Topic: Esports Prediction & Discussion Thread - page 116. (Read 79100 times)

Another very interesting week of professional CSGO matches is coming up with the BLAST Paris Major 2023 European qualifications happening. With the announcement of Counterstrike 2 I think that the hype for CSGO is going to intensify this summer. We have 8 matches coming up on Thursday where a lot of strong teams are facing weaker opponents which is giving us a good opportunity for some save bets, even though the payouts are going to be small. These are all best of one matches, so there could be some surprises if one team has a bad day. That is why I am going to limit myself to only betting on 4 matches to not spend too much money. First match will be Virtus.pro vs SAW which should be an easy win for Virtus.pro. My second bet will be NaVi vs Into the Breach which should be won by NaVi without much trouble. My third bet will be on FaZe vs OG, which is going to be won by FaZe hopefully. And my last bet is going to be a bit risky in the match Team Liquid vs 00Nation, I am going with the Brazilians on this one. Coldzera is still one of my favourite players and I hope they get a good day and can win the match.

DPC 2023 NA Spring Tour Division I B8 and Dogchamps in a tiebreakers match. It was very comfortable for b8. It was a clean win. So from the early game to the end of the game.

With smooth gangs, the game dominance was entirely in Dendi's team. Once all the lanes were won, it seemed like it was certain that the game wouldn't last long. I am at peace today because I also prefer B8.

Dendi 16/1/12 GODLIKE 

I couldn't believe my eyes. OT were playing so well but I guess the nerves got to them. OG were split pushing well to stall the game for a while but it was aboujt 80% dota + win probability for OT but they just couldn't push hard enough and get the win. Congratulations to OG for making it. However, I do not believe that OG will do well in the tournament though.

It was pretty close and intense on the 3rd map. Well most people thought that OG is going straight down to division 2 then somehow made it to the Major. Nigma on the other hand, going straight down on division 2 as expected but Miracle might be getting bad to the team because he was seen practicing with his smurf account


Considering that how stacked the WEU region is, its quite amazing that OG managed to get the last slot for Major. They are pretty bad this season so I doubt that they are going to even pass the group stage in the Major

I was not able to make a bet on the game because I was busy but it is good that OG won the game.



It looks like it is an exciting game. I'll watch the replay later. I am glad that OG was able to take the last slot for Berline Major. It does not feel like it is a major if OG is not in there.

OG is slowly turning the tides on their favor. All it took was a threat for them to be relegated to Div 2 before they perform really well. They have a lot of things that they did well on this match that they could do on their next games. Hopefully their match against Ooredoo improved their insights on how they should approach their games. That patience and untiltable attitude is what they need.

Ooredoo Thunders was great on their match but sadly, they'll be the one who won't be getting the slot.

Congratulations to OG, the game 3 was intense and it's a comeback. I thought that OT was going to get that game and it was looked that they're winning the game. With the line up of OG, it's hard to see them win that match anyway.

But then, those crucial moments made them capitalized the win and turn the favor on them. That smoke at the top near Radiant's first tower, that actually was the turning over moment for OG.

The set of teams for the Berlin major is now complete!

ohh sorry, I just saw it.

Honestly, I wouldn't bet on Pain-Imperail first of all, because both teams have potential, even though they've met before, it's an equal win for both teams, so I wouldn't bet on this match. Imperial played well as a team and won the match.

In the Astralis-Cloud 9 matchup, I went with astralis with a slight risk. Cloud9 has good players, but as a team they sometimes lose ridiculous rounds. Astralis, on the other hand, has the talent and potential to capitalize on this, so I went with Astralis with low risk.

When Yuragi was interviewed after their win against Entity, he said that they have a good chance to get into Berlin Major. It means that he is confident that they will beat Ooredoo Thunders in their tiebreaker game for the Major slot. There is a reason he is confident though. They easily beat Ooredoo in their first match on this tour. There is no reason they will be beaten unless they slack off and failed to prepare for the series against Ooredoo.

I think I will risk again on OG but I will check the odds first. If it is good, I will put a good amount for OG to win.

The Berlin major is about to get full, only the last one slot from WEU is being waited on to fill the whole stack of participants. So, the last slot is either going to be taken and will be fighted for by OG and Ooredoo Thunders.

Honestly, majority of us here would like to see OG participate the Berlin major and take that last slot but OT won't just allow that to happen easily and we'll get to see it happen later.

For the list of participating teams, you can see it here guys --> https://liquipedia.net/dota2/ESL_One/Berlin_Major/2023

I was hoping they will perform better in this match since they are on the brink of getting relegated.

And it worked. They won against Entity with ease. They are down on the second map, but they recovered nicely through Midas. They beat Entity 2-0 and were very dominant in this game. They are now heading tomorrow for the Major tiebreaker against Ooredoo Thunders. They beat Ooredoo in their first match so I think OG will have the upper hand tomorrow and could potentially still go to the Majors after a bad performance in this regional. We will see tomorrow if they can keep it together and perform like how they perform today to qualify for Major.

He just never had a good run with his past team, T1 together with those teammates that he's calling for the attention of because he and his new team kept on beating their assess. It may seem to be uncalled for but it's a truth that has come from his feeling of dismay at what happened to him. I guess that he was keeping it for a long time and he just got the courage to tell it so that it would be released. Well, what's done is already done and he has said what he feels and those players that might have been called for even without naming it, no need to prove him wrong.

Yeah guess it's official now Pain is better than Liquid. They might've taken the match if they could close their 11-2 advantage on Nuke. No NA team on the final, RIP NA CS

It turned out to be a surprising 2-0 loss lol that makes it 0/2 on last night's bets ugh. What's your pick on tonight's IEM Dallas Qual?

Pretty sure it's more than that. But again, if he had personal grudges against those people that he got in his team, he shouldn't have generalized Filipino pro players. Just look at Abed for instance..


I thought OG is a bad pick in general right now because they are underperforming? Lots of people have said this and I kinda think it's true. They are in the brink of being relegated to Div 2 if they do not get enough wins for this DPC tour. Would have been nicer for them anyway so that they can get their shit together and hopefully renew their outlook in Dota 2 and grind it harder.

We can say that we did not see a surprise result on day 2 of the IEM Dallas qualifiers.
In the OG-synck match, OG was the winning team even though it was a bit difficult.I have to say that he had some difficulties especially on mirage, the map of his choice.
FlameZ showed a great performance and won the match for his team.NEOFRAG, on the other hand, played badly after a long time.As far as I know, it is ridiculous for NEOFRAG to play so badly when their IGL is niko and even he got such a good frag.
In the Spirit-Fnatic match, Fnatic won 2-0.Fnatic was also the team that struggled on the map of its choice. fnatic won the map 16-14 after losing 12-3 on the Overpass map.
In the Astralis-Godsent match, Astralis was the winner.I should mention that they played well as a team.Although they did not have a comfortable match, it should be said that they played well throughout the match.
Especially in the last map, Ancient, they showed a good t side performance.
In the NiP-C9 match, C9 was the winner.Again, we can say that ax1le and sh1ro played well in the match and it was thanks to them that they won.When these two names play badly in the team, the c9 team's chances of winning the match decrease.So we can say that every match actually depends on these 2 players playing well.If the opposing teams take measures against these two players, it will be easy for them to win.

This is the link when he stand firm of what he said about those players --> https://www.facebook.com/23savageDotA/posts/pfbid035iG1oZ1Ki8Nsex8h86fNySxKwtEBgaqEVtCv4Ge3B1z9vACyz9bAmsZu2SJWyn6ql

And I think it's just all about being hurt when he's got kicked.

Then, he posted again for apologies about his insensitive comments about the players on that stream. I can't find the stream anymore but these posts of him will give you the idea.

--> https://www.facebook.com/23savageDotA/posts/pfbid0r6EYdSWjUcs7r7V83BXaM2kWWket7zi7N7ZJiwHo3GmqjPzSZnRayGvCe9uCP84vl

Oh, so that's what happened. That is actually justifiable. I am a Filipino and I curse every time I play DOTA on our server. I think it is not so different with the Pro players after all if he comments something like that. The toxicity just carries over to the professional players. I think he should have not said it publicly because he is professional and should keep negativity to himself aside from getting backslash from lots of Filipino fans. But I can forgive him since I understand how he feels.

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Taking a risk on OG on their game later against Entity. I know OG is not performing well this tour and they could be relegated to the 2nd Division but Entity is not so great as well. I think they could just be toe-to-toe and either could take a win. OG had a good rest and hopefully grind enough to bet Entity.

I also expect C9 to beat BIG.Last time they had a good performance in the esl pro league final and played the final match with faze.Faze played better than them and won.Now C9's opponent is weaker than Faze and is an opponent that they can beat.I think they will win the match without much difficulty.
The Pain-Liquid match is a very middle match.Now the situation is 1-1 and it is up to the decider map.When we look at the rosters of the two sides, liquid has a better roster as a team, but there is definitely something wrong.
EG had an incredible win against Furia.Junior played great in the match and won the match for his team.You can bet on EG in this match, at least it won't be a surprise.

His message is directed towards teammates. He had some Filipino dota players as his teammate for 2 years and he never achieved anything significant save for that Animajor semi-finals run and ESL win. Surely it grows on him that even though his teammates are mechanically gifted and some of the best in the region, they still didn't achieve anything significant. Probably that TI early departure made him grow even hostile towards his teammates and it's understandable, but no need to get that remark anywhere and he can just keep that thing to himself but he chose to call out people when it's uncalled for.

C9's performance is simply on another level against these teams, undefeated so far in the Blast Spring Showdown and IEM Dallas Closed Qual. They should easily get past BIG tomorrow in the grand final and get that Spring Final ticket. They're also just one match behind from getting the IEM Dallas invite.

Missed the EU showdown today, will bet on the Americas. Hopefully Liquid doesn't throw this match as they did in ESL S17 Also, considering how EG Black won against Furia yesterday, hard to pass on this odd.