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CS:GO Lounge Odds TSM 52% [] 48% Fnatic

My Prediction Odds TSM 60% [] 40% Fnatic

Risk 8/10

Im Betting On TSM

TSM vs Fnatic [GSL]

Maps: BO5: TBA x5 (TSM has 1-0 Advantage)
LAN / Online: Online
Personal Odds: 60% – 40% TSM
Risk: Med – High
Bet: Med – Low TSM

TSM: device, dupreeh, karrigan, Xyp9x, cajunb
fnatic: JW, olofmeister, pronax, flusha, KRIMZ

— TSM is the top team in the world at the moment being tracked by EnVyUs then Fnatic right now. TSM have been one of the most consistent teams and with no signs of “choking” coming from the players, the team still has an exquisitely strong skill and team work set handling on them right now. Unlike Fnatic, TSM has more of a flow through team work although the team play style is heavily reliant on each other, whcih Fnatic can easily take abuse of. But other than that, TSM has a huge adaptation set where they are able to change their strategies during games although this usually doesn’t take effect until it’s way too late to have a good chance at salvaging a falling game. Personally I think that they should be able to take TSM has a more of an edge over Fnatic to win this just based on pure performance, consistency and the history of the two butting heads against each other, although Fnatic does have their reasons for taking this game.

— Fnatic just came from a small break form playing against other teams on a competitive level. I’m sure Fnatic is going to go out with a bang during this game to claim back their place as the best in the world although they could have some flukes in their plan. Fnatic have an odd tendency to be readable by TSM whenever the two play, which makes it tough for Fnatic to even play any type of strategy that’ll be different against TSM. Although, Fnatic’s players are one thing to be astonished about as the players are extremely talented geniuses on their own as they’re skilled enough to literally hold them selves out there on the battlefield. What I mean is that Fnatic’s players are able to take on 1v3s, 1v2s and 1v1s on a consistent level which is amazing as it’s a hard thing to accomplish when in a highly competitive zone. Although, it’s rare to see one lingering player form Fnatic to even be wondering the map as TSM are the ones to see this through and make sure there isn’t anyone to be able to clutch from Fnatic’s side. Although, Fnatic hasn’t been seen for a while, meaning they could pull something different and surprising although I honestly doubt this is going to happen from Fnatic’s side. For now, I can’t see Fnatic exactly take this game with ease as TSM always has something up their sleeve to counter them.

Summary:

— It’s unlikely that Fnatic is going to win with the way TSM has a way to shut Fnatic down although the game is going to be undoubtedly close even with TSM having the extra map advantage of Fnatic. For now we’re going with TSM but make sure you’re aware that this game won’t be “easy”

Bet: Med – Low TSM

CS:GO Lounge Odds MouseSports 47% [] 53% Kinguin

My Prediction Odds MouseSports 55% [] 45% Kinguin

Risk 9/10

Im Betting On MouseSports

Mouz vs Kinguin
BO5

So this is the final of the PGL Season One qualifiers, so that’s why it’s a BO5. The team with the bigger map pool will most likely be winning here. Both teams map ools are alright, but Kinguin almost never play Cobblestone, so that will be a free win for Mouz unless they ban it. Kinguin are also good at a few of the maps Mouz are good at too, for example Dust2. Kinguin love playing Dust2 but so do Mouz, and I think it will come down to whoever wins the awp battles between Maikelele and ChrisJ. I personally think ChrisJ will do really well this series, considering his recent results, and he could turn the whole game around for Mouz on certain maps.

Considering recent results, I actually think Mouz has looked a little better. ChrisJ has been on fire, and with Nex also playing great they’re pretty hard to stop. They played Envy at GamesCon four times, and every map was extremely close, with Mouz taking one and Envy winning the other three just barely. Mouz also beat Renegades 16-2, and at the CEVO Lan they beat Cloud9 2-0 in a BO3. This really shows just how good Mouz are at the moment.

Kinguin have also been doing pretty well. They placed second at the Faceit LAN just behind Na’Vi, where they beat Virtus Pro 2-1 also. Since then they’ve been winning almost all their games against teams like Hellraisers, Flipsid3, and Piter, but they did actually lose one BO1 against Publiclir 12-16 on Inferno.
I think Mouz should be slightly favored here, but it will be very close. I bet this will go to the 5th map.

Odds: Mouz 55-45

CS:GO Lounge Odds HellRaisers 31% [] 69% Kinguin

My Prediction Odds HellRaisers 45% [] 55% Kinguin

Risk 11/10

Im Betting On Kinguin

Hellraisers
Hellraisers have proven that they still are a great team, following a win at the Acer Predator Masters LAN that happened just over a week ago. They played extremely well, and as the underdogs with a disadvantage, they pushed the grand finals to the final map (BO7), against Mouz and won $20,000. Prior to this event, HR weren’t really taken too seriously as they had been lacking in good results. HR have also are/have been known as a very inconsistent team online.

Since their win at the APM, they have played 4 matches, all of which were online. These matches didn’t really have too much significance, with 3/4 being for the CEVO placement for season 8, which shouldn’t worry HR too much. In these online matches, HR may have not been playing their 100% best due to the fact that the matches don’t matter too much, and simply because there are a ton of worse teams than HR competing in CEVO and HR know that they will still get in, maybe in the middle area of the spectrum.

Their most recent match was against Property just yesterday, where the series went into the third map. HR took the first map, 16-12 on de_overpass. The second map turned out to be a bit of a struggle, as HR lost in OT, 16-19 on de_cache. The deciding map was de_cobblestone and HR rebounded back to win the map, 16-7 and also the series. Before that, they lost a BO3 series against Dignitas, 0-2. Even furthur before that, they won 2-0 against the French T3 team, melty. Expected. The match they played after the APM was against F3, where HR lost 0-2, and they had pretty piss poor results in that series, except for the 13-16 loss on de_cobblestone.

What we can conclude from their 4 online matches since the APM, is that HR are still somewhat inconsistent online but they have been showing some decent results, and only losing to Dignitas, who are a tad better than them. I’m pretty sure that this match is an important one, considering that this is the qualifiers for the PGL EU division, which is a pretty known name. Calling how HR will do in this match will be tough, and that’s why there is a pretty big risk factor.

Kinguin
A lot of people now know of Kinguin as a team of 5 strong aimers, and that is exactly how I would describe them upon looking at the roster. Most of these players have played on top teams, or if they didn’t they have been the ‘star player’ for their team (eg; Fox back when he was on K1CK).

This month, the team has had just two matches, both of which were for the CEVO Season 8 Placements. The most recent match being against Flipsid3, where they found themselves coming out of it with a 2-0 win on de_cache and de_mirage, with the scores not too close, except the 16-13 win on Mirage. The first match they played this month was against melty, and it was pretty much just a showing of Kinguin using their aim and ‘on the fly’ strats.

Before this month, Kinguin had pretty much just had a handful of BO1’a from the middle of July up until the final days of July. Majority of these BO1’s were just for the early stages of the CEVO Placement and the ESL One Cologne Qualifiers, where they beat out Dignitas to qualify for the major.

It’s pretty hard to judge Kinguin’s current form, but since the initial debut match, Kinguin have improved significantly. Their teamwork has improved and they are shaping up to be a pretty good quality T2 team. Of course the team work can be improved, but for now, I think what they are currently doing is fine. However, in the future, when better teams come along or teams improve, Kinguin will definitely need to improve their teamwork if they still want to contend at a semi top level.

Prediction
This is a pretty hard match to call. My personal odds for this match is 45-55 or even 40-60. I’ll do my bet according to the current CSGL odds just an hour or so before the match if the bots are up, but I’ll personally be rooting for Kinguin, as they do have the individual experience as super star CSGO players. It’s near impossible to tell how HR will play. They are semi inconsistent online, and their teamwork is better than Kinguin, though, Kinguin’s aim is superior, and their teamwork is getting better by the day so whatever.

Actually, I’ll most likely be placing a few garbage skins on Kinguin if no surprise stand ins are announced close to the game starting, but

CS:GO Lounge Odds Lunatik 71% [] 29% Woosah

My Prediction Odds Lunatik 65% [] 35% Woosah

Risk 7/10

Im Betting On Lunatik

Lunatik vs Woosah [CEVO]

Maps: BO5: TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA
LAN / Online: Online
Perosnal Odds: 65% – 35% Lunatik
Risk: Unnecessarily High
Bet: Low – Med Lunatik

LunatiK: drawsoul, draek, tvu, inVert, dumore
Woosah: chek, ruin, D4n, hwinn, Sli

— Lunatik and Woosah are two teams in a very similar outlook at the moment. Players on both team can be seen in a similar light as the teams have pros and cons of skill level that should balance each other out. Although, Dumore and tvu have been known to play extremely well. Play style of Lunatik is a more of a cautious approach to sites and plays although at time being overly defensive. This is something that Woosah should be able to see through but will have trouble breaking due to pure skill coming from Lunatik’s skill from some great players.

— On the other hand, we see Woosah getting out aimed and mostly being taken out on the battlefield. In terms of pure play style, its more of a balanced mix of offense and defense although being slow during pushes and a stiff movement across maps. For now, it’s very likely that Woosah will lose this one but don’t let the odds fool you as they still have a chance to upset this game.

Bet: Low – Med Lunatik