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Just a quick post about these NA matches.

We have seen these games play regularly the past few weeks and are very familiar with their performances/players so there's no need to go into any details about that.


SDKC v AREA 51

Map: Dust 2

Format: Best of 1

Both teams have been on a massive losing streak and getting destroyed frequently. However SKDC is still the better team here with players like jdm64 who is a beast with awping on Dust 2 and Relyks and Els. SKDC showed their ability on this map with a win over Counter Logic Gaming a few weeks ago, although that was without Tarik playing. While you look at Area 51 and they've had summit rejoin after being kicked. Sure, he's a good player that is always top fragging and carrying his team but I think at this point there is probably more communication and motivation in an average match making game.

PREDICTION

This match will likely end in a stomp with a score of something ridiculous like 16-3 or something. I think SKDC have an easy win here and recommend a medium to high bet.


LIQUID vs COUNTER LOGIC GAMING

Map: Dust 2

Format: Best of 1

Both are top teams in the NA scene at the moment and been getting some impressive wins. However CLG is clearly the more superior team and have been on a winning streak because of their practising in preparation for ESL Major. In comparison, I feel like Liquid often requires Adren or Nitro to carry the team and if Adren loses to the awp duel against Ptr then the round may well be over in this match. CLG showed their talent on this map with an impressing win against Titan at ESL qualifiers with Tarik taking a 4 kill in B on an eco round. Also never forget Tarik Cereal Killer.

PREDICTION

Liquid will likely to give CLG a run for their money but the game will ultimately be CLG's. I recommend a medium to high bet on CLG.

Format: Best of 1

Map: Unknown

DIGNITAS

As I have already done a previous analysis on Dignitas in the Dignitas vs Volgare game, I will not be repeating myself so please refer to the information in the below post.

ORBIT

A nice Swedish team who have achieved some nice results with their latest win over Existence just today (03/03/2015) with a win of 16:12 on Cache and Inferno. However they were crushed on Mirage with a score of 3:16. This raises the concern of them being fairly inconsistent and can be good on some maps while terrible at the rest. As the map is unknown at this time, it makes it hard to decide who will have an edge as the map can come into play when deciding your bet. However Orbit has not played any higher tier teams as of late and therefore despite their nice wins, it may not be reflective of their skills when facing up against a potentially more skilled team.

PREDICTION

At this stage, I would say Dignitas has an edge over Orbit because of their individual skills. Furthermore the odds are fairly nice for Dignitas and I recommend a low to medium bet on Dignitas. It may also be a good idea to see the outcome of Volgare v Dignitas before placing your bet. I believe if DIgnitas bring their top game, it will be a close victory for them over Orbit.

Format: Best of 3

Maps: Unknown

Current CSGo Lounge Odds: Mousesports 72% - Piter 28%

MOUSESPORTS

Mouz has recently undergone some changes with the departure of Zonnix and Troubley and the addition of taBsen who was formerly on Mouz and also Nikolinho. As a result Mouz has become a lot stronger and put on some impressive matches against Hellraisers winning 16-9 on Cache as well as crushing Property 16-4 on Dust 2, a map which Property is fairly good at. This was an impressive result bearing the result of a previous match of Mouz v HR from a week before that where Mouz was defeated with a 5-16 scoreline on Dust 2. A major part of that being Niko being put on the B site but had no experience on how to hold the site and as a result was constantly killed and left the site exposed. However subsequently on the Mouz v Property game, Niko was placed at A Long where he constantly took the aim duels and won his team the first pick off. Despite being a recent addition to Mouz Niko has definitely showed his insane aim and great game sense in predicting the enemies' movements as well as when to make the right rotations etc.

Gob B is also shown to be a capable IGL reflected in the changes made above to Niko and he is also known to come up big on the pistol rounds getting often 2-3 kills. Not to mention the most important player on Mouz- ChrisJ. An insane awper that is matched by very few with his quick flicks and often able to hold down a bomb site single handedly with an awp in his hands. Even on eco rounds, he has shown to be deadly with the scout headshots that can often inflict 1-2 kills on the enemy team and cause significant damage that can allow his team to win the eco round. This would give Mouz a great edge on Awp heavy maps such as Cache, Dust 2 and Mirage.

PITER

A Russian team who gave an impressive performance at ESL Katowice Qualifiers defeating Gamers 2 19-17 on Mirage and also taking TItan to that unbelievably butt clenching and tongue biting quadruple overtime on Cache which they ultimately lost 24-28. They showed an amazing performance despite 2 stand ins, ub1que and hooch. While this was an amazing performance, they have seem fairly underwhelming with their performances afterwards with a crushing defeat to Flipsid3 on Mirage ending 3-16. This leaves me wondering that perhaps their "stand in" line up was alot better than their proper line up. However waterfallz is an awper not to be underestimated and waylander is capable for some insane fragging skills too. However, the other issue I noted when watching Piter's games were they do not have many tricks but will consistently repeat a method over and over again despite it failing. E.g. pushing underpass on Mirage. As a result this allows opponent teams to read them quite easily after a few rounds and can easily change into a set up that will be ready.

MAPS

Given Piter's results against TItan on Cache, a team which is very good on Cache, I think it will be very interesting if these two teams do end up playing on Cache as Mousesports is also very capable on Cache and it will all about that mid awp fight between waterfallz and ChrisJ. However Mousesports have shown their have greater versatility with maps and have achieved decent results with wins against Penta on Nuke 19-16.

PREDICTION

I think Mouz will outclass Piter in terms of skills and aim and considering it is a Bo3, I dont see Piter being able to take two games off Mouz. It will likely end in a 2-0 or a 2-1 in favour of Mouz. I recommend a medium bet on Mouz as the odds are fairly good and reflects the difference between the teams.

Good Luck with Your Bets.

Format: Best of 1

Map: Dust 2

Current CSGo Lounge Odds: 84%- 16%

FNATIC

Fnatic, a team which simply speaks for itself with its recent results. They have been on a massive rampaging streak only dropping games to VP on Mirage (25/2/2015) and the infamous Mousesports on Inferno. However this does not take anything away from Fnatic since Mirage is one of VPs best map and with a score of 16-14, it really came down to the last straw. Not to mention Fnatic are just great with comebacks and can often win games from a very behind scoreline by doing amazing clutches and very disciplined executions. Sometimes I think they are merely pushing their boundaries and seeing from what deficit they can come back from- perhaps some kind of special training before ESL Katowice? Their double awp set up consistent of JW and Olofmeister will just tear Penta apart on the CT half and get amazing picks on T side too. Not to mention their other insane riflers of Pronax, Krimz and Flusha. Each player on Fnatic is capable of carrying a team and this means when one or two players on the team doesnt show up, it is not a problem since there is one guy who can step up- just like Ninjas in Pyjamas. Fnatic will simply outaim and outstrat Penta in every way on this map.

PENTA

A pretty decent Tier 2 teams who have put up some wins against Mousesports on Inferno 16-8 and Gamers 2 on Cache 16-7. Interestingly Fnatic and Penta did play recently (24/02/2015) on Cache ending with a scoreline of 16-12. This does show that there is potential for Penta to give Fnatic a run for their money. However I highly doubt they will have the ability to close a game and kRYSTAL the awper for Penta will unlikely to be able to match JW with the awp battle at middle.

PREDICTION

I think this will be a pretty safe game to big bet on if you want to expand your inventory with a relatively low risk. However there is potential for an upset so keep in mind when betting whether you have enough inventory to go big on a game like this. For those who have a smaller inventory, this game is probably not worth betting on. I dont think an ICB is a good idea on Penta as the chances of them winning are very low and placing an ICB on every single under dog you see is just throwing skins away especially for those who dont have a large inventory.

Good Luck with Your Bets.