🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[arallmuus]

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The only rule I saw in their rulebook is this and I think it's good enough if it means we'll have more competitive teams in the majors and TI.

For a team to be eligible to compete in a region, 3 or more players MUST be physically located in the region in which they are competing.

Thats weird and I wonder why some of the top EU organization still havent move their teams there to secure some slots instead of all competing in EU. Some of the current division 1 EU teams that didnt get top 3 would have easily made it top 2 on some other region like SA or NA though. Well some of the other regions teams are pretty good as well but WEU is packed with literally top tier teams


Fancy on betting the EEU games later today, simply took Navi to win against VP. I dont really like the current VP roster and Navi is just way better

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[ralle14]

Thats weird and I wonder why some of the top EU organization still havent move their teams there to secure some slots instead of all competing in EU. Some of the current division 1 EU teams that didnt get top 3 would have easily made it top 2 on some other region like SA or NA though. Well some of the other regions teams are pretty good as well but WEU is packed with literally top tier teams

I guess some teams prefer to stay because there are more slots available in their region and moving to another region means they'll lose the opportunity to scrim against some of the best teams.

Fancy on betting the EEU games later today, simply took Navi to win against VP. I dont really like the current VP roster and Navi is just way better

I'm also interested in the upper bracket matches of the EEU qualifiers but I have to back VP in this series because the h2h favors them and they've consistently placed 4th in all the EEU DPC Tours this year.

[boltz]

I actually enjoy watching the games of TI qualifiers but I'm more surprised of how team One Move is actually playing dota right now as even if Witch Doctor has a big winning rage , only a few pro teams have managed to actually win a pro game with him. Right now they are playing against Hydra , a team who is well known in Dota 2 pro scene but One Move is playing so smooth and looks like they are going to 2-0 Hydra and send them into lower bracket chances.

Also Acatsuki from SA are doing a great job as well and I wouldn't be surprised to see them reaching the finals.

[sunsilk]

I actually enjoy watching the games of TI qualifiers but I'm more surprised of how team One Move is actually playing dota right now as even if Witch Doctor has a big winning rage , only a few pro teams have managed to actually win a pro game with him. Right now they are playing against Hydra , a team who is well known in Dota 2 pro scene but One Move is playing so smooth and looks like they are going to 2-0 Hydra and send them into lower bracket chances.

Also Acatsuki from SA are doing a great job as well and I wouldn't be surprised to see them reaching the finals.

One Move, moves to the upper bracket semi finals and will be against Virtus Pro. I only saw that WD pick from Dendi but it has got a buff for this patch.

Also Acatsuki from SA are doing a great job as well and I wouldn't be surprised to see them reaching the finals.

They've won the first match against Infinity and if they win their 2nd match, they proceeds to the semi finals upper bracket and will be up against Keyd Stars.

[dothebeats]

I actually enjoy watching the games of TI qualifiers but I'm more surprised of how team One Move is actually playing dota right now as even if Witch Doctor has a big winning rage , only a few pro teams have managed to actually win a pro game with him. Right now they are playing against Hydra , a team who is well known in Dota 2 pro scene but One Move is playing so smooth and looks like they are going to 2-0 Hydra and send them into lower bracket chances.

WD is that one hero pick that isn't meta but feels like a raid boss when utilized properly by the team. I've seen a few pro games wherein WD feels like someone that cannot be defeated and an overall effective core hero in midlane. There are times though that WD feels like shit - well it's most of the time - so it's really a highly situational pick.

[jakelyson]

Also Acatsuki from SA are doing a great job as well and I wouldn't be surprised to see them reaching the finals.

I also find their gameplay interesting.  I am watching their games yesterday because I have a bet on them, and they are really on point in their plays. They are fun to watch. They are now on the Upper bracket finals, just one win and they will secure a ticket to TI 2023.


SA Qualifier destroyed my bettings. I bet on known teams and none of them won against unknown teams.

The other day, I bet on Infamous and they lost to Qhali.

And yesterday, my parlay was broken by Thunder Awaken losing to Keyd stars. It was a close fight, but I hoped they would won their series.

WD is that one hero pick that isn't meta but feels like a raid boss when utilized properly by the team. I've seen a few pro games wherein WD feels like someone that cannot be defeated and an overall effective core hero in midlane. There are times though that WD feels like shit - well it's most of the time - so it's really a highly situational pick.

Well, in this patch, WD is a good hero. I think we will see him more in the upcoming days. The other hero that is emerging is the Vengeful spirit. It does not have as high a win rate as WD but good in competition where teamwork and synergy are high. There is still no set meta in this patch so there may be more undiscovered heroes that are good in this patch.

[ralle14]

WD is that one hero pick that isn't meta but feels like a raid boss when utilized properly by the team. I've seen a few pro games wherein WD feels like someone that cannot be defeated and an overall effective core hero in midlane. There are times though that WD feels like shit - well it's most of the time - so it's really a highly situational pick.

I agree you need a good setup to make a WD core similar to how B8 last picked the hero against Nouns and I think he's in a similar position as a Rubick core that falls off later on if he doesn't snowball. Then again, he's better off as a support than a core because there are still too many good mid heroes to choose from and the only time I saw a WD core win was when Gaimin Gladiators picked it as an offlaner.

There is still no set meta in this patch so there may be more undiscovered heroes that are good in this patch.

Hopefully, it stays that way for a while because it's fun to see the teams cook up different drafts on every map.

[Mauser]

After their convincing victory against ENCE last week, Vitality showed that they are still the strongest CSGO team in the world and will likely keep dominating the rest of the year. ESL Pro League Season 18 is starting next week with Group A games on Wednesday.  Vitality is directly playing again in the first round against Orks, a team that I am not really familiar with and I don't think there is any chance for Vitality to be losing the best of 3 match. The first match of the day will be Furia vs Movistar Riders, it's nice to see FalleN back in action against and I am placing my money on the Brazilians. The second match is going to be Grayhound vs GamerLegion where GamerLegion should be dominating. They played really well in the Paris Major and IEM Cologne, even beating Heroic 2-1 and should be motivated to go for that this season. The last match is probably the most interesting one with Astralis vs NiP, even with Astralis being the favourite one. During the IEM Cologne the two teams played against eachother and NiP lost 2-0, but with k0nfig the former Astralis player I wouldn't never count them out completely.

[execijutiere]

Eternal Fire was eliminated from the PARI Dunav Party tournament with 2 consecutive losses. Our representative, who did not show much presence in both matches, has a low performance. I have no idea what happened to cause such a decline. It is not nice that they had such a bad Lan tournament performance when everything was going well until yesterday. We can say that it is an indication that something is not going well in the team. I think they need to get back on their feet and get ready for the EPL as soon as possible. They can make up for this failure with a good performance in the EPL.

[passwordnow]

The EEU region TI12 qualifier is about to end within the next several hours. We're now at the semi-finals of it at the lower bracket, 1-1 is standing for NaVi and One Move. Whoever wins this series is going to advance from the waiting team in the finals which is the Virtus Pro.
After this final qualification for the EEU, tomorrow, we're going to see the start of the WEU and SEA region. Wooh, this is exciting and we're going to the last week of this TI12's qualification period.

[dbshck]

ESL Pro League Season 18 is starting next week with Group A games on Wednesday.

Can't wait for EPL! This weekend we had no big CSGO event and it feels empty.

Vitality is directly playing again in the first round against Orks, a team that I am not really familiar with and I don't think there is any chance for Vitality to be losing the best of 3 match.

I would say Vitality should breeze past through their group. No real contenders there, the closest one being Astralis, which I think Vitality wouldn't have a hard time beating on a BO3. And maybe they'll face GamerLegion in the group upper final, but that should be an easy one too.


Due to the lack of tier-one events, I'll watch some Asian CSGO instead. Here we have the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown Qualifier (5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2023). These BO1, pug-like games usually have a high chance of upset so I'm throwing some bets to the underdogs.

[sunsilk]

The Eastern Europe Qualifier seems to be easy for Virtus Pro, there's not that much competition for them there. It's only NaVi that have put stain on their record for beating them once.

But majority of their matches have been a sweep and in finals, it's 3-0 for them against One Move. Seems easy.

Congratulations!

[jakelyson]

The Eastern Europe Qualifier seems to be easy for Virtus Pro, there's not that much competition for them there. It's only NaVi that have put stain on their record for beating them once.

But majority of their matches have been a sweep and in finals, it's 3-0 for them against One Move. Seems easy.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to them, they really dominated that region. It is good to see that they are back in TI.


South America is about to end their Regional Qualifiers as well. It is now the Lower Bracket Semifinals between Thunder Awaken and Mad Kings. Mad Kings got the first win on the first map of their series. It was a long game because Thunder Awaken was able to give good defense and Mad Kings cannot attack the high ground. The second map will be interesting if Thunder Awaken is able to tie the series.

On the Lower Bracket finals, Acatsuki is already waiting. Acatsuki was dropped to lower bracket by Keyd Stars yesterday. Keyd Stars are already qualified for TI. Another slot is available for the winner of the Lower Bracket finals.


Western Europe Qualifier will start tomorrow. This is a packed region so two slots are available for TI. It will be interesting who will win the slots since there are too many strong teams in this region. Below is the matches for tomorrow.

[dothebeats]

Western Europe Qualifier will start tomorrow. This is a packed region so two slots are available for TI. It will be interesting who will win the slots since there are too many strong teams in this region. Below is the matches for tomorrow.

Would want for Quest to advance to at least the semi-finals and be matched with stronger teams. Also, Armel will be tested in this qualifiers and see whether he's really up to the standards of the WEU scene. He's got good game sense as a mid laner and has picked up more active heroes as of late.

My top WEU teams are Quest and Secret, albeit the former's chances somewhat lower since there are far better teams than them in this region.

[sunsilk]

The Eastern Europe Qualifier seems to be easy for Virtus Pro, there's not that much competition for them there. It's only NaVi that have put stain on their record for beating them once.

But majority of their matches have been a sweep and in finals, it's 3-0 for them against One Move. Seems easy.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to them, they really dominated that region. It is good to see that they are back in TI.

They did and that's because some of their toughest possible competition and opponent were already qualified through DPC points. If it's not for the DPC points, they won't get in but they deserve to be in so again, they did well and good game to them and as well as One Move.

South America is about to end their Regional Qualifiers as well. It is now the Lower Bracket Semifinals between Thunder Awaken and Mad Kings. Mad Kings got the first win on the first map of their series. It was a long game because Thunder Awaken was able to give good defense and Mad Kings cannot attack the high ground. The second map will be interesting if Thunder Awaken is able to tie the series.

On the Lower Bracket finals, Acatsuki is already waiting. Acatsuki was dropped to lower bracket by Keyd Stars yesterday. Keyd Stars are already qualified for TI. Another slot is available for the winner of the Lower Bracket finals.

While for this region, Keyd Stars is already qualified so another congratulations to them. And for the other slot is being competed by Acatsuki and Thunder Awaken.

First win belongs to Thunder Awaken.

[arallmuus]

Western Europe Qualifier will start tomorrow. This is a packed region so two slots are available for TI. It will be interesting who will win the slots since there are too many strong teams in this region. Below is the matches for tomorrow.

Finally the main highlights for the qualifiers.

Betting on two top teams on division 2, Im pretty confident with Lvl Up taking 2-0 but Nigma on the other hand is pretty much a biased bet for me. I watched their last game on the Betboom online qualifiers and I think both of these two teams fit in perfectly on mid tier list for division 1 so yeah I think both are going to win today

[dbshck]

I'll watch some Asian CSGO instead. Here we have the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown Qualifier (5E Arena Asia Cup Fall 2023). These BO1, pug-like games usually have a high chance of upset so I'm throwing some bets to the underdogs.

Welp, didn't work out. I'm going to continue betting on this event though, especially since one of the teams today (NKT) has one Indonesian player (BnTeT). It's going to be a tough match against The Mongolz but I'll root for him regardless




On the higher-tier tournament today I'll bet on the Pari Dunav Party matches.

[jakelyson]

My top WEU teams are Quest and Secret, albeit the former's chances somewhat lower since there are far better teams than them in this region.

Team Secret is not the same team a year ago. They are not that strong, and they seem to falter every time. Though they were able to drop OG and sweep them earlier, I am still not convinced they will be consistent. Even with Armel on the team now, they did not play that much together to have a strong chemistry. I think it the competition gets tougher; they will falter again. This might be the first time we will not see Puppey in TI. He was able to dodge that last year when they qualified through LCQ but it might be inevitable this year. We will see if they can get pass Entity in the next round. They will face each other in 2 days for the upper bracket semifinals.

Western Europe Qualifier will start tomorrow. This is a packed region so two slots are available for TI. It will be interesting who will win the slots since there are too many strong teams in this region. Below is the matches for tomorrow.

Finally the main highlights for the qualifiers.

Betting on two top teams on division 2, Im pretty confident with Lvl Up taking 2-0 but Nigma on the other hand is pretty much a biased bet for me. I watched their last game on the Betboom online qualifiers and I think both of these two teams fit in perfectly on mid tier list for division 1 so yeah I think both are going to win today

Unfortunately, Entity and Luna Galaxy have other plans for them. They dropped both your bet, Level Up and Nigma Galaxy to the lower bracket. They were good in their last tournament but I guess they are not good enough for the top team in WEU. They still have a chance though in the lower bracket.

[dothebeats]

My top WEU teams are Quest and Secret, albeit the former's chances somewhat lower since there are far better teams than them in this region.

Team Secret is not the same team a year ago. They are not that strong, and they seem to falter every time. Though they were able to drop OG and sweep them earlier, I am still not convinced they will be consistent. Even with Armel on the team now, they did not play that much together to have a strong chemistry. I think it the competition gets tougher; they will falter again. This might be the first time we will not see Puppey in TI. He was able to dodge that last year when they qualified through LCQ but it might be inevitable this year. We will see if they can get pass Entity in the next round. They will face each other in 2 days for the upper bracket semifinals.

This is me supporting a fellow SEA player and hoping that Secret pushes through and get Puppey to another TI. Though you are right, Team Secret is no longer that team that we previously know of. They are inconsistent and stable now, plus with the addition of a new player on the roster, the chemistry is not yet established even though they have played in scrims and practices.

Quest, on the other hand, I just like their play style and their hero picks. Pretty common across the board, but sometimes becomes explosive if left unchecked. I've been following Kaori's games for some time now and I can say that this man is capable of being a captain of a team of players with unharnessed potential.

[execijutiere]

In the PARI Dunav Party tournament, we watched two Russian teams battle it out. Spirit struggled but managed to defeat Virtus Pro 2-1. Both teams won the maps they chose. I can say that Virtus Pro showed a tremendous CT performance especially on the overpass map of their choice. When the match went to the decider map, I expected VP to win. I thought they would play better since they gained psychological superiority, but it was not as I expected. We can say that donk from Spirit won the map for his team with a good performance.