Topic: Esports Prediction & Discussion Thread - page 133. (Read 68738 times)

Well, that normally happens in most host countries.

It can be helped and the visitors, even they're the best team. They can get easily distracted that will result to their standing and performances.

That's why whoever controls the crowd even if they're running short, they still have a high chance to win and thanks to the fans and countrymen out there to cheer for their home team.

Furia swinging that win is kinda incredible, when they lost the first map but just barely I put on a bet at 4.5x odds for them to win.  I take no credit, I was just hedging my other bet for Navi but at those odds despite being wrong elsewhere I broke even but they surprised many people there.   Partly its down to Navi not quite being 100% understandably and also Furia outperforming on home turf.

Outsiders to take this win I think is a fair bet

Exactly. I get that the fans are looking to root for their brothers, but man that is just not a good thing to distract the enemy team just because you are siding your countrymen. Hopefully these events in the future will have a soundproof room, or at least a room wherein the sound is significantly reduced so that the players will not get distracted by any chance. It's a bad thing that this could have been easily a great match wherein both teams will be giving their all, but the audience is just not in favor of Navi and are obviously giving sound cues to Furia which, in return, helps them significantly.

I dont think thats the case though. Pretty sure that Navi's teams were using all that top end headphone so it should be soundproof with all those in game sounds as well. The pressure is abit different for sure but they are people that are paid to play those game and its just part of their joib so its pretty similar to how football players are playing in an away game

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Took this because I know Furia is going to win another round today

It was a huge character that was put by FURIA into the series. Although they were 1-0 behind on the maps they didn't give up and fought back hard against NaVi. This ambition and the support of the fans helped them make an epic comeback in the series and eliminate NaVi by 2-1 at the end. s1mple was showing off a lot at first but he was really devastated after this result.

On Mirage which was the last map, FURIA did an amazing work after the score came to 10-10. They won 6 rounds in a row and destroyed NaVi. NaVi players were really desperate to defend them on CT side. In one round, they killed all of FURIA players but couldn't defuse the bomb because of not buying even one kit.    There were amazing clutches by FURIA during the map also. It must be incredibly awesome for the supporters to have a team of their nationality in the semi finals now in a Major tournament which is also in Brazil.  

Kscerato is really one of the best players that I've seen.

Well, the recent match of Furia and NaVi isn't all about NaVi against Furia. But it was NaVi versus the entire crowd or let's say that it was against the entirety of Brazil.

It's really hard to go against with a crowd and you don't have a sound proof room. The stage was open and those crowd cheers were disturbing and pressuring Navi.

And they did. A few times now that I saw Furia almost losing the game and they were able to comeback and win because of the encouragement of the crowd. I am now thinking they could win Rio Major because of the support of the crowd. Maybe Kscerato is so good because he is playing in a Brazillian crowd and he is so motivated because of the crowd.

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Outsiders vs Mouz later with Outsiders being the favorite @ 1.62. Though Outsiders is the favorite, I am betting on Mousesports this time. They are solid this major and I think they will be playing in the finals.

Heroic will be going against the crowd favorite, Furia this time. Will Heroic continue their epic journey and go to the finals or will Furia power through the finals? Both have good momentum beating Top teams going to the semi-finals. I am not going to bet on this one because I cannot really tell which team is better. They even have an equal odds on stake @ 1.87. Maybe just go with over 2.5 maps since this match will go the distance.

Yes, it could be a very different match. Reminds me of the "This is Brazil" scene from Fast and the Furious: Rio Heist  I'll keep checking the chat section and hopefully a moment like this will come. If it does, it will be a legendary moment. I want to talk a little bit about the match; It gave great confidence that they made a comeback after losing the first map. We can watch very different matches with the pressure of the audience.

Well...I've said that RIO crowd will push Furia towards the finals and so far they are doing it but Kaserato is on a god tier level right now and I cannot see him missing his shots in the semi-finals today against Heroic. Furthermore , there is a small revenge here for Brasil as Heroic is a german team and if you watch the twitch chat , whenever a team has 7-1 the entire chat will start typing "Br71L". With this being said , Furia will reach the finals.

Yeah, it's really just a distraction and I think that is simple's weakness and he's just also encouraged himself to taunt them. Well, map 2 and 3 are for Furia.
NaVi could have ended the both maps but they didn't, well done and GG to Furia as the crowd really helped Furia to win on stage against NaVi.

What a major this has been so far, after many of the favourites got knocked out early, now NaVi is out against Furia. Luckily I had only a small bet on NaVi, but what happened there. It looked like a sure win for NaVi before and then they lost 2 maps in a row without even overtime. Simple had a really bad day, he couldn't make his plays work with the lowest ADR of the team. Even during the first map which NaVi won Simple only had a 68 ADR, which is way too low for the top player of the team. Nothing I can do now, only move on and prepare for two more good games today. After knocking out NaVi, I think that Furia is hyped for the tournament win and is going to beat Heroic today. Heroic played very well this Major so far and only lost against Cloud9, but to beating a hyped Brazilian team is very hard. This always reminds of the Coldzera/Fallen era. The second match today with Mouz vs Outsiders is going to be closer, I am a fan of Mouz and would love for them to reach the finals. They are also hyped after knocking out Cloud9, but they played Outsiders before on Monday and lost 2-0. Outsiders so far lost only one match against Heroic during the tournaments. The payout for Mouz to win is good, so I am going to place a very small bet on them, it's definitely going to be a hard match for them. Realistically the final tomorrow is going to be Furia vs Outsiders.

I was also looking forward to Cloud9 in the grand finals but now we could potentially see Outsiders take the spot after that upset.

I agree Mouz played really well as I thought they'll have a hard time breaking Cloud9's momentum but they punished Cloud9 so much whenever they make a bunch of small mistakes.

That upset from FURIA was amazing even though I lost my Navi bet they're just the better team this time around and hopefully they go all the way. 

You cannot deny the influence of the crowd against Navi and for Furia. They were able to tie the series, 1 map a piece. They are now in their 3rd map, and they are performing quite well. They are toe in toe against Navi in Mirage. This series could go either way. Let's see if your bet would pay off. The crowd is very supportive of Furia and that could power them to win against a powerhouse like Navi.


The crowd is very supportive of Furia since the challenger's stage. I think it is bad to taunt the crowd because that is just a distraction. They lost the second map, and they could lose the third map. Furia is in the lead right now and the crowd is going wild.

NaVi wins the first map. I thought that Furia will take it, coming from a lead and then Furia was able to go hand in hand as 14-14 before the first map ends. GGs to both teams and we'll see if what many are saying about Furia is true that the 2nd map will be theirs. But I've got those people who also said that this is going to be a sweep for NaVi.

The crowd is with them but we'll see if this crowd would be disappointed after the next map. I saw them disappointed and gave dirty hands to simple because simple taunted them. 

Navi is much better than Furia for sure so taking 0-2 for Navi isnt really a bad one somehow. I took Furia to win though, personally love the odds better and I honestly think this could go either side so I took this one. 3rd game on 1st map and currently both are pretty even right now but not gonna lie, Navi seems to be better though

I would have expected 3 maps for that match, Spirit slipped on their own map and nearly won Heroic's pick proving they could have taken the series even but all for naught unfortunately.

Furia vs Navi can that goto 3 maps.  People are getting a bit carried away to suggest Furia can win the entire major apparently, shouldnt happen but home advantage can make anything possible.  I'll go with 3 maps for fun, arguably betting 0-2 for Navi win is nicer odds at 2.65x

Heroic didn't surprise people and got the win against Spirit by 2-0. Actually Spirit had higher win rates than Heroic on both maps. But as for a series between them things changed. Heroic have been in a good shape already and they have more capable players than their opponent too. w0nderful is close for being picked for player of the game by the way. Despite the loss his performance on both maps was really impressive. He got 24 and 23 kills on Vertigo and Overpass respectively.

Now we are getting close to the beginning of FURIA - NaVi series. I think NaVi will lose one map but they will still eliminate FURIA by 2-1. NaVi really want this championship. They have only one Major championship in their history if I'm not wrong. It was in Stockholm in 2021.

That actually spelled their doom in that game. They did not save to have a proper gun round next and forced rounds. Also, Mouz played spectacularly in that game. They have completed knocking down a division 1 team. That is a great achievement and good momentum moving on to the semifinals.

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Heroic and Team Spirit are on their first map right now and Heroic is currently in the lead 7-4 on the CT side. I favor team Spirit to win this series but I cannot dismiss Heroic since they have proved they can win against heavy favorites before. Also, this major has too much upset matches that I am inclined to believe that Heroic will pull an upset in this game as well.

It looks like I was too positive about fnatic to defeat Outsiders. They didn't even show a big presence on both maps. But fnatic are still looking much better than the first times they rebuilded the team. I expect to see him among top 10 teams in the future. MOUZ - Outsiders is the first matchup in the semi finals now.

This Major will be quite different than the previous ones as it seems. We are going to watch at least one different team in the finale in case NaVi make it to there. NaVi can do this by the way as their performance is decent now. Besides I'm happy to see that the final series is going to be BO3 instead of BO5. Because it was too long in the past. The players had to play for long hours and this was affecting their concentration negatively too. It wasn't good for us to watch like that as well. It was getting boring in a series finishing by 3-2.

Marci set is pretty hype man and I love it as well. I have a feeling that marci set would be the ultra rare set, Well it's the first time that dota embraced that kind of design. I've also seen comments that it was inspired from league of legends which is I agree into since I also play league before. Dota has been hyping things up from what they are giving away this recent TI. Free battle pass, Free arcana and free dota plus! What a generous offer from dota. Dota obviously want their old players to return to play dota again and I think that the timing was great because of the TI happening that time.