New Fantasy booster starts with EPL Groups A and B

31-8-2024 17:11

The new partner booster could allow for a greater choice of strategies.

The new booster, Chicken Out, is set to change the way Fantasy is played

New booster

Powered by the new Fantasy partner, Chicken.GG, we’re introducing a new booster — Chicken Out. By applying this booster, you can ensure the player of your choice will be guaranteed to receive 0 points for the match regardless of their rating, role, and winning team.

The intended application is to use it for players you expect to put up a bad performance and avoid getting negative points for the match of choice. But there’s a catch: if a player ends up earning points, you will still receive none, meaning you will need to be careful when using it. In some cases, it might be best to not use it.

We expect this booster to be especially useful in shorter events, particularly in single-elimination brackets. Overall, this change aims to make underdog picks more feasible and expand the range of available strategies. We’re yet to see how it will play out, so we will be monitoring the data and listening to feedback from the community to see how this addition affected the game.

ESL Pro League - Groups A & B

Format

- You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here.

- Two eight-team double-elimination groups with a Last Chance stage.

- All matches are BO3.

Teams

Group A

Group B

Things to note 

- Due to scheduling, you may receive padding points only after all matches finish.

Prizes 

- Users can count on season points and the following skin prizes, sponsored by Chicken.GG:

1. Hydra Gloves | Mangrove (Field-Tested)
2. AK-47 | Neon Rider (Field-Tested)
3. AWP | Hyper Beast (Field-Tested)

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2024-08-31 17:11

Omw to put this on donk vs wildcard

1 reply

based

2024-09-01 00:33

why karrigan lol

2024-08-31 17:13

7 firepower

This is huge, you can have an IGL farm worse teams and chicken out when they're playing similar level opposition

2 replies

then he shits the bed against the trash team and life games the good team

2024-08-31 17:14

lmao, imagine

2024-08-31 17:16

Nice addition, to be honest

50k dollars for a booster sponsor

Nah why’d you do karrigan like that 😭

2024-08-31 17:29

why no lynn vision

2024-08-31 17:31

LMFAO KARRIGAN

2024-08-31 17:36

Hooxi booster

2024-08-31 17:47

4 replies

weird way to spell snappi

2024-08-31 19:52

snappi eco friendly would print points when he was at ence

2024-09-01 02:40

I picked Snappi the last 3 fantasys, and he made far more points than i ever got from Aleksi, Karrigan, Hooxi ...

2024-09-02 17:55

weird way to spell karrigan

2024-08-31 23:26

Actually good idea Can finally pick a useless 170k player to get two 220+ players

2024-08-31 18:15

i winnered this time B)

2024-08-31 18:52

Cool concept, unsure how good it will be

2024-08-31 19:48

No more feeling 22 boost then?

2024-08-31 20:28

Finally, a booster for NA players

2024-08-31 20:34

Useless booster, ur not going to win fantasy with 4 players

2024-08-31 20:41

Dude, they said in the article that they will monitor how this booster will affect Fantasy. Let's wait and see, don't call it "useless" yet.

2024-08-31 23:03

check betboom fantasy, you can win with 2 players (donk, shiro and 3 noobs)

2024-09-02 06:01

Kinda cheating, especially on cheap players. People will pick donk & ZywOo and compensate for ~170K players.

2024-08-31 20:44

12 replies

It's only a booster, i.e. for a single match. If you use it on a "notoriously" low rating player you will still get a lot of negative points for him from the other matches. HLTV did karigan kind of dirty with this one, they could have just given an example with no name attached to it.

2024-08-31 23:06

5 replies

When tier 3 teams play against Spirit or Vitality it can save you lots of points. Think of it as not 0, but as +20-30 points for a booster. And they will not necessarily lose points against next weaker opponents. Too op imo, any booster that gives you more than 5pts is too much.

2024-09-01 01:51

3 replies

We'll see. I think they said in the article (I am too lazy to read it again) that it is just on a trial basis, meaning that it might not stay if it might prove to be OP / game breaking, however you want to call it.

2024-09-01 02:26

tier 3 players -20 every match, but this booster can only use one time

2024-09-02 05:56

Not really, especially with this kind of format that EPL has got. Also, you can easily counter bad performance already with noob role and Cannon fodder or Bottom of scoreboard boosters.

2024-09-04 16:15

expected from 7 firepower player

2024-09-02 05:52

U can't pick donk and zywoo, allready tried xd

2024-08-31 23:22

You can use it on donk when he plays versus G2 in order to save your fantasy.

2024-08-31 23:24

BetBoom Dasha actually shows you can, but it's rare for sure

2024-08-31 23:25

It's a booster, you can only use it once

2024-09-01 20:32

20-30 points for a booster is too much, the previous booster that allowed you to double the points both negative and positive was more balanced and universal while Chicken out is aimed only at bad performance.

2024-09-04 17:21