🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[STT]

Vitality should be near now to a win in their own country surely, its about time though its not a French team as such its their closest shot in awhile.   However depending on the odds I was waiting to bet Heroic perhaps because they seem a hybrid of all aspects required to win a CSGO match.    

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

Very big surprise considering all the big names, it feels like people are distracted or off their best game for many reasons.  I'm watching GL do very well vs Heroic right now on the first map and leading for large patches of the game however Heroic could take both maps without a push to stop them.  I didnt want to bet on Heroic on poor odds considering the challenge to them is real, so I bet 3 maps.
  Im not sure I will bet the Vitality game later as the odds are quite low even for a precise score prediction, watching it for the grand final might be more important.

[ILuckyGuyI]

T1 and Gen.G teams have been a big disappointment to me during the MSI. In fact, T1's losing to JDG by 3-2 was still okay as we watched great effort from both teams. However I wasn't expecting T1 to give up this easy against BLG by 3-1. I didn't like Faker the most about T1 honestly. Gumayusi also struggled seriously against Ruler and Elk from time to time.

But I get that T1 are a very young team right now and they need time to reach their potential. JDG and BLG are going to be facing each other tomorrow in the final series by the way. JDG already beat them once in the LPL 2023 Spring Playoffs by 3-1. Here in the MSI I will be expecting another victory by JDG.

[execijutiere]

I really have to congratulate Gamerlegion.I didn't expect them to make it this far and I think most people will agree with me.I never expected them to beat a team like Heroic.IM, who really has players, was the difference maker for them. He showed an incredible performance in the team and we can say that he played a leading role in winning the match.Heroic, on the other hand, were not very good as a team against the GL team.iM covered Keoz's bad play with a clear difference.Heroic lost the map of their choice, inferno, with a close score.If they had won that map, we could have seen them in the final, but it didn't happen.
Now we are watching the Vitality-Apeks match.I don't expect any surprises in this match.Vitality is the only team left from the hosts and I think there is no big obstacle for them to reach the championship.I expect Apeks to eliminate the team and beat GL in the final.

[dbshck]

Very big surprise considering all the big names, it feels like people are distracted or off their best game for many reasons.  I'm watching GL do very well vs Heroic right now on the first map and leading for large patches of the game however Heroic could take both maps without a push to stop them.  I didnt want to bet on Heroic on poor odds considering the challenge to them is real, so I bet 3 maps.
  Im not sure I will bet the Vitality game later as the odds are quite low even for a precise score prediction, watching it for the grand final might be more important.

Another upset. GamerLegion beat Heroic 2-1. The first two maps were close but Heroic didn't show up at all on the third map.

Vitality should be near now to a win in their own country surely, its about time though its not a French team as such its their closest shot in awhile.

Facing GamerLegion in the grand final with the home crowd fully supporting them, it's hard to see Vitality losing this one. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it's not even a close game. My prediction is another dominant 2-0 victory for Vitality in this match.

[Distraction]

T1 and Gen.G teams have been a big disappointment to me during the MSI. In fact, T1's losing to JDG by 3-2 was still okay as we watched great effort from both teams. However I wasn't expecting T1 to give up this easy against BLG by 3-1. I didn't like Faker the most about T1 honestly. Gumayusi also struggled seriously against Ruler and Elk from time to time.

But I get that T1 are a very young team right now and they need time to reach their potential. JDG and BLG are going to be facing each other tomorrow in the final series by the way. JDG already beat them once in the LPL 2023 Spring Playoffs by 3-1. Here in the MSI I will be expecting another victory by JDG.

It is indeed very surprising to see both Korea teams to be out this early. They were bulldozed by China teams hard really. Peyz and Gumayusi both weren't able to play in the way they actually wanted against Elk and Ruler during this tournament. Ruler is already the best bottom laner among them in my opinion and Elk also impressed me a lot here also. There are only 15 minutes to go for the final series to start. It has been a big joy to watch China teams until now and hopefully this series will also be delightful.

Maybe the LPL finale ended like that but here I will wait for a more competitive series. But still JDG are the favourite team at a serious rate right now and I also expect them to be the winner.

[Peanutswar]

The Gaimin Gladiators managed again to win a 2x major. This team never fails us to make a good performance. For me, they made a perfect analyzation with the new updates of dota 2; in the summarize of game one, the Team secret managed to win because of their excellent rotation and sustain with the combo of axe, puck and blood seek. This cant manage any core to escape because of the silence and slow they have, additional with the support of Lich that gives a tremendous amount of armour, game 2 GG get their win because of the medusa strategy we know this patch the medusa draft never been lost because of its damage and new mana shield. In game three, GG got this because of the meta of carrying Beast master and Magnus with the new item of Harpoon. They can easily initiation without a doubt because of the pickup and kills. Congrats to the people who bet on GG.

[execijutiere]

As I expected yesterday, Vitality had a bit of a hard time against Apeks, but they came out on the winning side.There is only 1 obstacle left for them to become champions in the last major of CS:GO and I think it is an easy opponent for them.GL may have eliminated strong opponents while coming this far, but the fact that they do not have as much major experience as Vitality's players is a disadvantage for them. They are a team that has the potential to make a panicked mistake and lose round after round when a sudden decision needs to be made.Since they are all young players, it is a great achievement for them to get this far again, but of course they will want to be champions in the last CS:GO major.With the tournament taking place in France, it would be more pleasant for Vitality to win.

[jakelyson]

Vitality should be near now to a win in their own country surely, its about time though its not a French team as such its their closest shot in awhile.

Facing GamerLegion in the grand final with the home crowd fully supporting them, it's hard to see Vitality losing this one. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it's not even a close game. My prediction is another dominant 2-0 victory for Vitality in this match.

Good prediction. It was a dominant 2-0 win by Vitality over GamerLegion. In the first map, Overpass, Vitality dominated GamerLegion with a 16-6 win. In the second map, Nuke, GamerLegion had an early lead with 10-5. But Vitality was able to turn everything around in the second half and tied the game 13-13. Then they were able to win crucial rounds and ended the game with 16-13 record.

With this, Vitality won their first and last ever CS:GO Major. Counter Strike 2 is scheduled to replace CS:GO this  year and there will be no more competitive CS:GO competition. The next major will be Counter Strike 2 next year. Hopefully, we will still see some of our favorite professional players play on CS2.

[passwordnow]

Dota 2 ~
Who has watched the match of Xerxia and Blacklist Rivalry? The odds for this match were too high for Xerxia and whoever bet on them to win a game or two then you're able to win such a good amount with Xerxia. Currently watching the match between the Talon and Bleed Sports.
The other team that everyone thinks can beat the good Talon Esports. This is all happening in the sea region folks.

[emrecemsan]

ZywOo was selected for the MVP prize of this Major. However it was a very special moment for dupreeh as well to beat GamerLegion by 2-0 in the grand final. Because dupreeh has won his 5th Major title in his professional career. He is currently the only player who has won Major this many times which is making him a very special player now. Even s1mple couldn't do this for example while he has been praised for his great skills. Apart from that this was a quite interesting Major at the same time.

I mean GamerLegion made the biggest surprise of the tournament by reaching this stage. It was actually nice to see a very unexpected team here to tell the truth. This success helped their players shine much more as well so maybe we can see some of them signing for bigger teams.

[execijutiere]

ZywOo was selected for the MVP prize of this Major. However it was a very special moment for dupreeh as well to beat GamerLegion by 2-0 in the grand final. Because dupreeh has won his 5th Major title in his professional career. He is currently the only player who has won Major this many times which is making him a very special player now. Even s1mple couldn't do this for example while he has been praised for his great skills. Apart from that this was a quite interesting Major at the same time.

I mean GamerLegion made the biggest surprise of the tournament by reaching this stage. It was actually nice to see a very unexpected team here to tell the truth. This success helped their players shine much more as well so maybe we can see some of them signing for bigger teams.

Zywoo should really be congratulated first of all.He came from an ordinary team and showed himself here and became MVP by showing a good performance in the major.Dupreeh, as you said, reached his 5th major championship.After winning tournaments with Astralis, he continues this with Vitality.
Not only GL but also other teams showed unexpected performances.Monte,Apeks,ITB and many more had good performances and had the chance to eliminate their opponents.I never included these teams in my pick but they made it to the quarterfinals.

[tusandii]

The Dota 2 DPC SA Tour 1 match still has 3 matches and for Bleed vs Boom it has started but for the first round it has not been resolved but it looks like later Bleed will win this match.
The other two matches are still underway in a few hours and I'm trying to bet wins on Bleed, Tundra as well as Gaimin Gladiators.
It's been a long time since I not to bet on Dota tournaments and now I'm trying again, who knows luck might be on my side.

[inthelongrun]

The Dota 2 DPC SA Tour 1 match still has 3 matches and for Bleed vs Boom it has started but for the first round it has not been resolved but it looks like later Bleed will win this match.
The other two matches are still underway in a few hours and I'm trying to bet wins on Bleed, Tundra as well as Gaimin Gladiators.
It's been a long time since I not to bet on Dota tournaments and now I'm trying again, who knows luck might be on my side.
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Congrats on your bets mate, Tundra and Bleed won already. GG is currently in a close game with Entity but they are the favorites to win. Regional qualifiers are getting tougher now since we only have 1 last major left before the TI. Time flies so fast, it's like a few months only since Tundra won TI.

It seems like Bleed Esports will finally join a DOTA major tournament this year. They're 4-0 with 3 matches left but it already won earlier over the top dangerous teams in the region. This is big for them because they still have the chance to enter TI should they perform decently at Bali Major.

By the way, you can use [img width=500+/-] mate to lessen the size of your image.

[emrecemsan]

I'm following the biggest Turkish team in CS:GO as well which are Eternal Fire. However they still seem like they are looping around the same thing at the end of the day. I couldn't even count how many times they have made changes in their roster. The biggest problem about this is that their insisting on bringing the same players to the team over and over again. This isn't actually a change for them. They are just returning to the point where they started.

For example they have parted ways with imoRR and but woxic has returned to the team to fill his place. The only real change happened with xfl0ud's being replaced by Wicadia who was in the academy team before. I hope there wouldn't be personal issues between MAJ3R and woxic again too because as far as I remember it was the reason why woxic left the team in the first place.

[batang_bitcoin]

The Dota 2 DPC SA Tour 1 match still has 3 matches and for Bleed vs Boom it has started but for the first round it has not been resolved but it looks like later Bleed will win this match.
The other two matches are still underway in a few hours and I'm trying to bet wins on Bleed, Tundra as well as Gaimin Gladiators.
It's been a long time since I not to bet on Dota tournaments and now I'm trying again, who knows luck might be on my side.

Congrats, speaking of Tundra. 33 has got a sentiment that if they qualify for the Bali major, he may not be able to participate as he'll get some visa issues. Why? Because he's an Israeli and Indonesian government doesn't recognize Israel as a state and that means he may get his visa application rejected if they'll qualify which is very likely. And if that happens, they will get a stand-in and whoever that could be will change the gameplay of Tundra. It's so hard to win these games and yet they've been battling against these visa applications and issues. That's the main antagonist for every major that's happening for most of the teams.

[execijutiere]

I'm following the biggest Turkish team in CS:GO as well which are Eternal Fire. However they still seem like they are looping around the same thing at the end of the day. I couldn't even count how many times they have made changes in their roster. The biggest problem about this is that their insisting on bringing the same players to the team over and over again. This isn't actually a change for them. They are just returning to the point where they started.

For example they have parted ways with imoRR and but woxic has returned to the team to fill his place. The only real change happened with Calyx's being replaced by Wicadia who was in the academy team before. I hope there wouldn't be personal issues between MAJ3R and woxic again too because as far as I remember it was the reason why woxic left the team in the first place.

Woxic is a toxic player. This is the reason why he left C9. He is talented, but he is one of those players who uses his talent in an egotistical way. Because of this, there was a problem between him and the team. Afterwards, he left in the hope of getting invitations to other teams, but when no team made a move to take him, he had to go back to his old place. Everyone should put their egos aside and try to take Turkish CS to better places. For example, I see a drop in performance after xantares got engaged, which is not good for the team. That's why they put Wicadia, the best aimer from the academy team, in the main roster to increase firepower. It's true that Xfloud can clutch well in some places, but he lacks in aim. Now we can show this roster as the best roster in Turkey in terms of firepower. We see that Maj3r has increased his dr performance, which is not normally expected for an IGL to get this much frag. This is reflected as an extra motivation and performance for the team.

[dothebeats]

I'm following the biggest Turkish team in CS:GO as well which are Eternal Fire. However they still seem like they are looping around the same thing at the end of the day. I couldn't even count how many times they have made changes in their roster. The biggest problem about this is that their insisting on bringing the same players to the team over and over again. This isn't actually a change for them. They are just returning to the point where they started.

For example they have parted ways with imoRR and but woxic has returned to the team to fill his place. The only real change happened with Calyx's being replaced by Wicadia who was in the academy team before. I hope there wouldn't be personal issues between MAJ3R and woxic again too because as far as I remember it was the reason why woxic left the team in the first place.

Woxic is a toxic player. This is the reason why he left C9. He is talented, but he is one of those players who uses his talent in an egotistical way. Because of this, there was a problem between him and the team. Afterwards, he left in the hope of getting invitations to other teams, but when no team made a move to take him, he had to go back to his old place. Everyone should put their egos aside and try to take Turkish CS to better places. For example, I see a drop in performance after xantares got engaged, which is not good for the team. That's why they put Wicadia, the best aimer from the academy team, in the main roster to increase firepower. It's true that Xfloud can clutch well in some places, but he lacks in aim. Now we can show this roster as the best roster in Turkey in terms of firepower. We see that Maj3r has increased his dr performance, which is not normally expected for an IGL to get this much frag. This is reflected as an extra motivation and performance for the team.

There are a lot of testaments saying that Woxic is indeed a toxic dude. He has raw aim, a great game sense, but unfortunately he's not a very good team player at all and prefers to blame his teammates over his mistakes. Even in regular FPL lobbies, he's being a dick according to some players and he's overall not a cool guy. Hopefully EF does something good to Woxic, like changing his attitude towards his teammates for the better and letting him realize that he's not the center of the world. Xantares could handle w0xic, but I'm not sure whether it does them good since the former is also affected by EF's internal issues as evidenced by his performances on their past matches.

[tusandii]

The Dota 2 DPC SA Tour 1 match still has 3 matches and for Bleed vs Boom it has started but for the first round it has not been resolved but it looks like later Bleed will win this match.
The other two matches are still underway in a few hours and I'm trying to bet wins on Bleed, Tundra as well as Gaimin Gladiators.
It's been a long time since I not to bet on Dota tournaments and now I'm trying again, who knows luck might be on my side.
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Congrats on your bets mate, Tundra and Bleed won already. GG is currently in a close game with Entity but they are the favorites to win. Regional qualifiers are getting tougher now since we only have 1 last major left before the TI. Time flies so fast, it's like a few months only since Tundra won TI.

It seems like Bleed Esports will finally join a DOTA major tournament this year. They're 4-0 with 3 matches left but it already won earlier over the top dangerous teams in the region. This is big for them because they still have the chance to enter TI should they perform decently at Bali Major.

By the way, you can use [img width=500+/-] mate to lessen the size of your image.

Yes, I won all 3 matches and actually my favorite team is Tundra and also Secret.
But Tundra always gives their best, even in my previous TI matches, I was given a sizable advantage by Tundra for the many wins in every match they got.
Bleed Esports is playing well enough so maybe what you said is true that they will have the opportunity to take part in the big DOTA tournament this year.

OK, I forgot to minimize it, thanks for reminding me and giving suggestions.

The Dota 2 DPC SA Tour 1 match still has 3 matches and for Bleed vs Boom it has started but for the first round it has not been resolved but it looks like later Bleed will win this match.
The other two matches are still underway in a few hours and I'm trying to bet wins on Bleed, Tundra as well as Gaimin Gladiators.
It's been a long time since I not to bet on Dota tournaments and now I'm trying again, who knows luck might be on my side.

Congrats, speaking of Tundra. 33 has got a sentiment that if they qualify for the Bali major, he may not be able to participate as he'll get some visa issues. Why? Because he's an Israeli and Indonesian government doesn't recognize Israel as a state and that means he may get his visa application rejected if they'll qualify which is very likely. And if that happens, they will get a stand-in and whoever that could be will change the gameplay of Tundra. It's so hard to win these games and yet they've been battling against these visa applications and issues. That's the main antagonist for every major that's happening for most of the teams.

Yes, thanks buddy.
But if Tundra can ask for consideration and is willing to make several requests, maybe there will be a solution regarding visas to be able to come to Indonesia because this is a game competition so it doesn't trigger many people to arrive there.
After all, there will surely be the best way or solution to solve problems regarding visas.

[arallmuus]

Yes, I won all 3 matches and actually my favorite team is Tundra and also Secret.

I kinda wonder whats ur reasoning on betting like that though espeically on a 3-way parlay. The total odds combined is only 1.87 which is not what would I even considered as decent. A single bust on that would cost you the whole ticket and even if you win, the odds are not good enough from any stake POV imho. If you would have gone for Quest Esports +1.5 or Entity +1.5 then you could have gotten way better odds



It was 1.62 for Quest +1.5 so yeah its better and honestly it seems abit pointless to bet on anything less than 1.4 or 1.35 imho

[ralle14]

I found one good match to bet on the SEA matches later today and that's SMG @1.92 vs Blacklist Rivalry. The bookies underestimate SMG by having Blacklist Rivalry as the slight favorite in this matchup when they haven't beaten any good team, while SMG's losses were against two of the best teams in the region (Talon and Bleed). On top of this, Blacklist Rivalry lost 0-2 to Xerxia one of the bottom teams they shouldn't lose against.