijutiere]

I can say that we watched a good match in the Heroic-NaVi match.Heroic played really incredible and we saw NaVi perform so badly after a long time.We started the match with the map Heroic chose and the score was always close on this map.Heroic won 25-22 in overtime and started 1-0 ahead. The second map was the ancient map.NaVi, who played a terrible t side here, started 14-1 down.NaVi, who started CT Side with such a score, could not stand it anymore and lost 16-9 and lost 2-0 in total.Now we are watching the Vitality-Heroic match in the final.Vitality leads 1-0.

[sunsilk]

DreamLeague S19 is now on its grand finals, currently the match is with Gaimin Gladiators and Team Liquid while Shopify Rebellion was already out and a 2nd runner up/ 3rd place.

Game 4 and the series score is 2-1 in favor of GG and while playing on the 4th map, Team Liquid is looking dominant on it currently but hasn't ended yet.