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

[rdbase]

No straight wins and sweep for Gaimin Gladiators. Score is 2-1 still in favor of Gaimin. That third game was lit for AR.  Their early wasn't so good at all but then just one good clash and everything snowballed.

I am waiting for the 4th game. I want to see this go until 5th map so that this ESL is worth the wait and it is for the fans.

This only means that AR can really manage to win GG in group stages, they beaten GG 2-0 IIRC.

Haven't followed the matches all tournament but it does look to be a good finals Sunday so far.
Here is a screen of the markets in-play for the Kuala Lumpur with GG vs Azure:

https://sportsbet.io/sports/esports-betting

For CounterStrike we have the World Final with Team Vitality vs Faze Clan in around an hour.

[boyptc]

No straight wins and sweep for Gaimin Gladiators. Score is 2-1 still in favor of Gaimin. That third game was lit for AR.  Their early wasn't so good at all but then just one good clash and everything snowballed.

I am waiting for the 4th game. I want to see this go until 5th map so that this ESL is worth the wait and it is for the fans.

This only means that AR can really manage to win GG in group stages, they beaten GG 2-0 IIRC.

Haven't followed the matches all tournament but it does look to be a good finals Sunday so far.
Here is a screen of the markets in-play for the Kuala Lumpur with GG vs Azure:

https://sportsbet.io/sports/esports-betting

Azure Ray, won and the champion for this ESL Kuala Lumpur.

They came from the bottom of being 0-2 and then swept back GG into 3-2. That was actually a hype grand finals to be honest. I've never seen such game like this when we know that the other team was the strongest in the world for this year.

GGWP for both teams.

[ralle14]

They came from the bottom of being 0-2 and then swept back GG into 3-2. That was actually a hype grand finals to be honest. I've never seen such game like this when we know that the other team was the strongest in the world for this year.

Same, a well-deserved win for Azure Ray when Gaimin Gladiators is always like the final boss for most teams from the lower bracket. Now, we wait a few months for the Dreamleague tournament. 

I also watched a bit of the Blast finals between Faze and Vitality. The first half was somewhat competitive, but Faze couldn't keep up with Vitality once they were on the CT side.

Even though Faze lost, it's still impressive that Faze retained their performance after losing Twistz from their roster.

[rdbase]

They came from the bottom of being 0-2 and then swept back GG into 3-2. That was actually a hype grand finals to be honest. I've never seen such game like this when we know that the other team was the strongest in the world for this year.

Same, a well-deserved win for Azure Ray when Gaimin Gladiators is always like the final boss for most teams from the lower bracket. Now, we wait a few months for the Dreamleague tournament.
I also watched a bit of the Blast finals between Faze and Vitality. The first half was somewhat competitive, but Faze couldn't keep up with Vitality once they were on the CT side.
Even though Faze lost, it's still impressive that Faze retained their performance after losing Twistz from their roster.

Great comeback to take that one away from the favorites Gladiators.

Blast Premier World Finals 2023 was a no contest with Team Vitality taking it away from Faze just like candy from a baby.
Without Twistzz it seems their replacement was not big enough of a talent to fill his shoes.

Just found out that he has joined the Cadian Super Team project he started with a complete reform of Team Liquid along with a new coach in Zews:

Here is what Cadian had to say about bringing him on to the team as he had problems with Stavn from another post that I do not need to put here as this is about Twistzz coming onboard with new Liquid:

[boyptc]

They came from the bottom of being 0-2 and then swept back GG into 3-2. That was actually a hype grand finals to be honest. I've never seen such game like this when we know that the other team was the strongest in the world for this year.

Same, a well-deserved win for Azure Ray when Gaimin Gladiators is always like the final boss for most teams from the lower bracket. Now, we wait a few months for the Dreamleague tournament. 

Exactly.

Next is going to be DreamLeague and I think that we'll still a lot of shuffles from teams to teams. There are more orgs coming into the Dota 2 scene that came from the CS2 community.

I think this is another exciting year that awaits us. For the meantime, there are regional small tournaments that everyone can check.

[boltz]

So many rumors today in Dota 2 pro scene. First of all , we have Ramsez666 who suddenly left 9Pandas and this means he found a new team to play as carry because playing as offline is really not his style. Now , I'm curious what team he will choose or if he will choose a team at all.

Another big rumor is that Sumail will keep playing in Asia next season as well with suggestions that Bleed esports might snatch him into their roster. 

[Oilacris]

So many rumors today in Dota 2 pro scene. First of all , we have Ramsez666 who suddenly left 9Pandas and this means he found a new team to play as carry because playing as offline is really not his style. Now , I'm curious what team he will choose or if he will choose a team at all.

Another big rumor is that Sumail will keep playing in Asia next season as well with suggestions that Bleed esports might snatch him into their roster. 

Well, its not really that shocking on which rosters do really changed up after a tournament on which it would really be neither intentional or really not able to have a renew of contract or something else.
Whenever they dont really fit out or someone do notice out that harmony and teamwork doesnt fit out or sync then it would really resulting into this on which someone would really be leaving out
and find for another team on which they would really fit out. We know that Ramsezz is one of the most notable and known carries on Dota2 and it is really just that understandable
that he might not already that seeing for 9pandas to be that able to progress even more even he's present on the team.

[rdbase]

Have seen a couple of matches for CS2 during the holidays so far and one is just concluding their tournament today: EPL World series Americas season 5 Finals

Case vs Solid and ODDIK players the winner of the first match.

First match with Case and Solid start in the next couple of minutes.

Bets for these matches can be found here on the Sportsbet.io ESports hub:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/esports-betting

[rdbase]

Another Counterstrike Source 2 tournament is happening before the end of the year this time in Europe.

Betswap Winter Cup 2023
https://www.hltv.org/events/7622/betswap-winter-cup-2023

It began yesterday but runs until the 30th so the last call before the majors begin in the new year.
Some familiar names among the teams: VP Prodigy, FTW and The Witchers.

Of course this will be played online because it close to the New Years festivities.

Available to place bets on these matches and others from the Sportsbet.io Esports hub here:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/esports-betting

[boyptc]

Guys, we're all done with the vacations. Where are the esports fans here? Okay I'll start the year out for Dota 2.

Tundra Esports bids farewell to their current roster. How's that for you folks? IMO, that's expected and it won't work at all when they've built that current roster although it's got the potential but it's entirely different and hard to compare with their former roster.

--> https://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/news/70354-tundra-esports-without-a-roster-once-again

[ralle14]

Guys, we're all done with the vacations. Where are the esports fans here? Okay I'll start the year out for Dota 2.

Tundra Esports bids farewell to their current roster. How's that for you folks? IMO, that's expected and it won't work at all when they've built that current roster although it's got the potential but it's entirely different and hard to compare with their former roster.

--> https://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/news/70354-tundra-esports-without-a-roster-once-again

Also, some of their members already merged with half of the 9pandas squad to form a new team (L1ga).

Nigma finally completed their roster after announcing Ghost and rmN. Not the fourth I expected when the leaks already came from a couple of streamers.

Another org entered the SA scene and it's Heroic(tweet). The downside with SA is that the slots are limited, so the path to qualification only gets harder.

[sunsilk]

Another org entered the SA scene and it's Heroic(tweet). The downside with SA is that the slots are limited, so the path to qualification only gets harder.

I think that many orgs want to explore Dota 2 that are from other esports like CS2 and LOL. But it is that they've got a limited budgeting on their start and most of them when they don't see good start with the roster they've built, they're too quick to disband it.

On the other hand, Puppey's team - Team Secret have a new roster update. Midone and yamich out while Kordan and ekki in. I have no idea who's this ekki but if he's a young talent, better.

[ralle14]

I think that many orgs want to explore Dota 2 that are from other esports like CS2 and LOL. But it is that they've got a limited budgeting on their start and most of them when they don't see good start with the roster they've built, they're too quick to disband it.

On the other hand, Puppey's team - Team Secret have a new roster update. Midone and yamich out while Kordan and ekki in. I have no idea who's this ekki but if he's a young talent, better.

On top of the limited budget, the orgs prefer to pick the SA region because it's cheaper to create a team in that region, and it could be sustainable if they can easily qualify through one of the many third-party tournaments.

Team Secret picking up Ekki and Kordan for their new lineup could be promising. I remember Ekki being an assistant coach for a few teams before, so he already has some experience with what it's like to be at the competitive level.

Tundra bringing Topson back once more is what I didn't expect to see. They still need a carry and mid position to complete their squad for tomorrow's open qualifiers.

[sunsilk]

I think that many orgs want to explore Dota 2 that are from other esports like CS2 and LOL. But it is that they've got a limited budgeting on their start and most of them when they don't see good start with the roster they've built, they're too quick to disband it.

On the other hand, Puppey's team - Team Secret have a new roster update. Midone and yamich out while Kordan and ekki in. I have no idea who's this ekki but if he's a young talent, better.

On top of the limited budget, the orgs prefer to pick the SA region because it's cheaper to create a team in that region, and it could be sustainable if they can easily qualify through one of the many third-party tournaments.

Yeah, it's cheaper there but it seems that wherever they go, the operating cost will be saved but not the slots that they needed for some majors.

Team Secret picking up Ekki and Kordan for their new lineup could be promising. I remember Ekki being an assistant coach for a few teams before, so he already has some experience with what it's like to be at the competitive level.

Wow, didn't know that he's been coaching some few teams before so this adds more mind to the team while playing.

Tundra bringing Topson back once more is what I didn't expect to see. They still need a carry and mid position to complete their squad for tomorrow's open qualifiers.

Yes, I also saw that he has updated his FB banner so Topson remains to be with Tundra. Now, we just have to wait the other players that he'll be with.

[STT]

PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 1 - Round of 32    about to start about 1 hour from now.    However I dont exactly see the details for the teams playing and I only noticed it was today as a team has just formed in time to enter this contest conducted in the leadup to the major.  Of course there is alot of money in qualifying successfully, enough to justify the entire team and sometimes even the Org itself; as to whether these new teams appearing actually do that well I have to watch them first.
   Plus this entire game is still changing, its in beta still imo probably keeps altering up until the major itself imo

[arallmuus]

Tundra bringing Topson back once more is what I didn't expect to see. They still need a carry and mid position to complete their squad for tomorrow's open qualifiers.

You probably mean offlane instead of mid but Mind Control has been signed by Tundra though. Its pretty exciting to have him back playing competitively and I thought he will be going to OG because Wisper is not doing pretty good with OG so Mind Control could possibly be having his way back there but Tundra is a pretty decent team as well.

The new system really enabled all these teams to keep changing members if they want to though because they got nothing to risk especially for teams that hasnt got any EPT points

[rdbase]

Guys, we're all done with the vacations. Where are the esports fans here? Okay I'll start the year out for Dota 2.

Tundra Esports bids farewell to their current roster. How's that for you folks? IMO, that's expected and it won't work at all when they've built that current roster although it's got the potential but it's entirely different and hard to compare with their former roster.

--> https://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/news/70354-tundra-esports-without-a-roster-once-again

Thought I was watching their current roster playing during the BetBoom tournament yesterday or was that not them?

Another org entered the SA scene and it's Heroic(tweet). The downside with SA is that the slots are limited, so the path to qualification only gets harder.

I think that many orgs want to explore Dota 2 that are from other esports like CS2 and LOL. But it is that they've got a limited budgeting on their start and most of them when they don't see good start with the roster they've built, they're too quick to disband it.

On the other hand, Puppey's team - Team Secret have a new roster update. Midone and yamich out while Kordan and ekki in. I have no idea who's this ekki but if he's a young talent, better.

That seems the way these eSports organizations are progressing towards ever since FaZe Clan disbanded several of their own teams based in other genres.
That Heroic announcement was a kind of shock but a good one to know about. Thanks for the link to the post on X about it. If more SA based teams are coming into the DOTA2 arena then hopefully we will see one for Imperial Esports be unveiled in the near future too.

Thought this might interest some former WOW players since it is about an online game which started most on their own entry into the video game online world:
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/missing-ohio-teen-florida-world-of-warcraft-account

Very peculiar to be found missing by logging into your world of warcraft account but it did have good story for the missing person in the end.

[rohang]

The first ever CS2 Major RMR Open qualifiers are happening right now!!

After a long and cold break, finally some esports is back!
Already been few upsets as OG and Heroic are out but there are 4 spots to be taken for the closed qualifiers!


https://www.hltv.org/events/7393/pgl-cs2-major-copenhagen-2024-europe-rmr-open-qualifier-1

[sunsilk]

Another org entered the SA scene and it's Heroic(tweet). The downside with SA is that the slots are limited, so the path to qualification only gets harder.

I think that many orgs want to explore Dota 2 that are from other esports like CS2 and LOL. But it is that they've got a limited budgeting on their start and most of them when they don't see good start with the roster they've built, they're too quick to disband it.

On the other hand, Puppey's team - Team Secret have a new roster update. Midone and yamich out while Kordan and ekki in. I have no idea who's this ekki but if he's a young talent, better.

That seems the way these eSports organizations are progressing towards ever since FaZe Clan disbanded several of their own teams based in other genres.
That Heroic announcement was a kind of shock but a good one to know about. Thanks for the link to the post on X about it.

I don't even follow these other good teams in other genre esports but I know how good they are as an organization and how popular they are.

If more SA based teams are coming into the DOTA2 arena then hopefully we will see one for Imperial Esports be unveiled in the near future too.

Who knows if the org will also be joining the dota 2 scene whether it's gonna be with the SA region or any other region they prefer. In the past, there's T1 but they're done already. Maybe FaZe would join dota 2 too? we don't know, only time can tell.

[rdbase]

The first ever CS2 Major RMR Open qualifiers are happening right now!!

After a long and cold break, finally some esports is back!
Already been few upsets as OG and Heroic are out but there are 4 spots to be taken for the closed qualifiers!


https://www.hltv.org/events/7393/pgl-cs2-major-copenhagen-2024-europe-rmr-open-qualifier-1

Thank you for the update on the CS2 genre coming back to the fray with new tournament action.

Placed a parlay on the two later matches I caught but didn't realize they were just bo1 and betting while half the map was done for both matches.

@sunsilk
Ah I see. But usually if an org is successful in the other genres they can apply their victories funding into their DOTA2 endeavor if they wish to do so.

Wasn't Faze clan starting to scale back their operations in Esports?
Maybe they have since recovered and not going bankrupt from the videos I last watched about their company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unEZS2GIYW8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwGScoPs74

As 5-9 months ago is very long time to make a comeback in Esports for any team.