Is it easy to predict esports outcomes?

[Melloweitsj]

I recently read an article on how the casters of the LoL World Championship 2015 did when they were predicting the winners of every match and then compared how they did vs the odds offered at the time. The results were not flattering:



Only YamatoCannon were able to beat the odds. How come they are so bad at predicting the winners? Are the conclusions of the article (you can read it here) about that subjective analysis is bullshit correct?

I myself have had great success with betting on esports, I feel there is way easier to see who will win the games as you get plenty of information when watching streams all the time. What have been your experience?

[henryslug]

There were a large number of upsets involving chinese teams in the group stages of this years tournament. That is probably what caused this.

Henry