Topic: Esports Prediction & Discussion Thread - page 235. (Read 77168 times)

They have just secured the slot, I mean both of them got the slot as Talon win over Polaris.

Usually when a team gets direct invited, it's the management of that particular tournament who did that. It's like a personal choice and pick of theirs whilst leaving the other slots for qualifiers.

It's also possible that they've got a basis like the DPC points, any of the two as preference of the management. There's no such unfairness on it and most teams are okay whether they get a direct invite or a qualifying round but obviously, most of them wants to skip the qualifying rounds and just get a direct invite.

US always giving problems to some countries, not gonna say it is without reason but I somehow always expect exemptions in situations like this and then get disappointed when I realize that sports competitors have to go trough similar procedure as everyone else. Shouldn't there be some extremely temporary visa just for the competition length that participants could acquire in an easier manner?

Anyway looking forward to the major and some more tier 1 DOTA. We really need those matches until proper football season starts.

Some bad news for the coming Arlington Major.

Fnatic- Three of their players failed to get their approvals from the US embassy to acquire their traveling visas.     

Extreme Gaming- They forfeited their slot after failing to get a visa on 1 of its players. I'm not sure if this is worth it for them rather than having a stand-in. This means there are only 17 teams playing in Arlington. Or will Valve allows 4th placer Aster.Aries in the Chinese region to play instead?

Entity- Pure also failed to get a US visa. But the team already has Timado from TSM as its substitute.

And I am pretty sure that there are also other teams that struggled with their US visa applications.

On ESL One Malaysia, there's one invited team that cancelled their participation and in that case, instead of one team that will be qualified on the SEA.

That slot was taken first by Boom Esports while the slot that they're fighting for was taken by Talon Esports after winning against Polaris Esports.

And both of these teams are also qualified for the Arlington major.

Here is my pick for League of Legends Champions Korea 2022

T1 VS kt Rolster

Stake odds for this game are 1.18 for T1 while 4.50 for kt Rolster, Pretty much this game is really predictable and by the looks of it T1 is simply incredible with their play and having 11 wins right now and only 1 loss from Freecs, while their opponent kt Rolsters has 7 wins and 5 losses, and on June 19 T1 and kt Rolsters have clashed with 1 - 2 map score T1 taking the victory, for my bet on Correct Map Score I guess this will be 2 - 0 for 1.69 T1 wins, and my pick is non-other than T1

Damwon Gaming VS Hanwha Life Esports

Stake odds for this game are 1.06 for Damwon Gaming while 7.80 for Hanwha Life Esports, In this game Damwon Gaming simply has the upper hand here, they have 8 wins and 4 losses, while Hanwha has only 1 win and 11 losses right now, these two teams have clashed against one another on July 9 with 0 - 2 and sure thing it is a Damwon win, it is pretty much sad that Hanwha Life Esports only have 1 win and that is against Brion Blade, so my Correct Map Score for this game is 2 - 0 for 1.35 Damwon win, and my pick is non-other than Damwon Gaming,

Now that you mention this, they are not in the regional qualifier for the ESL ONE as well as several other top CN region teams like RNG and Xtreme Gaming so probably they are going to focus on this last official tournament before TI


ESL ONE is basically an unofficial tournament so the direct invitation normally goes to team that has large amount of fanbase so in this case most of the top WEU team will directly be invited into it. This has nothing to do with the DPC points or whatsoever though but yeah this is basically business related tournament so its kinda normal

Good win by Boom in game 3. They never really gave Talon the space and the chance to bounce back as they were playing it safe too.

By the way. I'm curious how OG, Fnatic, Alliance, Team Liquid, Team Secret, and Nigma Galaxy got their invitations. Were they just directly invited or what? Some top teams like Team Spirit, LGD, RNG, and Tundra seem like they didn't participate. Maybe they felt it is unfair for them to play in the qualifications while some teams that are weaker and with lower DPC got automatic invitations?

What tournament is this? I can't find their match since Bet Boom is from another region while Talon is on SEA. I've looked into all the trending tournaments and I really can't find Talon and BetBoom match.

Well, I guess you're talking about Boom Esports and not BetBoom, they're different teams as BetBoom is from CIS region(Russia).

Game 3 is on Boom versus Talon(1-1) as of typing this.

Talon should theoretically win the next map against Bet Boom but we all know that BetBoom is playing good in every map and they rarely do draft mistakes. On the other side , Talon has one of the most talented carry in the dota 2 section with 23savage and yesterday I was literally impressed with his Morphling gameplay and how he managed to make his team comeback into that game and win it from a 18k$ deficit so I will trust 23Savage to win the 2nd map.

That's normal to see fans arguing with their favorite teams, that's part of it. Kuku becomes inconsistent and that is for real but I think they're adjusting and finding fault. AFAIK, their roster won't change and the replacement of raging potato for xepher is just a stand-in.

Actually, there was no SEA team on the Riyadh Masters but I'm also looking forward on how far they can go with the Arlington major. It's 1 week and a few days to go and we'll see some great actions again.

Somewhat yes, I think they'll do well in the group stage and then barely qualify for the playoffs but I don't think they'll place that high overall in the major since there's less reason to do so like you've mentioned. But still, this will be a good chance for them to clash against teams that they'll likely meet in TI so it's still good for them to have many matches as possible. Also, this will be the final tournament for them since they're not invited to the ESL tournament that's scheduled a few weeks after the major.

That is quite a prize and too bad Team Spirit was not even able to win a single map. I think many are expecting it to reach game 3 and so maybe there are lots here that got rekt betting on +1.5 map.

I do not know if they will flop but I think they could use the major experience better if they still try to win it while experimenting build and combos. That is why it is exciting to watch arlington because we might see something new and amazing in it.

we're gonna some top-level league of legends action tomorrow with one of hell of a banger in the LPL: JDG v V5 🔥🔥


crappy odds, but i have the feeling they'll go even lower tomorrow 🤔

you mean singles or over maps? if u mean the former, that's the way to go, my dude... parlays are fun every once in a while, but imo in the long-term, profits come only from singles

1.5 million, eh? And they'll probably secure a top 3 finish in the next TI so that's another 7-figures check, geez 😳

There was no SEA region team on Riyadh Master.


Yeah was kinda expecting some sort of crazy games there considering that this is pretty much the rematch for TI10 but PSG.LGD is currently back in their prime I guess and casually winning the top spot for $1.5 million

Do you guys think that PSG.LGD will flop on the Major though considering that they dont really need to win any points in this tournaments therefore they could pretty much draft whatever the hell they want as well as trying things out

It's already boring to watch T1 and I'm sick seeing many fanboys on facebook that can't accept the fact that T1 already lost there prime already, There carry is inconsistent while Kuku is not doing properly his role as Pos 3 to punish enemy carry on early game. Boom, Talon and Fnatic are now the top team on SEA that's very interesting to watch. The rest is just a little bit upgraded of division 2 teams.

I wonder how far thus SEA team can go on Arlington Majors considering how strong they are on Riyadh Master.

We recently left behind the IEM cologne Tournament. S1mple was chosen as the MVP of this tournament, he had some really good moments. If he had carried his team a little longer in the final match, they could have won the IEM Cologne tournament. Especially the 1v5 clutch in the Overpass map remained in the memories.

https://www.hltv.org/news/34293/video-s1mple-mvp-of-iem-cologne-2022

Watching some actions in the ESL One Malaysia qualifiers in the SEA. This is another quick tournament and only one will be qualified for the ESL One Malaysia.

T1 is one of the teams that have sent already in the lower bracket.

There's no xepher for T1 and he's replaced by kuku to play position 5 while raging potato as pos 3.

I had the over on this series as well and that second map was a bit sweaty at the start since Secret was getting all the kills then Spirit suddenly took over in the mid-game.

Unfortunately, we didn't see the over in the grand finals as LGD had the better draft on both maps. It could've gone to a third map if Team Spirit decide to pick different cores but they really want to make the Viper and Ember pick work somehow.

Another happy kid here just like on the previous results it is very consistent to bet for LCK maybe I will try in the other Leagues but I am still researching and studying team's play patterns and watching various live streams to get familiar

But here is my result for yesterday's game in League of Legends Champions Korea 2022

Freecs VS Sandbox Gaming MAP 0 - 2 - WIN

Freecs is playing in the best efforts possible but with no luck, because SANDBOX is just too much for them, with Map 1 game stat of 60k gold, 17 kills, and 7 towers SANDBOX destroyed Freecs in game 1 while Freecs just has 49.6k gold, 7 kills and no towers to destroy, while in Map 2 Freecs have upped their game and did their very best but SANDBOX did a different approach and not let a 1 win for Freecs, with Map 2's game stat of 88.1k gold, 11 kills and 11 towers for SANDBOX while 80.6 gold, 12 kills and 5 towers for Freecs having many kills didn't solve their problem against SANDBOX, that is why my bet for Correct map score done it again,
 
Hanwha Life Esports VS Gen.g Esports MAP 0 - 2 - WIN

Gen.G is just another level versus Hanwha Life Esports and has no chance of getting a Map, and on Map, 1 game stat for this game are 60k gold, 19 kills, and 8 tower for Gen.G while 42.8k gold, 2 kills, and No tower for Hanwha, while on Map 2 the game stat was 55.4 gold, 10 kills, and 9 towers while Hanwha Life Esports has 46.3k gold, 7 kills, and 2 towers pretty Hanwha has no luck in winning 1 Map that is why I got another luck with Correct map score of 0 - 2 again and a win on Gen.G Esports against Hanwha,

Currently watching Team Spirit and PSG.LGD. It's 1-0 in favor of LGD. I thought that this finals of Riyadh masters will be a best of 5 series but it's not.

It's only best of 3 series and game 2 is now on.

I'm impressed with PSG.LGD against OG, they've made OG on game 1 like new bloods.

Well, too easy for PSG.LGD, they're the champion of this Riyadh Masters 2022. Congratulations to them!