🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[LastKiss]

And about some teams, we've got some surprising news about Heroic dota 2[1], they're now stepping away from the dota 2 scene. It's sad that it's another good team that steps away due to financial reasons.

[1] HEROIC leaves the Dota 2 competitive scene after over two years

Congrats on your win. Yeah, it’s really sad that another team had to leave the Dota 2 scene because of financial issues. Moving on to the decider matches 1win Essence, there will be Team Nemesis vs 1win and Mouz vs L1GA. I’m going to test my luck and bet that Team Nemesis and Mouz will advance to the playoffs. What do you think? Do they have a chance or not?

I also just realized that two teams already withdrew from the tournament, Aurora and Team Yandex. I was waiting to watch them in the playoffs but it turns out they withdrew from the tournament, kinda sad tbh.

[ralle14]

And about some teams, we've got some surprising news about Heroic dota 2[1], they're now stepping away from the dota 2 scene. It's sad that it's another good team that steps away due to financial reasons.

[1] HEROIC leaves the Dota 2 competitive scene after over two years

That is unfortunate news, but they're paying their players way too much and I think this issue could've been avoided if the Heroic players were willing to cut their salary instead of milking their org dry.

At least the players are still playing together since they're qualified for some top tier tournaments.

Another interesting news I saw today was PlayTime signing SAR and releasing their SEA roster.

[execijutiere]

In one of the opening matches of the CS Asia Championship, we’ll be watching the Falcons take on BC.Game. Since it’s a Bo1, the winner isn’t particularly important, but this will be the first time Karrigan and s1mple face off since they played together on FaZe. Additionally, I think this will be the first time we get to see the AWP duel between m0NESY and s1mple. We’re in for an unusual match, but I definitely see the Falcons as the slight favorites. The Falcons’ roster is in a better position compared to BC.Game’s.

[passwordnow]

And about some teams, we've got some surprising news about Heroic dota 2[1], they're now stepping away from the dota 2 scene. It's sad that it's another good team that steps away due to financial reasons.

[1] HEROIC leaves the Dota 2 competitive scene after over two years

Congrats on your win. Yeah, it’s really sad that another team had to leave the Dota 2 scene because of financial issues. Moving on to the decider matches 1win Essence, there will be Team Nemesis vs 1win and Mouz vs L1GA. I’m going to test my luck and bet that Team Nemesis and Mouz will advance to the playoffs. What do you think? Do they have a chance or not?

Thanks. To be honest with all of these teams, all of them are good. They can knockout each other surprisingly. And the results really came at a surprise, 1win and L1ga won.

And about some teams, we've got some surprising news about Heroic dota 2[1], they're now stepping away from the dota 2 scene. It's sad that it's another good team that steps away due to financial reasons.

[1] HEROIC leaves the Dota 2 competitive scene after over two years

That is unfortunate news, but they're paying their players way too much and I think this issue could've been avoided if the Heroic players were willing to cut their salary instead of milking their org dry.

At least the players are still playing together since they're qualified for some top tier tournaments.

Another interesting news I saw today was PlayTime signing SAR and releasing their SEA roster.

I agree, they have to cut their salary which is probably too much. They're already getting the momentum and able to get good games against other tier 1 teams too. We'll see this new roster of SAR>Playtime on this 1 win essence tournament against Nigma. SAR(playtime) has proven themselves and I'd go with them against Nigma.

[ralle14]

I agree, they have to cut their salary which is probably too much. They're already getting the momentum and able to get good games against other tier 1 teams too. We'll see this new roster of SAR>Playtime on this 1 win essence tournament against Nigma. SAR(playtime) has proven themselves and I'd go with them against Nigma.

I also jumped on this once I saw the odds. It just doesn't make any sense when Nigma is slightly favored after that stomp from the last meeting. They're selling it well with the clean run against other teams, but i'm not buying it.

In one of the opening matches of the CS Asia Championship, we’ll be watching the Falcons take on BC.Game. Since it’s a Bo1, the winner isn’t particularly important, but this will be the first time Karrigan and s1mple face off since they played together on FaZe. Additionally, I think this will be the first time we get to see the AWP duel between m0NESY and s1mple. We’re in for an unusual match, but I definitely see the Falcons as the slight favorites. The Falcons’ roster is in a better position compared to BC.Game’s.

That's still two weeks away, but it should be an easy win for Falcons because BC.Game's stand-in is BIG's former coach. If they lose to that kind of lineup, then they'd better disband.  

The PGL tournament tomorrow should be interesting, as it's one of the rare tournaments without Vitality since they chose to participate in IEM Atlanta and maybe this is the time for Falcons to break their second-place curse.

[LastKiss]

Another interesting news I saw today was PlayTime signing SAR and releasing their SEA roster.

I thought they already make the announcement on the day they compete in 1win Essence, Do you know their official social media?

To be honest with all of these teams, all of them are good. They can knockout each other surprisingly. And the results really came at a surprise, 1win and L1ga won.

Can’t believe MOUZ couldn’t defeat L1GA and I lost both my bet but well, it already happened.

I agree, they have to cut their salary which is probably too much. They're already getting the momentum and able to get good games against other tier 1 teams too. We'll see this new roster of SAR>Playtime on this 1 win essence tournament against Nigma. SAR(playtime) has proven themselves and I'd go with them against Nigma.

I also jumped on this once I saw the odds. It just doesn't make any sense when Nigma is slightly favored after that stomp from the last meeting. They're selling it well with the clean run against other teams, but i'm not buying it.

Moving for the playoffs, I’m choosing the same team as you guys, I bet Playtime will be able to defeat Nigma Galaxy since the last time they met at DreamLeague D2, they beat Nigma 3-0 in a BO5. It’ll probably be 2-1 this time if Nigma can put up a decent fight. Good luck for us.

[passwordnow]

I agree, they have to cut their salary which is probably too much. They're already getting the momentum and able to get good games against other tier 1 teams too. We'll see this new roster of SAR>Playtime on this 1 win essence tournament against Nigma. SAR(playtime) has proven themselves and I'd go with them against Nigma.

I also jumped on this once I saw the odds. It just doesn't make any sense when Nigma is slightly favored after that stomp from the last meeting. They're selling it well with the clean run against other teams, but i'm not buying it.

I guess that the past performance of Nigma what the bookies relied on for their odds. And Playtime as a new name doesn't count. Anyway, congrats to us. 

To be honest with all of these teams, all of them are good. They can knockout each other surprisingly. And the results really came at a surprise, 1win and L1ga won.

Can’t believe MOUZ couldn’t defeat L1GA and I lost both my bet but well, it already happened.

That really happens, it's okay. There are still a lot of matches for this tournament.

Moving for the playoffs, I’m choosing the same team as you guys, I bet Playtime will be able to defeat Nigma Galaxy since the last time they met at DreamLeague D2, they beat Nigma 3-0 in a BO5. It’ll probably be 2-1 this time if Nigma can put up a decent fight. Good luck for us.

If you're able to bet for Playtime, we all won. And for the remaining two series while typing this, with 1win/Tundra and Parivision/L1ga, good luck to anyone who's got bets on any of them.

[ralle14]

I guess that the past performance of Nigma what the bookies relied on for their odds. And Playtime as a new name doesn't count. Anyway, congrats to us. 

The 2-1 wins they've had in their other series probably made them look less legit, but we know these guys always step up against better teams.

If you're able to bet for Playtime, we all won. And for the remaining two series while typing this, with 1win/Tundra and Parivision/L1ga, good luck to anyone who's got bets on any of them.

1win beating Tundra was probably the biggest upset between these three series. Good thing the odds were shit or else I would've included them in a parlay. 

[execijutiere]

It looks like Aurora hasn’t managed to prepare for the tournament again. There will now be intense pressure on Aurora to make some changes. If you can’t secure a win against a team like Heroic in the tournament’s opening match—despite being ranked 4th on HLTV—I think it’s clear there’s a problem. I’m in favor of replacing woxic and soulfly. I no longer think this is a “Maj3r” situation; given the current shortage of IGLs, letting Maj3r go would be a ridiculous decision in my opinion.

[ralle14]

Back to more dotes action since the Essence tournament is still underway. I'll give 1win a chance here to see if their win against Tundra yesterday was legit, and i'm still having doubts on Rekonix because the last time I backed them in one of the bigger tournaments, they couldn't deliver.

It looks like Aurora hasn’t managed to prepare for the tournament again. There will now be intense pressure on Aurora to make some changes. If you can’t secure a win against a team like Heroic in the tournament’s opening match—despite being ranked 4th on HLTV—I think it’s clear there’s a problem. I’m in favor of replacing woxic and soulfly. I no longer think this is a “Maj3r” situation; given the current shortage of IGLs, letting Maj3r go would be a ridiculous decision in my opinion.

At least they're facing The Huns in the next round, and that should easily put them in the 1-1 bracket tomorrow. Parivision is also facing the same struggles after they lost 2-0 to 9z, but it's still not the end of the world to lose this early when they could've faced Mouz, Falcons, or Spirit in the 1-0 bracket.

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It looks like Aurora hasn’t managed to prepare for the tournament again. There will now be intense pressure on Aurora to make some changes. If you can’t secure a win against a team like Heroic in the tournament’s opening match—despite being ranked 4th on HLTV—I think it’s clear there’s a problem. I’m in favor of replacing woxic and soulfly. I no longer think this is a “Maj3r” situation; given the current shortage of IGLs, letting Maj3r go would be a ridiculous decision in my opinion.

Well , at least I'm not the only fan who suffers alongside Aurora but like you said above , this team really needs to chance something soon or they won't achieve more than just playoffs and Xantarex also needs to find his old self because those signature movements of him doesn't work anymore like they used to. Uhm soulfly is doing ok but I think woxic is not sharp anymore and he misses a lot of AWP shots that ends up with them losing the round.

[Balmain]

Aurora didn't surprise anyone PGL Astana played their first match against Heroic and lost both maps. Dust 2 was a winnable map, but Soulfly wasn't there either. If he had contributed a little more, Aurora would have gone on to win the next map. Sending Jottaa away and bringing in Soulfly was a huge mistake, it was clear from the start. Xfloud played at a high level on both maps, hats off to him, we'll see him in much better places in the future.

[passwordnow]

I guess that the past performance of Nigma what the bookies relied on for their odds. And Playtime as a new name doesn't count. Anyway, congrats to us. 

The 2-1 wins they've had in their other series probably made them look less legit, but we know these guys always step up against better teams.

Yes, they're a strong contender. This is why I am loving the SA region lately because teams that are from there are beating the strongest teams.

If you're able to bet for Playtime, we all won. And for the remaining two series while typing this, with 1win/Tundra and Parivision/L1ga, good luck to anyone who's got bets on any of them.

1win beating Tundra was probably the biggest upset between these three series. Good thing the odds were shit or else I would've included them in a parlay. 

And not just that, Yellow Submarine beating Tundra in the lower bracket in 2-0 series is so disappointing. It looks like that Tundra has struggled for these tournaments but it could be that they're still trying to go around with the new patch. Anyway, my bet for Rekonix against 1 win has lost.
In the upper bracket, there's 1win/Parivision but I guess that Pari will take it.

[execijutiere]

Mouz managed to beat G2. Although JL and xelex didn’t put in a great performance, we can say that they contributed to the win because they were better than Hunter and HeavyGod. Had they played at least as poorly as those two, Mouz might have struggled more to secure the victory. The strong performances from Xertion and Torzsi also played a part in Mouz’s victory. Having defeated their opponents to take the series to 2-0, Mouz will now wait for their next match to aim for a 3-0 sweep.

[ralle14]

And not just that, Yellow Submarine beating Tundra in the lower bracket in 2-0 series is so disappointing. It looks like that Tundra has struggled for these tournaments but it could be that they're still trying to go around with the new patch. Anyway, my bet for Rekonix against 1 win has lost.
In the upper bracket, there's 1win/Parivision but I guess that Pari will take it.

Tundra played like they didn't care to get eliminated because they drafted a bunch of non-meta heroes.

I also think Parivision takes that upper bracket final matchup, so I got them to win 2-0 with the map handicap. This is like an EEU derby, but I think Parivision is simply on another level compared to 1win.

[passwordnow]

And not just that, Yellow Submarine beating Tundra in the lower bracket in 2-0 series is so disappointing. It looks like that Tundra has struggled for these tournaments but it could be that they're still trying to go around with the new patch. Anyway, my bet for Rekonix against 1 win has lost.
In the upper bracket, there's 1win/Parivision but I guess that Pari will take it.

Tundra played like they didn't care to get eliminated because they drafted a bunch of non-meta heroes.

For the huge prize pools, I guess that is where they'll become more serious.

I also think Parivision takes that upper bracket final matchup, so I got them to win 2-0 with the map handicap. This is like an EEU derby, but I think Parivision is simply on another level compared to 1win.

Looking good for your bet. Parivision has won 1-0 already against 1win and its 2nd map is current played already. As for the lower bracket, that's where I am betting. My bet lost yesterday and so I think this is where I am betting now with Playtime against Nigma. Good luck to us.

[arallmuus]

I also think Parivision takes that upper bracket final matchup, so I got them to win 2-0 with the map handicap. This is like an EEU derby, but I think Parivision is simply on another level compared to 1win.

Parivision really takes everything seriously. Thats a pretty good mentality compared to the other teams. Others are still figuring out whats best and trying out random stuff in lower tier tournament but Parivision just smash through every tournament like usual. This kind of mentality kinda reminded me of Falcons back then and they made it as TI winner the same year(?) idk I cant really remember this

[Balmain]

I think Woxic is good enough. The problem is Xantares we need to look at his statistics, especially in recent matches. For example, in today's Huns match on Dust2, Xantares finished the map with a 6-11 score. While Wicadia contributed 22-6 frags, Xantares was 6-11. This isn't just a one-off he's playing badly in almost every match now. I think Soulfy and Xantares should leave. It's unacceptable that Xantares contributed 6-11 frags on a map where Wicadia contributed 22-6 frags. I think he should leave his team now.

[passwordnow]

My bet for Playtime has won yesterday.



And as they're playing right now against 1win, the odds is too low for Playtime to win the series. It is bearable and acceptable but I think that 1win team is about to win at least one map for this series so wish me luck and all of you guys who are also betting on this essence tournament, all the best.

[ralle14]

And as they're playing right now against 1win, the odds is too low for Playtime to win the series. It is bearable and acceptable but I think that 1win team is about to win at least one map for this series so wish me luck and all of you guys who are also betting on this essence tournament, all the best.

Good hit on 1win to secure a map, PlayTime's draft just lacked the damage outside of their carry SF and the front to back of 1win's lineup was too good.

I'm still waiting for the grand final so I can slam Parivision's map handicap once the odds are up.