Solve EPL playoffs' bracket puzzle in new Fantasy

16-9-2024 16:19

ESL Pro League playoffs pose an intriguing challenge to fantasy players due to the bracket format, with eight teams skipping at least one round.

With favorites in round one and underdogs like M80 in quarters, the bracket becomes even harder to solve

Format

- You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here.
- 16-team single-elimination bracket.
- Vitality, Natus Vincere, M80, and G2 start from Quarter-finals; Eternal Fire, Liquid, MIBR, and Imperial start from Round 2; the remaining teams start from Round 1.
- All matches are BO3 except the BO5 grand final.

Teams

Things to note 

- For each match skipped due to advancing further, teams receive 6 points. This way, teams in the quarter-finals will start with 12 points while the teams in Playoffs Round 2 will start with 6 points.

- In this format, it might make sense to buy cheap players who have advanced further and more expensive players who might play the most games.

- For example, $240k Danil "⁠donk⁠" Kryshkovets is set to face FURIA and Imperial before potentially meeting Natus Vincere in the quarter-finals. If Spirit come through unscathed he may farm far more than the 12 points a QF star like Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut would have at the stage.

- On the flipside, Michael "⁠Swisher⁠" Schmid is already set in the quarter-finals, and goes for only $184K. If you use the new Chicken Out booster on the American, you can guarantee that he will bring you a total of 6 points if M80 are eliminated in their first playoff match, which might be more than a similarly priced player starting in the round of 16.

- But, it is still important to pick the right teams; early elimination could seal your team's fate. There is also a point booster for the BO5 final, so you want a decent proportion of your team to feature in that last match.

Prizes 

- Users can count on both season points and skin prizes as follows.

1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)
2. Hydra Gloves | Mangrove (Field-Tested)
3. Hydra Gloves | Rattler (Field-Tested)

ez4navi

2024-09-16 16:19

Meds

2024-09-16 16:20

1 reply

2024-09-16 16:21

Gl mens, I don't have a clue what my team is gonna look like

2024-09-16 16:22

5 replies

i do hltv.org/fantasy/479/league/178077/team/.. and i fear that its shit

2024-09-16 16:33

4 replies

5/5 players in quarters, I sense fear in your team

2024-09-16 16:51

2 replies

hltv.org/fantasy/479/league/178077/team/.. Germany for the win

2024-09-16 18:11

Utterly delusional but I'm cheering for you and your team

2024-09-16 22:51

Swisher awp?

2024-09-16 19:35

Who the hell cares about Scamtasy? I left it long time ago. You all are so jobless to playing and caring about that.

2024-09-16 16:24

29 replies

okay 👍 i will keep playing it though because its fun 😄

2024-09-16 16:26

But you have time to write this....

2024-09-16 16:27

16 replies

Yes atleast i dont fool myself and chasing a nothing. Keep starring at your points bud

2024-09-16 16:31

15 replies

most people play it for fun, it's not that serious mate.

2024-09-16 16:36

3 replies

You make a fool of yourself by playing that. You feel dumb, drop it mate. Same as spamming "drop" in the stream chat

2024-09-16 16:39

delusional where is the meds guy when you need him

2024-09-16 16:46

meds

2024-09-16 17:09

Playing fantasy is less stupid than you writing this here. Much less.

9 replies

Nah. I type this and then log off. But you need to keep tracking scamtasy and getting obsessed with it. You feel dumb by playing that.

2024-09-16 16:45

8 replies

You literally opened post about fantasy to write "who the hell cares about it". Try to think what's wrong. And you not only dropped this l, you still spending your VALUABLE time to answer everyone. Stop pretending that you are mister "working every second".

I just stated the truth. Bye mate, i advice you to drop it.

2024-09-16 16:49

Mr "i need to go" literally spent atleast 25 minutes on this "i just stated the truth".

2024-09-16 16:50

I spent 25 minutes to state the fact and open your eyes, worth it.

2024-09-16 16:58

I honestly advise you to seek help. Going to a therapist sounds stupid, but it really helps.

2024-09-16 23:49

People think it’s a flex to have no free time

2024-09-16 17:14

The fact you're calling it "scamtasy" makes me think you're more emotionally invested in it than anyone replying to you. And before you fly into a "keep playing it I don't care bye" rebuttal: I've never had a fantasy team, ever.

2024-09-16 17:58

you're so cool

2024-09-16 22:37

my man kept getting top 80% and quit

2024-09-16 19:03

You must have nothing important happening in your life if you're getting this emotional over esports fantasy teams lmao

2024-09-16 16:48

#22

It is possible to win, I am The living example of that I also have #1 speedrun times in many games, I play fantasy in my free time and have A good job all at the same Time. Stop posting your delusions on other people when you're just trauma dumping from experience, fantasy takes around 10min if u include putting boosters

2024-09-16 18:10

6 replies

imagine wasting ur life speedrunning games

2024-09-16 18:18

That's A hobby, not wasting life, also ironic coming from the cs forum Also it's better than wasting your life on alcohol or weed, but i was just making a point about time management to this woke crybaby with 0 Life experience, starting to think u might be his alt

2024-09-16 18:58

im not him, im actually a legendary user

2024-09-16 20:52

I really doubt anyone legendary would be using maldpex flair plus u just roasted me, a legendary fantasy Player and hltv user, the top users always show respect to each other and are nice

2024-09-16 20:59

which games did you speedrun?

2024-09-16 19:09

Kingdom rush #1 adventure capitalist #1 super mario 64 (not on top) deltarune, (it fell off but was top10 for it's time), hollow knight (moreso for fun, didnt submit but would be around top150) speedrunning islets now gonna submit soon (I have wr time already but gonna optimise) Btw they are all 2+ years old since I don't have nearly as much time for it as I used to, the only recent one will be islets

2024-09-16 19:24

There is thing called "fun" I don't think you have heard of that term before. Everyone has something they enjoy, no need to criticize what others like.

2024-09-16 23:46

Who the hell cares about MMasheRRRR?

2024-09-17 06:05

Vitality free M80 bracket weak as shit

2024-09-16 16:28

the playoffs make this fantasy pick harder than a normal stage of a tournament. this won't be easy by any means.

2024-09-16 16:30

I would argue the IEM playoffs are much harder to predict since its way less teams

2024-09-16 16:41

with less teams, you can look at the match ups and performances and make a more educated prediction. with 16 teams in the play offs and some potentially playing 5/4/3 games ... you need to make sure you have players who can survive ... ultimately, work BACKWARDS on who you think will win and with the money left over, pick those who will cover points and not go negative. this won't be easy.

2024-09-16 17:01

Imagine it being an m80 vs Furia Grand final....lol No longer a competition for best fantasy team. It's whoever has the least bad fantasy team.

2024-09-16 16:35

why suggesting Swisher gets eliminated in QF? Swisher vengeance incoming

2024-09-16 16:44

Ez 4 Tyloo

actually useful tips wow

Apex Mezii Karrigan and Navi/G2. I took Niko and Hunter.

2024-09-16 17:06

imgur.com/a/OL3vZxx Cooking with my pick em

2024-09-16 17:32

If I pick zont1x am I actually betting against donk?

2024-09-16 19:00

If you use the new Chicken Out booster on the American, you can guarantee that he will bring you a total of 12 points if M80 are eliminated in their first playoff match, which might be more than a similarly priced player starting in the round of 16.

2024-09-16 19:32

Donk might be worth it for just the first two matches, the rest is gravy

2024-09-16 23:51

sorry i already have winning team hltv.org/fantasy/479/league/178077/team/..

2024-09-17 01:21

Ive been top 3% the last 3 fantasies. My Pro League C&D team ended up top 1%. Been doing this forever and never been so close lately. It's 90% luck, 10% game/player knowledge.

2024-09-17 05:44