Topic: Esports Prediction & Discussion Thread - page 162. (Read 77168 times)

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.

Recently the extended battle pass from dota 2 release the part 2 and most of the people awaiting this event for the CM arcana and the OG image of the razor and of course the awaiting set for vote for the cache most of the Snapfire and Marci is the most beautiful right there did you vote already and what did you expect the ultra rare with this set?. For me Marci set are all win win hoping they open these in the market.

Mouz showed us that the game isn't just won by the favourites. They make the opponent feel as if they are winning, and they win the match themselves. They did not win their chosen maps, but the result was surprising. C9 can beat Faze and NAVI but lose to Mouz. Surprising indeed. I love that unexpected things happen. Let's see if this win is just a coincidence or if there will be a sequel.

In the other quarterfinal match of the champions stage, we saw mouz vs c9. Mouz couldn't win the map of his choice and naturally c9 was the favorite. But this time, when c9 couldn't win the map of your choice, it extended to the decider map. With a clear game advantage on the last map, mouz won and advanced to the semifinals. Even mouz performing so well should be a success for them.

Since you guys have talked about Fnatic, let's go to its Dota 2 roster. After jabz left the team and went to Talon Esports, there's a big announcement that happened today and that is Raven's departure from the team. It's not because raven wants to be out but it seems a mutual decision to no longer renews his contract. And going to the China region, Ori has announced his retirement and that's because his parents want him to pursue his left degree for law practice.

Well , I had to go to sleep as the games are kinda late for me during Champions stage. However, the losing streak continues for me in CS:GO as I had Fnatic to take at least 1 map and I had Mouz to win first map because it was their pick ...and none of this happened. Today , when I woke up and saw that Mouz got a comeback I couldn't believe it as I had Cloud9 in finals but I guess Dexter said no. I've said that this guy is having the lan of his life so far and it proved it once more.

PGC 2022 Bracket Stage Round 6 will begin at 1 p.m. UTC. These teams will compete for seats on November 14th for Grand Survival. As you can see, they were the top teams in the previous PGC. The defending champion, Gen G, is near the bottom. Most of the top 8 teams that qualified for "grand survival" are new to me or that I haven't heard of. I wish a lot of luck for SQ, which has been pretty impressive so far when I saw their gameplay, but the late games are kind of meh for me.

What a collapse from Cloud9 in the final map(Ancient) I thought they were going to cruise on their CT side but the Mouz players started to step up individually mid-way through the half from trailing 5-0 to a solid 7-8 recovery. Then heading into the second half it was a smooth close out win for Mouz.

Also, they're lucky that Cloud9 got too aggressive on the second half of the second map forcing a bunch of scrap buys that didn't work than to fully save for a proper buy round.

We are now on the third map (Ancient) of the quarterfinals between Mouz and C9. Currently, C9 is in the lead with 5-0 on CT side. Mouz needs to steal a few round as T on this map so they will have a better advantage when they switch sides later. I believe Mouz is still not out of this even though C9 is ahead because this map is more favorable for CT side. As long as Mouz can still some rounds and not give c9 too much lead before they switch sides, they can still come back to this game.

Congrats to Outsiders on their fully deserved victory. fnatic were promising in the recent times in fact but they couldn't do much against Outsiders I'm afraid. The team effort was really inadequate. But they have been improving themselves day by day since they changed the team completely. I believe they have a bright future.

As for MOUZ vs Cloud9, the map picks are in favour of Cloud9 actually. Because they are better than MOUZ on Overpass and Ancient both considering the win rate comparison. Even if MOUZ win on Inferno I will be expecting a 2-1 victory by Cloud9.

The first match in the quarterfinals of the championship stage was outsiders vs fnatic. Fnatic picked the first map of the match. But I can say that they didn't play well. Fnatic actually has a roster with potential but they have problems with success. If a team cannot play on the map they have chosen, it is already difficult to win the match. As a team, outsiders played really well and eliminated their opponent. Now we will watch the c9-mouz match.