🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[arallmuus]

So they've secured those upper bracket quarterfinals on which i dont really have doubts with Team spirit specially with Yatoro.

Well actually all teams go to upper bracket. Pretty weird if you ask me but hey this is not really an 'official' tournament from Valve so yeah I cant really complaint about this because Betboom probably aim to have more views this way.

Now they would really be needing to wait on who would they be able to match up on upper bracket. Hope those teams wont be able to get in line with GG. 
Well, even on LGD then it wouldnt really be that easy path to take. Really interesting i should say.

I thought it would be a bo1 game against 4 ways but it will be 1v1 4 ways which is abit boring but atleast we got something to watch rather than having to wait for full 2 days without any games

Anyway Quin is the favourites to go through the first game against Nisha so yeah if you would love to take some risk then betting on Nisha might not seems so bad. I personally favour Nisha though

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[Mauser]

This weekend the last 3 matches of the IEM Katowice 2024 tournament with 1m USD prize pool are happening. The first match of the semi finals is going to be MOUZ vs FaZe. So far MOUZ had a good tournament, winning all their matches, but they had much easier opponents than FaZe. Usually I like to bet some money on MOUZ as the underdog, but FaZe is just too strong and should be winning that game easily. The two teams actually played each other during the BLAST Premier World Final in December, where FaZe won 2-0 against MOUZ. I am going with FaZe reaching the grand finals tomorrow. The second match of the day will be Spirit vs Falcons. I was quite surprised to see Falcons beating NaVi 2-0 and ENCE 2-1. After such a strong performance they deserve to play in the semi finals, but Spirit is the better team for me and the should be winning easily today. The final tomorrow will likely be FaZe vs Spirit and I think that Spirit is going to win the tournament, because the two teams already played each other during this tournament and Spirit won 2-0 against FaZe.

[vennali]

Dota2: Even though Gamin Gladiators have been dominating the Dota2 tournaments, they have 1 nemesis that they have bad h2h against which is Betboom. They lose to them again today and go into the lower bracket. The other upper bracket matchup going on again with Team Falcon and Azure Ray, which has gone into game 3.

Edit: Falcons got the better of Azure Ray in a onesided game 3.

[passwordnow]

Dota2: Even though Gamin Gladiators have been dominating the Dota2 tournaments, they have 1 nemesis that they have bad h2h against which is Betboom. They lose to them again today and go into the lower bracket. The other upper bracket matchup going on again with Team Falcon and Azure Ray, which has gone into game 3.

I thought that the game 2 of BetBoom and Gaimin Gladiators was already for GG to make the series go into a 3rd game. But I was wrong and that one single clash in the middle 3rd tower and barracks turned it around. They were surprised by BetBoom's move that they've come from the Dire's top lane going to the middle attacking them on the side, that was actually a good move and they didn't anticipated that and thought that BetBoom will be clashing them directly in the mid lane. I also like the combo of sleep, coil and egg. Well, GG is on the lower bracket and we'll see if they're going to move on against Team Liquid for which they always win against them.

Edit: Falcons got the better of Azure Ray in a onesided game 3.

Truly a onesided game. Very easy for Falcons on that game and I don't know if Malrine was just mistyping the ')))' or he is intentionally doing that. But then on the lower bracket, AR is going to be up against Team Spirit that haven't lost against their co-fellow chinese team LGD gaming. These are the games that we like and they're all like grand finals especially with BetBoom and GG. I want to see more of them tomorrow and we've got only 2 matches for tomorrow in the lower bracket.

[passwordnow]

How many times Team Liquid was able to beat Gaimin Gladiators? I think this is just less than 5 matches, right? Team Liquid able to beat Gaimin Gladiators on a best of 3 games. What a satisfying ending for both teams. Windrunner as hero of micke for position 1. And I've seen 33 able to shake hands after the end of the game and obviously because they've won.

On the other hand, it was a sweet sweep made by Azure Ray against the two time TI champs, Team Spirit. Yes, you have heard that correct. Azure Ray eliminated Team Spirit with a 2-0 clean victory and moving on the next bracket for lowers, it is going to be Azure Ray versus Team Liquid. While on the upper bracket, Teaml Falcons against BetBoom.

I'm moving forward with BetBoom on this one with how spectacular games they've shown and how disciplined they are. With a few mistakes from the enemies, they're able to make a huge come back with that last match they've made.

[dothebeats]

How many times Team Liquid was able to beat Gaimin Gladiators? I think this is just less than 5 matches, right? Team Liquid able to beat Gaimin Gladiators on a best of 3 games. What a satisfying ending for both teams. Windrunner as hero of micke for position 1. And I've seen 33 able to shake hands after the end of the game and obviously because they've won.

It's been a while since I've seen a pos 1 WR in the pro scene, and it's the same guys doing it. It was a nice refresher to games that utilize the same carries (Medusa, Spec, TB) in these games. Well, WR scales well if given the space and farm, and can easily take down buildings and has an extremely fast physical damage output that can overwhelm even a 6-slotted Spectre. Micke plays these heroes quite flexibly and tbh he's one of the players whom I really enjoy watching due to him easily adjusting to their meta.

[passwordnow]

How many times Team Liquid was able to beat Gaimin Gladiators? I think this is just less than 5 matches, right? Team Liquid able to beat Gaimin Gladiators on a best of 3 games. What a satisfying ending for both teams. Windrunner as hero of micke for position 1. And I've seen 33 able to shake hands after the end of the game and obviously because they've won.

It's been a while since I've seen a pos 1 WR in the pro scene, and it's the same guys doing it.

Yeah, when I was looking at the pick during the draft phase I thought that it was going to be alche for micke but no. It was an offlane alche for 33.

It was a nice refresher to games that utilize the same carries (Medusa, Spec, TB) in these games. Well, WR scales well if given the space and farm, and can easily take down buildings and has an extremely fast physical damage output that can overwhelm even a 6-slotted Spectre.

Micke has just given another built that's good for wr. He eventually sold his maelstrom and built for critical which was literally made sven like a spinach when she focus fires on him.

Micke plays these heroes quite flexibly and tbh he's one of the players whom I really enjoy watching due to him easily adjusting to their meta.

I agree. He's lowkey and probably can be said as one of the underrated carries out there but he's always consistent. Although I've seen him as likely the lackluster of a match but it wasn't like really he was the downturn of that game long time before. I was just happy that GG was finally beaten by them in a do or die match in the lower brackets of this BetBoom Dacha tournament. Oh, I get it, there's a buff for Team BetBoom because it is their sponsor and team's tournament.  

[vennali]

How many times Team Liquid was able to beat Gaimin Gladiators? I think this is just less than 5 matches, right? Team Liquid able to beat Gaimin Gladiators on a best of 3 games. What a satisfying ending for both teams. Windrunner as hero of micke for position 1. And I've seen 33 able to shake hands after the end of the game and obviously because they've won.

It's been a while since I've seen a pos 1 WR in the pro scene, and it's the same guys doing it. It was a nice refresher to games that utilize the same carries (Medusa, Spec, TB) in these games. Well, WR scales well if given the space and farm, and can easily take down buildings and has an extremely fast physical damage output that can overwhelm even a 6-slotted Spectre. Micke plays these heroes quite flexibly and tbh he's one of the players whom I really enjoy watching due to him easily adjusting to their meta.

Please don't tell that SirAction Slacks xD. WR mid has been more successful than carry but it can work, given the right circumstances. They did dominate the lane to give themselves a good chance to win the game. It'll be really hard for wind carry to comeback from a losing position. Also, they did have Alc support, who'd be feeding aghs if necessary. Gamin have beaten team Liquid where it matters like TI and Dota Pro Major circuit finals.

[criptoevangelista]

Is anyone out there following the CAPCOM CUP X [1]? Tomorrow the biggest Street Fighter 6 tournament begins with a prize pool of 1 million dollars for the winner.

The groups have already been drawn and the EVO 2023 champion Angrybird was in the same group as the runner-up MENARD.

This tournament will be incredible, if there are people interested we could create a topic to discuss


[1] https://sf.esports.capcom.com/ccx/en/

[vennali]

Is anyone out there following the CAPCOM CUP X [1]? Tomorrow the biggest Street Fighter 6 tournament begins with a prize pool of 1 million dollars for the winner.

The groups have already been drawn and the EVO 2023 champion Angrybird was in the same group as the runner-up MENARD.

This tournament will be incredible, if there are people interested we could create a topic to discuss


[1] https://sf.esports.capcom.com/ccx/en/

Interesting. Didn't know there's still some interest in Street Fighter and 1 mil is no small amount. are they broadcasting it on twitch? Might have a look.

Dota2: Team Falcons after a minor hiccup in game 1, manage to reverse sweep BetBoom and now Team Liquid vs Azure Ray going on with Team Liquid taking map 1. Fy looked great on wind ranger but it wasn't enough. Could turned around based on draft. Remains to be seen.

[passwordnow]

Dota2: Team Falcons after a minor hiccup in game 1, manage to reverse sweep BetBoom and now Team Liquid vs Azure Ray going on with Team Liquid taking map 1. Fy looked great on wind ranger but it wasn't enough. Could turned around based on draft. Remains to be seen.

Sadly, BetBoom Team look like kids during the 2nd and 3rd game. I thought that they're going to make it easy but no. I was wrong at all and Team Falcons studied well on how they play and pick. I think that the catalyst was with their drafts, they've been outdrafted by Team Falcons and on the game 2, I can say that they lack of major disables. They can't even kill quickly that lion every clash.

On the lower bracket, it's Team Liquid that have won against Azure Ray for 2 straight games. I thought that we're going to see a chinese team at the grand finals but, three teams are remaining. The fallen BetBoom will be up against Team Liquid and Team Falcons are now waiting at that grand finals. Obviously, the advantage is on Team Falcons, they won't be pressured at all. While whoever wins at the last match for the lower bracket gets pressured as after a best of 3 series on that bracket goes to the grand finals for a best of 5 series. That's exhausting honestly. And whichever team wins this then it's going to be a sweet $400k for the grand champion. $200k for the 2nd placer and $100k for the third. So, these are the prizes of these three remaining teams secured.

[arallmuus]

The fallen BetBoom will be up against Team Liquid and Team Falcons are now waiting at that grand finals. Obviously, the advantage is on Team Falcons, they won't be pressured at all. While whoever wins at the last match for the lower bracket gets pressured as after a best of 3 series on that bracket goes to the grand finals for a best of 5 series.

Top 3 without GG and Team Spirit, thats pretty rare

I honestly didnt thought that Team Falcons would be this good. I mean yeah they are cruising in MENA region but against the other top teams, I didnt expect that they would be this good and make it to the final

Anyway, I literally dont know what to bet on the lower bracket game because the odds sucks so bad



I personally think that Team Liquid would win but it could be over 2.5 maps but yeah the odds for both under and over are below 2x. I kinda think it would 1-2 for Team Liquid so taking a handicap wont be an option for this game

[passwordnow]

The fallen BetBoom will be up against Team Liquid and Team Falcons are now waiting at that grand finals. Obviously, the advantage is on Team Falcons, they won't be pressured at all. While whoever wins at the last match for the lower bracket gets pressured as after a best of 3 series on that bracket goes to the grand finals for a best of 5 series.

Top 3 without GG and Team Spirit, thats pretty rare

I honestly didnt thought that Team Falcons would be this good. I mean yeah they are cruising in MENA region but against the other top teams, I didnt expect that they would be this good and make it to the final

I wasn't expecting a lot from Team Falcons honestly. Because their group stages weren't that impressive at all but then again, that's all some deception for most teams nowadays. Many are good in the groupstages but becomes lackluster on the bracketing and playoffs. No doubt that they're this good because they deserve it and they're too underrated.

Anyway, I literally dont know what to bet on the lower bracket game because the odds sucks so bad



I personally think that Team Liquid would win but it could be over 2.5 maps but yeah the odds for both under and over are below 2x. I kinda think it would 1-2 for Team Liquid so taking a handicap wont be an option for this game

It's likely that Team Liquid would take this but we don't know. Maybe BetBoom will learn something from their losses against Team Falcons and will definitely realize that and apply that against Team Liquid. We don't know but two series' left for this tournament and it's all done. If you are for gambling on this lower bracket, take it but I'd avoid it. I'll just go on for the grand finals as that's much easier to see on who's got the better chance to make it.

[arallmuus]

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It's likely that Team Liquid would take this but we don't know. Maybe BetBoom will learn something from their losses against Team Falcons and will definitely realize that and apply that against Team Liquid. We don't know but two series' left for this tournament and it's all done. If you are for gambling on this lower bracket, take it but I'd avoid it. I'll just go on for the grand finals as that's much easier to see on who's got the better chance to make it.

Well betting on BetBoom to win seems like the most decent option if any of you guys think that BetBoom will win

Anyway after checking some statistics, I've decided to go with Team Liquid -1.5 instead on this game. I personally will hedge on over 2.5 maps as well just incase if BetBoom managed to somehow win a map so yeah that would cover up my bet unless BetBoom decided to stomp Team Liquid with 2-0 which is kinda unlikely

[passwordnow]

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It's likely that Team Liquid would take this but we don't know. Maybe BetBoom will learn something from their losses against Team Falcons and will definitely realize that and apply that against Team Liquid. We don't know but two series' left for this tournament and it's all done. If you are for gambling on this lower bracket, take it but I'd avoid it. I'll just go on for the grand finals as that's much easier to see on who's got the better chance to make it.

Well betting on BetBoom to win seems like the most decent option if any of you guys think that BetBoom will win

Anyway after checking some statistics, I've decided to go with Team Liquid -1.5 instead on this game.

Recognizing the run of Team Liquid coming from the lower bracket is also a good call for them. It's the hardest way to get close to the grand finals and much even going to be called greater path for them as the old roster of Team Liquid, remember with miracle and kuroky. They always say that upper bracket are for b**ches. But this roster is completely different but we're seeing on how they're grinding from the lower bracket.
Anyway, good luck with that bet of yours. Later on, just a few hours to go and we'll see the greatest matches for this historical tournament organized by BetBoom. I hope that there will be some stake sponsored dota 2 tournament soon as they're sponsoring Dendi.

I personally will hedge on over 2.5 maps as well just incase if BetBoom managed to somehow win a map so yeah that would cover up my bet unless BetBoom decided to stomp Team Liquid with 2-0 which is kinda unlikely

It can also be the other way around as Team Liquid with the past matches made 2-0 for most of their opponents except with Gaimin Gladiators. I think that there's a possibility that this game is going to reach the max out of 3 games.

[passwordnow]

First game for BetBoom and Team Liquid. Winner = BetBoom. We're on the map 2 and we will see if Team Liquid is going to have a come back and they'll win on this round. Because if they're going to lose then they'll be ending up as the 3rd place for this tournament and they'll be going home with a $100k prize. Whoever is watching right now, let's just enjoy the game because the first game was intense and this is the type of Dota action that we're all waiting for and maybe the 2nd game will be the same as the first game.


And there is goes, BetBoom lost to Team Liquid for games 2 & 3 and moving on to the finals, Team Falcons won 3 straight games against Team Liquid. Exhausted for sure. Congratulations to Team Falcons, they should be the champ they say as the venue is their region where they come from, MENA.

[vennali]

First game for BetBoom and Team Liquid. Winner = BetBoom. We're on the map 2 and we will see if Team Liquid is going to have a come back and they'll win on this round. Because if they're going to lose then they'll be ending up as the 3rd place for this tournament and they'll be going home with a $100k prize. Whoever is watching right now, let's just enjoy the game because the first game was intense and this is the type of Dota action that we're all waiting for and maybe the 2nd game will be the same as the first game.


And there is goes, BetBoom lost to Team Liquid for games 2 & 3 and moving on to the finals, Team Falcons won 3 straight games against Team Liquid. Exhausted for sure. Congratulations to Team Falcons, they should be the champ they say as the venue is their region where they come from, MENA.

Such a tricky team Team Liquid are for bettors but it was kinda understandable as they did have a very long day. I wasn't expecting Team Liquid to reach the finals in the first place, but they somehow got it done but looked pretty much out of it in the finals. Earlier in the tournament, Team Liquid did 2-0 Team Falcons but when it came to the finals, it went the other way around.

Congrats Team Falcons and especially Ammar, Skitter for their flawless performances to win the championship.

[Mauser]

This weekend 3 games of the initial Swiss rounds of the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe are still being played. The top teams all already qualified and now it's up for the B teams to qualify directly or go into the Last Chance Qualifier matches. There is definitely some pressure there as it's going to be the first big major in CS2. The last chance qualifier matches are going to be played next weekend. The first match today is going to be 9 Pandas vs AMKAL, two teams I barely know anything about. It's two Russian teams playing against each other and I haven't watched a match yet of either of the two teams. Based on the bookmaker quotes the two teams are very similar in strength and it feels like a coin flip. Better to just skip that match and focus on the other two. The second match is going to be fnatic vs SAW, fnatic was a very strong European team several years ago but struggles since the old roaster stopped playing. Usually, I would have put my money on fnatic, but the Portuguese SAW team managed to beat NiP 2-0 this tournament and I think they can beat fnatic today. The last match of the day is Eternal Fire vs Bet Boom, where I don't see any chance of Eternal Fire losing that match. I am still a big fan of XANTARES and think he will carry his team to victory. Eternal Fire managed to beat NiP as well and only lost very closely against G2, they should be winning today.   

[boyptc]

I've stumbled upon a tournament in SEA for Dota 2 named RES - Regional Series SEA #1.

IHC and Talon esports are the ones that have fought at the grand finals and it's just a best of 3 series game. Talon Esports made 2-0 against IHC and took home $25k prize as the champ.

There's this point that they've won too which is 100 but I don't understand for what it is. Maybe RES globally?

[ralle14]

I've stumbled upon a tournament in SEA for Dota 2 named RES - Regional Series SEA #1.

IHC and Talon esports are the ones that have fought at the grand finals and it's just a best of 3 series game. Talon Esports made 2-0 against IHC and took home $25k prize as the champ.

There's this point that they've won too which is 100 but I don't understand for what it is. Maybe RES globally?

I guess they'll have a leaderboard similar to what ESL has done with their EPT leaderboard, where teams that accumulated the most points through smaller tournaments would eventually be qualified in bigger tournaments.

It's like the leaderboards for tier 2 teams, but there's not much info on the tournaments or the points system. I only found some clues because they're also organizing tournaments in CS2, specifically the CCT online tournaments.