🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[dothebeats]

What a sweep that's made by Team Spirit on the grand finals up against Shopify Rebellion. They are the real unstoppable team.

After winning $5,000,000 on the Riyadh Masters. They've won another huge amount but not close to the Riyadh masters which is $300k. Heck, that's still a lot of money for this few days of tournament.

It's like that Team Spirit are sweeping all the huge tournament money compared to Gaimin Gladiators that have been winning majors but with lower prize for the champ.

GG is the right kind of winner that performs extremely well pre-TI. They are always considered as the favorites but they're never the type to win it all, sometimes being dropped by teams that are expected to perform badly or get ousted early on in the tournament. Team Spirit may not be as consistent as they were on their TI champs run back in 2021, but they are still pretty decent, even with the departure of TORONTOTOKYO.

I just kinda hoping that GG won't be the same as Team Secret on a few years ago when they were kings of the majors and then didn't ended up with good placing in the TI.

Hopefully they wouldn't. The past TI, they seemed to be strong in the Majors and prior tournaments from the International, but they fell of extremely fast compared to other teams that are deemed to drop of the tournament at the earliest stage. It's like they are destined for grace, but as soon as the real competition is there, they just fall from it, and perform like amateurs in the main stage.

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[execijutiere]

Eternal Fire managed to defeat Astralis with a great team play. The first map was vertigo and EF picked this map. It was risky to pick this map when Astralis had no losses on this map yet. They started the match well and managed to win 16-14. They managed to give Astralis their first defeat on this map. The second map was the inferno map chosen by Astralis. EF, who had a good ct side here, lost the pistok round on the t side, but won the next round with force. Thus, EF, who did not give a round after that round, managed to beat the map 16-7 and won the series 2-0. Xantares' performance in inferno brought the team the win.

[emrecemsan]

Eternal Fire managed to defeat Astralis with a great team play. The first map was vertigo and EF picked this map. It was risky to pick this map when Astralis had no losses on this map yet. They started the match well and managed to win 16-14. They managed to give Astralis their first defeat on this map. The second map was the inferno map chosen by Astralis. EF, who had a good ct side here, lost the pistok round on the t side, but won the next round with force. Thus, EF, who did not give a round after that round, managed to beat the map 16-7 and won the series 2-0. Xantares' performance in inferno brought the team the win.

I haven't been following Eternal Fire until this ESL Pro League season. When I saw what they were doing here I was really surprised. Because you know how disappointing they were before. But so far things are going on really great in the tournament. Despite dropping down to last chance stage it was a really solid comeback.

Beating top teams such as Cloud9 and Liquid by 2-0 deserves the appreciation. I watched the series vs Astralis today and I was really contented with Eternal Fire's effort. XANTARES played a big role on Inferno. By the way I really like Wicadia's effort. He is a talented fragger and hopefully he continues to improve his skills to play here for long years. Next opponent is BIG which is XANTARES' old team. The series is tomorrow and I wish Eternal Fire good luck. 

[execijutiere]

Eternal Fire managed to defeat Astralis with a great team play. The first map was vertigo and EF picked this map. It was risky to pick this map when Astralis had no losses on this map yet. They started the match well and managed to win 16-14. They managed to give Astralis their first defeat on this map. The second map was the inferno map chosen by Astralis. EF, who had a good ct side here, lost the pistok round on the t side, but won the next round with force. Thus, EF, who did not give a round after that round, managed to beat the map 16-7 and won the series 2-0. Xantares' performance in inferno brought the team the win.

I haven't been following Eternal Fire until this ESL Pro League season. When I saw what they were doing here I was really surprised. Because you know how disappointing they were before. But so far things are going on really great in the tournament. Despite dropping down to last chance stage it was a really solid comeback.

Beating top teams such as Cloud9 and Liquid by 2-0 deserves the appreciation. I watched the series vs Astralis today and I was really contented with Eternal Fire's effort. XANTARES played a big role on Inferno. By the way I really like Wicadia's effort. He is a talented fragger and hopefully he continues to improve his skills to play here for long years. Next opponent is BIG which is XANTARES' old team. The series is tomorrow and I wish Eternal Fire good luck. 

Eternal Fire is not the same anymore and I can easily say that there is a noticeable improvement in them.Although they didn't do very well in the ESL Pro League Group stage, they managed to come 4th in the group and I honestly didn't expect it.Getting out of the group gave them confidence and with this confidence, they managed to defeat Astralis with a good game against Astralis.The next opponent will be xantares' former team BIG.BIG is an easier opponent than Astralis in my opinion and I think EF can beat their opponent, even if not easily.

[arallmuus]

BIG is an easier opponent than Astralis in my opinion and I think EF can beat their opponent, even if not easily.

Well EF might be better but BIG is not really a team that would be defeated that easily so Im betting on them. I also took a unique bet that Rollbit offered as well on which side will there be higher amount of rounds won in 4 matches. Picked the T side just because the odds are much higher obviously CT side will win most of the times but yeah its pointless to bet on CT with that low odds

[execijutiere]

BIG is an easier opponent than Astralis in my opinion and I think EF can beat their opponent, even if not easily.

Well EF might be better but BIG is not really a team that would be defeated that easily so Im betting on them. I also took a unique bet that Rollbit offered as well on which side will there be higher amount of rounds won in 4 matches. Picked the T side just because the odds are much higher obviously CT side will win most of the times but yeah its pointless to bet on CT with that low odds

I think both teams are struggling with their CT performances, so I believe that whoever plays better CT in this match will win. When we compare EF to BIG, EF has better players in terms of firepower. The team that beat Astralis should beat BIG. Xantares will be facing his former team for the 2nd time today. I will be expecting an extra performance from Xantares in this match. There is a revenge to be taken against BIG and that revenge needs to be taken today.

[dbshck]

Missed the first day of EPL playoff. What an upset by 9z against VP.

Eternal Fire managed to defeat Astralis with a great team play

Yeah didn't expect them to perform at this level. Currently beating C9, Liquid, and Astralis with a convincing 2-0. That said, I'm betting on BIG tonight though

[execijutiere]

Missed the first day of EPL playoff. What an upset by 9z against VP.

Eternal Fire managed to defeat Astralis with a great team play

Yeah didn't expect them to perform at this level. Currently beating C9, Liquid, and Astralis with a convincing 2-0. That said, I'm betting on BIG tonight though

Eternal Fire has improved a lot, especially after the arrival of coach Fabre, there is a noticeable increase in game planning.We are going through a time when the roster is just settling in and they need to show themselves in big tournaments like this.9 INE,C9,TL and lastly Astralis 2-0, EF managed to defeat BIG team 2-0 today, which we can also say as XANTARES' former team. Although they had difficulties on the vertigo map of their choice, they managed to come back from 14-10 to win the map 16-14 against BIG. In addition to this, EF had a good T side on BIG's chosen map Anubis and finished the first half 11-4 ahead.I expected XANTARES to play well against his former team and that's what happened.XANTARES was a player who was a big factor in winning the match again for EF.I mentioned that EF can beat BIG, but I don't understand why you bet on BIG.BIG hasn't played for almost 3 weeks and we know that EF's players have hot hands.I can easily say that this is actually an advantage for the team.Besides, if we compare Astralis and BIG, I can say that Astralis is a stronger opponent than BIG.A team that beat Astralis should definitely beat BIG.

[arallmuus]

Besides, if we compare Astralis and BIG, I can say that Astralis is a stronger opponent than BIG.A team that beat Astralis should definitely beat BIG.

I was betting on BIG to win as well and I personally think that in some cases on csgo, there are teams that works like rock paper scissors against each another and in this case I think BIG could win against EF. Well this is my personal opinion on this  and Im not really fond on csgo as well, Im only betting on this because I love to bet on esports and high tier dota games are on break till TI so yeah

[boyptc]

I just kinda hoping that GG won't be the same as Team Secret on a few years ago when they were kings of the majors and then didn't ended up with good placing in the TI.

Hopefully they wouldn't. The past TI, they seemed to be strong in the Majors and prior tournaments from the International, but they fell of extremely fast compared to other teams that are deemed to drop of the tournament at the earliest stage. It's like they are destined for grace, but as soon as the real competition is there, they just fall from it, and perform like amateurs in the main stage.

I guess that if we're going to take a look at the histories of most teams that have performed well during their majors and entire year's run, many of them didn't do good in the TI.

I think there's a reason behind that. Like for example, Team Spirit, they weren't so good at their year run prior to their TI title. It's because that these teams are able to study the weaknesses and strengths of these teams because they're all exposed.

And that's also why there are darkhorses each tournament. All of them are strong and the odds are already out.

We've got less than 2 weeks for the start and the prizes aren't out yet.

[execijutiere]

Besides, if we compare Astralis and BIG, I can say that Astralis is a stronger opponent than BIG.A team that beat Astralis should definitely beat BIG.

I was betting on BIG to win as well and I personally think that in some cases on csgo, there are teams that works like rock paper scissors against each another and in this case I think BIG could win against EF. Well this is my personal opinion on this  and Im not really fond on csgo as well, Im only betting on this because I love to bet on esports and high tier dota games are on break till TI so yeah

Of course it's your choice to take bets and I have no chance to interfere with that.I'm just stating my opinion here.If we compare Astralis and BIG teams and they were to play a match right now, I would probably expect Astralis to win. For this reason, I can say that I made such a comparison, thinking that EF will not have any trouble beating BIG.I don't follow teams other than EF much lately, but I said that I want EF to improve its performance and maybe have a great success in the last CS:GO tournament with the opponents it beat in this tournament.

[batang_bitcoin]

CSGO turned into CS:2
What are you thoughts about this folks? Do you think that with this change some players and teams will capitalize and might be able to become better and the others could be the downfall for this update? I haven't played yet but it seems that this newer version of Counter Strike needs more graphics so those that have potato PCs might have problem playing the game. I haven't tried it yet on my potato PC but hopefully it works but I don't think so since it's under the minimum requirements.

[arallmuus]

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Of course it's your choice to take bets and I have no chance to interfere with that.I'm just stating my opinion here.If we compare Astralis and BIG teams and they were to play a match right now, I would probably expect Astralis to win. For this reason, I can say that I made such a comparison, thinking that EF will not have any trouble beating BIG.I don't follow teams other than EF much lately, but I said that I want EF to improve its performance and maybe have a great success in the last CS:GO tournament with the opponents it beat in this tournament.

The thing is, I've been having incredible luck with betting on underdogs sometimes hence I keep betting with the similar options. If you look at my previous post, there are two bets and I lost the bet on BIG but managed to win the unique bet as I bet on T side to win more rounds. The odds was decent for an underdog bets and yeah I won that so I probably wont stop for a while on betting on the underdog options 

[boltz]

Dota 2 Compedium have been released by Valve and fans seems to like it so far even if the sales on this one is not like the previous years... .

More info can be found here - https://hawk.live/posts/international-2023-prize-pool

Also , Valve said that a new patch will drop after TI will be over as they don't want to ruin the current meta of the game where almost everything seems stable and without important bugs.

[dbshck]

Eternal Fire has improved a lot, especially after the arrival of coach Fabre, there is a noticeable increase in game planning.We are going through a time when the roster is just settling in and they need to show themselves in big tournaments like this.9 INE,C9,TL and lastly Astralis 2-0, EF managed to defeat BIG team 2-0 today, which we can also say as XANTARES' former team. Although they had difficulties on the vertigo map of their choice, they managed to come back from 14-10 to win the map 16-14 against BIG.

Yeah, what a performance so far. I was confident when BIG got the lead in vertigo but sadly they couldn't close it in their CT side.

This makes me worry for Navi, I hope they can stop EF win streak tonight.

CSGO turned into CS:2
What are you thoughts about this folks? Do you think that with this change some players and teams will capitalize and might be able to become better and the others could be the downfall for this update? I haven't played yet but it seems that this newer version of Counter Strike needs more graphics so those that have potato PCs might have problem playing the game. I haven't tried it yet on my potato PC but hopefully it works but I don't think so since it's under the minimum requirements.

I love it. Been playing CS2 only for the past month, the improved graphic with Source2 engine makes the environment and especially weapon skins look so much better. Regarding new players rising with game change, most top players will stay on top but I expect to see some new names in the coming months. Even though the core mechanic of the game hasn't changed that much, the change in smoke, subtick, and MR12 could shake some things up.

[batang_bitcoin]

CSGO turned into CS:2
What are you thoughts about this folks? Do you think that with this change some players and teams will capitalize and might be able to become better and the others could be the downfall for this update? I haven't played yet but it seems that this newer version of Counter Strike needs more graphics so those that have potato PCs might have problem playing the game. I haven't tried it yet on my potato PC but hopefully it works but I don't think so since it's under the minimum requirements.

I love it. Been playing CS2 only for the past month, the improved graphic with Source2 engine makes the environment and especially weapon skins look so much better.

I've watched some live streams that played CS2 and all I can say that it's truly and way better than the older version.

Regarding new players rising with game change, most top players will stay on top but I expect to see some new names in the coming months. Even though the core mechanic of the game hasn't changed that much, the change in smoke, subtick, and MR12 could shake some things up.

There could be a little adjustment for the pros but they're adaptable and it's their professional so basically, this is an easy adjustment for them. And for some new names coming, that's for sure as this could also be the meta for them.

[Balmain]

CSGO turned into CS:2
What are you thoughts about this folks? Do you think that with this change some players and teams will capitalize and might be able to become better and the others could be the downfall for this update? I haven't played yet but it seems that this newer version of Counter Strike needs more graphics so those that have potato PCs might have problem playing the game. I haven't tried it yet on my potato PC but hopefully it works but I don't think so since it's under the minimum requirements.

There are many opinions about CS2. Those who like it love it very much and those who don't like it don't like it at all. I'm stuck in the middle because some features have been completely canceled and many players complain about it. You can't bunny hop comfortably, like in CS:GO, or you can't do FerrariPeek anymore. The game mechanics are completely different, but the more realistic graphics and everything is perfect. Potato may cause some problems for PCs, so I lowered it to the lowest settings, the image gets a little pixelated, but it becomes playable.

[ralle14]

Dota 2 Compedium have been released by Valve and fans seems to like it so far even if the sales on this one is not like the previous years... .

More info can be found here - https://hawk.live/posts/international-2023-prize-pool

Also , Valve said that a new patch will drop after TI will be over as they don't want to ruin the current meta of the game where almost everything seems stable and without important bugs.

In the other parts of the Dota community, it's nothing but hateful comments about the Compendium, as most players weren't expecting the rewards to be minimal.

I'm also not a fan of the Compendium they've released but there's no need to put more fuel in the fire when the tradeoff was getting more game updates this year.

On the bright side, we have something to look forward to after TI since they mentioned a few things at the end of the announcement.

[sompitonov]

Dota 2 Compedium have been released by Valve and fans seems to like it so far even if the sales on this one is not like the previous years... .

More info can be found here - https://hawk.live/posts/international-2023-prize-pool

Also , Valve said that a new patch will drop after TI will be over as they don't want to ruin the current meta of the game where almost everything seems stable and without important bugs.

This is officially the worst sales start in the history of compendiums/battle passes since 2015.



Today I sold some of my things and saved up to buy a compendium, but based on reviews from reputable streamers and players, I’m in no hurry to buy it. Here are some of them:

Nix: "I can't find a reason to buy a compendium"
NS Kuznetsov: “Frankly speaking, there is nothing interesting there at all”
RAMZES666: “There’s no prize money at Inta, what the hell. It’s all annoying.”

After such words, the desire to buy it disappears.

[execijutiere]

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Of course it's your choice to take bets and I have no chance to interfere with that.I'm just stating my opinion here.If we compare Astralis and BIG teams and they were to play a match right now, I would probably expect Astralis to win. For this reason, I can say that I made such a comparison, thinking that EF will not have any trouble beating BIG.I don't follow teams other than EF much lately, but I said that I want EF to improve its performance and maybe have a great success in the last CS:GO tournament with the opponents it beat in this tournament.

The thing is, I've been having incredible luck with betting on underdogs sometimes hence I keep betting with the similar options. If you look at my previous post, there are two bets and I lost the bet on BIG but managed to win the unique bet as I bet on T side to win more rounds. The odds was decent for an underdog bets and yeah I won that so I probably wont stop for a while on betting on the underdog options 

For example, today's Vitality-Monte match could be an example of this.The majority, of course, bet on Vitality, while some people prefer to bet lightly (and by lightly I mean a small amount) on Monte.
I've already mentioned that since both teams are bad on the CT side, it will be a match where the one who plays better on the T side will win, and the fact that there are such betting options is a beauty for betting lovers.
I don't see a problem with taking risky bets, but it's a pity when we play it in a collective coupon.