My 9Pandas bet didn't stand a chance with Eternal Fire's clean sweep. They got another chance in the lower bracket final against FURIA, but i'll go back to the over 2.5 maps assuming FURIA gained some momentum from their win against Aurora.
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Hopefully this bet wins on map 1.
Team Falcons won the first pistol round on both maps, but hopefully, they settled your bet as a win even though the providers made a mistake in the team name.
The International 13 is coming up soon. The groupstage starts on September 4 if I'm not mistaken. It's just sad as Filipino that usually, quite few Filipinos make it into The International Dota 2, but now there's only one Filipino who made it and that is Akashi (Eljohn Canonigo Andales) from Talon eSports. But that's still better than none. I just hope they don't get eliminated in the group stage.
It would've been possible if Aurora got invited, but with no DPC, the direct invites got difficult and now it's only handed out to teams that made a top 2 finish.
Its unpredictable who will win this year The International, but I think Gaimin Gladiators will win, just like in the Riyadh Masters 2024, if their player lineup doesn’t change. For me Quinn still the best player right now.
True, there's no clear favorite for now, and in my view, more than half of the invited teams are on an even level when they can beat each other on a good day.