🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[boyptc]

Team nigma has a lack of every thing imagine MC now becomes part of the OG which is really suitable for him because the OG can really give a good team coordination to make sure their offline MC makes a good items for initiation for the next move is their snow balling.

Nope mate, MC isn't part now of OG. He just played for OG on the Berlin major as their stand-in offlane but he's still with Nigma.

--> https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Dota_Pro_Circuit/2023/3/Western_Europe/Division_I

Check this out. The current stand-in for OG is their position 4 for Taiga -> Aramis. All in all, they've got still the same roster but just that stand-in for their support as seen on that page.

MC is still part of Nigma and they'll play for Division 2 on the month of June.

--> https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Dota_Pro_Circuit/2023/3/Western_Europe/Division_II

[execijutiere]

Today at the Paris major, the last teams to qualify for the Champions stage will be decided.
In the Faze-NaVi match, Faze was the winner and qualified for the stage.The first map was Overpass, chosen by Faze.Faze failed to win this map.Perfecto won the map with a good game against Ropz's poor performance.
The second map was Mirage, which NaVi chose.But NaVi, who played a terrible game as a team, lost this map and left the match to the last map.The last map was the new map Anubis.Broky was the name that won the match for his team with a legendary performance.
ITB-Fnatic match is going on right now.Fnatic won the first map.ITB is leading 14-1 in the second map.

[arallmuus]

The odds for the +1.5 handicaps on the WEU DPC matches later tomorrow are pretty decent. I've checked another sportsbook, and all three handicaps are at 1.50~ at the minimum, so i'll probably place one or two single bets since I don't trust any of the favorites to sweep atm.

Obviously would skip Team Secret handicap for sure. Im not convinced enough that they will win a single map against Liquid but I would put my money on Entity for sure. They won 2-0 against Liquid and although GH was standing in for them, they just won the game under 30 minutes for both map so yeah at this rate they might have a good shot to make it to the next Major

Also going to put my money in Talon, best team in SEA rn imo but yeah they could win 2-0

[sunsilk]

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It seems that some of the roster from Nigma has been standing-in for some teams. But still good luck to them and the game is about to happen within a few hours like 5-6 hours from now.

Well for now the team members are really capable of standing in because they are still top tier players but thats not really the whole point of Team Nigma if in the end they are just those 'mercenary' team. They need to figure out their own game soon otherwise there is no point for them to stick together, they should have let go of their entire roster

Good thing for Nigma, they've got new two players and one of them is known already for standin for Shopify Rebellion and that's Mikey. While Miracle is on the break and being inactive, he's been replaced by Yuma.

I think it was just Miracle and Kuro that didn't got any stand-in invites but for Miracle, IIRC, he's experiencing some health problems so he needs a break.

Edit : holy heck, which site should I use to avoid this image proxy error

Use, TalkImg - https://www.talkimg.com/

But for other reference: Image uploading websites/ scripts for Bitcointalk users

Thanks for the heads up. Either way, Entity won the game so yeah it was a good bet taking +1.5 on them against Liquid

You're welcome. Many were for sure got slaughtered by their bets for Team Liquid and that's a straight 2-0 for them. Later, we'll see the next game of Team Liquid against Team Secret.

[ralle14]

I also have put my bet on Faze to win and I hope they turn around things in second and third map to win this now. Navi surprisingly are playing better than the matches they have played in Blast but I guess given the situation they have to now.

That comeback from Faze in the decider map was a miracle, I never thought they'll wake up when they're down by 6 rounds to force OT and eliminate Navi.  

Also going to put my money in Talon, best team in SEA rn imo but yeah they could win 2-0

Those odds on Talon to sweep the series are good (I might grab it as well). Blacklist is performing better with kpii now in the offlane but their 2-0 win against BOOM wasn't as impressive compared to what Talon had to go through against SMG.

Edit: The odds went up, so I had to go for it. 

[Avirunes]

I also have put my bet on Faze to win and I hope they turn around things in second and third map to win this now. Navi surprisingly are playing better than the matches they have played in Blast but I guess given the situation they have to now.

That comeback from Faze in the decider map was a miracle, I never thought they'll wake up when they're down by 6 rounds to force OT and eliminate Navi.  

Yeah true, to be honest I had given all hopes the way Navi were giving Faze so much hard time but Faze made it in the end. Faze were so helpless in Anubis but they really pulled back in the end. Navi had no clue at all when they started to make it back to the OT. In OT also Faze performed very well with all the plans and they pulled it back in the end.

karrigan said that it felt like a play off match and it actually did. One of the best matches of Blast major Paris till now, I must say.

[arallmuus]

Also going to put my money in Talon, best team in SEA rn imo but yeah they could win 2-0

Those odds on Talon to sweep the series are good (I might grab it as well). Blacklist is performing better with kpii now in the offlane but their 2-0 win against BOOM wasn't as impressive compared to what Talon had to go through against SMG.

Edit: The odds went up, so I had to go for it. 

Yeah the odds was great and my only regret was parlaying that with Entity +1.5. If only I hadn't do that then I would have racked in decent amount. I've done this numerous time, getting some good pick then somehow think that the odds was not enough therefore parlaying it onto another bet then somehow lose the ticket FFS

Im starting to think getting OG-1.5 should be a good option to recoup what I've loss today

[execijutiere]

The other teams that I think will make the round are Heroic,Vitality,G2,Fnatic,Faze,Furia and Ence.

G2, FaZe, and Furia are on 0-2 elimination matches today. RIP our Pick'ems FaZe and G2 looking really weak, getting sent down to 0-2 by arguably the weakest teams, i.e. BNE and ITB. To be fair it was a BO1, but still disappointing regardless. Hopefully, we can see their better form in the BO3 matches today.

Navi is also not in their prime yesterday, getting schooled by Liquid in CT side inferno 14-1. Something is wrong and S1mple missing easy shots didn't help. The only strong contenders for the title now are Heroic and Vitality. Betting on them to get that 3-0 wins.

I didn't expect them to play so badly.I especially expected G2 team to win the last major but niko couldn't do it. They had to say goodbye early.Now I see the Vitality team ahead in the paris major, which is the last major.Since s1mple's team is also eliminated, I think zywoo can win this tournament.They are good as a team and it is worth mentioning that they are the side that has a slight advantage since it takes place in their country.My pick was a little unlucky and most likely it will not be diamond anymore.I will try to make at least gold and so my picks were as follows;
I picked Heroic, Monte, Liquid and Vitality to be the teams that will win the first matches. Secondly, I expect Heroic and Vitality to win, and finally I picked Vitality in the final.

[passwordnow]

Blacklist is performing better with kpii now in the offlane but their 2-0 win against BOOM wasn't as impressive compared to what Talon had to go through against SMG.

Having Kpii is truly a boost for them but after watching their match against Talon. It's certain that they're still far from beating them. In retrospect, there's a problem with their drafts and I don't know if they're all agreeing with the picks but mostly they do and Ninjaboogie is involved in it. I think that Kpii's help and experience will also help them learn from this match against Talon. And can't argue with anyone that SEA's strongest now is them, Talon and those that are saying that it's the weakest region up til' now - is true.

[ralle14]

Yeah the odds was great and my only regret was parlaying that with Entity +1.5. If only I hadn't do that then I would have racked in decent amount. I've done this numerous time, getting some good pick then somehow think that the odds was not enough therefore parlaying it onto another bet then somehow lose the ticket FFS

Im starting to think getting OG-1.5 should be a good option to recoup what I've loss today

I feel so dumb taking Entity as well because they killed their draft instantly by going with Windranger twice, and they included an unusual Magnus pick in the second game that only made their team fight execution much harder.

OG almost made the Windranger carry work to get the 2-0, but they got punished by their unnecessary buybacks in the late game.

[arallmuus]

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OG almost made the Windranger carry work to get the 2-0, but they got punished by their unnecessary buybacks in the late game.

Yeah it was pretty close and I ended up losing again because of that. You know what, I feel stupid betting constantly on Dota and I have been losing ever since the last Major. Well its not actually that much but losing bets like that makes me feel dumb especially when I already have a good pick then somehow parlay them up therefore I decided to bet on Blast Major which ended up winning it without actually doing much research on it

Feels so weird but hey atleast its a start for me

[boyptc]

I feel so dumb taking Entity as well because they killed their draft instantly by going with Windranger twice, and they included an unusual Magnus pick in the second game that only made their team fight execution much harder.

That game was too easy for Tundra against Entity. I guess they're still on the testing phase with these adjustments as it's becoming a new meta of having Windranger as their carry.

The first game goes for Stormstormer's Windranger and it didn't do a lot. I like this Tundra's pick as it's exotic and this is the scary line up that a team couldn't beat easily.

While for their 2nd map, having a Windranger again for their mid. It seems that they want Stormstormer to have it mastered and be tested. Well, I remember Bulba wanting Abed to keep on playing with Storm Spirit for five times straight IIRC.

[ralle14]

Yeah it was pretty close and I ended up losing again because of that. You know what, I feel stupid betting constantly on Dota and I have been losing ever since the last Major. Well its not actually that much but losing bets like that makes me feel dumb especially when I already have a good pick then somehow parlay them up therefore I decided to bet on Blast Major which ended up winning it without actually doing much research on it

It's the same for me i'd have that one good betting day, then the next few days would all be losses.

I got baited by GG thinking they'll sweep Team Secret, but Team Secret surprised GG with a solid draft to win the first game then the next two weren't even close. Pre-live betting sucks right now, and watching the draft first might be the best move or skip.  

While for their 2nd map, having a Windranger again for their mid. It seems that they want Stormstormer to have it mastered and be tested. Well, I remember Bulba wanting Abed to keep on playing with Storm Spirit for five times straight IIRC.

Or it might've been one of the best picks in scrims because Team Liquid picked it once in one of their series, but they couldn't make it work.

[boyptc]

While for their 2nd map, having a Windranger again for their mid. It seems that they want Stormstormer to have it mastered and be tested. Well, I remember Bulba wanting Abed to keep on playing with Storm Spirit for five times straight IIRC.

Or it might've been one of the best picks in scrims because Team Liquid picked it once in one of their series, but they couldn't make it work.

Yeah possible.

I've heard it from other players that those crazy picks that we've been seeing from them were successfully tested during their scrims and it's even a surprise to them that it wasn't effective during the actual tournament matches.

But that's how it goes and they never stop practicing and improving on this path. It's gonna be harder when most of them adjusted already while some of these teams haven't adjusted yet.

[dimonstration]

Yeah it was pretty close and I ended up losing again because of that. You know what, I feel stupid betting constantly on Dota and I have been losing ever since the last Major. Well its not actually that much but losing bets like that makes me feel dumb especially when I already have a good pick then somehow parlay them up therefore I decided to bet on Blast Major which ended up winning it without actually doing much research on it

It's the same for me i'd have that one good betting day, then the next few days would all be losses.

I got baited by GG thinking they'll sweep Team Secret, but Team Secret surprised GG with a solid draft to win the first game then the next two weren't even close. Pre-live betting sucks right now, and watching the draft first might be the best move or skip.  

This is why I never bet on prematch even in all sports.I don’t care about the difference on odds because that odds difference doesn’t matter if your bet loss. Dota2 is one of the game that has a very inconsistent result especially on group stage because most of the team is experimenting and doesn’t have clear strategy that will works on a short matches.

Tundra is the most inconsistent during the time when they are still the heavily favored. GG somehow still very consistent but I will not consider betting always a sweep match for them since we saw them multi times being swept by the weakest team in their bracket despite they are still the number on their group by beating other strong team.

[Distraction]

After T1's defeat against JDG by 3-2 I thought that we wouldn't have seen a bigger defeat in the remaining time of the MSI tournament. But today Gen.G were literally destroyed by BLG. Chinese teams have been showing spectacular performances until this point. But still I would have liked to see some resistance from Gen.G as they are the LCK winner as you know. I even expected a win from Gen.G after a tough fight.

In this disappointing table I didn't like especially Doran's performance after watching him in one of the games in the series. I don't know why but he seems like he is lost these days. He is quite prone to make simple mistakes.

[execijutiere]

The last major of CS:GO continues to have interesting results.Of course, this is my opinion.I don't know if anyone will participate or not, but I think it's a fact that there are surprise results among the teams that made it to the end.In the Monte-GL match played today, I expected monte to win in the pick'em and I picked them, but GL managed to win with a good game.As a team that eliminated NaVi, I honestly didn't think they would perform so badly.
In the other match, I didn't expect Liquid to lose to a team like Apeks after a good group stage and I also expected Liquid to make the round, but I was surprised here too.Liquid was terrible as a team.

[Mauser]

The Semi Finals of the Blast.tv Paris Major 2023 are happening today and the Grand Final will be played tomorrow. The tournament passed by quite quickly as I didn't have much time to watch all of the games the last week. With only 3 matches left I definitely want to bet on them. With Heroic and Vitality reaching the semis it wasn't a big surprise, the two teams faced each other in the last  big tournament and are ranked 1st and 2nd strongest team in the world. The big surprise was rather to see Apeks and GamerLegion to reach the Semis. The first match will be Heroic vs GamerLegion and should be won easily by Heroic, they won all the matches this tournament and should have no issue reaching the Grand Final. The same goes for the Vitality vs Apeks match, Vitality won all their matches and is the much stronger team. I am sure we are going to see a remake of the IEM Rio Finals with Heroic facing Vitality. Which is going to be an exciting match that will be quite close, but I think that Vitality is going to prevail a second time over Heroic and remain #1 team in CSGO.

[sunsilk]

Tundra is the most inconsistent during the time when they are still the heavily favored.

GG is like the new Tundra. I saw how Tundra has been at the top and they're like on GG's shoes now.

GG somehow still very consistent but I will not consider betting always a sweep match for them since we saw them multi times being swept by the weakest team in their bracket despite they are still the number on their group by beating other strong team.

If it's about sweeping a match, you can count them on like in semis or finals. They're always dominating on those times of the tournament because they're playing safe and making sure that each move they do is always accurate and will execute their strategies properly.

Even if their opponent focuses on Quinn in the mid, the other 4 are just unstoppable and yeah they've always been too consistent and irresistible.

[dbshck]

The big surprise was rather to see Apeks and GamerLegion to reach the Semis.

Monte played so badly yesterday I can't believe NaVi lost to them. For most Monte players it was their first time on a big stage and without a coach behind them, I think it affect their performance.

The first match will be Heroic vs GamerLegion and should be won easily by Heroic, they won all the matches this tournament and should have no issue reaching the Grand Final. The same goes for the Vitality vs Apeks match, Vitality won all their matches and is the much stronger team. I am sure we are going to see a remake of the IEM Rio Finals with Heroic facing Vitality. Which is going to be an exciting match that will be quite close, but I think that Vitality is going to prevail a second time over Heroic and remain #1 team in CSGO.

Betting 2-0 for both semifinal matches. Although Apeks look really strong again Liquid yesterday and they came prepared, Jkaem stated they were anti-stratting Liquid. But Vitality in their home arena with the crowd should be unbeatable. This is their major to win.