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LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs Recap

Representing China, EDward Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix, Royal Never Give Up, and LNG Esports have made it through the LPL to Worlds. We're going to analyze the Summer Playoffs and Regional Finals, and measure them up against our initial predictions. The LPL 2021 Summer PlayoffsThe Summer Playoffs were a double king-of-the-hill

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LEC 2021 Summer Playoffs Recap

MAD Lions, Fnatic, and Rogue will be representing Europe at Worlds, having taken the top three places in the LEC 2021 Summer Playoffs. Let's dive right into that tournament to see what transpired! The ResultsHere's the final bracket: source: lol.fandom.comAnd final placements: Team Name Actual Place MAD Lions

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LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs Recap

LCK is sending DWG KIA, Gen.G, T1, and Hanwha Life Esports to Worlds 2021! How did these teams get here? Let's walk through the Summer Playoffs and the Regional Finals to find out, as well as to see how well these tournaments lined up with our predictions. The LCK

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LCS 2021 Championship Recap

With 100 Thieves being crowned the winners of the LCS 2021 Championship, let's look back at the tournament and see how well results lined up with expectations! The ResultsFirst off, the final bracket: source: lol.fandom.comLeading to these final placements: Team Name Actual Place 100 Thieves 1st Team Liquid

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LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs Prediction

Last of the four major regional leagues we're going to cover this summer, the LCK playoffs have begun! You know the drill by now: season performance, pre-season predictions, and finally a simulation of the playoffs. Worlds qualification is on the menu, so let's dive right in! Pre-Season PredictionsHere's our pre-season

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LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs Prediction

It's time for the LPL Summer Playoffs! We'll start by looking back over the season and our initial predictions, and then, as always, simulate the playoffs to get you the scoop on who we think will win and qualify to Worlds! (or qualify via Championship Points) Pre-Season PredictionsAt the start

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LCS 2021 Championship Prediction

The LCS Championship begins this weekend, so let's walk back through the season, see how it stacked up against our pre-season predictions, and ask a magic 8-ball what's going to happen in this upcoming tournament! Pre-Season PredictionsWe started off the summer season with a power ranking across the LCS teams,

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LEC 2021 Summer Playoffs Prediction

With the Summer Split of the LEC ending last Sunday, it's time to look back at the season, see how reality lined up with our predictions, and wildly speculate (i.e., run some models/simulations) on the playoff tournament that starts in a week and a half! Pre-Season PredictionsAt the

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Karma Clan Esports - 2-Week Recap

Two weeks into the Summer season (for most leagues, anyway), Karma Clan Esports emerges as our favorite golden goose so far. This middle-of-the-pack team has managed to pull off two pretty major upsets so far, for quite the windfall. We'll definitely be keeping a closer eye on them in the

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2021 Mid-Season Invitational - Rumble Stage Recap

With the Rumble stage of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational closed out, it's time for another look at how this tournament has played out. Like the group stage, this started out very favorite-dominated: in the first two days, there was only a single upset (PSG Talon over Cloud9). There were a

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2021 Mid-Season Invitational - Group Stage Recap

The group stage of the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational has wrapped up, and as promised it’s been quite the bumpy ride. This has been an incredibly favorite-dominated tournament, with very few upsets. However, because of payout compression due to how the vig works on heavy favorites, you would have lost

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Spring 2021 - Performance Recap

With the first split of the LCS and LEC seasons wrapping up, we thought it would be a good time to check in on our overall performance so far. If you follow us on twitter, you’ll have seen a quick summary of these statistics already, but we’re going

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Golden Guardians v Team SoloMid (LCS 2021-01-16) - Recap

So, let’s cut to the chase: our model suggested betting on Golden Guardians, quite substantially in fact, and they lost. Does that mean we were wrong, though? That’s actually a somewhat nuanced question, and we’ll attempt to answer it here. Broadly speaking, our model gives an estimate