E-sports, Dota 2
I bet 0.5 Vici Gaming to win ESL Frankfurt 2015 @4.0, then they looked so-so in the seeding tournament that doesn't mean squat and most teams just troll'd trough and I added another half unit at 7.5
VG is ranked as the 2nd best team in the world after Team Secret and has more or less the consensus best support pair in the world backed up by probably the best offlaner and a very solid mid and a very good carry.
They've looked a little bit shaky lately crashing out of MARSTV Dota2 League at 5th/6th losing 2-1 to both C9 and Empire, losing the finals of I-League 0-3 vs LGD and only getting 3rd in the Summit. Apparently they have some drafting and confidence issues.
However, I still rate them very high as far as individual skills goes and sooner or later they'll manage to hit a play style that suits them.
As far as the brackets goes they will face up against EG in the first game, which admittedly will be very hard but EG hasn't looked great lately either. While they did win a bo3 in the seeding, which as previously stated, no one really gave two shits about, they also managed to drop BO1's against Alliance and London fuckin' Conspiracy on their way to crashing out at in the group stage in MLG Pro League just a couple of weeks ago. Considering the teams in the groups EG should've won it 70% of the time and gotten on the top half even if they played drunk.
I also think that while EG has a drafting edge, VG has the kind of line up that can actually give EG a ton of trouble. They have solid enough solos that they can be very aggressive and not give space to EG, which in my opinion is the way to beat them.
If VG manage to get past EG they will be up against the winner or Alliance and Virtus Pro and while I'm a huge [A] fanboy [A] would more or less be a freewin and while VP is looking good both the teams are super aggro and VG is just better at it. I think they have a very good chance to reach the finals here. In a finals they'll probably be up against Secret or possibly C9, which are both very good, but would still be even games.
at 7.5x I think VG is a solid bet, and while the 4x bet in hindsight probably doesn't have much value I think that the higher odds certainly has a bit of value.
VG is ranked as the 2nd best team in the world after Team Secret and has more or less the consensus best support pair in the world backed up by probably the best offlaner and a very solid mid and a very good carry.
They've looked a little bit shaky lately crashing out of MARSTV Dota2 League at 5th/6th losing 2-1 to both C9 and Empire, losing the finals of I-League 0-3 vs LGD and only getting 3rd in the Summit. Apparently they have some drafting and confidence issues.
However, I still rate them very high as far as individual skills goes and sooner or later they'll manage to hit a play style that suits them.
As far as the brackets goes they will face up against EG in the first game, which admittedly will be very hard but EG hasn't looked great lately either. While they did win a bo3 in the seeding, which as previously stated, no one really gave two shits about, they also managed to drop BO1's against Alliance and London fuckin' Conspiracy on their way to crashing out at in the group stage in MLG Pro League just a couple of weeks ago. Considering the teams in the groups EG should've won it 70% of the time and gotten on the top half even if they played drunk.
I also think that while EG has a drafting edge, VG has the kind of line up that can actually give EG a ton of trouble. They have solid enough solos that they can be very aggressive and not give space to EG, which in my opinion is the way to beat them.
If VG manage to get past EG they will be up against the winner or Alliance and Virtus Pro and while I'm a huge [A] fanboy [A] would more or less be a freewin and while VP is looking good both the teams are super aggro and VG is just better at it. I think they have a very good chance to reach the finals here. In a finals they'll probably be up against Secret or possibly C9, which are both very good, but would still be even games.
at 7.5x I think VG is a solid bet, and while the 4x bet in hindsight probably doesn't have much value I think that the higher odds certainly has a bit of value.
