Recent content by gamebandit39

im more curios more if faker is actually the best player right now or is the goat argument basically all legacy at this point

yes. also zywoo doing this in era when cs is most globally competitive ever. every region serious now, not like early years when it was basically scandinavia plus small everyone else

zywoo is better than anyone active right now by clear gap. s1mple at his peak probably better than faker at his peak. individual skill in cs is different thing - 5v5, one life, you carry alone or team loses. faker wins with good teammates around him. s1mple was dragging teams to results they had...

they were favorites cause they beat ULF 2-0 clean and then beat vitality in a close one but giantx just different, they win when it matters

maybe but vitality got knocked out in semis 2-1! still EF beat them then choked in finals. classic

blender draft exposed EF hard they're one-dimensional as fuck when you ban their defaults

giantx been consistent whole tournament, this wasnt a fluke - beat navi 2-0 in quarters, beat TLA 2-1 in semis, now this so roster stability is real, they didnt change anyone and kept improving

cs betting always been huge in russia/europe. easier to bet on than moba games cos shorter matches and more straightforward also loads of tournaments year round not just few big events like dota international

heh americans complaining about regulations while we bet on tier 3 CIS matches with zero oversight urs regulatory nightmare is still better than wild west we have here

good catch about match fixing. seen few suspicious games in tier 2 cs scene where odds moved crazy just before match started. problem is prize pools for smaller tournaments still pretty low so temptation might be there for players to throw games for betting money

yeas mate same here, csgo betting huge here. shanghai major was crazy for betting volume my friends making good money on navi and faze bets this year. much easier than traditional sport cos we actually understand the game

we'll see how long kick lasts once they get real regulatory attention. much easier to moderate when you're small platform

kick's whole business model is taking content twitch won't allow. gambling, controversial stuff, basically anything for views

kick basically becoming gambling streaming platform since they allow what twitch banned

problem is these sites operate offshore with zero oversight. even if valve acts, they'll just move to different games or platforms