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Quote from: sunsilk on February 10, 2023, 08:00:07 AM

Fnatic Dota 2 guys just disbanded. Although they're still participating in the last tournament which is the BTS Asia but that's going to be their last participation.

But the organization has already explained that they'll be out for Dota 2 and I think this is a good strategy for them because the team has already been sent to division 2. And by being there, they'll have a lot of time to get back to division 1.

I guess they'll be back if the qualifiers for TI has come.

For their official tweet and announcement, here it is: https://twitter.com/FNATIC/status/1624001046862241793

As per reading the official tweet of Fnatic. They are just temporarily exit on Dota2. I understand this because they are competing Dota Pro scene for a long time without achieving significant title such is TI and Major tournament. Their current roster is already very weak based on their recent performance on BTS. They are already burning too much resources on their team and continuing this will surely just waste money since their current roster is weak.

It’s sad but maybe it’s really time for them to rest so that SEA team will be more competitive with less team.

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Fnatic Dota 2 guys just disbanded. Although they're still participating in the last tournament which is the BTS Asia but that's going to be their last participation.

But the organization has already explained that they'll be out for Dota 2 and I think this is a good strategy for them because the team has already been sent to division 2. And by being there, they'll have a lot of time to get back to division 1.

I guess they'll be back if the qualifiers for TI has come.

For their official tweet and announcement, here it is: https://twitter.com/FNATIC/status/1624001046862241793

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Quote from: dbshck on February 07, 2023, 09:24:58 AM

Missed the first two games for today. I'll just put a parlay on G2 and FaZe. This should be a realtively safe bet.

Liquid made me lose the parlay, so now I'm going to bet on them on the quarter finals. Not entirely confident on this but seems like a good odds for Liquid. Also rooting for Navi on the other match.

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One of the teams I never expected will get the first ticket in Iem brazil closed qualifiers. Honestly, I didn't expect 9ine-honoris match in the upper bracket final when there are so many better teams. Both teams are Polish teams but I see 9ine one step ahead. In my opinion, they are more talented and have a better roster.In the lower bracket final, big is 1-0 ahead in the big-ence match. I don't know who will win but I would like big to get a ticket to the tournament.

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ENCE - Bad News Eagles match will start soon. The odds will be 1.50 for ENCE, the odds are 1.50 actually Bad News Eagles is more dangerous than the given odds, only the less experienced have the potential to become the top 20 team in the future, most of them have been playing FPL for years. Generally, a team that tries to play with pleasure tries to play for fun, even in BNE pro matches, but of course they push hard to win, they do not quit the match.

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The IEM Brazil qualifiers are underway and among the matches played, ence is trailing 1-0 in the ence-honoris match, while the match between Heet and BNE / Monte and BIG is down to the last map. When I look at the teams in the closed qualifier, ence and big teams should normally get a ticket to iem Brazil, but some teams seem to have the potential to surprise. Let's see who can do what according to the progress of the matches.

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Quote from: ralle14 on February 07, 2023, 07:08:57 PM

Quote from: passwordnow on February 07, 2023, 04:36:54 PM

Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

That's unfortunate as they could receive a penalty if they somehow get a good placement and secure a bunch of DPC points at the end of the tournament.

Yeah, that's a 20% reduction for the accumulated DPC points that they have or will they have on Lima major. Another news folks with our favorite Team Secret.
And that is Resolut1on might be out of the team as he had hinted on the Twitch chat. I've just seen it somewhere and someone has shared it but cannot find some official news about it. But, we might see some news about it pop out within a day or two.
Too many changes are about to happen to Team Secret and that's for sure since they didn't have a good run with the start of the DPC season.

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Quote from: passwordnow on February 07, 2023, 04:36:54 PM

Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

That's unfortunate as they could receive a penalty if they somehow get a good placement and secure a bunch of DPC points at the end of the tournament.

Quote from: jakelyson on February 07, 2023, 03:13:23 AM

Good luck to all our bets.

Smooth win coming from G2 as expected. Cheesy

Playoffs will start on the weekend so I guess I'll switch to some LCK for now. Sandbox + T1 match winner @1.61 would be the safest play here but i'd like to go with a value play on BRO +1.5 since T1 prefer to experiment and troll causing them to drop a few maps against teams that are in the middle of the standings.

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Quote from: jakelyson on February 07, 2023, 06:22:34 PM

Quote from: passwordnow on February 07, 2023, 04:36:54 PM

Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

That is too bad. The substitute is quite good, I am sure they will be fine in the tournament. It is just bad that they will lose some DPC points just because of visa issues. Hopefully, no other teams are affected by visa issues. It is a Major, I am sure fans want to see the teams battle it out in full power with their rosters intact.

Yeah, they'll be fine but again another player has exerted effort in the qualifiers and then managed to get the slot but would only end up with the visa issue. Valve should do something about this and help those qualifying teams and players to get ahead with the obstacle of dealing with this issue.

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Quote from: passwordnow on February 07, 2023, 04:36:54 PM

Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

So someone from China got visa denied by Lima, that feels so weird though but I guess China's passport isnt as strong as their economy. Well he is a decent player that played for Xtreme Gaming but the current PSG.LGD is pretty good with their original roster though so taking someone out of the equation might affect their gameplay somehow.

I haven't read any accurate reason why his visa got rejected. But the sad thing with this is, this is becoming the battles of the players who are qualified in majors or minors if it's going to happen somewhere.

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Quote from: passwordnow on February 07, 2023, 04:36:54 PM

Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

That is too bad. The substitute is quite good, I am sure they will be fine in the tournament. It is just bad that they will lose some DPC points just because of visa issues. Hopefully, no other teams are affected by visa issues. It is a Major, I am sure fans want to see the teams battle it out in full power with their rosters intact.

Quote from: jakelyson on February 07, 2023, 03:13:23 AM

I lose this bet today. My parlay was broken by the matches of FNATIC and FAZE. FNATIC lose very poorly on the 3rd map, Overpass. They played too poorly that they only got 3 rounds in the entire map. I thought there will not be an upset tonight but even Faze lose to Team Liquid.

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Quote from: passwordnow on February 07, 2023, 04:36:54 PM

Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

So someone from China got visa denied by Lima, that feels so weird though but I guess China's passport isnt as strong as their economy. Well he is a decent player that played for Xtreme Gaming but the current PSG.LGD is pretty good with their original roster though so taking someone out of the equation might affect their gameplay somehow.

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 06, 2023, 02:55:11 PM

Quote from: sunsilk on February 06, 2023, 05:25:30 AM

But as an individual, they have to do something when the situation isn't favorable on them and as you've said, has to be self sufficient. I'm seeing those type of carries and that's why I guess many of those good carries are easily being scouted and offered to transfer to another team.

I think what will be the most valuable asset of acquiring ramzes is the discipline and his experiences.

True, his experiences would surely matter to whichever team he will go to. But he really needs to learn the way of the new generation of carries. Watching the likes of Yuragi, Skiter, Yatoro, etc. you'll see that these guys know how to play the farming and fighting game simultaneously. Gone are the days of carries racing to the highest net worth. You just have to be involved in many fights, and that's what I haven't seen in Ramzes when he was a carry back then.

I couldn't agree more.

Since meta changes, old carries are becoming rusty and a carry like him that has transitioned to another position playing it for years have also made him quite rusty.

He really has to learn from the carries right now that are certainly, without a doubt can be said as one of the best carries out there curently.

Well, before, the basis of how a good carry is on how quick he is in farming. But right now, it's all about how to give himself space when they're not doing well and also capitalizing the situation if they're the ones that's leading the game.

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Another visa issue for a team, it's from PSG.LGD and that's their off laner. The Chinese name that I don't know how to read but let's just say his position, the pos 3 from the team.
Because of the visa issue, he will no longer attend the Lima major and then he'll be replaced with a stand-in and that's old eleven who is also a great off laner from their region.

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Quote from: dbshck on February 06, 2023, 01:48:46 AM

For today's match I'm expecting an upset from Complexity against Mouz. The odds (2.80) is attractive IMO considering Mouz just lost to OG yesterday. As for the favorites, I'm placing a parlay on Liquid and Heroic for 2.64 odds.

These two bets turned out to be a win Cheesy

Missed the first two games for today. I'll just put a parlay on G2 and FaZe. This should be a realtively safe bet.

Quote from: jakelyson on February 07, 2023, 03:13:23 AM

I think the same. Navi has great improvement in this tournament but G2 is really killing it right now. Monesy has improved a lot during his stay with G2 and he is getting better and better as an AWPer.

Yeah G2 is easily the favourite right now. Their performance in 2023 has been flawless and seeing how they take down FaZe yesterday, I'm thinking this is their best chance to win a Katowice title. Not even sure who can match them at this point with Heroic looking shaky since Blast Premier.

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Quote from: ralle14 on February 06, 2023, 08:20:03 PM

Looking forward to the match between G2 and NaVi later today, I got my bet ready on G2 @1.51 I get that NaVi is slowly improving but I still think they're not ready to go against G2.

I think the same. Navi has great improvement in this tournament but G2 is really killing it right now. Monesy has improved a lot during his stay with G2 and he is getting better and better as an AWPer.

I do not think there will be an upset tonight so I made a parlay solely on the favorites for tonight's matches.

Good luck to all our bets.

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 06, 2023, 02:55:11 PM

Is anyone watching IHC vs FaZe? Good back and forth and I think this is the most hyped game of the day. IHC is performing really well against top 10 teams very recently, and they're making FaZe look like not a tier 1 team.

Faze still got things done though, IHC might've been eliminated but they had a good run this tournament and stunned a few good teams.

Looking forward to the match between G2 and NaVi later today, I got my bet ready on G2 @1.51 I get that NaVi is slowly improving but I still think they're not ready to go against G2.

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Hit my parlay bet with the matches in Group in earlier. Outsiders was able to keep their bid alive by eliminating NIP. They will be against OG later for the Lower Bracket semifinal. Since they are showing signs of resilience, I am going to bet on them again later.

Quote from: STT on February 06, 2023, 04:11:51 PM

A team like Faze are organized and composed enough to allow their enemy team enough rope to hang themselves with. Every round loss helps build up a bonus to come back with, so to some extent even a team intending to win every map will allow their opponent some victories before ending their leeway and tightening the map into a win.
Or to put it simply a #3 world class team will play with its food a bit like a cat with a mouse, because they can and I think in a way it makes the victory more likely not play to your full strength all the time.
I would like to bet IHS on long odds but also close it as they improved during the match to secure that profit. Im not often around with the timing to play that kind of bet so ideally, the handicap bets can be good in this respect perhaps.

I do not think they are playing with their food. It is more like they are waiting to switch to the stronger side and dominate their opponents there. Though Faze is at the top of the world ranking, they are shaky in the latter part of 2022. I bet they cannot risk that if they faze a stronger opponents like G2 or Navi later in the tournament.

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Quote from: Balmain on February 06, 2023, 03:58:38 PM

[quote author=dothebeats link=topic=5248531.msg61720367#msg61720367 date=1675713311
Is anyone watching IHC vs FaZe? Good back and forth and I think this is the most hyped game of the day. IHC is performing really well against top 10 teams very recently, and they're making FaZe look like not a tier 1 team.

I was able to watch the Inferno map a bit. I can say that I was quite surprised by what IHC did, they pushed well to a point, the score was going to be a draw. Twenty-third rounds later, FaZe left the first map behind with 16-11 wins in a row. The name that made the biggest impact was in IHC, Annihilation beat Broky a few times and contributed to a good team. IHC couldn't do anything on the Ancient map, but they put up a good resistance on the first map.
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Ancient is not IHC's map pick anyway, but they did put up a fight in Inferno. Never knew these guys until now and I have to say I'm impressed with Annihilation's AWPing skills. Might not be the best currently but he's fast and slick with it. Some of the rounds, he entry frags with AWP and that's not something that you see everyday. Their rotations and retakes are kinda clunky but if they continue playing at a high level, they can develop these as time goes on.

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A team like Faze are organized and composed enough to allow their enemy team enough rope to hang themselves with. Every round loss helps build up a bonus to come back with, so to some extent even a team intending to win every map will allow their opponent some victories before ending their leeway and tightening the map into a win.
Or to put it simply a #3 world class team will play with its food a bit like a cat with a mouse, because they can and I think in a way it makes the victory more likely not play to your full strength all the time.
I would like to bet IHS on long odds but also close it as they improved during the match to secure that profit. Im not often around with the timing to play that kind of bet so ideally, the handicap bets can be good in this respect perhaps.

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 06, 2023, 02:55:11 PM

Quote from: sunsilk on February 06, 2023, 05:25:30 AM

But as an individual, they have to do something when the situation isn't favorable on them and as you've said, has to be self sufficient. I'm seeing those type of carries and that's why I guess many of those good carries are easily being scouted and offered to transfer to another team.

I think what will be the most valuable asset of acquiring ramzes is the discipline and his experiences.

True, his experiences would surely matter to whichever team he will go to. But he really needs to learn the way of the new generation of carries. Watching the likes of Yuragi, Skiter, Yatoro, etc. you'll see that these guys know how to play the farming and fighting game simultaneously. Gone are the days of carries racing to the highest net worth. You just have to be involved in many fights, and that's what I haven't seen in Ramzes when he was a carry back then.

Is anyone watching IHC vs FaZe? Good back and forth and I think this is the most hyped game of the day. IHC is performing really well against top 10 teams very recently, and they're making FaZe look like not a tier 1 team.

I was able to watch the Inferno map a bit. I can say that I was quite surprised by what IHC did, they pushed well to a point, the score was going to be a draw. Twenty-third rounds later, FaZe left the first map behind with 16-11 wins in a row. The name that made the biggest impact was in IHC, Annihilation beat Broky a few times and contributed to a good team. IHC couldn't do anything on the Ancient map, but they put up a good resistance on the first map.

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