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

[passwordnow]

Guys, did you see the new update before TI? the fantasy, bundles and predictions? Despite that we don't have the compendium and battle pass, they've given us the quartero curios and the bundles and predictions. But I doubt it that I'll be part of the 95th percentile with all of the predictions that I've made. Check it out guys, you'll get free items winning games for quartero and predict some teams for the TI 2025.

[rdbase]

Spirit vs Heroic currently 1-1 with 3rd map 4-2 in favor of Heroic and would be absolutely insane to see Spirit being eliminated today but jokes aside , Heroic are playing their last tournament together so they have nothing to lose basically.

Also , what is happening with NaVi ? lots of mistakes today that simply made them losing the series against 3DMAX and the biggest one was on inferno when they were leading 8-4 if I remember well...and from that round everything went against them on Inferno but also on Nuke  

No joke, Team Spirit got eliminated by a dismal looking Heroic team!
Was watching the match and during map 1 it didn't look like a challenge for Donk and Spirit so I just turned off the stream and did something else.
When I got back I seen the score of 13-3 and thought I was looking at Team Spirit's score but then it showed 1-1 map score. I was saying to myself "Wtf was happening!?".
Heroic had no momentum during the first map to take into the second.

Then with the third map it was looking like Heroic found Spirit's secret all the sudden with a 9-4 lead.
It wasn't looking good for Spirit at all. But they made it to overtime somehow but ended up losing it anyways.
There was a person who took Heroic prematch and they showed a 9.00x betslip. That would be an insane win if I placed my bet on them instead of taking the over 40.5 rounds with the safe 1.50x.

So that Vitality vs Spirit final for this EWC is over. Team Spirit is out!

Will Vitality tomorrow make the same mistake and take their opponent's as a joke too?

[ralle14]

No joke, Team Spirit got eliminated by a dismal looking Heroic team!

Will Vitality tomorrow make the same mistake and take their opponent's as a joke too?

That's just the meta recently, as teams have been dominating a lot on the CT side, regardless of the maps. When it got to Mirage, I was surprised that Team Spirit only got 4 CT rounds, and even though they nearly brought it back, the situation just quickly fell apart in OT.

Yesterday, Vitality also had a tough battle against Team Liquid, with one map going OT (19-16). Against Tyloo later today, they should have an easier time unless two or more players from their side go invisible.

[emrecemsan]

Mine would be Team Spirit since they are on a recent tear with their last win for a major.
And I mentioned this previously on the last page, they will be facing Heroic so before the player transfer this will be a good match to watch when they face off against each other.

Current match is Navi vs 3DMAX and they just equalized on maps.
Next on tap for today are:
Team Vitality vs Liquid, TYLOO vs Astralis, Faze vs Aurora and the matchup I was just mentioning about Team Spirit vs Heroic.

I have bad news for you then. Spirit were beaten by HEROIC unexpectedly and said goodbye already... The last map Mirage was really exciting. They lost after OT.

It was nice to see Aurora pushing FaZe out of the tournament.    I'm happy with XANTARES' return. The team are getting back in shape again. 1.40 for Aurora and 2.80 is given for HEROIC tomorrow. I hope Aurora will move on...

[ralle14]

It was nice to see Aurora pushing FaZe out of the tournament.    I'm happy with XANTARES' return. The team are getting back in shape again. 1.40 for Aurora and 2.80 is given for HEROIC tomorrow. I hope Aurora will move on...

I also expect Aurora to dispatch Heroic later today. Even though Heroic pulled off the upset against Team Spirit, that still felt like it was more on Spirit not bringing the firepower they've had in the previous tournaments.

I'm more excited for the other series (Mouz vs Falcons), as both teams are equally matched in terms of firepower, and whoever wins this series will likely be one of the finalists.

[rohang]

It was nice to see Aurora pushing FaZe out of the tournament.    I'm happy with XANTARES' return. The team are getting back in shape again. 1.40 for Aurora and 2.80 is given for HEROIC tomorrow. I hope Aurora will move on...

I also expect Aurora to dispatch Heroic later today. Even though Heroic pulled off the upset against Team Spirit, that still felt like it was more on Spirit not bringing the firepower they've had in the previous tournaments.

I'm more excited for the other series (Mouz vs Falcons), as both teams are equally matched in terms of firepower, and whoever wins this series will likely be one of the finalists.

oh yea, mouz vs falcons series should be pretty good and close

Usually feels like atleast one of falcons stars has a bad day on these playoffs in other tournaments, if they all perform at their level hardly any team should be able to beat them

Heroic  vs aurora, heroic played pretty well vs spirit, although donk wasnt donking as much as usual 
They are decent underdogs to win the series, i think all maps should be very close, lets see 

[Pumared]

It was nice to see Aurora pushing FaZe out of the tournament.    I'm happy with XANTARES' return. The team are getting back in shape again. 1.40 for Aurora and 2.80 is given for HEROIC tomorrow. I hope Aurora will move on...

I also expect Aurora to dispatch Heroic later today. Even though Heroic pulled off the upset against Team Spirit, that still felt like it was more on Spirit not bringing the firepower they've had in the previous tournaments.

I'm more excited for the other series (Mouz vs Falcons), as both teams are equally matched in terms of firepower, and whoever wins this series will likely be one of the finalists.

oh yea, mouz vs falcons series should be pretty good and close

Usually feels like atleast one of falcons stars has a bad day on these playoffs in other tournaments, if they all perform at their level hardly any team should be able to beat them

Heroic  vs aurora, heroic played pretty well vs spirit, although donk wasnt donking as much as usual 
They are decent underdogs to win the series, i think all maps should be very close, lets see 

I have a similar opinion. Falcons has a lot of stars, but it depends a lot on everyone being healthy for the team to fit in. So Mouz has a good chance of getting through. Regarding Auro and Heroic, I believe Heroic will only be superior at this point.

[emrecemsan]

I also expect Aurora to dispatch Heroic later today. Even though Heroic pulled off the upset against Team Spirit, that still felt like it was more on Spirit not bringing the firepower they've had in the previous tournaments.

I'm more excited for the other series (Mouz vs Falcons), as both teams are equally matched in terms of firepower, and whoever wins this series will likely be one of the finalists.

Aurora really made it by 2-0. Congrats to them! "Mr. XANTARES" had a great day again.    They really desperately need him to do a good work in big tournaments like this...

Falcons managed to beat MOUZ after a tough match on Nuke by 2-1. Now we are in the semi finals:

Vitality v The MongolZ

Falcons v Aurora

I'd really like to watch a grand final between Vitality and Aurora... The semi final games are tomorrow by the way and the grand final is this Sunday.

[passwordnow]

I can't believe it GG withdrawing participation in The International 2025. Yes, you've read it right guys. Gaimin Gladiators are withdrawing their slot on the upcoming TI next month. The post came from Wykhrm, the man - icefrog!



Which team do you think will replace them?

[arallmuus]

Which team do you think will replace them?

Okay this is so weird. Valve should just mediate the entire problem and let the players decide if they want to participate or not. There have been alot of cases in the past that some teams drop the organization just to participate

Anyway, if I have to pick then I guess it will be either one of these 3.

Avulus have been constantly appearing on few tournaments but their results are kinda meh

Virtus Pro. Pretty much shit but they are better then the other teams that failed to participate

Talon. As much as I hate SEA teams, ever since they got a new roster I'd say they are quite decent to replace GG

Well those 3 are lame but still better than the other leftover teams.

Edit : oh wait we got 2 representative from SEA already so I guess this would be another teams from EEU regions. Most likely

[ralle14]

I'd really like to watch a grand final between Vitality and Aurora... The semi final games are tomorrow by the way and the grand final is this Sunday.

The H2H results show that it's possible, and I can see it happening if they can play a solid CT side similar to yesterday and rack up 10+ rounds.

Which team do you think will replace them?

This announcement is so unusual. It's like Gaimin shot themselves in the foot by not allowing their players to compete.

If the invites were based on the leaderboards, then Talon could be the lucky team. They'll have to find a new carry and captain after losing Kuku and 23savage recently.

[passwordnow]

Which team do you think will replace them?

Okay this is so weird. Valve should just mediate the entire problem and let the players decide if they want to participate or not. There have been alot of cases in the past that some teams drop the organization just to participate

Anyway, if I have to pick then I guess it will be either one of these 3.

Avulus have been constantly appearing on few tournaments but their results are kinda meh

Virtus Pro. Pretty much shit but they are better then the other teams that failed to participate

Talon. As much as I hate SEA teams, ever since they got a new roster I'd say they are quite decent to replace GG

Well those 3 are lame but still better than the other leftover teams.

Edit : oh wait we got 2 representative from SEA already so I guess this would be another teams from EEU regions. Most likely

I think that Kuku has mentioned to his stream that Talon indeed was invited to replace GG when they've decided to withdraw. But, the problem is that they were only given 5 days to prepare for their visa and that's not enough for the whole team to have it. Getting a schengen visa is quite tough and I think that's so close for them. But you're right that it's likely going to be from the WEU/EEU region to make it easier to go to Germany before the TI starts.

Which team do you think will replace them?

This announcement is so unusual. It's like Gaimin shot themselves in the foot by not allowing their players to compete.

If the invites were based on the leaderboards, then Talon could be the lucky team. They'll have to find a new carry and captain after losing Kuku and 23savage recently.

Kuku has said that they were informed to prepare for participating it but 5 days of preparation given to them isn't enough. And that's why they have declined it. And so Valve has to find a new team for this replacement. The GG issue I think is all about that the players and the org didn't agree on the cut that they'll get to the prize from TI. We have an idea now why they play badly for this Fissure 6.

[ralle14]

Kuku has said that they were informed to prepare for participating it but 5 days of preparation given to them isn't enough. And that's why they have declined it. And so Valve has to find a new team for this replacement. The GG issue I think is all about that the players and the org didn't agree on the cut that they'll get to the prize from TI. We have an idea now why they play badly for this Fissure 6.

That's true, prepping for TI in less than a week is just not enough unless they're based on WEU.

I also saw from the comments that it might've been a prize money issue, and if they play under a different banner, then the situation could get complicated.

On the CS side of things, FaZe posted an announcement about benching Elige, and his new replacement would be jcobbb from Betclic.

[rdbase]

On the CS side of things, FaZe posted an announcement about benching Elige, and his new replacement would be jcobbb from Betclic.

Seen something about Elige but didn't know he was being replaced.
Faze are a CS2 squad who are in recovery mode. It seems that everyweek one of their players are saying their team needs a restructuring or somebody wants to leave and go to another team.
Might be a moral thing, since Faze Banks went bankrupt earlier in the month.

Looking forward to seeing The Mongolz going against Team Vitality in about an hour to continue on with the EWC tournament.
Then Aurora vs Team Falcons to round out the semi-finals in Riyadh.

[arallmuus]

I think that Kuku has mentioned to his stream that Talon indeed was invited to replace GG when they've decided to withdraw. But, the problem is that they were only given 5 days to prepare for their visa and that's not enough for the whole team to have it. Getting a schengen visa is quite tough and I think that's so close for them. But you're right that it's likely going to be from the WEU/EEU region to make it easier to go to Germany before the TI starts.

Thats some kinda tough luck huh, I mean why would Valve only gave them 5 days when TI is like 2 weeks away.

I guess yeah if Visa is an issue then WEU/EEU region make sense. NA region might be another good choice if thats an issue though, I bet NA passport would be good enough to secure visa to German

Im so curious about the core problem on GG's issue. Thats a huge lost for both players and organization to not play in TI, moreover this made a huge headline so GG as an organization gonna suffer from the backlash

[rohang]

Today the Esports World Cup is ending,

The CS2 matches were scheduled really early, by the time i woke up falcons had already beat Vitality 2-1 

Mongolz vs Aurora is starting any minute now, mongolz are favorites at 1.45 odds, i kinda like the value on Aurora but heart needs mongolz to win their first ever S Tier final 

Winner  will take a huge 500,000$ prize which would be life changing for the players from mongolia



Might make a small play on aurora map pick, but cheering for mongolz all the way, 

[rdbase]

Esports World Cup finals for CounterStike is here!

Mongolz beat Team Vitality and dispatched them out of this contest.
Now they will face Aurora for the finals which is starting in a matter of minutes.

Who do you all have?
I think this will go all 5 maps and will be a wild battle to see who will end up on top in Saudi Arabia!

[ralle14]

Who do you all have?
I think this will go all 5 maps and will be a wild battle to see who will end up on top in Saudi Arabia!

Even though I like both finalists, i'm siding with the MongolZ for this grand final, as this matchup doesn't get any better for them.

The map pool favors the MongolZ, but it could go the distance after their recent meeting went to OT and came down to a few rounds.

Today the Esports World Cup is ending,

The CS2 matches were scheduled really early, by the time i woke up falcons had already beat Vitality 2-1  

After the first map, I thought Vitality would quickly close it out in the next map, and somehow, they only won 3 rounds each in the next two maps.  

[rohang]

Well well well mongolz did it. finally a S tier CS trophy won by an asian team

And Thats an ALL ASIAN team too, no other regions players mixed in , not even a coach

For many years china looked like the most likely to win a tournament like this, but in recent times mongolz have been on another level

Every CS fan likes them and is happy they won, I think most likeable team ever like the likes of old NIP era

GG mongolz!

[passwordnow]

Kuku has said that they were informed to prepare for participating it but 5 days of preparation given to them isn't enough. And that's why they have declined it. And so Valve has to find a new team for this replacement. The GG issue I think is all about that the players and the org didn't agree on the cut that they'll get to the prize from TI. We have an idea now why they play badly for this Fissure 6.

That's true, prepping for TI in less than a week is just not enough unless they're based on WEU.

I also saw from the comments that it might've been a prize money issue, and if they play under a different banner, then the situation could get complicated.

I also read about that issue with GG. Quinn said that they've agreed to play under the banner of GG but, it seems the org won't allow that to happen when both parties, the org and players didn't agree to the cut that both of them got. This is the first time that an org have pulled out their direct invite from the TI. When most of the players have been dreaming of there one day, but this team that has been a contender for it for how many times, just called to announce that they're not participating.

Thats some kinda tough luck huh, I mean why would Valve only gave them 5 days when TI is like 2 weeks away.

I guess yeah if Visa is an issue then WEU/EEU region make sense. NA region might be another good choice if thats an issue though, I bet NA passport would be good enough to secure visa to German

Im so curious about the core problem on GG's issue. Thats a huge lost for both players and organization to not play in TI, moreover this made a huge headline so GG as an organization gonna suffer from the backlash

I think that it's because of the entire preparation for the TI and making sure that everyone arrived before 1-2 weeks TI. NA or EU teams would be the best team to have no issues with schengen visa I guess. And as for the issue of GG, it's either the actual cut of 50%-70% that both players and org didn't agreed with. Soon, we might hear about the disband of GG.