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[rdbase]

IEM finals are about to begin!
Navi vs Faze clan are the teams left in the tournament with MSR not having any answers in the semis.

Here are the markets with Navi being the favorites to win:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/counter-strike/esl-cs-go/intel-extreme-masters/natus-vincere-vs-faze-clan-62d31cfc1580cfab3264f311

I will go with over 4.5 maps for the odds over 2.50x

[boltz]

Hehe , I placed a bet on 1st map Navi and it would a hard one as they chose Overpass which is a strong map of Faze but I do think S1mple has something prepared for them.

Regarding total maps ...it might be a strange 3-1 for Navi but I personally want 5 maps too.

EDIT : sorry , it seems map 2 is overpass.

[blue_hurricanger]

^ It's going to be a close game, guys. We're talking about BO5 here. I remember seeing a player rating chart for IEM so far and both Faze and Navi have 3 players from both sites at the top, simp1e, b1t, electronic vs rain, twistzz, ropz. Damn, all are really skilled players so both sides have nearly the same in the term of firepower, no pun intended lol.
But in term of brain and strats, karrigan is still the king of CS in my opinion. You can't find any better igl than karrigan so Faze has the edge here over Navi. This match's going to be legendary.

[tabas]

Hehe , I placed a bet on 1st map Navi and it would a hard one as they chose Overpass which is a strong map of Faze but I do think S1mple has something prepared for them.

Regarding total maps ...it might be a strange 3-1 for Navi but I personally want 5 maps too.

EDIT : sorry , it seems map 2 is overpass.

The same comments that I've been reading on the stream that NaVi is weak on the first map, Inferno. I've seen them retrieved themselves and proved everyone wrong at the first half.
From 1-5(Faze), they've managed to take the map 1 into 9-6. We're moving now to the 2nd half, we'll see if they'll continue to prove those folks wrong.

[blue_hurricanger]

Hehe , I placed a bet on 1st map Navi and it would a hard one as they chose Overpass which is a strong map of Faze but I do think S1mple has something prepared for them.

Regarding total maps ...it might be a strange 3-1 for Navi but I personally want 5 maps too.

EDIT : sorry , it seems map 2 is overpass.

The same comments that I've been reading on the stream that NaVi is weak on the first map, Inferno. I've seen them retrieved themselves and proved everyone wrong at the first half.
From 1-5(Faze), they've managed to take the map 1 into 9-6. We're moving now to the 2nd half, we'll see if they'll continue to prove those folks wrong.

The first map hasn't ended yet, don't be hasty. Although I agree Navi is strong but CT side inferno is now for Faze. Inferno is one of my favorite maps and T side always hard to get points since strats against the banana rush are very effective. There aren't many ways for T sides to take control of banana so they can only go A site. Even then, B side banana only needs 1 player to lookout after you get complete control of it. This put A site harder to push where you might see 4 CT players stack, pit, connect to B, bacony,... So many to check for T, so much for crossfire against T. The odd is against Navi in the second half.

[tabas]

Hehe , I placed a bet on 1st map Navi and it would a hard one as they chose Overpass which is a strong map of Faze but I do think S1mple has something prepared for them.

Regarding total maps ...it might be a strange 3-1 for Navi but I personally want 5 maps too.

EDIT : sorry , it seems map 2 is overpass.

The same comments that I've been reading on the stream that NaVi is weak on the first map, Inferno. I've seen them retrieved themselves and proved everyone wrong at the first half.
From 1-5(Faze), they've managed to take the map 1 into 9-6. We're moving now to the 2nd half, we'll see if they'll continue to prove those folks wrong.

The first map hasn't ended yet, don't be hasty. Although I agree Navi is strong but CT side inferno is now for Faze. Inferno is one of my favorite maps and T side always hard to get points since strats against the banana rush are very effective. There aren't many ways for T sides to take control of banana so they can only go A site. Even then, B side banana only needs 1 player to lookout after you get complete control of it. This put A site harder to push where you might see 4 CT players stack, pit, connect to B, bacony,... So many to check for T, so much for crossfire against T. The odd is against Navi in the second half.

Yes, it hasn't ended when I've posted and said it's just the first half that ended and we're on the 2nd half and it didn't ended well for the NaVi. Well, what a clutch on the banana rush. IIRC, that was from broky cmiiw. Too many good plays and NaVi choked on. I just like seeing that fans are also crashing on the chatbox, I'm sure you all are seeing it too. 
Map 2 coming in.

[blue_hurricanger]

Hehe , I placed a bet on 1st map Navi and it would a hard one as they chose Overpass which is a strong map of Faze but I do think S1mple has something prepared for them.

Regarding total maps ...it might be a strange 3-1 for Navi but I personally want 5 maps too.

EDIT : sorry , it seems map 2 is overpass.

The same comments that I've been reading on the stream that NaVi is weak on the first map, Inferno. I've seen them retrieved themselves and proved everyone wrong at the first half.
From 1-5(Faze), they've managed to take the map 1 into 9-6. We're moving now to the 2nd half, we'll see if they'll continue to prove those folks wrong.

The first map hasn't ended yet, don't be hasty. Although I agree Navi is strong but CT side inferno is now for Faze. Inferno is one of my favorite maps and T side always hard to get points since strats against the banana rush are very effective. There aren't many ways for T sides to take control of banana so they can only go A site. Even then, B side banana only needs 1 player to lookout after you get complete control of it. This put A site harder to push where you might see 4 CT players stack, pit, connect to B, bacony,... So many to check for T, so much for crossfire against T. The odd is against Navi in the second half.

Yes, it hasn't ended when I've posted and said it's just the first half that ended and we're on the 2nd half and it didn't ended well for the NaVi. Well, what a clutch on the banana rush. IIRC, that was from broky cmiiw. Too many good plays and NaVi choked on. I just like seeing that fans are also crashing on the chatbox, I'm sure you all are seeing it too. 
Map 2 coming in.

Haha, cool. Tbh, I don't think Navi is choked at all since I've said above, very hard to play in the T side if you don't have the overwhelming in unity/nade or skill over other CT team. For Navi, economy management isn't their strong suit so if one or two match losses, hard for them to make a comeback against Faze, against all odds in CT for Faze and the nature of map inferno as well.
Now we're at Overpass map. I think Navi has a strong chance to win this since this is their pick and they have a history of doing quite well on Overpass. If this game is Bo3, I'd place my bet on Navi for the overall winner. But this is Bo5 and Navi if I remember correctly not doing well in the long Bo5 game, and Faze has that kind of endurance and crafty of the old fox. I think it will be a close game for both teams.

[boltz]

Choke or no choke in 1st map , Navi is running over Faze in map 2 and also in map 3 on Ancient. I've said in my previous post that I have a strange feeling this could go 3-1 for Navi and with a comeback will make it even more epic.

With how Faze is looking on map 3 when they are down 1-8 on their map pick , I don't think they will have the necessary resources to comeback and win Mirage Navi pick where Simple simply has godlike angles to work with.

EDIT : Literally one of the most insane games and is not even over yet.

[rdbase]

Hehe , I placed a bet on 1st map Navi and it would a hard one as they chose Overpass which is a strong map of Faze but I do think S1mple has something prepared for them.

Regarding total maps ...it might be a strange 3-1 for Navi but I personally want 5 maps too.

EDIT : sorry , it seems map 2 is overpass.

Five maps it is.
It went and took all the maps to end this finals and lasted 7 hours to crown the winner.
So with this win that means Faze are the #1 cs go team in the world. It was a game that would be put among one of the best anyone had seen.
It really looked as if Navi was going to have it go into overtime for the last and final map but Twistzz sealed it with a jumping move to kill the two players of Navi. Then they were just left with pistols.
Before this match Faze hadn't dropped a map all tournament long, which I didn't realize until one of the commentators mentioned it.

[ralle14]

Five maps it is.

Congrats on hitting the over 4.5, I went with Faze after took over Mirage and tie up the series.

It really looked as if Navi was going to have it go into overtime for the last and final map but Twistzz sealed it with a jumping move to kill the two players of Navi. Then they were just left with pistols.
Before this match Faze hadn't dropped a map all tournament long, which I didn't realize until one of the commentators mentioned it.

I also thought it'd go OT for the second time when it came down to 14-14 and even though some of them are getting frustrated during their losing rounds, they're still playing out of their minds as if nothing happened.

[tabas]

Yes, it hasn't ended when I've posted and said it's just the first half that ended and we're on the 2nd half and it didn't ended well for the NaVi. Well, what a clutch on the banana rush. IIRC, that was from broky cmiiw. Too many good plays and NaVi choked on. I just like seeing that fans are also crashing on the chatbox, I'm sure you all are seeing it too. 
Map 2 coming in.

Haha, cool. Tbh, I don't think Navi is choked at all since I've said above, very hard to play in the T side if you don't have the overwhelming in unity/nade or skill over other CT team. For Navi, economy management isn't their strong suit so if one or two match losses, hard for them to make a comeback against Faze, against all odds in CT for Faze and the nature of map inferno as well.
Now we're at Overpass map. I think Navi has a strong chance to win this since this is their pick and they have a history of doing quite well on Overpass. If this game is Bo3, I'd place my bet on Navi for the overall winner. But this is Bo5 and Navi if I remember correctly not doing well in the long Bo5 game, and Faze has that kind of endurance and crafty of the old fox. I think it will be a close game for both teams.

Faze won. Actually, you're right with your analysis and we've seen how it went and it was really a close match. I thought that NaVi would have won it.
But, no.

Choke or no choke in 1st map , Navi is running over Faze in map 2 and also in map 3 on Ancient. I've said in my previous post that I have a strange feeling this could go 3-1 for Navi and with a comeback will make it even more epic.

With how Faze is looking on map 3 when they are down 1-8 on their map pick , I don't think they will have the necessary resources to comeback and win Mirage Navi pick where Simple simply has godlike angles to work with.

EDIT : Literally one of the most insane games and is not even over yet.

It would have been a different story if NaVi took the 1st map but we all knew that it's not really for them. Well, the last map was intense.
Congrats to them.

[ralle14]

I thought that NaVi would have won it.

I had the same expectations at the start of the finals since Navi is slowly gaining some momentum and faced good opponents throughout the tournament.

Back to LPL once more, i'll be fading LNG and picking Ultra Prime +1.5 @1.69, LNG is the better team here but last week they played with their sub top after losing against FPX and their new top laner isn't performing any better so UP should at least take a map against LNG.  

[rdbase]

Faze are officially the #1 Counterstrike team to play professionally in the world after beating Navi.
Karrigan is getting up on age and believe he is close to retiring. I think he has been playing since 2015 in majors.
So is there an age limit for player to be still participating in tournaments like this?
The announcers who are former players had said they left the sport after turning early 30's then went on to these jobs they are currently doing.

[ralle14]

So is there an age limit for player to be still participating in tournaments like this?

I want to say yes but there are other factors aside from age that affect the player's performance as well. Eventually, pro players would realize on their own when it's a good time for them to step down or take a step back from the competitive scene.

Ultra Prime +1.5 @1.69

My Ultra Prime pick lost as LNG looked somewhat better but they still need to fix things at their top lane if they want to keep up with the other good teams.

Moving on, Weibo Gaming faces TT Gaming later today and I went with +1.5 TT Gaming @2.01 since the odds seems a bit high after they got their upset win against OMG and Weibo Gaming have been dropping maps in their last 4 series.

[rdbase]

@ralle14 Looks like your selection won on the +1.5 for TT gaming to get it against Weibo gaming.
Congrats man!

Seen a youtube stream dedicated to Valorant matches just popup on my feeds yesterday.
We might see some major tournaments this season starting to get the unknowns in on the action.
So to get the ball rolling and get them to counterstrike levels of competitions and tournaments.

[rdbase]

WePlay Academy season 5 tournament is going on this weekend for those who miss their CS:GO over the summer holidays!

You can bet on the matches which are kicking off tomorrow here:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/counter-strike/matches/today

[rdbase]

FTX and TSM have made a 10-year naming sponsorship deal that can see esports and crypto partnerships further into the future.
https://decrypt.co/106543/how-crypto-and-esports-are-fueling-each-others-growth

It is really big business for these cryptocurrency firms to get into the esports sphere early on.
https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/07/25/crypto-is-coming-to-esports-the-games-and-economics-of-tomorrow

[STT]

There have been prior deals, I think Mouz had a crypto deal over five years ago.   Valve might have banned betting sponsorship (heavily 'discouraged ' apparently), that might be one reason why but considering the overlap in demographics I'd have thought crypto and esports will be an ideal combination and would occur far often then we have seen.

Its a bit quiet in CSGO as its holidays for them I believe, not seeing much to bet on.  Major in the autumn and so on, will be better in a few weeks.

[rdbase]

I kind of remember Mousesports (when they were called that several years ago) having a deal with a cryptocurrency companies but I don't remember with whom it was with.
Now they are called Mouz do they still have the same partnership or is it with a new venture capitalist signing?

[rdbase]

ESL Pro League season 16 has been going for a while now. I just started watching to see which teams will qualify for the Fall series finals.
They can be bet on here for todays matches already in progress:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/counter-strike/esl-cs-go/esl-pro-league/matches

Seen Imperial who are sponsored by Sportsbet.io are in the Challenger series going on in Melbourne.
Those matches are available here for this tournament:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/counter-strike/esl-cs-go/esl-challenger/matches