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

[ralle14]

To be honest, this roster is straight up trash.

That roster is not bad if they'll still play in the SEA qualifiers, but it's cooked if they're moving to WEU/EEU. As for MidOne, wasn't he still stuck with the visa issue and Mouz aren't meshing well with lorenof.

CS2 has a new tournament Blast Rivals continuing on today in their premier season which already had several good matches if you caught them during day one.

I'm surprised the groups are wrapped up that quickly, and the first two teams to exit the tournament are FURIA and FUT.

Good to see FaZe climb back, but they'll probably get rolled against G2 after they played solid against Vitality.

[Pumared]

CS2 has a new tournament Blast Rivals continuing on today in their premier season which already had several good matches if you caught them during day one.
Team Vitality who always seem to have trouble with FUT had their match needing to go to the third map and looked as if they were going to overtime. But Apex saved that from happening.
FUT face Astralis in the first match of the second day of this blast series. Vitality go up against G2, Faze clan see FURIA and Navi vs Gamerlegion to close out the competition.

Every day the teams get more information about Vitality, but I don't see them actually managing to change anything; they're always losing. Do you think this could be because individual player performance is valued more than the team as a whole?

[rdbase]

CS2 has a new tournament Blast Rivals continuing on today in their premier season which already had several good matches if you caught them during day one.

I'm surprised the groups are wrapped up that quickly, and the first two teams to exit the tournament are FURIA and FUT.

Good to see FaZe climb back, but they'll probably get rolled against G2 after they played solid against Vitality.

This tournament just started and while watching the Vitality vs G2 match they had already moving on to the semi-finals.
So yeah, that was a fast tournament in Fort Worth, Texas already ready to wrap it all up during this weekend for the grand finals.

CS2 has a new tournament Blast Rivals continuing on today in their premier season which already had several good matches if you caught them during day one.
Team Vitality who always seem to have trouble with FUT had their match needing to go to the third map and looked as if they were going to overtime. But Apex saved that from happening.
FUT face Astralis in the first match of the second day of this blast series. Vitality go up against G2, Faze clan see FURIA and Navi vs Gamerlegion to close out the competition.

Every day the teams get more information about Vitality, but I don't see them actually managing to change anything; they're always losing. Do you think this could be because individual player performance is valued more than the team as a whole?

Agree with you there, since G2 looked completely lost on the first map losing 11-2 but then stormed back winning 10 games inarow. But then in overtime Vitality just showed how relentless they can really be closing out the map 16-13.
But G2 did take the second map off of them which was Vitality's own pick, so yes, teams are observing and seeing each player's gameplay and learning their strategy for knocking them out in the next tournament.
As for your second question. It is a team effort to win so that is valued more than individual performance, you can just look at what Falcons tired to do and it is a testament to this.

[boltz]

Seems like Astini keeps jumping teams since he left PariVision as he just signed today with Team Nemesis but somehow they kicked 23Savage 3 days ago and that guy is literally the best carry in SEA region and top 3 in China region for sure ...so I don't understand this move at all or maybe 23Savage has another offer from another team but the market is so stable right now with World Cup being just 2 months away now.

[mikel_012]

BC.Game can not win a lot of games the last months and in 10 days for the IEM Atlanta 2026 they will play against Vitality

I think it's hard for them to win, and they lost 2-0 the last time in January, but maybe s1mple can do magic and pull something off. I can not believe what was the best player in the world is now in bc.game and can not do anything but lose again and again, winning just to very weak teams from time to time

[ralle14]

BC.Game can not win a lot of games the last months and in 10 days for the IEM Atlanta 2026 they will play against Vitality

I think it's hard for them to win, and they lost 2-0 the last time in January, but maybe s1mple can do magic and pull something off. I can not believe what was the best player in the world is now in bc.game and can not do anything but lose again and again, winning just to very weak teams from time to time

I forgot BC.Game brought in Senzu, but they're still missing that last player, so it's surely cooked unless Vitality forgot how to play the game.

Also, yesterday's playoff matches from Blast Rivals got surprisingly interesting with both underdogs winning. FaZe activated their bullshit mode for the OT win in Mirage against G2 and in the other match, Astralis choked a 12-4 lead on GamerLegion's map pick, making Snax go back to his prime VP days.

[Pumared]

BC.Game can not win a lot of games the last months and in 10 days for the IEM Atlanta 2026 they will play against Vitality

I think it's hard for them to win, and they lost 2-0 the last time in January, but maybe s1mple can do magic and pull something off. I can not believe what was the best player in the world is now in bc.game and can not do anything but lose again and again, winning just to very weak teams from time to time

I think if there's anyone capable of breaking Vitality's dominance, it's British Columbia. So I wouldn't be so skeptical, especially in a major championship. And they brought in this reinforcement now. So they want to and can win.

[execijutiere]

I didn’t expect Astralis to lose. They’ve been playing well lately and had great team chemistry, so I thought they’d beat GamerLegion, but it didn’t turn out that way. I guess Snax is their IGL, and he practically carried the game as the top fragger. We can definitely say that Snax still playing at this level is a huge plus for them. If Astralis had won Overpass, the map they picked, they might have been able to win the match on the Decider map.

[rdbase]

BC.Game can not win a lot of games the last months and in 10 days for the IEM Atlanta 2026 they will play against Vitality

I think it's hard for them to win, and they lost 2-0 the last time in January, but maybe s1mple can do magic and pull something off. I can not believe what was the best player in the world is now in bc.game and can not do anything but lose again and again, winning just to very weak teams from time to time

I forgot BC.Game brought in Senzu, but they're still missing that last player, so it's surely cooked unless Vitality forgot how to play the game.

Also, yesterday's playoff matches from Blast Rivals got surprisingly interesting with both underdogs winning. FaZe activated their bullshit mode for the OT win in Mirage against G2 and in the other match, Astralis choked a 12-4 lead on GamerLegion's map pick, making Snax go back to his prime VP days.

Missed the later match and only got to watch the first one. But what happened with both underdogs winning does change things up for the matches being played now.
So Faze playing Navi and GamerLegion going up against the titans Vitality should be quite the showdown.
From looking at the odds the bookmakers aren't giving GL a chance against the champions of so many majors this year.

I didn’t expect Astralis to lose. They’ve been playing well lately and had great team chemistry, so I thought they’d beat GamerLegion, but it didn’t turn out that way. I guess Snax is their IGL, and he practically carried the game as the top fragger. We can definitely say that Snax still playing at this level is a huge plus for them. If Astralis had won Overpass, the map they picked, they might have been able to win the match on the Decider map.

GamerLegion isn't a name that sticks out from the pack and certainly not one that beats the likes of Astralis either.
But we will see how they will fair against the best team in current CS2 later on today.
Funny how hltv.org puts out an article about them just when they are getting prepared for their biggest matchup to date:
https://www.hltv.org/news/44454/inside-gamerlegion-workplace-misconduct-paris-major-sticker-drama-and-history-of-late-payments-tc

[execijutiere]

GamerLegion isn't a name that sticks out from the pack and certainly not one that beats the likes of Astralis either.
But we will see how they will fair against the best team in current CS2 later on today.
Funny how hltv.org puts out an article about them just when they are getting prepared for their biggest matchup to date:
https://www.hltv.org/news/44454/inside-gamerlegion-workplace-misconduct-paris-major-sticker-drama-and-history-of-late-payments-tc

They put in a truly poor performance against Vitality on their own pick. If they had won their own pick, they might have managed to defeat their opponent, but Vitality is truly one of the unrivaled teams on Mirage. Zywoo already put in a legendary performance here, and they defeated their opponent 13-1. On Overpass, if Tauson hadn’t played so poorly, they might have won that map. While Vitality as a team was racking up nearly the same number of kills, the fact that a player like Snax got 28 kills while Tauson was stuck at 12 cost the team the match.

[rdbase]

GamerLegion isn't a name that sticks out from the pack and certainly not one that beats the likes of Astralis either.
But we will see how they will fair against the best team in current CS2 later on today.
Funny how hltv.org puts out an article about them just when they are getting prepared for their biggest matchup to date:
https://www.hltv.org/news/44454/inside-gamerlegion-workplace-misconduct-paris-major-sticker-drama-and-history-of-late-payments-tc

They put in a truly poor performance against Vitality on their own pick. If they had won their own pick, they might have managed to defeat their opponent, but Vitality is truly one of the unrivaled teams on Mirage. Zywoo already put in a legendary performance here, and they defeated their opponent 13-1. On Overpass, if Tauson hadn’t played so poorly, they might have won that map. While Vitality as a team was racking up nearly the same number of kills, the fact that a player like Snax got 28 kills while Tauson was stuck at 12 cost the team the match.

Seems that the legend of Team Vitality continues and they just keep rolling over teams as if they were not the top tier.
GamerLegion's opposition on the first map was disgraceful with only winning a single round.

Today I just hope and pray that Natus Vincere can put up much more of a fight and make this competitive right out the gate and this is why I put in this bet for the first map:


Does anybody remember the map Cache from the earlier days of CounterStrike?
It looks like it will be making it's return for competitive, Casual and Deathmatch modes.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/CSGO/announcements/detail/508486359454843046

[ralle14]

Today I just hope and pray that Natus Vincere can put up much more of a fight and make this competitive right out the gate and this is why I put in this bet for the first map:

If the first map pick goes to NaVi, then it'll probably hit. They've been great with their T sides, so Vitality wouldn't get away with a quick win like they did with GamerLegion's map pick yesterday.

I've already put in my comfort pick (Vitality -1.5) on the other thread. To me, the script feels like NaVi will get closer, but then Vitality wakes up just in time to close things out.

Does anybody remember the map Cache from the earlier days of CounterStrike?
It looks like it will be making it's return for competitive, Casual and Deathmatch modes.

I also saw the game update about it, but I haven't played it yet. That map still reminds me of the no-scope kill from s1mple back in CSGO.

[execijutiere]

GamerLegion isn't a name that sticks out from the pack and certainly not one that beats the likes of Astralis either.
But we will see how they will fair against the best team in current CS2 later on today.
Funny how hltv.org puts out an article about them just when they are getting prepared for their biggest matchup to date:
https://www.hltv.org/news/44454/inside-gamerlegion-workplace-misconduct-paris-major-sticker-drama-and-history-of-late-payments-tc

They put in a truly poor performance against Vitality on their own pick. If they had won their own pick, they might have managed to defeat their opponent, but Vitality is truly one of the unrivaled teams on Mirage. Zywoo already put in a legendary performance here, and they defeated their opponent 13-1. On Overpass, if Tauson hadn’t played so poorly, they might have won that map. While Vitality as a team was racking up nearly the same number of kills, the fact that a player like Snax got 28 kills while Tauson was stuck at 12 cost the team the match.

Seems that the legend of Team Vitality continues and they just keep rolling over teams as if they were not the top tier.
GamerLegion's opposition on the first map was disgraceful with only winning a single round.

Today I just hope and pray that Natus Vincere can put up much more of a fight and make this competitive right out the gate and this is why I put in this bet for the first map:


Does anybody remember the map Cache from the earlier days of CounterStrike?
It looks like it will be making it's return for competitive, Casual and Deathmatch modes.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/CSGO/announcements/detail/508486359454843046

NaVi lost on a map they were very close to winning. Leading 11-1, they ended up losing the match 12-16. Vitality pulled off an incredible comeback. These guys are playing like legends—even when they fall behind, their morale doesn’t drop because they know they can turn it around. I have to say they’re an incredible team. Thanks to Makazze’s poor performance, Vitality managed to pull off a great comeback on the map and take a 1-0 lead.

[ralle14]

NaVi lost on a map they were very close to winning. Leading 11-1, they ended up losing the match 12-16. Vitality pulled off an incredible comeback. These guys are playing like legends—even when they fall behind, their morale doesn’t drop because they know they can turn it around. I have to say they’re an incredible team. Thanks to Makazze’s poor performance, Vitality managed to pull off a great comeback on the map and take a 1-0 lead.

I watched that first map, and I can't believe they choked so many map points until they got rolled in OT. Makazze bounced back in the next map Anubis, but they still struggled in the last 3-4 rounds after getting 11 rounds first.

It's slowly becoming a 3-0 angle, though this is more of a mental test since no lead is safe and both sides are always finding eco round wins.

[passwordnow]

Does anybody remember the map Cache from the earlier days of CounterStrike?
It looks like it will be making it's return for competitive, Casual and Deathmatch modes.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/CSGO/announcements/detail/508486359454843046

I think that I was able to play on this map long time before. I have no idea that it was removed since I don't play much of CS these days than dota 2. But if this is going to return, it will add more fun to the pro scene and even to the casual cs2 players. I'll try to get into it again just for some casual games. I'll get into cs2 again for now since there's not that much good tournaments for dota 2.

[execijutiere]

NaVi lost on a map they were very close to winning. Leading 11-1, they ended up losing the match 12-16. Vitality pulled off an incredible comeback. These guys are playing like legends—even when they fall behind, their morale doesn’t drop because they know they can turn it around. I have to say they’re an incredible team. Thanks to Makazze’s poor performance, Vitality managed to pull off a great comeback on the map and take a 1-0 lead.

I watched that first map, and I can't believe they choked so many map points until they got rolled in OT. Makazze bounced back in the next map Anubis, but they still struggled in the last 3-4 rounds after getting 11 rounds first.

It's slowly becoming a 3-0 angle, though this is more of a mental test since no lead is safe and both sides are always finding eco round wins.

Makazze didn’t perform this poorly on the Nuke map; I think that’s what caused NaVi to lose on Nuke. If the team’s best riflers are playing to a score like 10-25 by the end of the match despite leading 11-1 at halftime, unfortunately, you’re going to be on the losing side. By losing this map, Makazze may have also managed to dampen the team’s morale. While everyone on the opposing team was playing at an equal level, the fact that the burden fell too heavily on certain players on NaVi’s side led to the loss of this map. It’s all psychological.

[rdbase]

Today I just hope and pray that Natus Vincere can put up much more of a fight and make this competitive right out the gate and this is why I put in this bet for the first map:

If the first map pick goes to NaVi, then it'll probably hit. They've been great with their T sides, so Vitality wouldn't get away with a quick win like they did with GamerLegion's map pick yesterday.
I've already put in my comfort pick (Vitality -1.5) on the other thread. To me, the script feels like NaVi will get closer, but then Vitality wakes up just in time to close things out.

Does anybody remember the map Cache from the earlier days of CounterStrike?
It looks like it will be making it's return for competitive, Casual and Deathmatch modes.

I also saw the game update about it, but I haven't played it yet. That map still reminds me of the no-scope kill from s1mple back in CSGO.

That is where my mind went back in time too with that no-scope which was a epic kill by the legend.

We thought alike and I had put -1.5 maps for Vitality in my bet but it had me second guess after how the half went on the first map with them being down 1-11. Wow!
It was good for the over 22.5 rounds bets when Vitality's instincts finally kicked in and they stormed back with Navi only winning 1 round after that.

NaVi lost on a map they were very close to winning. Leading 11-1, they ended up losing the match 12-16. Vitality pulled off an incredible comeback. These guys are playing like legends—even when they fall behind, their morale doesn’t drop because they know they can turn it around. I have to say they’re an incredible team. Thanks to Makazze’s poor performance, Vitality managed to pull off a great comeback on the map and take a 1-0 lead.

Was so positive that Navi was going to win that first map when leading by 10 rounds and only needed 3 left that I placed a bet @1.03x and it of course lost.
It only goes to show us all not to count out any team who are as talented as Vitality are in these Grand Finals, ever!
They never let these difficulties get to them and just go on as if it never happened going on to beat Navi with authority.

[passwordnow]

The new roster of Team Nemesis dota 2 is composed of the following players;
- rubikon155 (new name)
- 4nalog
- jabz
- lelis
- yamsun

I am surprised that yamsun turned to become pos 5 although I've seen him play before support roles but he's actually a good pos 1. They did today with their game against Ilbirs in the EPL 37.

[rdbase]

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I think that I was able to play on this map long time before. I have no idea that it was removed since I don't play much of CS these days than dota 2. But if this is going to return, it will add more fun to the pro scene and even to the casual cs2 players. I'll try to get into it again just for some casual games. I'll get into cs2 again for now since there's not that much good tournaments for dota 2.

The amp was removed back in 2019 or even earlier so it has been along while since you played some CounterStrike.
And from the looks of it many AWP players will absolutely love this map coming back. It does look like alot of fun so you might aswell get the new CS2 installed and start it up again so to get into the action.

Yeah, from the sounds of it does seem that teams are reorganizing their rosters before the tournaments start from you above post about Team Nemesis.

[passwordnow]

-snipped-
I think that I was able to play on this map long time before. I have no idea that it was removed since I don't play much of CS these days than dota 2. But if this is going to return, it will add more fun to the pro scene and even to the casual cs2 players. I'll try to get into it again just for some casual games. I'll get into cs2 again for now since there's not that much good tournaments for dota 2.

The amp was removed back in 2019 or even earlier so it has been along while since you played some CounterStrike.
And from the looks of it many AWP players will absolutely love this map coming back. It does look like alot of fun so you might aswell get the new CS2 installed and start it up again so to get into the action.

Yeah, from the sounds of it does seem that teams are reorganizing their rosters before the tournaments start from you above post about Team Nemesis.

I haven't played it yet, I forgot that I have uninstalled CS2 just to clear my storage because I don't have that much. And going back with dota 2, there is an announcement[1] from Valve just today. That's about the registration for the The International 2026. This is for the regional qualifiers and everyone can join who's got a team.

[1] The International Team Registration