ESports betting -CS:GO, DOTA 2, LOL, Valorant - discussion thread

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Then again, it's Valve, and TI13 has already concluded. All we can remember from this is Quinn malding because of that stupid phase shift ending 1.3 seconds before it should be and getting rekt by 2 heroes when he could have escaped with orb and rift available.

And that was a die back for him. Poor Quinn, probably he's tensed by that time. I know pros have that moments too. Anyway, everyone don't forget about the teaser that Valve has released about the new upcoming hero, Kez. So after the ringmaster's released, there's now kez that will be added soon, no definite time when. But the exciting part here is that the ring master might be added to captains mode any moment from now on since TI13 is done.

We waited so long for Ring Master, and even though he turned out to be a good, bright hero with his own charisma, it feels like everyone was a little disappointed with him. The thing is, when they showed him in the teaser video, he seemed creepy and it seemed like they were hinting that he would be able to control enemy heroes. Of course, this sounds very overpowered, but you can always come up with some interesting mechanism. In the end, we got a good support, but the WOW effect did not happen.

Yeah, he seems overpowered with all of those skills. But I think that he's still in the beta phase and there will be more development and balances that shall be done to make it fair to all. I'm excited to see how the pros are going to play him in the tournaments. For now, while waiting for the upcoming big majors, we've got the small ones and this is the phase where we can see some aspiring tier 2-3 teams and the reshuffle of the tier 1 teams is about to happen. Despite that RingMaster is being played as a support for now, I think the pro players will have to make something out of it or can do it as a mid or offlane hero, I don't know as long as it can work it won't be a dumb position to play for.

[sunsilk]

The script was strong for Liquid this time , can't deny that! It was about time for Liquid to win a trophy in this format and it was about time for Nisha to get his crown of TI champion because this kid is truly the best mid of Dota 2 for some years now.

I followed this kid on his first appearance with his co-fellow Poland teammates with Team Singularity they later acquired by Team Kinguin.

I remember more his one teammate with the name exotic deer. LOL but when he's taken by Team Secret that's when his career shined more.

That I didn't liked at all in the TI finals was the fact that Quinn basically lost game 2 because of a bug with Puck where he basically cannot teleport to his orb because he pressed CTRL on his keyboard that canceled all Puck interaction. It's a well known bug for quite some months already and it seems Valve doesn't even care about Dota 2 anymore and we saw this in the TI prize pool and we also saw this of how in the viewers on twitch where we barely touched 400k+ viewers.

I thought that it was fixed long time ago and about the viewers,  I think it's because that there have been a lot of players, retired and streamers that have streamed these games.

So, I can imagine all of those views where spread in all of those streamers at the same time.

[Zadicar]

Then again, it's Valve, and TI13 has already concluded. All we can remember from this is Quinn malding because of that stupid phase shift ending 1.3 seconds before it should be and getting rekt by 2 heroes when he could have escaped with orb and rift available.

And that was a die back for him. Poor Quinn, probably he's tensed by that time. I know pros have that moments too. Anyway, everyone don't forget about the teaser that Valve has released about the new upcoming hero, Kez. So after the ringmaster's released, there's now kez that will be added soon, no definite time when. But the exciting part here is that the ring master might be added to captains mode any moment from now on since TI13 is done.

We waited so long for Ring Master, and even though he turned out to be a good, bright hero with his own charisma, it feels like everyone was a little disappointed with him. The thing is, when they showed him in the teaser video, he seemed creepy and it seemed like they were hinting that he would be able to control enemy heroes. Of course, this sounds very overpowered, but you can always come up with some interesting mechanism. In the end, we got a good support, but the WOW effect did not happen.

Yeah, he seems overpowered with all of those skills. But I think that he's still in the beta phase and there will be more development and balances that shall be done to make it fair to all. I'm excited to see how the pros are going to play him in the tournaments. For now, while waiting for the upcoming big majors, we've got the small ones and this is the phase where we can see some aspiring tier 2-3 teams and the reshuffle of the tier 1 teams is about to happen. Despite that RingMaster is being played as a support for now, I think the pro players will have to make something out of it or can do it as a mid or offlane hero, I don't know as long as it can work it won't be a dumb position to play for.

I can attest that Ringmaster could be played as a mid laner but of course it would really be taking up some such risks when it comes to late game. If you are an effective Mid laner with RM then early to mid
game would really be something that could be effective considering its skills is really that effective when it comes to ganking neither bottom or on top lane. As for the new hero then of course it will really be something that gives out that kind of excitement on which this one might be carry or an offlane. Just like on what we have seen on RM on which we didnt expect that it was really that a support
hero but actually it could really be that be put up on neither pos4 or 5 or even on mid but of course the effectiveness will really be depending on how well you do make use of such hero.

[rdbase]

ESL Pro League Season 20 continue on today with matches already in progress once waking up in the early morning since Mongolz are already just about to take map 1 in their match against Eternal Fire.
While Heroic just handed MiBR their first lost of the tournament map in the other match being played.

Imperial Esports faces off against Team Spirit who took out the other Brazilians in this tournament Furia, blanking them yesterday.
The other match is between Team Liquid and Complexity being played at the same time as Imperial's.

[bubilas]

Then again, it's Valve, and TI13 has already concluded. All we can remember from this is Quinn malding because of that stupid phase shift ending 1.3 seconds before it should be and getting rekt by 2 heroes when he could have escaped with orb and rift available.

And that was a die back for him. Poor Quinn, probably he's tensed by that time. I know pros have that moments too. Anyway, everyone don't forget about the teaser that Valve has released about the new upcoming hero, Kez. So after the ringmaster's released, there's now kez that will be added soon, no definite time when. But the exciting part here is that the ring master might be added to captains mode any moment from now on since TI13 is done.

We waited so long for Ring Master, and even though he turned out to be a good, bright hero with his own charisma, it feels like everyone was a little disappointed with him. The thing is, when they showed him in the teaser video, he seemed creepy and it seemed like they were hinting that he would be able to control enemy heroes. Of course, this sounds very overpowered, but you can always come up with some interesting mechanism. In the end, we got a good support, but the WOW effect did not happen.

Yeah, he seems overpowered with all of those skills. But I think that he's still in the beta phase and there will be more development and balances that shall be done to make it fair to all. I'm excited to see how the pros are going to play him in the tournaments. For now, while waiting for the upcoming big majors, we've got the small ones and this is the phase where we can see some aspiring tier 2-3 teams and the reshuffle of the tier 1 teams is about to happen. Despite that RingMaster is being played as a support for now, I think the pro players will have to make something out of it or can do it as a mid or offlane hero, I don't know as long as it can work it won't be a dumb position to play for.

Yes, I am also waiting for him to appear on the pro scene. I really want to see what the pro players will come up with with him. He is interesting and versatile. And we all saw how the pros played the support Sniper (!), the country of Kerry and the like at the International. They have their own view, and we can only be surprised at their ingenuity. Well, the horizontal bar when they allow him to choose in professional matches will definitely be funny.

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Yeah, he seems overpowered with all of those skills. But I think that he's still in the beta phase and there will be more development and balances that shall be done to make it fair to all. I'm excited to see how the pros are going to play him in the tournaments. For now, while waiting for the upcoming big majors, we've got the small ones and this is the phase where we can see some aspiring tier 2-3 teams and the reshuffle of the tier 1 teams is about to happen. Despite that RingMaster is being played as a support for now, I think the pro players will have to make something out of it or can do it as a mid or offlane hero, I don't know as long as it can work it won't be a dumb position to play for.

Yes, I am also waiting for him to appear on the pro scene. I really want to see what the pro players will come up with with him. He is interesting and versatile. And we all saw how the pros played the support Sniper (!), the country of Kerry and the like at the International. They have their own view, and we can only be surprised at their ingenuity. Well, the horizontal bar when they allow him to choose in professional matches will definitely be funny.

That's what meta is all about, the pro players are setting it and the pubs and most of the players are just following whatever they invent to have on the current meta. At the same time, there are pro players that are also discovering new strategies from the pubs that they think are brilliant to apply in the pro scene. I'm also excited how they're going to do but for the meantime, I love watching all of those ringmater pub games and how it's played mostly as a support.

I can attest that Ringmaster could be played as a mid laner but of course it would really be taking up some such risks when it comes to late game. If you are an effective Mid laner with RM then early to mid
game would really be something that could be effective considering its skills is really that effective when it comes to ganking neither bottom or on top lane. As for the new hero then of course it will really be something that gives out that kind of excitement on which this one might be carry or an offlane. Just like on what we have seen on RM on which we didnt expect that it was really that a support
hero but actually it could really be that be put up on neither pos4 or 5 or even on mid but of course the effectiveness will really be depending on how well you do make use of such hero.

I agree, it's a good early game hero for midlane but then when it's already late game, there's a lesser effectivity of it. But who I am to say that when I haven't seen it yet in the pro scene for which everything is possible and can make impossible things happen? That's why I think it's a good support(4/5) unless topson or anyone who's actually a good midlaner will create a meta about it then for sure many will have to follow that path.


Alright, some roster changes in here. First, Nigma has already announced its main roster. While they're packed with superstars and oldies, I don't think that they'll make it that far but let's give a time for them because most of the haters said that it was Kuroky who's the weakest link of the team and now he's moved away from the roster, hopefully they will do good for this season.



Source: https://x.com/NigmaGalaxy/status/1836768516847870132


Talon Esports took Kuku as their stand-in position 5.



Source: https://x.com/TALON_ESPORTS/status/1836706801175384456


Aurora Esports have parted ways with Oli and 23savage. There is a rumor that 23savage will go to OG.



Source: https://x.com/AuroraDota2_GG/status/1836721913445470681

[ralle14]

Alright, some roster changes in here. First, Nigma has already announced its main roster. While they're packed with superstars and oldies, I don't think that they'll make it that far but let's give a time for them because most of the haters said that it was Kuroky who's the weakest link of the team and now he's moved away from the roster, hopefully they will do good for this season.

Their new roster could be the second-best team in EMEA now that noob is on their team and Quest could be having a downgrade. We still don't know how good his transition would be from mid to offlane, but on paper, they should have a higher chance of qualifying in some of the upcoming tournaments.

Talon Esports took Kuku as their stand-in position 5.

He'll probably be their new position 5 since Talon already has some of the best core players and is dominating the recent SEA qualifier.

[passwordnow]

Alright, some roster changes in here. First, Nigma has already announced its main roster. While they're packed with superstars and oldies, I don't think that they'll make it that far but let's give a time for them because most of the haters said that it was Kuroky who's the weakest link of the team and now he's moved away from the roster, hopefully they will do good for this season.

Their new roster could be the second-best team in EMEA now that noob is on their team and Quest could be having a downgrade. We still don't know how good his transition would be from mid to offlane, but on paper, they should have a higher chance of qualifying in some of the upcoming tournaments.

I'm also waiting for the new roster of Quest since they have a huge backing from PSG. This new line up of Nigma is promising but let's see how sumail and miracle will be able to adjust while gh going 5 is not a problem at all.

Talon Esports took Kuku as their stand-in position 5.

He'll probably be their new position 5 since Talon already has some of the best core players and is dominating the recent SEA qualifier.

That's how it goes for most standins but it could be a different case when Talon don't find any success with him. Still, there are a lot of SEA teams are going to accept him for sure.

And Blacklist International has already disbanded and given up their dota 2 roster:



Source: https://x.com/BLACKLISTINTL/status/1836269421020807582/photo/1

I wonder what they're going to do with their slot in the PGL Wallachia since Tims and Mac is already on Boom Esports.


And speaking of Boom Esports, this is their new roster. While the legendary Mushi is their coach.

[summonerrk]

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I was more surprised that two players from the Spirit team were frozen - Mira and Raddan.

Team Spirit has released an official statement: Ilya Yatoro (Raddan) Mularchuk and Miroslav Mira Kolpakov are taking a break from their professional careers and leaving the main Dota 2 roster.

As far as I know, Mira has not commented on this situation yet. But Yatoro said that he wants to take a break from the game. However, the statement above does not mean the end of their career. It seems that the guys just need to rethink their personal moments in the game.

I will really look forward to seeing them at the next International and hope that they will once again roll over everyone like a skating rink and show incredible play.

[passwordnow]

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I was more surprised that two players from the Spirit team were frozen - Mira and Raddan.

Team Spirit has released an official statement: Ilya Yatoro (Raddan) Mularchuk and Miroslav Mira Kolpakov are taking a break from their professional careers and leaving the main Dota 2 roster.

As far as I know, Mira has not commented on this situation yet. But Yatoro said that he wants to take a break from the game. However, the statement above does not mean the end of their career. It seems that the guys just need to rethink their personal moments in the game.

I will really look forward to seeing them at the next International and hope that they will once again roll over everyone like a skating rink and show incredible play.

I have read the statement of Raddan and he's exhausted after this TI. And that's because despite with all the preparation that he has made, he seem uneffective and uncontent with the result that they have for this TI. Yeah, no comment yet for Mira but these pro players really need to take a break and there are some other players too that decided to take a break like K1 Hector too.



Source: https://x.com/heroicdota2/status/1837159804654985522


Whilst for Team Aurora, I don't understand why they have hired kiyotaka as a streamer and not to their main roster.



Source: https://x.com/AuroraDota2_GG/status/1837086932997685430

[ralle14]

Whilst for Team Aurora, I don't understand why they have hired kiyotaka as a streamer and not to their main roster.

Source: https://x.com/AuroraDota2_GG/status/1837086932997685430

With the closed qualifiers only a week away, he could be their new mid player, and if not, maybe Abed will take the role. I remember seeing their teaser post about a pair of boxing gloves. 

And Blacklist International has already disbanded and given up their dota 2 roster:

I wonder what they're going to do with their slot in the PGL Wallachia since Tims and Mac is already on Boom Esports.

It sucks to see Blacklist International move away from the Dota scene, but it's understandable after spending way too much on their Dota roster.

About their situation in the PGL tournament, they could find some replacements, the rulebook mentions up to three players, and if they can't then the only choice is to withdraw.

[bubilas]

Yeah, he seems overpowered with all of those skills. But I think that he's still in the beta phase and there will be more development and balances that shall be done to make it fair to all. I'm excited to see how the pros are going to play him in the tournaments. For now, while waiting for the upcoming big majors, we've got the small ones and this is the phase where we can see some aspiring tier 2-3 teams and the reshuffle of the tier 1 teams is about to happen. Despite that RingMaster is being played as a support for now, I think the pro players will have to make something out of it or can do it as a mid or offlane hero, I don't know as long as it can work it won't be a dumb position to play for.

Yes, I am also waiting for him to appear on the pro scene. I really want to see what the pro players will come up with with him. He is interesting and versatile. And we all saw how the pros played the support Sniper (!), the country of Kerry and the like at the International. They have their own view, and we can only be surprised at their ingenuity. Well, the horizontal bar when they allow him to choose in professional matches will definitely be funny.

That's what meta is all about, the pro players are setting it and the pubs and most of the players are just following whatever they invent to have on the current meta. At the same time, there are pro players that are also discovering new strategies from the pubs that they think are brilliant to apply in the pro scene. I'm also excited how they're going to do but for the meantime, I love watching all of those ringmater pub games and how it's played mostly as a support.

That's exactly it, and the meta that pro players set is always an indicator for pubs of how exactly to play heroes. Even if weak players often don't understand how exactly, they try to imitate pro players.
At the same time, often because of this, they play not as effectively as they would have played if they had taken their favorite heroes and played based on their personal, albeit not very experienced understanding. And it's funny.

[summonerrk]

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I was more surprised that two players from the Spirit team were frozen - Mira and Raddan.

Team Spirit has released an official statement: Ilya Yatoro (Raddan) Mularchuk and Miroslav Mira Kolpakov are taking a break from their professional careers and leaving the main Dota 2 roster.

As far as I know, Mira has not commented on this situation yet. But Yatoro said that he wants to take a break from the game. However, the statement above does not mean the end of their career. It seems that the guys just need to rethink their personal moments in the game.

I will really look forward to seeing them at the next International and hope that they will once again roll over everyone like a skating rink and show incredible play.

I have read the statement of Raddan and he's exhausted after this TI. And that's because despite with all the preparation that he has made, he seem uneffective and uncontent with the result that they have for this TI. Yeah, no comment yet for Mira but these pro players really need to take a break and there are some other players too that decided to take a break like K1 Hector too.

Source: https://x.com/heroicdota2/status/1837159804654985522


Whilst for Team Aurora, I don't understand why they have hired kiyotaka as a streamer and not to their main roster.

I was very upset by Yatoro's statement he made two hours ago.

[Question: "Is there a chance that Team Spirit will stay with the same roster?"]
I don't think there is a chance. I think there will be an announcement of the new roster soon.

It turns out that Spirit will continue to play and earn money, but for now with new members instead of Mira and Yatoro. And the guys themselves will train independently. This is strange. This is not a disband, but how do they expect to achieve progress if some participate in the pro scene, and others play somewhere independently? Yes, this will lead to Spirit having a second lineup, but the main thing is that it does not lead to a split in the main part of the team.

[CLS63]

I'm really happy to hear about Eternal Fire reaching the grand final in the ESL Pro League tournament. This is really the biggest stage a Turkish team have ever reached in CS history.



When I heard about the huge win against Vitality I couldn't believe my ears. I was sometimes checking out what our representative was doing in CS tournaments. I saw Vitality were really strong. First we defeated them with an epic performance and after we won against MIBR in the semi finals. Now we are waiting for our opponent. It is going to be G2 or Natus Vincere. I would prefer G2 as we don't have a good history against Natus Vincere.

[rdbase]

^^
Always great to hear a Turkish based team making it on to one of the biggest tournaments in CounterStirke.
Before you mentioned it @CLS63
I wouldn't have know they were considered one. As I never really focused on who consisted of their roster before.
Since they were always considered as one of those teams who made it to the semis but never advanced from there.
So they just seemed to linger on in the background while the more well known teams such as those Brazilian teams were taking the spotlight.

Facing either G2 or Navi?
Those are both champions of so many majors so Eternal Fire will have their work cut out for them for sure!

[passwordnow]

Whilst for Team Aurora, I don't understand why they have hired kiyotaka as a streamer and not to their main roster.

Source: https://x.com/AuroraDota2_GG/status/1837086932997685430

With the closed qualifiers only a week away, he could be their new mid player, and if not, maybe Abed will take the role. I remember seeing their teaser post about a pair of boxing gloves. 

Haha, that's the clue, a boxer and Abed punched Gabbi.

And Blacklist International has already disbanded and given up their dota 2 roster:

I wonder what they're going to do with their slot in the PGL Wallachia since Tims and Mac is already on Boom Esports.

It sucks to see Blacklist International move away from the Dota scene, but it's understandable after spending way too much on their Dota roster.

About their situation in the PGL tournament, they could find some replacements, the rulebook mentions up to three players, and if they can't then the only choice is to withdraw.

I've heard rumors about these teams buying slots from tournaments like this and that's possible to happen but they'd only do that under the table. If another organization will adopt at least three of their players and will just name them with a new team name, I think that will be fine for the organizations but let's see how's the development of their slot there.

That's exactly it, and the meta that pro players set is always an indicator for pubs of how exactly to play heroes. Even if weak players often don't understand how exactly, they try to imitate pro players.
At the same time, often because of this, they play not as effectively as they would have played if they had taken their favorite heroes and played based on their personal, albeit not very experienced understanding. And it's funny.

I am one of the weak players that do copy them but when I am unsure if I'll be able to, I stop it when I can see it on myself that it won't for my gameplay.

I was very upset by Yatoro's statement he made two hours ago.

[Question: "Is there a chance that Team Spirit will stay with the same roster?"]
I don't think there is a chance. I think there will be an announcement of the new roster soon.

It turns out that Spirit will continue to play and earn money, but for now with new members instead of Mira and Yatoro. And the guys themselves will train independently. This is strange. This is not a disband, but how do they expect to achieve progress if some participate in the pro scene, and others play somewhere independently? Yes, this will lead to Spirit having a second lineup, but the main thing is that it does not lead to a split in the main part of the team.

To be honest, I thought that it is going to be larl that will be taking a break but he's still young and can continue on with his pro career. I understand mira and yatoro, it's totally draining that every tournament that they participate they're giving their best and they've done well enough for their careers and achieved a lot. I think that they're the team that has got the highest prize pool for the TI that they've won the aegis. AFAIK, there's a second line up of Team Spirit and that might be the source for replacing these two.

[boltz]

NaVi vs Eternal Fire in the grand finals tomorrow at CS2 and I'm personally cheering for EF to win and actually make a big surprise because no one really expected EF to reach finals and I think no one really expects them to win.

Reminder that Eternal Fire had to beat MIBR before reaching finals and NaVi had a game with their old rival team of G2 where they managed to beat them 2-1 after a very solid performance from G2 in first 2 maps.

[ralle14]

NaVi vs Eternal Fire in the grand finals tomorrow at CS2 and I'm personally cheering for EF to win and actually make a big surprise because no one really expected EF to reach finals and I think no one really expects them to win.

Reminder that Eternal Fire had to beat MIBR before reaching finals and NaVi had a game with their old rival team of G2 where they managed to beat them 2-1 after a very solid performance from G2 in first 2 maps.

I also didn't expect Eternal Fire to make it this far because no one expected Team Vitality to underperform in the quarterfinals while NaVi had to face two good teams and still look dominant.

It'd be cool to see Eternal Fire lift the trophy, but I doubt NaVi would let that happen after losing 3-1 against Team Vitality in the recent IEM Cologne grand final.

I've got the -1.5 map handicap for NaVi to play it safe, I still see Eternal Fire getting a map win in Inferno or Anubis.

[stomachgrowls]

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I was more surprised that two players from the Spirit team were frozen - Mira and Raddan.

Team Spirit has released an official statement: Ilya Yatoro (Raddan) Mularchuk and Miroslav Mira Kolpakov are taking a break from their professional careers and leaving the main Dota 2 roster.

As far as I know, Mira has not commented on this situation yet. But Yatoro said that he wants to take a break from the game. However, the statement above does not mean the end of their career. It seems that the guys just need to rethink their personal moments in the game.

I will really look forward to seeing them at the next International and hope that they will once again roll over everyone like a skating rink and show incredible play.

I have read the statement of Raddan and he's exhausted after this TI. And that's because despite with all the preparation that he has made, he seem uneffective and uncontent with the result that they have for this TI. Yeah, no comment yet for Mira but these pro players really need to take a break and there are some other players too that decided to take a break like K1 Hector too.

Source: https://x.com/heroicdota2/status/1837159804654985522


Whilst for Team Aurora, I don't understand why they have hired kiyotaka as a streamer and not to their main roster.

I was very upset by Yatoro's statement he made two hours ago.

[Question: "Is there a chance that Team Spirit will stay with the same roster?"]
I don't think there is a chance. I think there will be an announcement of the new roster soon.

It turns out that Spirit will continue to play and earn money, but for now with new members instead of Mira and Yatoro. And the guys themselves will train independently. This is strange. This is not a disband, but how do they expect to achieve progress if some participate in the pro scene, and others play somewhere independently? Yes, this will lead to Spirit having a second lineup, but the main thing is that it does not lead to a split in the main part of the team.

What you do mean about independently making up some training? If they wont really be making up some team training then how they would be able to create or enhance their teamwork and harmony?
It would really be just that too hard if they would really be trying out to split up or making up some new roster in between major or TI line up on which this is really that something which isnt i do see for it
to be effective, or this one shows up some possible part ways? Actually the thing i do see on last or recent TS performance that they dont have that aggressiveness plus having those good counter picks
and with the executions been made or they had just that become too confident?

[rdbase]

NaVi vs Eternal Fire in the grand finals tomorrow at CS2 and I'm personally cheering for EF to win and actually make a big surprise because no one really expected EF to reach finals and I think no one really expects them to win.
Reminder that Eternal Fire had to beat MIBR before reaching finals and NaVi had a game with their old rival team of G2 where they managed to beat them 2-1 after a very solid performance from G2 in first 2 maps.

Woke up early just so I wouldn't miss it. But then once seeing the start of the grand finals isn't until later this morning, decided to see if there was any talk about it up on here.
Glad I did so could see those who are amazed at what EF has done in their CS2 game-play so far in the year.
Yes, G2 always seem to fail against Navi in these tournaments.

NAVI go 8-0 over G2 to reach fourth consecutive Big Event final!
https://www.hltv.org/news/39894/navi-go-8-0-over-g2-to-reach-fourth-consecutive-big-event-final

I also didn't expect Eternal Fire to make it this far because no one expected Team Vitality to underperform in the quarterfinals while NaVi had to face two good teams and still look dominant.
It'd be cool to see Eternal Fire lift the trophy, but I doubt NaVi would let that happen after losing 3-1 against Team Vitality in the recent IEM Cologne grand final.
I've got the -1.5 map handicap for NaVi to play it safe, I still see Eternal Fire getting a map win in Inferno or Anubis.

I think Navi are 4-0 against Eternal Fire so yes your prediction would have the advantage of coming true today.
But then again it is CS, so anything can happen and more of the time than not, actually does.

So for the sake of @CLS63 making his arrival into the thread, I will be rooting for his home countries side today.
And if they win will be playing this on loop for the rest of the day:
The Kiffness - Ievan Polkka ft. Bilal Göregen - Club Remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAyWN9ba9J8

Because it will be just an amazing achievement for Turkish CS and it will be a party in the streets if they happen to manage to pull this one off.
Also ralle14 giving Na'Vi -1.5 maps means his confidence level in them winning this Grand Finals is nearly 25% since he does see them grabbing atleast one map.