🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread

[execijutiere]

In yesterday’s matches, all games except the Aurora match went as I expected, and I lost because of Aurora. We should have won on the Ancient map we picked ourselves. We finished ahead on the T side, but when we switched to the CT side, we couldn’t perform well enough. If we’d managed to win the map we picked, we’d have advanced to the next round by now. On the Nuke map, we won thanks to XANTARES’s three kills in the final round, but overall, we were the better team. On the Mirage map, however, we played a disastrous game on the T side. I don’t remember Aurora ever playing such a hopeless T side. We saw that Kyxsan and coach ASH fell short. If maj3r and Fabre had been there, maybe it wouldn’t have turned out this way.

[jakdanyel]

Aurora just can't seem to beat Furia, they were actually close today. The new players messed things up this time. Xantares, Wicadia, and Woxic played well, the maps were close. We said Jimpphat was good, a great player, but we jinxed him by saying it so much; he had his worst match. If he had contributed even a little, Aurora could have won Ancient and beaten Furia 2-0. Molodoy showed his class on Mirage, the last map.

I'm just shocked man... How did we manage to get literally 0 round on T-side of Mirage? Didn't we have any plan? I really don't like kyxsan's IGL. He doesn't seem to lead his teammates well.

We had a 9-3 lead and lost the map from there.    This was the first Tier 1 game with the new roster and we missed a huge opportunity to win it. We still have a long road ahead before being competitive enough for big tournaments.

BLAST Open Porto is up next.

[passwordnow]

It turns out that Nigma got it against Team Falcons, I'm not sure if I am happy about this because on the predictions I forgot that I chose Team Falcons. But on this bet, I went with Nigma.



On other games, did Liquid destroyed your predictions? because mine was. 

It's going to be a hard path for them as their first match on this playoffs is with Team Vision. I'm putting a bet to Nigma Galaxy against Team Falcons, this is a tough game for them and I guess that Falcons will win but, I'll ride on Nigma's impressive run on the group stage.
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I really wanted to bet on BB because of the odds and also it's playoff but once again their opponent is PARI, last time in the group stage Aurora beat BB 2-0 and in the Elimination group reverse clean sweep was incoming, made my bet lose again. So I'm thinking the same thing will happen in this playoff which I'm gonna bet for over 2.5 maps on the match PARI vs BB.

         

Congrats! both of your bet has won. The last match of BoomBoys was an easy game for Parivision, that bear of kiritych became a teddy bear stuff toy. But I think that they'll come back stronger against 1w.

[Balmain]

Aurora just can't seem to beat Furia, they were actually close today. The new players messed things up this time. Xantares, Wicadia, and Woxic played well, the maps were close. We said Jimpphat was good, a great player, but we jinxed him by saying it so much; he had his worst match. If he had contributed even a little, Aurora could have won Ancient and beaten Furia 2-0. Molodoy showed his class on Mirage, the last map.

I'm just shocked man... How did we manage to get literally 0 round on T-side of Mirage? Didn't we have any plan? I really don't like kyxsan's IGL. He doesn't seem to lead his teammates well.

We had a 9-3 lead and lost the map from there.    This was the first Tier 1 game with the new roster and we missed a huge opportunity to win it. We still have a long road ahead before being competitive enough for big tournaments.

BLAST Open Porto is up next.

I'm angry that we needed to win that map when we were up 9-3. There's a communication problem, and IGL's plans are really bad, and they can't control the team. If kyxsan continues like this, I think he'll be sent away; he doesn't have much credit with the team. He hasn't let the team play a single good match so far, and he hasn't played well himself either. Winning Tier 1 matches isn't actually that difficult. Think about it, you need to win a few rounds on CT side and T site when you're up 9-3. If you had, it would have been an easy win.

[ralle14]

On other games, did Liquid destroyed your predictions? because mine was.  

That series was so unfortunate for Liquid, given they had the tempo in game 1 and it all went down the drain after they overextended for the last set of barracks. Then game 2 was an outdraft as they went with their comfort picks, and it lacked the counter to the skirmishing presence of Slark and Io. Seeing Bounty Hunter win multiple games was impressive and it's almost like a free win for whoever grabs it first.

Hopefully I can bounce back with this over pick on the first series of the day. It's also an elimination series, so I trust both teams to grab a map.

[LastKiss]

That series was so unfortunate for Liquid, given they had the tempo in game 1 and it all went down the drain after they overextended for the last set of barracks. Then game 2 was an outdraft as they went with their comfort picks, and it lacked the counter to the skirmishing presence of Slark and Io. Seeing Bounty Hunter win multiple games was impressive and it's almost like a free win for whoever grabs it first.

Hopefully I can bounce back with this over pick on the first series of the day. It's also an elimination series, so I trust both teams to grab a map.

IO is just broken IMO and combine it with Largo will be even more broken when both get their items, Team Liquid should probably ban IO if they don’t want to pick it. Looking at today match up, I’m picking Team Spirit vs PARI over 2.5 maps and I’m adding another bet a parlay on Team Liquid with Team Yandex to win their series. Good luck guys

   

Congrats! both of your bet has won. The last match of BoomBoys was an easy game for Parivision, that bear of kiritych became a teddy bear stuff toy. But I think that they'll come back stronger against 1w.

hahaha, lmao, PARI didn't give BB mercy on that game 3, after seeing BB gameplay yesterday they should able to win the series or at least not giving IW an easy game.

[Distraction]

EWC quarter final matches haven't still finished yet. The ongoing series is between Vitality and Spirit which is like a grand final matchup! 



I wish we watched a Turkish derby but Aurora wasted a huge chance against FURIA... I hope FUT beat the hell out of FURIA tomorrow. 

By the way Legacy got past the last Major winner Falcons 2-0! That was really unbelievable to me. Must be the biggest surprise of the tournament so far.

[passwordnow]

Another lucky bet.

On other games, did Liquid destroyed your predictions? because mine was.  

That series was so unfortunate for Liquid, given they had the tempo in game 1 and it all went down the drain after they overextended for the last set of barracks. Then game 2 was an outdraft as they went with their comfort picks, and it lacked the counter to the skirmishing presence of Slark and Io. Seeing Bounty Hunter win multiple games was impressive and it's almost like a free win for whoever grabs it first.

Hopefully I can bounce back with this over pick on the first series of the day. It's also an elimination series, so I trust both teams to grab a map.

That bounty hunter is really a disaster pick, I think those who don't have supports to play it have to ban it. And congratulations to your over 2.5 maps, it did won.

Congrats! both of your bet has won. The last match of BoomBoys was an easy game for Parivision, that bear of kiritych became a teddy bear stuff toy. But I think that they'll come back stronger against 1w.

hahaha, lmao, PARI didn't give BB mercy on that game 3, after seeing BB gameplay yesterday they should able to win the series or at least not giving IW an easy game.

That bear was really a pain for kiritych, he'd remember that haunting experience. Anyway, BB won against IW. With BB's game later against Nigma, I chose BB to bet for.

[ralle14]

With another elimination series starting in less than an hour, i'm going for the over 2.5 once again because these two know each other too well. I wanted to grab Spirit here initially, but the over is too good with these odds and their past meetings have always been a 2-1 scoreline.

That bounty hunter is really a disaster pick, I think those who don't have supports to play it have to ban it. And congratulations to your over 2.5 maps, it did won.

Thanks, it's insane how Iron Wing made Bounty Hunter look so balanced in their series while the other teams picked him with success. It almost felt like the series should've been a 2-0 for Iron Wing, but they chose to stall after having a big lead 25 minutes into the game.

[Balmain]

I said this before, FUT is better than Aurora, that's why they'll eliminate Furia. FUT has reached the final of a major tournament for the first time. They'll play against the winner of the Legacy Team Spirit match. Team Spirit will reach the final and eliminate FUT. Although FUT is doing well right now, they have Donk on the other side, and he's in great form as always. This kid is a big problem.

[passwordnow]

Thanks again BetBoom. 



Later is the last day of TI, and there are only three teams left. Parivision waiting in the grand finals, and Yandex and Team Spirit fighting in the semi finals in the lower bracket.

Thanks, it's insane how Iron Wing made Bounty Hunter look so balanced in their series while the other teams picked him with success. It almost felt like the series should've been a 2-0 for Iron Wing, but they chose to stall after having a big lead 25 minutes into the game.

There are players who are good at it but I guess with a positioned strategy against it, it can be well balanced. And going with the first game today, I think that Team Spirit is really hungry to win and enter the grand finals, but for this game I'll be picking Yandex simple as I like the odds. 

[LastKiss]

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There are players who are good at it but I guess with a positioned strategy against it, it can be well balanced. And going with the first game today, I think that Team Spirit is really hungry to win and enter the grand finals, but for this game I'll be picking Yandex simple as I like the odds. 
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After taking a break yesterday because its weekend, I decide to bet on over 2.5 maps in this Lower Bracket Final match between Team Yandex and Team Spirit. I agree that the odds for Team Yandex so yummy but I won’t take that risk especially after Team Spirit did 2–0 against BetBoom yesterday.

[ralle14]

There are players who are good at it but I guess with a positioned strategy against it, it can be well balanced. And going with the first game today, I think that Team Spirit is really hungry to win and enter the grand finals, but for this game I'll be picking Yandex simple as I like the odds. 

I rarely pick the underdog, but the odds on Yandex is just disrespectful, and the H2H is worrying for Spirit despite the momentum they got heading into this lower final.

Team Spirit will reach the final and eliminate FUT. Although FUT is doing well right now, they have Donk on the other side, and he's in great form as always. This kid is a big problem.

Aside from donk, they have a favorable map pool compared to FUT. Still, I wouldn't count out FUT right away because Spirit can still choke, as we've seen in the recent Blast final against Mouz.

[jakdanyel]

What a wonderful work by FUT that was man...    FURIA have become such a difficult team to beat that I wasn't very hopeful about FUT to make it.

But they have also progressed a lot in the recent times. Even in times they make strategical mistakes they can make up for it by shooting better.

Today Spirit are favoured @1.26. FUT has 3.85 odds though which is so attracting! Spirit have stumbled in unexpected matches lately so we never know...

[passwordnow]

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There are players who are good at it but I guess with a positioned strategy against it, it can be well balanced. And going with the first game today, I think that Team Spirit is really hungry to win and enter the grand finals, but for this game I'll be picking Yandex simple as I like the odds.  
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After taking a break yesterday because its weekend, I decide to bet on over 2.5 maps in this Lower Bracket Final match between Team Yandex and Team Spirit. I agree that the odds for Team Yandex so yummy but I won’t take that risk especially after Team Spirit did 2–0 against BetBoom yesterday.

Team Spirit beat Yandex 2-0, and they are now three time TI Champs.

There are players who are good at it but I guess with a positioned strategy against it, it can be well balanced. And going with the first game today, I think that Team Spirit is really hungry to win and enter the grand finals, but for this game I'll be picking Yandex simple as I like the odds.  

I rarely pick the underdog, but the odds on Yandex is just disrespectful, and the H2H is worrying for Spirit despite the momentum they got heading into this lower final.

Despite that we believed Team Yandex on it and the odds were attractive, they still lost and we did lost. I did put a bet on the grand finals for Parivision as the TI champs but sadly, that juggernaut pick was absolutely stunning and surprising. There should have been a better hero than that, its TI chance of winning has always been low.

[Balmain]

Team Spirit will reach the final and eliminate FUT. Although FUT is doing well right now, they have Donk on the other side, and he's in great form as always. This kid is a big problem.

Aside from donk, they have a favorable map pool compared to FUT. Still, I wouldn't count out FUT right away because Spirit can still choke, as we've seen in the recent Blast final against Mouz.

What terrible bad luck. FUT didn't finish 12-9 on the Ancient map and lost it in overtime. Team Spirit won the final purely on experience. I'm hopeful for FUT; even coming here and putting up such a fight in the final is encouraging. They had already won Cache, they could have made it 2-0 with Ancient. They also lost Anubis in overtime. And then they completely lost their focus on Nuke.

[ralle14]

Despite that we believed Team Yandex on it and the odds were attractive, they still lost and we did lost. I did put a bet on the grand finals for Parivision as the TI champs but sadly, that juggernaut pick was absolutely stunning and surprising. There should have been a better hero than that, its TI chance of winning has always been low.

That lower final match was like the appetizer for Spirit. Yandex looked so out of it while Spirit were making every right move and had to call early because it was so one-sided.

The panel was on point about both teams wanting to pick core heroes with debuff immunity/BKB as their skill. It's just unfortunate that Spirit secured the better carry first while Parivision was left with the Juggernaut. To me, the first game set the tone of the final because Spirit got two chances to close it out and it shouldn't have reached this point if they stuck with their bread and butter heroes instead of an Io/Ember draft.

What terrible bad luck. FUT didn't finish 12-9 on the Ancient map and lost it in overtime. Team Spirit won the final purely on experience. I'm hopeful for FUT; even coming here and putting up such a fight in the final is encouraging. They had already won Cache, they could have made it 2-0 with Ancient. They also lost Anubis in overtime. And then they completely lost their focus on Nuke.

Even though they only finished second, that was still a great run from FUT. Those upsets pushed them to third in the VRS rankings and they're slowly becoming a threat to tier one teams compared to before.

[jakdanyel]

Spirit didn't mess up like they did in the last BLAST Bounty this time unfortunately.    I was really hopeful for FUT to counter them somehow. Winning the first map made me excited but we didn't see more of it.

Ancient was a must-win map for them by the way but anyways... Rank 6 on HLTV and Rank 3 on Valve is just amazing job by them in the end.


Now let's concentrate on the BLAST Open Porto... It starts tomorrow officially. Aurora don't look much of a lucky though as their group is full of Tier 1 teams. They need to step up their game more!

[arallmuus]

Now let's concentrate on the BLAST Open Porto... It starts tomorrow officially.

Already? Man they just had EWC done few days ago and now they are playing another offline tournament. Geez, cs2 schedule are really packed compared to dota2

Started with Blast Bounty a month ago and they probably only had like 1-3 days of rest before another qualifiers / tournaments took place. There is also FISSURE just few days after Blast Open Fall ended then follow up with Starladder

It's just unfortunate that Spirit secured the better carry first while Parivision was left with the Juggernaut.

Drafts are kinda like first half of the game when we compare it to football. Team Spirit against all the odds won TI, Yatoro proven himself to be still the best pos 1. Parivision won almost every major tournament this season only to lose on the most important trophy, its too bad for them

[jakdanyel]

Already? Man they just had EWC done few days ago and now they are playing another offline tournament. Geez, cs2 schedule are really packed compared to dota2

Started with Blast Bounty a month ago and they probably only had like 1-3 days of rest before another qualifiers / tournaments took place. There is also FISSURE just few days after Blast Open Fall ended then follow up with Starladder

Yes, man. The fixture is really busy for the teams lately.    I can't imagine how tiring it must be to fly between countries with such short breaks.

They can't even find enough time to prepare well for the next tournament because of that. This is making surprises to be seen more often as a result.

Just as Vitality's shocking 0-2 loss against Inner Circle today!