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[rdbase]

@arallmuus & @passwordnow
Thank you for the reminder for those like myself who are not following dota2 tournament schedule for the season.

So will definitely be tuning in for the ESL One Birmingham so to get into this new action to the Esports scene!

https://www.esl-one.com/birmingham

"Mark your calendars, because ESL One is making a triumphant return to Birmingham after a five-year hiatus.
From April 22nd to 28th, prepare to witness an epic clash between 12 Dota 2 powerhouses to find out who will be crowned champion."
source: https://www.oneesports.gg/dota2/esl-one-birmingham-2024-schedule-results

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[dothebeats]

Ready your horses, ESL One Birmingham is going to start in about 11 hours from now. The matches are all set and we're going to have a three-day group stages. Get ready for some Dota 2 actions again everyone.  

That's a lot of games in 3 days. I'm going to watch Falcons closely and see whether they can close this tournament in the top 3. They showed strong potential in the Elite League only falling behind XG who were the favorites to win. That's also a nice bracketing, and I have high hopes that this team can come out on top against SR, Talon, and BB. Liquid can honestly put up a fight or even shut ATF and his mates, but the rest of those teams can be easy work for Falcons and give them a better placement in the main stage.

Anyone betting on ESL One Birmingham tomorrow?

Its been a while since we have an offline tournament for dota2 but I doubt the group stage will start on stage immediately but its Falcons tomorrow for the opening game so it would be so weird not to bet on them when they are so dominant. Except for the fact that they lost to XG on The Elite League final  but still they have been pretty good so far on the previous tournaments

Those odds are good. Definitely something that has a lot of value in the first day. BB is a strong team but I doubt they can handle Falcons when they gained momentum and held on to it until the end game.

[passwordnow]

@arallmuus & @passwordnow
Thank you for the reminder for those like myself who are not following dota2 tournament schedule for the season.

You're welcome, I'll continue to update most of the games for dota 2 and if I also dive into other esports, I'll do so too.
 

Ready your horses, ESL One Birmingham is going to start in about 11 hours from now. The matches are all set and we're going to have a three-day group stages. Get ready for some Dota 2 actions again everyone. 

That's a lot of games in 3 days. I'm going to watch Falcons closely and see whether they can close this tournament in the top 3. They showed strong potential in the Elite League only falling behind XG who were the favorites to win. That's also a nice bracketing, and I have high hopes that this team can come out on top against SR, Talon, and BB. Liquid can honestly put up a fight or even shut ATF and his mates, but the rest of those teams can be easy work for Falcons and give them a better placement in the main stage.

Falcons is not complete on this tournament as Malr1ne didn't managed to get his visa to Birmingham and that's why Sumail is going to stand-in for him which is a good substitute as well. Too many teams that we've missed watching all of these times and they are going to participate again. While for Falcons and XG, we might see them have their rematch on the playoffs but not with the group stages as they're part of groups A and B. That's just so close but it's interesting still because there's still two chinese teams. I've just noticed that the bracketing isn't that long and that's because there are only 12 participating teams. So, this is just going to happen for 7 days but, that's enough to have some good dota 2 for the entire week.

[arallmuus]

Those odds are good. Definitely something that has a lot of value in the first day. BB is a strong team but I doubt they can handle Falcons when they gained momentum and held on to it until the end game.

Well turned out that Sumail was playing as stand-in for Falcons but overall it was still good until Falcons started throwing up the game with 7k gold lead by dying one by one until they typed in GG on the 2nd map. I totally cant believe it, I thought it would be a solid 2-0 for Falcons even with Sumail playing as stand-in. Anyway now I kinda understand why Nigma keep losing though, Sumail as pos 2 is definitely not a top tier player anymore and I totally can say this with certainty after watching him play with Falcons today compared to Malr1ine

[ralle14]

Even with Malr1ne playing, Team Falcons struggle to find their first 2-0 series win. They'll probably need to 2-0 Talon tomorrow to secure their upper bracket spot after G2.IG only got to win a single map for today.

I'm impressed that Talon is holding up so far, but the only time I needed them to win a map against BetBoom they gave away both maps. 🤦‍♂️

XG going 0-4 on the other group is unexpected, they'll need to win all four maps today to keep their playoff hopes alive.

[arallmuus]

Even with Malr1ne playing, Team Falcons struggle to find their first 2-0 series win. They'll probably need to 2-0 Talon tomorrow to secure their upper bracket spot after G2.IG only got to win a single map for today.

I'm impressed that Talon is holding up so far, but the only time I needed them to win a map against BetBoom they gave away both maps. 🤦‍♂️

XG going 0-4 on the other group is unexpected, they'll need to win all four maps today to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Everything feels so out of the place on this tournament. Falcons kept getting draws and XG losing despite dominating the last tournament. On the other hand, if Falcons start from the lower bracket instead than this would be highly entertaining though as I cant really recall when was the last time they start from lower bracket so basically it would be their last lifeline on the tournament so probably they will play less agressive on the playoffs

[sunsilk]

I'm impressed that Talon is holding up so far, but the only time I needed them to win a map against BetBoom they gave away both maps. 🤦‍♂️

I've watched their match. That first map, I thought with that clapping of Akashi is like a sure win to them but that's just all about how excited he was playing meepo. But with that 0-2 against Betboom, Talon was able to beat twice G2.IG

And for BetBoom, they're able to win 4-0 today and they beat Shopify Rebellion with a 2-0 too.

Heroic is doing great on these first two days. For Falcons, they need to win 2-0 against Talon tomorrow or else, they're surely at the bottom.

[rdbase]

Even with Malr1ne playing, Team Falcons struggle to find their first 2-0 series win. They'll probably need to 2-0 Talon tomorrow to secure their upper bracket spot after G2.IG only got to win a single map for today.

I'm impressed that Talon is holding up so far, but the only time I needed them to win a map against BetBoom they gave away both maps. 🤦‍♂️

XG going 0-4 on the other group is unexpected, they'll need to win all four maps today to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Every time I see somebody betting on Team Falcon they seem to lose or draw that match.
This the team to always avoid because they seem to have that bet on them and lose curse.

I'm impressed that Talon is holding up so far, but the only time I needed them to win a map against BetBoom they gave away both maps. 🤦‍♂️

I've watched their match. That first map, I thought with that clapping of Akashi is like a sure win to them but that's just all about how excited he was playing meepo. But with that 0-2 against Betboom, Talon was able to beat twice G2.IG

And for BetBoom, they're able to win 4-0 today and they beat Shopify Rebellion with a 2-0 too.

Heroic is doing great on these first two days. For Falcons, they need to win 2-0 against Talon tomorrow or else, they're surely at the bottom.

So it would be best to place a combination of Talon Esports and Heroic?
Due to I always seeing Heroic winning everytime I go to check the matches of the day since last week.

[ralle14]

Every time I see somebody betting on Team Falcon they seem to lose or draw that match.
This the team to always avoid because they seem to have that bet on them and lose curse.

They used to be one of the safer teams to bet on because of their winning runs from BB Dacha to DreamLeague S22. Now the playing field is back to an even level, as they've been dropping maps to teams they should be sweeping.

So it would be best to place a combination of Talon Esports and Heroic?
Due to I always seeing Heroic winning everytime I go to check the matches of the day since last week.

I'm not too confident about Heroic winning the series against Gaimin Gladiators, but they shouldn't have a problem taking a map off Gaimin to secure their upper-bracket spot.

Betting against Team Falcons is probably the least thing i'd do for the last day of the groups and after what happened to the Talon/BB series they could easily lose another 2-0.

[sunsilk]

I'm impressed that Talon is holding up so far, but the only time I needed them to win a map against BetBoom they gave away both maps. 🤦‍♂️

I've watched their match. That first map, I thought with that clapping of Akashi is like a sure win to them but that's just all about how excited he was playing meepo. But with that 0-2 against Betboom, Talon was able to beat twice G2.IG

And for BetBoom, they're able to win 4-0 today and they beat Shopify Rebellion with a 2-0 too.

Heroic is doing great on these first two days. For Falcons, they need to win 2-0 against Talon tomorrow or else, they're surely at the bottom.

So it would be best to place a combination of Talon Esports and Heroic?
Due to I always seeing Heroic winning everytime I go to check the matches of the day since last week.

Nope, Talon is on the verge of being eliminated so it seems that they're not going to make it to the playoffs. Their first map against Team Falcons is a lose.

So, if they're going to lose against Team Falcons on their 2nd map then they're already eliminated and Team Falcons is the one that will proceed to the lower bracket of the playoffs.

As for Heroic, they're doing good. Their match later will be up against OG, so whether they lose 2 games or win 2 more games, they're already in for the playoffs.

But to give you more idea, not every team that performs well on the group stages do well in the playoffs.

[ralle14]

Nope, Talon is on the verge of being eliminated so it seems that they're not going to make it to the playoffs. Their first map against Team Falcons is a lose.

So, if they're going to lose against Team Falcons on their 2nd map then they're already eliminated and Team Falcons is the one that will proceed to the lower bracket of the playoffs.

As for Heroic, they're doing good. Their match later will be up against OG, so whether they lose 2 games or win 2 more games, they're already in for the playoffs.

The 2-0 came in for Team Falcons as expected, and it looks like they'll have a three-way tiebreaker with Team Liquid and BetBoom once the remaining series are done.

On the other group, Gaimin Gladiators got their first 2-0 win against Heroic of all teams. With how the other series are starting to shape up we could see a three-way tiebreaker for the lower bracket spot.

I guess these teams need to be on the verge of elimination to start performing well. 

[arallmuus]

On the other group, Gaimin Gladiators got their first 2-0 win against Heroic of all teams. With how the other series are starting to shape up we could see a three-way tiebreaker for the lower bracket spot.

I guess these teams need to be on the verge of elimination to start performing well. 

Not three way but four way tiebreaker on group B with GG confirmed to be eliminated if XG could win 2-0 against Tundra, I cant believe that they are so bad this season. As the game progress right now, XG has won the 1st map and currently dominating the 2nd map with over 10k gold lead. It looks like they should be able to win this one unless they decided to throw the game though.

[sunsilk]

Nope, Talon is on the verge of being eliminated so it seems that they're not going to make it to the playoffs. Their first map against Team Falcons is a lose.

So, if they're going to lose against Team Falcons on their 2nd map then they're already eliminated and Team Falcons is the one that will proceed to the lower bracket of the playoffs.

As for Heroic, they're doing good. Their match later will be up against OG, so whether they lose 2 games or win 2 more games, they're already in for the playoffs.

The 2-0 came in for Team Falcons as expected, and it looks like they'll have a three-way tiebreaker with Team Liquid and BetBoom once the remaining series are done.

On the other group, Gaimin Gladiators got their first 2-0 win against Heroic of all teams. With how the other series are starting to shape up we could see a three-way tiebreaker for the lower bracket spot.

I guess these teams need to be on the verge of elimination to start performing well. 

You're right about Team Falcons, Team Liquid and BetBoom. They've got a tie breaker but this three-way tie breaker led to all lose to Team Liquid.

So, BetBoom vs Team Liquid = BB

and then

Team Falcons vs Team Liquid = Team Falcons

And this tiebreaker even made Team Falcons at the top of group A after they were likely on the verge of getting eliminated if Talon ever won to them twice.

Whilst on group B, they also have a tiebreaker but Gaimin Gladiators is already eliminated. So all of the remaining teams except OG are in the tiebreaker.

[arallmuus]

Whilst on group B, they also have a tiebreaker but Gaimin Gladiators is already eliminated. So all of the remaining teams except OG are in the tiebreaker.

GG and Team Spirit were eliminated on the group stage. You know that this is a rare sight because both GG and Team Spirit were pretty dominant for the past 2 years, I guess this is what we called as the end of an era huh. Its about time that these two teams gets another player to freshen up their strategy otherwise these two might not even make it to TI

[ralle14]

GG and Team Spirit were eliminated on the group stage. You know that this is a rare sight because both GG and Team Spirit were pretty dominant for the past 2 years, I guess this is what we called as the end of an era huh. Its about time that these two teams gets another player to freshen up their strategy otherwise these two might not even make it to TI

Their group became more competitive than expected, Team Spirit's 5-5 record would've been more than enough to secure the lower bracket if it weren't for the other top teams crumbling on the last day.

GG is unlucky they had to play the better side of XG on the second day after they were already down in the same position.

We'll have to wait and see if their management plans to change anything soon because these two already had a good result in one of the previous ESL tournaments. GG got second place in ESL KL while TS got first in DreamLeague S21.

[Acuko]

Yes, if we’re being honest, it’s clear that Spirits are not weak, but this is an obvious 322 tourik for CIS teams. Spirits have already made it to riyadh, and of course China, how could we live without them. I downloaded some Chinese bookmaker counters for myself, and I see that even in such games there is a very strong decline in odds initially. Because of this, there is no desire to watch such tournaments at all. Well, when you see so many bets, it’s like nonsense. But I hope the European teams will not let you down, but even so there is a story about the taiga in OG .If something like this is carried out at this level, you already understand that the scene is dead. Like in CS2 zero-tensity, it’s something with something

[boyptc]

Yes, if we’re being honest, it’s clear that Spirits are not weak, but this is an obvious 322 tourik for CIS teams. Spirits have already made it to riyadh, and of course China, how could we live without them. I downloaded some Chinese bookmaker counters for myself, and I see that even in such games there is a very strong decline in odds initially. Because of this, there is no desire to watch such tournaments at all. Well, when you see so many bets, it’s like nonsense. But I hope the European teams will not let you down, but even so there is a story about the taiga in OG .If something like this is carried out at this level, you already understand that the scene is dead. Like in CS2 zero-tensity, it’s something with something

That makes sense but Team Spirit is clearly not that strong against the teams that have defeated them. While the cash prize for being champion on this ESL is $300k which is a lot of money.

I think being qualified to the Riyadh masters is what they're going to focus for now. Prize pool given for the Dota 2 is going to be around $5M and that might be doubled or tripled for the champ.

This is a normal tactic for these teams but I doubt that they'd put themselves into the situation of 322.

[Acuko]

Yes, I understand that 300 thousand is a very large amount, But 4 days ago I accidentally saw a screenshot of one correspondence, where the amount of 45 thousand dollars was paid for the elite league. A tournament for 1 million dollars. And this is for 1 card. And on this screen there were such conditions total 48 more victory of opponents, total even map 2. Taking Roshan 2.5 more. The answer is written something in Chinese and at the bottom is a screenshot of the binance of the money sent. This is an elite league for 1 million dollars. Of course, I stupidly didn’t have time to make this screen. If on this level 322 were carried out. So I’m generally silent about ESL.

[Acuko]

And after this, you can no longer understand what kind of game it is. But to be honest, the level of carry has actually decreased too much. There are such meme players whose play you can just watch out loud and laugh. It’s moments like this that are interesting. And so you can see it’s really, really difficult to play a high-skill game right now

[passwordnow]

Now, we're all in the playoffs for the ESL One Birmingham 2024. Just to give a recap about the teams that are eliminated. Here are the four teams that have said their goodbyes, surprisingly the expected ones were gone too soon, namely.

• Gaimin Gladiators
• Team Spirit
• Talon Esports
• Shopify Rebellion

And within few hours, the 2 matches for this day are going to start with the upper bracket and tomorrow with the lower bracket. See the reference for today's matches. IMHO, this is going to be an easy path for Team Falcons, what do you think dota 2 fans?