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

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Team Tidebound beat Nigma Galaxy yesterday for the PGL tournament in Romania.
Surprised by this result since Nigma were doing so well in the last match I watched with them versus Liquid.

Did anybody foresee this team doing so well in Wallachia season 4?

I thought that they'd do well because what they've(NGX) done during the groupstages not for this one but on the ESL Raleigh, fans are optimistic about their come back. But it seems that they're just another team that's a bonus round for most of these teams. Now, they're already out of the tournament together with other teams. And just today, Team tidebound lost against Team Liquid but they still have a chance to enter to the playoffs depending on their results and as well as the other teams too.

[Koadharber]

Team Tidebound beat Nigma Galaxy yesterday for the PGL tournament in Romania.
Surprised by this result since Nigma were doing so well in the last match I watched with them versus Liquid.

Did anybody foresee this team doing so well in Wallachia season 4?

I thought that they'd do well because what they've(NGX) done during the groupstages not for this one but on the ESL Raleigh, fans are optimistic about their come back. But it seems that they're just another team that's a bonus round for most of these teams. Now, they're already out of the tournament together with other teams. And just today, Team tidebound lost against Team Liquid but they still have a chance to enter to the playoffs depending on their results and as well as the other teams too.

This is what i do really hate when making up some bets on obvious stronger team considering into their past performances and totally choked out when facing up some lower tier i should say.

No one see that coming because bad games and drafts plus those execution could happen in a game on which you do made out those question on what the heck happened.
There are those times that you do even question on what the hell they've been doing. 

[rdbase]

Intel Extreme Masters 2025 Melbourne is going on for all those who are fans of CounterStrike!
Team Vitality are on a 18 game winning streak and look to get over 23 so to surpass the next team who are on the record for most consecutive LAN wins in professional CounterStrike in-tournament play.

They are currently in action on day 3 of this IEM tournament:
Team Vitality vs Team Falcons - IEM Melbourne 2025 - Group B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URN2-8u4alc

[boltz]

Intel Extreme Masters 2025 Melbourne is going on for all those who are fans of CounterStrike!
Team Vitality are on a 18 game winning streak and look to get over 23 so to surpass the next team who are on the record for most consecutive LAN wins in professional CounterStrike in-tournament play.

They are currently in action on day 3 of this IEM tournament:
Team Vitality vs Team Falcons - IEM Melbourne 2025 - Group B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URN2-8u4alc

Make it 19 now as they just defeated Falcons in a 2-0 series but I must say Falcons really looked solid and I can see them reaching semi-finals and have a decent run but Vitality looks unstoppable at this point and only a miracle from can stop them from lifting that trophy and hopefully it won't be Mouz in the finals because they will get 3-0 instantly  .

It also seems that NaVi era is coming to an end and most likely Liquid will eliminate them today and send them home because I personally had enough to see the same 6 teams in play-offs every damn tournament.

[rohang]

Vitality keeps on rolling, close map 1 but not really a contest in map 2

Many people were waiting on Hooxi return to a team, and hes gonna get a decent shot to win again with astralis , getting to igl device

[passwordnow]

Team Tidebound beat Nigma Galaxy yesterday for the PGL tournament in Romania.
Surprised by this result since Nigma were doing so well in the last match I watched with them versus Liquid.

Did anybody foresee this team doing so well in Wallachia season 4?

I thought that they'd do well because what they've(NGX) done during the groupstages not for this one but on the ESL Raleigh, fans are optimistic about their come back. But it seems that they're just another team that's a bonus round for most of these teams. Now, they're already out of the tournament together with other teams. And just today, Team tidebound lost against Team Liquid but they still have a chance to enter to the playoffs depending on their results and as well as the other teams too.

This is what i do really hate when making up some bets on obvious stronger team considering into their past performances and totally choked out when facing up some lower tier i should say.

In fairness to both teams, Tidebound is actually a good team and it's tier 1 team from China that has just reformed and renamed the team name because the players came from different teams. But with Nigma, there is no question to that. They're just the strongest during the qualifiers in the MENA region.

There are those times that you do even question on what the hell they've been doing. 

I couldn't agree more. It's an actual emotion and comment while watching those games that we can't comprehend what's happening and are against to what we've expected.

[arallmuus]

But with Nigma, there is no question to that. They're just the strongest during the qualifiers in the MENA region.

Exactly this although they were pretty smart to move away from packed EU region though.

Nigma is pretty much Talon but in MENA region. When it comes to SEA region, Talon is the best team there pretty much similar with Nigma on MENA but they barely do any shit when it comes to tournament against all those top tier teams.

Well aside from this similarity, Nigma actually gathered decent amount of EPT points already and they actually stand a decent chance for those direct invitation to TI

[Koadharber]

But with Nigma, there is no question to that. They're just the strongest during the qualifiers in the MENA region.

Exactly this although they were pretty smart to move away from packed EU region though.

Nigma is pretty much Talon but in MENA region. When it comes to SEA region, Talon is the best team there pretty much similar with Nigma on MENA but they barely do any shit when it comes to tournament against all those top tier teams.

Well aside from this similarity, Nigma actually gathered decent amount of EPT points already and they actually stand a decent chance for those direct invitation to TI

Each team will definitely be doing their best on gathering points to be included or having that direct invite on the current upcoming TI.
Im not aware on the current date but i had made out some search on when it would be.

The International 2025 to be hosted in Hamburg, Germany
Specifically, the event will be hosted at the 16,000-capacity Barclays Arena from September 11th to 14th.

Just hoping that this upcoming TI, they do have that good stuffs on skis on battle pass level in compared into the previous one which is shit.

[rdbase]

^^
Excellent news to hear inregards to the next huge major tournament for dota2.
Tundra who were the underdogs beat Team Liquid in today's match for the current major.

After checking some esports streams hadn't known there was a mobile version of League of Legends being played which there were markets for:
https://www.youtube.com/live/Sk5Riexw_Mc

Also there was an esports version of a cricket professional league just like for fifa and nba2k.

[arallmuus]

Tundra who were the underdogs beat Team Liquid in today's match for the current major

Actually no, Tundra lost to Team Liquid. Well Midone was standing in for 33 so it was expected that they will lose. I should have checked this when I made my answer on  BSFL, I would have gone with Team Spirit and Team Liquid as finalist for the answer on BSFL

Made a bet on underdogs tomorrow. I need both of these teams to score atleast 1 map. Tundra is not as good as they usually are so Navi Juniors should be able to get 1 map and Team Tidebound is a pretty decent team to score 1 as well

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@arallmuus
Ah yes Team Liquid did infact win that match. After seeing the score line at the time I was wanting Tundra to win so bad, imagined after winning the second map thought they had won but it was tied at 1-1 instead. And it did not help that it was nearly 3 am when I checked the score.
Sudden replacement of players in dota tournaments are detrimental to the team as a whole I would assume because it throws out any sort of strategy they have become accustom too playing together with Mildone replacing 33.

For this PGL Wallachia Season 4 the games we have left are Paravision vs Aurora and Team Spirit vs Team Liquid.
Which ones will you be placing bets on?

As for CS2 in IEM Melbourne we have Team Liquid going up against The Mongolz then MOUZ vs Falcons.
Team Vitality will face up against the winner of Liquid/Mongolz to see if they can continue their run of 20 consecutive  in-tournament wins on LAN.

[ralle14]

For this PGL Wallachia Season 4 the games we have left are Paravision vs Aurora and Team Spirit vs Team Liquid.
Which ones will you be placing bets on?

I'm on Pari and Team Spirit for those two upper bracket matches, and I need them to reach the finals for my BSFL prediction. 

As for CS2 in IEM Melbourne we have Team Liquid going up against The Mongolz then MOUZ vs Falcons.
Team Vitality will face up against the winner of Liquid/Mongolz to see if they can continue their run of 20 consecutive  in-tournament wins on LAN.

They're on the third map (Inferno) with the MongolZ leading 4-3. Even then, both teams aren't close to pressuring Team Vitality and will likely get run over in the semis.

[boltz]

IEM Melbourne really delivers right ? Awesome crowd , amazing games , high skilled CS2 and a great comeback from MongolZ today against Liquid but I liked how the crowd was booing Liquid for kicking JTS before this major.

Also Falcons managed to take revenge against GamerLegion after last tournament they 2-0 them but this time Falcons 2-0 them and revenge is kinda complete. Now , maybe MongolZ can take revenge against Vitality tomorrow ? it will be 3rd time in a row where these 2 teams will meat each other in a semi-final

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But with Nigma, there is no question to that. They're just the strongest during the qualifiers in the MENA region.

Exactly this although they were pretty smart to move away from packed EU region though.

Nigma is pretty much Talon but in MENA region. When it comes to SEA region, Talon is the best team there pretty much similar with Nigma on MENA but they barely do any shit when it comes to tournament against all those top tier teams.

Well aside from this similarity, Nigma actually gathered decent amount of EPT points already and they actually stand a decent chance for those direct invitation to TI

Haha, you're righ. They're the Talon of the MENA and they are only good with their own regional and local tournaments but when it's with the main lan tournaments, they're no match for the most teams there. There is a need for Talon and Nigma to step up and restrategize how they play. As for Nigma getting a direct invite, they only need a few more tournaments to gather EPT points and they're in for the The International easy.


On the other news, OG isn't done yet as they've formed and gathered the South American team and roster and built it as OG.LATAM.

[rdbase]

IEM Melbourne really delivers right ? Awesome crowd , amazing games , high skilled CS2 and a great comeback from MongolZ today against Liquid but I liked how the crowd was booing Liquid for kicking JTS before this major.

Also Falcons managed to take revenge against GamerLegion after last tournament they 2-0 them but this time Falcons 2-0 them and revenge is kinda complete. Now , maybe MongolZ can take revenge against Vitality tomorrow ? it will be 3rd time in a row where these 2 teams will meat each other in a semi-final.

Falcons are in the Grand Finals of the IEM after destroying MOUZ.


Now we will have to wait on Vitality to finish up their semis match against The Mongolz and map 1 ended with a 13-3 massacre of them. So we will more than likely see a final between Team Falcons vs Team Vitality.

Just watched this video released of how Team Falcons as an organization are funded by the PIF and had basically stole ENCE's roster and still lost majors.

The Pay To Lose Esports Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS58T60XaLY

Really good documentary of how Falcons got from there to where they are now with just buying up other team's star players but not doing so well without that team cohesion needed to make a championship level squad in Esports.

[ralle14]

IEM Melbourne really delivers right ? Awesome crowd , amazing games , high skilled CS2 and a great comeback from MongolZ today against Liquid but I liked how the crowd was booing Liquid for kicking JTS before this major.

The Melbourne crowd was entertaining, I recall seeing one of the audience suddenly open a pack of pokemon cards while there was a bit of downtime between the rounds.  

Now we will have to wait on Vitality to finish up their semis match against The Mongolz and map 1 ended with a 13-3 massacre of them. So we will more than likely see a final between Team Falcons vs Team Vitality.

This might be one of the quickest semi-finals, with both series ending 2-0, and Vitality's series had 32 rounds in total after another 13-3 win in the second map.

While on the Dota side, Parivision is the first finalist of PGL Wallachia after beating Team Liquid in the upper final, and we could see a rematch if they can hold their ground in tomorrow's lower bracket final.

[boltz]

IEM Melbourne really delivers right ? Awesome crowd , amazing games , high skilled CS2 and a great comeback from MongolZ today against Liquid but I liked how the crowd was booing Liquid for kicking JTS before this major.

The Melbourne crowd was entertaining, I recall seeing one of the audience suddenly open a pack of pokemon cards while there was a bit of downtime between the rounds.  

Now we will have to wait on Vitality to finish up their semis match against The Mongolz and map 1 ended with a 13-3 massacre of them. So we will more than likely see a final between Team Falcons vs Team Vitality.

This might be one of the quickest semi-finals, with both series ending 2-0, and Vitality's series had 32 rounds in total after another 13-3 win in the second map.

While on the Dota side, Parivision is the first finalist of PGL Wallachia after beating Team Liquid in the upper final, and we could see a rematch if they can hold their ground in tomorrow's lower bracket final.

I laughed so hard today at CS2 especially when the cameraman got baited of that guy showing a p....s drawing  and after the guy opening a Pokemon card yea so pretty much nothing can top IEM Melbourne crown and even the caster and organizers know it so they just let it happen  .

Too bad both semi-finals were a really quick 2-0 but imagine if all 2 series were going to 3 maps ...the crowd would have done some insane things and I don't think anyone wants to see that hahaha.

Well on Dota 2 , finally Spirit are losing momentum because this team really were on borrowed time and it's the first time when I see Miposhka really angry and Collapse ditched out instantly after the series so I have a feeling some changes will happening in Spirit even after EWC or after it.

[passwordnow]

Really good documentary of how Falcons got from there to where they are now with just buying up other team's star players but not doing so well without that team cohesion needed to make a championship level squad in Esports.

This is common in esports, this is also how the teams are earning money from their players. Buying out their contracts are one of the lucrative ways to earn a lot of money there. The same thing has done in dota 2 that there were teams have bought contracts and rights for their players and some teams have even sold their actual team slots for tournaments. Well, this is part of the business and if NaVi is also a losing team in cs2, the same goes for their dota 2 roster.

[rdbase]

Really good documentary of how Falcons got from there to where they are now with just buying up other team's star players but not doing so well without that team cohesion needed to make a championship level squad in Esports.

This is common in esports, this is also how the teams are earning money from their players. Buying out their contracts are one of the lucrative ways to earn a lot of money there. The same thing has done in dota 2 that there were teams have bought contracts and rights for their players and some teams have even sold their actual team slots for tournaments. Well, this is part of the business and if NaVi is also a losing team in cs2, the same goes for their dota 2 roster.

But doing it across to other esport leagues is something different altogether.
It reminds me of what happened to Faze Clan and what their owner was doing over all those years.

IEM Grand Finals are underway and it seems that Team Falcons are giving Team Vitality a run right now and just about to take another map away from them. 11-5 Falcons last I checked.

[passwordnow]

Really good documentary of how Falcons got from there to where they are now with just buying up other team's star players but not doing so well without that team cohesion needed to make a championship level squad in Esports.

This is common in esports, this is also how the teams are earning money from their players. Buying out their contracts are one of the lucrative ways to earn a lot of money there. The same thing has done in dota 2 that there were teams have bought contracts and rights for their players and some teams have even sold their actual team slots for tournaments. Well, this is part of the business and if NaVi is also a losing team in cs2, the same goes for their dota 2 roster.

But doing it across to other esport leagues is something different altogether.
It reminds me of what happened to Faze Clan and what their owner was doing over all those years.

It might be different but that has been part of their business and that's why still some teams are leaving dota2/cs2 and jumping to the other with this kind of business if the team isn't successful getting those championships.

IEM Grand Finals are underway and it seems that Team Falcons are giving Team Vitality a run right now and just about to take another map away from them. 11-5 Falcons last I checked.

It's now done, we've got a champ and that's the Team Vitality. It was a close fight on the nuke map and Team Vitality just shown who's better. There are a lot of tournament line ups for cs2 and the next that I am seeing is PGL Astana.