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[rdbase]

Continuing on in the TI day 5 play-offs we have Team Spirit facing off against G2 X IG in this Best of 3.
Starting watching it from here:
ROAD TO TI 2024: PLAYOFFS - Day 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVN42YiXo4o

I like Team Spirit's chances to get another 2-0 at this stage in the tournament as they had in their last three out of the four series played so far. I am not too familiar with G2 X IG's gameplay yet. I do believe their members mostly comprise of Chinese players while Team Spirit of Russian belonging to those respective organizations.

[GreatArkansas]

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I like Team Spirit's chances to get another 2-0 at this stage in the tournament as they had in their last three out of the four series played so far. I am not too familiar with G2 X IG's gameplay yet. I do believe their members mostly comprise of Chinese players while Team Spirit of Russian belonging to those respective organizations.

I'm watching right now and already lost in Map 1 

Just a trivia, last The International 10 (2021), Team Spirit won against IG at the lower bracket also. So, it could be history repeating itself today for IG to be eliminated again by Team Spirit in the lower bracket in the international tournament.
And it made Team Spirit won the TI10

[Eternad]

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I like Team Spirit's chances to get another 2-0 at this stage in the tournament as they had in their last three out of the four series played so far. I am not too familiar with G2 X IG's gameplay yet. I do believe their members mostly comprise of Chinese players while Team Spirit of Russian belonging to those respective organizations.

I'm watching right now and already lost in Map 1 

Just a trivia, last The International 10 (2021), Team Spirit won against IG at the lower bracket also. So, it could be history repeating itself today for IG to be eliminated again by Team Spirit in the lower bracket in the international tournament.
And it made Team Spirit won the TI10

Team Spirit demolish again IG by sweeping them. Both game 1 and game 2 is an easy game for TS against current IG team. Old IG team is more ferocious compared to the current roster since Money and NTS are already not on their prime anymore.

I hope TS can continue their good lower bracket run since they will face another asian team specifically XG which is more stronger than IG.

On the other match, I think Falcons can beat BB easily.

[arallmuus]

I hope TS can continue their good lower bracket run since they will face another asian team specifically XG which is more stronger than IG.

On the other match, I think Falcons can beat BB easily.

Asian team huh

You are not wrong on using this term but its not right either. Its like you are lumping XG with Team Aurora or Talon lol. There is a reason why Valve divide it into SEA region and China region aside from the number of the player base. Its because China is a power house for most of the competitive esport scene and XG in particular is pretty much the best China region team right now

IG is not even close to XG still hoping Team Spirit would win though

[passwordnow]

I like Team Spirit's chances to get another 2-0 at this stage in the tournament as they had in their last three out of the four series played so far. I am not too familiar with G2 X IG's gameplay yet. I do believe their members mostly comprise of Chinese players while Team Spirit of Russian belonging to those respective organizations.

You're right about Team Spirit's nationality of its roster and the same goes for G2 x IG but with a combination of three Malaysian players but for sure they all speak Chinese as a language, maybe mandarin. Anyway, Team Spirit wont against G2 x IG for 2-0 and then they're able to face Xtreme Gaming as another chinese team but there's no more threepeat. XG won the series with a 2-1 and it is moving forward against Aurora Esports, I think this is already the main stage where the excitement starts with the audience.

[rdbase]

Oh wow, the defending champions Team Spirit has been eliminated by Xtreme Gaming with score 2-1!
Thank you for pointing that out @passwordnow it just didn't sink in yet for most to realize what it meant.

They finished in 9th-12th place, taking $50k home which is quite disappointing because they were the favorites to win it again this TI.

Here is the latest update to the bracket:

https://x.com/wykrhm/status/1833616490685186522

[bubilas]

Oh wow, the defending champions Team Spirit has been eliminated by Xtreme Gaming with score 2-1!
Thank you for pointing that out @passwordnow it just didn't sink in yet for most to realize what it meant.

They finished in 9th-12th place, taking $50k home which is quite disappointing because they were the favorites to win it again this TI.

Here is the latest update to the bracket:

https://x.com/wykrhm/status/1833616490685186522

And it was just not likely. Asians showed an incredibly strong game.
And to be honest, their meeting with Spirit should have ended 2:0. The Russian Dragons were just lucky that in the first map, the iG heroes split up when they retreated to their base. And they managed to catch them one by one and kill them.
Therefore, 2:1 is more of an accident. It's a shame that such great guys as TeamSpirit will go home because before that they really pleased us with how they crushed higher and higher in the game grid and became champions. It's a pity...

[summonerrk]

I still don't understand what happened to the Spirit team. They certainly showed their level, but there was a feeling that they were lucky. As was written above, Xtreme really should have won without losses.

In the last game, Spirit assembled a team with an incomprehensible synergy. Who even takes Terror Blade against Medusa? After all, then his ult makes no sense. What a stupid mistake, and this is the mistake of those who won the International 2 times!

So that now we are waiting for September 13. And with each day the games will be more and more serious.

[boltz]

After what I've witnessed in the last couple of days at Dota 2 TI , I can say the following :

Team Liquid has the best Dota 2 in-game knowledge right now and I still think they have godlike tier drafts in the next games so don't be surprised if we see them having completely new strategies.

BetBoom - that type of team who could beat anyone to 0 in a best day but that doesn't mean they cannot win TI. However , chances are very low.

C9 - C9 doing C9 things so far so nothing new. Maybe Wattson can prove the entire world why he was the best carry in the world ( P1 ) for such a long period.

Xtreme Gaming - My favorites to win it all after what I saw last night against Spirit.

[sompitonov]

I still don't understand what happened to the Spirit team. They certainly showed their level, but there was a feeling that they were lucky. As was written above, Xtreme really should have won without losses.

In the last game, Spirit assembled a team with an incomprehensible synergy. Who even takes Terror Blade against Medusa? After all, then his ult makes no sense. What a stupid mistake, and this is the mistake of those who won the International 2 times!

So that now we are waiting for September 13. And with each day the games will be more and more serious.

I also don't understand why they took TB, because he has no chance against Medusa, although of course we should consider a full 5x5 pick. But I'm almost sure that it was a forced last pick for them, because nothing better could be taken, the heroes were either banned or were not suitable at all to play against other heroes. At this level, almost every team has decided drafts. However, I am convinced that TS lost at the draft stage, because they are very strong in the game.

In addition, some are starting to talk about a possible disbandment of this roster, because after bad results this usually happens after TI. But I would like them to take their time and think it over.

[arallmuus]

I also don't understand why they took TB, because he has no chance against Medusa, although of course we should consider a full 5x5 pick. But I'm almost sure that it was a forced last pick for them, because nothing better could be taken, the heroes were either banned or were not suitable at all to play against other heroes. At this level, almost every team has decided drafts. However, I am convinced that TS lost at the draft stage, because they are very strong in the game.

XG simply had better drafts thats all. Its not uncommon that this happened, in fact in a high tension game like this it happened quite often. Nouns had better drafts compared to Team Spirits in the seeding decider which was why they lost 2-0. This was all Team Spirit's mistake to begin with, starting with trying to save up their legit drafts against Nouns which led them to play in lower bracket instead of upper bracket

In addition, some are starting to talk about a possible disbandment of this roster, because after bad results this usually happens after TI. But I would like them to take their time and think it over.

They'll most likely take up another pos2 and the 4 of them will stick together

[passwordnow]

Oh wow, the defending champions Team Spirit has been eliminated by Xtreme Gaming with score 2-1!
Thank you for pointing that out @passwordnow it just didn't sink in yet for most to realize what it meant.

They finished in 9th-12th place, taking $50k home which is quite disappointing because they were the favorites to win it again this TI.

Yeah, that's disappointing because many are expecting them to end in a higher position or become the threepeats but TI is no joke and such achievement is harder now because of the meta and more players becoming better.

Here is the latest update to the bracket:

https://x.com/wykrhm/status/1833616490685186522

Thanks rdbase. We've got 4 more days until the end of TI2024, it's so fast and I think that it has gotten faster this time. A lot has changed from the past.

[GreatArkansas]

I'm ready for the next match tomorrow.
I did bet on 2 leg multi, for the BetBoom vs Team Falcons and Team Liquid vs Cloud 9.
Team Liquid is unstoppable in the upper bracket, and Team Falcons proved that they can still stay longer in the tournament after they fall from upper bracket, they really doing well from their last matches on lower bracket.

[sompitonov]

I'm ready for the next match tomorrow.
I did bet on 2 leg multi, for the BetBoom vs Team Falcons and Team Liquid vs Cloud 9.
Team Liquid is unstoppable in the upper bracket, and Team Falcons proved that they can still stay longer in the tournament after they fall from upper bracket, they really doing well from their last matches on lower bracket.

Well, it's hard to predict, as always, I would just look at the odds and choose the best. As for me personally, I'll think about it, but betting on Liquid with such odds looks good, although I don't want to advise anyone anything. They are capable of surprising and this may happen in the match with Falcons. Tomorrow we have a very interesting game day, in fact, I can't believe that TI is going so fast, it seemed like it had just started, and there are not many games left, but they will be the most interesting, especially in the lower bracket, where the teams fight to the end otherwise they will fly out. Honestly, it's even hard to say who will win TI13, but Liquids look better than the rest in my opinion.

[bubilas]

I'm ready for the next match tomorrow.
I did bet on 2 leg multi, for the BetBoom vs Team Falcons and Team Liquid vs Cloud 9.
Team Liquid is unstoppable in the upper bracket, and Team Falcons proved that they can still stay longer in the tournament after they fall from upper bracket, they really doing well from their last matches on lower bracket.

What a bold express you have. I completely agree with you that BetBoom will lose to the guys from Falcons. BetBoom is not a strong team, and even if the whole joke is that now they have gone further than Spirit, Falcons will beat these guys with a score of 2: 0. BetBoom does not have a very professional level and if I had the opportunity to place a bet, I would, like you, put everything on Falcons.
Good luck!

[passwordnow]

I'm ready for the next match tomorrow.
I did bet on 2 leg multi, for the BetBoom vs Team Falcons and Team Liquid vs Cloud 9.
Team Liquid is unstoppable in the upper bracket, and Team Falcons proved that they can still stay longer in the tournament after they fall from upper bracket, they really doing well from their last matches on lower bracket.

We've got the same bets for the match winners. I'd also picked Team Liquid and Team Falcons for their respective matches. This is the part where everyone should be more serious with their bets. In the early phase of the TI, I'd be fine betting with the high odds although I know that they can lose. I've only skipped the match for XG and Aurora. Good luck to both of our bets. 

[arallmuus]

What a bold express you have. I completely agree with you that BetBoom will lose to the guys from Falcons. BetBoom is not a strong team, and even if the whole joke is that now they have gone further than Spirit, Falcons will beat these guys with a score of 2: 0. BetBoom does not have a very professional level and if I had the opportunity to place a bet, I would, like you, put everything on Falcons.
Good luck!

BetBoom might not be a better team compared to Team Falcons but its a team that actually stand a good chance to win against Falcons



Taking +1.5 on Betboom, the odds for Team Falcons to win is just sucks unless you want to put in -1.5 for them. Its TI so anything could happen at this point especially on lower brackets. Statistically, Team Falcons actually has a decent chance of winning 2-0 based on their last games on group stage but I'd totally love to take this chance on BetBoom

[summonerrk]

Just yesterday I had a chance to watch the games I missed, and among them was the third game of the Heroic vs. Aurora matchup. And I was surprised by how interesting it was. It was unclear who would win until the last minute. I have to say that I love games with Void or Enigma, because it's always very spectacular. Also, Aurora had Tusk kicking a huge Dragon Knight, after which the dome covered the rest of the Heroic team, preventing them from saving him. It was very interesting to watch.
So now I will be following Aurora with great interest.

[boltz]

What a bold express you have. I completely agree with you that BetBoom will lose to the guys from Falcons. BetBoom is not a strong team, and even if the whole joke is that now they have gone further than Spirit, Falcons will beat these guys with a score of 2: 0. BetBoom does not have a very professional level and if I had the opportunity to place a bet, I would, like you, put everything on Falcons.
Good luck!

BetBoom might not be a better team compared to Team Falcons but its a team that actually stand a good chance to win against Falcons



Taking +1.5 on Betboom, the odds for Team Falcons to win is just sucks unless you want to put in -1.5 for them. Its TI so anything could happen at this point especially on lower brackets. Statistically, Team Falcons actually has a decent chance of winning 2-0 based on their last games on group stage but I'd totally love to take this chance on BetBoom

Falcons are really not in great shape lately and this patch it's not for their style and that is why I do think BetBoom will actually qualify further and eliminate Falcons. It's been a long year with just 3 teams in Dota 2 pro scene and I'm simply tired of Spirit ( good that they are home already ) , Falcons ( because AUI_2000 is a perfect nerd who can break Dota 2 in almost every patch ) and Gaiming Gladiators ( who simply don't know to give up and they always grind that patch in order to have great runs ). However, at this TI none of them are really favorites and I think both Falcons and GG will be eliminate before we even reach semi-finals.  

[Cointxz]

What a bold express you have. I completely agree with you that BetBoom will lose to the guys from Falcons. BetBoom is not a strong team, and even if the whole joke is that now they have gone further than Spirit, Falcons will beat these guys with a score of 2: 0. BetBoom does not have a very professional level and if I had the opportunity to place a bet, I would, like you, put everything on Falcons.
Good luck!

BetBoom might not be a better team compared to Team Falcons but its a team that actually stand a good chance to win against Falcons



Taking +1.5 on Betboom, the odds for Team Falcons to win is just sucks unless you want to put in -1.5 for them. Its TI so anything could happen at this point especially on lower brackets. Statistically, Team Falcons actually has a decent chance of winning 2-0 based on their last games on group stage but I'd totally love to take this chance on BetBoom

Falcons are really not in great shape lately and this patch it's not for their style and that is why I do think BetBoom will actually qualify further and eliminate Falcons. It's been a long year with just 3 teams in Dota 2 pro scene and I'm simply tired of Spirit ( good that they are home already ) , Falcons ( because AUI_2000 is a perfect nerd who can break Dota 2 in almost every patch ) and Gaiming Gladiators ( who simply don't know to give up and they always grind that patch in order to have great runs ). However, at this TI none of them are really favorites and I think both Falcons and GG will be eliminate before we even reach semi-finals.  

Falcons perform great based on their last run on Riyadh Master which is the recent tournament. This is the reason why they are the favorite on this match despite they are facing BB team which is considered as strong team.

Falcons is so good when they are on lower bracket run on Riyadh Master. I think they can do the same on this TI run.

TS sucks this year patch.