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[rdbase]

• MOUZ
• nouns
• Azure Ray
• Heroic

Who would've thought Azure Ray would be on that list, I guess it's the downside of being a replacement team since they don't have time to prepare for this tournament.

I wasn't expecting them to be out this early. The chinese still has XG who's already secured and G2.IG but they're in danger of getting out as well just like Azure Ray depending on the results of the remaining matches. Well, this isn't a problem to them as they can prepare longer for the upcoming Dreamleague Season 23. Still, XG and them will be playing there but no G2.IG. One slot per region only but two slots were given to the Western Europe region.

As I am talking about this which will happen next week, what I am excited about this is with team NaVi, it's been so long since we've seen them in action. No Dendi here but I am excited to see yuragi and sanctity play together against these teams. I just hope that sanctity is already with the team's bootcamp and won't be playing with over 100 ping in a legitimate and tier 1 tournament.

You were correct with your outlook of XG and G2.IG according to sunsilk and his post with the results this morning!
So good call passwordnow!

In CS2 news roster change:

source: https://www.hltv.org/news/38987/fnatic-sign-blamef

[boltz]

It feels so damn good to see GG being eliminated right ? ( at least in lower bracket for now ).  Liquid is on a winning streak against them after 2023 they were dominated by GG for entire year but I'm glad they managed to turn the tides in their favors + 33 who is indeed a Dota 2 nerd guy and we can see his influence more and more in this tournament.

Now all is left is to see Falcons losing as I'm really tired to watch them winning without having a great performance during the game because all they do is to play together on the map and always have good vision + other teams they need to stop giving them favorite heroes and start to push them outside of the comfort zone because without beefy heroes , Falcons will lose for sure.

[passwordnow]

So good call passwordnow!

That was an intense game from Xtreme Gaming and G2xIG. The 2nd map, I thought that it's going to be G2.IG as they're obviously on the lead but it's so hard to push to the barracks. And the MVP for the 2nd map is XinQ. That marci of his which was a position 4 support became the actual damager to everyone in IG. And just to give some updates, the match for the playoffs Day 1 is done and we've got the teams already moving to the next bracket and as well as those that have been sent to the lower bracket.

For the upper bracket;

• Xtreme Gaming versus Team Spirit
• Team Falcons versus Team Liquid

For the lower bracket;

• G2xIG versus Aurora
• Boom Esports versus Gaimin Gladiators

[ralle14]

Two Chinese teams facing each other now, Xtreme Gaming and G2.IG. I don't understand if there's something to do with the points and standing on the group stages for the placing of teams on the playoffs.

Unfortunately, no points are given out for this tournament, but the prize pool is still big enough for teams to take it seriously. XG right now is on another level IMO, they've been rolling with off-meta heroes and it's working while the others are strictly picking the most contested heroes.

Now all is left is to see Falcons losing as I'm really tired to watch them winning without having a great performance during the game because all they do is to play together on the map and always have good vision + other teams they need to stop giving them favorite heroes and start to push them outside of the comfort zone because without beefy heroes , Falcons will lose for sure.

We might have to wait until the upper bracket final before that happens since XG is looking like the strongest team so far in this tournament.

[sunsilk]

Two Chinese teams facing each other now, Xtreme Gaming and G2.IG. I don't understand if there's something to do with the points and standing on the group stages for the placing of teams on the playoffs.

Unfortunately, no points are given out for this tournament, but the prize pool is still big enough for teams to take it seriously. XG right now is on another level IMO, they've been rolling with off-meta heroes and it's working while the others are strictly picking the most contested heroes.

Yeah, the prize pool is the same as the typical tier 1 tournament but no EPT points are to be given away. That's why those teams that are out too early that are also going to participate in the Dream League have enough time to prepare and study their potential tough teams to match with.

What I am learning with XG's strategy is about patience and pull off every single opportunity that they can see even if the enemy is on the lead.

XinQ never disappoints and I'm waiting to see how they'd play against Team Spirit, the two time TI champs.

[passwordnow]

For the lower bracket;

• G2xIG versus Aurora

The first game series is done in the lower bracket and we already have the first team that shall go home and that's Aurora Esports. They have ended on this tournament as 7th-8th placer with a prize of $40k. Still not bad and they're also a participant to the upcoming DreamLeague. With this, they've got few more days to prepare to that tournament.

The upcoming match is this one;

• Boom Esports versus Gaimin Gladiators

I guess that everyone is counting on for Gaimin Gladiators to win this series and go through the lower bracket until they reach the grand finals. But don't be too easy on Boom Esports, they've shown great on the group stages and they've improved to be honest. Seems like a dark horse but I just want to watch a good dota with this match though.

[boltz]

For the lower bracket;

• G2xIG versus Aurora

The first game series is done in the lower bracket and we already have the first team that shall go home and that's Aurora Esports. They have ended on this tournament as 7th-8th placer with a prize of $40k. Still not bad and they're also a participant to the upcoming DreamLeague. With this, they've got few more days to prepare to that tournament.

The upcoming match is this one;

• Boom Esports versus Gaimin Gladiators

I guess that everyone is counting on for Gaimin Gladiators to win this series and go through the lower bracket until they reach the grand finals. But don't be too easy on Boom Esports, they've shown great on the group stages and they've improved to be honest. Seems like a dark horse but I just want to watch a good dota with this match though.

Boom is about to take 1st map from GG and if this happens , I think Boom will secure the series with a 2-0 victory because GG is playing very poorly from dire side and that will be the case for them in 2nd map.

Also , what happened in 2nd map between Aurora and G2IG ? I heard there was a big crash of the serve and they had to remake the entire map with all the players being on the same positioned but I'm glad PGL solved this and they were able to resume the game without any difference for both teams.  [/list]

[passwordnow]

The upcoming match is this one;

• Boom Esports versus Gaimin Gladiators

I guess that everyone is counting on for Gaimin Gladiators to win this series and go through the lower bracket until they reach the grand finals. But don't be too easy on Boom Esports, they've shown great on the group stages and they've improved to be honest. Seems like a dark horse but I just want to watch a good dota with this match though.

Boom is about to take 1st map from GG and if this happens , I think Boom will secure the series with a 2-0 victory because GG is playing very poorly from dire side and that will be the case for them in 2nd map.

Yeah, I've watched the series and it is impressive on how the match was quite close but then on the late game you'd see a huge par and difference on the actual game. I think this is one of the few times that I have seen a carry Templar Assassin able to make it in the late game, Pakasz is just really too good and there's no bias with that. That zeus and TA in the late game is terrible and sure a big counter to naix.

The second map has started and we'll see if this is going to be the last game of GG or they will tie the series and going to make it to the third map.

Also , what happened in 2nd map between Aurora and G2IG ? I heard there was a big crash of the serve and they had to remake the entire map with all the players being on the same positioned but I'm glad PGL solved this and they were able to resume the game without any difference for both teams.  [/list]

Well, I don't know with that because when I've watched that second map it was already on the go and mid to late game of the sequence of the game already.

[arallmuus]

We might have to wait until the upper bracket final before that happens since XG is looking like the strongest team so far in this tournament.

Gotta agree on this. They are the only team that have never lose a single map yet in this tournament. I guess some teams are performing much better in an offline tournament huh. This kinda reminds me of the previous PSG.LGD when they had ame as their pos 1, they were literally top 3 best teams in almost all tournaments back then so its kinda nostalgic for me when I watch how good XG are in this tournament

Anyway, its going to be interesting on their next game against Falcons if Falcons make it through the next upper bracket as well.

[passwordnow]

• Boom Esports versus Gaimin Gladiators

GG lost against Boom Esports yesterday. And today, Boom Esports just lost against Team Spirit. Yes, TS is on the lower bracket after getting beaten by Xtreme Gaming yesterday. Today, we've got 4 series in total and the first one was already done which is with Boom and TS. And tomorrow is going to be the last day of this tournament and then we proceed to the DreamLeague. This means that the semi finals and grand finals will be tomorrow.

Happening right now;

Team Liquid versus G2 x IG


Matches later;

In the lower bracket:
Winner of G2 x IG / Team Liquid versus Team Spirit

At the upper bracket:
Xtreme Gaming versus Team Falcons

[rdbase]

BetBoom Dacha Belgrade 2024 wrapping it up this weekend with the playoffs kicking off soon with:
Team Spirit being the heavy favorites up against Falcons and our champions of last week in MOUZ going against Heroic.
I do think MOUZ will beat Heroic and face off against Team Spirit in the finals for this tournament Sunday.

[arallmuus]

Anyway, its going to be interesting on their next game against Falcons if Falcons make it through the next upper bracket as well.

I guess we got our winner already huh for the entire tournament and probably for the next DreamLeague. I was actually expecting Falcons to win lol



Im not sure how accurate will this be on DreamLeague but this is definitely something to consider. Obviously chinese teams never play around so when they are doing good in a tournament, you can expect them to be as good as this on the next one as well so Im probably betting them to win 2-0 on most of their next DreamLeague games

[passwordnow]

Just to give some update with the matches that happened today;

Happening right now;

Team Liquid versus G2 x IG


Matches later;

In the lower bracket:
Winner of G2 x IG / Team Liquid versus Team Spirit

For this match, G2 x IG won but eventually, G2 x IG lost against Team Spirit.

At the upper bracket:
Xtreme Gaming versus Team Falcons

Xtreme Gaming is now waiting at the grand finals after winning against Team Falcons for 2-0. Now, we're at the semi finals at the lower bracket and it's going to be this match up below;

• Team Spirit versus Team Falcons

Both strong team but I think this is going to be Team Falcons that shall go to the grand finals against Xtreme Gaming but I hope that I am right, it's been so long since we've seen Team Spirit goes back to the grand finals after winning TI.

[ralle14]

I guess we got our winner already huh for the entire tournament and probably for the next DreamLeague. I was actually expecting Falcons to win lol

Yup, XG is too good and Team Falcons aren't the same without Malr1ne.

Later, we got two grand finals (PGL Wallachia and MSI), and I hope we get a three-game series between Team Spirit and Team Falcons so I can fully tune in to both finals. 

Both strong team but I think this is going to be Team Falcons that shall go to the grand finals against Xtreme Gaming but I hope that I am right, it's been so long since we've seen Team Spirit goes back to the grand finals after winning TI.

Before they took out G2.IG earlier, I also thought Team Falcons initially had the edge, but after that win, it could go either way.

[passwordnow]

Both strong team but I think this is going to be Team Falcons that shall go to the grand finals against Xtreme Gaming but I hope that I am right, it's been so long since we've seen Team Spirit goes back to the grand finals after winning TI.

Before they took out G2.IG earlier, I also thought Team Falcons initially had the edge, but after that win, it could go either way.

Alright, I was wrong but honestly it should be "I hope I am wrong". Nonetheless, Team Spirit is back at the finals and it was exhausting match against Team Falcons for the 3rd map. The match is about to start in a few and we're now in the grand finals folks, where are the fans of Xtreme Gaming here? or where are the fans of Team Spirit here? To be honest, I don't want to choose any of them, I'll just enjoy this best of 5 match at the grand finals. So let me introduce the grand finals for this PGL Wallachia Season 1;

• Team Spirit versus Xtreme Gaming

Choose your poison guys, this is going to be a long grand finals IMHO. And since this is a Season 1 for PGL Wallachia, we might seen a season 2 and so on soon.

[boltz]

Once again Spirit proved to be the kryptonite of Ame no matter in what team he is playing right ? because he actually tried everything today to beat spirit but Yatoro was in godly form and last night I've actually watched him played Void against Wattson ( nr1 in mmr across the world ) and the game ended before 30 minutes with a stunning victory so I knew that once he picked Void against Xtreme today , the game and series was over and Team Spirit will win PGL Wallachia Season 1.

The event was in Bucharest but unfortunately I couldn't attend to go and ask for a photo outside with this legendary team as I'm afraid this team won't be together by the end of this year but this are just rumors for now.  

[passwordnow]

Once again Spirit proved to be the kryptonite of Ame no matter in what team he is playing right ? because he actually tried everything today to beat spirit but Yatoro was in godly form and last night I've actually watched him played Void against Wattson ( nr1 in mmr across the world ) and the game ended before 30 minutes with a stunning victory so I knew that once he picked Void against Xtreme today , the game and series was over and Team Spirit will win PGL Wallachia Season 1.

Antimage is always been a good counter to Void and also Void is a good one against Antimage but if it's with the late game, Antimage has got the advantage since it won't just be a 1 v 1 game as it's still a team play. I think the mistake that XG did there is when they've bought back and still continue to clash when they've seen they're being teared 1 by 1. That's the mistake that they did but still a good match after all, when Team Spirit needs some money, they'll just go with the bigger prize pots tournament like this one and too bad that they are not a participant for this upcoming DL. However, XG is there.

The event was in Bucharest but unfortunately I couldn't attend to go and ask for a photo outside with this legendary team as I'm afraid this team won't be together by the end of this year but this are just rumors for now.  

I don't think that they'll ever disband at this moment, they've got the connection and they've won 2 TIs already but one with TorontoTokyo and with Larl. But the 4 remains intact and I think that the bond that they have made with their connection is hard to disband. So, before this year ends, we'll still have the next TI so I think that who knows if they make another history of winning 3 times in TI? Possible.

[ralle14]

Antimage is always been a good counter to Void and also Void is a good one against Antimage but if it's with the late game, Antimage has got the advantage since it won't just be a 1 v 1 game as it's still a team play. I think the mistake that XG did there is when they've bought back and still continue to clash when they've seen they're being teared 1 by 1. That's the mistake that they did but still a good match after all, when Team Spirit needs some money, they'll just go with the bigger prize pots tournament like this one and too bad that they are not a participant for this upcoming DL. However, XG is there.

TBH, the Faceless Void pick was good for XG, but XG lost the laning phase so hard that it made the game easier for Team Spirit, and they got to hit their item timings much faster. That buyback from XG during the rosh pit fight almost paid off after catching AM off guard near the ancient camp and forced a few buybacks from Team Spirit. Unfortunately, their SD was quick with the disruption save and it all fell apart from there.

I don't think that they'll ever disband at this moment, they've got the connection and they've won 2 TIs already but one with TorontoTokyo and with Larl. But the 4 remains intact and I think that the bond that they have made with their connection is hard to disband. So, before this year ends, we'll still have the next TI so I think that who knows if they make another history of winning 3 times in TI? Possible.

I also have the same thoughts, i'd be surprised if they suddenly decide to disband the team, and I can't imagine who can fill those roles better than their current players.

[passwordnow]

Antimage is always been a good counter to Void and also Void is a good one against Antimage but if it's with the late game, Antimage has got the advantage since it won't just be a 1 v 1 game as it's still a team play. I think the mistake that XG did there is when they've bought back and still continue to clash when they've seen they're being teared 1 by 1. That's the mistake that they did but still a good match after all, when Team Spirit needs some money, they'll just go with the bigger prize pots tournament like this one and too bad that they are not a participant for this upcoming DL. However, XG is there.

TBH, the Faceless Void pick was good for XG, but XG lost the laning phase so hard that it made the game easier for Team Spirit, and they got to hit their item timings much faster. That buyback from XG during the rosh pit fight almost paid off after catching AM off guard near the ancient camp and forced a few buybacks from Team Spirit. Unfortunately, their SD was quick with the disruption save and it all fell apart from there.

Team Spirit did knew that they're on advantage by that time because they still have buy backs and Antimage has got the aegis, whilst for the XG. Their Void just bought back and if ever they kill him, that's the last clash and it did right. That save from mira really was paid off and boom, one mana void did it all for void.

I don't think that they'll ever disband at this moment, they've got the connection and they've won 2 TIs already but one with TorontoTokyo and with Larl. But the 4 remains intact and I think that the bond that they have made with their connection is hard to disband. So, before this year ends, we'll still have the next TI so I think that who knows if they make another history of winning 3 times in TI? Possible.

I also have the same thoughts, i'd be surprised if they suddenly decide to disband the team, and I can't imagine who can fill those roles better than their current players.

Their chemistry is different and they don't have language barrier and that's one requirement for a team to thrive when they have no communication and it's plus for them that they all speak Russian.


Going on with the Dream League Season 23 in a few hours. XG don't have that much rest and they're going to be with the first match against Aurora Esports. So we're again back to the group stages for this tournament. Here is the schedule for today, both group A and B, too many games today.

[ralle14]

Going on with the Dream League Season 23 in a few hours. XG don't have that much rest and they're going to be with the first match against Aurora Esports. So we're again back to the group stages for this tournament. Here is the schedule for today, both group A and B, too many games today.

XG's first series ended with them sweeping Aurora, then later got swept by Gaimin Gladiators.

Surprisingly, the Navi/SR series is the only one that ended on a draw out of the 12 series that was played out today. If there's a team to fade throughout the groups it's probably SR since they're not looking that hot with their captain and support skem.

Team Falcons is back with their dominant performance and likely to finish first in Group B if they continue to roll every team from start to finish. For Group A there's Gaimin Gladiators, and they might do the same if they don't drop a map against Team Liquid.