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

[passwordnow]

Dude, Frank has been around for a looong time. He's not some new talent. Dude is a Veteran with capital V. He was part of the the infamous Thunder Predator team that went 0-16 at TI in 2021. And in 2021 he was already an experienced player. You are greatly overestimating him. I do agree he has shown to be pretty good at some specific heroes.

Yeah, he's a veteran but just gaining that popularity when he's with a good team. Well, that's not overestimation but just appreciation and I like how consistent he is.

I am done with 4nalog. I have 0 hope for him, unless something drastically changes, and he swaps roles and magically becomes decent. He's one of (if not) the worst midlaners that has gravitated tier1 for the past 2 years. As for MidOne, you probably didn't see his 2 seasons in offlane, during the last 2 years of DPC playing for SMG. He was actually really damn good. Thats why i said he's a better offlaner than mid. He also played offlane for OG for some time. Dude can cook in the offlane. He feeds way too much in the midlane, and midlane is all about efficiency right now. He tries to be a playmaker from the midlane and those days are gone. If you watch the best midlaners of today, they are efficiency machines. GpK, Malr1ne, Noone etc.

I remember SMG and it's out of my memory that he played offlane there but it's also one powerhouse in SEA. I won't be harsh on midone for his midlane since it took him long time before he came back to pro. No doubt about those best midlaners you've mentioned, no one goes back to his peak and let's see if they'll steal the aegis this season.

Maybe MidOne as a midlaner could work with Smiling Knight as a carry, since he's a bit more farm-oriented player. But MidOne and Crystallis was a terrible combo.

I hope it will because I want to see new names like SK proceed to tier 1.

[rdbase]

Just started watching the matches for the Blast Bounty and MOUZ are on the ropes against 3DMAX.
They took map 1 away from the heavy favorites since having a good run last month at the most recent major but being tied up 11 rounds a piece on the second map it will most likely have to be decided into overtime to see if they will see a third map.

The next matches scheduled for tomorrow in this bounty tournament are as follows:
Faze vs The Mongolz
paiN vs Astralis

I'd go with the favorites since Faze have been making steady progress in their last few matches and Astralis have been playing alot better than paiN gaming.

[passwordnow]

Another suspected 322 game on the EPL Masters through the team of KW for dota 2.

Team KW have been disqualified from EPL Masters I due to suspected unfair play ❗️

[ralle14]

Another suspected 322 game on the EPL Masters through the team of KW for dota 2.

I knew there'd be a team eventually throwing in that tournament, but i'm surprised it took this long for one of them to get caught.

I'd go with the favorites since Faze have been making steady progress in their last few matches and Astralis have been playing alot better than paiN gaming.

I'm also leaning towards FaZe over MongolZ since their map pool is much better (Cache, Mirage, Nuke, Ancient).

For the fourth series, I don't have a confident lean, but i'd rather go with paiN only because Astralis was inconsistent when I followed them on the Starladder qualifiers.

[Pumared]

Did you see that the Falcons' performance director announced his departure? Lars Robl joined the Falcons along with zonic, and in his career he won 5 majors. Three with Astralis, one with Vitality, and the last one now with the Falcons. Will the team feel this loss? I believe he contributed a lot to the Falcons' rise.

source (in Portuguese): https://draft5.gg/noticia/diretor-de-performance-anuncia-saida-da-falcons-apos-conquista-do-major

[ralle14]

The MongolZ fell short against FaZe, they could've closed this series 2-0 if only they hadn't choked on FaZe's map pick(Nuke), from up 10-2 in the half to a 12-16 disaster after OT.

Did you see that the Falcons' performance director announced his departure? Lars Robl joined the Falcons along with zonic, and in his career he won 5 majors. Three with Astralis, one with Vitality, and the last one now with the Falcons. Will the team feel this loss? I believe he contributed a lot to the Falcons' rise.

It's probably not that big of a loss because several months back Team Falcons dropped him as their sports psychologist and moved him to a consultant position. I think moving forward things should barely change unless there's something behind the scenes we're missing out on.

[Jossque]

They managed to beat Spirit Liquid. Donk played a legendary game, and it’s fair to say he played a major role in his team’s victory. Alongside Donk, tN1R also had a strong performance. It’s worth noting that Liquid is still making good progress with their new players. We need to give them a little more time. It was clearly evident in this match that some things weren’t clicking. It was strange, however, that NAF, the IGL, performed worse than JT.

[arallmuus]

The MongolZ fell short against FaZe, they could've closed this series 2-0 if only they hadn't choked on FaZe's map pick(Nuke), from up 10-2 in the half to a 12-16 disaster after OT.

I was literally gambling on them to reach the final and I guess I should have just go with the top seed instead. This got to be one of the worst thing that happened, Im not even sure how they lost the 1st map after that huge lead.

I knew there'd be a team eventually throwing in that tournament, but i'm surprised it took this long for one of them to get caught.

Considering that there are 16 teams with only top 6 getting paid, I guess this would really means some teams would be trying to 322 their game. I doubt KW would even manage to make it top 6 but considering KW got both of their maps on 1st game ended before 45 minutes, I kinda wonder if they bet on themselves to lose before at around 40-45 minutes 

[abel1337]

Another suspected 322 game on the EPL Masters through the team of KW for dota 2.

Team KW have been disqualified from EPL Masters I due to suspected unfair play ❗️

Wow, they really do a 322 game and sacrificed their careers and organization for a measly 100k tournament. I hope they could track down the key player that is really behind this. For sure KW was paid handsomely for the 322 but now they suffer the long time consequence of damaging the reputation of their org and players.

I wonder how would the people who did bet on KW reacts after finding this out.

[ralle14]

I was literally gambling on them to reach the final and I guess I should have just go with the top seed instead. This got to be one of the worst thing that happened, Im not even sure how they lost the 1st map after that huge lead.

Their biggest lead was like 12-3 in the second half, and then they quickly lost every gun round from there on out. They struggled to stop JBOEN's AWP on the outside area, and it's always a 4v5 early in the round. It was so painful to watch because they keep challenging him every round, and it always fails.

Considering that there are 16 teams with only top 6 getting paid, I guess this would really means some teams would be trying to 322 their game. I doubt KW would even manage to make it top 6 but considering KW got both of their maps on 1st game ended before 45 minutes, I kinda wonder if they bet on themselves to lose before at around 40-45 minutes 

Based on how the odds of game durations can go up to 2.5 by shaving a few minutes, I wouldn't be surprised if that's one of their plans.  

[emrecemsan]

How about a combo like this for the BLAST semi finals?



Total odds here is 2.36.

I just feel so confident about Spirit man.    They are destroying every obstacle they come across. It was too easy for them against Liquid too. I know Liquid aren't in their strong times but they eliminated Vitality 2-0 anyway!

For the other match, MOUZ are quite dominant against Astralis on H2Hs. You must have seen how much Astralis struggled against paiN yesterday. I don't think they are strong enough to get past MOUZ now.

[rdbase]

The MongolZ fell short against FaZe, they could've closed this series 2-0 if only they hadn't choked on FaZe's map pick(Nuke), from up 10-2 in the half to a 12-16 disaster after OT.

I was literally gambling on them to reach the final and I guess I should have just go with the top seed instead. This got to be one of the worst thing that happened, Im not even sure how they lost the 1st map after that huge lead.

Not sure what happened to them on that first map either. But Faze got away with it yet again, they do seem to be the masters of being down by the skin of their teeth and manage to roar back inorder to win the map.

How about a combo like this for the BLAST semi finals?

Total odds here is 2.36.

I just feel so confident about Spirit man. They are destroying every obstacle they come across. It was too easy for them against Liquid too. I know Liquid aren't in their strong times but they eliminated Vitality 2-0 anyway!

For the other match, MOUZ are quite dominant against Astralis on H2Hs. You must have seen how much Astralis struggled against paiN yesterday. I don't think they are strong enough to get past MOUZ now.

Unfortunately the bet on Spirit -1.5 maps lost since they are tied one map a piece going into the third right now.
As for Astralis, they looked bad yesterday against paiN. After losing the first map then going to the second they looked shaky and having a 10-4 lead being their map pick. Having it go into overtime did not look at all.
I like MOUZ chances alot more of reaching the finals and from the looks of it that just might be against Team Spirit.

[ralle14]

Not sure what happened to them on that first map either. But Faze got away with it yet again, they do seem to be the masters of being down by the skin of their teeth and manage to roar back inorder to win the map.

That's just MongolZ and their weak map pool recently. They had to close it out within the first two maps or else FaZe would roll them over on Ancient since they only had a 16% win rate on that map.

Unfortunately the bet on Spirit -1.5 maps lost since they are tied one map a piece going into the third right now.

I also had that handicap and was hoping for a clean win from Spirit, but they couldn't close it out on Cache with their lacking T side. At least that third map showed they can close things out even without donk topping the scoreboard.

[arallmuus]

For the other match, MOUZ are quite dominant against Astralis on H2Hs.

Astralis had my hopes up after they played so well on the 1st map. They fumbled so hard after that, too bad

Unfortunately the bet on Spirit -1.5 maps lost since they are tied one map a piece going into the third right now.

I also had that handicap and was hoping for a clean win from Spirit

Speaking of handicap, I was about to bet on -1.5 Team Spirit but the odds are so bad. Its only 1.55x so I decided to go with Mouz +1.5 instead



Value wise, this is better than taking handicap on Team Spirit and they most likely gonna win so I just need Mouz to win 2 maps for me to win this bet

As for the bounties, if Team Spirit win then they will get half of Mouz's bounty as well as their own bounty as part of the prizes right?

[passwordnow]

Another suspected 322 game on the EPL Masters through the team of KW for dota 2.

I knew there'd be a team eventually throwing in that tournament, but i'm surprised it took this long for one of them to get caught.

These aspiring talents never learn, if they intend to enter the pro scene they should avoid this kind of mess.

Another suspected 322 game on the EPL Masters through the team of KW for dota 2.

Team KW have been disqualified from EPL Masters I due to suspected unfair play ❗️

Wow, they really do a 322 game and sacrificed their careers and organization for a measly 100k tournament. I hope they could track down the key player that is really behind this. For sure KW was paid handsomely for the 322 but now they suffer the long time consequence of damaging the reputation of their org and players.

I wonder how would the people who did bet on KW reacts after finding this out.

True, it's not worth it. They'll now play dota 2 just to have fun or if there are tournaments that they're not part of the sanction, they'll join it.
Terrible experience for those bettors for sure. That's why the feel betrayed and literally cheated on.

[ralle14]

Value wise, this is better than taking handicap on Team Spirit and they most likely gonna win so I just need Mouz to win 2 maps for me to win this bet

As for the bounties, if Team Spirit win then they will get half of Mouz's bounty as well as their own bounty as part of the prizes right?

I'm not that confident in Mouz, but it could be a closer series if Spirit are off to a slow start. I wish I caught those early odds, because now it's only down to 1.48 for Spirit's -1.5 map handicap.

Regarding the bounties, that's correct, and I think they'll receive an additional $150k~ because the previous Blast Bounty winners always take home around $280k, including club prize winnings.

[Jossque]

There were no surprises in the semifinal matches of the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 finals. Spirit defeated FaZe 2-1 to advance to the finals. Both teams won their respective map picks, forcing the series to a decider map. The decider map was incredibly close, but Spirit secured a 13-11 victory to advance to the finals. Donk didn’t play particularly well overall in this match, while sh1ro and magixx really stood out. As for FaZe, the fact that IGL Twistzz was the top fragger actually shows us why they lost the match.

[emrecemsan]

Unfortunately the bet on Spirit -1.5 maps lost since they are tied one map a piece going into the third right now.

I see the main reason why Spirit struggled this much as donk's performance. He finished the series with 0.94 rating being one of the worsts of his team. 

I even doubted them on Anubis which is one of their best maps normally. If he was in fine feather probably Spirit would win by 2-0.

Astralis had my hopes up after they played so well on the 1st map. They fumbled so hard after that, too bad

Astralis actually has a good roster. They are making progress day by day. However they played horrible in the first half of Dust2. They tried to make a comeback later but it was in vain.

[Jossque]

With the match set to begin in about half an hour, we’ll find out who wins the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 final. In my opinion, Spirit was the favorite in this tournament. Especially after strong teams like Vitality, Falcons, Aurora, and Furia were eliminated, Spirit and MOUZ remained as the favorites. I see Spirit as a step ahead of MOUZ, but of course, anything can happen. Donk is truly an incredible player, and if they want to lift the trophy in this tournament, they’ll have to prove it once again. He’s one of the best firepower players we’ve seen in recent years, and looking at his stats over the last three months, he has a 1.50 rating.

[rdbase]

With the match set to begin in about half an hour, we’ll find out who wins the BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 2 final. In my opinion, Spirit was the favorite in this tournament. Especially after strong teams like Vitality, Falcons, Aurora, and Furia were eliminated, Spirit and MOUZ remained as the favorites. I see Spirit as a step ahead of MOUZ, but of course, anything can happen. Donk is truly an incredible player, and if they want to lift the trophy in this tournament, they’ll have to prove it once again. He’s one of the best firepower players we’ve seen in recent years, and looking at his stats over the last three months, he has a 1.50 rating.

The Blast Bounty Final is just about finished and missed the beginning since it started so early.
They are currently on the fourth map with MOUZ leading 2-1 against Team Spirit. But the oddmakers have them at a slight advantage so according to them Spirit are more than likely going to tie it up to send this final to the limit of maps needed.
MOUZ will most likely win but going to support Spirit since I am hoping Donk can make a comeback to his former glory in these majors yet again.