🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[Balmain]

If we look back at what happened so far in the tournament. The surprise team of the tournament was Legacy and the surprise team that was eliminated early was Falcons. Mouz and Legacy match is being played. It looks like Legacy will eliminate Mouz as well. They won the Ancient map 13-4 and they continue to have a close fight on the Inferno map. If Mouz wins Inferno, Legacy can still have the upper hand against Mouz in the decider. In the Aurora-Mouz match, Trende started the match well in Aurora but couldn't finish it, even if she had eliminated Mouz, Legacy would most likely have been eliminated by Aurora.

[execijutiere]

I feel sorry for Legacy, I think they took an undeserved loss and said goodbye to the tournament. Although Mouz was not very good as a team, they managed to win the match with the difference in experience. If we look at the rating and kill contribution of the teams, Legacy is clearly in the lead. In the match that extended to the Decider map, they struggled to win the map despite being 9-3 ahead. This resulted in their elimination from the tournament.

[ralle14]

And this is my prediction for today, wish me luck.

Congrats. The first map of the OG series ended in 51 minutes, and the 1win series went to three maps after they got the first map.

I missed the first two series of the Austin Major today, so i'll just ride with VP @1.65 on the final match of Stage 3.

They already beat paiN last time in Stage 2, and this is the best matchup they could get given the remaining teams (MongolZ, G2, Mouz) in the 2-2 bracket.

[len01]

And this is my prediction for today, wish me luck.

Congrats. The first map of the OG series ended in 51 minutes, and the 1win series went to three maps after they got the first map.

Thank you. But I think I was just lucky this time. Because initially I was a little hesitant and was worried that the match would end under 3 maps. And I dared to bet over 2.5 because I saw the match between 1win and Navi Junior both gave a tight fight.

I missed the first two series of the Austin Major today, so i'll just ride with VP @1.65 on the final match of Stage 3.

They already beat paiN last time in Stage 2, and this is the best matchup they could get given the remaining teams (MongolZ, G2, Mouz) in the 2-2 bracket.

I actually very rarely bet on CS games. But it seems like this time I should try to learn to understand some teams here. 

From the statistics I have seen, the chances of these two teams are almost equal. It's just that VP is much more experienced from the previous match. I assume VP can win this match but at least end up in map 3. So I think paiN can win on map 1. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[passwordnow]

I believe in Abed and Seleri and that's why I went for them instead of 1win but that's fine.

I just realized that Abed and Seleri are now with MOUZ. And now I know the reason why you trusted MOUZ so much before.

Yes, and that's why I've bet for them but they have been eliminated by Virtus Pro and just recently, VP was eliminated by Nigma Galaxy.

Mouz as an organization was already there long time ago and I've followed most of the roster changes that they have. But this time, their roster is mixed up of players for different regions and not only focused on EEU/WEU players. And as for OG, they've got a different roster as well today.

I used to assume that mixed players from different regions affected teamwork. But I guess that was just my feeling.

You're right, communication is one of it and that's why sometimes there are good players that don't even connect when they don't have good comms.

Good luck with all of those bets,

The second time I had no luck betting on TS performance. I was hoping that yesterday's match TS would win in the first map and in the second map Yellow Submarine would give back. But it turned out that YS dominated with a 0-2 victory. I think TS is not as good as it used to be.

And this is my prediction for today, wish me luck.

Team Secret is different now, Puppey needs to step down and let the younger aspiring pros to be coached by him.


Anyway, I've bet for two regions, WEU and SEA for both TI qualifiers. Congrats to your bets!

[execijutiere]

Mongolz managed to win against G2. G2 has an obvious lack of awper. They're losing games by an Awper margin. Hades is not performing enough. Especially if Monesy hadn't left, they could have easily reached the quarterfinals. They need to make a good transfer. I think Device and degster are available and if one of them comes we can watch a different team.

[ralle14]

Mongolz managed to win against G2.

Even though MongolZ won 2-0, G2 still made it a very competitive series after forcing OT in Dust 2. Despite the underwhelming awper on their side, malbs and heavygod did some crazy work to nearly bring it back.

Anyway, I've bet for two regions, WEU and SEA for both TI qualifiers.

I've also gone for a similar bet for the upper final of the WEU qualifiers. Navi Juniors are the team to beat, but they've been shaky in these past few series, and I think OG has a good shot at grabbing a map given they're this close to qualifying.

[passwordnow]

Anyway, I've bet for two regions, WEU and SEA for both TI qualifiers.

I've also gone for a similar bet for the upper final of the WEU qualifiers. Navi Juniors are the team to beat, but they've been shaky in these past few series, and I think OG has a good shot at grabbing a map given they're this close to qualifying.

Yeah, I've picked for OG as well so good luck to our bet. And my other bet for Team Nemesis just to win 1 map have already won. So, while waiting for the game of OG later, we've got the first SEA team to qualify for The International 2025 and raven is back to TI, congratulations to them. I was only expecting them to win 1 map but they've won 2-1 against Talon. Talon still has a chance at the lower bracket since there are 2 TI slots for SEA.

[len01]

A good result in the CS match yesterday. I think VP will be very sorry about that loss.




And now I have a prediction in dota 2. I think OG seems hopeless because Navi Junior is better and has a better skill set. And for Nigma actually still has hope if in map 2 they want to fight back to have a chance in map 3.

[execijutiere]

In the Austin Major quarterfinal matchups, I predict Furia, Spirit, Vitality and Faze to advance to the semifinals. I expect Faze to get the win against Mongolz, S1mple seems to be settling in a bit more and I expect them to at least make it to the finals, and Vitality will get a comfortable win against NaVi. NaVi's players are clearly underperforming and it's time to make some changes.

[Balmain]

Yeah we'll finally start the playoffs. Austin Major quarterfinal matchups have some good matches. Major favorites for sure Vitality and Team Spirit could still be surprises, meaning teams that were eliminated early, teams that put up a good fight, it was a Major full of surprises. There could be a similar surprise in the finals, but with fewer Team Spirit and Vitality. Since Vitality and Spirit will most likely be paired in the semifinals, only one team will advance to the finals. Although it's a bit early to say, I think we'll see Faze and Vitality in the finals when I look at the matches.

[execijutiere]

Eternal Fire, Fire Flux, Sangal Academy and Bushido Wildcats teams are competing in the tournament sponsored by BtcTurk. After yesterday's matches, it is safe to say that there were no surprises. Eternal Fire and Fire Flux beat their opponents as favorites and will meet in the upper bracket final today. I expect Eternal Fire to beat their opponent and take the first place. Calyx and imorr are playing really well. Paz and duggy will play against their former team.

[Balmain]

Eternal Fire, Fire Flux, Sangal Academy and Bushido Wildcats teams are competing in the tournament sponsored by BtcTurk. After yesterday's matches, it is safe to say that there were no surprises. Eternal Fire and Fire Flux beat their opponents as favorites and will meet in the upper bracket final today. I expect Eternal Fire to beat their opponent and take the first place. Calyx and imorr are playing really well. Paz and duggy will play against their former team.

In our country, local tournaments in CS 2 had decreased a lot. The sponsorship of BtcTurk exchange was good for the tournament. I know two teams, Eternal Fire and FireFlux team. I don't even know the other teams, I don't think they can beat these two teams, the players in this team are very experienced. Eternal Fire will probably be the winning team of the tournament. FireFlux can be considered a slightly younger team. The most experienced player there should be Paz.

[passwordnow]

Esports World Cup and TI qualifiers for Dota 2 are all done. The participants are already in the list and while we're waiting for some good tournaments again like PGL Wallachia Season 5 in the next coming days, I've bet for the grand finals of the CCT S2 Series 1 and went for the Zero Tenacity.

[execijutiere]

Eternal Fire, Fire Flux, Sangal Academy and Bushido Wildcats teams are competing in the tournament sponsored by BtcTurk. After yesterday's matches, it is safe to say that there were no surprises. Eternal Fire and Fire Flux beat their opponents as favorites and will meet in the upper bracket final today. I expect Eternal Fire to beat their opponent and take the first place. Calyx and imorr are playing really well. Paz and duggy will play against their former team.

In our country, local tournaments in CS 2 had decreased a lot. The sponsorship of BtcTurk exchange was good for the tournament. I know two teams, Eternal Fire and FireFlux team. I don't even know the other teams, I don't think they can beat these two teams, the players in this team are very experienced. Eternal Fire will probably be the winning team of the tournament. FireFlux can be considered a slightly younger team. The most experienced player there should be Paz.

I know all 4 teams but I don't know some of the players. Eternal Fire is of course the team with the strongest players and yesterday Fire won against Flux and secured the final. Now the tournament will continue from the lowet bracket. Most likely Fire Flux will come from the lower bracket. It looks like we will watch Eternal Fire and Fire Flux in the LAN tournament final.

[Balmain]

Here you go Mouz, look at them, they are about to beat Team Spirit on the Mirage map, they are still not finished but they are close. Mouz is getting better in every tournament, which is why they can play with the best teams in the cs arena, Mouz team does not let other teams crush them. Also Mirage is one of the maps where Team Spirit is good. Team Spirit has always chosen their favorite map, Dust2. If Team Spirit wins the Dust2 map, the decider map is Nuke. I think it will be like that, it will be nice.

[passwordnow]

My bet for Zero Tenacity has lost. And as boltz said on the other thread, it's time for CS2. Going with some blast tv bets matches later and I'm taking my chances with Furia in the moneyline. The game is starting within the next minutes and so, before it happens I've already made my bet on them.

[ralle14]

Here you go Mouz, look at them, they are about to beat Team Spirit on the Mirage map, they are still not finished but they are close. Mouz is getting better in every tournament, which is why they can play with the best teams in the cs arena, Mouz team does not let other teams crush them. Also Mirage is one of the maps where Team Spirit is good. Team Spirit has always chosen their favorite map, Dust2. If Team Spirit wins the Dust2 map, the decider map is Nuke. I think it will be like that, it will be nice.

Mouz were close to going up 1-0, but they fumbled in the OT rounds. At least they pulled off the reverse sweep, as Team Spirit has been underwhelming on the T side of these last two maps.

Their series was like a semi-final level or even a grand final with how close some of those rounds came down to, and even with the man advantages, it's so fun to see one key player clutch up and steal it away.

[execijutiere]

Mouz did the unexpected against Spirit and managed to prevail. Despite going to overtime 3 times on the map of his choice, he failed to win, but he was victorious on the other 2 maps and eliminated his opponent. Spirit, the champion of the last major, was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Similarly, Furia failed to live up to expectations and lost to PaiN. I must say I was more surprised by this loss. Although Furia performed very well throughout the tournament, he was stagnant against PaiN. PaiN took advantage of this and eliminated his opponent.

[Balmain]

I didn't expect Navi to make a surprise against Vitality. Although Navi is a little better in this tournament compared to previous tournaments, they are still insufficient for Vitality. After the match, jL said that they could have beaten Vitality today, so I don't think they will be able to beat Vitality in tournaments for a long time. The players in Navi who are in decline, jL and IM, may make a change in the coming days, Navi team may change one of these players.