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Quote from: rdbase on September 06, 2023, 08:31:26 AM

ESL Pro League is about to kick off in around 30 minutes from now with Heroic vs Rooster and BIG vs Monte.

This first match for their groups can be seen here on the official ESL youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZHenWY-VE

I'm pretty confused with the Big vs. Monte odd. Their odds are almost equal at 1.78 v 1.95 despite BIG winning a comfortable 2-0 against Monte in the CCT grand final last week. Or am I missing something? Anyway, I'm gonna bet on BIG hoping they can win again this time. As for Heroic vs. Roster, no question it's gonna be so one-sided Cheesy

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ESL Pro League is about to kick off in around 30 minutes from now with Heroic vs Rooster and BIG vs Monte.

This first match for their groups can be seen here on the official ESL youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZHenWY-VE

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Don't know how I could of missed this major update to how CounterStrike will be played when Source 2 is introduced to most of the tournaments in the coming months.

VALVE CONFIRM MOVE TO MR12 FOR MAJORS; INTRODUCE CS RATING, RELEASE INFERNO

"Valve has released a new update to the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test, and with it, has confirmed that they intend to pivot the Majors to a format that features a maximum of 12 rounds per half (MR12). This format will also apply in Premier and Competitive modes alongside a six-round overtime."
source: https://www.hltv.org/news/36962/valve-confirm-move-to-mr12-for-majors-introduce-cs-rating-release-inferno

ESL Pro League play had taken a break for the last couple of days but are back tomorrow.
So watch for those matches starting up again for this tournament.

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Quote from: AbuBhakar on September 03, 2023, 02:04:24 PM

DOTA2: Does anyone remember what happened to the wild card tournament for the Dota2 TI? I remember that there’s this kind of tournament last year that give chance to top 2 and 3 on regional qualifiers to compete with other same rank on other divisions for an extra 2 spot for the TI.

I’m surprised that this wild card was removed since the next tournament will be TI already. This tournament is really cool since last year TI was finished 2nd and 3rd place(Secret and Liquid) are both product of this wild card tournament if I'm not mistaken. Last chance tournament is the other description of this tournament.

https://win.gg/news/wildcard-tournament-returning-for-the-international-11/

I agree the LCQ format was great since it gave the runner-ups from each region another attempt at qualifying. I guess they removed it because it's like giving the EU region an extra two slots, assuming most of the teams from their region are always a cut above the rest.

Quote from: stomachgrowls on September 03, 2023, 02:16:20 PM

The thing i dont like with this upcoming TI in Dota 2 is that they didnt really launched that Battle pass on which this is what i do excitedly been waiting
year by year on buying up those sets. New skins and new perks or whatsoever. Grin

I also miss spending a bit on the battle pass almost every year, but at least they have a good reason for stopping it. Cheesy

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Quote from: AbuBhakar on September 03, 2023, 02:04:24 PM

DOTA2: Does anyone remember what happened to the wild card tournament for the Dota2 TI? I remember that there’s this kind of tournament last year that give chance to top 2 and 3 on regional qualifiers to compete with other same rank on other divisions for an extra 2 spot for the TI.

I’m surprised that this wild card was removed since the next tournament will be TI already. This tournament is really cool since last year TI was finished 2nd and 3rd place(Secret and Liquid) are both product of this wild card tournament if I'm not mistaken. Last chance tournament is the other description of this tournament.

https://win.gg/news/wildcard-tournament-returning-for-the-international-11/

Valve changed the qualifier through the regional qualifiers, no prize pool but only the slot for the International 12. In the past TIs, this didn't just happen on TI11 but many times before. I like this much more because there's more action and it's just close to the main event which is the group stages. I remember that time when many talents were discovered during those wild cards. I hope that they will return this format next year because this regional qualifier sucks, many team where have a lot of fan base are not going to participate the TI12 because of having few slot only.

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Quote from: rdbase on September 03, 2023, 06:39:24 AM

Vitality are the heavy favorites in their later match today too. So we will see if they can defeat Movistar Riders.

Vitality took the first map rather comfortably (16-10). I expect them to crush Movistar on the second map as Movistar almost never played Inferno. On the other hand, it's one of Vitality's best maps.

Quote from: rdbase on September 03, 2023, 06:39:24 AM

FURIA are looking wobbly against Grayhounds and they were heavy favorites prematch @1.08x

For the group A last match, I'm going to bet against FURIA again. Agree, their first map against Grayhound didn't inspire confidence at all.

All group A teams won 2:0 for their matches.
Unfortunately, Gamerlegion fell flat on their map pick overpass with only getting four rounds couldn't win anymore after that and ended up getting blown out 16-4 by FURIA.
The first map went into overtime by a tactic from GL that I had never seen before.
If you have a chance to watch that round which had them get the 15th round, you should go and watch it.
Time for the plant ran out but CT was running away thinking they won the round but CL killed them so won.
The only highlight of the entire match for me.
Alot of CS left for this tournament left to go just hope the remaining teams who advance have more fight in them then what we had watched with a team just displaying total domination over another as we all iust witnessed for today's matches.

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Quote from: AbuBhakar on September 03, 2023, 02:04:24 PM

DOTA2: Does anyone remember what happened to the wild card tournament for the Dota2 TI? I remember that there’s this kind of tournament last year that give chance to top 2 and 3 on regional qualifiers to compete with other same rank on other divisions for an extra 2 spot for the TI.

I’m surprised that this wild card was removed since the next tournament will be TI already. This tournament is really cool since last year TI was finished 2nd and 3rd place(Secret and Liquid) are both product of this wild card tournament if I'm not mistaken. Last chance tournament is the other description of this tournament.

https://win.gg/news/wildcard-tournament-returning-for-the-international-11/

Remembered that one on which to those who had able to reach out 2-3rd place on regional qualifiers had really the chance on proving themselves on getting a slot on TI which even myself
did expect that there might be some possibility that it would be applied now but it seems that they dont do it now which same as you said that the next tourney would be already TI.
Lots of tier 1 teams had been able not to get in specially on SEA which results arent really that expected even on that OG too.

The thing i dont like with this upcoming TI in Dota 2 is that they didnt really launched that Battle pass on which this is what i do excitedly been waiting
year by year on buying up those sets. New skins and new perks or whatsoever. Grin

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DOTA2: Does anyone remember what happened to the wild card tournament for the Dota2 TI? I remember that there’s this kind of tournament last year that give chance to top 2 and 3 on regional qualifiers to compete with other same rank on other divisions for an extra 2 spot for the TI.

I’m surprised that this wild card was removed since the next tournament will be TI already. This tournament is really cool since last year TI was finished 2nd and 3rd place(Secret and Liquid) are both product of this wild card tournament if I'm not mistaken. Last chance tournament is the other description of this tournament.

https://win.gg/news/wildcard-tournament-returning-for-the-international-11/

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Quote from: rdbase on September 03, 2023, 06:39:24 AM

Vitality are the heavy favorites in their later match today too. So we will see if they can defeat Movistar Riders.

Vitality took the first map rather comfortably (16-10). I expect them to crush Movistar on the second map as Movistar almost never played Inferno. On the other hand, it's one of Vitality's best maps.

Quote from: rdbase on September 03, 2023, 06:39:24 AM

FURIA are looking wobbly against Grayhounds and they were heavy favorites prematch @1.08x

For the group A last match, I'm going to bet against FURIA again. Agree, their first map against Grayhound didn't inspire confidence at all.

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Quote from: rohang on September 02, 2023, 10:17:19 AM

I had pretty decent size bet on Astralis map 1 vs NIP and they lost 0-2 on their best map,
Yesterday i took Furia vs nip and they won 2-0

so by obvious logic expecting Astralis to win 2-0, okay maybe 2-1 with nuke being the second map

Next series up is GL vs NIP today , im expecting a 2-1 for GL with both teams winning their own map picks

only other esport to bet today is LEC bds vs fnatic and thats just draft betting

FURIA are looking wobbly against Grayhounds and they were heavy favorites prematch @1.08x
I don't know if they can beat them because noticed this Australian team were down 2-9 on their second map against ORKS being down a map and they ended up winning it anyways. So you know this unknown team among the top tier teams are hungry for some hardware this year.
Team Vitality, Astralis and Movistar Riders have all qualified for the playoffs for this season 18 of ESL Proleague.

Vitality are the heavy favorites in their later match today too. So we will see if they can defeat Movistar Riders.

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Quote from: batang_bitcoin on August 31, 2023, 06:37:46 PM

Congratulations to all three of them. I have watch majority of the games from these qualified teams and it seems too easy for them when it has come to their last qualifying matches.

I agree they had a shaky start in the first few days and kept improving as they progressed further in the qualifiers. Also, it was interesting to see a few unexpected teams (Luna Galaxy, Blacklist, and Team Zero) get pushed to their full potential.

Blacklist really got more than my expectation. I guess that the addition of 343 and Xepher as their coach and assistant coach helped them a lot.
Because with their other tournament games, they have been too weak IMHO that the expectation of many got them far. That's it, the qualifiers are done and the 20 teams are now complete for the grand The International 12. The prize pool haven't been announced yet and it's like a surprise prize pool. Talking about the prize, it was still Team Spirit that has taken the most of it when they've won on TI2021 raking them $18M being the champ.

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I had pretty decent size bet on Astralis map 1 vs NIP and they lost 0-2 on their best map, Sad

Yesterday i took Furia vs nip and they won 2-0 Grin

so by obvious logic expecting Astralis to win 2-0, okay maybe 2-1 with nuke being the second map

Next series up is GL vs NIP today , im expecting a 2-1 for GL with both teams winning their own map picks

only other esport to bet today is LEC bds vs fnatic and thats just draft betting Cheesy

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Quote from: dbshck on September 01, 2023, 08:58:57 AM

Quote from: rohang on August 31, 2023, 06:14:13 PM

Huge upset in esl pro league today, as movistar again win 2-0 beating GL. I was really confident on GL and they dont even win a map
Esl pro league is the hardest csgo tourn to bet on for me

Yeah they've been playing so well in EPL, dominant 2-0 against FURIA and GamerLegion. Can't wait to see them playing against Vitality, the odds is stacked against them at the moment (7.40)

My bets for today. Hoping for an upset from GamerLegion against Astralis.

Astralis are looking good coming off the break and winning their last two in 2:0 fashion.
Seems like they needed the summer to get their heads back into what they were doing a few seasons ago.
FURIA on the other hand surprised me since they were simply abysmal before the summer break back at Blast, Dallas and in Cologne for IEM.
Recently they have had a little bit of a run and it seems the changes in their roster have seemed to become cohesive enough to string along a few wins. With the likes of Fallen joining the team from Imperial Esports.

Looking forward to the matches starting in about 40 minutes from now.
Grayhound vs ORKS
Astralis vs FURIA
Gamerlegion vs Ninjas in Pyjamas

Good luck to all with their bets in ESL Pro League this weekend!

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Quote from: rohang on August 31, 2023, 06:14:13 PM

Congrats to SMG, Entity and Quest for making it to TI surviving the brutal qualifiers! Grin

SEA Qualifiers is so tough and many teams now is not on the list of the top teams we always see in the TI qualifiers, example the team Liquid with Kuro after Miracle- get hiatus in the game the Team Nigma Galaxy doesn't perform well, another thing is Team Secret this year they skip the TI for almost 11 years Puppey keep trying to attempt to have this Aegis. AFAIK they made an announcement that Entity and EG is now have an invite to the TI, Gabbi really carry this Entity so hard, so fun the community makes a meme to Gabbi and Armel.

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Quote from: rohang on August 31, 2023, 06:14:13 PM

Huge upset in esl pro league today, as movistar again win 2-0 beating GL. I was really confident on GL and they dont even win a map Huh

Esl pro league is the hardest csgo tourn to bet on for me Sad

Yeah they've been playing so well in EPL, dominant 2-0 against FURIA and GamerLegion. Can't wait to see them playing against Vitality, the odds is stacked against them at the moment (7.40) Cheesy

My bets for today. Hoping for an upset from GamerLegion against Astralis.

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Quote from: rohang on August 31, 2023, 06:14:13 PM

Esl pro league is the hardest csgo tourn to bet on for me Sad

For me, it's CSGO as a whole and the amount of upset happening each day is similar to baseball, tennis, and hockey.

Quote from: batang_bitcoin on August 31, 2023, 06:37:46 PM

Congratulations to all three of them. I have watch majority of the games from these qualified teams and it seems too easy for them when it has come to their last qualifying matches.

I agree they had a shaky start in the first few days and kept improving as they progressed further in the qualifiers. Also, it was interesting to see a few unexpected teams (Luna Galaxy, Blacklist, and Team Zero) get pushed to their full potential.

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Quote from: rohang on August 31, 2023, 06:14:13 PM

Congrats to SMG, Entity and Quest for making it to TI surviving the brutal qualifiers! Grin

Congratulations to all three of them. I have watch majority of the games from these qualified teams and it seems too easy for them when it has come to their last qualifying matches. I'll just wanna talk about the offlaner of Entity who was replaced now by Gabbi which is Tobi. When Entity has kicked them, it's obvious that he's the weakest link of the team. And when he's transferred to Quest Esports, both Entity and Quest Esports became stronger. So, his transfer did the better for both teams and they're going to meet Entity's former offlaner in the TI.

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Quote from: jakelyson on August 28, 2023, 12:53:36 PM

I have no problem with the current roster of OG. It is just that WEU competition is really high.

Super agree to this, even the division 2 team is now very hard ro defeat and sometimes can beat div 1 team on close match just like what happens to Nigma.

It's the best region, no Team Secret this time, no OG, no Nigma again. I think that the easiest region for this qualifier is the South America region. NA is quite easy as well, Dendi and his B8 team transferred there but a controversy has been brought by Quinn that they were not really playing in the NA but somewhere in Europe or in Ukraine but still, they didn't win the qualifier.

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Congrats to SMG, Entity and Quest for making it to TI surviving the brutal qualifiers! Grin

Huge upset in esl pro league today, as movistar again win 2-0 beating GL. I was really confident on GL and they dont even win a map Huh

Esl pro league is the hardest csgo tourn to bet on for me Sad

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Quote from: jakelyson on August 28, 2023, 12:53:36 PM

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Another sad day for Kuro and the team. They've won 1 game but that's not enough. I think they have to plan well the next TI, TI13. And from there, they need to get prepared for the minors and majors that will have DPC points and they should qualify from there. That is because if they're going to go through the qualifiers, this is the tough way unlike through the DPC points, they've got all year round to acquire not unless Valve changes this system.

They have been in the decline for the past few years. They are trying hard but the competition in WEU is really hard so earning DPC points is tough. I do think their roster is not already enough for them to qualify for TI. Kuroky is not the same Kuroky that championed in TI before. His mechanical skills cannot compete with the young players anymore. He is still very strong in strategy so maybe he could retire and just be a coach. He should let the younger players take his spot in the team.

Yeah, it's tough but I think it is the better path and road if they ever want to be in TI next year. Because going through this qualifier is tough and hell. A few slots for each region unlike before that there's the wild card but basically, this is it and just reinvented the process.
I agree that it's no longer a prime Kuro. Just look at Notail and Jerax, they know that they're not on their prime anymore which Jerax became a coach for Team Liquid but I don't know where he is right now. While notail, he's just good as like in the management of OG. Ceb is still playing though but not also on his prime anymore. Kuro needs to transition and just be a scout for new talents and become a coach.

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Quote from: jakelyson on August 28, 2023, 12:53:36 PM

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It’s really painful but Ceb is already just enjoying the so his has no hard feelings when he lose. OG current core players is not phenomenal unlike Ana and Topson during their prime when the dominate TI.

Both Kuroky and Ceb are just enjoying Dota2. I believe they doesn’t care much any more whether they win or lose. As a fan of both OG and Nigma, I’m already happy just to watch them still competing on top tournaments.

Yeah, Ceb really love DOTA and still wants to compete professionally even though he had won two TIs already. Unlike this other teammate who already retired from professional gaming.

OG manage to survive the lower bracket elimination by defeating easily Ancient Tribe. Do you manage to have a look on the odds because I saw on twitch before the match start that OG is the underdog in terms of winning rate percentage prediction on twict. I'm not sure if the odds on sportsbook is same but I remember that I saw 36% winning chance rate is assign to OG.

Quote from: jakelyson on August 28, 2023, 12:53:36 PM

I have no problem with the current roster of OG. It is just that WEU competition is really high.

Super agree to this, even the division 2 team is now very hard ro defeat and sometimes can beat div 1 team on close match just like what happens to Nigma.

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