Topic: Esports Prediction & Discussion Thread - page 39. (Read 78367 times)

Team Falcons just got better this year so far. An impressive win at Dacha Dubai and now is becoming flawless since the group 2 stage. I cannot see an outright but I guess Falcons are now the heavy favorites to win this 22nd season of DreamLeague.

I am still rooting for BetBoom and is betting on their series against Xtreme Gaming later. Xtreme Gaming is another team that is playing good this year and won Games of the Future. I thought they'll not be able to perform well in this tournament after only having a one day rest yet here they are still alive in the top 3.

This is a crazy year isnt it. For the first time ever since last year, GG didnt make it to the playoff and Team Spirit just got knocked out pretty early. Ever since last year, the tournament was always dominated by the top three teams which are GG, Team Spirit and Team Liquid but now these 3 teams dont even make it to top 4 anymore. Its going to be an exciting year with the chinese team finally getting back on their feet, last year all of them flopped so bad

What a game between Spirit and Xtreme! Map 2 is still going on but with Ame farming like crazy with his AM , I think the late game will simply put Xtreme in a position where they simply cannot lose the game.

This is also a revenge story for Ame and Xinq against Spirit for that 2021 TI finals. 

Next series should be another banger for sure with BB vs Falcons.

I don't think BetBoom has what it takes to eliminate Falcons. They were flawless this tournament and in my opinion the only team that did not do shenanigans to adjust to drafts from their opponents. They always picked their thing and let opponents worry about match ups.

I agree about Spirit though, they are always most dangerous when stakes are high and I can see them reach Grand Final against Falcons without many problems.

We have no Dota 2 games today as the tie brakes did not happened. However , tomorrow should be an insane one and I predict BetBoom to elimiante Falcons but on the same time I can see Spirit taking out Xtreme Gaming and face Falcons for a grand final spot. 

If this happens , I think Spirit will secure DreamLeague S22.

What I am scared for is to see this on the pub games. Any medal of ranks are going to be imitating this and those that don't know this strategy might just report the guy for trolling of playing position 5 terroblade. What a crazy thing indeed and typically what the pros are doing is also being done in the pub games by most players and being imitated for doing so. As long as it works and it helped the team win with that pick, there's nothing wrong with that but it's just totally odd and we don't know where these new metas are going bring us up.

They're good no doubt and as they play against Aurora right now, they've won against them for the first match. But even Aurora win this series, they're already counted as eliminated on this group stages and won't be proceeding anymore to the next level of this tournament. Another team that's already confirmed of being eliminated is Shopify Rebellion. And for this day, these two will be adding more two teams of being eliminated at the end of this game since we're on the final day of the group stages.

That change in meta is really odd. Well, I can't blame them if they're trying this in official games. There's not much to lose in this tournament anyways, and teams might just be using this as a training ground for their weird strats and meta so that pos 5 TB is, IMO, perfectly okay given the setup.

BB is just in a very good form and it's undeniable. They just look so strong and confident with what they're doing and how they play the game. They might not end up winning this game as they mostly start strong and lose steam as tournaments progress.

BB is doing good and they currently ranked #2 on the bracketing but they've just lost against Team Spirit a while ago and that's okay because they've given a good fight for their series today. XG is currently on the verge of getting a complete elimination on this tournament but they've won their first match against Shopify Rebellion whose also on the bottom of the rankings and will also likely to get eliminated so, this is like a do or die for both teams. Because tomorrow is going to be the last day of this group stages 2 and there have been one team that's already confirmed to get into the playoffs and that's the 100% winning rate team, Team Falcons although they've lost one game against Aurora.

What an odd situation right? Despite Aurora beat them once, still, Falcons won 2 games against them and that's the reason why they're completely out of this tournament after this group stages although they have one remaining left tomorrow and that's going to be against BetBoom but whether Aurora win or not against them, BB is still in good rankings so definitely they'll be moving on to the next stage of this DreamLeague. Currently, I am watching XG and Shopify Rebellion as the last game for this day. I'm just moved that who did really started this position 5 terrorblade? Because I only saw that on Oli and it seem to work and now, I guess this is the new meta and I'm just curious who started this craziness with these hero pools and positioning.

Yeah, good times again watching and betting BO3 series although so far I am just break-even as some teams aren't performing as expected like Xtreme Gaming turning into one of the worst teams in this stage.

Looking forward for my luck to change for the better before this day's set of games. I have my bets on Xtreme Gaming and Shopify Rebellion. XG is facing the weakest team right now but Aurora is giving them a tough one. Over 20 minutes already and both teams are still even. If XG losses game 1 they should be able to take the second map.

Most of Tundra's playstyle revolved around 33's playmaking abilities as an offlaner, together with his 4 support. That is why back then, they don't feel the need for 33 to use another hero save for Beastmaster, Tide, Bat, or Dark Seer. It was really hurting 33 as a player, but heck did it win games and a TI. He has to widen his hero pool and use other heroes as most of what he's using are being easily countered by the enemy, and Liquid still hasn't got that synergy with his playstyle so it will take some time before they make use of 33's mastery on his limited hero pool.


This is the team that I also love watching recently. They just seem to be ahead of everyone in the tournament with their dominating playstyle and great rotations with odd hero pools. I want to see a BB vs XG just to scale each other's games and confirm who to root for the rest of the season.

I think we can safely say that Liquid needs another offlaner right ? 33 is really not a top tier offlaner and he has only a 4 heroes that we can play at a "high" level so that's why I think as long as they have 33 in their team , Liquid will achieve nothing than last places in most of the tournaments.

Meanwhile , BetBoom is finally achieving a beast mode and this is what they suppose to look when they formed this team and if they keep this flow going , I think they will win at least 1 Major this year.

coldzera was really a legend once.    His times at SK Gaming were amazing and he achieved so many championships in only 2 years.



Now he is 29 years old of course and I can expect his reflexes to be like those times. He is still doing his best to contribute though. Legacy is a quite new team. They couldn't rise much in HLTV rankings since the day the team was founded. Average player age is 24 by the way. I think it isn't too much and it is because of having 2 experienced old players such as coldzera and NEKIZ.

I hope they can get higher in rankings in time. I would like to see coldzera still being successful.

Well, the games now are no longer in a BO2 series and that's why this is now one of the good times to start betting for the matches that you pick for your favorite teams.

Yeah, he got kicked during the tournament and it's funny how this organization that used to be reputable before but not anymore today can take that.

As the GS2 is in for this DreamLeague, many were satisfied that they got out of the tournament early.

That match of Aurora and Shopify Rebellion was fun to watch. SR just won 2-0 against Aurora and I guess this is the time that I've seen them looking at their strongest form again.

Later on, SR will be up against GG and yesterday GG lost against Team Falcons. They're for sure hungry to win these games as whoever got there will only be four teams that will be eliminated after this group stage 2.

This weekend the qualifiying matches in America for the PGL CS2 Major 2024 in Copenhagen are being played. The games are best of one and best of three matches which is going to make it quite interesting and we are seeing a lot of teams playing today. The first of match of the is Complexity vs BOSS, which is going to be a clear win for Complexity. They are one of the stronger teams of America and BOSS I have never seen playing in a big tournament. The second match will be paiN vs RED Canids, two Brazilian teams where I am not too familiar with. It feels like a coin flip and I better skip that match for the day. The third match will be the most interesting one of the day with FURIA vs Team Liquid. The two teams are very experienced and equal in strength, I am going to bet my money on FURIA, because I am a huge fan of FalleN and think he will lead his team to victory. The next match will be M80 vs Imperial, I only know Imperial and they are a decent mid tier team which should be winning that match. MIBR vs NRG is going to be another very one sided game and should in the hands of the Brazilians, they have a lot of experience as well and managed to get far in the last few tournaments they were in. Nouns vs Legacy is going to be another Brazilian team playing for a place in the Major. The team around former superstar coldzera did well in the qualifiying matches and definitely has a chance to win against Nouns even though they lost against the team in January this year.

Yes, it's only a online tournament. But it's good for to the teams that participated Games of the Future in Kazan, especially Xtreme Gaming who won the tournament but with only 1 day window for this DreamLeague.

Anyways, I was also planning to not bet on the BO2 games because I am bad at it over the years. I was still tempted to bet on Shopify Rebellion taking map 1 against Aurora but when it lost I am done with it. Maybe I'll try to look for the top teams losing the first map and then bet on the second map although odds could be low.

Meanwhile, MinD_ContRoL was kicked out of Tundra after issues with MoonMeander and Zai are becoming irreconcilable. I don't know what happens since Tundra is playing against Secret and Liquid later.

B8 is doing pretty well considering CTOMAHEH and Dendi playing for the team, both considered washed-up pros just years ago. I can't imagine how Dendi still plays fairly solid considering how many talented players have risen over the years of his inactivity. Perhaps his experience is working good for the team, having been around since Dota 1 and knows a lot of mechanics due to that said experience.

All eyes are also on XG because of Ame. The hype surrounding this team is incredible and I think they're putting a good show. Hopefully they put the doubters to their place and get a good finish for this tournament. It's been 4 months since I touched anything Dota-related but hopefully I can still follow the shuffles and the teams.

This is first time to come back on Dota2 scene. I’m really surprised on the players shuffle on all the teams playing on this Dream League tournament.

Ame is already playing on Xtreme Gaming
Yuragi inactive while Timado replaced him
Talon > Aurora
Tundra members got separated despite their team is already solid
1win=1xbet? 

A lot to catch up here but I think Xtreme Gaming will be my new favorite team because of Ame return.

Dota2: Standing after day 2 of Dream League Season 22, Group stage 1. Surprising that Team Liquid are underperforming at the moment and it looks fairly grim. A lot more is expected from IG as well but there's more games to be played, some time to recover.

I didn't noticed that and the games are almost over, the last one that is in-game right now is 1.win and Aurora. I see that this is an online type of tournament. I thought that it's another LAN and those that have participated the past tournaments were also part of this.

I'd also avoid these BO2 games, they're terrible. You'll never know if these players are gonna make some experiments or they get serious with it. But I think the ones that are serious during this time can't even make it a whole 2-0 games although some already did.

It's just hard to comprehend these bo2 games.