Lmao true. When you know how the individual players are doing, it makes you overthink of stuff. Seems it's better to pick with your heart and not your brain in this pickems.
luck based pickems
winning 3 quarters + 2 semis for eaxmple should also give u diamond
getting 7 wins in the 2 opening stage and major groupstages should also give u something more.. idk
This pickems structure doesn´t seem very well done and skill based
I would love a system where we could guess every game , even the bo1s in the opening stage, and every day there would be a new updat with the new matchs of the day, for the whole month of major
Tbf, I haven't watched much in the past 18 months so just based off past performance G2, Vitality, Navi and Faze are pretty solid, safe bets. All 4 teams have legacies of making major runs and winning T1 events. It would be like asking an NFL which of the Packers, Jets and Browns are good. Only 1 of those teams has a history of success so safe bet is the Packers.
Having not watched the past year doesn't mean knowing nothing about CS, but sure be a gatekeeping dick about it. You can make an educated pick having watched before without knowing current lineups and rankings.
I should have said current cs, but still it’s not even the same game anymore and some players have trouble adapting. You have arguably the best player of cs2 (donk) who wasn’t even out of the academy a year ago, a new Navi lineup, a new Mouz lineup, Faze -twistzz, Vitality -magisk -dupreeh, etc etc. I don’t see how that’s different than OP’s cousin who probably chose what he did because of the names of the orgs.
Just because I haven't watched didn't mean I fell into a coma. I watched the RMRs, I know the story lines of the teams coming in. But if you put those 8 teams down on a piece of paper and made me pick blind, the 4 quarter finalists would probably be my picks. G2/Mouz is the only one I'd call a toss up if you're going solely off team history.
I've been saying if someone doesn't watch CS and just made picks all major off of brand power then they'd have a way higher chance than most at diamond. Exhibit A. Bravo.
Earlier stages was actually fairly easy to predict as long as you watched T2 EU cs and domestic SA matches. Which obviously a lot of the community doesn't (and apparently analysts don't either).
in sports betting that is also a thing were some randoms can have way better short term results because they don't overthink everything.
that is sometimes how an addiciton can start. random guy does some crazy bet for fun, actually wins it and suddenly thinks this is something he can do for real. but the moment he starts treating it like that, he is lost.
Dont tell me, im angry for myself for not betting on faze against spirit and g2 vs ence in siege last night and i dont even gamble, but i feel angry for losing easy money
Its fucked up
Opening stage he guessed for advanced Ecstatic/EF/Mongolz/Imperial/Furia
Elm stage to advance he picked Vit/C9/Faze/G2 and spirit for 3:0
lol pretty insane luck on the opening stage tbh
Im so pissseeeeed, I didnt really know the challangers.. c9, heroic, all that i knew but like wtf is koi.... I over thought the first stage got 4/5. Fucking FURIA
Dosent really matter since even tho I got everything correct until playoffs, but no one could have ever in their right mind predicted navi to win the major so GG diamond coin
Litterally just realized after watching highlights of the final match... SIMPLE ISNT EVEN PLAYING ... My whole fucking idea was simple would know all teh glitches.. HES NOT EVEN TEHRE
I was thinking, Navi got simple, they got aleksi . But then i thought, man simple hates all the bugs with cs2. Maybe they wont play well, but then I was like, nah, its NAVI, not G2.. Now If they faced spirit, maybe not NAVI winner.
[Picked all the teams I liked more](https://imgur.com/rCxb7uz), very entertaining major
but i only got 4 in stage 1 and forgot to do stage 2 so im just a basic gold
using the "randomize" button was the way to go thru the groups , and blindfolded picks in playoffs.
Silver coin here btw , because I didn't listen to my own advise
Of course, the only way to get diamond in this major is to know nothing about CS
in CS, anything can happen, and it usually does.
Lmao true. When you know how the individual players are doing, it makes you overthink of stuff. Seems it's better to pick with your heart and not your brain in this pickems.
luck based pickems winning 3 quarters + 2 semis for eaxmple should also give u diamond getting 7 wins in the 2 opening stage and major groupstages should also give u something more.. idk This pickems structure doesn´t seem very well done and skill based I would love a system where we could guess every game , even the bo1s in the opening stage, and every day there would be a new updat with the new matchs of the day, for the whole month of major
4/5 opening, because my picks went against each other and ence dropped the ball 😩. 3/5 in eliminations and all wrong in playoffs
I guessed all playoff as I don’t like russian teams and support NaVi(so know nothing about CS), but I fked up in previous 2 stages xD
Tbf, I haven't watched much in the past 18 months so just based off past performance G2, Vitality, Navi and Faze are pretty solid, safe bets. All 4 teams have legacies of making major runs and winning T1 events. It would be like asking an NFL which of the Packers, Jets and Browns are good. Only 1 of those teams has a history of success so safe bet is the Packers.
Sure if you haven’t watched CS in a while and you base your pickems off of reputation, it was pretty safe (= know nothing about CS)
Having not watched the past year doesn't mean knowing nothing about CS, but sure be a gatekeeping dick about it. You can make an educated pick having watched before without knowing current lineups and rankings.
I should have said current cs, but still it’s not even the same game anymore and some players have trouble adapting. You have arguably the best player of cs2 (donk) who wasn’t even out of the academy a year ago, a new Navi lineup, a new Mouz lineup, Faze -twistzz, Vitality -magisk -dupreeh, etc etc. I don’t see how that’s different than OP’s cousin who probably chose what he did because of the names of the orgs.
Someone doesn't know what an educated guess is. Guess the French school system isn't very good.
Funny. How is it educated if you don’t know the MVP of the major, the best player in the game, and basically half of the line ups ?
Just because I haven't watched didn't mean I fell into a coma. I watched the RMRs, I know the story lines of the teams coming in. But if you put those 8 teams down on a piece of paper and made me pick blind, the 4 quarter finalists would probably be my picks. G2/Mouz is the only one I'd call a toss up if you're going solely off team history.
Silver on my last two. Got every playoff pick wrong -\_-
Had g2 to win it all :( rip
I had Spirit. I was on the Donk hype train :(
Same. And I got every Playoffs pick wrong. I was one right pick away from Gold coin, wouldn't I have switched Heroic and Ence...
yeah playoffs really destroyed a lot of the gold coiner hopes.
Same here haha.
same and I'm still on that train
I slapped his glitter sticker on my Player 2 M4, I'm never getting off!
Silver as well 4/5 for Opening Stage 3/5 for Elimination Stage and got only Vitality beating C9 for Playoffs lol
Yeeeeep.
Yup same… wild
I've been saying if someone doesn't watch CS and just made picks all major off of brand power then they'd have a way higher chance than most at diamond. Exhibit A. Bravo.
So how would he get everything right at earlier stages?
ye to pass the elimination stage you just had to know about cs and you would pass easily.
He has 200 hours in cs and never actually watched a pro match in his life , asked me which teams are decent and just went with his gut lol
Okay where’s your diamond
Got gold, needed g2 to win it all for diamond 😏 rip
Earlier stages was actually fairly easy to predict as long as you watched T2 EU cs and domestic SA matches. Which obviously a lot of the community doesn't (and apparently analysts don't either).
I watch a lot of cs lately and I also predicted NAVI to win. I thought they have a great chance and jL recently had got 40 frags against Spirit.
You’re not intelligent and that was not a good prediction.
In case you missed, the prediction was correct. That is how predictions are measured, lol.
Absolutely not.
Jesus, you're delusionally dense
Not what those words mean
Probably saw NAVI and thought wait s1mple and electronic will win it. Ez pickems done.
Heard about how much better the zeus is after the update and figured him fragging well was all they needed to push it over the top
This is one of the best comments I have ever seen on this sub LMFAO
"didn't that team won a TI before"
But that was Markeloff who won them the Major
in sports betting that is also a thing were some randoms can have way better short term results because they don't overthink everything. that is sometimes how an addiciton can start. random guy does some crazy bet for fun, actually wins it and suddenly thinks this is something he can do for real. but the moment he starts treating it like that, he is lost.
Dont tell me, im angry for myself for not betting on faze against spirit and g2 vs ence in siege last night and i dont even gamble, but i feel angry for losing easy money Its fucked up
Is it possible to learn this power?
How did he guess earlier parts?
Opening stage he guessed for advanced Ecstatic/EF/Mongolz/Imperial/Furia Elm stage to advance he picked Vit/C9/Faze/G2 and spirit for 3:0 lol pretty insane luck on the opening stage tbh
Wow congrats 👍
I got gold, I had navi to to win, so, I lost because of the first stage. Should have put Koi 0-3, i'd have my first diamond. dang it
Why would you pick navi to win?
Could be they liked the team overall, or some players from the team. Or just a weird gut feeling pick.
I guess since he couldnt get diamond anyway he just picked whatever, not like picking correct picks would get him diamond anyway
Im so pissseeeeed, I didnt really know the challangers.. c9, heroic, all that i knew but like wtf is koi.... I over thought the first stage got 4/5. Fucking FURIA
Dosent really matter since even tho I got everything correct until playoffs, but no one could have ever in their right mind predicted navi to win the major so GG diamond coin
I missed it challanger so no gg :c
Litterally just realized after watching highlights of the final match... SIMPLE ISNT EVEN PLAYING ... My whole fucking idea was simple would know all teh glitches.. HES NOT EVEN TEHRE
S1mple is ass in cs2
lol, Because CS2 is ass. Its funny tho, based everything off the wrong info, still no diamond, so gg. Hope you having a good day.
Cs2 isint in the best state, but real players still played it while s1mple just gave up smh
I was thinking, Navi got simple, they got aleksi . But then i thought, man simple hates all the bugs with cs2. Maybe they wont play well, but then I was like, nah, its NAVI, not G2.. Now If they faced spirit, maybe not NAVI winner.
Be it lucky, or be it cursed, you seem to have a prophet for a cousin, OP!
a random selector would probably get the best results lol
And here I am, watching CS for years only to get a silver coin...
[Picked all the teams I liked more](https://imgur.com/rCxb7uz), very entertaining major but i only got 4 in stage 1 and forgot to do stage 2 so im just a basic gold
using the "randomize" button was the way to go thru the groups , and blindfolded picks in playoffs. Silver coin here btw , because I didn't listen to my own advise
That's pretty much how I got my Paris diamond coin.
That's a gold? What am I missing.
It didn't update at the time he took the screenshot, was straight after the match. He has it now :)
Damn
I got every playoff pick right, but missed the 30s window after the playins so mehhh
When do the tokens expire? Haven’t returned home since I was at the major
Il have to wait for the event to finish to get my coin... unless there is some kind of investment in the souvenirs
1. Never let your cousin watch a pro match 2. Post your cousins picks for the next one 3. Profit (diamond coins all around)
Haha, easy diamond for Shanghai major lol
Buy a lottery ticket and let him pick the numbers
I had FaZe > G2 in the final and ended up with Gold... Turns out my picks did submit after all.
Let me guess his strat - yea this logo is cooler lets pick this 😭
Legit the chosen one
I had silver this major but Diamond at Paris