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Esports analysis for people who think before they pick. CS2 and VALORANT now, LoL and Dota 2 soon. Read the game, not the hype.

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EdgeRival is built around independent sports analytics, structured research, and disciplined risk management.

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Our full analysis of the series, plus Yandex's reverse sweep of PARIVISION: https://t.co/ZOHcbBAxlF

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Spirit are into the BLAST Slam VIII upper-bracket final. They beat Aurora 2–1, and Batyuk's Lycan closed the decider in 47 minutes.

Team Yandex are next on Saturday. Yandex won their first four meetings this year, and Spirit have won the last two.

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The map to watch is Ancient. Spirit win it 90% of the time over the last three months, Falcons 20%. Full preview: https://t.co/gS4YPbdwDi

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Falcons vs Spirit tomorrow at 18:00 CEST, with an ESL Pro League semi-final spot on the line.

Spirit lead the 2026 head-to-head 3–2. Falcons won the one that mattered most, the Cologne Major semi-final.

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Spirit survive. Two straight 0–2 losses, then the world No. 1 shows up when it matters and beats M80 2–0 (13–6 on Dust2, 13–10 on Cache) to reach the ESL Pro League playoffs.

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@HLTVorg @Team__Spirit The world's No. 1 needed all five Swiss rounds to get there. Spodek gets the scenic-route version of Spirit.

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LOUD were down 4–8 and 3–9 at half-time. They still beat Paper Rex 2–0 (13–9 on Split, 15–13 in OT on Sunset) and are into the VALORANT Champions upper semifinals, where NRG are waiting.

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@HLTVorg 8-13 on Inferno had me drafting the goodbye post. Then Cache 13-10 and Mirage 13-11 happened. Deleting it now.

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https://t.co/eJeQi1DaeT is down for maintenance right now. We're working on it and will be back soon. Until then, we'll keep posting results and match reactions here.

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My reaction to Spirit losing 2-0 against 1Win

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odds are moving, everyone’s panicking, and half of twitter is suddenly an expert 😂

we’ll just wait.

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@HLTVorg 13-8 on Dust2, then 13-8 on Ancient. 1win found a scoreline they liked and just hit copy-paste.

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Our upper-bracket quarterfinal preview: https://t.co/qMw2ihGQP7

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Eight teams left at VALORANT Champions in Shanghai.

100 Thieves haven't dropped a map. G2 have won on their opponent's pick in all three series. LOUD have never beaten Paper Rex in a series.

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Vitality beat NAVI 2-1 in Katowice and move to 2-0 in the ESL Pro League Swiss stage. Anubis 13-5, Nuke 5-13, Mirage 13-4.

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@HLTVorg @thunderpickco NAVI took Nuke. Vitality took it personally.

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@ESLCS @TeamVitalityCS @natusvincere Vitality dropping Nuke 5-13 just to scare me before Mirage. It worked.

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Things that feel like analysis but aren't:
- "They looked good last week."
- "My mate says it's free money."
- "They're due a win."
- "I watched the highlights."
Things that are: map pool, form on LAN, roster changes, and what the price says before you bet.

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@ESLCS @9zTeam @tyloogaming 9z on Mirage: 13-2. Me on Mirage: please don't look it up.

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NAVI open their ESL Pro League campaign in Katowice by sweeping G2 2-0: 13-7 on Cache, 13-4 on Inferno.