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Some of it's rapids, and shotties!
Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening depending on where you are in the world for
the wonderful Counter Strike fans that are here for four more best of threes.
Plenty of action here at the Blast Premier Open Porto and Porto is what we're talking
about because everything to do with it right now is the final two days to decide which
teams will actually make it there.
Four have already been locked in, not sure if they go into the semis or the quarters
or how that will work out, but we will discover that in the next couple of days.
Tim, you got a big smile on your face, your hair's looking good, how you doing my man?
I'm just happy you know, it's Sunday, usually a good day, I know it's raining a little bit outside
but just look at the forecast and apparently it's going to be sunny later on so it could turn out to be a pretty decent day.
You might go cycling.
You know me.
Definitely will.
Broga, what about you my man?
I'm also feeling good, especially also with the menu for today when it comes to Counter-Strike games, I think there was like some exciting games with that.
I thought it talked about the food you know.
Well there's a good thing here right?
If Navi wins today, we could add another one of your ex-teammates onto the desk for you.
So we'll just keep bringing more of these people on, but you never know how it could work out.
This is the Group B overview of where we are at overall within this one as of right now.
And yesterday, Foot did see off Lin Vision.
Now, it is an expected result.
Lin Vision were still competitive, right, and they're still putting up a better fight in it.
But it wasn't a map where I would say at least Foot is not like at their strongest parts.
Yeah, that's fair enough. I don't know what it is for LinVision so far in this tournament.
Naturally we're not going to see them play anymore, but stealing a map off foot and stealing a map of Falcons,
and arguably should have won the game against Falcons when they were up 9-3.
That's a good performance from LinVision considering where they're at right now.
I think I've labelled them the worst team coming into the tournament.
I still think they are, you know, but at the very least they've got to show that
occasionally on certain maps they can be competitive.
At least they're turning upwards for some of the other underdog teams we've had here.
They didn't really like, like I NC, they didn't really like put out the full effort, like sure the best of theirs.
At least Lin Mission did that. And I hope that also means that we can count on them, you know,
not being, you know, just this one that everyone just beats, but when teams play them, they have to fight for it like they did here.
They went a punching bag right this time around. They actually fought back a little bit, which is a surprise.
Yeah, which is nice to see if you're a fan of Asian Counter-Strike and that one. But also guys, it finally happened.
Falcons did it! They beat Legacy! They overcome their arch nemesis, you know, they can beat a spirit, they can beat a vitality, they can beat anyone else.
But Legacy, that was the problem team for them, and now they can proudly sit and say, we can beat anyone.
That was a good win for Falcons, you know, our confidence boost does well.
And a very important win, because the loser of that game being Legacy is now going to face Vitality in that lower bracket zone, in terms of this tournament, and staying alive.
I think there was a mega important win for Falcons, and they said, you know, Kyu Suki playing the way he did.
I know he was on one map, then he was completely off ancient, then he went completely nuclear on the third one.
Kyusuke is trending upwards, and he's slowly but surely becoming the star that we all thought he was going to be maybe a bit earlier.
It was such an entertaining game, I know that they win the last map, like score-wise, convincingly, but holy moly, like...
That first half!
I think I grew even more grey hairs just watching it, you know, so...
That was stressful for the Falcons players, and you could see it in their expressions the whole game, so...
Good for them, getting over that one.
They really wanted that one and they finally got it done but also we need to turn our attention to some of what's happening in group A
Because the action is all heating up down there right now
You can see the lower bracket fight for another spot in porto
Out of where we sat right spirit and fury
I think most of the people with common sense would say they would be in this position
But now it's a real brawl. This is anyone's game
It is you know, and I think the lower bracket is also cited one way
to be completely honest Aurora M80 which we're gonna see later on naturally have
our favorite in Aurora but whoever wins the Navi G2 game will walk into that
deciding lower break game being the favorites no matter what. I completely
agree like Navi and G2 has looked even with the struggles of Navi they are
still a very experienced team they know exactly how to deal with with the
pressure even if the whole world is rooting against them and want
player changes I think they are gonna be the big favorite in this lower
bracket as Jacob is saying no matter what happens in the top game.
Well here we have our schedule for today as always four best of threes plenty of counter strike action legacy
Vitality, you know with how we saw vitality play yesterday
That could be a banger of jail can keep up that kind of performances to help them out right alongside obviously your normal
Regular faces you get from vitality, but does legacy have a chance at that one sure they do
You know legacy is again. They're going under the radar. They are a little bit underrated by many including myself
I think I haven't really realized how good they are
But I mean if legacy is as good as we think they are then beating vitality with a stand-in that should be possible
I definitely think they have a chance and I think it's gonna be one hell of a game like also considering
We had flames on the desk yesterday or the day before talking about this lack of movement then they started moving legacy
They love to move so I think it's gonna be a brawl at weird places on the maps
Well, you know, it's gonna be a really good brawl. It's our opening game. You know, we've had some very one-sided
Double just two maps, two zeros, sometimes getting close, sometimes over times.
This one, Navi taking on G2 to open up with.
This is a hella important game for both teams, right?
G2 want to continue this good player front, Navi need to show some signs of life.
Navi also probably want revenge against G2 for what they did to him at the Major.
To me, it's what could be labelled as a season defining game for both squads,
to be completely honest. Even more so for Navi than for G2.
And I think that's always a fair exercise to do.
If you're sitting at home, you're seeing a matchup, try to ask yourself the question,
for what team doesn't matter more? For what team is it a bigger loss to lose this game and being
knocked out compared to the other? And I'd say NaVi. NaVi cannot afford not to make the playoff
at this tournament. With what happened at EWC, with what happened during the summer break about
the talks of making roster changes, Blake confirming that they were close doing it,
being knocked out before the playoffs, two tournaments in a row, that would be a disaster
for NaVi. Whereas I feel for G2, this was the season they were supposed to take that
extra step up but if they get knocked out right here it's just more of the same
there'll be seven eighth in the world we're kind of used to that Navi they're
supposed to win titles and if they get knocked out two tournaments in a row
after that summer they had that's no bueno. Yeah like G2 like right now
they're thinking VRS right they're thinking position ourselves like for a
good spot leading up to the major whereas Navi they need to be like
strong and better than thinking VRS they should be aiming for playoffs for
titles play against the very best in the world so for me it's a very interesting game like there's
a lot of storylines going into it. And Vanavi this is a team that didn't make changes. Blades said
they were looking at changes right he was very open and honest about it but they're stuck with
this five these players know how to play with each other they've also won tournaments together
right they understand what that winning formula is but right now their t-sides it ain't it.
It ain't it you know and I think it's very important to read between the lines you know
of what Blades said in that interview because yes they decided to stick with these five
man roster but that was out of the out of the notion that they couldn't get the
players they want right it wasn't the number one option it wasn't where they
wanted to go and that I guess from a team perspective maybe you've been in
that position before Casper where you know either as a coach or some of your
players are aware that hey I would have been replaced if this guy wasn't as
expensive over here or if this guy actually said yes it can create a very
weird dynamic within the team when all of a sudden you feel uncertain
whether you're gonna be around enough like for sure like but the thing is
right? This happens in all teams. The difference is that Blade perhaps was
like commenting a little bit too much on it because everyone knows like when you
are in the big organizations, myself included, being an Astralispector, you
know there's eyes on your back no matter what and you need to perform. So in
that aspect it doesn't really change that much for the players is when you
go out and comment on it that's when you know the alarm bells is ringing a
little bit. Then we get to talk about it. And the community starts talking about it.
And everyone's mentioned it right and you go around all of this and
someone we're always talking about right now is McCarthy because the
the heights of Macaasie when he was an MVP at EPL right and he was starting to show that
he was learning and growing in this position within Navi. We were like this can be the
difference maker for them to be consistently up there taking on titles. He's not bad as
of right now but he's not the same player he was back then.
See I think that's a good way of labelling it. Macaasie is a good player, he's not
a great player and that's the issue right now for Navi because when Navi were contending
for trophies, when they were winning trophies as well, that's when Macaas played great
counter strike. That's when he was a massive difference maker under server. You can
You look at his numbers as well, and you can argue that the drop-off at EWC, Bounty,
at the Major in particular, where he didn't have a great tournament, is quite severe compared
to Pro League.
But I think there's more than just stats when it comes to MacArthur.
The raw impact he's having on a game when he's as aggressive as he is when he's involved
in the opening.
He's sort of like a mini dunk to some degree in the way he plays, wants to be
activated early in every single round.
But when he's not finding success, the playing field for Navi gets significantly
harder.
That's also why a lot of people talk about why isn't Navi working?
I think from the outside and also looking at their games like throughout the last couple of months for me
The system has been as the same as it's always been the calls are kind of the same
The difference is that the players in the style that blades like craze the system around is a very individual based
So if the individuals don't perform in the system then obviously it looks bad, right?
So for me like saying okay, it's Alexis fault like Alexis doing the stuff that he's supposed to be doing
Yeah, he needs more from his supporting cast and the star players to go out
You know get the trades get some favorite situations to call the mid rounds to to a higher level, right?
But right now when players are like on off all the time
It's hard to trust the system and get the most out of it at the same time
So it's also a hot test for lexi like going in trying to win these T size out
Well, sometimes there are good reasons as to why some players are not so consistent and find their own form
But actually I was able to find out about some of them with mccasey
All right, Mikazi, back at EPL, you were able to hear it probably your best form, right?
And get an MVP from that event.
But since then, it's not like you're playing bad, but I would just say you struggled to
have the same impact, the same input.
Why do you think that is?
I mean, from EPL, I got the MVP and I got like six rounds.
Like I played really good, I would say.
And after like that season, like it was the major and in the major I started bad,
I would say because I had like some...
I mean, I had some inner life problems, so I couldn't focus fully on it, because also
I was getting some info that it can be like also my lost one, because I was having some
visa issue, and I could get banned from Europe, so I couldn't join, and it was like, I'm
skipped, I don't know how to say it in English, but as a consumer I'm allowed to stay
90 days yeah yes and and I say like 91 days and they told me that I'm gonna get
banned I would never join anymore so I mean I don't want to leave it ex exuse I
would say but it was in my head like when I was playing when I was about to
sleep I couldn't sleep you know because I was thinking that it's my
lost element and this kind of stuff and I also decided to take it as because
we kind of was favorite in major I was thinking like even that I get banned if
you win like who cares you know at least I did my dream but after that
like the first tournament it was after Paris I think and in Paris I wouldn't say
that I played the best I play like some decent like but it depends because in
some in some maps like I'm dying in some position that you cannot kill like for
example if I'm playing on inferno like I'm playing banana I'm getting made like
every run minus 60 like if I go to the guy face to face he has 100 HP has
40 it's hard sometimes but I don't know what what happened I mean I'm
working hard I'm trying to get in my shape and that's yours goes I don't know
with that visa issue can I ask is it sorted now is it good it's off your mind
you can be positive again yeah I mean we saw it with Navi Navi helped me a lot
we fixed the situation so now I'm like clear mind clear mind raise the
focus on doing what you do best as well and just talk to me now in the
Navi system right of how you're playing you know your roles you know
what you need to do but do you think there's still enough space for you to
be the best version of yourself or does there still need to be some different
moves made or adjustments? I mean I got used to blaze system I would say but I
feel like even how Anders said like I'm kind of more like vibe guy and and I'm
feeling like to have a lot a lot of like some peak I would peak a lot so
like sometimes I'm stopping because I don't want to fuck up that on but I'm
so I'm feeling a lot so I will kill a guy and before for example on APL I
I was overpeaking a lot and I was killing the guy, but now I'm kind of a little bitting
stopping this overpeak, but I mean when I see the situation of course I will overpeak
still because I know that I will kill the guy, but I don't know, I think it's fine,
just a bad period I would say.
Okay, I know this right from you being a player from Kostasvay, you like to peek,
you like to take these fights, can you ask for it from Alexey, can you say to
play it like yeah, I'm going to do it sometimes?
I mean, sometimes I do it, but for me in my head, it's to do it always.
OK, there's a balance to everything. I don't recommend doing it always.
Yeah, I mean, that's the, I would say, kind of problem, but it's not a problem for sure.
Kind of problem, but not a problem that he's trying to go through a lot of problems.
But I want to touch on one thing with this series, right?
A visa issue.
As someone who is not European like you guys, right?
If we do get hit with that over the extension, that'd be a five-year ban.
That's his career done, right?
So that's a lot of pressure on a young player's shoulders coming into that.
Why are you smiling? It's not a nice thing.
No, I was just about to say like, Navi interviews are becoming my favorite interviews because you get brutally honest.
Yeah, well that too, but you get a brutally honest blade, you know, saying that,
hey, yeah, we're looking into changing players. We couldn't get this guy.
You get a brutally honest Makassi who is, again, I don't know the inner workings of Navi, right?
But if you have a young player, an experienced player like Makassi, you've got to protect him.
You've got to put him into bubble breath when it comes to stuff like that.
You cannot enter a goddamn Major having him thinking that oh, this could be my last tournament because I've made this ban from entered Europe.
So again, with the notion that obviously we and I don't know everything that's going on,
Mikasa's native language is not English, you know, so we may miss some details.
But that's a major fuck-up by Navi, if that's the case, heading into the Major,
not making sure that that was taken care of before.
If that affected him and if that's the reason why they didn't make the playoff,
which they were dangerously close doing, with him playing like a sack of potatoes compared to how good he's been up until that point,
That's on Navi. That's on Navi as an organization.
Yeah, like the thing that stood out for me in the interview was just talking about overpeaking and stuff.
I suppose, like, listening to this.
I completely understand what he's talking about.
But the thing that is still lingers in his head, that's a little bit of a problem, right?
Because that means you're buying only partly into the thing that you're supposed to be doing, right?
But if you always, like, exit a game thinking I should have peaked more,
I should have done this, but I didn't because of blah, blah, blah.
then it's a player that has one foot in the one camp and another one somewhere else, you know?
So, for me, like, he needs to understand that if he wants to play in this team,
you can have these doubts, but not as much as, like, these thoughts,
but not as much as he's having and also explaining here, like, that's too much.
Okay, thank you very much for your insight on all of that.
Like, I kind of agree with you on that part when it, you know,
there is a balance of all of this, like what I said to him in the interview,
but also the interview balance for G2 as we flip on over to the other side.
G2, right? We're looking at their 5v4 conversions a little bit here,
Do we read too much into it because it's against Spirit or is this in all games overall?
This is all games overall.
I think this is something, obviously you can play as a team and you can build everything
in the team and you can play these system, these strats.
But when you are below the dangerous marks, let's say in the 5v4s, below 75, that becomes
an issue going in when you play some of the best teams.
Because what does that mean?
That means that every fourth round you lose an advantage because you hit, let's
Donk on his bomb site, right? You need to convert more and historically all the teams that have like wins the tournaments have good playoff runs
They are like closer to 80 than 65. Yeah, I agree
You know and it speaks volume and it gets interesting to figure out why that is the case
Is the decalling from Hunter? Is it that you get the 5v4 by putting yourself in a position where it's impossible to get away?
So you get traded out there's a lot of you know notion behind that number
But definitely when you look in isolation at that numbers worker is explaining if you want to be a team that is as a
said you know moving from being just a seventh eighth in the world that's a
parameter you got to get better on and also they need to get better on
understanding their map all right we know G2 has this Inferno we're so happy with what we see in Inferno
but everything else is still up in the air for sure like Inferno we saw it
yesterday right no like the other day no Inferno no party and that cannot be a
theme for them entering deeper like parts of this season they need to
solidify one more elite map that they feel comfortable on even you know as
the middle ground for some of the other teams that they cannot just pick whatever they want
against them and then have a field day. So I'm glad for them that they can play Inferno
today but they need to show that they can be competitive on more than that.
Can they be competitive on more than that? Have we seen enough from them? Because
some of the other maps look pretty rough.
I think so. I think with time Wrigley being integrated, I think the way he's
playing Counter-Strike right now for G2 has opened up a new floor for them, has
opened up a new possibility, way more aggressive, able to dictate the games, able to
to change the tide of the game as well, which some players at times weren't able to.
So I think in that regard, maybe that could open up a bit more for them,
and then with cash coming in as well, that could potentially be a map that you adopt
and get good on, so it's not unreasonable to think they can solve it,
but for now it's a bit of an issue.
Well, let's find out what's going to be happening with the map.
Well, it's time as always for the Vita.
And here we have it.
You already alluded to it, Rugga.
they are going to get their Inferno in this matchup.
That's one thing that benefits them.
But is it plain sailing from here on out?
Do they have an advantage in the V2 against them, Avi?
I think it's kind of 50-50, right?
They will get Inferno, but they will also be most likely,
yeah, pushed on one of their maps
that historically was one of their best maps,
which but has completely dropped off, right?
So, Avi also tries to re-establish their map pool,
where ancient was a cornerstone
for a lot of their playoffs runs.
Makes sense to go that way.
Navi is also good on Inferno, as much as I agree. Inferno, G2 have to pick it.
It's the bread and butter, but Navi is a very strong Inferno team as well.
The T-sights are built well. They're very good at executing him towards the bigger bomb side as well.
Mccasin normally does better on Banana than he did during the Major and the EWC, so I wouldn't necessarily be sure G2 have a field day.
Now, no cash for Navi, no risk taking whatsoever, and then we get to finish on Mirage, which is bread and butter for both teams.
Like who gets the advantage in looking at how we've seen from both teams coming into this because for me
I'll give the GT probably play better. I think G2 has shown the best CS they got completely outclassed by spirit
But I think now we would also get the same treatment like for me
This smells like you take your own map pick and then whoever wins like if Navi wins the T-Pest run on Mirage
They win the service. Yeah, I think Navi's a bit more
I know now we haven't played great as of late
But I have more faith in the bottom floor of Navi, you know than the bottom floor of G2
I agree G2 up until this point have looked better and looked great, powered by Winkie as well.
But he's going up against Wonderful who have a bit of a habit of shutting down almost sometimes himself.
So the more I think about it, you know, I was coming in 50-50, the more I think about it,
the more I look at this matchup, I'm leaning towards an army in a close game.
Wow, I did not expect we'd be hearing that from Pym.
Thank you very much for your thoughts guys.
We're moving into the game and Pym was talking about the bottom floor,
where we're going to the top floor. It's under the hand of the team.
Funny.
Thank you very much boys.
Yes, an exciting one here.
lower bracket, semi-final, one of these seems to have to go home in a household
name and as G2 versus Darby with a dream map pool as well, what are your initial
thoughts? I think this is going to be a banging game. I'm sad that we're seeing
goodbye to one of these teams but I do think this would be a very very good
game. I'd be off first with three maps here. I hope there will be or on the
polymarker Henry. It's fairly eulish at the moment. Pretty even isn't it? It's
not much separating them at all and we'll be kicking things off with a bit
of ancient Inferno and Mirage. I'm excited. You know what? I kind of
group of Pimba. I know that's a crazy thing to say, but I'm on his side, but
Navi have got the edge here. I think it comes down to Ancient, and whether
McCarthy can show up. In my opinion, he's just beneath Donk in terms of that
T-side mid-play. He can be absolutely electrified. We get that, McCarthy. Could
be a very convincing first map for Navi. Either way, ladies and gentlemen, let's
lock in and we'll kick things off with Ancient. T-side start for Navi.
Their map pick as we get into the action here, looks to be an A-side
attack, setting up utility for Donut and CD Spawn, you would assume, as they
way of the initial aggression just to know there's no presence whatsoever over
towards B. So they have to operate pretty quickly here, got that first smoke for Spawn
and then we got... oh wow, yeah definitely committed to this one. Double smoke already
up, there is a little bit of a counter smoke coming in as well and look I can
say in the middle of it for G2 so they can try and hold them back. It's gonna be
the duels early on the first hatch of the series and it's Hunter to take down
my Kazeida, man that everyone's been focusing on because he is such a firepower
piece for this Navi team. I'm already there's a bit of a lurker in the middle two, Pidgey's
really gonna walk in, but it's in and wonderful, the bit of a kill each, and that will cement
this Bobcat very nicely. There's the flank that I was talking about, but Hunter actually
take care of it, no one's watching him. Someone has to be holding him back, Maxis finds a kill,
and Hunter is still hitting those shots, leaving Alexi alone in the clutch in the one versus
two, and now right on top of him. Great work for Hunter to get out of that donut position
and find three kills in total.
Excellent work from Hunter, you're dead on there
and it's such a massive pistol victory for G2
and your opponent's pick as well.
You're not out of the woods just yet,
though the bomb has been planted.
Scary round for both teams.
Nabi is looking promising with the bomb down,
even in the 4 vs 5.
But yeah, Hunter.
Dual elites.
No problem, the gunslinger comes out on top
and it's getting a full-on force by here.
I can confirm Mikazi, Ima, with the rifles here.
Those would be Galil's three pistols.
Otherwise, as we said, Mikazi,
one of the deadliest players towards middle on the T side.
In the world.
That is absolutely true.
You're right about that, Henry,
and I'm excited to see if we can get him back
to that level because there's no reason
they picked him up from the Navi Jr. squad originally.
Ima, his partner in crime, a dastardly duo,
He smokes down and heads removed and will be able to go down first, but there's Maccazi.
His first kill in the series here, a 4 on 4.
He's forced by looking promising now, a 4 on 4 on this sort of scenario favours the T's,
but in terms of utility, they have one smoke remaining.
No, it's trying to get some intel here as he checks towards Elbow.
It's under the T set up though and there's a couple of players towards Heaven.
Most of the manpower overthrow the B side of the map and Mattis holding in towards
Cave.
some sound cues now, does he decide to swing?
Yeah, they don't have them all, it's off of this one, otherwise normally they would throw that to clear this one out.
Doesn't look like anyone's even thinking about it, he's gonna have the trigger discipline to swing down as almost good.
Could have definitely been a double and somehow my sazillans a head shot.
Look at the health that's left here. Wonderful on 15, my car's the un-33, but they're still on the site with the bomb planted.
So disappointing for him, could have had all three there, in fact only gets one, it could cost him the round.
from the round 15 HP for wonderful heavy God. No kid. No you too has to act quickly here.
Wonderful parks himself behind the bombsite boxes. Trying to get this ring trying to get
the advantage aside of relief there for us. Sure he's got the Famous but when you've got three
backs to you and as you need more than one. That is true and it was right there for the
taking like you love to get the trigger discipline of the moment. It was so cool.
He is very thankful for heavy God to pull that one off wonderful.
Realizing he was low HP tries to surprise his opponent goes with the wide swing
But didn't have the HP to sustain it, but it comes down to a one versus one with a bomb plant
You might be considering a four spy once again time will tell. Oh, yeah, you could put the pressure on I would actually love that
We're gonna see at least one AK. McCarthy to bring it out for reasons we already stated
So it doesn't look to be the four spy because it's got the best mid spawn though
So you're pretty certain he'll be going out quickly to try and get an opening kill here
Some of these aggressive players, they do like that, think of a dunk here.
But he's running into a lot of HGs there on the other side.
Incendiary will keep him back.
He is going to be flashed in front of it, so we'll try and see if he can navigate that position.
They blow open the smoke at the red room.
But I'm not going to be able to see Makaze.
So he's not taking that much damage for his early attempt here.
Still moving forward, the smoke has evaporated, but he is spotted.
That was Hunter jumping back there, so they're going to know.
Otherwise, Rinko was actually running away from this position,
But I think they realize because it is dueling for this one and you can't assume this is an ego
Bomb plan of four kills a lot of teams would force by here
So you can see they're being very tentative giving nothing away on the CT side
Parking the bus you can see it towards a that she back in CT spawn essentially
And we've got that deep CT smoke actually coming in suggesting it's going to be an a splits
And that's four set of rotation at least a little probe here from have you got
So let's come line the double doors here.
Should be 5-0 Mattis, well positioned for a double where's McCarthy?
AK-47 brings it back to a 4-4.
He's been a powerful player, Mattis, but traded out really early.
Evigod, we are looking for him to make a comeback into the tournament.
He's been letting G2 down.
String know that he could do so much better, and that could easily be the X-Factor
that puts a victory for G2 on the board.
He's going down finally, and a wrinkle.
He will get one there and a follow-up there.
Maybe he could have waited for Nurtz, but ultimately he trusted in his aim.
in his aim and G2 will win the first three rounds. No bomb plan, but because of the lost
bombers now they can sort of keep it going and still have a reasonable purchase in this one, Navi.
A couple of concessions. Mikazi will have to operate with the Galil. I would say considering
its ancient maybe swap over the rightful Alexi B, but what do I know? We'll see round four come
through and if Navi can put their best foot forward here. So Matt Pick and an excellent
start from G2. They picked this one up, the desk was there again. G2 were considered one of
of the best teams in the world and Inferno could be the 2-0 and they could pull this one
off and they've got a flying star here Anders and we're going for a set piece at a sport.
Navi will be committing towards the A bomb site. No default here means they have to operate
in the first 20 seconds or so. Zero presence apart from a lurk smoke over towards B which
won't be enough. Mattis has heard nothing. He's actually quite aggressive towards a
cave. No sound cues whatsoever so you've got to move about now.
There's no incendiary HE on Hunter so he probably can't, maybe if they smoke it
He can try and throw a counter smoke, but they're gonna come through, right?
It's a really strong position and we saw him honestly get four kills here.
Okay.
Just a couple of days ago.
I'm not saying Hunter's at that level, but let's see what he can make of it.
It's a good callback though, are you?
You're absolutely right about this.
There's sick highlights.
He is gonna play a little bit more safe.
Garrus spanked at the bullet to go right over their skulls.
It was so close to him hitting those two headshots, but he is gonna be up dueled.
Alexi picks him up and...
Do you two gotta wonder it?
Is it worth going for?
You don't have that much money.
You picked the rod in the water.
You have a look into it.
I don't think you fully commit. I feel like now you definitely call it off. There's no way.
Yeah. You contain them now. You try and get a few exits, nerds. Well, you're quite committed.
See if you can find more than one. Yeah, I think we probably should have called it off a little bit sooner.
But there we go. Yeah, Hunter definitely needed... Oh, they've lost way too much now. Hunter,
if he gets one, they probably really go for it. Send it in. But unfortunately for him,
the spam through the smoke, the extent of the retreat was no good.
It's a really thin line isn't it between you know checking out the bombs like trying to see if you can find a kill
It's probably right though
Like if you do get one and turn into a really fast 4v4 then then maybe something is on there
But you stick around a second too long and you do lose a bunch of rifles
So because of the earlier pressure for Navi, it's all already a bad situation for G2
They should not even look to contain that but as soon as you lose Hunter call that one off
Yeah, I don't know. The percentage is so early in the game. You want to have money for the next round
It's just not worth the risk and oh, we've got to have a pit stop as well
Well, ladies and gentlemen, let's get into the admin, shall we?
Yeah.
It's been a fast-paced day.
It's the first of four best of threes.
The admin guy was so quick, he was ready with the monitor,
like, immediately.
I'm impressed.
So opening game, G2 versus Na'Vi.
This is group A, lower bracket semifinals.
So Luzer is going home.
One of these two teams will not be making it to Porto.
If I'm correct, Henry, the winner
is going to be playing either MAT or Aurora, depending
on what happens in the next game.
It's the second game of the day, by the way.
Second game of the day.
Nice segue Aurora M80.
M80 have looked pretty decent.
I think Aurora is certainly the favorites,
but M80 has done a bit more attention now.
It's done to look pretty impressive.
So that could be an absolute banger as well.
Inner circle versus foot.
Yesterday, inner circle looked very flat.
Unfortunately, I thought they were quite disappointing.
But foot after initial defeat,
they're actually looking like they're finding their form once again.
So that should be a great game.
And then vitality legacy.
Also a contender for Game of the Day.
That's a lower bracket game as well.
So as a challenge of vitality, don't make it two-porter with JL.
That... I guess they do have that caveat of playing with JL, but he's been playing...
He's...
He's crazy.
He's like, top-ranking, yeah, to be fair.
So yeah, lots of counter-strike action, and then we have tomorrow as the final day of the group stages,
where we're mostly doing seeding games.
Yes, but because there were so many new lineups, I feel like even just having the extra practice
for some of these teams is going to be super, super important going into it.
I think that normally seeding games maybe you don't you care as much if you're gonna end up losing that one
But I think for this one just having the the teams really come together. I think it's gonna be super important getting some reps
It yeah, so many new lineups
G2 and Navi both in kind of different places
With the team try now you feel like Navi is coming to the end of its lifespan with this particular roster
Well G2's just formed this one. Yes
So very different mentalities and G2 on the up and up now be trying to regain some former glory perhaps I
I am really excited for this G2 lineup. I feel like if we can have a couple of games here, where Rinkle, Heavy God and Nurtz are all playing a really good game, I think Matz is just a solid all-round player.
I don't see Matz as making a lot of mistakes. I feel like he's always just like a sensible player. And then Hunter, just do some good calling, get those T sides up and running him into Deskwa critical of Navi's T sides, but I think it's fair to be critical of some of Hunter's T sides as well.
They've been they've been trouble. I feel like that's a that's something that's plaguing the counter right seemed right now
CT side seems to be better across the board, but somehow the T sides are failing people of it
It is a CT meta right now slowly evolving into that. Yeah
As you mentioned though G2 after losing that gun around even after a three zero up too many close rounds against the pistols and
Hero AKs has led them to a unenviable position of averaging
$1,400 per player and no to the tech timeout as well a little bit tilting you just want to get back in there
But I guess they have the force by you got about three players and 1400
Even if you take the full eco you still come by so you might as well just go all in with the 57 Kevlar
Yeah, maybe a couple of MP 9s and see you can steal the round away
But Navi will be very very aware of that and they've got a nice healthy buy now
They've got the AKs and the wonderful AWP. He's looking quite sharp six and three right now and McCarthy
We talked about his recent form.
He said it himself.
He said some personal issues going on,
things outside the server.
And now it's all sorted.
We want to see whether that's reflected here
on his best map of ancients.
It's hard to imagine that an experienced leader like Alexi
won't make the call when the tech pause is over,
that hey guys, remember they're going to have a force up here.
We've got to be careful like this.
There could be like a crazy pop flash at the bottom
of the V ramp or something like that.
Just be careful.
Yeah, there's two schools of thought,
whether you understand their tendencies
in these sort of rounds and what they like to do,
Or you go for something like a set piece again towards AID as quickly as a brute force and get in there with the utility.
Or you play a very, very shallow defensive game and sit back, run the clock down, try and get some information and force the CTs to hunt for some intel.
We'll see what AlexiB decides to do here on the T side. Looking for the second round here, which she should pick up.
We'll see if G2 have anything to say about it as we just adjust the monitor.
Okay, we're going for it. He's working on it.
I've seen recently Henry some attempted triple boosts inside of the B bomb site on the CT side from behind like the
Spammable area like that spammable. Oh, okay, like people are trying to look over. I just know I knew you could do it from the T side
Yeah, I think I know about a CT bruise
That's basically a mirror one that people try to you try and catch the T's that are playing out on the scaffolding out
Whatever it is out there. Yeah
So, you know that there are tricks there are tricks obviously people will boost at the back of
where the AWP is holding on the B bomb site with Deagles.
So maybe there are some cool tricks to be seen,
but we've got to wait to get back into the game.
It's early on here.
Hard day of counter strike
with teams being eliminated left and right.
I would have loved to have both G2 and Na'Vi
make it to the main part of the tournament,
but they got four points.
Unfortunately, I guess that's not possible.
It's not possible.
As much as we don't like,
That ain't happening. So here we go. Tactical timeout now, Saw will chime in just to get their heads back in the game.
This is a rough round, but you know you're probably not going to win it, but you have to buy and the buy is so weak.
We can see it on the server right now. It's going to be 3, 5, 7s, 1, Deagle and a Hunter MP9.
They've actually focused on HE grenades. They've got the opposite side of it, 4 HEs.
So what can you really do with that? The most common idea would be mating towards Elbow, trying to step on Emma and Mikaze.
But I think you'd be mad if you're Navi right now to try and brute force middle
Hey, I think that's the most high highly like risky movie you can make I
Always wish in a round like this one
We have this many cheese that you just wait for a bomb plant like both bomb sites here
Especially maybe the B bomb site you can you can grenade the default plant easily
That's another idea. You could wait when it retakes that up. Yeah, and that made the seat for let's have a look
What I've got a month ago they're going for the the risky one
Okay, right out the middle, hoping that Mikaze is going to be aggressive.
He is, but only for 28 points of damage. That is not enough for the Triple Nade to have an impact here, Hunter.
It's a pretty good run through, but he'll be traded out pretty much immediately.
So, so far so good, and now he's playing it fairly more aggressively than maybe I was expecting there.
They gave it a beat there. They waited for the initial grenades to come through, then the Flashbangs were deployed,
and they had the close range Molotov as well, so the TTs couldn't get a super tight angle on them.
4-on-3 advantage now should be absolutely fine for Navi if you ask me Mattis in towards that K position and
Now just pumping the brakes with the bomb outside the double doors on the back of wonderful
Let's see beat those emotions here flushing out any potential CT's on the other side and there are a couple of them
Can't imagine a world they give this up now should be absolutely fine
One minute on the clock once left the CT's here one smoke in the 4-on-3
Wonderful. If they really wanted to clear out the cave, he has a Molotov, so if they could just kind of slowly wheel him, he's quite far away, but he is slowly making its way there.
If they wanted to check it, then they could do it the safe way, but as long as they stay grouped up, I'm quite happy with what they're doing here at the moment on the Navi side.
B side, throw that same smoke that lands on the B side of middle, all the way towards CT spawn.
It's a very good position to be able to smoke off.
Don't know if people recognise, you can molotov this position for middle as well, Henry,
if you wanted to.
That's pretty cool.
Sometimes the CT's played that shallow corner.
You can flush them out.
You flush them out, yeah.
So that's round, you ought to be saving the 5-7 that's opposed, maybe try and find
One of his rifle, but say, yeah, looks like now the
I've officially kicked off to the T side campaign now.
Should be worth a couple of rounds here wouldn't be surprised we tied things up.
But as mentioned, maybe look for some exits or just save the Kevlar
wrinkled doesn't actually have it.
He's went for Deagle, no Kev.
I feel like it's always an intense strategy on the T side
when you keep doing these four subs early in the game
because obviously when it works like now, you could see the reward side of it.
You know, the economy is bad.
Oh, they do think of the AK.
Surprised I didn't throw that away, but uh...
Where can you even throw it away?
I'm not sure, but maybe on this ledger there?
The patented AK, that's pretty potent.
Makes things interesting.
Hanta's the sort of player that can definitely make that work.
Oh, absolutely.
That makes things a lot more interesting.
They've recovered the Hunter MP9 as well, so not all is lost here.
Hunter will have some resources to work with here in round number six.
We'll go 3-2.
RV starting to build a nice reservoir of cash now.
One round game. Can Mattis do the unthinkable and steal this one away?
He's got a good spawn towards A and he's utilising it as well.
He's actually pushing it towards A main with the aforementioned AK-47.
He wants first blood, not gonna get it.
He wanted that quick one tap.
I actually love this. I do appreciate when you have this one rifle that you try and be proactive.
Don't love it when people sit at the back of on-sides fulking that someone's gonna eventually show up.
Much better than these are looking. And they've left notes in a forward position with the 5.7, so he's gonna have at least advanced warring.
Pretty decent HE around the corner. Hunter down to 64.
But now Maxis is right at his back, so if there is another setup here where they flash or Molotov Hunter, then there's a chance Maxis could kind of run in there.
Maxis actually could be playing in front of it to spray. It's pretty good.
They're gonna hear the sound of that AK. They know. This is probably not worth going for, but they will anyway.
Bits! Since the moment of weakness that is potentially risky.
He's done very well to open this up. The cars over the headshot, the fine nerds.
They avoid all of the danger in this round. It now be tied up the game like you said. It's gonna be 3-3.
Nice work.
I'll be looking sharp after losing the pistol.
Lots of cash now. Wonderful.
Hovering around $8,000 with the AWP and full util already in his belt.
Nice little pre-fire.
Our Karzy gets himself a couple.
Yes! That's the most important kill there.
Fighting Mattis, having the awareness to get heavy-gold as well.
Touching that corner.
tactical timeout. This time used by G2 and Riley So the finances have been pretty woeful.
They don't have the luxury of the wrinkle AWP which is I would say the backbone of this
scene now considering his play style and the way he dictates CT halves and we know how
much he likes to open rounds up. So here is a rifle out of an unknown quantity. We'll
see what he can bring to the table. Yeah, we've talked about the disruptive orpe that
he's brought to to this G2 lineup. Yes, that's been fun. It's very assertive.
I would say that's an AWP you'll have to see as confidence can call their own game.
Can pull it off, get his opening picks and be unpredictable and a nuisance for the opposition.
Let's get into it. One smoke down towards middle for now, nothing towards Donut.
He's smoking Cave as well.
Makarzee just dropping.
Rekabee Molotov blowing open the smoke making sure no CT's are crossed over up towards Heaven.
So the deep smoke towards Cave allows Alexey B to start making his way up towards a B-Land.
Looks like an A finish right now at Time Hotel.
Really an early pump at least.
See if they can founds false up maybe some kind of utility and speaking of which there isn't much in G2.
That smoke is kind of, they need to use it and Nurtz has nothing left now.
Turns around and will find Mikaze who's really stuck a bomb in but they're through the smoke.
Immer, that's actually a great play.
He pushes through Nurtz's smoke to catch him as he's escaping that donut position and now Hunter's gonna go down next.
Bon is going to be planted but they lose him now.
I don't think he had to take that fight at all.
A little bit risky perhaps, so it goes up a wonderful, missing a shot.
That seemed like it was very durable, leaves a bit in a touch scenario.
And Mattis is holding the line there that you wanted to catch a wrinkle in CT spawn.
Yeah, on the reload I think he had one coming through after a spam.
All bit could do that to be honest, but it's a pretty nice round overall from G2.
they break the streak of three rounds and actually maintain a small lead four to three on the CT side
actually saving two AK-47s and they've got the wrinkle AWP that's a massive round all things considered
oh yeah and uh yeah they get the bomb down but it looks pretty pedestrian towards the end
no chance of them losing it into three versus one now like we said money for days though so uh
still plenty of chemistry left to be played in this first half have you got smoking the
B double doors from CT spawn. So watch out for that. Will it suggest they're gonna go for a push here?
We'll have a look.
They definitely could. Very, very deep HE, another one of the lands on Makaze.
Okay, if anything it's the opposite. They wanted to have three towards middle, so they
smoked the double doors. Just to keep them entertained now and keep them guessing. Slow
them down on the B side. That third grenade chases him down to 35. But you're right though,
So like that early-mid presence, if nothing else, it's stopped the cars ever being aggressive
in there.
Smoke at the top of the B ramp.
Yeah, it's a pretty cool idea.
You know that B double-door smoke is so annoying, it's stifling, like the go through that, it
messes up if you want to do the brawl-on volley for example, do you know when you
go for the double-door smoke, you can't even do that because the smoke blocks the
line up.
That's a great part in the route, I didn't even think about that, but that's
there.
Yeah, it's really annoying.
It became a classic Molotov to stop the CTs pushing into cave, right?
Yep.
Okay.
Molotov towards the cubby.
So they try to go for this mid-control much much later in the round than what they would normally like.
Wonderful going down Rizz.
Here he is.
Yeah, activated on the AWP.
They exchange blows.
He got legs.
But wonderful took one in the chest.
Look at who's pushing out.
Heavy God, actually.
All the way in front of A.
He's about to find the killer, Alexi, in the middle.
I don't think there's a chance Alexi will know about this,
but he might have the timing with him.
Alexi's now turned even further away,
so heavy guard for the moment, missed his opportunity.
Nice find from Hunter.
In a kind of a solo mission to try and distract
and maybe open up the B bomb,
so that's not happening at the moment.
And with that kill, I think the round might just be done.
There's already three people defending.
Rinkle one of them and he finds a double in the round.
They're gonna save the AWP.
They will have three AKs behind this as well.
This is a great turn around from a kind of stressful economic situation for G2 at the start of the half year, but it's a lot better now.
Time out, I was going to say, this is a very important round.
We talked about how much gold they've got in reserve, but unfortunately this will be the last of it.
Rinko, as soon as he gets his AWP, that's all we're referencing before.
There's opening picks, moving around the map, being disruptive.
He takes down 1-4 and it completely collapses for Navi in general.
Hunts are great holding towards a good awareness of the situation.
New middle was open, covering towards Donut, very strong position.
And maintains that advantage.
Funnels in towards B-Wale, Rinkle can just keep shutting them down.
As you mentioned, three AKs recovered, AWP,
and they've got a 5-3 lead on the CT side of their opponent's pick.
This is looking very good for G2.
Bear in mind, they're considered one of the best teams on Inferno,
which is the second map.
If they pull this one off an ancient, it's likely a 2-0,
and Navi will be leaving the tournament.
Oh, what an ambitious speak as well.
It is.
It's not like he's gone for a boost or a tricky angle.
He's just taken a straight up heads up duel against Wonderful.
That really is the, like you said, the assertive nature of this guy.
It's so much fun to watch as well.
All right, the pressure is on Navi then.
Let's see what they could do.
All those flashes.
There's like six of them going over.
That's wild.
But he's not found the target yet.
finally commits to the fight scheme of the trade-off with Jetta from Krasnitsch.
Oh!
Being so close to being a headshot, but he will be a hunter instead on the other side!
Yeah, this is becoming very meta.
We're seeing a lot of teams do this now.
One player towards Donut to patrol the A rush, and then two in the red room.
They pop up in the smoke with multiple grenades, and they have two targets there, ideally
with AKs that we've got right now as turrets.
And it seems to be very effective.
Every team who runs that seems to be coming out on top.
That's really powerful.
I do like that.
Mid-controlled.
like the meta game changes every week.
There's always something new going on.
Yeah, seeing a lot of teams run that.
If Ringo hit the show, which he does not, I cast him.
That's round, but all of a sudden it's back on.
So once a couple of players towards mid,
all the bombs and T spawn for now.
It's on the back of Bits.
That could have been a 2 for 1 right there.
Yeah, right.
Well, look at his front position.
Are you ever going to check this?
You might find the first player,
but are you going to know that there's a second one here?
Matt is moving out.
The timing is pretty good.
and he finds the next, he immediately disengages.
I love this about Matzys.
You said it before the game started, he's got great discipline,
good understanding of what he has to do,
and he's got himself another great spot here.
It doesn't even matter as we will see Bitt thrust into an unwinnable situation.
That loss bonus is a Q-Ball, I tell you what, let me choke with the rat.
So he'll get $2,400 in the next round, so Bitt...
Oh, God, he might have just better yet saving the weapon here,
to be honest with you, for 15 seconds.
Ah, not gonna happen.
Not gonna happen at all.
So they're going to be eco-next round the Kaiden, really partial by 2500 on average per player.
Yeah, he's like a P250 or a Deagle, I suppose.
Tough position.
And now we solve...
Watch the smoke.
Well, they didn't pop, no, we didn't see it.
We didn't see it.
Just wanted to show you what I meant.
Yeah, the two turrets, they pop things open, very difficult to contain.
I saw a new metagame idea, I think, yesterday or the day before.
For the CT side, you can, from spawn, you can smoke the cubby in middle.
Yeah.
That gets Molotov.
So you can come and get your burning down.
I know, I've seen that too.
Okay, I think they've been dissuaded from middle.
They're not really flying massive success there.
Either way, it is the eco, as mentioned.
No care of luck.
One, tech nine, PT-50s, Glocks.
It's a bit of everything.
I did get a bomb down here.
That's the only objective of this round.
Almost too fast.
But Max is doing great work, Hunter.
He will be there as well.
Like you said, bomb, but it'll be nice.
Maybe another kill or two.
They're keeping these AKs alive for so long. What a great luxury for the CT side.
Seven to three is the scoreline, ladies and gentlemen. This is great for a G2.
They look very, very fresh at the moment.
Especially for a rock-solid anchor like Heavy God to have an AK on the defense as well.
Be able to take some more aggressive duels. It is a luxury.
It's a great word for a penultimate round here.
Navi looking rather flat.
They're smoking double doors again courtesy of Heavy God.
They haven't really utilized any sort of aggression outside of the map.
been focusing on their first towards middle and I'll be in the case again.
Absolute pandemonium here.
Emma will find the first but Nurtz still lying in wait.
So much damage being exchanged but only one kill found so far.
McCauze and Emma are very, very low on health here.
This could change quickly from being this four and five into a favorable position for G2 instead.
Nurtz is disengaging and Max is doing the same thing on the other side, right?
He didn't want to keep going and it's heavy guard though.
He was pushing A earlier in the half, and now he's pushing that deep B ramp.
Rinkle takes a kill, Nurtz immediately with the peek afterwards.
Yeah, he wants to, but now it's going to be a molotov, and he forced into the fight,
and trying to take someone with him, a lot of damage,
and it sets up the rest of the team again to punish them.
Alexi's down, and the rest of Navi are so low on health.
Hell, I grinkle.
You could have.
I think it's unlucky. I think he was trying to get away.
There's a sliver at that wonderful corp.
We have got the backstab from heavy got into was T spawn that could be there unraveling though
He's realizing it now as well. Wow that she lost track of the T's it actually could work in his favor as well
I think the timing might allude Navi here. He's got a double kill. They're not gonna think about this at all
Go straight for it
Reading the future and we've got that we could do more things with it
I feel a little wasting it
What do you do with your life?
Um, well, that's unfortunate for Navi, I'm afraid.
He was looking promising to get the opening kill, but like he said, so much damage on Rook.
But you said, there was a real moment in time there where heavy guard was actually going to go
into T spawn, and he did like a double take and went back. That's great.
Yeah. Oh, this is rough. We said Makazi, an absolute demon on that middle area.
Hasn't had that much in battle. I'm sorry, a bad showing.
Let's have a look. Well, they've got those last round Galils and a Mactan.
Even sort of rounds, you know, when you do steal away though,
It kind of feels like Navi have to three doesn't feel like enough on the T side
It is that map pick up. Let's see if they can threaten either way through the smoke
That's it's very aware of what he's up against here, and they're gonna try and overwhelm him with the Mac 10
He's got to back up now and heavy God
It's areas a player on a ramp as well bit
That's the heavy God experience
That's what we're talking about give him an AK as an anchor and he will do God's work
Yeah, he's absolutely on it and then they push on top of that. They've already found the opening kills, but I
Actually love this sometimes we criticize it when the CT's push aggressively, but I think this time it's gonna be such a surprise
Oh, wait a minute. Hey, God does go down
our retract
Bombs outside the double doors last round here Anders four on two I
Would say it's done with the glows and belly any you so I don't see a world where G2 give this up
What a great showing on the CT side
Again, they're really, really proactive just like in the last round.
They don't wait around G2.
They don't want Naveed to be able to execute some last second thing.
Now, wrinkle this line up.
You're never seeing that coming.
Immer goes down.
Let's see the last one.
Let's go.
How much of a chance it's all.
9-3 G2.
They only lost a couple of rounds at the start of it and they came right back into
it.
What a first half.
And we've still got two and a half more days of action, but speak of action, off-climb into
Catwalk.
Zai-Wu tries to get away with a slick move instead of fast-moving Navi.
And in total contrast to the round prior, where Wonderful was a lone top mid, you've
already got Navi players up through connector trying to combine again with this BitJL walkout.
Gleam's just got a lot of pressure on him, and he has not been performing.
He has not recovered.
awkward ladder kill and this ace goes out with nothing until the Jostle player comes out with two.
This is Ema on a tear, a triple kill through middle, extended up,
can I throw right back into the action. Quad kill for Ema.
Not yet able to soften up the bomb site. Niko tries to go through, will stuff one up close
and Wonderful still yet to strike down his second victim. Tess S looking for his impact.
You didn't kill him, you just softened him up and that's not enough to stop him.
Bomb is here on the ramp, Tess S has got another, kicks in into the kill feed.
It's hit from down underneath.
Right there to stop it, his multi-kill with a quad kill.
Mikaze stays tucked in.
Here's a chance, they're under balcony, Zelo's adding him up.
That's two. Will Mikaze go unnoticed?
Because the operant could serve up a perfect distraction.
Bomb plant.
Can't get planted here now.
On the other side, yeah, yeah, yeah, they've lost this guard.
Mikaze delivers!
Wonderful goes down, but he's the open the door for this.
For this, from Ninja, marauding inside of this A site.
Jame on the other side of it, 17 and five is Mikaze.
This guy is ascending to a whole new level.
If Zaymon waits this long, this might come back to bite him.
He's got the kit, and that kit could be so key.
You gotta go, BB.
He needs to move.
Oh, Blondie!
Oh, Blondie!
Welcome to Wonderland!
Yeah, he just wants to take the fight, but he's letting him get closer.
Finally puts wonderful to rest bit in the meantime slip the net inches ever closer
Guard and finishes Jane no, do you got to deliver with a huge health advantage bits on the pistol?
No be to maintain control despite the cost and go up 3.0
Donk plays behind the pole
He's got Shirou's work, but he's slowly blinding the offer.
Mr. Shot, Shirou's down.
Wow.
Alexi, B, double entry.
They came out ready for that.
Just like that, he takes back what Alexi worked so hard for.
We're talking about Bit's lurk, though.
Deep inside the A site, the bomb gets cut off.
Bomb control again.
Alexi's down to nine.
It is all Alexi thus far for this round.
But remember, Santic's gets active.
And also Bit can get involved.
There are lurks on both ends.
And the bomb still yet to be retrieved.
Magic's losing almost all that HP.
Xantik Stovey snaps up.
This is his chance.
Alexi B sees all.
With nine health.
Nine health he's got.
Oh, no.
The name misses.
Oh, their face.
Navi with their backs to the wall here.
Their map pick and they can only
muster up three rounds on their T-style. We didn't see any fireworks from McCarthy
and Emma towards middle. Very active game from G2. They're looking rock solid,
looking to pick up their opponent's pick and potentially 2-0 with Inferno up next.
Yeah, this is gonna be a really rough game for Navi. They need to be
activated because it tried at the beginning, but it just has not been
enough. We need the rest of the squad here. Alexei on two kills, Bit on five.
We know that they could contribute more. It will be a straight up B execute,
but they are being interrupted in that.
It's a good idea, but Hunter, he's got the clock to get rid of them.
And it falls back, he's already low on health, down to 13.
The bar has been planted.
He's trying to go over the smoke, but that's not even going to be successful.
It went to deep masses, he'll take him down.
It is a disaster for Navi.
They needed to win this pistol to even stand a chance,
and that does not look like it's possible,
no matter who's playing here on the Navi side.
It's going to take a miracle here now, first kill is successful and a second as well.
Attaching the bomber, Wrenkel boots it above the smoke, should be fine here.
All of a sudden it's a one versus one.
McCarthy, can you find it?
He's walking through the smoke, but Wrenkel's thinking about that.
He's now traded places with him.
In fact, he's on the other side.
McCarthy, look at it, hugs him down, comes running.
It's close!
It is so close!
He can't quite do it.
They almost lose that in a 2v5, but it is G2 that pick it up.
That might be enough to light the fire beneath Navi though.
They've had the almost full that round off, it was essentially a 5 on 2.
It was down to a 1v1.
Negative force by here, they could win this force by it might not be done just yet.
Mikazi, his best sequence so far, it's not enough to win the round,
but it certainly puts G2 on high alert.
Let's see remember about the bombs, let's keep it at this good level what we have now.
That's not stressing on this D-Side.
Like that.
No stress, but they might be a little bit here like you said.
It could light a fire on the Navi squad, and Bit has found two shots at the beginning with the 5-7.
Yeah, that's right. No crying in the lower bracket. Gonna lock in.
And that's not bad at all. Bit is giving them a fighting chance here. We said if they can pull this round off, I thought that was enough.
Sure, they didn't win the round, but it was so uncomfortable for G2.
They know this one isn't over just yet.
Four versus three, man-advantaged Narvi.
Nurtz, heavy-god and Wrinkle up against it now.
Comes down to this kill, really.
MP9 doing significant damage.
Wrinkle with the bomb as well.
Can't actually challenge out once more.
He's taken so much damage for his troubles,
didn't really inflict any.
So another advantage gifted to Narvi here.
Nurtz has to be the linchpin.
has to thread the needle-and-ers on the fighting gap.
Yeah, he's found a huge gap, which is the entire bomb site.
It's because where Rinka was spotted with the bomb,
it looked like they're heading towards A.
That's true.
They would've given that call over to the bomb's over there.
There's a good chance of actually entering that part of the map,
but Nert has used that information to take in a risk,
and actually got full control of the B bomb site.
The problem is, they still need to get through the double doors,
which they can't confirm is clear.
Nert, so, brings it back to a three versus three.
Still a lot of work to be done here.
Yeah. It's not over yet. It's a big deal that bit goes down though. He had all the utility left all but him, her with the Mach 10.
He's been under some criticism recently, him, her for his individual performances, but he's playing very well in this one.
11 kills individually and no time left any longer for heavy drama cars and he's comes flying out.
And even if he dies there, he knows he's buying time for the rest of the squad to get close zone.
Now have you pick up the round? You're right. It was enough.
Now we have a game on our hands. Let me tell you, this one will go to the distance.
That was GZ's opportunity, and it's ripped it away.
Aggressive push down the B round.
Double kill, wild blind with a 5-7.
Immer, fancy footwork, evading nerds.
Get to double kill on the Mac 10 as well.
That is fantastic.
Forced by now for G2.
Can they answer back quickly and try and close as one outs?
They are going to go for the fast mid-player
to look to things here.
Absolutely towards A. Showing mid presence.
He's actually thrown a couple of smokes there.
Molotovs as well.
It will be the A execute though.
Again, we've talked about this before.
where you have to operate very quickly at this point.
You show no real presence ever towards me.
Yeah, they're gonna be going for it.
No question about it.
Smoke already in the air as they flung to the A-bomb site.
It's that Khalil is such a great weapon on the CT side
when you're up against this kind of a buy for the T's.
Only the one hill there for Hunter.
And that is Nabi up to five now.
They threw an interesting smoke
at the start of this last round.
Nabi that actually lands and it blocks out
the incendiary that Alexi throws him inside of B.
So it sort of blocks this B lane.
I see you're saying yes.
They're pretending to be there,
like they're pretending, oh, they're throwing it
from spawn, you mean?
They're throwing it from spawn, yeah.
Because yeah, you normally throw that smoke
to try and get up towards Heaven or Cave.
Yeah, exactly.
To avoid as much damage here,
that's got a cool observation on this, I like that.
Really trying to sell the idea
that they wouldn't be hitting the Ebon site,
but now we knew.
Ah.
You could feel it.
After that pistol,
they've had McCarthy got those four kills.
Like there's something right there, we're not done.
as I said game is certainly back on now and the fact that it it was my car there's an
individual doing it as well that's huge he's up to 14 he's a scary player I'm in a way
I'm still sad that they took him away from that first get that off the screen oh come
on guys there's no need for that it's because here we've all been there but you know that's
So I have sometimes you've got to do what you kind of get to keep the team entertained, Henry, you know, keep the vibes going high.
Yeah, Hunter is telling them catch your breath, boys.
Everyone calm down.
We're still in a good spot.
And speaking of good spots, you've got a lovely position here for ML.
He's this one for your antiques.
That's such a nice off angle.
Yeah, then.
You know, they're not going to have them all.
I thought that cancels out this position.
So probably going to be just fine.
Emma should get three kills here.
OK, well, we have a target.
Oh, hey.
I think I'll read in the future, Henry.
It's too much sometimes, isn't it?
Appreciate that you're wasting it on counter-track casting,
but, you know.
There's always a chance to change career eventually.
One day.
Even at the 38 years old.
I think just playing the lottery or something
would be, you know, a foreground, absolutely. Very selfless of you.
Right then. Gun rounds here, not an ideal one. Bare bones in terms of
utility. AKs across the board. Slow down towards red and four
players heading towards B. So we're kind of pacing on the
present here. There's the grenades we were talking about
before. Minimal damage to Hunts and the incendiary doesn't
brave it, and certainly does. Quite nicely. Lexi B, straight
down there. Bits, Molotov docks, and that's got some
decent cave control now do they come from the smoke yet I think they will oh
wait a minute they're sort of slowing it down because I think they're hitting
footsteps in the middle because they try to wrap up around there's another player
swinging him doing the best that he can to salvage this round such an early
start they don't realize that masses is in the cave so we need backs up to die
and he sandwiched in that is very strong for him he finds the headshot on
the heavy gun how's he gonna win with this they're throwing the run now yes
Yes they are.
Could have just held up, locked him in, but they went for the one by one manoeuvre, couldn't
tell you why.
Famously the opposite of what you want to be doing really.
He was finally dead, but my god he should have been dead right away, he should have
had zero kills.
Still winnable.
45 seconds, bit of an off angle here with Wrinkle, you were clearing it as slow
as you can.
real from Wrinkle. Okay, he might save the day here. They desperately need this filter
they're dropping off. Wonderful smokes. He's gonna push it though and Wrinkle. I don't know how.
He must have seen like a boot or something. He must have done. That's ridiculous. Okay,
round salve, round saved. I look like Emma had done enough there to snatch it away or
G2 did enough to throw it, as I mentioned. But a bit too keen to do that dual.
Should have been a 3D from Mattis. Couldn't control the straight.
set up in for a three-piece I feel like Alexi's team originally was one of the
first teams on ancient that became very good at flashing the mid players into
attack the b lane so they would flash it in from the b bombs I like to be in
middle jumping up like boosted up I think that that'd be fun to see now we
try to take the battle here to G2 tactical timeout second one called by
blade money's still fine here after posting three rounds in a row they
They lost a pistol, but their management is forced by the second.
And it will be two on the board now for G2.
One away from map point on their opponent's pick.
Money so fragile though for both teams at this point.
Navi can definitely still get back into this.
Comes under this one though, Blade knows it.
They've got the wonderful AWP.
Are we smoking elbow for them?
Yeah, even though 11-6 looks pretty scary, you're right though.
It doesn't take a lot.
They're absolutely fine, honestly.
Just gonna went this particular round.
Ooh, that is a very deep smoke.
I thought that was gonna be into the incendiary, that was there, but it goes even deeper.
Otherwise...
Pretty calm at the start of it here.
Mikaze lurking his way, that's what they tried to do last round.
Wanted to reconnect with the cave player, he will turn around in time to catch nuts,
and then bit, just charging down to the bottom of the ramp.
three people here for now we as they sandwich these G2 players
nice molotov from Rico but this should never be a winnable round so two on five
they should be able to win this one every time
oh yeah no question about that
whatever they could take a few CZs down with them as I mentioned
G2 will be completely broke after this one they will get
$1900 and also they'll get no plants unless heavy gogles have something to say about it
3 on 2. We've got Emma, alone towards A.
That's Riverine Intel, he will be pushing in towards A main in fact.
That's quite a nice spot for this scenario. They're more likely to come from Gernot or
CT spawn and he can retake the bomb site from main.
She's looking likely to happen, they're going towards the red room.
They only have one molotov so if they throw that towards the back A hallways then
You know, he's got a- he's got free reign.
All he has to do is find one.
He doesn't deserve to deny the plan or anything like that over-comment.
Just find the one kill, lie and wait until your opportunity comes.
There we go.
Molotov in the back.
And Minimo like you said, sneaking in one kill.
Just the perfect timing.
He knew that they couldn't have a weapon out in time.
Have you got challenging?
And he'll spray down two.
That is scary.
Ready for more.
He's already got the triple.
They get all wide swing.
He's got the confidence.
He knows that he is a stronger rifle
than Minimo on the other side.
And the question is, can a big girl be right here?
A little bit scared now, and the finisher comes through.
And a crushing victory as Heavy God picks up the clutch
in the 1v3.
It looked like they had no business winning that.
What so ever, ladies and gentlemen,
ridiculous sequence here from the Heavy God.
He strikes down and wins out in the 1v1,
but he did so much damage on Rue.
Fantastic shots, good coordination,
and good awareness of the situation as well.
and I'm shouting peak it is because you're already hitting all the shots you know the pressure's on him
He's gonna touch the bomb. He's working out his next maneuver. Well keep applying that pressure
Well, he did exactly that right like I think you're right like you were you were you were flowing with that confidence?
We can cuz he wanted to be with him. You could that that's the way to play it
sick
Thank you know, it's so crushing for them the fact he's even got to a
1v1 scenario how he gets a double kill towards middle as well the spray control I
I want to make a bit of a bridge here right because we got a bit of a tech time out so
That kind of confidence right in the pregame interview with the macaase
James was talking to the macaase about this and macaase saying well
I'm like a vibes player when I'm feeling it like if I know I'm gonna win beat someone
I'm gonna go for the fight and he was saying he's just you know trying to be a little bit more restrained now in certain moments
But he still had that edge trim
I feel like that's those are the most fun players to watch and heavy god in that moment you can see
He knows I can win this fight like it doesn't even matter if I'm on half health like I can just do it
Super sick to see that should be it alleviate so much pressure now for G2
with six opportunities to close this one out there's not going to be a better
opportunity than this one and as you know the money to be pretty wrecked I can
confirm now there's a couple of SMGs being purchased they're scraping together
the little they have there is a wonderful orb and a rifle available as
well but yeah you're not gonna get a better chance than this one to close
it out, but again money's still pretty bad on their side of the equation as well.
If Navi can pull this one off, there's every chance they can definitely post six rounds
in a row on their CT side. Should have won that previous round, that was just stunning
from heavy god, no one expecting to pull it off, especially with Emma playing it so
well at AMAIN. Maybe he should have denied the plan in the end. It looks like, I'm
not sure.
Yeah, it's hard to blame him though, like he did his job right. The other two that
that are coming in from the donuts.
You wanted them to be able to trade that kill out,
at least early on, but heavy God, too powerful.
He has been the missing piece for G2,
for some of this tournament at the very least.
And we sat all along, we said,
this is not what we normally expect.
We know he's better than this.
We're just kind of waiting for the moment in time,
but that's gonna play itself out.
And right now we're seeing that whole squad has come
online, Hunter.
Sometimes we could find him maybe a little bit lower
on the bottom of the scoreboard,
But I feel like right now he's also individually playing super well that one of those previous rounds where he was rushing the cave and finding the opening kill,
like those contributions from Hunter are absolutely massive.
And then Wrinkle.
Is this the second Monazzer for nuts?
It might be. What is he doing?
How's he causing the Monazzer to fail?
I don't know.
I have no idea.
Well...
Alright, there's a full PC I've heard this time, Henry.
So, um, you know...
That could take a minute, huh?
It could be a second, that's definitely true.
Well, we do have some to look forward to here.
It is Inferno as our second map, we've been foreshadowing G2 very good on this one,
so almost everything could be on this Fnavi to win the next six rounds and get into OT.
Of course, Mirage is the deciding map as well, but...
We might not get there though, Anders.
We might not.
A lot of people, I've been saying for a while that G2 considered one of the best on Inferno.
If not the best it's there like bogey pick they can I bring that out super reliable for them
We're looking for them to expand the map or and have that sort of strength elsewhere
But right now this is looking fantastic six opportunities to close things out
You got inferno up next your stars are showing up heavy gods looking fantastic wrinkle has been amazing this tour
But the new boy with the sniper super confident not as flashy as he was in an IP
But I think that's okay
I think he was maybe too flashy in the early days of NIP
Going with too many aggressive picks. Now he just takes his one pick, maintains the advantage, stays alive, but keeps applying pressure, like each and every round.
I think you're right, like finding that zone, whereas you're not throwing the rounds away, but you are still having a, like that disruptive impact at the start of it.
It's very cool to see, it definitely is.
This ancient game, oh man, especially think like just in that first half, it was G2 winning the first three rounds, and then now V, they kept forcing, they broke the G2 economy early.
It was like a 3-3 score line and you think, oh, that's it.
Like, now they've got the upper hand,
and then they win or lose every single round from there on out.
Like, that's not good enough.
They could have definitely done more on their T side,
and they just weren't able to.
I will say this, well, to G2, I suppose, credit to them,
they were so good at shutting down
McCarthy with Nades and Utility in the middle.
Like, they really stopped him from being aggressive.
So maybe that was another feature of why
that defense with G2 in the beginning was pretty good.
Anders, it's not that I don't love your thoughts.
It's just this PC replacement could take a few minutes.
I do have much of any of them already.
No, right.
We'll take a quick break and be back with G2Navi very shortly.
We'll see you there.
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, you join us with G2 vs Na'Vi in the lower bracket here.
It's the first round of Ancient, picked by Na'Vi, but they found themselves in a bit of
strife and is 12-6 down. Now the game is not necessarily over, but this could be a
very difficult round to recover. They will have to make do with a couple of SMGs. A wonderful
sniper by G2 looking red hot right now trying to close things out but still finding round number 13
is the hardest one of them all. That is absolutely true and some of the Na'Vi individuals are
starting to show up even having a very very powerful game at the moment. Mikasa is there but
they're also lacking Alexi and Bits and maybe even wonderful AWP. If they get those things
online then yes there's still a chance to recover these lost rounds. We're back in the
mix now the countdown has resumed it's the first map of the day here everything
on the line in front of the second one elimination if you lose this series so
here we go can all come down to this one round
cannavi hold on but it's skin of their teeth no much to work with in terms of
firepower helmets kits nades anything you can think of they are lacking for
these rounds you can overcook. G2 are sending Wrinkle out for excursion towards middle. It's
got the AWP looking for that opener right now. Smoke dissipates in towards mid. Imma up close
and personal in towards day main. Ooh, this feels like an all-in position, right? You're
never going to be able to get out. He faced space correctly, he only gets one. He should
not be able to get away here. Well, it doesn't even matter. Heavy got great awareness,
great shot. Doesn't even take any damage for his troubles. That's one of the few
rifles they had removed.
issue you'd think maybe with the shadow on the ground he'd have a slight
advantage there. Wonderful okay. Scared that he was falling asleep for a second
but he's not. That brings them back. Don't know if anyone can rotate in to pick up
that lost rifle and wrinkle there but it'd be interesting. Heavy guard landing
another headshot. My god he's been activated the epic clutch earlier and now
he's found a double to open this one up. Looking to see if they could put an
end to ancient right now. Smoke goes so deep. It actually lands behind
Wonderful. Easy run in a flick. It's another heavy god head shot.
It's an Alexi. The two worst performing players so far for Na'Vi trying to clutch it out, but it's Nurtz taking on over a heavy god.
19 kills, Henry. A triple in this one. The 1v3 to clutch the previous round.
Looking to take this one for G2 and Mexi's got no chance here. Running into two people waiting for him.
doesn't even realize there's a player in the corner it's done for 13 to 6 what a
great display of skill here for G2 fantastic first map from then they
steal their opponent's pick 13 to 6 as well it was convincing they were
chances of nobody get back into their butts it was heavy gold there was too
strong he kept finding clutch after clutch and he strikes back with great
vengeance not the start the Navi would have wanted here is G2 show not just
improvements but a solid game on this ancient. It starts off 3 and 0 for the G2 side right
and they're looking like okay we've got that in our bag then you think in the buy round okay this
is Navi's pick we're going to see some more from it but it just it was I guess a small chance in
there for Navi but all the important rounds all the swing rounds was won out by G2 and they were
just a better playing team the better individuals. Yeah G2 were able to to break the momentum that
Navi never really got you know to be completely honest as you said going up through your own
Navi comes in with the first bar round, you think to yourself, that's going to be fine.
They win the second one as well, and then the momentum kind of stops at that point.
You know, not able to convert from this situation, the round you saw right here,
wonderful misses, an easy shot, and unfortunately from Akasa,
the opening kills didn't go his way on the T side either.
So it felt like a very one-sided game, at least looking at the score.
But I felt like every round had a moment in the round where it could have strong
the way of Navi. But when that consistently doesn't happen,
you've got to give it to T2. They were the better team by far.
Yeah, like it's a little bit what we touched upon in the beginning on the first segment that the individuals in the system
Is letting Navi a little bit down, right? Like you have so many xvx's, so many like 50-50 duels going the way of especially Heavigard
That kind of decides the momentum and the money throughout the whole series, right?
Like they win the clutches which instantly puts Navi in the rails having to know to find their way back and create their own momentum
Yeah, like there were moments, but G2 they look prepared.
Looking at some of these moments, one thing I want to touch on is where
Navi continue to me, look like they don't have the energy in these games.
Every team can have some frustration or something, but I mean, for a team that's had this much time together as five,
you would expect someone to be able to pick them up and push them back into games.
You'd argue so, but I remember standing in this very studio a couple of years ago
and having the exact same conversation when it came to Navi.
it's always been a thing to look out for what in the team you can sort of sense
whether there's energy whether they're you know I first that we used to use
back then was it doesn't look like they'd like and enjoy playing with each
other sometimes. And then a change happened. And then a change happened you
know so so maybe that's the direction we're heading but but naturally you know
that from a coaching perspective as well if the energy is not there if the
desire to play with each other and if the desire to help each other you
know go into war with each other to use those terms is not available at
At the moment that's also going to take off 5-10% of the performance.
I think we are at a point now with these five on Navi that I think Blade also needs to help
them a little bit with a couple of new rounds, like a couple of things that kind of is surprising
for the opponent because everything we saw here G2 knew that was going to happen, maybe
not in terms of anti-strat but they knew the tempo, they knew where they were on
the map, they knew exactly what to do and we also saw the first half where G2
was CT, these pushes into blind spots where Navi was taking control, moving back,
moving forward. It's sometimes an easy test to play Navi if the individual is not playing
up to what we expect from them, because on a strategic level they leave gaps in the mid-rounds
when they play this slow play style.
And they get punished for it many times, and even swapping over to the second Navi didn't
get much better. Are we looking at round 17 from here?
Yeah, there was a messy round, but sort of to illustrate the game in a nutshell.
Navi having a chance of coming back into the game. Interesting, it's not over yet.
You can start strong on the CT side, unfortunately they know exactly what to fight at XB.
We kind of speculated whether or not there's an anti-strat coming in for them.
They get completely picked apart.
And then Emma is the one making the big play.
Getting the first kill right here in Honda, then I have no clue what Mattis is doing.
You know, scared of the situation, fails to win this duel against a low Emma.
And all of a sudden you have a 3v2.
At this point again, you can stall out the round.
You have a player completely isolated from the scenario.
Somehow, somewhere, Wrinkle by himself finds Emma,
who could have fallen back, who could have started to play with his team,
and he makes it a 2v1 scenario that he's of course going to win with G2.
And that's what I spoke about, not necessarily a clean game of Counter-Strike,
but there were moments in this game where Navi were either ahead in the beginning of the round
or fought their way back into the round,
but whatever it became a 50-50 scenario or even some of these 60-40 in their favour,
they just weren't able to capture us.
Yeah, I think that tells the story also, because if you look at G2 in all these situations,
they tried their luck, you know, grouping up, see if we can find a guy floating somewhere.
All these types of things that you know makes a difference when it's a close-stake game, right?
And I think G2 did a very good job of this, like being proactive,
like always being one step ahead, trying to see if anyone is making a mistake,
and a lot of times they got rewarded for it.
We also want to look at McCarthy in a bit more detail in his openings,
because we touched on him so heavily, right?
I've needed him to be one of those players that would step up and come back to life with this.
Well, still not quite there.
No, and this was a very weird game for McCarthy,
because we're gonna look at his opening duels
and how he's involved in them in all these rounds, you know,
and there was a big issue on the T-side.
He's not winning enough of them.
He went two for six, I believe, on the T-side,
two for seven, maybe, even,
despite having a decent game of Counter-Strike,
despite ending as the guy on Navi
who did the most damage and who tried his absolute best,
but he was caught off guard a couple of times,
and that's not to criticize Mekase,
but if anything, as Rocker also spoke about,
he's the linchpin.
He is the catalyst behind a well-played Navi.
When he's successful in his opening duels,
When he's the one getting the first kill when you enter a bomb site,
it's a completely different looking Na'Vi than when he's struggling on that T-Side.
As I said, he went two for seven in open kills, didn't really get it done in the buy rounds,
and that's always going to be an issue for Na'Vi, because then you look towards who else is going to do it,
who's going to bring them back into the round.
It's not going to be wonderful, you know, in the middle of the round going crazy.
It's not going to be LXB, they lack playmakers in that team.
So when Mikasa is not working out, where else is it supposed to come from?
That's a very good question.
Obviously, you would look a little bit towards the I am right,
but I.M. is also in a system.
He's not all of a sudden going to pull a rabbit out of his head, you know?
Like, he is still, you know, in a certain position.
He can win the duels, as we saw sometimes, and swing the round into their favor.
But what happens after?
That's also about, like, the individual's understanding, responsibility of,
OK, as you said, you know, I have an advantage situation here.
Now I need to fall back. This is my time window, right?
But they keep hanging out in weird positions and getting punished by it.
And for MacArthur, the trend continues, right?
Not so good on C side, steps up on CT.
But for me, if they need to succeed on T-Site,
he needs to have more success in what he's doing.
100%. And then looking on the other side
when we turn our attention to G2,
this is where I could say anyone could be a star
or a playmaker at different points, right?
From a nerd's play into matters, into wrinkle,
and obviously, heavy gobb.
We've got to highlight him because he does a lot
of heavy lifting, and I mean, we spoke about him.
Yes, he's an anchor, but I mean,
he was in previous teams also a star player,
so he can do anything.
He's an active anchor, you know,
and he's arguably out there, you know,
contending right now maybe even better than rups to be completely honest if you
speak about in form right now okay naturally history is a different thing
but he's fantastic and we can't place him enough you know he's just a stable
pair of hands that you can always count on winning D2 and then when he's backed
up but as you said Madison went four for four and no brilliant duels Honda I
believe was involved in eight as well one for those yeah it felt like it
came from everywhere when that G2 came even wrinkle having another great
game so as much as we can be critical of Navi I think we should be
very positive when it comes to G2 that was a very strong performance on
What I've heard there is that you actually used my phrase about active anger, so I'm happy that I'm starting to know what's going on.
Intereserating, yeah. But yeah, like, he is an active anchor and that's what sometimes when you look at him, you're thinking, oh, he's just like Rob Cheneau waiting on his bomb site.
When they play the best, he is part of stuff. That's also what we talked about him with on the desk, right, that he likes to be part of it.
And that's his only flaw, that sometimes when he drops a little bit off, he's too active, right?
But right now he's finding good form, he's part of the solutions in a lot of rounds, and on top of that you get the clutch element.
Can I get you to just break it down for the idiots in here like me and maybe some people in town who don't fully understand the difference between when you're saying the anchor versus the active anchor in there, not being quite the same thing?
Normally you have two anchors where one of them is more control based, playing a little bit more passive, making sure that nothing crazy happens on the bomb site, whereas the other one, as we saw and we'll probably see later today with Aurora,
a rower where you had quicksand on the A side like getting into invest position dealing with
some utility using it then to kind of you know activate yourself in the mid-round so you're
not just a steady piece standing still waiting for people to come to you but you influence
the round yourself and that makes a lot of difference that you don't just have two steady
pieces that just wait wait wait because then the task for the three others becomes
even bigger right and it also means that the active anchor sometimes starts like small
plans that the other three can then join and make even better.
Thank you, my great teacher, Rugga. I love this from start to finish. It's great to have him here with us on the desk, but also, that's the end of this opening map that should have been Navi's pick, and we were touching on map pool, the positives for G2, and Saul now going into their inferno, so let's have an interview with him.
Saul, I wanted to get a bit of a breakdown from you on what happened on your CT side against Spirit on Dust2, because it wasn't like what we usually see from you guys. You gave them a lot of space, and there was a lot of retakes in there, and they dominated you because of it.
Yeah, I mean, basically, well, we had a good game plan, I would say, the first full buy
there was a couple of, like, hesitations.
We didn't play it according to our plan, I would say, like, they did some pressure in
the middle of the map and then we reacted to that, which led us not holding short and
then they abused that basically.
And then, like, in the next round already, then we tried to fight them a bit, which
then backfired.
It was a 4v3, they were able to react you short.
In the next round, the economy was low. We decided to do a gamble stack and play for the
retake. The retake didn't work out. And, yeah, then the half went like that a bit too long.
But like you said, we didn't contest for the map control too much, and that was the downside
of the half. Because there's two ways to play it. You can let them have the map control
and play in a way their pace, but then we need to be really good at shutting them
down the late round. Or we can try to contest early round more, but then we need
to be really sharp like individually and then also as a team like to basically get the entry
and make it hard for them and we weren't able to do that and that backfired for us.
And I would say your CT sides are normally playing like quite dynamic. Is it specifically
a change you made for spirit of that game plan going into that? Will we expect you now
to come in more of what we normally see from G2?
Well, there was a change in that game plan based on also from the nature since at
At the major we started by basically punishing them, playing more aggressive on Dust2, in that game plan, in that Dust2.
So in this Dust2 we started a bit different, and then it was like about to change differently,
but then since they used short I think in the first three or four full buys basically.
And then it changed the dynamic from going there, and then it changed our economy since we were saving a lot of those rounds.
So it's changed the pace of the game in that way.
I wouldn't say it's like overall in all maps, overall in all game plans,
it was just how that does to went basically.
Well that's a good sign for you guys as well.
And I also want us to just pick your brains a little bit more on the map pool
because I know if Inferno's open, that's your kind of go-to map.
But does it feel right now on when Inferno's not available
or just like the second comfort map for you
that it's kind of up in the air for you guys
and you still need to figure it out?
Or do you have maybe more confidence than what I'm seeing?
Well, we will be figuring it out as we go this season of course. Right now, Inferno also, we kind of found it out.
I would say like late last season during this season, like now you can see Inferno has been really strong for us.
We need still like, of course, a lot more maps to go with that, because well,
Ancient Tanubis Dust 2 has been more on the weak side and then, well, Mirage has been a bit on the higher side.
You need a strong map pool to play good on these best of three.
It's a bit up in the air in that way.
We need to figure it out.
We need to be strong with the map pool to fight these strong teams.
It's going to be going deeper into the season,
something that's very important for us to figure it out.
There's a lot of things to figure out.
I kind of give G2 not so much of a pass because they've had the same four.
They should be understanding this,
but a lot has changed with Winkle coming in
having a new identity with the nerds and taking over a lot of the CT sides and how Hunter wants to do it
and find this mix in the middle.
For sure, like I think there was some really insightful answers from Soul here
because we also addressed it on the desk, especially the Dust2 game, right?
Yeah.
They gave them too much control and obviously he talked a little bit about like what went behind it
but there's always this like style in-betweens, you know, that you can either play passive
or you can play aggressive but there's also the mix, you know, of trying as he said in the end
try to get the entry before you then fall passive, where it doesn't need to be full crazy, everyone
is just full guns placing in the middle of the map.
And I think that is what they're trying to figure out.
But it is also a spirit, it is also, like you know, like, the shear is just holding
an angle somewhere, you know, Don is in an advanced position, so it's not easy.
But at least when they get the matchup next time, I guarantee you, they're not just
going to sit back and wait.
That was a great learning experience, if anything, and also shows that Thor is
a guy that naturally reflects on it, you know, and wants to find solutions for
it.
on the money when he's saying that in order to be competitive at the highest level in order to
break through and be a team that we consider to be top five and maybe title contenders at this
tournament or smaller tournaments you need a stronger map pool you need to be able to to
remain competitive on a lot of different maps and at the very least have one or two maps you can
always go to right now we agree that inferno is one of them now if ancient can become a second
one or if cask can be built up to a point where it's strong then we're looking at a d2 that
has so much potential and still you know unrealized potential i'm still looking at a guy like
like Nerth thinking you need to get more out of him.
Like he's so good, like he's such a skilled individual
and we're still just seeing glimpses of it in G2.
Yeah, I think also, but I touched on it with Nerth
and I don't think we use this exact part of the interview,
but he was saying where he will take a bit
of an individual hit when he's calling more on the CT side
that he's like having to go through and get into right.
He's now got some more responsibility on his shoulders,
but we do often see him dominate a bit more
on the T side as well, right?
So it's a balance needing to be found for him.
The question I want to pose to you guys a little bit
just based on the back of what we're speaking to Saul there was.
Saul right now, people may have missed this,
but G2 have said, we're building around our coach,
and the coach now makes the choice
and has a decision in there
of how even the players come in.
Yeah, Parker could only dream.
But looking at it from that point of view,
do you feel like Saul is the kind of coach
where players respect him and they would be attracted
to come to his system and go of him?
Because to me, when you're talking to him,
he's a smart cookie.
I'd say so, you know,
I think at least he has said repetition.
I think from the outside it's always incredible tough to know how a coach is actually working.
Like if I were to judge you on your results in Astralis I'd say, yeah you meet Joko right,
but I know you, I know how you're working, I know how you think and that would change
the way I think about you as a coach. I don't get to talk to someone that much,
I don't get to know him, we don't get to know the coaches. It's very hard from the outside
to actually judge it. I would say from what we do know from what the ex-players are
speaking about him on, you know, what the current players are saying about him,
yeah I'd say that's a coach you can build around but it's incredible tough to judge from
I think the easiest task here is to look at his teams and then ask any top team
Would you get have any of his players in your team?
And they would probably say no right and that shows that he still gets the results
He still goes to the tournaments winning with ends being competitive for G2 for that's a very good statement
How good of a coach you are because if you get the maximum out of the stuff
You actually have and are competitive in tier one then for sure he's doing something right even even with a road
you back in the day, you know, did a good job. Yeah, yeah, forget that call that people
thought was going to do nothing and they still managed to have some, I'd say, moderate success
with that, right, and some decent placings. And then on top of that, you said about players
that you might want from that. Well, they obviously before the major re-signed Heavy
God. Heavy God, right now, should have killed us.
But I think that's for a good reason, right? Protect him at all costs, do not let him
go anywhere. Because the great thing about that player is, if someone else did go
from the lineup, Heavy God could potentially move around in positions, right? He could
offer something else up for the team.
In theory he could, you know, I'd hope that someone else would come in so we could keep
Heavigard where he's at right now because as I said I think he has a realistic shot at
claiming to be the best in the world at what he does right now.
That's how good he is and that's how much he's valued as well and it makes me wonder
now that we have a bit of a tech break right here that what could have happened if Niko
and Monace stayed around and you got Heavigard into that team and that was the core
you build around, you know, that would have been spicy and it would have been
fun.
What might not be fun is this inferno for Navi you said Navi can play within this map
But this is the bread and butter for G2 is all hope lost for Navi at this point considering the way you got blown out because one thing
I'll say looking back at Navi's map history
They can nearly always lose their map pick and then somehow bounce back into their opponents pick. I'm worried
I'm not gonna lie. I'm starting to get real worried on Navi and just to give context to people at home
Who may not nerd counter strike every single day that didn't make the player for the major
That was a big disappointment as they came in as one of the title contenders for that major.
At EWC they didn't play Blast Bouncy to begin with, they took a long bootcamp
because they wanted to come in and hit the ground running at EWC.
They finished 9-16, if they don't don't make the playoff here.
We're talking three tournaments in a row that is massively disappointing for a team
that didn't make any changes in the summer break.
It's sort of like a do or die time right now for Navi.
Yeah, but looking at Inferno, right, this is not one of the seasides where I'm scared
of Navi. They're great.
They're good on T side and this is also one of the few maps where they actually put pace changes into the mid-round
And I think that is what you need to beat G2 on this map because every player in the top 2030 downwards
They know how good of the CT
Balancer that hunter is. Yeah, if you just give him steady pace, he will be at the right place at the right time
He will make sure they have you tell for the late rounds
So if you don't bring the pace changes, he will get the better of you
But on this map, he has like they have it
Alexi likes to call this reaction base of kills and stuff and this is probably what I will also want them to have on other maps
You know like being brave enough to sometimes speed it up when you know you have the advantage because look at the ancient is
Slow steady pace blah blah blah the other maps we saw the other days is kind of the same, right?
So I'm not too scared for Navi on this map
I think they can be competitive on both sides, which is a really good
Foundation going into a game against you two because there will be momentum shift throughout the game
Well, we're having a bit of a momentum shift at a time shift. There is a
My head just died. There is a technical pause as of right now
So we'll be going for a quick break and hopefully coming back with me for that very soon stick with us
17 seconds left, so this is gonna be just an all-out stomp to the bomb side no slowing it down
They just have to rush him in get the kill instantly get the bomb plants it frozen is dropped and that's the bomb on the ground
It's brawling with an insane transfer!
He keeps it going!
It's a quad kill!
He saved his team!
Nice.
I don't know.
The bell is ringing.
Might be the train bell, but certainly ringing for astronomers right here.
One versus four, and he's going to get a headshot.
Follow-
What?!
No way!
He actually makes it work!
That has to be just pure out just a violent intervention. Shut up! I've never seen anything like that ever before.
If they're going to get a fifth in this first 15, this could be the round he offers it. At the helm of that monster hit, Apex comes around the corner, back of electronic turned.
a double-man advantage that feels like surely vitality have already got enough
but what about that flash from SDY how about this hold from perfecto and
cindy area to the right some die young turns his attention
all three some die young and some die again and again and again 11-4 11
round straight and a dominant overpass CT side.
Yeah, you see definitely a big gap providing itself.
They're going to come through this.
They're on their way.
Set-ups here.
Good trashes.
Ross, he is supposed to be the way in,
but he's escorted out off the premises.
Shush!
This is his site, and he continues to lay down more
and more from Shush!
Oh, five!
From the Dane!
Sometimes these work
See if they beat the flash or not. They do. Oh, no
Rain the double deagle you're not
When it rains it pours and then rain adds in that extra secret spice
Gives you a round like this
Everybody falls at the hands of rain
All right, gamers, listen up.
Listen up.
No, I say.
I say.
Bro, just say the next thing.
There's been a lot of bad communication recently.
Oh, lots.
People are telling you that you need to learn to line up.
That is bullshit.
That is loser talk.
You're too close.
Hold this.
Like this, yeah?
Thank you.
OK.
Yeah.
Which is why we've used science.
Science, bitch.
If you're not going to take this seriously,
I am taking it seriously.
Then stop, Peter I'm trying.
We use science to give you everything you need to win.
Power, power, power!
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I drink it every morning so I can play like a pro.
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Power formula!
Think less, win more.
Think less, win more.
They have to connect and so far they have.
Little peek on Short gets Magisk to double miss shot.
Zairu, Odao, he leaves the door open.
What is that?
Quadruple, Deagle out of Javi.
He's going to be able to stop them before they even set up grenades that's devastating.
Falling gets one to return but there's no way you could bring into this bombsite.
The cello gets a kill and at the backside there, missed opportunity fallen.
That's the shot you had to hit. He's gonna get it eventually.
The fact that they're even here with the bomb plant is kind of sick.
Oh, what?
Why? Taste Elcadion!
What on earth is going on?
Just jumping the shot of it. You did not have the rough line.
Why is it falling? You must be kidding me!
How old are you in that round?
Shuffling the Molly around.
If that actually unseats one of these teas, this is very possible.
Let's see where it goes. Okay, this should be a kill for monocies.
Gonna hit the shot?
There it is, alright, just Hobbit now, 1v2, he's got a great angle, but what a crosshair disruption!
Monosy just soaring across his screen!
He's almost getting himself killed no matter what, yeah, this is so hard to deal with on the other side.
And even how the hand is a shot, yeah, Hobbit not happy with that one.
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment has finally come!
The grand final of Blast Pro Series Miami!
Right in there, he misses the first shot, and midair!
Niko though a single tap of the USB a second. Oh my god
And look like they got a solid read on this as Niko closes it out
He gets the kill he wanted and you can see so calm that
Retake cold syrup next to take down device in the latest
Cold syrup cleaning up three kills just like that. Apparently going into phases coffers. Oh double smokes big mistake
Yeah, you don't want to do that although they're coming right through and they're going to
shut down Wrecking.
Oh no!
Oh my lord, he's just tucked down four people in absolutely no time flat.
It's Dapsilon on the other side, what an absolutely absurd performance here.
Now sneaking through on the other side, Dapsilon is waiting for it, timing is everything, he's
No! It can't be real!
Didn't see anybody landing the triple right to the smoke.
I've never seen anything like it.
And now, at least they're gonna get the bomb on,
but Faze are being robbed once again.
Neff, he's still in play in this round
on the other side, it's rain and he wants more.
Neff, have you no mercy?
He's gonna pick up an ace in the round.
Their aggressive setups with their rifles
are totally fine.
Elysian's always delivering and there's a shot that just runs right into him.
Oh my God! No way that just happened!
Cold Zero, eat your heart out! Oh! He's got a third!
Night Show slamming down the gauntlet and he's dead!
15 seconds to plot the bomb and that might be the saving grace of Cloud9.
If you're pushing all over the map, there's 10 for the Deagle once again.
He needs to stay alive. He's got to buy time for his team.
Street's cutting off the rotation, there's another one from 10.
Can he get the last one? It's time he's won the round of all these Deagle shots.
And that's a much needed last round for Cloud9.
for him, but it hasn't worked out as of yet. So guys, not podcast mode just yet. We're
hoping to be quicker than that, but we are going to play my favorite game. Can you guess
what it is? Blind ranking. No, we're not doing a blind ranking again. The community completely
trapped on you guys. Because they didn't understand it was a blind ranking. Pimp.
Hmm. Higher, lower, maybe. Yes, it's higher and lower with IC market. Oh, it's so good
to be doing this once again. I'm going to start off by saying the fracture case
is higher.
All right, Parker.
OK, that's why you're out.
Yeah.
See you later.
Let's try again without James.
We can do better.
We can do much better.
Let's try one more time.
Let's try one more time.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I was so hyped about this.
It's surely lower.
Yeah, I agree.
Lower.
Let's go.
Damn.
OK, we're sure.
It's surely lower.
Lower, must be.
Oh, wait, people like these kind of stickers?
Nope, that's good.
That's OK.
Higher.
We're not straight.
Ah, it's straight.
That's a lower.
Lower, I think lower.
I think lower.
Yes.
Higher.
Battleshot.
Oh.
Spectrum case.
Zero clue.
I like them.
I think we're going to go higher.
Lower, lower then.
Lower?
Lower then.
When James.
No.
Now you leave.
Get off the desk and leave, babe.
Get off the desk and leave, babe.
You got to tell us.
That was close though.
That was very close.
All right, let's go again.
There's a minimal where we'll go higher.
Yeah, just...
They've made this tougher, by the way.
I think I nailed this so good when we did Blast Bounty online,
like I was on a whole streak.
And I think they've made this more difficult.
I saw there was a nerd, you know,
and the leaderboard would 34 or something like that.
Wow, I guess I wasn't that close.
I guess I was just cooking it every time, no?
You can't.
But have you got time or not?
Is there a timer on this, guys?
I don't know.
No timer? Okay, yeah, you found the cheater.
You found the cheater.
Well done, Tim.
All right, higher.
Lower.
Get out of here. Oh the fever case is then new or higher
No, I think lower lower. Yeah, thank God. We didn't listen to me on this one. Okay. This is oh, yeah
Nice, oh my god, there's that lower. That's lower. Yeah
sweet
Oh Paris 2023 now great for the players and the organization's not sure the price is so high
And obviously they would have been at sale at some point. So there's probably a lot of no one staffing
Nice points
Well sweet we're doing this. Don't say this is what it goes. We're doing it. Okay feel tested for my bad trip
Nice Pym63! Most variable for us apparently.
Okay wait I can't see which O that is.
Exo-thermic. Exo-thermic. Thank you Rugger of your great eyesight.
That's tough no? Minimal where?
This is in the region where I have no idea if it's you know twice the amount or like...
Exactly. Could be three. I'm leading towards lower.
But James you're the final boss here.
Lower.
Let's go. Yes boys.
Oh another Tarris one. That's good.
But what was the value? Yeah, not lower, nice.
Yeah, higher.
Okay, higher. People love this one.
Well, we're doing it. We're doing it.
Oh, lower. Lower. Lower. Lower.
Yeah.
Whoa, this is going to be close.
Wait, did we have this one before?
Because my memory doesn't remind me.
Not this one. Okay.
Let's go.
I'm thinking higher.
Higher. Yeah, I'm with you. I'm with you.
Well done, Bimbi.
I want to say, by the way, Rugger,
considering you're the oldest on this desk,
Age shame you your eyesight is incredible. That's the everything are you actually like you're just a younger person and older man's body
Did you get transported there? I don't know
Only one in my family with good eyesight, so you just beat all the stereotypes of your family then didn't you? Yeah
Mr. Eyeside what are we saying here factory new neon? I see players with neon riders. Yeah, that's not sure if it's the mac 10
I'm gonna go higher
Okay, yes
Then it must be lower.
Okay, that's low.
It's a USP, yeah.
Yep.
That's really cheap.
Higher?
Oh yeah.
Still more?
Okay.
Yeah, we're just locking.
Ooh.
Same one, but field tested.
Well, the production did it for us.
Thank you, production.
Wait, what?
We just had that lower.
Lower.
Yeah.
Oh, this is good.
It's rolling.
We're breaking the system.
This one I don't know.
I don't know this case.
Same.
There was also a new one, right?
And they were pretty cheap.
So that's the lower?
Yeah.
how we are cooking food at first what was the code the Paris one very point
something yeah nothing but that's a lit there was a challenge this is a legend
figure names in here falcons furia vitality spirit let's go lower yes
geniuses we're getting some help here is now a full man right hi yeah take it to
hell
hi okay hi there we go we're doing so good oh 21 21 I think that's pretty
respectable 20 more than the other days
chat if you've been playing along with us at home please do tell us if you can
beat our score on that one use the hashtag blast for me or just tag one
As he tack pimp, he needs more notifications to mention.
Tell him how bad he is.
I got enough.
I got enough for what's coming from him.
Why?
What did you do now?
I don't know.
Something about having sex yesterday wasn't apparently the...
Yeah.
I thought it was brilliant though.
Me too.
It did kill me during like, I actually had a breakdown during that.
Most people thought it was brilliant but I'm still getting spammed now so.
People still thought it was spammed.
I see.
Headsets on all of a sudden.
Headsets on.
People are moving in the right direction.
Don't bait them though, right?
They may be just doing a sound check and it's not actually there, Rugga.
Tell me, Rugga.
Yes.
tech pause story you've been around the block you've seen a lot of them there's
no fun in the tech pause because you cannot talk what's been happening you
know like who's had the worst one do you have some play that I have an inside
story though nothing to do but fun but why like pro league finals got delayed
the foxy it's because he had such a new skin from the terminal that the client
couldn't hold it so it kept like crashing his game every time he opened
What?
Without the internet.
What?
That's the fun story.
I've heard that a lot of times, you know, and again, I'm not a technical genius whatsoever,
but nine out of ten tech issues we have are caused by the player's skins, conflicts, weird
commands, you name it, you know.
I don't know how you feel about that.
I used to play with Glaive back in the days, and that's my only critique of Glaive, actually.
The fact that he was like a very hands-on with the settings.
Like, he needed the same monitor, the same heights, had to have the same color grading
as I remember.
It was, I didn't give a damn about that.
You know, whether brightness was at 75 or 100 or your gamma fix was 1.6 or 2.0.
I swear to God, the players who would just sit down like Cyro, play and Monizy for that matter as well,
with whatever settings they can just do by the default menu, those are the players true to my heart.
Bro, I think you're delusional because not even Monizy or Cyro are just sitting down playing.
They have stuff, it's at least not like back in the day when you had 500 things in your config.
Cyro doesn't have a config though, he does set it all up from the menu, he's the anomaly.
Monizy still has a config.
You can have a conflict but
Learning the small details about like shaders and stuff. So I've been given the time now. You think that's a good thing
I think it's horrible thing. I think it can like if players are like complaining about oh, it's a new brand of monitor
I can't play this tournament. Yeah, that has happened so many goddamn
CPU I can't play on the Intel. I'm an AMD guy
He's like, you know, you just use the best one on turn that comes from asus rock
And I'm gonna get us back into the game before pimp has a little meltdown
Because only a couple of minutes away from getting the job done, there's also now an only for 710 Hz from Asus, which is...
I think my eyesight tested at 30 maybe or something.
Yeah, it's not for you, it's definitely for the Ruggers of the world and the perfect eyesight in here.
But this game now, there's been a tech pause.
Nerds were still laughing when I saw them. They're going to be fine, right?
Is there going to be any problems here?
What does Na'Vi need to do to ensure that they can actually come back in this?
Because they're right now just thinking more in their heads about what just happened.
Speaking specifically of Inferno, as Rokka said earlier, Navi is a great team on the map.
They have a good T-side, they have a good way of changing up the pace once in a while.
I don't think he's got to be decided on the T-side though, because I think G2 can match and do everything Navi can as well.
To me it's the C-T side and if there's one player to look out for for Navi, it's Makasa.
Him and on Banana, we spoke about it as well coming into the game, the fact that he takes a lot of grenade damage.
If G2 has done that, there's a way to exploit Makasa and Banana.
And I'm curious to see if he has an answer to that. If he's changed anything. I've played and realized that as well.
I think it's a two-man thing, you know, because if Makasa has a really bad game,
Alexi needs to set up a cover ground, right?
If Makasa has a hard time, then we need to look for Alexi,
and Alexi is notoriously really good at manipulating what happens,
like if you're playing passive, or how many is actually on B-side and stuff.
So I think Makasa needs to be there.
As we saw the other day where Nerds completely took over the game on Inferno,
He needs to contain nerds, but the plan B needs to be good training by Alexei and some movements on the map, especially from Wonderful.
You know what? One of the best players we used to speak to on this map was Pete. You didn't talk about him at all, but we've got to go into the game.
I'll just say he needs to show up as well. This is supposed to be his playground, and he is the player that Navi always rely on.
Let's see what happens. Hopefully, our amazing commentator is going to get some food in this extended break, and they come fully energized and ready for this inferno.
I don't know about you, Anders. You're well fed. Good to go.
I am well fed, you can tell Henry, but I don't need to, I just need good counter strike Henry,
that's all I need. The prediction of our polymarchets changed quite a bit,
that makes sense given the G2 performance, it's going to be tough for Navi.
It really is, considering that a few of the key pieces didn't really show up there,
Alexi B finishing the first one with four kills as well,
and you're moving with the G2's best map and heavy god is playing like a superstar right now.
I guess it's worth no to know it's having so many technical issues. He had a pretty shocking first map
I couldn't go much worse from to honestly was like 8 and 15. I think so. Yeah, I'm feeling good for G2
I feel like they should be at a tennis one to zero you've been warning us about how good they are on this map
But I went to look at some of the stats here nuts on the beeping opposition CT side
He's by far and away the best player in that role right now and I mean by a shocking amount
He's number one. My car say who's playing that mirror position for Navi. He's 13th in the world
So it's a giant camp just in that position alone.
I think G2 have got a lot of work to do with here.
Let's get into it, second map in this series.
Elimination on the line.
If Navi give this one up, it's been a pretty woeful season for them, to be honest.
One of the few teams that didn't make any changes in the player break-anders.
And it's looking to actually be hurting them quite a bit.
G2 certainly didn't make changes in the up and up right now.
They're looking quite powerful, but they find themselves in the little bracket as well.
looking like it to be a BXQ here. We've got one smoke for spawn, maybe a molotov for the coffins
and a couple of flashes for good measure as well. All five players here and no CT presence whatsoever.
They've got one smoke on a flash to slow them down. Oh man, they trust so much in that one
Alexi smoke. I save this all the time. I know, I repeat myself, but I think they're going to
be running right through. Why would they stop? Already trying to get the job done here with
the duly. It's wonderful. That's a very good couple of kills, but they just traded back
That last head shot lands on Alexi as he's trying to help up the bombsites and now advantage for G2 and Navi did anything they can get right now.
If they win the pistol somehow in this clutch, that would be huge.
We know Mikazi can step up in these moments. Bits as well. They don't have the kit but they have got 100 HP with three players to find all borrowed away.
Two of them towards Emo and looks like they've done enough there. Matt is certainly seems to think so.
So, Mikazi left in a two versus one with no care.
All you have to do is not face him really,
and he should be absolutely fine.
Time will tell, and Mikazi one versus one.
Just stay alive now, Rinko, it's all you have to do,
but he takes the fight anyway,
and secures the pistol, three kills for him,
and another disappointing one there for Navi.
Wonderful, getting two entries as they come through.
Felt like enough for those Juleys,
but then Rinko happened with the double,
bomb goes down, and the retake, not successful.
That is very interesting.
Looks like it was enough here at the beginning of it,
What was that flashbang setup from Immer and I thought maybe that would have been a little bit more
but you can't really escape me by the fountain, right?
There's dualies, you're locked into that fight no matter what.
G2 starting off with a pistol and because this is one of their home maps,
you're going to be very, very happy with it.
There is a force up in this round.
What do you feel about that, Henry? Is that an acceptable thing here for the CT side?
Absolutely, Inferno is one of the best maps for it.
Lots of tight, uncomfortable choke points just like this one in your screen right now.
5-7 and MP9 can do devastating work here.
They can treat like a gun round as well with the smokes,
try and slow it right down and apply that time pressure.
But lots of space taken,
and the three players in towards the apartments
with flashbangs are pretty amazing,
but wonderful, still stepping up,
but it's not gonna be enough.
By the looks of things here,
they went for a bit of a snack towards banana.
Three players on that side of the map,
so there's some good output there from wonderful,
but doesn't feel like enough.
Man, if they would have been able to slow it down
and stop playing wonderful pit at all,
But if they could have, there was a really fast flank coming through Banala.
Cause you're right, they were stack three and they were pushing at the bottom of Banala.
Wait a minute.
What's going on here?
That's a long range shot with a 5-7 and they find...
Nurtz.
How are those jewels even taking place?
Oh, and what a smoke!
That actually will block the bomb. I think Alexi could...
He's already on it. He could tap it already.
Yeah, the defuse happening is ten seconds.
But here in the pit, most of the teams like,
it's a stuck, I don't think they could get out in time!
There's a second left of the defuse!
Oh!
He can't find it!
One millisecond earlier and he would have stopped that defuse but instead it's a smoke and 10 seconds for now
We to win that second round. Oh that one hurts that one hurts a lot
Gotta ask yourself
One of those positions about why is it not a small pledge on the bomb side?
Why are you looking for? Yeah rotations and tricky positions to stay on the bomb side
Keep the crossfire set up instead of going down one by one again
Really excellent play
Really nice, a re-brawl play from Alexi B, smoke goes down, 10 seconds defuse as well, and all the chaos
Stealing it away, can they hold onto the lead though, they snatch that round away, McCarthy
Nice aggressive maneuver, takes down nerfs, and should get away as well
I do like that aggression, for me, Inferno can either be
sort of a boring affair to watch, or it could be really exhilarating, and I love it, it comes down to how teams
treat banana especially on the CT side and this kind of player that makes it a lot more interesting but also a lot more risky
that's a wrinkle through the smoke just
running back and forth with the tech 9
Alexi is here and I guess he's far enough forward that he's gonna have advanced warning and now there's a rotation coming
It's gonna say if there's no one behind him though if he dies the B bombsite is gonna be wide open for business
But now he was here with the smoke
Always so nuts to think when someone's 0-2 without the hero of the previous round,
Alexi B won't be able to replicate to this time as he does go down in this round.
Looking now, like he was easy to head over towards me, they don't necessarily have to commit.
Baiting Owl looks to be the final smoke on that side of the map.
Surprised that Ima doesn't smoke the bottom of Banana when Alexi is there.
It may be even from CT spawn, I feel like Ima is kind of at top Banana,
but he's not really helping out Alexi in that moment.
I'm not loving that part.
And they're walking away. They're hoping that they've walked back to middle.
This is a bit of a gamble, really. Roll of the dice right now for Navi.
And I think they've picked the wrong side.
Yeah, it's a shame.
Well, maybe, you know, he's actually in the smoke now.
He would have to do a heroic play to even get close to it.
Eight seconds on the clock.
I don't know if he could find it behind the fountain.
He's not even gonna give it a try.
With that low time, I thought maybe he could stop the bomb.
Not gonna be doable, so G2 win it back.
Yeah, a little bit disappointing there for Napa. You get the opening pick, Kodosui Mikazi, and again...
He sticks around?
He sticks around. I couldn't really tell you why. I guess we come from different schools of Counter-Strike,
but for me, when you get the advantage like that, especially you know, we're up against a week by,
and they're going to be bringing out some gimmicky plays and sticking together,
trying to brute force bomb sites, just holding those crossfires and utilizing teamwork as the way
you want to play those advantages. But...
Yeah, the difference is, Henry, you come from the British school of Counter-Strike,
where you're going to be hit with sarcasm and passive aggressiveness if you lose that kind of open.
They went to say nice try and high-fives here, and we're like,
okay, we're going to ruin this tournament for me.
That's unfortunate, but Mikasa, I thought there was a nice little aggressive gambit at the start,
but yeah, maybe outstays his welcome, allows him back into the round and G2,
more than happy to apply such a freebie as well on that first one.
Nerds goes down, having a bit of a rough series here, he said techy shoes,
and only eight kills in the first map by his standard to bad game and we'll get
into it. Navi will save plenty of weaponry though so a lot of foregone
conclusion they give this round up that's for sure. MP9s, couple of M4s and bits on
the Famous. Filler we haven't really mentioned bits. Not really so far but
you didn't get a lot of opportunity on that. Ancient only is very good on it though.
This round certainly wide open for three-man stackiers to try and
reclaimed territory towards the top of B. My car's looking to open things up again but
it's only called the MP9 this time. Smoke deep. Double-naded towards logs, no one home. It's
worth a try. And once again they do push down at the bottom of Banana. I like this
because, like we saw in the previous round, it's possible that you can help out the
A bomb site. In a way that was much popularized by Stuart 2K, if you remember. Always pushing
that bottom, always flanking people in the middle. I always like it when you roll it back. Eight years.
It's my favourite. But yes, he did enjoy doing that. That's fair.
Yeah, showing my age a bit. I can't tell if... Let's see. We've got
Lots of utility expelled, bear in mind.
So the fact that you've used two smokes towards the bottom of B, sure, it held them away for
a while but now you've got nothing to work with, front of front of front of your best
chance now is you overlook towards the sandbags, not going to happen.
Who's remaining here?
It's Alexi B, like we said, that's his first kill for frags in that first map as well.
They're coming out right behind Bitt and I see them realising that they're just
right on top.
It is such a silent walk out into Bitt that neither of those two players are thinking
about it and they're probably thinking it's going to be a B hit. Such a massive
round to win as well. That was the reinvestment from Navi. Gonna be 3-1
down now. They only get 1,900 into the next. It's full eco territory going
forward. So it's gonna be 4-1 here. That is unfortunately pretty brutal. The
side of Navi, a bit of a shame Alexi that he wasn't offered another fight
with the MP9. I don't know if there was any difference. He could have won it,
but I feel like he was in a mood there.
Oh yeah, G2.
I mean, you said it already on Ancient,
but this is gonna be a bit of an issue.
The fact that it's the second map probably meant
Na'Vi really desperately needed to win the opening.
Yeah, considering it's their pick,
and G2, one of the best Inferno teams
in the game right now,
yeah, this is looking quite disastrous.
Could be another group state exit for Na'Vi here.
Alexi will hold onto the AK,
But that's not really the player you want to have that rifle on this squad
Not sure you'd be the one to carry them over the line would be here a rifle, but would love to be proven wrong
Nice calling him. I'm sorry. Yeah, good understanding the situation. They had no idea on the CT side
Let's focus on the game not to laugh a lot you get a lot fuck you will be serious and
and try to activate your fighting mode.
Okay, here we go.
No laughing in the lower bracket.
We've got no crying, now no laughing.
Just neutral emotion.
Okay, well, let's see if Navi can fight so easily through it.
What's the next thing that Blade is gonna take away from them?
Laugh it.
LXE boosted up.
I do like the idea, but I'm not just on the other side of the room.
Save the AK at least for the moment.
Come on, let's get in for it here, Rima.
It's actually a really good flashbang to set it up.
But now that AK is lost to them, they can't pick it up again.
Round number five should be G2s all day.
Should be Anders.
They don't know it, but they've got some open runway in towards B.
They've already taken down the main threats.
mentioned, LXCB, the one to save the AK and Kevlar, got boosted up, didn't really find anything.
They managed to find Hunter, but yeah, that is going to be 4-1. They're not missing a
beat though. Four execution, even up against these USPs. You don't want to be left with a red face
going down to a little stack that you're not aware of. Flush them out, make them fights.
That's round. It'll just be a matter of if they can contain and get some exits here.
there, Navi. Maybe they can find one AK for the next round, but yeah, it's looking pretty
grim. It's about as bad as it could be going. And bear in mind they managed to steal away
that second round force by as well. That's all they've got to speak for.
That is a huge opportunity for them. Like a big moment in time, Alexi on the full 10
second defuse. Again, we talked about this on Ancient a little bit with the momentum
that could be built. I think Mikazi had one of those rounds like a quad kill where
he said, okay, that's it. Now Navi gonna come online, but it feels like they're
never really able to rally the troops behind it and that is a bit of a shame
here. Bomb goes and that's 4 to 1 in favour of G2. Rock solid beginning to
Inferno. Oh money's still not amazing they have to make two of a couple of
compromises here where we found my Seren P9. Wonderful we'll have the AWP feel
like you'll have to maybe change things up go through unexpected play maybe
maybe take the orb towards the car position,
maybe the apartments, just something a bit different,
try and assert yourself to get an opening pick.
You're right.
That's very, okay, it's going towards me.
Do they try and boost him, like, for them,
or will he just be providing supportive utility?
Kind of the opposite of what I was looking for, to be honest.
We're more passive, yeah, you're right.
So I wanted to be going for the opening pick,
not providing flashbacks.
You two are not passive.
The speed change here is three people are still
at the B bomb site.
They have knocked out the shit and then it's in fact all round over.
Oh, they're getting out.
They are getting absolutely walloped.
I do think it's just, it's one of those things that, I think in the last year or more, it's become a little bit more popular because people do those three-man stacks of B early.
So hitting the A-bomb side that fast is just great.
It's just a really nice call from Hunter. It's the first real gun round, right?
They've had a lot of like four spies the war of attrition concluded, you know that the orbs coming out
They're gonna be trying something like I speculated they're gonna try like an interesting stock or try and get an opening pick
They went through the three-man approach towards be Huns is called a straight up
That's a suit of the apartments full on rush probably won't be ready for it. And they definitely won
They can't ask for more year just yet just just a great time just change the pace up present the unexpected
5th place surviving here as well. To be fair, 4-4 Narvi as well, it definitely won't be laughing
after that round. I can tell you that much. Nothing to laugh about at all. That one hurts.
You see, we're not even in these rounds. We're not even playing the game.
Yeah. No one's tempted. You're right. Not even a smile on that side of the moment.
Yeah, that's mixed up. No smiling. No smiling.
You're already banned from laughing.
Laughing is a reward you get for winning.
Yes.
Not losing at this stage.
Right.
Okay.
They do save four weapons though.
Nightmare round, but I guess you do save some weaponry.
It's a disastrous star, but it can be rectified.
It can still technically win this half seven to five.
So early days, yeah.
Definitely not the star you were looking for.
The thing is as well, like,
G2 on the left. That's nice.
We'll take away that entry on Banana.
No, it's having a rough day in the office as well.
He can't catch a break. Every kill I see on him seems to be like that.
Through his smoke, we've got a double-naded,
all-in-the-attack issue. He's having a rough day.
Retake U2.
I feel like...
When you're the entry on Banana, you almost have to steal your mind to the fact
that that's probably going to be happening a lot.
Yeah. I don't know, it's one of the roughest jobs.
It is.
Oh, wait a minute.
Is he gonna come through Matt's they might not be ready for this one
They're actually pumping into each other
Barrel in the mouth. Let's go. Yeah, he's gonna be running in there
He knows there's someone in the bomb side, but no chance for a little take them all down
They actually have a DM for an entry from Matt's sick all again from myself
But the pacing is why as soon as you win that one jewel, you know that they just retake banana right you heard that utility
You know, they're gonna be waiting I have a half full of sandbags as the two positions
they can be up. You've owned in my pop open that smoke flashing as well. And you know that's
that's what I'm saying is going to go in because there's no way they can react to it. And most
there's two players there with no smoke down. If you're going with the AK 47s like you're
going to have a field day and it's a Lexi B he tried to drop the pop flash as well
but it's a super telegraph one. He's seen him turning if anything he gave his position
away Anders. Yeah. And then it is pre-fighting. It's going to say just to forecast a little
bit because it is kind of a grim outlook for G2 when offered you would now be would
you to go to the CT side one thing is nuts like I said you know the best stop and
underpair in the world but another one is Hunter who's playing the A rotation oh
yeah it's also the highest rated player in the world rotating back and forth from
arch there so very very hard to stop that's an interesting stuff I like that
yeah you can see like what can I actually be do that's not him lacking form they
just made a really good call right very assertive stuff as soon as they have
that advantage brute force in their way in Hunter is calling an absolute
blinder right now. Oh yeah. It was a great understanding. He knows he's got his foot on the
throat of Navi at this point. After taking their map pick, a bansion is such a convincing
man I didn't really get a look in. Flying starts here, we're in the pistol and actually
after going 1-1 it's been smooth sailing. Five rounds in a row here and he's calling
rings around them. There's been rounds where they just need one kill and they've
got an open bomb so I would suggest he's inside their heads.
Yeah, a T side to be studied for now, for how to put this all together.
Yeah, he's in that flow state right now.
It feels like he can't really call anything wrong.
And now they've taken a tactical timeout.
This is what I want to point out, if you ask me.
Like I said it before, I don't want to see him throwing flashbangs at people.
Go get a pick. Get his in this game.
Yeah, those, I mean, when they play that passively, it does seem like you two kind of,
they get so much of the map.
They know what to do with it.
It's probably not a good template.
Well, let's find out.
Well, that's what, that's what Wrinkle would be doing.
I'll tell you that much.
Oh, yeah, he'd be trying to get you into this half so a two-man set up
This is an old classic you have the opera looking towards the steps or the bedroom without my non-massive McCarthy aggressive, of course
Real damage taken
That's more like it two-man set up deal to first kill. I would say this fall back now reset the brown with the advantage
That's enough
Yeah, we don't want to see anyone dying ill is the here for Navi
It's tricky to get this kind of a lead on the CT side
But now that they have it, let's find out what the plan is.
DBHG, that actually almost outright kills Nertz, he's down to 7 health behind it.
Might as well throw himself into great some space I suppose.
Hunter is behind him, they've done it before, let's see if they can officially trade out.
Playing that anti flash position is Alexi, so my Karzi is going to be there straight
up.
Nertz is expecting to die here but the question is, what about the rest of them behind?
I thought maybe they would try and go a bit more aggressive but maybe Navi have
found a way into such a favorable position that they're finally going to win a second round
here's Emma with the head shot and the wrinkle and head he got oh he's uh no must have been
through the wall Dan he took two damage all right okay stabilizing somewhat the first convincing
round we've seen with rifles in their hands you saw that aggressive setup towards the apartments
managing to find that opening pick and it's well weirdly winnable with having God's position
Yes, if they make a mistake and walk into his cross there, there is a chance.
Smoke up.
You can't lose this, it lands.
I think not if you need to win this.
Oh!
Have you got the holy shit?
You actually created the opportunity.
Now the bomb is being planted here.
Give it to him.
Eight clutch handles.
This would be the clutch of the tournament if he could do this.
Creeping into it.
The first one is the hardest one and Emma very well handled.
made sure not to overexpose the position, he finds a triple to clutch the round, or save the round I suppose for now, but yeah, at that moment in time there, I thought he had a chance, that second kill, holy moly.
Alright.
It was unfortunate for Matt to step, give him that, comes down to a blind kill, gets him into the round, they do reset, maybe a little bit too tentative on that one, wonderful, didn't see that coming at all.
Thankfully, Bits will shut it down, but we've got the second man on the board here.
A couple of AKs recovered for the CT side.
Need a lot more where that came from Anders.
They're going to struggle to break the economy of G2 here.
Even though the reinvestment wrinkle still has $10,000 opting to stay on the AK-47.
It's not working towards the banana.
Deep Molotov, CT aggression once again towards the banana.
That's going to be McCarthy.
boost it up on half wall. Yeah that grenade goes past him but it lands straight on a lexie
that is so much damage. A cheese to the chest. Back on the A side for the defense, they're
very far back once again. And the problem is like you've been saying Hunter is calling
a great T side so you give him all of this map control on the side of the map you
gotta wonder if he can't figure out something. There's so many things that they haven't
tested it. I don't think they've really attacked Arch almost at all G2 but
obviously there are a lot of plays that could be made from this position.
Smoke is up to block wonderful. It looks like they might try and reset them at the
bottom of Banana. Utilities started to run out for the CT side that deep
molotov. They pick up another one. Okay, McCarthy's got a little bit more.
And now wonderful is actually coming in behind him. You might finally get your
I wish Henry to see if Wandaful can help out the team.
AWP off, don't get your head blown off.
I'm so sorry.
I might have done something.
You could just see it coming, man.
What was that peak?
I don't know, were you all right?
Head blown, clean off.
You had it all.
Jose, back here, against five players that are coming for him.
Just 25 seconds of the clock.
He might be a good rifleer, but this is asking too much of one man.
Smash his clean take down.
And another round, G2 pick up.
What was that pink?
You don't love to see it?
I hate to see that.
I hate you, Charles.
Such a gamble.
It's such a common position as well.
Sitting on the logs,
AK out for that exact manoeuvre.
You would need to flash it.
At least there has to be some sort of teamwork there.
Not just like,
oh yeah, I've been aggressive, it seems fine.
You should probably swing out there
and hope for the best.
I don't understand why I did that.
I wonder as well as we went back,
does Mikaze have a flash bank?
Could they set it up better?
I don't know how much utility he had left. I know you didn't have a smoke problem
I'm calling it before his fingers. It's so obvious what's gonna happen. That is not a good peak. It's a bad peak
Rough indeed
Seven to two in their favor some rifle saved I mean with the lost bonus and the saved rifles now they have money
You weren't starved with Misha you didn't have to make that play as a five and five
Okay, that's a rough one.
Seven to two here.
We have reached, I think, a critical point of the game as there is a bit of a time mark called. Now we need the last rounds.
They have to make this a seven-five. Is there anything less than that? I mean, even then, it's going to be a tough game.
I think you do even better on the CT side, but right now, yeah, Blade are trying to activate the team. Get them back online here.
Alright, I'm a bit tilted. I'm gonna get my head back in the game.
That's fair if you're talking Henry though. I do like it.
You're fighting to keep the optimism, but I think you're right though.
I think you're right to be frustrated on behalf of Na'Vi,
because it is a common position. You can see it coming.
Let's see what is being said on the team side.
We need more rounds, okay?
Because this is just, and Mako details, they're just always better.
Always better than just killing us, extending, like, we just need to be more careful, more
quality, that's all.
Understand?
I agree, blade.
Totally agree.
Couldn't agree more, actually.
There was no real pressure, no real reason to go for that maneuver.
And now we will see them have weapons again.
It should be fine.
See, it's managed to save an AK.
It's got the AWP again, wonderful.
This should be a pick.
That's rough.
I mean, it's a nice peek from Maxis, right?
But you still want to be able to land that in the elbow somehow.
And now they're recommiting me to the hallway.
Good trade at least.
Okay, that's good reposition.
We'll take that.
He's got Emma with him, so they've got a bit of a duo setup here.
And Emma is actually going to be forward in the hallway.
But once they wrap around, look at Hunter.
So they haven't really been attacking this position, and Alexi's not ready.
It's a really rough game.
Apart from the defuse, he's got one kill in the half so far.
He did get that defuse though.
He did get the defuse.
That was a huge defuse.
It was.
Nice.
Pick for Mikaz.
Okay.
Good, great awareness.
He might actually save the round.
And Mikaz can actually do a lot with this.
He's isolated the fight.
He's slowing them down.
Then good damage to his HP.
He just walks with his smoke.
I think it's actually could be a kind of a sick play.
I like this.
Well, let's find out.
Flashbang coming in behind him.
He's running through the smoke.
because the bomb is being bomb-said, lutz!
He gets one, there's another flash through, and a second player just charging in on the site.
A couple of flashes and some aggressive assertive play from Navi.
That's their best round by far, and it's all down to Mikazi.
That's some heads up, high IQ counter-strike right there.
Good comms, no notes. Very well done for Navi.
He'll start at that missed shot, wonderful made up for in the apartment, so...
You thought the round was over here. 4 vs 3, I say the player, but Mikazi couldn't have done more
more if he tried. He kills Hunter in spawn, he gets the initial kill to deny the plan and
cause the scramble, more flashes come through and that's when they go through it. That's
gonna light a fire beneath Navi. That's the sort of round that makes you realize you're
still in this. Still definitely a chance here. 7-3. Money's great on G2 and it will
be for the last of the half here. No question about that. Yeah, just find an opening and
then play a little bit more defensively. I don't think Blade is wrong. Like sometimes
They've had opportunities here now that it win rounds, but then you know just a couple of small like tiny mistakes
G2 doing a great job exploiting it flashes into the middle as they come out of boiler as well
So taking a top mid control, but then on the other side now. We are at least keeping them back at the bottom of banana
They've parked Macause at the top of it. They got some more utility still
Jumping back here. This should be a fairly safe jump. I feel like we've seen it in the
past some fairly ridiculous AV and Eagle headshots there, but most of this time we're
going to be fine. There's a flash being held by Alexi. How good is it going to be? We're
going to find out right now, deep swath. That's what he does well. Down but not
out. This is more like it. Playing a bit of flair, a bit of confidence. Not overstepping
the mark. Teamwork and his flashes going over. Sending themselves up a success there.
Three on three isolated at the A-bombside though and with Mattis, he's been so good
on the entries. That's true. He's in the smoke and no one's even holding it! How
could that be? Himmer is dead and the whole bombside is wiped out!
You would right to point out Mattis' position there. They had no idea he was lurking
in the smoke. Couldn't have timed it better if he tried. Takes down the
all-important position. The bomb said this was a five on three. We're just
commending them how good it was all looking. Matt steals it all the way.
Great comms in the chaos as well. He's calling out the positions of the remaining
two players. His teammates vissurade them and he gets a great shot on the third.
The bombs are set too much. They don't have time. I think they need to...
Oh, the money's okay. They can see a go-fright. It's everything they can win at.
No time for the defuse. It would be sick if, actually, someone got a second
defuse but I agree even with the kit here there's just not enough time in the
round to try all around the one kill Macaulay dies he's straight on it on the
pet ring it's and Mattis will save the day he's close to be an eighth round now
for G2 okay he's looked like their best player on inferno here Mattis came
down to a one-second defuse there there was a world where they pulled that
This is the flashbang, the alley-oop.
Love to see that.
Oh, it's a five on three.
Got to win these.
And then through to smoke.
Dispectacular play.
So calm and the pressure as well.
Good comedy.
You can see him talking while firing.
Fantastic moment.
Clary towards the end, but it's all fine.
Get him a sick career trajectory for Mattis.
He was on brute.
Enterprise, Sampe, Fnatic for a while, and now G2.
He looks like an absolute sick player to have on your team.
No, it's a serial multi kills, it hasn't been a good day for him at all.
Thankfully his teammate is stepping up.
Oh yeah.
Like you said though, on the CT side, he's one of the best banana players, is that what
you said?
By country, my friend.
So, he can make up for a closest game out for them in the second half, potentially.
He has more than an entire rating point against Mikaze on the CT side.
Okay.
Because he's like 0.089 or something.
He could be the close up of the series here, potentially.
But I mean, they have so much space to work with right now, so we'll see how this one goes.
It's MacAzee's scary jump, but he did some good damage to Nurtz, not that he necessarily
knows it.
But yeah, I'm not worried about Nurtz at the moment here.
So long as he keeps his head cool, I think he's going to be fine for the second half.
But now, they know it as well, like we're not sending anything crazy.
Like, winning 5v3s, you have to do that at this level of Counter-Strike.
Well, thankfully the money's not completely busted.
It's not a foregone conclusion they give this one up, but it's now operating on very little
in terms of util.
Akazi would just hold a flashbang, try to slip a lexie b, he's got only two and seven.
Bit's two and seven as well.
We said at the start, we haven't really mentioned bit and rightly so, he said there's nothing
that's curious.
We can't, we want to.
Yeah.
MIA.
He can be a tremendous player, they're going to wrap this bomb site.
They did it last time in a 3v3 over isolated, now it's 5 on 3 isolation for the A bomb
site. And Ima, bit of an off angle out in the open this time. You were holding that
rep position. Nuts gets an opening, but it might be too late here. Heavy guard only two
seconds on the clock and unfortunately the bomb was never planted in the round. So Navi
pick up a 40 here. It's a little, it might be enough. We'll find out in the second
half.
I'm worried that they're kind of tunnel-visioned on breaking through this a-hold.
Okay, that's gonna help.
Dude, that's a huge kill.
Like, ultimate.
He's not exactly top in the charts.
He's not there alongside.
No!
the two top performers both felled by this Deagle.
2v5 back for Twist, enough.
Oh, up close in the smoke,
Matt, his Deagle continues.
He's gonna steal the deal.
Huge wrap for Matt, it's 1-4K.
Have you got a waiting some kind of an action now?
Raph, you can't see what he was looking for,
and he takes minimal damage in return.
He doubles back to site.
As they're trying to chase down Shiro, he strikes.
But Shiro, that is crazy.
Looking to emerge around the side of the smoke as Donk was still a couple steps back
and Donk doesn't get the heavy god kill right away.
In fact, heavy god takes his head off.
Man advantage in a clutch.
They're gonna double swing the other way.
He makes loud steps, they know, they slide right out and this streak of rounds keeps going.
Look at this cat presence coming out of phase.
They are tiptoeing closer to an unexpected gunfight for G2.
G2, fully focused here on doors.
If frozen draws their attention the catch swing comes over top
Carriers that heavy gobs off the traits going three kills on the round. Oh, that's excellent now
He's low
They lock horns and heavy God rips rain's head off
Hunters calling the correct move at 25 seconds. We've got an incentive down on short side
That's gonna make this problematic for fun. Oh, and then we get this activation out of some bias
Again, it's the multi-frag. Again, it is G2 throwing a wrench into Furious Works.
It's been amazing to be back, London. Thank you for having us. Let's enjoy this five-map final.
This pistol is going to feel like everything.
Okay, never mind. No chance at catching your breath whatsoever. It is immediately out onto the center of the yard.
Madis continues to tap players out of this round.
Oh, what a kill! Hunter and mobs within this bomb site versus three. Three of 20-25's the very best.
The old bones of this new lineup. Hunter waits for the present. Oh, it's an instant headshot!
Oh, it's a covatch! The covatch! Blood runs deep! The talent knows no bounds!
But with Flamesy from the bottom of the board and the smoke on the bomb, he's gonna just try to stick this!
You are denied. And G2 do what no one else could.
Not Maus, not Falcons. G2.
Glad to candle. Say a prayer, your Na'Vi fan,
because they are looking down the barrel of elimination here
here in the group stages that blast open Porto. 84 in the second map after getting blasted on their
pick up ancients. It was a pretty woeful first half Anders before rounds as they move with the
T side. It feels like they need the pistol here. I think you're right about that Henry.
And what kind of a setup they have nuts playing in front here is G2 and Avi though they've got
some utility they could do something. There's a stat Anders was referencing earlier and that's
the 2.04 rating on CT Inferno in the last three months one of the goats a banana
had a stinker of a series by his standards.
Can he close things out on the CT side and make up for it?
That is the question.
What do you mean it matters? Is the timing good?
That's right.
Oh, man.
Ridiculous grenade.
Over 100 damage.
Nuclear bomb that lands on Navi.
Just when he thought he couldn't get any worse now.
When he confirms he deceives that they're all out there.
Nuts with the dualies.
Here he comes.
You've got a spray down.
Beat him.
A triple.
They're all soft.
another hedge-shot nurse! He's right back in the action! Wonderful out here alone! Wondering
what's gonna happen? What's happened to my team? Where have they all gone? Well, it's
waiting for him. He wants that ace, surely. He's still got bullets, play. He's actually
got the reload in. So, carrying around the corner, wonderful. Okay, gets the goosh.
That'll force Nurtz a bit further back. Do they give it to him? Is there a way
we can find the ace for nerds on six points of health. I'm not sure. Wonderful. I think
the kill is about the best he can hope for. No ace this time, but my God. Nerds has woken
up. Four kills, takes us total up to nine, nine here. Electrifying sequence. They get
softened up by the perfect HE grenade as well. I think it had about 120 damage before
they even come through. It's insane. Look at the Flash Hunter as well. Everyone's
blind, Lattice don't provide that made damage, assists on three kills there.
Well, I think Henry, you were the first people to tell me about that grenade
because, you know, you were dealing with your squad.
So and in the beginning, we saw a lot of people miss it, right?
Is it's one of those grenades that you had a hard time figuring out?
Yeah, that almost perfect.
One of the most potent grenades in all of CS2.
If you can time it well and find a cluster of them, God.
That's exactly what it did.
It felt like a full on anti-strap there.
They knew exactly what was coming.
The timing couldn't have been better if they tried and we'd have to take the eco
They got nothing in the previous and one of single kill-and-des. So we've got glocks
Deagles
Take it easy boys. You confirm the reaker now. You can see them peeling back
This is how you want to play don't hunt for the pistol kills anything can and will happen played together
Enabled the crossfires you can let them have mid control. That's absolutely fine
Little bit of discipline goes a long way here for G2
Don't mind this from axis, you'll be baited in by nerds. Try and take that aggro.
Yeah, you're not worried about getting monosold either.
Exactly. As long as you've got like a plan, a setup, no problem.
This one you're making there's so low peak, so what's ours? This one you're a little bit worried.
Funboost, but no one's peaking on the other side.
Discipline's pretty good here for G2.
Don't expect anything to really happen in a round like this one.
I mean, if they even get a bomb plant, that would be kind of wild.
That would suggest that someone's gone horribly wrong for G2.
Nice information for Wrinkle.
They're gonna go through Spawn.
She can tell me that teammate's here.
Bomb plant's happening.
I think there is.
I think Nurtz needs to be getting back there.
Guys.
They don't realize.
Okay.
They're a bit of a problem with the comms there.
Now they realize.
Now it occurred to them.
Wait a minute.
They've slipped the net.
Might be in time to actually stop the bomb plant.
I think now the I guess I understand why they weren't really sure if anyone's gonna be there
So a little bit unfortunate that I had it right away still going for it and actually not bad
If that's more than I was expecting. It's you're still fine with that. But yeah, but a bit of a weird one
I guess they may they're cool. There was face or five
Yeah, you can see like it's not a big deal. I'm just trying to let go guys
How we learn plant I want this happens. Yeah, but in that he's trying to let it go as well
Okay, well five players alive all good. He's giving them a stronger by going forward
it's a little bit clumsy and we'll see whether that's gonna be enough to give them what they need
to get online here on the T side they will have all the grenades now there would have been a few
concessions because they even got two galils around this yeah so it would have even been
worse and what they have now so it's actually a pretty massive plan that they've let come through
that that was the main objective of Faleco TBH let's see we're juggling some of the utility
on over. Matt's making sure that it gets there. Declined from that. It's landing right in between
two players. I actually thought that was going to be on top of them but they dodged the damage.
So so far so good. Classic retake utility. Actually, wow, that's two flashbangs, a
smoke and a molotov or an incendiary from the CT side there. I think D2 were pretty
Pretty sure someone was coming through that smoke at top banana but nobody was.
And at the same time, still planning a utility left for G2.
What is the goal here?
They've smoked up Arch, Navi, so they can apply a little bit of pressure on top me to
try and see if they can at least clear out these front positions.
Molotov as well to make sure that no one's underneath the canopy.
passive here from G2, letting Navi burn through a lot of Util to get that mid control.
Jumped well though behind that smoke, wrinkled. I think he spotted him. I'm not sure the re-peak
was required, but it felt like he had the advantage. It's not going to happen with
XB. His third kill. Hell of an open up. Is it going to be enough? It's looking really
good right now. They're so trapped in this bomb site. Heading on. You can see
he's fighting everywhere. Hunter is spinning around, but he hasn't actually found two
with it from us. Did they spot him in the corner? I think they might have, but maybe late 28 seconds.
Very good job for Hunter. Yeah, you could see he was surrounded that
overworked in the position, but now a winnable scenario.
Makes it be an immoral low, but so is Nurtz. It's the MP9 and Mattis that could give us a
heavy lifting here, but Nurtz goes down. I'm likely he wins this, but let's see what he can do with that.
He's been playing lights out, Mattis. So I was going to say, maybe don't count him out.
He doesn't feel quite confident in sneaking his way through.
He's got the kit though.
I guess he can justify finding at least one player if it's early enough.
It might work out, but let's see, he's holding ground his fourth kill on this map.
But not bad.
That's two rounds.
LXB is single-handedly won.
There's the full defuse in the first half and now to open it and a close up.
Here in round number 15.
Yeah, Rinkon.
I didn't love the repeat.
I like the confidence of the passive crossfires. They had set up. I think it'd be better off this hot in the side with teammates
I'm sad of course is 2020
Hunter I think he did pretty well all things considered
Big round here for now V big hold to this one. They will break the bank of G2 all about the wrinkle this time right now
He's an all-pattern will you go over these openers?
He doesn't like to sit back and wait
There we go. That's actually already opening down towards second. Exactly. He will take
aggressive lines. We need a response. Not really connecting. Not yet anyway. So they know they've
pushed the CTs back towards banana. Good presence shown. Just going to confirm that
McCarthy just gonna show a bit more presence. Make sure they can't retake for now. Suggest
They'll be trying their luck over towards day.
Again, quite a passive setup,
but at least Rinko has the arched line.
What if the smoke to go down?
He needs to be careful now.
Popping that smoke open doesn't get much for it.
Player on the other side.
And it's gonna be Alexi B.
Apps pop, looking likely here.
Two players ready to strike.
Heavy God, though, one of the best PIP players
in all of CS2.
You can say that again through there,
and we'll have to get rid of him.
Oh, wow, Alexi.
He's doing so much work for the team. He really does not want to give up on this series just yet
And they can't afford to why that this is the lower bracket. You're gonna get knocked out here
Na'vi, they have looked like a bit of a weaker team than maybe we would have once
But it doesn't mean they can't turn it around like individuals
We've taught them a bit. I still have three kills. Wonderful on five
If these pieces of the team get activated then Na'vi could bring us to a third map
And you're right the immediate save call for G2 they don't want to be fighting this
Yeah, they've got a nice buffer of rounds here
Alexi B having impact and all these round wins to be fair to him
Hasn't got a bow lord of kills, but the ones he is finding are very influential on the round
Wrinkled to save the AWP nuts and masses are joining they're all over towards B
So that exit kills found for either side
Big round now for Navi down but not outs
couple in a row now might be a tactical timeout from G2 just to discuss the finances in a pretty
tricky situation you don't really want to invest too much more if I'm talking about $2,000 but do
you want to drop a pistol or two for the boys so they can join in that's the question there's a
timeout we could be seeing another kind of interesting test because you were requesting for
wonderful in exactly this kind of position to be a little bit more active with the AWP when
He was on the CT side. Sure wrinkle. I mean there are peaks that you could do from from apartments in the second
Mid like there are all these cool boosts up behind the smoke in top mid
There are so many different ways to play I think you mentioned the fallen boost over banana as well. Sure
I'd love to see what this is the sort of round. They'll be discussing those options with wrinkle
Where does he want to go? Why does he think with his spawn? He can have impact like
Jumping over towards a quad site and peaking T steps
That's a very viable peak for someone like him. He knows he's gonna hit that shot
I don't think they have an AWP on the T side because they had is it four players survive
It's unlikely they even purchased the AWP here. Yeah
So let's see what's his spawn like it's okay. Does it go? I would I would assume he jumps across middle and peeks towards these steps
I see what he's got up his sleeve
Slightly running for it right now. There comes the smoke. He's going to try in front. You have absolutely read this Henry
He's so aggressive
A difference in personality for how these two orbs have been playing.
He didn't get the shot, but you could see the intention.
Yep, that's what I'm discussing. How can they get the most out of it?
They haven't forced him to this, so they're hoping he can find an advantage as the USPs will be able to turtle up and contribute.
No opener found, but still not dissuaded.
You can hear footsteps towards the top of middle. Does he dare peek?
Doesn't have to. Wonderful. We'll give it to him.
Yeah right, three calls surely he's not ready for a third.
Okay, that's going to be round.
Good effort from Wrinkle that, a couple of kills.
And Bear in mind, okay there, are they going for this?
I guess you give it a look.
I would say save the M4s here, but it's still a three on three bomb I planted.
Maybe recover a rifle for Heavy God.
I'd save other kids a U-Till.
Worth, but...
They've even picked up an AK now, so even more of a case to be made that maybe you save the rifles,
that smoke goes down. They don't have a smoke of their own either, like Alexi to try and go
for a mad defuse. Do you have a Molotov though? Picked up on the ground and that will set up
the kill for him. And now they're committed to the clan, the Makaze. Back of the site.
Nobody can really get rid of him. Alexi, he's been doing such great work. He finds
another double on top of the defuse and he's up to seven kills. He's trying to
drag his team back in this game.
Good effort. Closer than I thought it would be, but Alexi B had a swivel from
on that pit position. Two openers from Wrinkle, wasn't quite enough for the end, what a great
second shot as well. I XCB holds on, gets deep in the process, descending from the balcony,
unable to convert that kill. It's okay, but it could have been a lot stronger if they
saved some weapons here, but the Upsala for Wrinkle, he's got no Kevlar though,
when he as a graph says one would think
oh man i thought he had that head shot the confidence in the mechanics of
mccasey does tank up nuts but not enough that it's a real
disaster just yet three people at b you have to assume
eventually they will rotate at least one player back and as i say that your
hunter is that a rotate like i said
He's crazy strong. It is his best position on any map as well, playing this A rotation.
So let's see what he could do with it. They've pulled away Mattis too.
That leaves Nurtz in this back position and he's throwing some of these retake utilities
without actually retaking. I think trying to suggest like there might be more players here.
Obviously, Navi you're not buying that. Nothing out is jest. Yeah.
Oh, there we go for the full on execute. This probably has to be like a crazy through
smoke smoke, two kills there. Well the smoke's coming up as well but your enemy still could,
it just has to be even more spectacular if you can. Well I'm not gonna try lining up for
it here. I think the opportunity's almost evaporated and Gita you could justify saving
this, even if it's 5 on 5, look at where the other two players are, Wrinkle and have
it go miles away. I actually agree with you Anders, I think drop the smoke and
get out of there. You went for a bit of a gamble stack, didn't pay off. The
Retake utility the nurse throws. If Navi had been at the bottom of banana and had seen that, maybe they think, oh wow, there might be like two or three people retaking top banana, let's go mid quick.
And then there would have been four people there for G2 instead. That's a great theory, but Navi would just watch all of that utility at the top banana as they are, while it's not coming.
It wasn't necessarily the retake utility, it was the incendiary flash, which you can push on, but you don't take any vision away from them.
Fair enough, fair enough.
So yeah, like, I don't think it was enough for them to be like, wow, this is overwhelming. So yeah.
Not persuaded.
We're going to see, is that three in a row now, I think, for Navi? Four in a row.
In fact, after losing the pistol, it's just courtesy of XCB. He's had some great rounds here.
This is so great for Navi, but I feel like there's also a chance this could be
still a bitter loss for them, because there were so many opportunities to win more rounds on the CT side.
If they don't have that 8-4 half, if they just get like, you know, closed, so they're 6-6,
or maybe like even the 7-5 or something, this is such a different game already. It's a
It's a very different atmosphere.
Navi, got to give them credit for having the stamina to fight back in this because it's
been a very brutal game for them so far.
On Ancient it was, it was lights out for G2.
They were so good.
Heavy God playing out of his mind.
Navi now finally showing some signs of life.
Emir and Mikaze still a bit nowhere to be found.
Well, there are no strangers to a comeback here at Blast Open.
pain and as they were 10 to down a mirage oh yeah right they came back to actually
win 11-1 in second okay then so I'm just saying these guys are tenacious when the
chips are down they can deliver the goods
but it can't fall off the path for the moment they need to keep this going
as they're playing in the corner there's no one there to receive on the
aside no one's gonna be connected on the AK spray down
and G2, they have an advanced position at the top of an island but apart from that
further back on the rest of the map wrinkle missed an opportunity to get the
kill Alexi is the only one that's taking any real damage in the round so far so
they're working the basics like we expect here in RV, so it's being set up for
the arch. Another passive set up from G2 here allowing him to have a bit of mid space.
Gorinkel is patrolling the quad-sided boiler room. Flash off the angle. Takes a deeper
line.
That's looking to throw the molotov on the top of heavy guard.
A-split looking likely again. It is. Put everything down. Hunter. Flash under-handed
underhanded out he goes for a wide swing it's a brilliant idea but he was ready
with the headshot and that leaves two people defending this is gonna be very
very hard to hold on to wrinkle how many shots have you got in you the first one
misses and he's never gonna get a chance for a second one 28 seconds
he ever had to try and hold on to the sights he was always gonna be a bit of
a stretch that's a matter's better the back of way I believe Navi now to
nine maybe giving them a little bit too much space in middle now like we
We like the passive setups, we like the crossfires,
but you're allowing them to fully execute now.
We're not seeing that disruptive gameplay
that kind of changes the game plan.
You have all five players alive, most of their utility.
They put all the space they like.
You can see how stifling that can be.
You're all flashed off.
You can't actually assist each other.
Hunter forced to right click a flash out
and his hope for the best there
didn't really have much impact.
Now we're gonna be saving two weapons,
one of which is the Famous Formatis.
So, all of a sudden, it's a one-round game.
Things were looking so wonderful, but by and in a row now,
three players survive the NARVY,
their money is starting to swell as well.
This is super exciting.
I'm happy that they're showing a little bit of life here.
It would have been sad if they just get beat to roll
and they never really get a chance to answer back.
There is a third map of Mirage,
if we can make our way there.
That would be exciting.
You and I, Henry, we've had no third match so far.
Yeah, what is it?
Two or Mafia.
Day five?
Yeah.
And we do two best to threes a day
and all of them have been two zeros.
Not to say they haven't been great games.
You've had some fantastic series.
Lots of overtime's in there,
but it never makes it to three.
This one was looking like it'd be the similar scenario,
but all of a sudden,
Navi have woken up and locked in
and they can just get bit or light.
It's four and 13.
It might be enough.
He hasn't had his moment yet.
Money's still okay. They're saving weapons, G2. As I mentioned, they've maybe given them a bit too much space.
Into what's middle. Alexi be aware of it now.
It's collapsing into all the A side with that full execution.
Presence from apartments, quad, long.
Overwhelming and finding isolated jewels.
Wrinkle. It goes with a T spawn pick.
It's a very deep grenade and a follow-up too.
That's not a lot of damage for how close that seems to have been.
Wonderful on my car, so they're probably quite happy with that.
Dodging some of the utility.
Apart from the pistol round, I feel like a lot of the G2 grenades out there haven't
really landed that well.
Flash will trigger the shot from Wonderful, tries for a wallbang, you might as well.
They will be pushed back.
Okay, let's slow around here.
No more contain on both sides.
Wrinkle this time.
More aggressive lines towards the outside.
Oh, yeah.
He put down a smoke as well, so he's really slowed down now. It's finally going to be fading.
They will smoke him off. There's nobody here to boost him or anything crazy like that either.
So Nurtz has confirmed that a little bit of useful over towards B is a bit of a ruse.
They'll have the information again that now they're heading towards A,
and with 35 seconds remaining, that's a massive pick up.
Nurtz will have to funnel the last, push them in towards A now, Anders, and they know it.
If Makassi heard that smoke, that's a sick play from Nurtz.
It's Kemi-God with a kill on two, wonderful.
G2 looking to claim an 11th round finally, and I think with that shot at the back of Alexi,
it has cemented the 11th here.
Charging on to the site but it was always gonna be very very hard to win this one
I think what happens is that was it matters rotating out of the bebop?
I'm not sure who it was, but he threw a smoke at top and I'm like all the way the bebom site when he left
Yeah, and nurse was already in front of that smoke. So if Mikazi hears the smoke pop sure
I think you know that's it like they're back in the bebom site and he knows could tell it's a pretty
Limb display of presence there like from the tea said I just threw like a Molotov in the corner white flash
Okay, and he just used out he was already past the half-word is that well obviously no one's here peaks down catches the menace in the hand and
Yeah, like I said funnels them in towards a when they have no chance g2 operating with a lot of information there
tactical timeouts
Last one this one was called by Navi
real last chance to lure near for
Navi in general better mind is joining us lose this map and they are out of the tournament in the group stages
This is the moment when Nerds found him.
I think you're right, McCarthy probably assuming that smoke meant
he had a bit of more space to work with.
Wrinkle, of course, he didn't sit back on the bomb site anymore.
Needed that, breaks the streak.
And they've got themselves three AKs on the CT side.
Is it enough to close the game out?
AK spam through banana like that on the CT side.
It's so scary.
You said Nerds had a rough start to the T side,
and you also explained why, like being the entry
on that banana position, it's pretty rough.
I mean, he's starting to make up for it a little bit now. He's up to 13 kills, so slowly clawing his way back.
It's not been super spectacular, but...
Well, he single-handedly won the pistol. That's pretty much all they've had.
Good points.
Massive grenades, that hurts.
And that's his loan as well. I might have to call some backup. Bear in mind, Matt is tagged as well.
Little HP soldiers on this side of the map here.
And it's looking likely to be the B execution this time.
They haven't shown a ton of presence this side of the map.
Retake U2 being set up by Mattis.
Should be the incendiary to follow things up.
You can fill them on the other side.
After you pushing in, trying to catch them off guard,
it's a great little maneuver.
Good call from an XCB.
Should find his first kill, no problem.
It's even a team kill.
Yes, I guess.
Fuck you, no idea.
That's unfortunate.
I don't think he can go for it.
I think anyway, Mattis would have been dead.
So it's a funny moment, but I agree.
He shouldn't go for this one.
Money is so important for G2 if they want to keep his lead.
Back on out, see if you can.
That was a much faster timing than G2 were expecting because right before they do that
B hit they smoked off Arch and then while that smoke is up for a good 20 seconds, they're
just hitting that before anyone knows.
And as soon as the LACB detected that retake utility coming over, that was a Q to go.
He knows they're going to be out of position.
Yeah.
There's not many good spots to do it from.
You're normally exposed, and you cut off guard like that.
It's a really nice call, and speaking of nice heavy guns,
looking to do a bit of extra damage here, and he certainly has to live with the goods.
Three kills, doesn't matter too much. The money's absolutely fine for Nabi,
but gives him some extra cash for a drop potentially.
And it's a one round game.
11 to 10.
Another great call from Alexi B here.
Turn a lot of presence towards A, in conditioning that little area, a rare execution towards B, and it couldn't be better.
I'd fortunate to team kill.
Trying to be active at the starts towards Banana, but both matches are now taking heavy damage by virtue of utility.
I have a chance to get us to map point though, can Rincall find the opener he's been looking for?
Here are some of the openings here for GC with a 3 man stack over a B.
For GC themselves on the T side they had that one round where they did exploit the fast
A hit to try and catch.
Now we're doing the same thing.
That's an A, missed it though.
Supposed to be the half of an A, it flubbed it.
Would have done a lot of damage there.
I knew three players waiting for it.
Yeah, you're right.
And now they smoked off that half wall but there are people already in front.
Are they ready?
Oh, this could be very dangerous,
and he might get caught in the middle of this.
Take a swing.
That could have been a double kill lineup.
This is dicey for both themes.
Smoke going down alleviates some pressure,
but they're popping it open.
How is he not burning?
I feel like Matz is should be on fire right now,
but he's found just a little corner to stand in,
on top of the boxes of the spray down his epic.
Nuts he finds too,
and Hunter helping out,
because he was that third man.
The A rotate, like we said,
He is the best in the world of that right now, and he found the perfect time to be at the B bombsite
In marina one versus three
I guess it's all we can do try and get T sport. Okay. Yeah, that's probably a good call
But with 23 health, I don't think you win the round but you can go T sport. That's what I'm pretty good for you
Yeah, I think they'll be aware of it. They almost could justify saving the
The AK will not even be allowed, I was going to say, Alexey maybe could have been dropped something.
That's 12 to 10. Now one round away from knocking out Navi, RG2.
I thought with the Fumble Grenade, that was going to cost him.
We saw them trying to retake control there with four players waiting for them.
No, it was lucky to get away with his life.
And that's a significant kill. Not saving the AK, it's kind of massive here.
It's 6 and 16. He has done nothing in this series, I'm afraid.
And dude, they are struggling. Why doesn't XB got a Glock?
So, last is...
He must have dropped an AK.
He guess he dropped an AK. Yeah, I know, he's got an AK.
Oh, okay. I can't say that. Wow.
He's got a Galil.
Yeah. Okay.
Alright. So, you're not going to get a better chance than this to close things out.
Two Galils, a Mach 10. Almost no U-Tail.
Two people with a helmet on the CT side.
Yeah, probably won't be important.
What it could be.
True.
There's a real sculler.
He's one of them.
Oh, shot through the side of the ball.
Bits goes down.
Bits.
What a rough game.
It's been for him on both maps.
Now you really want to start to love VG2.
Oh, yeah.
Really, establish those crossfires.
Make them work for it.
Bleed the clock.
Defensive Utah, one after the other.
This should be the GG moment when we say goodbye to Naby
in the group stages.
Here at Blast Open Porto.
It's been a pretty disappointing season
by their standards.
We expect a lot more from this team.
Can they possibly save the day here?
Keep their head above the water in a five on three
with everything on the line.
LXCB needs to call the miracle round right here, right now.
He's opted for the apartments pop.
Smoke goes down.
That's the leg utility we're talking about.
What do you do now, Anders?
I have no idea.
I see if it wasn't already tricky enough,
you're right, Henry.
That smoke on top is even worse
and they've got more utility if they need it.
Headshot, it's overkill to take down Alexi, heavy gore, but the next one, leaving wonderful.
In a 1 vs 5, it is no longer winnable. G2 have knocked out Na'Vi, and claim the victory in two maps.
They look very, very good with this newly minted team.
2-0, and everyone looking fantastic.
Heavy gore delivering the goods once again, 18-11, and you have to say, Anders, that's a significant defeat for Na'Vi,
crashing out in the group stages.
They looked weak, their star players didn't show up.
And we say good bye to them here at Blast Porto.
We do indeed say goodbye to Na'Vi after what must be considered
another disappointing tournament, another disappointment showing for Na'Vi.
Going down to the T2, Rugga, who played incredible well from Dutch Finch.
I think they knew what they wanted through the whole game.
There were some indecisive moments, I think, on the Inferno City side,
but other than that, I think they were well-drilled.
they knew exactly the style that Navi brought and I think they had good answers to it throughout the series.
Over the course of two maps to be so dominant, is that a surprise from G2 for you?
That they find consistency over two maps?
I think so, like winning this convincingly against Navi.
I think the old G2 would have taken that any day of the week, so I'm a little bit surprised,
but I also think they're turning upwards, where Navi is a little bit more stalemate at the moment.
Does feel like G2 is turning upwards, Honda is joining us by the disc.
First and foremost, congratulations knocking out Navi.
a huge step in the right direction for you guys.
We spoke about a clean victory.
Is that a surprise to you, as you normally have to fight a bit more for it?
Yeah, first of all, hello.
Thank you for congratulating everything.
So, I mean, against Lavi it's never easy to play.
We had a lot of issues before playing against them.
Lately they are struggling as well and it's not easy life for them.
And we saw that chance especially on Inferno and that's why we picked that map.
I mean, it looked easy but it's never easy to play against them,
especially this Inferno T side they are super annoying but I'm happy that we close it out at the end.
I was just about to ask you about that Inferno CT side for you guys. We know Navi are very
good at changing the pace, very good at making it uncomfortable for you guys on the CT side.
You felt the pressure naturally did you come up with any solutions here in the second part of
the second half? Yeah we did because if you give them space banana and me to take
fully control without having any information it's really hard to play against them and then
So it took an amazing time out and told us that we should just drop you till our smoke extra smoke for them
and then just trust them to be and play 3 on A.
And heavy-golden me to have some good setups on A, because we were 3 on A both times they came at the beginning
but we just didn't do good.
We were overthinking what they will use and that was an issue.
But after when we decided to do what we want to do and we were more focused on crosshair, it was easier.
Speaking of taking away space from Navi, I saw Ringel in this game being very proactive with AWP,
trying to find openings, trying to find gaps. How much is that from him himself,
you know, saying that I want to do this and how much is that you dictating what he's supposed to do?
He's an opera who is calling a lot what he want to do about the peaks and I'm really happy to
have him because I like those things. Sometimes it may be too much so I need to tell him to
not do it but yeah it's better to have that kind of opera than to have opera who is not doing
anything so yeah he's doing his things on his own even mid-round I'm happy that
the way he want to retake and taking information and yeah he's mostly calling
those things. Looking at T2, looking back in history also playing you guys it was
always you know nightmare opening of your pistol round stats it was missing
a little bit over the last couple of months now it's back like how much did
you actually work on this because I know you are like at least among the
top players one of the if not the best pistol round creators so how much
Did you put into that also considering you have a new guy you want to set them up for success?
I thought me making pistols anymore.
No, no, no. Since I took an ideal role I said I cannot do that as well.
So it's coach's responsibility and he's doing that.
He's doing amazing to be honest.
We are trying to make Rinko as comfortable as we can and we are trying to always give him
Kevlar and Dualies and P250 whatever is needed.
It's important for open confidence, but yeah it's so who is doing those things.
Also looking at like the Inferno game, I think it was a 10-9.
we did the adjustment from Saul.
How happy were you that you didn't throw your Mollie early
on that round?
It's the one where you're jiggling on the A side opening.
I think that one basically killed the whole hit there.
It was part of the plan.
That's what he said on Freestyle.
And happy to carry him as a coach.
Always the hardest thing running short.
And then all of a sudden, the Mollie comes in the second.
Short is hard.
Yeah, speaking of G2, if we scope out a little bit,
the way I said you guys are coming into this tournament
is that the next six months, you
you have to take a step forward, right? You've been a stable top 7, top 18 in the world,
but I assume you guys want to win trophies and take another step forward. How close do
you think you are to reach that next level where we put you in the same category as
the likes of Spirits and Navi that you just beat now, Falcon, do you name it?
I mean, we are still far away, but not that far, I would say. I think in Cologne
Major it was our peak with the lineup that we had. And then after we brought
Wrinkle at the beginning, of course, it's always hard. A lot of new things,
new things for him as well, he haven't played for, I don't know, one year almost at all,
he's still one CS. So yeah, I think we are going on the right path, we are taking the
right way, we are working hard, we are talking to each other about a lot of things. We saw
against Piri that we were not fighting almost at all, it was really hard game, I hope next
time it will be better. But yeah, since we brought Nerf into the team, we were always
making playoffs. Now the next step is to try to play semi-finals, finals and lift trophies
because that's what you do once as well. That's what you play for, huh? After all, speaking of
the next step, you're either facing Aurora or M80 in that lower bracket game, so rematch against
Aurora or M80, do you have a preference in a game like that? I mean, not really. M80 showed
some good contests like this event as well, especially against Navi. Aurora is a great
team. We won them first game. It's never easy to beat the same team two times,
especially in a couple of days. So I would say it's really whatever, whoever comes, we just need
to be ready and focus on ourselves tomorrow. Alright, thank you so much for joining us on
the team, best of luck, furthermore in the low weight. Thank you guys, bye bye.
For that, we also have to speak to the losing side of things James caught up with Navi after the
game. Navi tried to fight back within this Inferna, but ultimately they ended up falling to G220.
Alexey, first of all, commiserations. I know we seem to be doing this far too many times at
at this point. Just give me your thoughts on first of all the ancient which you could
usually rely on and then this Inferno almost come back coming into it, but again you just
want to fight your way back into a game. Felt like you were close but maybe what details
you saw were missing?
I think it's just not good enough to be honest. I think I could have done better
on Ashen by self on certain situations, the way we were discussing outside and
what we were typing on Team Chat, maybe other individuals felt the same way,
but we all could have done so much better,
and today we just felt like we were giving so many bad advantages away
and clutches going their way, kind of.
Yeah, it's just not good enough, and I think we fought at the start of Ancient.
I think Pistols, second round, third round, all were very close.
Then we go 3-3, we have economy to do all of our rounds,
And you know, they just ended up playing a lot better on all the rap stages, so yeah, just what could it be?
We were talking about this on the desk that like, within Navi's system, obviously we know it right, it can work really well, but it requires the individuals to be able to form like that.
It seems like the individuals at this point have taken quite a lot of confidence, knocks that we're not seeing the same output from people.
Is that a conversation you guys have been having?
I'm not sure if we are addressing it straight up like that, but yeah, it's kind of obvious
that we're lacking that something in all of us.
And it's pretty rough because we really grind it for six weeks now and yeah, it just feels
It's so bad to go out in two tournaments, I would say, like lost on groups in both.
I don't feel like the EWC, we didn't do a deep enough run to even be satisfied at all.
And just here as well, just not good enough.
So yeah, it'll be difficult moving forward, but yeah, just need to keep grinding, keep fighting.
Can I ask around just the fact that obviously Blade has been honest at the beginning of the season,
saying that they were looking at changes?
Do you think that could have affected some of the players before?
I know he's very open and honest anyway, but I'm wondering,
maybe that affects the mental for people?
I cannot speak on behalf of others.
Like I've said on multiple interviews, I think I've asked these questions,
been asked for like five times at least.
But personally I don't think it mattered for myself.
I think, you know, when I realized that we're continuing with the same lineup
and we had a long bootcamp, everything,
you're not thinking about anything else other than CS.
as I told you, grinded for six weeks now, over five weeks it feels like so, I don't feel like the
individuals really thought about it that much, maybe who knows but yeah everybody wanted to do
a lot better than we have showed these past two weeks and yeah it's just up to us to try and
dig ourselves out of this. You mentioned about the fact twice now in this interview that you've
had the six weeks on the go right from the boot camp in EWC and now this, how important is
it for you guys and maybe get a bit of a break and reset on top of that or will it be back
to straight practice and growing again?
I think it's going to be important like I think we need to clear our minds and do something
fresh as everyone sees that what is currently happening is just not cutting it.
It's tough to say just immediately after losing like what to do but yeah for sure.
Hopefully you can get that reset mate. Thank you very much.
It's a somber and sad moment because they expect so much more they've also achieved a lot better than this and done more
Obviously going up against you to certainly no easy feat, but I think it's the way
Navi are losing right now and
Also, maybe just some of the lack of the belief
I know he already said right he answered the question around what blade said
But I mean I think it's really even if he's not seeing it and he's older
It's not going to hit it maybe as hard, but for some of the younger players, I think this is some
worrying issue, right? You want to have some belief that you're going to stay.
Yeah, I'd be lying if I said the alarm bills are not ringing in my head, you know, when I look at Na'Vi,
when I look at what they've achieved as well, I think there's many aspects that goes into it in isolation.
It's okay to have a tournament where things are not working out, but it's when you add in EWC,
you add in the Major, it's when you add in what didn't happen during the summer break.
That's when it all accumulates to becoming a problem for Na'Vi.
It's not that I'm standing right here thinking to myself that it's done. It's over that they can't come back from this
But it is at a stage now whether entering a bit of a mini crisis and LXB said it as well
We spoke about it already rocket something needs to change
You know whether that is the approach to certain maps whether that's new tactics
Whether that's a fresh look maybe new position for certain players
Something within Navi has to change to give them a bit of fresh energy because if they continue down this path
Then it's not just gonna be alarming. You know, it's gonna be an issue for Navi
Like they have two ways to go either you change the system and give some help to the players in the current state there
Yeah, you think blade changes the system
That was what I was about to say the second one is you change the player because I don't think he compromises on his system
There might be this case of maybe they have read the meta a little bit wrong and that's you know
Blades responsibility going in and see okay. This was actually not so good. Let's adjust it to this
This can be the common middle ground which if they don't feel like changing a player just here now
But also isn't part of this where like and it's not singling out individuals
We spoke about many individuals not having good performances
But even ones where you would say consistently reliable like bit we didn't talk about him so much in the pre-show
But he's gone like he's not there. He checked out but it looks a bit was nowhere to be found today
And this tournament wasn't a great one for him, but he's been the one stepping it up as of late
He's the one you know who's picked it up from a car said the couple tournaments where he didn't play well
In particular at the major he was the reason they were so so close
making the playoff despite Makasa having an off tournament. So yeah that's the
thing right as well. If it was just consistently the same problem over and
over then the solution would also be easy to find you know you can always
single out a player that's played poor four tournaments in a row and saying
okay we need more from you otherwise you're gone but it seems to be
different things you know that is coming in at different tournaments that's
the issue for Navi and I've said it before I'll heavily say it again it
may sound rough but Navi is a world-class team you know world-class
foundation they just don't have any world-class players. I think it's a
a little bit the case that we talked about with Vitality, right, for a player like Bit,
that when Vitality is firing and all cylinders, Rubs gets better situations, right?
When we have a team a little bit lackluster, especially on the T-sides, that's also where
Bit gets impossible situations.
And we also had a situation today where he was like running out balcony before anything
even happened, and that tells me a little bit of a story of a guy that don't really
have, you know, the perfect situation, so he's forcing them a little bit and
then that ended up costing him his life.
So yeah, I think it's a hard one for Na'Vi for sure, but if there was like any positives,
it was the T-side, it was a lot of the stuff that we expect from Na'Vi and historically
have seen, you know, that they can do the page-tages, they can read what's happening
in front of them and make the small adjustments.
And yeah, even though I still feel like they're missing JL a little bit in that
team to create some, you know, bottom floor that they can always rely on.
Yeah, that's very important, especially in this day and age of CS, but some positives
and turning things back towards G2. Have he got across the series? We're always glazing
heavy guard in some way within here, right? But rightly so, because he gets the job done.
G2 have played a strong tournament so far, to be completely honest. I know they find
themselves in the lower bracket for a reason. That's losing to Spirit, who I think we
all agree are the main favorite to win the entire thing at the moment. Spirit have
leveled up. So for G2 to lose to Team Spirit, it was the fashion they did it in, there
was a little bit disappointing. But in terms of how they handled Aurora, in terms
of how they handled Na'Vi in terms of, you know, Winkle still being quite new to the team.
I think that's a very interesting prospect to me.
It's clear to see a team that is trending upwards.
It's clear to see a team that has still got a lot of work to do, as Honda also said,
but a team with an enormous amount of potential.
I think at least they have put them in the exciting category now, where if they
do everything good, they can take down one of the big dogs in the coming month,
if not here already, right?
So I think G2 has a lot of positives going for them and even though it was a loss, I think
they got so much data out of that loss to Spirit that if these two teams play against
each other again, I think it will be a lot closer and be less about, you know, Spirit
just setting the pace because again here today, G2, they want to like handle the
problems like head on.
They grab the initiative, they bring numbers to where they want to and then they just
roll on people.
So that can also work against Spirit.
That's the fun thing about Counter Strike, James, because what we just said, you
You know, I firmly believe it's the case and then if they were to lose to either Roura or MAD,
it feels like it would be all for nothing. That would be a step in the right direction.
That's how reactive we are to resolve an encounter strike.
But overall, I do think it's fair to say that with Winkle being brought in, you know,
a completely different type of AWP player, we've got to give them a little bit of time
before we start judging them and so far I really like what I see from G2.
I do really like what I see from G2 and we touched on it and I think it was the first
G2 game, right, around matches maybe having a drop-off of performance in recent time.
at least within these games we've seen here right we're getting a bit more of
that sharp life from him again. Didn't we have that infoscreen coming up that he
was the worst rated CT player in all of top 30 of Counter-Strike as of right now
you know that's not a great sign and he's a player that I think is also you
know great he's a good Counter-Strike player what he did in Fnatic showed a
lot of potential but he hasn't really found his footing just yet in G2 so
again we're speaking of nerds maybe having a little bit more to give
was being of a madness having a little bit more to give wrinkle being
integrated I feel like the potential is enormous within G2 if they can
solid up and then on top of it you also have the potential of one of the best
fragging ideals in Hansar so I think they have all the right pieces still the
verdict is a little bit out on Wrinkle doing it more than you know in the heat
here in Copenhagen let's see him in two months and then make the actual
adjustment like assessment is he there is he the real deal can he succeed
within the system because he has always been this guy I couldn't really
fit into system so it's also a big test for him big test but so far he's
passing and looking good on the sharp eye test and when we're looking at eye tests
and we're talking about orpas we're gonna do a refrag segment right now
refrag.dg forward slash pass try it for free right now and practice some of your
orps flicks in here if you consider yourself an impressive orpa pimp you
are one of those back in the day yeah unfortunately i transitioned into
becoming a main arbor which is probably the biggest mistakes i've ever made in my career
back then we didn't have refrag going this is the awp flick mode where basically if you're
and if you want to practice you can jump in and refrag and get exposed to all these different
peaks all these different scenarios as you can see the bots are jumping sometimes their shoulder
peaking their white peaking they do all sorts of weird stuff just like you would face in a real
game so the more you play it over and over and over hopefully the more consistent you get by
hitting those shots. This seems like a very low level of it right now people might be looking to
say this is a bit too easy I would love to put monosy to the test with this. The master
of flicks and put it on the hardest mode make that happen first of all his way. That's the
the thing right it may look a bit easy but again that's the cool thing with
reflight we're playing on online servers and basically game quality servers as
the pros are playing on right now and the bots adjust to a level so if we put you
on the server and you're missing a couple of the flicks then the bots will
realize okay maybe we're a little bit too much this is your level right and I
think I think I could do slightly better maybe slightly faster but yeah we
could put money into the test and we could put the bots tonight my mode and
then I bet you that will be a tough one that's a content piece when the
I would like to see it happen as well.
Ruger, you much of a flicker?
Used to be, because you couldn't name yourself, so you used to just all the time.
What is it like 12 years ago we were playing on the same team?
Roughly 12, 11 years ago?
If he got an AWP in his hand, we knew it was game over.
No way!
There's few players out there like you, Sipnix, I remember.
Don't pick up with all the nuts.
Fair enough.
Also, I was a big boxer when I was standing in, so...
Ah, safe!
Hey guys, this is Mahon and I'm going to break down how the pros hold short on Mirage so you
can do it just like them too.
Let's go.
At the start of the round, typically you'll want to throw a flash at the top of mid to
push the T's back.
This flash hits anyone standing between top mid and the chair, ultimately creating space
for you to peek middle.
The top mid flash creates an avenue to peek middle, but you also have to worry about someone
coming from underpass.
To deny the possible T coming from underpass, you can throw a Molotov at the entrance to
prevent them from getting to bench.
This gives you more safety when you fight top mid.
The top mid flash and underpass Molotov are good tools to help you fight, but
Before you reach that point, there's a chance a T could cross the initial angle before you
get to Bricks.
This is possible if the T has the best spawn, and your teammates at Window and Connector
get smoked out.
If this happens, you can Molotov the Bricks, and progress as the Molotov is still up.
But if the T's don't push up, a great angle to hold is between the Bricks and
the Corner, where you can't be seen from Chair.
This is strong because T's tend to clear the Bricks angle on the right corner, but
not exactly the spot in between.
This also allows you to be close enough to the spot if a tee runs off the connector.
Another spot you can use is on the ledge in front of the ladder room.
Holding this specific spot matches up with the right end of the bench, so if tees jump
onto it, you'll be able to catch some midair.
Being up close also allows you to see the tee even if they crouch, whereas if you
stand for the back, the tee now has the option to crouch for cover.
If you want to get a deeper view into mid, you can get a boost onto the bricks.
From here you can catch tees running down the slope of mid from an elevated position,
and even if the tees throw a smoke at cat like this, you'll still be able to see over
it.
Now these are some great positions to play on short, but you'll likely want some flexibility
to move to ladder room.
The best way to do this is to throw a smoke at the front of catwalk.
Not only does this block the tees from pushing up, but now you can move to ladder
room without being caught.
Being in ladder room allows you to defend against tees coming up short and through
window at the same time.
You also get access to this position on the cement blocks and window to spot the cross
towards connector.
Tees often overlook this position since they're clearing the top of connector when they enter.
But holding short is just one part of being in this area.
What are some other ways to help your teammates?
If you don't use your smoke for front cap, you can also use it to re-smoke the bottom
connector, which slows down the T's map control.
If a B push comes in, putting yourself right up to the bricks gives you an isolated
fight for the window.
The power behind this is that the bricks actually covers up many of the common flashes that
pop towards the B site.
For comparison, exposing yourself to the site with the same flashes would look like this.
Now, despite everything you can do as the short player, don't forget you can start
the round by going through window instead of B site.
If you make the cat jump, you can contest mid far earlier.
And instead of jumping on cat, you can also go for the ladder jump.
Being in ladder allows you to cut off any T's to go faster and short.
If you peek middle from ladder room, keep in mind a T with the best spawn can already make it the second chair.
And that was the last piece on how to hold Maraud short, like the pros.
I think when you look at the scene and all the results from everybody, you can't take anybody for granted.
Like we're seeing all the top teams lose to pretty much anybody right now.
So we have to keep this in mind, especially when we're a new team as well.
It's construct is very unstable. I think at the moment, I think it always is with my 12 and seen vitality
Last season how they were able to be this strong
We're just mR12 and be consistently winning it kind of maybe masked how much of a team to struggle in a little bit
They're a dangerous team. I think they
They're practically okay. The players like not too bad or anything. They have good plans or prepared and everything
And they need to go for a long time
So they understand each other and that's kind of their strength compared to our weakness
So, I think they'll have a good game plan.
I'll just spread this.
And I think we've got to consider ourselves favorites,
so we're going to have comfort from most of them as well.
Yeah, so when we lost to them at EWC,
and even both games we played there,
we should have performed way better than we did.
So we were like, if we,
I said it to the guys after the game versus Fury,
I was like, if we just remotely play
how we played this tournament,
then we will beat them this time.
Because we like,
like of course they are a good team, good players,
But if we just play as we do now and compare to how we played at EWC, then we should win this.
I like and respect how simply we wanted to make that sound, but it's very different when you're in the server,
the bright lights are on you, the temperature is rising and you can't deliver in the edge of the moment.
That also is based on the assumption that Aurora won't play any better,
I won't get any better, which I think is a bold assumption to make,
I don't think Aurora is anywhere near what is going to be the final product and what's
going to be the final level of their team.
So as much as I like the confidence from M80 coming into this game, no doubt it's going
to be a tough, tough matchup for them.
Brogge, I want to straight away ask you on this, when it comes to rematching, like is
this the story of, okay, the guys that lost have a slight benefit or how do you approach
it as a coach in your head going from there?
I think you get real data on how the opponent sees you after, like, either if you win
or you lose.
It also means that some of the small tails, if they had something on them and the opponent like MAD realized it,
they can all of a sudden, you know, not exploit the same things again.
So it's a lot of mind games when it's this like close back to back games,
like the teams haven't played that many other opponents.
So there's still a lot of fresh memories from the game where you would like to, you know,
cover up some secrets if you had some and at the same time try, you know,
to change some of the small things that went the other way last time to your own.
Yeah, keeping that scoreboard out right there, you know, when you have a YKD and you have
GMFAT being non-factors almost to some degree in that game, not playing up to the best.
You have kicks on top fragging and you have Aurora still winning quite easily against
M80.
Doesn't bound well either.
As much as I like the tactical approach and as I said, you know, the gameplay is
probably going to be sound from both teams coming into it.
That's what you'd expect from both teams anyway.
At the end of the day, Counter-Strike is decided by the players on the server and
If Aurora were able to win without the two players, I consider to be the two players that
would be set up to the most success in Wai'i Kadia and in GymFat, going, you know, negative
Kadia and not really being too big of a factor and you still manhandle the opposition, then
that whole assumption of M80 beating them, if you just play slightly better, well,
try the same with Aurora.
What happens if they play well?
Yeah, that can be a problem.
They already felt that problem once before.
Talking M80, this is a team for me that has been stuck in the same spot.
They make a player change.
now try to see if they can make some improvements. We get glimmers of hope and light. This win against
Navi for sure, but then they fade away once again. Why are they in this constant cycle? What is going
on inside this team? What are they missing when you look at their game? I want M&E to be good
and I want North American Counter-Strike to have a team you can actually root behind and follow
and be proud of. And I think they have good elements to that team, but I think they're
stagnated because the quality of the material they have to work with, it's kind of been
outworked to some degree. I don't think when you look at the players and that's not to be
disrespectful to to any of them. None of them possesses the quality that is required to be fighting
for a top 10 spot in the world of Counter-Strike. So the way you develop teams like that is that
you keep the best part and then you continue to make the team better and better and better over
time. And I think when you have been in a period for a long long time where you do find an NA,
you qualify for tournaments, but whatever you show up in Europe, you're not caught for it.
At some point you're going to make some of those tough decisions and see if you can
attract more talent or attract new players that can, you know, step it up just a tiny bit.
I'm getting a little bit bored of seeing MAD being this close and yet so far and nothing has really changed for a long long time.
I think they are categorised as like a one-map offset team and I think your last point about attracting talent is probably why.
They are not the first pickers in getting, you know, the exciting talent that's coming up.
They will have to pick, you know, the remaining pieces of these upcoming teams where, okay, this guy, he's not on the radar of everyone.
Let's grab this guy and see if we can develop him. And I think that's also fine, you know.
It's also what expectations do they have internally in the team? Do they want to be a top 10 team?
Sure. Is the expectations a reality? That's a different story.
But I do think like they have smart players in the team. They know how to upset teams.
They have this like little
Redsie style with some pocket strats here and there combined with you know
Go for entries and then use the German DNA about saving you tell and outplaying your opponent
So I think they have a lot of things going for them
My question is, do they have that one or two players that makes them better than, let's say, Aurora?
Well, tell me that, right? Who is the star of this team?
Because JBA coming in, right, was an interesting one, at least when he was on Wildcard,
it was like this next best thing coming from North America, utilizing that talent.
He hasn't quite hit the mark in some way. Sometimes we look at Slack, sometimes we look at maybe someone like Lake.
Yeah, and that's the issue, because I do think Slack and Lake are two of the difference makers on the server,
when you look at the qualifiers, the North American scene, how they produce, you know,
and what they produce against some of the lesser teams out there.
The problem is they both have a massive, massive drop-off when they then go up against
some of the better teams out there.
So when you look at a guy like Lake, I love what he brings to the server, very aggressive,
have the ability to change the tide of the game.
Good stats when he's playing against North American opposition, but when he's going
up against top 20 teams consistently, he's just falling off from a cliff.
And that goes for the entirety of the team, which is why I said what I said.
I think there's a lack of quality from the individual players when they face good opposition.
So, the question is, James, do they have a star player when they go up against the likes of Aurora?
I don't think so.
Who would it be if you had to choose one of them, though?
I don't think you can choose just one.
I think it has to be the duo, because it's a little bit, as we talked about with G2.
For me, they are like a budget version of G2 in the terms of it has to be the team that wins the games.
But that doesn't mean that the individuals cannot outperform what they normally do.
So, Slacks I know, he has these peaks where all of a sudden he takes over a whole series, right?
Lake has it as well, like you hit the flow state with the AK, run around, shoot a lot of headshots,
boom, you win a half, right? But consistently, that's the question, and that's also why I put
them in the little bit cheesy style because they need the surprise element for a lot of times
for them to run away with halves. And if you just sit down and do proper textbook seers,
as we also talk about some of the other teams, you will lose.
And I think that's important to conceptualise what we're saying here, because it may sound
that we're being very negative towards M80, but that's just the reality as you said as well.
Obviously everyone wants to be a top-sense team. Everyone wants to make the playoff,
but realistically what can we expect from M80? Just the fact that beat Navi,
that was unexpected, the fact that at this tournament, the fact that they consistently
qualify for some of these bigger tournaments by being the best in North America,
is already a good thing going on for them, right? So they have a lot of things that
are working, you know, on their respective level. It's just when you put them up against
the likes of Aurora when you put them against some of the top European opposition then they
fall short and yes it would be nice if that wasn't the case but at the end of the day just
the fact that they are here while some of the other North American teams are not, it's a positive
sign. Yeah definitely a positive sign. Dominant we've been in the region but I'm trying to figure
out more of what's going on so let's see if Slexy can give me some answers. All right Slex,
a lot of people are looking at MAT as a team that is kind of stuck right now right you
dominant in NA then we see a good result or two out of you guys and then it slows down
again. What are you guys seeing? What do you guys think is holding you back?
So yeah, we've been struggling. We had this good run at Dracula and where it was like very
needed but since then we have not really shown anything good. So yeah, honestly we were holding
back ourselves. Like we always show some, even when we lose we show some good rounds
but then we choke in the big moments or we just do rounds wrong. So right now
Now we're focusing really hard on not fucking up all rounds and like just work on the mistakes
because we have the macro a lot of times and then it's just the small mistakes so this
is what we're working on.
And obviously outside of JVA the rest of you have been together for a long time but
are you still able to have these conversations of like how to fix this about too much frustration
or anything like that?
Yeah, I think sometimes you get frustrated or we have arguments but especially because
we have a new analyst now, Munster or assistant coach.
He's kind of changing everything in a way that we kind of start from scratch, and we're
changing all the dynamics and everything.
So now it's like big change, big new things, and we just changed the way we work.
Can you give me a little bit more insight on that, because you've just kind of blown
my mind with it?
Yeah, so before it was more like everybody is always talking about the mistakes, and
everybody's going in details, and we argue, and now it's like more, we look at it,
and the coach are telling us we just you know don't argue as much and just accept it in a way or
it's just one guy talking and not everybody always talking and giving their opinion and a lot more
structure she brought. Super interesting are you enjoying that change is it refreshing is it maybe
what you think was needed? So I think it's very much needed just for us as a team but of course
it can be a little bit annoying sometimes you know. All your mistakes being pointed out?
Yeah, it's like very, no, that's fine, but it's like very, very strict gameplay and everything you need to write down and like, yeah.
Are you handling it? Are you remembering everything?
Yeah, I have never really problems with remembering anything, so for me it's kind of chill, but yeah, sometimes you don't have freedom.
You want some more of that freedom? Okay, I get you. All players want that in some way.
Now, I know there's also a bit of conversation around how much time you guys spend in NA to EU and that side of things.
I want to ask, do you feel like when you go back to these NA events, it's almost too easy that it can hurt you for not playing as disciplined as you would need to play here?
Yeah, so when you play in an A, they just don't show you your mistakes. So you're just playing the game and you have all your strats and stuff and your defaults and you're like, works pretty good.
pretty good so if you just play all game it's good and you can't practice like you
literally can't practice if you're lucky you get a top 70 team for one day where
you have two or three scrims but that's the bad thing and then yeah you come
back to you and really that's okay maybe we need a little bit more of this
and improve here you know but if you don't know your mistakes sometimes it's
tough because it feels good when you play it can feel good when you're
playing out in North America maybe not so much when you go up against the
team like Fury but what was interesting from that interview is the fact
they are now getting a different approach to the games,
some extra insight coming in,
they're getting some more support to maybe help them level up.
Yeah, that's a good thing again,
trying to change the tide of where they're going,
trying to break out of this stagnation period.
The point about practice in any that's always going to hit home,
it is incredible tough.
Even when you're playing tournaments in any,
you never want to stay there more than just the tournament,
because as you said, impossible to get any good practice.
Correct, 100% right.
Even though I love going to North America,
like lately with the practice thing and everything, it's, you don't want to be there as you say,
like more than you need to, and it has nothing to do with the country because I love the country,
but it's the actual like thing you can do as a professional over there, it's very, very limited,
but at least it sounds like they get to talk a lot with each other, which is kind of the
fallen methodology from when he broke through, right? Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, be so good
that you know everything, then you come and blow away one away, so...
Sometimes it can work, but let's see if M.A.s can make that be pulled off within this game,
against Aurora and that's where I want to talk next to Aurora.
This team is trying to grow, trying to grow in their way through
and we hear some nice fun voice comms every now and again.
We try to understand where each individual player is at.
Any one player on this team can have a great game as well.
Yeah, true.
You know, I think when you look at the lineup
and you learn what material they have to work with,
a lot of people would initially think that's going to be easy.
They're going to be a top team.
They're going to be exciting.
But I think it's important to understand for people at home
that you bring in two different cultures together.
You bring in Kixen as an in-game leader.
You're also bringing in a new coach in Ash that's never worked with Kixen,
and then you combine them with three Turkish players who've played Counter-Strike
in a very specific way the last couple of years who had matches.
So it's going to take time before you gel that team together.
And it's not even a given that you can. That's still up for debate, you know.
And that's why this is the third time we cover Aurora.
I almost wish that we'd have a little break
and then fast forward a couple of weeks so we can see where they're heading.
But to me, it's not a given that this is going to work out.
It's still a question mark to me.
They have the players, they have the capabilities,
but vastly different ways of approaching Counter-Strike.
The most exciting thing about them though, is they give us new maps every day and they
have played the same map twice, so at least we get to see them in the full map pool spread,
how good they actually are, to see what we can expect from them.
And then you add in the mix, as you said, they are good, how good are they, like Qixxan,
highest rated in-game leader on CT, in terms of fragging, that's a positive, right?
They win a lot of pistol rounds, but maybe we talk about that later, but at least
like they have a lot of good things going for them but as we talk about also the other day the test
is when they play the big dogs I'm pretty sure that even the should they lose you today obviously
it will sucks in the hours after but this is not the end station for them they need to look like
deeper towards the major yeah and that's what it's all about when you're going to go international
right all these things we've been talking about so let's try and get some more insight from the
coach Ash. Ash we don't hear everything you hear right obviously there was the clip
about what happened on cash with Kixxan trying to make the play,
get the reverb back to B, depending on what happens within that play.
What is it like for you when you're probably hearing these things on a regular basis
and what do you try to do afterwards to help the team understand better
and be ready for adjusting?
I think it's a little bit expected, sometimes a little bit confusing.
I think in that round Kixxan was trying to go up the ladder or something
and he was walking into the ladder or something,
so he was like, yeah guys go in my contact
attack with the idea is kind of you want to explode while I'm panicking. But then when
you get stuck, it looks kind of terrible because there's just a lot of quiet on the map for
long times. Then they're thinking, Oh, well, it could be big again. So I think just there
are these moments. I remember one on Mirage as well, we like, Santa was in jungle with
Molotov, didn't we smoked him and it was like a full execute happening against them.
Also, he was in like behind them all. So it was so fun to listen afterwards. But
I mean, it happens. I think it's a little bit expected sometimes.
It'll become more normal, I think, as the English has improved,
and it happened a lot in practice at the start, but it's less now.
We've got to make the best out of the situation if something weird happens still.
And when there's more pressure, there's more chaos as well.
These things are bound to happen even for the best teams.
Now, I want to ask you, what is the most important aspect
in terms of the teamwork at the moment?
You have a day off between the games, like,
what do you focus on during this point?
I think because we don't have so many things,
we need to keep adding things and changing things.
important for me right now because it's just if you look at the time we've had
we're trying to perfect the things that we kind of have for a lot of the time in
the reactions and if you were to watch our games it's probably quite easy to
understand what we're trying to do. So using this time now to case some new
things at least make sure that the preparation against us won't be that
strong and then I think we have the best chances rather than focusing on
doing a lot of preparation because I think in the past this lineup wasn't
doing that much preparation so it doesn't really make sense to be like
let's do absolute total on the other team so for now we'll just kind of make
a harder team to play against us, and we'll focus more on ourselves.
We've been using this time, I think, very productive.
I've never done it this way before.
We're going to go into more practice, but I think for this stage of the team now, it makes a lot of sense.
I appreciate Ash, because it's always very open and honest with that.
And Roger, you were agreeing and nodding along with some of what he was saying there.
I think there was a really good point in there about the whole preparation part,
because I know Ash likes to prepare, also looks at the opponent, what gaps can we find?
We've played them a lot of times, and we can also see this like mind game going back and forth.
But I can also see the other things that he said, that the old Turkish corps made it in a pair that much.
That was also something you could see as an opponent, but that still wasn't sometimes enough, you know, like they were just so good at shooting out the server that whatever preparation, yeah, but you still need to kill this deathball of four people running at you.
It worked for them, right? It worked very well for a good amount of time and now we're going to see what they can do as an international team.
But some of that relies on their pistol rounds and how good they need to be on it.
Yeah, like we talked on day one that they could be one of the best city teams in the world with the current five they have
But you also take a look at the pistol rounds
What happens when they don't you know win 21 out of 26 pistols and convert 20 second rounds on top of it
That's the solid start to almost all your city side
Yeah
What happens when you throw a little bit of emotion or frustration in there by starting out, you know
Maybe slow on your city sides
I think that's the question that
Hopefully we get answered today because if they come through and still looks like the solid CT side of Aurora that we've been seeing
Then I'm fairly positive that this is like a good starting stone for them because they are really good individuals
And can they like get over the hurdle of maybe not winning the pistol and still get these seven eight nine rounds on the board
Then any team should feel them. That's the thing. What is that like that?
You then assume they've been winning a lot of their games
But that's goes into the T side conversation things right and and we're rich back to what I spoke about before one thing
building up synergy on CT side and having the players I guess express the individual skill they
have that's sometimes easier on a CT side when the player is good when he's going to get a
multi-kill you know even in a scenario where he's not supposed to. T-side though that's where
they're striking a little bit and that's not down to kicks and being a bad in-game leader or
as not knowing what to do it's just going to take time before you jail together a core free
turkish player who's played under the major system for such a long time together with an
in-game leader that came from Falcons who is praising and saying he wants to give the
the players a lot of freedom and then a guy like Ash who likes to take control over things
and prepares his team. There's a lot of different direction you can go with and it's about finding
that golden middle balance and I'm afraid it's going to take some time for over.
Usually the direction we can go with, I want to find out the direction of the Vita.
Rugger, you made a very good point that every time we're in a war we don't know
what we're going to get. It can be anything. Is it going to be the same case here?
We're going to be throwing a curveball or two.
This veto will have nothing to do with stats, because both teams have a weird matchup with
each other and turn up where they are at about winning maps in general.
This is feeling-based.
This is what do I match up, I think.
Really good on the opponent.
Cash, cash, cash.
I think we're going to have cash in the mix at some point.
We'll see.
Dust2 is the first map coming into contention right here, picked by Aurora.
I like that.
Again, a map where it's somewhat simple to build that synergy on the T side.
It's very limited how much you can reinvent Dust2 as a map, you know, I feel like everyone
with a couple of weeks of practice can be competitive in Dust2, but there's a difference
between being competitive and being good on a map like Dust2.
Same as last time so far, exactly what we saw in the EWC matchup.
Yeah, a little bit of a shame that MAD doesn't feel the need or don't have the need to
go somewhere else, but maybe speaks into what Slack spoke about, that they felt if we
just perform a little bit better, then map should be fine and we should be fine.
Yeah, like this is what I said about Dust2.
at the MAD, they lost, you know,
infernal couple of times to this Turkish trio
and also they lost the previous one back at EWC,
still pick it, so this is a feeling-based veto.
Aurora, removing cash, interesting.
Yeah. Mr. Santeres.
And then also, it was the new best decided last time,
this time it's Mirage, or MAD were like,
we didn't play it last time
but we're not gonna let them have it this time.
I had little faith in MAD coming into this game,
winning it, you know, I can definitely see them
as you said, you know, pick off a map
and be a little bit gimmicky.
With Mirage being the third deciding map,
You're now talking three maps where they have to be better than the opposition, especially from a skill perspective on a map like Mirage.
And that's the one thing M80 doesn't have. They don't have the skill in order to contest Aurora on a free open map like Mirage.
So not a big fan of that leader for that set.
They need to get it done in two, but also remember Inferno is probably M80's best map.
Aurora just thinks they're better.
Thinks they're better than us. See if they can know they're better.
And prove it within these maps until you guys will always prove they're some of the best. It's Anderson, Henry G.
Yes indeed.
Oh Jacob he does make me laugh sometimes he calls himself Pimp even though he's a bitch
and it's looking like it is gonna be the aura favorites and I can't really argue with
that even though the M80 upset over now he was really cool yeah this aura squad is exciting
like I think they're up to something they got ash in the back line as well I really enjoy
this project now I don't know where this one's going I think it's in about 50-50
Now we're in the lower bracket and as you know the rules of the lower bracket no crime no laughing
That's so far
We could be adding more things so this that are gonna be banned from down here the winners
They're gonna be playing G2, but the losers they get knocked out here
So let's see what we get dust to use the first battle ground in Aurora
Looks like we're gonna be starting on the T side of the MAT on the CT side you say 50 50 Henry
That's exciting. We want a close game on paper
You've got the veterans of Aurora, but it's a new roster and they look a little bit uncomfortable on most maps
There's a lot of blunders, a lot of communication issues, and MAT, you don't expect much, but we know they've got some fantastic individuals, and Xantaras gets a taste of Slax's USB to kick things off, can Waxi make up for it with a P250 Anders.
This was never going to be a full-long commitment, because the other two players are in upper-dark, are they expecting a CT push up there?
They had the bomb out long, but they were split three two
I would love to have known what would have happened in this round if centaurs hadn't died that quickly because obviously
That made them change their mind now. They're doing something different entirely and it's Jimmy starts off taking down squisher
Opened it up. There is a potential for a flank through middle
Might be a little bit tricky smoke goes into upper dark from the B bomb sites and two people on the site defending you can see
JV-8 holding it here, grenade a little bit early perhaps. He knows that they're coming.
Could be through the window, could be through the door, and even tickling them through the smoke on the other side as a bit of a nightmare right now.
Only Lake with the dualies, and you can see how uncomfortable they were in that B defense.
What a recovery. Wasn't looking good there. You lose their big name in the form of Zantara's to kick things off 5 and 4 into that B split.
And everything going in favor of Aurora. Retake flashbang available.
In they go, I don't think they're gonna get much out of it though, there's no kit, no further utility, comes down to raw aim and skill, slats seem to have plenty of that, but only good for one.
Yes, interesting attempt, I agree, it was very, very tricky without the kit there.
Rock stick with two, Jimmy with two.
And Aurora with the first round on the board.
I do like this, I get recovery alright.
Sorry opportunity once they got that kill against Squish I believe in the middle.
Big round for Aurora, good recovery as I mentioned.
And a big question now, do we get the four spy in the second?
The slight tech issue, good to get them out of the way early.
Though it looks like Jimmy will be the one who's in a bit of strife right now,
just a team speak issue, I've been told, Anders.
Okay, light work. We can deal with those.
We definitely can.
As you mentioned, lower brackets and the winner will go on to play G2.
Quite a scary prospect considering what we just saw.
They're looking pretty sharp right now.
They are phenomenal. It's really fun.
I say a lot of these new projects,
the mouse project Aurora you know I agree with you there are mistakes there are things to be
shaped up but I think it's fun like at least it's fun to follow like you can see that if all of the
right things work this can be a dangerous team and I think that's true of G2 and I think it's
true for mouse as well let's see it will be a second round quickly getting the text out of the
way and we've got some MP9s forced up okay what's that going through the motions you want to
know how the defaults work on Dust2.
Hole for CT aggression.
Scale up towards middle.
Choose your option mid to be split.
AXQ.
There's holding now.
Looks to be a B split considering
Wakadia's position.
He'll be joined by Kickshand and Lowabee.
But time will tell.
Santarazos be probing towards short.
MP7 in hand here.
Two players to deal with.
Flashbang should be spectacular here with a swing.
And it is.
Nice.
Even though I think one of the most likely sort of slight anti flash, it still works out very well.
One HP for Zontara, it's a lucky they didn't take him down.
I don't need to tell you, that's probably all she wrote for round number two.
Better off saving the Kevlar in 5-7-7.
Yeah, good points.
Yeah, I guess you find that kind of an opening on Catwalk, then even if you had another plan to the start of the round, you're just gonna go for it.
Alright, that's it. We're good to go.
So, slow into the round here, say that, since JV-8 went down to Akkadia farming some cash.
They do have three SMGs, that's a little bit interesting for Aurora, I mean they have time
to kind of throw them away or lose them in the next round I suppose.
But if you go into the first real rifle round on the T side here with three SMGs that
would be an interesting idea, so it's a sign of the success that you've had
if that happens, but a weird position to be in if you're up against M4's later on with
two Mac 10s and an MP9.
If you say that, it does open the door for some interesting pace changes and makes things
very, like, all very comfortable.
Like, I actually kind of like you when you have all the SMGs left over.
You can just call something mad, and it doesn't really matter.
Your money's going to be so good, like, you're suffering from success at that
point.
There are...
It's so rare that we get to see it, but you can rush in middle on this map,
but he's so super fun.
I really enjoy that.
Especially like on my first run round, yeah, it could be this sort of scenario, you know the Orbs unlikely unless they've really managed their economy well.
The fact they've forced one second to just, they might not have it, but, uh, whatever, look.
It should be the Eco now, bear in mind they do save the 5-7 at an MP9.
They've got themselves 3 HE grenades, Anders, so, okay, what are they be using though?
Doors, long doors, perhaps? There's one of them.
So no, like, stacking of the grenades.
JBA, making a bit of a name for himself.
New boy for M18, that's a great game, sir.
Let's see, like, nice bit of damage through the smoke there, nothing too significant.
Some interesting positions, they actually got some nice space towards lower and the long doors, but
let's see if they can actually convert it into anything meaningful.
And Aurora should be slow like they are right now, they should be careful to check every single part of the map.
He actually doesn't check, if you pretended to do that, or Santaris, you see that here's one of you,
he kind of ran in there looking and then he just said, ah that's probably it, probably not on the stairs,
No one to blame but himself.
That is true. Okay.
Drive by shot. Slacks able to pick up the one kill.
It's not really going to be a disaster, I think.
Even if Jimmy's a bit low on health here.
I don't think Squisher can clutch this one in the 1 vs 3.
He does have armor, so that does make it a little bit more doable,
but good spacing and a good WP coming out there.
So, a little bit sloppy for Aurora,
which is something that we're going to be keeping an eye on anyway for them.
We said that before.
Well, at least it addresses the issue of having the MAK 10s.
That's true, yeah. That's one way to get rid of them.
It's all good. So yeah, I should see a plethora of rifles now walks. It brings out the early AWP as well
Nice to see and so happens
Yeah, and I think rugga said he's the kind of player that can kind of take over a game
I feel like that's true as well. I've had some really exciting games from slacks in the past
So maybe we can see him start that right now
They will definitely leave him and he's early to blow open the
Smoke in the middle doesn't see anyone immediately
Lee kicks and make it his way up.
Mac 10 is dodging the bullets.
Not quite dodging the HE, but still he's made his way further and he's actually heard them
running back.
Now they think they spotted him.
He's forced out so much utility here.
Just the fact that he gets that peek and forces out the incendiary is not bad.
CT's operating on very little intel right now.
Smokes down towards tunnels and towards shorts.
Jimmy will join the rest of the crew over towards the B-set of the map.
So, a late B-execution, looking likely here.
Maybe a little B-split with the MAK10 going out towards middle, lurking around.
Looks like we'll have mid-utility behind the double doors this one, then towards CT spawn.
He didn't bounce a flash to the right, but he hasn't got one.
So, C-Mate confirms he's out middle, smoke goes down,
and now they can really pounce in towards B here, Anders.
You can see the CTs on high alert looking towards the mid-doors,
but they're about to be struck on.
Okay, they do anything. He tries to smoke. That's not gonna be good, he's not coming right through this one.
Swisher, he's picking up the first one.
Yeah, definitely not the spray, not actually perfect at all.
Lake, he takes two in return and this very, very thin BD fence, it's held up for now until Bacardius shows up.
He's gonna pick up two kills with the assistance of Jimmy.
Two versus three and still 20 seconds on the clock. They're gonna pick up the bomb
and try and go for a plant. And I don't know, they do want to go for it already, but they wait.
Gotta be careful M.A.T. definitely around he could throw it away.
Yes it is.
Decent incendiary to try and put the pressure on.
We do have Woxig down in the site and if anything he is a scary opera at close range.
You don't want to give him the opportunity now.
Window the first casualty.
Oh!
So crazy!
Swisher, it looked like he had the opportunity.
Well that's a bit of vintage Woxig right there.
Huge flick.
His sensitivity is not as high these days but his skill certainly is.
4-0, a round stall on the way, that big advantage, 4-M8 in the retake.
Good position though, great comms.
Adam Acadia getting this double kill was absolutely huge, actually giving a fighting chance, and my god,
did Rossik convert to the Southpaw Sniper? Stepping up!
One of the few using left hand.
Yes!
Not that you could tell any difference, he is so quick.
I'll trade it out and it's kick sign as well.
This should be one of the more cleaner rounds again.
I don't have a flying star here for Aurora.
I'm making too many mistakes and obviously with the 2v3 victory like that on the V-Bomb
side, yeah, that will get people fired up.
Let me tell you though, once Walksick has a few of those rounds, once he gets his
iron, very difficult to get him out of the zone.
He will have a lot of those rounds now.
He gets a flying star, his confidence is feeling good.
Now, yeah, it's gonna be a bit of a nightmare now for him, 80.
Something to look forward to. Do you feel like we have the real watch experience yet here at Porto?
No, no, yeah. You're gonna get it this map, I'm telling you.
Now he's 6 and 0. This is gonna be absolute cinema.
Like a bit of that.
Okay, now we're getting a bit of Zantara's.
That's too much.
If both of those players turn up, then I don't think we can do it.
We haven't used the term Turkish Terminator a lot recently.
We just haven't had the reason to it suppose.
No, we want that though.
It seems like he over commits these days when we commented the other day on Cache.
We were very frustrated there.
That was silden.
As I do, you're actively throwing rounds to try and get multi-chills at this point.
He does have one of the best nicknames, so give us a chance. Give us an opportunity.
We'll definitely drop it in there.
But a very clean round. They drop the crossing utility.
They don't really leave any chance. I mean, it's not too technical, but it is good work for Aurora nonetheless.
We're going to get a timeout called from N80, so Death's in the background for the
chiming in.
He's been around for a real long time.
And in his roster for a long time.
Yep.
Two British coaches on the server right now.
You can't say that every day.
That is true, yeah.
Yeah.
Ash and Death.
That is an interesting angle.
Yeah, still having a...
I think you need that on here.
So never important round, of course, yet to post their first N80 feeding the pressure
here.
A raw is not pig going swimmingly.
Money getting to that out of control position as well.
We've got almost $9,000 for Cardia.
Everyone else hovering around 6k.
Couple of buys and reserve here, we'll see.
Hopefully they want to change the pace up, knowing that your opposition is taking the time out.
They're trying to adjust, trying to present new ideas.
Three players towards long at the start, trying to push back a potential long rush, but...
...slow default for now.
They're waiting for the CTs to both open the smoke, right?
Yeah. That boosted up.
That's a funny idea.
No one home in the middle, but...
...incendiary down towards short.
I mean, even if he's dropped very, very low, and it has to be right then and there, because
you could see that Slacks on the other side was looking for a flashbang to retake long.
Oh, Woxig. Catching Lake who's sneaking in.
There is a second player in there.
Don't realize JBA wants to double.
He wants more than just a single kill.
He could have this one already, but he's forced into it.
His hand essentially pushed into the fight.
Kixando doing good work, and he escapes around the corner.
JBA, they know where he is.
They know where he's coming from.
Smoke's already up, but Kixando could not make it out.
So, oh, that's the bomb go down behind the shot?
Yeah. Yeah, it is.
Okay, that makes things very uncomfortable.
A Kusantara is already low.
There is a world here where you could make it a quick 1v1.
He's picked up an AWP.
And that makes sense if you look at the health that he's got left here, GABA.
So what do you have for us here? Down in the pits, he sees a player.
He does tag Jimmy, but it won't be a kill.
That's probably the opportunity gone.
Yeah, considering he's got the AWP, the money's low.
It's very low, in fact.
Obviously got maximum loss bonus. So yeah, they're gonna have anything to say in the following round
Which should be a partial buy on imagine need to make sure he saved at all
Didn't have the HP or the resources to read justify going forward
So it will be 6-0 at the tactical time. I does nothing and 80 getting picked off one by one a real life
Zantara's peak there towards the pit position as well. There's still you had them. It looked like an easy kill
But of course he gets here while running
We'll be Jimmy to recover the AWP for Woxig as well who's seven and one right now
They're having so much work in their favor at the moment on the T side
So you want to take a partial buy around the AWP that's for sure. I don't think you want to invest all of the gold
Should be Famous and MP9 I'd imagine maybe a 5-7 or two, but
Slacks one of these rounds where if you've got a gimmicky play, this is the time to bring it out
I want to say so far that I'm in calls really important, I really like it.
Totally agree Ash, lovin' this, nothing too flashy, good at understanding the situation.
It's the best time to be coaching a team that's up 6-0, he's like yes, more of this, let's go.
They did purchase a bit around the AWP, so give them a chance to do something, you're right about that.
What's the play, though? Where is Slack's position in the back of the beat-bomb side for now?
We know they like a mid-to-be-splits.
A few of those presented so far.
You'd assume the AWP would be maybe at the car, maybe towards Long.
Let's have a look.
What's the next play, the next step here?
Ash is happy with the call so far.
Can he keep it up, though?
Treat that key-ling sheet alive as a kick-sap.
bravely venged it towards shore and our players a deal with it couple of them
I'm glad to be that meant to be again yeah and they might actually find a kill
here Santaris goes back turned I thought he would check the whole angle but Lake
went the drop down now they're gonna be from grenades left and right against him
sprays through but the molotov is extinguished so Lake is somehow still
alive in that corner and actually he's pushed his way through to try and
see if he could get any intel about where they're going he did get into
they've fallen back at least yeah it's not much but it's something the problem is
they could go lower to be or short to a this I guess he doesn't have a clean
connection the first likely goes down here bit of damage Sydney to double kill
nothing else will do through the wickets I'm afraid 7-0
really really tough here for for M80 they don't have the lake utility in
the round they can't slow they do they know they come to Campbell right
They can't throw like a lead incendiary to really block them.
There's a lot of parts to buy as well, right?
And the orb's right towards B, so it's the diamond scenario.
OK, well, this is a bit of a rule of thoughts.
Sorry about that.
We're going to find a way to construct some kind of a story here for a matey.
They're only giving us much to work with.
That's all right.
Early dance.
Four rounds will do.
Gotta get there first, of course, and money won't be a factor for Aurora for the rest of this half.
Pretty happy in saying that.
Small as Zantara's face, you don't see that too often.
Enjoying Kixxen's output though.
Bang it individually.
It was Wakadia. He's been struggling this tournament.
We've had him build him as one of the future stars, I take him at the time.
Zantara is to be the number one player, the superstar,
And he's had a few woeful performances, but this is looking much more like it, 10 and 2.
Yeah, we know he could do it. There's no question about that for someone like Ricardia.
Totally.
Well, yeah, he's one of those fragging IGLs.
Like, you know, again, leaving the South Ends organization, I think he came out sort of like,
this is a big question. Where is he going? What's he gonna do now?
The analysts there pointed out the other day though, sometimes to a false.
In terms of like,
most in game leaders are little more sacrificial and he likes to get stuck in and
maybe go for a few to many kills compared to other in game leaders who are
setting their stars up he likes to be in there in the action fragging with
okay yeah that's an interesting line of conversation I do like that maybe we'll
see some of that play itself out that could be a way for a for M80 to maybe
gain on a very small note not even a criticism really he just bragged very
well like it's true smoke towards CT spawn you throw that whether you're
actually going for the smoke or not just to keep it in the back of their mind
a rare miss from Zantara's spraying in between the two of them slowly down a base
only at the advantage didn't expect two targets I don't think there's still a
world in which Jimmy can open up long here but three of them on short let's
see Swisher and Sin they have a very powerful set of they should be winning
And this one, there we go, sin, two kills, doubles his own kill count.
And with the bomb lost on catwalk it should be fairly simple.
Again, Jimmy was half holding it the whole time but he did need his teammates to open
up some miles and they never really did that.
Fork Sick is gonna slip away from this one, try and see if he can stay with the orp
alive.
They do have so much money though on the T side.
It's already worried about that.
Don't obviously want to be giving it over
for no reasons of the other side.
The first round for MAD.
It's a nice one as well.
Arguments to be made.
The Zontaras probably should be a bit more
out of the short encounter.
But OK, there it is.
Trying to fire them up.
Yeah, they've got to be locked in here.
Remember, no crying in the lower bracket.
Every round counts.
That's a flash.
They were very flying.
Place Zontaras was good for one.
I think he knows it as well.
But, solid round.
Didn't retreat either, willing to take the fights.
But as we mentioned, money shouldn't be too much of a factor here.
Could be boosting up Woxic, actually doesn't get it.
So good at this.
Pick himself, always good for some damage.
But just a note as well, the CTs have a couple of AKs within their ranks now.
This could be the opportunity to get going.
7-5 would be beautiful if they could find it.
Yeah. Three players towards WB, four raw and kick things off.
There's smoke goes down, double doors,
and we'll talk towards short, removing the vision.
You can see these in the dark.
Flashbang, just from low B to obtain control,
and make sure there's no AWPer there.
It's kind of been a minute, Henry,
since we've had like a new law or rule
out of the caliph, right?
You know, a bit Mark Dan's law,
but no laughing in the law brackets.
That's one of my favorite quotes
to the tournament so far.
Yeah.
Leeds more.
That has that as a sudden ring to it.
Ha ha ha.
Well, we have got an interesting setup here.
Towards B, three players down.
JBA up close and personal.
He's hoping Lake can take the initial aggro
and then he can swing around for a multi-kill.
Flash down, he's gonna push up.
Flash one actually can't box it,
but thankfully won't hit the shot.
It does for real that he's there.
And the fact that it's a woxic on the op
is that's very, very interesting information.
The Amnesian is not the lone lurker, you know that much?
So there's a chance they know that there's going to be more people, they already have
three on the defense.
Henry, this should be the round every time for him, 80 per leg is caught jumping!
The timing could not have been worse.
JBL has traded out Swisher, oh they line up right in front, and you will knock them
straight down.
It's Wachsic with the return, and he's got the bomb on his back as well.
Twenty seconds here, flank coming from the middle, you've got to be careful, oh
he's already made the footsteps, they know Jimmy's here, he's one of them,
I was a scary jumper. Yeah, he's missed the opportunity to die a chance. Maybe yeah, you might be right
Oh, I shop recomposes himself. I thought he'd given that one away. Oh
Man almost sold around such an advantage. Unfortunately, I suppose got a bit awkward of the angle, but
Sticks to landing with a beautiful shop. I
Feel like in a lot of the Aurora defaults it
Wokadia is going to be looking in that upper dark position
So I guess if you're on M80 and you find Wokadia there
You don't know so much it could just be like part of a default when you find Woxig in that upper position
Yeah, that's a that's an interesting tell that three people and they still don't win the round
You thought it might have been enough to switch a double kill
Certainly throw a cat among the pigeons, but that and the timing in its lake is that's just so unfortunate isn't it?
Very unlucky
where you have a little bit of, you know, poking and prodding,
you've got a little bit of push coming out every once in a while.
It's more about being reactive.
If the T's take long, clearly, for example,
and you've got information that there's multiple flashes,
at least two players coming out,
and they've actually obtained the pits and stuff like that,
that's when you're pushing in towards upper B or reclaiming middle.
Okay.
They're trying to utilize power and numbers there
with the information you can garner on the map.
You can go aggressive towards top of middle,
but it's not as meta as it used to be.
Like at the start of CS2, a lot of teams are doing it.
I said that I'm looking for B rush here. Lock it. Yeah, GBA there's the spray down of a lifetime
He's gonna get two of them and Lake is there for the crossfire and that's it feel like that should have been a really really successful
B rush only one player felt like a nice cool. You could even say they went for a Mac 10 instead of the the AK up close and personal back
GBA
Essentially alone in that interaction
Nice spray down
Unloseable round Henry, right? Um, I wouldn't necessarily go that far. We'll see
I was trying to bait you into this.
I was hoping to see if I could.
Let's see what they can do with 1 minute 10 left on the clock here.
Problem is they don't have much utility, one of which is being used towards double doors, molotov at shorts.
They just go in towards air, I suppose, and they have a 3 on 3 essentially there.
Players like Wakadia, Woxic can certainly handle themselves in these sort of scenarios.
Walks especially will be very important in finding these picks to get them into the A site
Let's just go for a contact play here. You try and show presence. Also on the map is there a smoke
We've got for walks against these is holding for the rotations
Molotov onto the A site
It's being exchanged here nice a cheat
What the heck in it going out middle as well
Are they gonna what's the plan here they catching rotation from the other side? Yeah, walks
He's hoping to catch someone with the AWP here
really really trying to force M.A.T. into some kind of a mistake. Doesn't get the flick this time.
That would have been a very impressive shot to hit. It's Jimmy to die instead.
And McCardier, he is next in line. Nice shot coming up from Slats, holding the line.
And I guess also credit for M.A.T.T. not biting like on any of that.
I thought that pressure on Catwalk would have been enough for someone from B to go mid,
and that's to tell you what they wanted. The Woxic would have been ready for that.
I can hear them cheering in the other room
Trying to stay fired up these guys are gonna get mental though. You never see a matey like soaking or like
Tilted. Did you say domination?
that's sick
No, that is one of the things I kind of expect
18s, you know a good bunch of lads. Oh and really nice catch. Yeah, I
I'd rarely see my flat or boring M80 games, like even when they're losing I feel like
they're always trying something like it.
They are an enjoyable team to watch for that reason, which has maybe been a bit of a slow
start, so now they're pushing into lower.
We haven't had the big lake moment yet.
I would say the star player of this team, always a lot of fun when he's topping off.
My god, Zantara's Peak strikes again.
That is the quintessential Zantara's Peak right there, Anders.
What an experienced spot slay.
You said Lake, he's pretty good as well.
Oh, like it's coming in.
They do finally get rid of Woxic.
It was a moment there where I thought
he was going to be able to score for the 180,
but it's still a very impressive output.
And it puts a lot of pressure on him, 80.
Dude, no way he should get to that.
So tilting, kicks in.
Another head shot delivered, 9.
Oh, 9-2, I should say, locked in.
Sin, so far removed from this one.
They've got plenty of money, but D to save.
the AK-47. I don't think you're winning this unless you somehow got to follow the transition
or an aggressive lan-tarrist towards your all of a sudden it's a little bit more interesting.
Yeah, I think some tariff is there to either watch for that push long or listen for the
VW CT spawn or whatever it might have been. I mean, you could say the AK Devon have
money to buy in the last round. And if you clutch this somehow, there is a kit in
front of him there so you can go and pick that one up. I'm for this. I won't
sin to give it a look in why not it would be exciting give us some of the
shout about as well step that's not ideal now they know he's outside
let's pretend like it didn't happen he's so hoping that they make a mistake so
you can rush in there in last second he's got a smoke as well I mean it's
not impossible but it is now kickstand from one side junior that he was
completely sandwiched in give me that's done to our SP in slow mo let's
have a look at this one this is what it's all about for decades now Anders
He's been doing this sort of bullshit.
Oh my god.
That's the op as well. Good night.
He can't even be mad.
No, he can't.
It's an experience.
It's one of those things you just have to go through when you're playing Counter-Strike at this level.
Unfortunately though, he's not having a massive game plan to reach.
He's just 4-8.
Which has been the kind of feedback we've had throughout.
Like, you can have a couple of interesting moments.
He overcooks a lot, and he tries to take too many challenges.
Yes.
And at least this team is making up for it, but you are right though.
In terms of the scoreboard alone, that's not what we want.
Lake again, finding Mikati.
Like I said, Mikati is going to be the one lurking in that upper and lower position.
So all you know for now is that that's sort of a default.
If you'd found somebody else there, I think it would have been a bit more informative
to what was going on on the T side.
The rest of them, they are escaping too long.
And I guess why not?
You still have Santaris alive.
You got Woxic with the AWP.
smoke recommitted to the center of long there so try to buy a little bit more
time it did smoke that doorway all the way from long so it's keeping a couple
of people away from this so maybe don't have the full picture yet they're not
100% sure that it's gonna be the long committal
just waiting it out another smoke but this time they're actually in front of
So they're gonna go now they're gonna have much of a choice flash being held I think from what's it
But they're peaked in the middle of it timing is immaculate
Sin finds to and late to the shot as well. It's walks in the last one and with only 30 seconds left here
Doubtful if you could do this it would be an epic clutch
But they are waiting very disciplined. They do need this third round here
I made it otherwise this is gonna be very hard come back to solve on the second half of it
Trying to shoulder peak it out.
Alrighty, gets an opportunity, but not more than that it shall be.
9-3 at the end of the half.
I feel no, man.
But that thing...
It's good, isn't it?
I'm not talking about that thing, alright?
Is he here? Is he listening in?
How do I get this bike off?
One shotters remains, but a human stops right inside that mine.
Dreams of chronic and sustained clothe.
He can sense the fear.
He's picking thoughts out!
Clashes and kills them all!
That's the question.
Majors are not banana cups.
If you ask a player would they rather win, cologne or a major?
No one will ever say cologne unless cologne is a major.
And that's because of the prestige.
If the play is going to be iconic, you've got to start and playoffs.
The crowd on the crowd mics.
The call has to be so good from the casters
just to compliment that play perfectly.
Just the right amount of surprise and awe
and the reaction, just the raw reaction of the room.
So I think it's just about the audience.
For me, my favorite major final
was the Strollers versus Virtus.Pro.
And this was right when Astrolis had picked up Glaive.
This was very interesting because Karrigan was a much more revered IGL.
But the one thing Glaive brought to that major and to Astralis was he solved their choking issue.
He made a series of calls on that T-side comeback on Train,
and it was a bunch of very aggressive confidence plays.
At a moment where if they lost the next round,
they probably would have just lost the entire series, lost the major.
And that was the first of the four majors that they won.
At a major where there's the most pressure, Glaive was the best option.
And I think that was a really key point for both Astralis,
sent, honestly, Denmark as a whole.
When you look at FaZe at Boston, one of the most iconic images
was Niko blown up on the jumbo tron with him.
As hard as that might be for him to think about or go back
and watch, that's one of the things you remember the most.
Stewie being the guy who was the player that made
Cloud9 into a winning team, and made Cloud9 into a team
that was top six that year.
So the best sort of NA team that we'd seen in forever.
And then for him to have the clutch moment to bring
the team to overtime.
It's not about the skill anymore.
It's about who's good under pressure.
And Sui was that for Cloud9.
I think that one will be forever iconic.
I would never want that to go through what
Faith went through at Boston.
But in terms of how much emotion came out of that,
it's sort of irreplaceable as a moment in history.
M.A.T. find himself down in the dumps here
in the lower bracket at the first map,
not going how they would like.
They're nine, three down as a move
of the DT side here on Dust2.
We can check out that by and there's quite a technical round potentially coming through.
We've got two smokes, two flashes and a Molotov, any P250s in the mix.
No, there's a decoy there. The last second decoy has been thrown in.
And I think we all know they might need to pick this one up and find some momentum of their own.
So really, really tough position to be in three rounds in the first half.
Smoke going towards the middle so we can know a little bit about what they're doing.
An expectation it looks like from Aurora that it would have been an early found out along
because they had four people there ready to battle it out.
Smoke going deep or Molotov going deep as well to really make sure no one's holding
that angle.
Oh, here comes the counter utility though.
The timing could be devastating.
Dually's up front.
Flash right in behind the bussine.
He might have put an end to it.
That was about to be an avalanche that just would have swallowed all of him 80.
But they are still going for it here.
Swisher coming in from long.
It takes a while.
Unfortunately, the rest of the squad can't get it behind Woxig.
Classic P2000 user, three headshots.
Not ideal, not ideal at all, double digits in the first round of the second half for Aurora.
No bomb planted, picked a poison now.
Take the full eco, allowed him to get to 11.
Or take the full spike, where you're unlikely to win it.
That's where I got P2000, nice and crisp there from Woxig.
He's having a great show in 15-3, as we've played 13 rounds.
So they have to take in the Faleca. They've got the two decoys.
Did they buy a weapon? What's it two decoys for? I don't know, Faleca.
I guess you're trying to use my flashbangs? Like, to get them to turn?
That might be the other way to go, yeah.
Not that many users for them, necessarily, these days.
We're cardio-y. We'll take it.
It's out in the middle. Crazy.
Alright, it's found four.
We don't celebrate these kind of aces too much, but it feels pretty good on the scoreboard, I was in time, pretty, funny, alright.
Are you surprised?
No, not at all.
I think one of the few users that I know for decoys is on Inferno, check the half wall.
Yep, you can bounce it around, that's one of the only practical use cases.
There's also an idea as well, if you are actually buying, you want to suggest you're on a partial, you buy a scout, drop the decoy, then actually you pass this up the AK afterwards,
They think you're on a little partial answer. I've got a nuke executed involves a decoy blowing over the window. All right, you need that
Now we might be getting a little bit too deep down that rabbit hole, but yes, we got the guns out. It's at the fleet go to bring this
AK by in the third
Oxy speaking of scouts has got his very good with it
Great form today as well
You look Aurora English speaking now still patching things together with Ash as a coach
Not playing perfect CS, but it's certainly fun to watch
I think
For the start of a team like this to already be this interesting and have some of the key pieces and watch again
Makadia playing really well as that's a really nice space to build on. I think you're gonna be very happy with this
Huge changes to the core of the lineup, so
You have to expect that it'll be different a bit a little bit tricky to get all the communication down, right?
Smoke is no good, but they're already up short
Haven't got a smokes can be thrown from that position
Cross smokes if you're new to CSU haven't got a team from about seven years ago
But they seven execute with two smokes and Latin to cross the A side
Yeah, a bit of a throwback. I like it.
Just like that.
You're exactly right.
They do have two people out in long, so if they can get the timing down right,
then more importantly, get an entry kill at a stage that's just far too often.
Yeah, you really don't.
Walksick here, like, check this out.
It is a scout, but kicks in and...
Dude, go a bit on the spot in it! He does come flying out!
It's a really great double kill.
Santara's with a headshot, and Walksick got a kill with a scout as well.
Wow!
Really sick reaction, because once they put those smokes down right,
down right they can't actually get a good line of sight I'm sure like if you
peek from shore you can probably see him sticking out a little bit I'm not sure
but I don't have ever seen anyone deploy that at least effectively that's really
cool and like you said it's rare enough like you don't see it so often that you
would just automatically check it obviously everyone knows it could be
done but it's super well played from kick sound enjoyed that that should be
all she wrote guys I don't think we're gonna see no in a row after you
just lost everything. He put $2,000 just a matter of time before we wrap it up.
Hopefully it's now so we can move on. Inferno next, where MAT will have their
last chance here. That blast open porto. Elimination on the line here. This has
been a pretty underwhelming showing. Considering as well, like, for this
tournament, they've had their moments, like, sure, not a ton of wins, but
there's been opportunities. I think they had Furia on the ropes side.
They lost 2-0, but the first map, I think, on cash was 16-13, went to overtime.
Yeah, they took a map off Navi as well take
It was good. Yeah, I mean that's what they want us to yeah, they know yeah, but I go do mean yeah
That's that was that was exciting for sure
Even if now we have looked a bit strange
That's also why I thought maybe cash could make it in and I think the deaths were talking about it too
Because maybe that could have been another option here. Yeah
Yeah, dust two was probably always gonna be quite tricky
so
The hardest round in Counter-Strike to get, number 13.
Everyone struggles with it.
And it feels this clean.
With four AK-47s on the CT side, surely it's enough.
We're operating with two Galils, one Tek-9, a Scout, and an AK.
You're not gonna get a better opportunity than this if you're a raw-up to close out the game.
And the utility on that T-side is just so low that they can't really do a lot of trickery here.
Yeah, since ours gets one, but he will be traded out by Swisher.
Say it, Henry.
I'm not gonna say anything.
Alright.
Kind of nice of you, I appreciate that.
We all know what I'm thinking.
Yeah, we know, we know.
Just not a good pig.
But it's fine.
Still leaves doing a 4v4.
Legacy, again, if they had a lot more utility, they could go for more of a sort of a fake.
Pretend that it's gonna be more of a short execute, but they just don't have the kind of
ways to do that at the moment where it can't hear a deadly spray down, you're gonna be careful.
The bomb is now alone, he has to run, if he runs on middle and dies, the round is over and the map is over.
Swisher, okay, got another good lineup for him, he's found three.
He's kind of paved the path to a bomb site, planting him.
I've got rifles now, no further defensive utility.
See, that's an utility deployed with the flashbang there.
Two versus two on Faber and Mati, though,
considering this retake on the people.
It's incredibly difficult.
Luffy, well done, Kickshand.
There's Swisher now.
He's two more killers, give the dream alive,
and they line up again.
Neither the ace and this is not going to happen,
and it will be 13-3.
What do you think about that?
I mean, it's a great victory.
Wapsick ending at 17-3 individually,
but he was one bullet away from the ace.
I thought he would have had it instead.
It is Aurora picking up this victory.
They look really good in M80.
They don't even play themselves into this one.
No, it felt like a bit of a non-starter for them,
which is a shame, but to be fair, it's their opponent's map pick.
We move on to Enferno next, and hopefully they put up their socks
and show us what they're really made of
as they're looking down the barrel of tournament elimination.
They're going to have to do exactly that, Henry,
if they want to stand a chance within this series,
because they didn't stand a chance within this map.
We spoke about them saying,
we need to just improve a little bit more, right?
The close details, the little margins in it.
Well, there was no margins in this one, man.
They got off to a 7-0 start, been going into the second half, they started off with just
four rounds in a row to close out the whole game.
This was easy man.
Yeah, that was a blowout game by Aurora, you know, tipping my hat to them, looking solid
from start to finish, winning both pistols, converting, never really seemed to be out
of it, never really seemed to be pressured and I think that's where the conversation
is going next.
Of course you have to give credit to Aurora for taking control of the game and
winning with ease but I also did not feel at any point M8 really applied any
pressure in this game.
and it was a ledger to the performance, Casper, and one that they may, you know, quite frankly, can be brought off.
I think it goes back to the story we told before the game went live, right, about the individuals.
There are so many moments throughout this first map where our own individuals just straight out won the 50-50s.
Yeah.
And when you're like, then, supposed star players, and you're like, if the defense don't step up,
you end for one hell of a trade playing against the team because they will overrun you with skill if you give them the skill situations.
There's a thing people at home sometimes have to understand, you know, as much as we want to talk about preparation, game plan, decision making, all the nerdy stuff of Counter Strike, the entry ticket into a game is that at the very least you match the output, or come close to matching the output in terms of the duals,
because Counter Strike is not fun if you're playing 5v2 all the time or 4v2 all the time. It only gets fun at a 3v3 or 4v4 when then decisions come into play.
into play when then rotations come into play but the entry ticket to even have those discussions
and look at the game from that perspective is that both teams show up on the server and one team
this day decided not to. And one won the booked tickets to success within this was Woxic right?
We know what he can do with a scout on this map with the orb whatever he wants he can have some
fun with it he's very flashy and stylistically more so on other maps than this one. He was
having a field day you know doing whatever he wanted to in this game and naturally producing
a great game of Counter-Strike both with the rifle, but also later on picking up the AWP and
I mean again in isolation to this game, great for for Roxy, boosting his stats,
playing good Counter-Strike, didn't really had to do everything that he did, but got the job done.
It begs the question to me though Kaspar as I asked you in the game was,
well, where do you rate Roxy at the moment in the landscape of AWP players?
Because I feel like naturally you have your Cyro's, your Shiro's, your Molo-Dois and
monies of the world, but is he a fair contender to be, you know, just below them and the
And the next one up in that conversation?
I think he's a little bit lower, but it's also like speaking in terms of like the consistency
in the impact moments.
Because I think when you look at Voxic throughout his whole career, he will have these like
insane highlight rears where he will just take over around and just full bang it down
and then you're like, okay, who is this guy he's been missing, you know?
And then he actually goes missing a little bit.
But sometimes we get to see the old Voxic from his moustace and if you don't present
him more like let's say skill in these like 50 50 duels as we also saw in the clip just before that
you don't hit the hit the two first bullet in the head you give him time to react he kills you
this he can still do at a little elite level right so yeah like he can farm these guys
but he still has a long way to go when it's kaisuke shooting at you instead right yeah they
hit a little bit harder that's for sure i also want to just touch runs on tires not because he
he had some standout crazy game but we're still seeing him maybe not be as impressive
as he normally always is but yet they're still getting the wins.
Has that looked at as a positive sign in this?
For now, yeah.
I think it's fair to assume that they will only get better, that he will only get more
comfortable in the new system with Ash and in his new role but I feel that's also where
the potential lies within Aurora.
If Ash and Santel, for that matter, finds a way to activate the best of him then
as we spoke about, Rocket, there's so much skill, what in this lineup?
It's a very strong team, especially on the CT side, there's no weak link, Kixson is the
highest rated CT-rated player from an in-game leading perspective and the rest of the four
players can hold up to their own.
So I feel like Centaurs could be the key to unlocking a roar to the next level where
we then start talking about them as being a team that could potentially contest for
trophies at smaller tournaments to begin with.
For sure, and I also think Real Madrid hit him a little bit, like we saw the
old Centaurs speaks, but we also seen today and the other days a lot of overpeaking.
he needs to realize he's not necessarily the win condition anymore as he maybe was before.
Right now he's overpeaking, he's doing like, I wouldn't say stupid but weird mistakes that
ends up giving the entry he just got.
It gets evened out 10 seconds later because you go for a duel where you're not supposed
to go.
So a little bit room for improvement also for Asim working with Santaris because
this will be hard to take out of him.
Well I did catch up with Santaris just before this game so let's have a listen
to it.
Zontaris, 31 years old, 2 MVPs, 5 notable trophies in your career, top 4 at the last major as well.
You have given so much to the game and it's very impressive. Now you're back on an international team.
What is your motivation at this point in your career? What do you want?
Of course it's basically, we need to win the major. So that's why we order everything that we give for the major winning.
So, we will do our best to win this. That's it.
Major focus, major dreams.
And I also want to ask you a bit about, you are one of the players who never changed settings, equipment or anything.
You even still use the wired mouse.
What do you think about these young players that change equipment all the time?
And what advantage do you think you have when you don't change and you stay with what you know?
Yeah, the thing is, it doesn't matter which team I play, I always say don't change so much equipment or just settings.
I think it's important to stick with the same equipment, I think it's very good.
And also, I don't think it changes a lot if you change the settings.
If I was wired, then this new technology, I don't think it's like too different, you know,
too making different, then that's why maybe I just keep the same all the time.
And does it also help your mentality that you know if something's not good or bad,
it's you, it's not going to be the equipment?
Yeah, of course it's help.
Positive mental strength that you have, Zantares.
Now, tell me this, it is in terms of this event, a bit more that you are individually
struggling compared to the other events since the team went international. Do you understand
why? What's happening?
Yeah, if you add people a lot of things, then it can be a little bit hard because we learn
as a team and everyone learning a lot of things from Damian, Kaisa and I and Ash,
they're just bringing a lot of things. So I think it's approach, so it needs everyone
time a little bit to feel more comfortable in the team. For the future I'm pretty sure
like we'll be so much better. That's it.
How different is it for you with all this new learnings and all this change?
Yeah I was played three years with the international team so like not feel so badly or something
like I tried to understand everything well and learn and work so that's it.
And I heard from Kicksand and from Ash as well that you are actually having a lot of input behind the scenes when you guys are practicing as well.
Do you feel like you're getting still the kind of style of play at times which suits you, like how to use you best?
Yeah, I can say about it like from the end we work a lot and also we put a lot of things together and just give them a lot of ideas in the game as well.
So just to do everything together so they try to be improved.
And this is about improving, it's been the key word across these interviews with these guys.
Zontaris, 31 years of age, he's still got it, he's still sharp, we still talk about him, oh so highly.
Yeah I mean he's a great player, has an incredible amount of raw skill in the game of Counter-Strike.
His mechanical abilities have never left him to be completely honest but also kind of goes into what he's speaking about here.
I think when you bring in a guy like Ash, and when you transition into an international team,
sorry, in this day and age of games, the requirements of the player is so much higher.
You need to be more than just a mechanically skilled guy.
There's a lot of players out there who have mechanical skill at a very high level,
but there's few players who's able to put it together with all the information you have to grasp,
with the preparation, with, I guess, innovating yourself in new spots and everything.
So to be 31 years of age and still be as competitive as he is right now,
right now it takes a lot of work it takes a lot of effort and as long as you
can continue to I guess develop on himself he'll be around because he's a
very skilled guy but a lot is being asked for him right now. I think you only
have you know two or three other players in the category of world's best at
clearing angles like there's a reason why he takes his time when he takes his
like his angle clearing he's so good at it he knows all the angles he is
insanely fast at pre-firing also I think it was Henry calling it out to
Santar speak right that was before any of the new generation even you know had a
name in CS so so he's been doing this for a long time it's impressive to me
that he still has the top level he has maybe the bottom level is what he needs
to focus on in this new iteration where he doesn't get you know the the
situation presented where he can just follow a major and then just clean
house now there's a little bit more in him now he needs to think a little
bit more now he needs to consider when to take certain duels and stuff
switching things up a little bit into the conversation we had at the beginning of
this series. MAT, the star players, Lake and Slacks we are looking at them. I
know in a game where you get blown out by this there's not going to be too much
we're going to focus on here within their score lines but I mean neither one
of them were close to being the star here. Unfortunately I think they proved
the point that we were trying to make coming into the game. They are not
bad Counter-Strike players, they're just not good Counter-Strike players
against other good Counter-Strike players so to speak. Whenever they face top
level opposition and let's not forget Aurora is top-level opposition especially from an individual
standpoint. They're just not good enough, they don't have what it takes in order to transcend
and go above and beyond you know and naturally the gamer does too, it's a little bit unfair to say
that that's the level we're talking about you know players that can definitely play at a higher
level but there's a difference between being able to to remain competitive in a game and then
come in and maybe be the difference maker against a team like Aurora and that's always been the
issue for your media. I think they kind of hit a ceiling where the individuals is not enough
to carry them out of those situations and the teamplay is not necessarily better than the opposition and at that point you're
going to be losing more from them. Should that teamplay though be better on their pick up in front of which we're going to be next?
100% like this is the map where they they know how to even out the playing field when it comes to skill like you can usually use it you can
throw some pocket strats in there you can utilize Slex getting a surprise p here and there so this is a map they have been good on like
throughout M80's history I think. And Slex has been a very big part of it, especially when
they swap to CT side. He will try to go for these crazy openings with breaking up smokes,
boosting top mids, sending him out banana, so they can get this 5v4 because if they get the 5v4
as it is in this before we started, they're drilled enough to save the util, to buy the time,
to set up these small traps on the bomb sides. But they need to have some sort of advantage
in the rounds before they go blindly on both sides into whatever finish they have.
And starting on the T side do we have too much hope for them within this one?
Right, Aurora is going to get the benefit of that CT side start.
That's the thing and that's where Aurora has shown to be really strong so far.
We're in the process, the CT side and again it comes down to the fact there's no weak link,
there's no player you can target and punish, there's no bomb side where you think,
oh here's a bad constellation of players, or here's a constellation of players that
at the very least from an individual standpoint it's not going to make it tough for us.
Kixson is doing a great job on the CT side, he's doing a great job of being proactive as well.
Aurora is a team that is also moving a lot on the CT side so I think it's to be told
when the first two or three rounds, if M80 can come in with a couple of pocket strats
and maybe rattle out Aurora a tiny bit and get off to a good start, we can have a game
but if they go down 0-5 again, they're not fighting back.
I think the one thing they have going for them on this map is they're not as B-heavy
as some of the other teams like in the current ecosystem of top teams, right?
So that also means there's a reason, if you look at the other side of the
why Santaras is playing A instead of B as he's been doing his whole career is
because the old Turkish team had some major struggles on this on this bomb
site so I think if they identified that and they can you know push boxing a bit
away from the angles on the middle and throw a little bit gimmick in here
and there I actually think they have a shot of making it happen on the T side
CT side as I said it's a lot about slacks coming in getting in a gimmick
opening if that doesn't work there is no plan B one of those all these
gimmicks let's hopefully see some of them work out for the guys of MAT they
want to take us to a third otherwise they're gonna be eliminated here from
the Blast Premier Open Porto. MBG Anders take it away. Thank you very much boys
great job I think they encapsulated the situation nicely there last chance
to lose MAT haven't shown up whatsoever and there's what's poly market
said I mean it's already looking good for Aurora it's tilted even more in
that direction with the predictions and you can understand why MAT I
I think they can play much better than they showed on that first map.
I really want to see that.
Normally, I think they're really fun team to watch and follow.
I always enjoy a good M80 game.
I want that here on Inferno.
I think we deserve that much.
It is the second map of the series as well.
But there's no denying that Aurora looked very good.
And mid-walks, it played the way that he was.
We're Cardi up there as well.
How do you stop them?
How do you put an end to the madness here?
We're going to find out right now.
It is the best around coming up.
First half here.
Off map number two, and we're in the lower bracket.
So it's all on the line.
Never back down, never surrender,
and don't laugh in the lower bracket.
Those are the rules.
M-A-T will have to step up here as you see them end up.
Their T side here, double Nade as well.
Okay, Santaris, he bit on high alert.
He's at the dual elites as well, bear in mind.
Someone nullifies him.
They were hoping to find an open kill,
but it certainly has quietened things down for him.
Five players here will be the B-execute.
So one smoke spawn, a couple of flashes over, that's about it, Anders.
And Kixson's got a smoke ready and waiting.
So as soon as he sees the util from their side, he's dropping his smoke as well.
Okay, that could set up the duelist.
I mean, we kind of saw that from Nurtz in the last inferno game.
Oh, he's got the sick flashes.
Oh, he's got the magic flash.
I'm going to set it up then.
Already a kill since...
Oh, this is going to be fantastic!
Oh, headshots and an ace!
That's more like it.
Zantares rolling back the years.
We thought his round was done, a double-naded, into oblivion, but set up fantastically by his in-game leader, an ace, all headshots.
That's going to land a fire beneath them, Aurora off to a flying start here. It couldn't be better.
The backup flashback absolutely spot-on. As I said, it's the matchup flash.
He was the one who always used to throw that four, Aurora, and Kicks and takes a leaf out of his book to set up their star player in an amazing fashion.
He was watching that nerds round and thinking,
you know what?
It's pretty good, but I could do better.
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
The Desk said they wanted a strong start for him,
but he, like, that gets slapped right out of their hands.
Five and zero.
All right, Antares, you've got my attention.
That's gonna fuel him peaking for, like, another six months.
Yeah, like, now he's back.
Like, you know what?
I'm glad they brought up the Desk, sir.
I'm glad they agree with me.
Like, he ain't that guy no more.
Like he has the potential, he has the aim.
Oh god, what's going on here?
Silent Boots even more for any more.
He's not that guy anymore.
He can't carry the games like he used to.
He hasn't got much of running in for him.
KickSense are very different in game leaders.
So good observation there from Rogat especially.
But yeah, you can't really deny the skill.
No, definitely not.
I mean, if there was a bit more consistency to it,
I would even be down for it.
but getting traded out often is an issue, but not in that last round.
Second one coming up, very nice flashbang, but kicks out of him.
Easy to look up, what card are you? He couldn't see a thing.
Just kicks out of the pit behind him to pick up that one.
This is the force by just to note that.
Smoke down to these corners. I slid the jewel on his Towers, but they've
carried a shot each other in the head. Not ideal.
And they're back into it there. Wax it. Plant one through the smoke. Should be there around steel, but maybe a bomb plant is possible.
There it is. Jimmy was actually all the way in towards the church. Slacks, nothing to do, nothing to say. Maybe a couple of 1-deags here and there at the very top end, but ships in the night, they pass each other in the library in arch.
Oh, doesn't even land a bullet.
That's a disappointing couple of rounds here, Anders.
Even if you get walloped in the pistol, there's always a chance you can have a close second
round and get the bomb planted, apply pressure.
Yeah, pressure this round, unfortunately.
Very comfortable.
I think they failed one of the smokes here as well.
I don't know if that's what caused the smoke behind them, that was a T smoke.
How does that happen?
I think they might have been the first attempt to smoke CT spawn, and then it kind of failed
and then they had to do it again.
They're laughing we've talked about that not allowed how many times do we have to say when any no laughing
Can't be doing that
Third around okay, I guess it makes sense with the MP9 trying to farm some cash yet
And walks it will certainly do that the offer trying to step up your knife away. That's how it's now. It's getting messy
He's alive. Okay. It's fine. It's all under control
control. I'm going to shit panic it felt like he I don't know thought he'd run out of bullets
already if I can't even tell what was going on. Well, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter
at all. So as the eco they get one kill. That's fine. It's walks it. It manages to farm
an extra $1,200. You can be out the next round. Didn't actually want the FBI going
forward. Clean shot from Jimmy to close it out. Three zero. So now walks it. We
We know he's hitting himself, right? He's had one of his best performances on the year, on Dust2 right at that.
Yep.
And he's now got the AWP. He's really reeled his game in since he came back maybe two years ago.
Like he used to be known as one of the most aggressive, reckless AWPers we have in the game.
He's much more defensive these days. He's much more calculated.
I think we'll see a little bit more flair considering the way he's playing right now.
It is fun to push the limits of what you can do when you are hitting shots like these,
But you're right. It has been an interesting kind of change in his game. It seems like it's really been working out for him
In terms of recovering what almost they could have been a lost career at one point if I like even seems too far gone
It was much of a safe. They're not being honest with twenty three drinks in this group of players
With his own or fire
I think he realized I keep being the record saw but it throws around the way and this goes for overambitious flex
I'm gonna be kicked out of the scene. Yeah, that's a problem. We had in cloud nine
Uh, unfortunately.
Yeah, because that was sort of almost right before he made that switch, basically.
Yeah, exactly.
So, yeah, great to see him stabilize his career.
And like they were saying on the desk as well, he's considered that compensation.
He's a top 10 helper, isn't he?
I think he's knocking on the door of top five.
And when he's having moments like these, not just with the AWP with the rifles as well,
he is super impressive.
See what M80 will bring here.
They didn't get a lot done on Dust 2, but this is their map pick.
And already putting a bit of pressure on Arch on Library.
They won't see if they can sell this idea and maybe even go for the wraparound.
I don't hate it!
Santaris is here.
Flash is already in the air for him to take the peek.
He's gonna swing wide, but oh my god, Sin!
He was completely blind.
I guarantee it on that one.
And he still hit the headshot.
30 seconds on the clock as they're looking to make the wrap continue.
There we go.
It goes down, lake and slacks on the follow and a save for Kixxan, that deep flashbang
should have been it!
It felt like it, we have to save him out POV, I guess they would have had an anti-flash
setup, it's a very common manoeuvre, one player with the back turned ready to swing,
but that's the most convincing round they've had the entire series.
No one going down, five players alive, recovering the AWP, well it should be okay
for Aurora, it's Kixxan saving the family right now, nothing to do, nothing to
say it will be 3-1 as opposed to a first here.
Is that map pick as well?
Fighting for their tournament life here.
That remind of Aurora win the series.
They won't be going to Porto just yet.
They'll have one more, best of three.
Yeah, that's a good point.
The next one is for placement, right?
Is that correct?
What would be the next one?
What do you mean?
The next game today?
Playing G2.
whoever wins this one no no no or is that another one in elimination maybe
this is not a bracket of you win the next best of three just you to send the
quarterfinals from the lower bracket there we go that's all right I'm all
caught up now yeah that's good I'll tell you how the tournament works after this
game nice thank you I appreciate that someone someone must know yeah I'll
put back in your playing for ceilings
Walksick in the middle. I don't blame him for trying. Like we said he's been hitting those shots with slacks.
He's got his number in this round. A good flash as well from Sin to try and help out with.
And they've defeated Walksick early in this round. But that is so important here.
I think he does this right. They need to win some of these early rounds.
Wakadia though. He couldn't have found a better angle if he tried.
Switch up. Just waiting. Hoping probably to fire his rifle back on the other side, but he never stood a chance.
I think it's fair to say he's not known to be at all by anything but for now we're
Cardia trying to pump up his chest over towards me trying to show some presence here
They're like, oh
Doesn't help. We've seen that needs fumble twice today
And it's such a great grenade. You don't want to be fumbling it at all
It's fallen there frozen about he was one I started doing it the most of fear
Yeah, and kind of made it really iconic almost we saw nerds fumble it earlier as well
It's a hard grenade. Don't be wrong
We've seen what the kicks and flashbang could do in the pistol round now
We might get a chance here
But hold, they don't actually put through just yet, but Cardius traded out kicks and's the one to take up the rifling duties.
He's only getting the one kill there, though. Sin actually kills both of them, so the bomb's planted now.
It's a 2v2 and the Santaris AWP retake. I agree with you, I feel like it's a bit strange.
Don't normally get to see it. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I'd much rather have him on the rifle in this kind of scenario.
And he's going into position where one missed shot is going to lose in his life every time he swaps.
You're right. That is the strategy.
Slacks out here.
He will.
And that's Antares.
He was, Anders.
Oh, I would definitely.
He will take the L on this one.
Oh, that was beautiful.
Well done, Zantares.
Great awareness.
Beautiful second shot as well.
I didn't see that one coming either.
You just don't expect it.
It was walks into the window first.
That's great.
Thanks for the info.
Oh, that's a great time to be
wrong. I appreciate that.
Oh, nice job.
Hey, looks that we all do.
Everyone loved that.
Oh, that's really important round.
And as I can't stress it enough.
And maybe when that it's a
backbreaker for Aurora going to
tie things up.
All of a sudden you'll control the momentum.
Money's on your side.
And now it's anything but. You do have a decent buy remaining here.
Be a 4-1 down. You got batted 13-3 on the first map.
Let's see what they've got at their sleeve here.
They still have the slacks AWP and the greats aren't too bad.
But I think they need to really stop digging their heels in here.
I mean, you're right. It's kind of scary.
you lose this opportunity you're not gonna get one for a minute and I'll leave
the side Aurora I mean once they got going on Dust2 they just never look back
more of a defaults being started for M80 the bombs dropped far back they're
checking out the apartments
pretty early on the defense Aurora holding Archward 2 they were expecting
that there would be a little bit of a faster mid-play in this kind of a round.
Don't know that early three-man set of a top and under that we're kind of used to seeing from so many teams these days.
Shuffling around the grenades though.
KickSan has now got the HE. We'll see if he can figure out how to throw that arch-HE.
Let's say this is the one. Falling grenade goes one half wall. Beautiful. But no one helped.
but otherwise that's how you do yeah four points on this one
yeah falling is giving two of them sometimes
Yakadar will be up close and personal sending it
trying to convert on the damage as a powerful setup
they smoke behind Woxic and he hasn't fallen back he knows the smoke's landed
behind him now
one in front as well just to make it very annoying and in the pits
It is GME, it's a good backup to have, but it doesn't change the fact that it's kind of an isolated 2 on 5 that they got going on over here with 20 seconds.
Oh my god, Jim, in fact, that's the kind of opening kill you need if you're going to defend this, and GME with a great net-hand he goes down, a missed shot, walks, and he's shot right in between them.
Santaris though, he finds one in the smoke, 8 seconds, the bomb is going to be planted here, but the retake is definitely on.
Oh, for sure.
Nice kill from Santaris, probably kind of needed that.
Rammus slipping away. Great output from Jimmy and Walksick, but let's see if they can convert this
3 versus 2. Slacks knows he kind of has to be a little bit more combative here, and it's working out
nicely, that's more like it. Nick actually has a smoke, I don't know if he want to risk throwing it,
but the Jomri right through, sick flashbang, but will you ever check this? Gravy opposition
is closed off now, he nearly could have had the spray down. Planting for the bombers,
we're carding him with the kit, he's going to have the round no problem here. But yeah,
Jimmy getting that early kill, such a big deal, and then Woxick in the follow-up, like being able to find a kill in the apartments, that cemented the defense.
Such a sick prefire.
Shop from Woxick as well, he gets this one around, guaranteed.
They did well to make it close, but retake looked pretty comfortable in the end.
5-1 bomb planted, lost bonus accumulating, there will be a buy again.
Also, can we be a bit more active in the after plant there?
They hear us drop into the tree and we just stay there?
Like, come on, be active, be confident.
I feel like they went for the AWP there, that was pretty active.
Yeah, they definitely tried, but I have to start that sand.
You're not going to win in a sitting with no utility, hoping you can get two kills
standing in the open.
Yeah, maybe after that pick they could have tried even more.
I mean, you're all in a great game right now and evidenced even more so by the fact that
Bacardi are getting a kill there. J.B. is first kill of Inferno!
That's one of those.
He did this up right there.
It's one of those questions Mark Rousers and Tarris. He's like,
you've got no one else with you. You've got the opening kill there,
and you're trying to control two positions, Anders. You're doing middle and boiler room.
Yeah, again, just fall back with the advantage.
Like, high-risk maneuver, not required.
Oh, okay.
God, the fact that...
He was so blind, I think.
Yeah, he probably was.
I walked six solo on health, so it's still having an impact even with the AWP on 13.
Good call, though, over towards B. The problem is the bombs and T spawns.
So do you really want to try and take this wheeler?
So the answer is yes. Good damage there.
HH, do some more.
He's done well.
He's some humble.
Got Bacardi with him now, because it's been slowed down just enough.
So at least they could do a little bit more.
Grenades coming in from CT spawn, including the incendiary.
Trying to plant the bomb on the other side already.
they're on top of them the bomb did get planted so I guess that's something but
like just down to 12 slacks he's got the 8k they need this round they must get
this clutch home otherwise I don't know if they're gonna have a chance in this
first half and you could see Aurora they are setting up for a bit of a
retake on the other side all three of them coming in from the CT spawn
position as the smoke is fading slacks is playing in this twilight of the
smoke he gets only the one and it does leave lake one bullet touches him
He's dead, but a headshot is accurate.
Swacardi is spinning around everyone right now.
On his side, he's doing a little bit of AWP work.
Waksic, then Santaris, and now Wacardi as well.
And he's stomping on him at the end of the round.
My god, Henry.
He probably did enough there.
Even on the low HP, I thought there was a good chance for late.
Gets himself a couple of kills up against the AWP.
HP no longer a factor.
But of course, Wacardi up, makes it work with the AWP.
They can't catch a break right now.
kickstand, great output on the solo defense as well, lots of damage, got to kill.
How did he win this? I have no idea, but really well played. Thankfully I suppose I made the
key get the bomb plants down, they've got that maximum loss, but it's still going to be buy
after buy. They won't have the AWP, they won't have everything they need. You can see a couple
of concessions here, a couple of glills in the hands of Swisher and Sin, but again it's
This is spiraling out of control, very similar to what we saw on Dust2.
Retake utility this time in the CTs now, actually push beyond it as well.
Oh, it's actually, what a brave rebuttal.
Pressure on the CTs now, they've given up that control.
So forced out a little utility, but you're right, back-to-back bomb flat and back-to-back
1v1s, so the money on Aurora is not even there at all.
One round here could really get MAD back.
The floodgates will open.
You're dead on there.
Oh, it's actually a really nice boost.
At this stage of the game, it hasn't been deployed yet.
I think that's perfect.
Jimmy wisely falls back.
Four players over towards B.
Whether they contact the execute yet to be seen,
they're getting smokes out right now
so we'll be the execute.
That's one steep CT spawn lands on the boost spot, bro.
You can head bet it off.
Will he be able to, though?
Needs to happen.
Needs to body block him.
Oh, the counter-smoke, right?
This is gonna be about, what, 23 seconds
when that smoke fades?
What card are you splitting inside of it?
Crazy maneuver, I love it, though.
This could be everything for the round.
Oh, he comes up maybe a bit early.
Still a player on the side.
It's Santaris, and he's ready to mow them down.
But in the meantime, there was a kill on Jimmy towards the boiler,
so they think maybe the bomb site's going to be empty,
but the thing is Woxic hasn't rotate anymore.
That is a great shot from JBA.
OK, like he said, they win this round.
It could mean a lot more for them.
Does Santaris have enough left in the tank here
to make this one work?
It will take absolute precision.
He doesn't have it in him.
Wow.
Big rounds.
Money absolutely ruined.
They know it as well.
That's massive.
Credit to JBA.
He had a very, very tough start to this infernal game here, but that won the entry onto Woxick
and then stealing the AWP, getting another one.
You got to appreciate that.
Six to two.
And yeah, they might as well force up here.
They have nothing.
So, yeah, buy whatever you can.
Okay.
Listen, this is a lot more entertaining than this, too.
They're feeling it as well.
Santar is definitely an opportunity to win that. Couldn't connect the dots.
As you mentioned, might as well force. Money is ruined.
5-7s, one Famous.
He really will have to be determinate with it.
They're gonna stand a chance here. Lots of pressure towards B, but I think it's a bit of a ruse here.
Kickshand suddenly seems to think so. He's alone on that side of the map.
I'll call if anyone's come over. 5-7 is on the strike now.
Oh no, guys.
Three people in middle for the CT side and they all swing at the same time.
It's a really nice coordinated push, but you've done zero damage against 5-7s.
Yeah, normally you have flashes or a molotov, like anything to kind of clear up in that
part of the middle.
Yeah, it's kind of like deer in the headlights there.
You know you've just ruined the money, right?
You've just ruined the money.
You know they're going to be close range weaponry, 5-7s, MP9 shotguns.
Absolutely.
sat there like plums at the top like no one's doing anything no one's got any
control there's no Molotov towards a cubby there's no smoke down towards arch
there's nothing really nice timing from Aurora but yeah like that shouldn't be
happening can they recover it still a chance here yeah there still is a
chance kicks and they might think he's towards CT spawn but in fact he's
lurking back here some terrorists wild spray coming through in the real
connection what a shocking kick sound that is. That might be enough. It could be. Swisher
he's gonna go and pick up the bomb and now has to try and clutch this 1v2. They're sticking
in on it but he's faked it once. Still a little bit of time on the clock. That's a nice crunch
down there but Cardia, we hit the headshot and that was the moment where Aurora were exposed.
A little bit of weakness in the CT side and unfortunately for M80 they just can't
exploited you've gone from pure euphoria everyone thinking that's our tickets back
into this tournament the orb goes down the swings come through there's nothing in
place to stop those swings it's not the same page what was the intention you're
hoping to get a clean pick towards the corner when you know they've got five
sevens and MP9's no one's gonna be holding that angle yeah that's such a
brutal way to begin the round and they can't make up for it afterwards. Seven to two wasted
opportunity, a gift that was granted to them by JVA in the previous round. Now they're not
laughing so much. But they're not allowed to. Exactly. They were breaking the rules before
but that one hurts. That is a real stinker. Money's still not there. Money's actually
going fine. All things considered, they've had lots of buys there, lots of bomb plans,
Lots of close rounds. Yeah. Oh, there's a game a real man's game that one kind of strike source
He wouldn't know anything about that. Fortunately Henry. I just be pimping rugga. KRL. He's in the building as well
That was our game
The real the real deal back in the day. I've heard many real story
Scuse you're gonna revive like an ancient war here and we gotta be careful. We finally fuse the community together
together. It's a bit of a battle for years.
Kick never beat me, the rogues certainly did a few times.
Kimp never beat you.
No dude. He joked him.
What a loser.
He's washed his own.
KRL definitely did as well. KRL's the go.
I did hear, I've heard horrible things from people who've played the French teams in
Source about the construction of flashbangs and everything else I use. From what I can
gather is not a fun experience to be up against.
I've got some thoughts on that, but we'll save him for another day.
We will. JBS gone down at the beginning of the round, so that makes it a lot more tricky.
That was an early pop into second mid to get that kill.
Very efficient. Just that little bit of CT aggression, it goes a long way sometimes.
It could be hard on Inferno to find it, but they're trying Aurora.
And coming out on top, Santaris, and he fell back afterwards.
At least a little bit.
So much damage inflicted already, though.
It just doesn't inspire hope what you're seeing right now, does it?
Just walking around
One by one getting picked off, like what do you do now?
I guess you go squad, I think going through arch is the only play you can really make
Best call you've got
Hasn't really worked out too well, as long as he gets one kill that's fine for Kicksand
25 seconds, you've been smoked off
Problem is you'll never guess Jimmy's here
He's supposed to be playing on the other side of the map
So you found Kicksand?
Okay, they're going back anyway, so maybe it doesn't matter
What can you do?
15 seconds, I actually have no idea how you get onto the side unless they just straight
fight here from the pits, you're never going to have enough time for it, yeah there we go
with Cardi and Santaris, all the good round, Santaris obviously started with an ace but
now he's picked up a triple as well, he's 16 and 6 at the moment, so this is more of
the kind of flavour that we do love to see out of him.
Unfortunately Anders, it's time to start packing it up, they have not signed up
today, nothing I'm seeing is suggesting they're going to pull this one back,
They've had opportunities, they've been squandered.
No one particularly having a great game.
Lakes had some good moments.
He always does.
It's the start of the team.
He's currently 9-9.
And they're partially by into round number 11.
They guess what they need, this partial by the workout.
Picking up the pace, we're going for a fast mid-play.
Can't even do that fast service.
Taking so much damage on routes.
It's been shut down already through the palace.
We go instead.
Yeah, trying at the very least,
but they can't make it up onto the balcony.
Woxic was there, ready to shut them down.
Finds one straight through the smoke as well.
Swisher is dead.
This is really brutal.
You're absolutely right that they wanted to be quick with it,
but it's an ocean of fire
waiting on the other side of middle.
So nine to two.
Okay.
Oh, just enjoying it.
Woxic is gonna have unbelievably good stats
at the end of this series.
everything connecting super locked in no one offering any sort of resistance
that was the partial buy but if you are just joining as a first map I believe in
worse than this oh and the punishment continues what's it gets
relentless you do have a sort of villain laugh there in the high-high trip
and I guess you can send why that's four shots four kills in the last two
We're out.
What are you gonna do?
Wrap us up.
Yeah.
Glock coming out now, whatever they use, it's gonna work.
It doesn't matter who's AWP, who's rifling.
You got the side arms as well.
JVA gonna be hunted.
He's actually being forced to retreat.
Back towards Teespawn.
That's how much they're getting beat up here.
Aurora with a magnificent series so far.
It was impressive on Dust2.
Maybe even more so on this map.
There was a couple of moments for M80 to do a little bit of work,
work, but every single time they have a chance of all reported right back 10 to 2 as they
get into the second half. That is great news for Aurora.
Okay, let's just staying at the bench because they don't have a teammate just yet and this is oh my god
Zywoo is an animal with a shot like this. It's another KW play on a screen. Oh my god. Is it anything?
Tyloo
The pain of their existence regionally jammed young taps
Unbelievable
five
On the trot slain step by step with the opera coverage you need to get the strongest weapons out next to it
That's a kind of spray where you're looking around you're like now you saw that but you all need to see the reef
He knows he knows what he's done
He'll blow an exec over top in case Arado trying to keep himself slim by the pillar.
Okay, dude, he's had some-
What are you doing?
What are those shots?
Right here, right now, on Mirage 8.
That's the shot heard around the world, baby.
One bullet and a dream.
Good night, Mattis.
Instantaneously, this is what we were asking for before as well.
Can they just keep it rolling forwards now starry's close by the
Oh my god, sorry a quad kill spray all day long, you know, don't
Will jump onto this if he has to over top come the nades pushing through it's good
It looks like Rob's gonna be tested in this pistol round, but he's got dual burrat is over towards the ramp a
A confident start from Zywoo who's already taken space away out in the yard.
It's Rops though on the chopping block.
All right, it's all Rops all day.
That's an ace in the pistol to open up this series.
Off with your head.
Perfectly timed by Snax and he's going to try to push his luck,
but Rops has got that cover.
We hit 20 seconds. CT's in position early not.
Keeps on coming and it's gonna fall on the hypex now. It's time to run at this 10 to the clock
two players in front of the bathroom type x shapes off one of the three
seconds
That is a massive shot
for my back.
Absolute last chance here for MAT at Blast Open Porto 2026. The 10-2 down-and-ers, I don't even
want to know what the poly market predictors are saying about this one. Surely there's no chance
they can pull it back with this sort of scoreline. You just can't imagine it was already looking grim.
It really was the prediction market obviously heavily favoring Aurora, especially after that
Opening map, but yeah, you're right. It's gonna get even tougher now second half second map elimination
Potentially for m80 unless they can have a miracle or two here. I said that's all this
99 let's go and with Santaris on the opening
So an ace in the pistol round of the first half so far
We're only working with the one kickstand look at a takeover and see if you get a rush the bombsite flashes going into the sky
It's well behind them the pressure is on the squisher answering back gets a good headshot sin is gone
It's all on swish
We had one more bullet for centaurus, okay, not out of the woods just yet, but it's a hell of a shift
Swisher maybe sweet, but his USB is sour
Is it enough though?
wikari up
Two versus one and he's not gonna get it off a lifeline has been found
Slacks found one through the smoke from CT. That's how Swisher was able to just, you know, stay alive with that last bullet.
That's so crazy.
Oh, what a round.
He got so much out of so little there.
No way they should be winning that.
If they somehow come back into this, they've got that man to thank.
Yeah.
He refused to die.
He wouldn't...
Okay.
here. Listen, it's gonna be a very long comeback here for
MIT, but she'd like to say, Henry, anything is possible.
Anything can and will happen in the world of Counter-Strike. It's the beauty of the
game, Anders. We've seen much bigger comebacks than this
before. You always reference the big comeback at the major.
12-0 down. That is
a bit of a classic, a recent classic, you're right. No, you're
we've seen it. And again, this tournament, it was, um, now if he were down, yeah, it's
paying 10 to two. They came back on 111 in the second half, but it's just the way it's
gone down in both maps. That's the problem. That has made it very convincing for Aurora,
but they're not a flawless team. Even though right now they look very good here today.
So yeah, let's just see. They can sing, getting a little bit, patting the stands,
Whatever it takes.
I think a bit of fun.
A bit of trolling.
I like that.
He might as well.
So, the game is somewhat on.
A recovered pistol.
Cool little setup.
Didn't have to break a sweat here, but that was the eco.
Worth noting.
AK's are now out of full force.
Xantara is currently 19 and 8.
Probably his best showing at the tournament so far, I dare say.
It must be.
I do enjoy this smoke to mid and then a flash over the wall just run and gun.
JBA catching them with their pants down in second mid, they were not expecting it.
Alright, nothing to lose, I suppose at this point.
Yeah.
Given the beans.
Make it wild and unruly.
Make them feel uncomfortable.
Santaris, he might, he probably should have been dead there to be honest.
It felt like it was a very winnable fight.
Still a back into a 3v3 somewhat resets the round I hear that middle smoke from
CT spawn clears the path for him to make the deep run and then they feel the
flashes over the building top banana we've got two players waiting this
kind of setup they're peeking into it they know the information now you're
still going to win the fight what a jump for scary stuff here Santar is
trying again? I don't know if I enjoy that. I feel like you've got the AK, I don't
want to see you jumping for information that hard. Sin, you'd like to see that though?
That's not bad for kick-san. Yeah he was trying to escape it. 40 seconds. Nice
grenade. Good work Swishap. Can he fend him off once again? He is alone,
isolated, JBA nowhere to be seen. Does he go for the fight? Does he wait
for his teammate in towards the Coppins right now? That's smoke when
actually do anything to stop him. He can beat this.
There he is. He's so accurate, isn't he?
It might be down to 14.
Kixang had to plant the bomb and I think J.B. is still on the other side. They weren't 100% sure they were worried that there was some sort of a, you know, a late wrinkle to this round. That's not the case.
They are, in fact, at the B bomb side here. Kixang could get granaded. Actually, that is an incendiary, but there are so many corners to hit on this bomb site.
to hit on this bomb site. It's very hard to make sure you find the right one.
Headshot is there and Squish is solo on health. He has to back around the corner.
Anything touches him and he's gone from the round.
Nice grenade, but it's an incendiary. Not a monotopy. Won't clear everything.
Kick-san. Nice punch. You look very comfortable in that one. Didn't look like
we're stressed at all.
Calm and calculated is what I would say. Absolutely. Breaks the streak.
Bit of a bonus situation there for MAT. Try to get super aggressive.
working out for the majority of the round but piece by piece they pulled the
way back into it and a very comfortable clutch that makes them step enough but
that was the moment oh yeah it's what it felt like that was the moment they
secured the round but low HP segregated from one another and they close it down
now we have three players of our helmets and three Mac 10s it's gonna be a
crazy round and then just rush in the middle let's go through the smoke
double nade. Okay, very nice double nade apparently. What the hell? They followed him and followed
the grenades into the boiler room. They actually followed him into the door opening.
He was in the boiler room. Disgusting way to die. Are you right? The lack of helmets
is absolutely a concern here. For this CT side. Lake on the jump you must be careful.
two people on the other side if you die and there is no BD fence any longer
sees the mat 10 at the bottom in fact he's jumping for information he probably
can take an educated guess he's alone that's also a good point let's seem to go
down hell that wouldn't have saved him spamming zantara is gone you know you
want to he might just be thinking about it they need information slacks in the
front here it's we should spamming zantara's you never know
They're not checking it just yet, so late!
He's running backwards, still spraying!
And taking down Centaur is pretty impressive work.
And is it enough, though?
Jerry's? Yeah, you can open up the site, though.
Problem is, the bomb's down and no man's land.
Though it's all that car position, 30 seconds at anything they can win the round, unfortunately.
Well, Cardi actually did hit him in the smoke.
Yeah, but that smoke confirms that they can't do anything about this.
Yeah, you're probably right.
Great.
Okay, that could be interesting, I suppose.
pop it open they've gone for the damage instead yeah unless you've got to kill
that that's round save the guns look at promising now they got the opening kill
overlooking that car position no one considered it switched sorry lake this
time getting the double kill 13 and 13 so it extends play at least for now
11-5 holding on by the skin of that T-fair not much to celebrate but gonna
keep you ahead of the game. I need to focus up on this one here. Definitely not too late
to recover it. If the lake and swishers keep playing this, I think soon as I have a couple
of contributions, I'm not going to count them out. Round number 17, and Rambu's not
really doing anything. They are gonna be throwing some HGs at the start. A lot of people in second
mid and we did see some failed silent boosts. This one is gonna be much much cleaner. So
McCartney actually making pretty fast progress up onto the spoiler position. Don't know if
that means he'd catch anyone off guard but could be that he's finding a bit of a timey
here. No one's looking at him just yet. It did see a player in the corner but they
don't have a mole to get rid of him. So straight up he's coming through though.
kind of risky damage, even more so. Woxic finds a gap that's towards the apartments.
Did they not throw an HG at him? I think they threw an HG at Slaxley just to kind of disappear.
I'm confused. Sin. He just traded out. Cardia. He's just fighting his way through. He's just
found a couple of kills. Suddenly, some an advantage coming in for Aurora. Why did he jump though?
I don't ask those questions anymore, Henry. I just accept it now.
Okay, looking for series point elimination points two on two. Slacks low,
Lake will have to do the heavy lifting once again. Pretty decent start for
Woxic to be honest, put slacks at the single point of health. Jimmy on a bit of a
crossfire. Low health player is gone and Lake will be followed into the grave
there. Jimmy with two, hasn't been the most exciting game for Jimmy because
he's not really been needed. They've been winning fine without him. Well,
Can't see how it's about to get into that. Well, yes, it is going to be a rough one
It's not been a great tournament for a matey. I had some good moments
Let me say it took a map or fury. I managed to take that Navi
But thing is after we saw Navi today like they are looking like they might be making a roster change soon
If you ask me that the way they're playing today to suggest like they've got changes to make it
Did it's been a big topic of conversation the community? I can understand that
But still a good resolve for M80, but they just haven't shown up today.
It's been the Aurora show.
Their individuals have been red-hots.
It was Woxig in the first match, now it's Antares.
He's at 20 kills.
He's been there for a whole minute, but still, great contributions from him.
Kicks down.
That's nice.
Clutches.
Bacardi airs being rock solid.
He's once again looking super scary.
Path back now is just looking through and it leads you like they said, not a good buy
that they're leaning into on this one.
The first one might be the most tricky one to pick up.
They do have a couple of HEs.
Where will they land here on Banana?
See if they can do some damage with them early on.
So far the pins have been pulled.
There we go.
That's actually great.
damage pretty much for two players
Santar is down to 37 three players over here towards B side of the map 4MAT
holding on by a thread here in the tournament it's cool little boost gives
you an interesting angle I'm gonna peek it now after the flash no one home
They are gonna fully execute it towards B
Okay behind one smoke towards arch
So that's kind of the we might be going top mid signal, but we're not straight to be
Since our is to sport you know the sea sport. That's a good point. Yeah, you see that boost
You're definitely aware as a captain of smoke as well get it
They blow it open otherwise squisher would have had some space behind it
But now Sin, they know that he's here somewhere and they definitely confirmed it with that Molotov
forcing him to get a couple of shots there. So, from us, been revealed, Bomb has been planted.
And this is near impossible retake. There's almost no utility. There's no kit either.
I don't know, Henry. Normally I like to be a bit of an optimist, but I think MAD,
they just haven't enough of a deep Molotov. They are cooked and now they're
frying here towards the church as well. Slaps is dead. Sin and JBA 2 versus 4 for Aurora.
This has been a very convincing victory. 13 to 5 on map number 2. M.A.D. just did not turn up today.
Would have liked to have shown a lot more than what they did. They're capable of a lot more.
It's a disappointing finish. Aurora you have to say that's looking very good.
It's a chance to make it to the Porto playoffs but M.A.D. go out of a whimper instead of a bang.
Yeah, I think that's fair to say, MAD not showing up in today's game versus Aurora that
pretty much from start to finish looked like by far the better teamwork.
It wasn't even a game, it wasn't even close, but if anything, I think we can be happy
on behalf of Aurora who seemingly, slowly but surely, is getting better and better.
I think MAD's win condition was making it a little bit chaotic and more strategic
type of game, but like from the first half, Aurora just came out and said, no,
going to like put our individuals into the mix and they just outclassed them.
And even when they tried to make it a little bit messy you know that still
didn't work out against the Roar guys. Now we are joined by a winner, joined by
Ash on the desk. Good to see you again Ash, it's been a couple of months since
Alas had the pleasure of sharing a desk with you. First and foremost
congratulations beating M80, that was easy. Yeah in the end I think it was
it could have been a little bit closer I think at Newferno because the
economy was a little bit back and forth but I think we won the key
rounds and from there it felt like it was the formality in the end. We on the
desk here was maybe sadly disappointed MAD weren't able to to put up a bigger
fight from your perspective standing behind the guys were you also surprised
that it was quote-unquote that easy? I wasn't disappointed, that's for sure.
Maybe a little bit I think last time I felt like it was more dominant maybe
the score line suggested 39 this time I mean I don't think they showed up in
a lot of the first half of the first map it felt like they were kind of
just gambling a little bit and when they won the rounds the CP side you
They didn't show up for a long time, they were going aggressive for the sake of trying to form some confidence.
I still think they brought their A game today and we played pretty well.
I was just about to say, when it's that one-sided, it's hard to go too deep into the technical aspect of it.
But from your point of view, what was it that you guys did so well that made the playing field rough for them to show up?
I think we fixed a lot of mistakes. The last time I played in Fernogestum, I was really unhappy with where we played.
Just looking at it tactically, it looks like there's so many gaps on our side, not understanding,
But I think the more playing practice like we're going away on our off-days and playing practice and we're fixing a lot of these mistakes now
So it looks more secure in the past
I was just kind of like this in most of our mid rounds thinking this is a big problem
Sometimes maybe it does happen a little bit, but the improvements me on the tactical side look significantly better
I'm sorry through that right you said you're spending your face practicing and trying to work on some of your mistakes
So an off-day here blast. What does it look like for well?
Well at the moment, we're just playing some more practice
We're doing a bit of theory
we're going back just check in the games like I'm trying to see like what we haven't
been doing so much tired then practice a little bit of different ways for a little
bit ready in the next game like we don't have so much time to focus on the prep
I'm not sure it's that beneficial for us anyway so I think going to practice
changing things fixing things like we're still at that level of the team
where we can't be like okay they have this gap let's do this round that we've
got rehearsed and it could be great because we do the round and if it
doesn't happen perfectly we look a little bit confused it hasn't been
benefiting us I think from now what makes more sense focus and practice
have a little bit of prep in there and the future maybe it'll change a little bit
but I've been happy with it so far it seems like it's suit in the guys anyway
looking a little bit at you coming into this project and the players you have
available now you always loved a little bit of Inferno in your map pool like a
cornerstone in it looking at the first game that you played against T2 you
had some problems like matching whatever T2 was throwing at you how
much did you change and how much did you like use your previous experience
like from game of legend where you were really good at Inferno to kind
have adjusted so you're ready for today? I think that a lot of things I liked on
Inferno if you applied them in this team it would take away from some of the
things that the guys are good at, Lucadia and other entires in particular so it's
difficult to just be like hey this worked for us in the past let's do this a lot
of my notes I've kind of done let's forget about it let's work around what
they're doing a little bit but going for that game in G2 again I think I was
very unhappy with like what I'm trying to focus most on what we're
doing and there's so many rounds we win and I'm like I don't like the way
this looks because if something goes wrong with the Jules, it doesn't look good. I think
it was still, like I said, it was good again because we made so many mistakes and they exposed
us so badly, but I think that's what you need sometimes as a coach, to see how you can
get broken apart and then try and fix those things. So it's probably not the best it's
going to be yet, but I mean, our first game we played against some young Gaelish
guys, can't remember the name, we were horrible in that game. I think we won it.
I think from now it's looking significantly better.
Like looking at Inferno again, like we've had our games against Inferno in the
past also knowing that if you just you know chip damage him a little bit with
the HG's he would at one point disappear out he doesn't find it that
interesting but today we saw him a lot like way more you know taking the
initiative in the moments where you know you will feel an HG coming in a
couple of seconds but he did it without hesitation is that something that you
can also like feel that you also need to push him in some of these map
control moments. I can maybe suggest a little back I noticed today on the
T side he was getting nuked it felt like quite a lot of rounds it's hard to
play them but I mean when he has the game out today and he gets the pistol round ace
like he's seen the same thing with like Xayu when they were top players like he
just know he's gonna win some ridiculous rounds and you've seen picking it up and
getting two kills as well so when his conference is like that maybe it goes a
little bit too aggressive sometimes it will take the extra chip damage but I
mean on the flip side of things how many entries and important kills did he get
today it was incredible so it's nice to like try and reign him in a lot of
bit and be like hey when teams see you they expect this a little bit but I
think he's also part of his game so a bit of balance would be nice but I
I think today, when he's playing like that, it doesn't matter if he's on one HP, he was
finding one, two kills anyway.
Last question for me, like I teased on the first day that you have the potential to be
one of, if not the best CT team in the world.
How much do you actually need to contribute to that and how much do the players just
find themselves naturally fitting on the CT?
I think a lot.
The way this team kind of is, is there's lots of good individual feelings and lots
of good individual moves.
I think the power sometimes is that what we do doesn't make sense so then the other team reacts and it kills
And that was my first feeling for me
Where like oh if this guy's pushing here obviously you should be weaker on the other side
But somehow would be the opposite and one guy will push and three guys are here.
Yeah, he's completely opposite
So he's been I would say that we have understood really well how I want to play and the differences
I cannot say how much it's changed, but it feels it feels stable
in the first few weeks every single time you felt like if a kid he wasn't
in a show so walks in the dark etc it just looked really unreliable we rely on
individual brilliance I think now we're getting a little bit better like was a
long way to go still but it's looking more stable and much happier with it
and that's coming down a lot to analyzing things asking players kind of
what do you like to do here's like how do you want to play so a bit of mix
in I need to understand them and I think they're listening really well
try to listen to what I'm trying to bring into it a luxury problem and
and Jimmy hasn't even come online fully yet so.
Yeah, he's got a lot of improvements I think.
Now scoping out and it's not that I'm trying to pressure you to give me a timeline here
but I think we all agree that you're not ready yet, you're not the full package just yet,
you know, but it's moving in the right direction.
When can the fans and when can we expect that Aurora will be at a level where you
feel like you're ready to contest for the level you should be at, which I guess
is at the end of the day titles.
I think the first thing we need is probably a big win and I think we nearly had that
against Fury and this is why the nerves have been kind of, it's a bit obvious
So when we got the big leads against Fury, even though we won one of the maps,
I think all of them we have big leads on, you can just feel the nerves coming in
because it's exciting, I think.
We're just too excited and then you know what happens when people get excited.
If you get the protocols, you go extra kills,
and when you get playing against ECM's Punisher a little bit,
NHG 2, again, I feel like we're so expecting to win these games
that once we finally get one, it's got to push us over the line a bit more.
But in terms of when are we ready, I mean, the teams right now,
it feels like everyone's there to be beaten at this moment.
So we just need to be in a position where we can be good enough on our best day.
Time-wise, you don't know, I just like to say that a month or two ago,
we were significantly worse actually, I think it looks much better now, hopefully in a month we'll be able to compete with them.
Speaking of excitement, you're not excited about playing D2 then? I guess in the final game in the log game?
Yeah, because I feel like we didn't show anything like that in the game.
Not too excited?
Never get the Ix side.
I'm too boring to get the Ix side.
But yeah, we were looking to get some payback, I think it'd be nice to go street.
I think we didn't think we brought a good game.
I think in the past these guys have beaten G2 quite a lot of times as well.
So yeah, we're going to, I think it'll be much more competitive this time.
And you'll know the visa.
Maybe.
I think it goes for all of us right now.
You're one of the most exciting teams to follow, Ash.
Thank you so much for joining us here on the disc.
And I appreciate your time and best of luck against G2.
Thank you very much.
From Ash, we also have to speak to a LUSA.
Unfortunately, MAD is no longer with us at the tournament.
James Banks caught up with them straight after the loss.
MAD falls short here against Aurora.
and it looks on paper, and this is what I want to start with,
is that you had no chance within this one,
but some of the plays or some of the decision making,
we were just talking about it, were made in the right way.
So what does it feel like to go down like that
when you even have a good read of what the opponent is doing?
Yeah, I think the main thing is about Dust2, right?
The first map, we know that we're going to pick it,
so we came prepared.
Like, we made a full game plan,
we knew what we're going to do, everything around.
And I think also we had the right reads and then you lose these rounds where you feel like you're in a good position or just like
A 2v3 retake for example. It was early in the game or just a B-stack and you lose these rounds. I think it's for us
Mentally, I don't know. It feels like every time we lose these kind of rounds
It's hard for us to get back into the game and I think yeah
We just saw today in the result right like we lost these rounds and we had dominated on two maps
And is that maybe why you thinking photo went as bad as it did
You feel like the mentality wasn't there from the team
We knew exactly also what was happening on Inferno, like for example,
Rikadia likes to spam the car, and we started off the first round also getting
spammed by this guy. Even after our first kill I think, we had like, again, we have
some good starts that we want to do, but in the end we just got picked apart,
and it's not like, oh what a play, or what a lucky shot or anything, it's just like,
we knew this is how people like to play, especially because we faced him before, right?
But in the end, like if you're on the server and you can't handle it, then
around to look hot.
Yeah.
Looking at just you guys as a whole right now,
I heard of some monsters coming into the team
to try to help you guys and get some extra,
a different way of looking at the game
and playing in the game.
How much of an adjustment period
is that going through for you maybe as the leader
and how much is that changing for you?
Obviously, we change a bit in our approach, right?
But in overall, I would say it's not a hard thing for me
or anything.
It's more like some more reinforcements
to help the squad.
So I think it's not something we have to get used to or anything, it's just another set
of eyes watching our games and just very, very helpful.
But at the end of the day, he can't help us in individual skill or for example clawbacks,
to have an individual play on its own and clawbacks from rounds that we maybe shouldn't
have won.
I feel like if we're flowing in these games and we have a good game, we have plenty
of these but once we're like a bit back against the wall and losing first gun round, losing
pistol round stuff like this and the game doesn't start this way I think we have some trouble
like you know getting back into the game.
Looking at just MATM where you guys are at right now obviously you're trying to push
forward again you're trying to get back up to where you were on VRS but it still
feels like you guys are blocked every time I know if you could figure it out you
would have done but how much can a team take of this because it feels like such a
lot of up and downs right now.
Yeah, I think, like you said, ups and downs and at the end of the day the only thing to blame is ourselves, right?
And yeah, I think now this was kind of like the we had like the tier one circuit to start this season and we have one win on record now versus now, which is obviously nice, but overall, like, especially with some some results, we're not really happy and yeah, for us, it just means head down back to work and grinding tier two tournaments,
lands coming up, you know, we're going to travel across Europe and we just got to compete
in lots of lands and gain some points again. And also, hopefully, hopefully, some confidence.
Confidence is very important in Counter-Strike as we all know, but you said you're going
to be grinding out some lands across Europe. Does that mean consistent time in Europe
and practice in Europe that can also maybe help you guys? Because I know you've always
had that back and forth between NA and Europe. Rather than consistent practice, I think
it's going to be consistent tournaments like back to back to back weekends now coming
up with European lands and then the Flomland actually I think to kind of finish it up then
we kind of see where it's all standing you know how many landmines it began at the end
of the day we're obviously looking at the major right but yeah like you said time in Europe
always does it does us good so yeah. Hopefully it helps you come back stronger thank you
very much for your answers mate I appreciate it.
Flomland mentioned he's going to be very smiley right now I'm sure he's co-streaming
this one after watching M80 do that but for M80 I do think at least the positive
They will get some of that time in Europe.
They're always watching their shagging days and how long they can stay here,
but it's a team that's been wanting to try and grind out some more events in Europe
and some tier-three lands back that are to build some confidence is key.
If anything, I think this tournament was a reality check for them.
The fact that they were able to get a win against Navi, good for VIS,
good for the points, good for getting invitations to some of the tournaments here in Europe
they would like to attend, but the way they lost today
and the way they lost the second game after the Navi won as well
is the reality check that maybe they needed.
You know that they're far far away from being able to to compete against some of the top European teams
Yet they have that upset potential in them like they showed against Nami. I'm not too scared on their behalf
Only if they want to be a top five team then obviously this is a massive step back
But what do you see them right now like it's top 15 top 20 then 25
I think they want like if I have to like a system right here right now
I would say like go for a win two losses in all the like tier one events
But at the same time head for top three in all the open lands like that's where I see them because there's still a little fragile
Which is why I think it's a good thing for them to disappear a little bit, go out and then play all these like open lands where you can farm the confidence, come back with a map pool where there's like no gaps, maybe one, but that's okay.
Come back and then pick some maps into some of the big teams and surprise them, because obviously there's a reason why M8 is here, there's a reason why they have been a major.
like they have something solid but I'm not sure they should be shooting for
the stars I think there's like lesser goals that they can make and still
maintain you know their their relevance in the scene. Well someone who was shooting
like a star is on the other side of things it was Antares we spoke about
him so much on Inferno he was having a field day he was doing what he does best.
A confidence booster for our Fuss on Terrorists. Naturally having a great
game of Counter-Strike we spoke about it his his peaks are still insanely high
you know he's still able to take over a game especially at this level
Now, we'd naturally love to see that transpire against G2 as well, and I think that's the big test for Aurora and Centauris for that matter as well.
I have no doubt this team is going to get better over time. I have no doubt knowing Ash and how he works with his players that he'll eventually figure out whether it's going to be with this exact five-man roster, or if it takes a roster change down the line.
Same goes for Centauris. He will always be good against these type of teams. Question is, can he do it against some of the better ones, and can he do it against G2 who's coming up in the next game? That's going to be the real big test.
Well I got a lovely little mic top moment to show us from Zontaris during one of his highlights.
B, flash, flashing, nice.
I don't see me at all B.
Aye, oh my god.
Dandy bro, holy shit.
Why did you kill yourself for only yourself?
Bro I don't need to do anything to flash.
For assist bro, I don't even need to shoot man.
Holy shit, nice Dandy bro.
Thank you bro, good job my assist man.
You know what I love with that?
Xanti doesn't say anything the whole time, right?
Just listens to him glazing and probably nice confidence boost.
Just push you on for the rest of that map.
Yeah, like I was looking a little bit of my papers going into the game.
I have that Santairas as 1-14 against teams in the top 30-50.
And guess what? M80 is number 38.
Okay. There you go.
There you go. It continues.
Yeah.
It continues in style for him.
But ultimately, right, it's still a lot of building.
It's still a lot of progress for this Aurora team.
team and like you said we can't really place them as of just yet but at least
they're winning comfortably against teams as opposed to win against. I think
when you speak to Ash, when you speak to Jim Fett, when you speak to the
Turkish Colvin, the line-up as well I think they all agreed they're getting
better. They all agree that the more practice they get together the more
games to play together they seem like they're getting better and you must
know that you know as a coach there's no better feeling that feeling
it's actually going in the right direction. The question is as we've
been saying a million times now and I hate to repeat myself James when that
this, we don't know yet. Even Ash doesn't know it, we don't know it, it's still a question mark.
Pym, I've just been getting some information. This round you called out just as M80 Noobs,
so I don't know what I'm supposed to throw here. What is it? What happened?
Eh, no it's not that round. Also I didn't, I don't think I called it M80 Noobs, but
I can walk you through the round. This is where the game is over. You know, you
think to yourself, okay M80, you did yourself a favor by winning a couple of rounds. You've
pushed a row into a safe scenario right here. You walk up middle dry, you get
completely annihilated two players in middle one player in apartments and even though you're trying to fight your way back into this round
Well, you end up losing it despite, you know doing your best efforts Kixon is staying alive
He's getting a kill with the 5-7 in a couple of moments and that was the moment right here
Had they won this round 6-3-6-4 maybe get away with five rounds who knows what over that happened in the second half
but
The one chance they had was this round and they throw that away against a couple of pistols and a 5-7 a
A previous sports psychologist we worked with had this saying that good on paper shit on grass
And I think this is this is the idea the contacting up mid with zero util when you know they forced everything into a couple of rifles
They have available and a couple of five sevens right so looking back at this round
I think they're probably wish they have thrown you know a long smoke maybe even a flash an HEE something a little bit more cautious
But you spoke about this rather than mate you would try and hold some utils sometimes, right?
Yeah, but I think that was mostly for a CT but the thing about it is like
I think they did everything they could in this game, and maybe I just think they missed a cobble of
opportunities in the beginning of the half and from their point on as sin also says in the post game interview that
They can't recover and I think that also goes to show like what type of team this is
This is not a team, you know that instantly resets like Falcons getting equal back and forth 500 times against legacy yesterday
Like this is a team understand not understanding but placed, you know
just below the best teams and this is why not necessarily losing this round but
also the mental state of getting back into the game. Yeah very important all
that psychology side of things but we need to take a look at the group and
show you guys where we are at because tomorrow will be the last day to
decide. We still do have two more best of threes in going out for the rest
of today but I mean it's Aurora G2 we get a rematch from that first game
you know we said it was maybe a 50-50 at the time. Well G2 showed up in a
big way now I'm gonna ask you boys again we've seen Aurora play we've
you've seen G2 play, how much do you think Aurora has a chance?
They definitely have a chance against G2 and that's because G2 haven't really shown to be that stable as that top dog,
but I think the way G2 have played so far in this tournament gives me no reason to think they're not the favorites against Aurora.
I think we're pushing, if G2 wins it, we push G2 and not shop in the tier list and then Aurora becomes the gatekeeper to that tier.
I think that's about where we are right now and yeah, like a raw beats
M80 and then they like let's go like teach you still
I like the honesty with it boys
We are done for another day here on the early morning shift
But there's still two more fantastic games to come your way counter strike action kicking from the early morning to the evening
Depending on where you are in the world. So enjoy all the action that's coming your way. We'll see you later on
For me, French Counter-Strike has always stood out in somewhat of similar just Danish Counter-Strike.
There's always been a passion for the game inside of the French team.
There's been a lot of talent coming out of France, some of the best players in the world.
It's always been like a force to be ridden with in the department and I think that their playstyle has been a really nice mix of being extremely aggressive
but at the same time, also having quite the technical benefits.
Talking in BK, there's always like a pivotal asset to whatever team we'll be playing in France.
The likes of Kines is kind of the same story.
Kines was also brought up inside of very games.
I think I played against Kines in his first official ever in Counter-Sauce.
Talking Shucks has always been part of the good teams whenever they were on the rise.
Sergius always had some kind of Godfather Ruffle within the teams.
It seems like a guy that has guided the young players coming in to them, you know, that's just like a cool story for him to come in and connect with them at the bottom.
The funny story with me and APC is that we were rivals for a long, long time.
He and myself, we shared the same kind of role.
He was probably the more increasingly of the two of us. We got reunited inside of the fatality.
He had obviously taken up another role of him being an in-game leader.
He had this obsession with having a soldier who just didn't fit my position at all.
And that is what you see now with the likes of Flames, you know, and it works for him.
So let's be honest, it's a great asset.
Apex's IGL style is, in my opinion, the perfect fit.
He understands and wants to try and utilize his players in the best possible way,
like he recognizes and wants to figure out what strengths does my player have.
He's exceptionally good at reading the game, not so much like in the micro-decision,
but more like in broad pitch, like he always tries to be one step ahead.
That's like the same kind of thing you should play with.
Apex was working off the system, where Apex has maybe created the system.
The Paris Major was obviously unique.
We knew how much it meant to the organization in French.
We had the CEO coming in stage and lifting the trophy and crying.
Obviously that was very nice and I was winning his first major in mortality in Paris.
I'm like this, like a central authority in the south.
Coming into the grand final, we were standing outside.
I remember that I just said to the guys, like, I'm just not losing today.
You know, I just made that very clear with him.
And I knew that if I could go out and be so confident about my feelings,
then that would spark something within them.
I was so close to my own goal and we were so close to the team goal of winning the Paris Major.
There wouldn't be a world where we wouldn't fuck this one.
We had the street going for them right now.
They have won six tournaments in a row.
It's got to be something within them,
the thing that they want to try and beat our record back
in Australia as being the greatest team of all time.
I mean, when the team is doing so good,
it creates a lot of possibilities to create some really nice
storylines, and there's no doubt that Vitality is also
in a position now where they can start doing that.
That will just spark something in some of the young players
coming out of France, you know, they can't strike in France.
It's not that big in the common knowledge.
But I think that's obviously also changing now.
We're seeing the president going on,
talking about Vitality, and he's been wearing like a Vitality shirt
So, we see it with 3D Max, you know, a full French team,
a team that has been grinding to live in here a lot of last season.
There's players, you know, that's been around for a while,
but there's also a couple of new guys.
I think they are a dangerous team, I would say.
I think we are the better in paper for sure,
but they have high motivation, they will fight, they want to prove that they are a better team.
They don't have much chance to play in this event, so they will do everything, and they are in the race for major,
so for sure they will fight until the end. I think it's going to be a mental game.
If we commit to the fight and we can handle this, then I think we should win.
It's honestly history-wise for Inner Circle, it was pretty rough games, and it's time to break it.
In a circle up against foot here in the lower bracket for group B, of course both of these
teams are wanting to advance to port but it is still a bit of a journey between now and
then for themselves.
I got Maui and Vu here joining me at the desk.
Now how are you doing today?
Great.
Full elimination day.
Ah, yeah.
And it's still great.
That's what gets the blood boiling.
None of this.
Oh, if we lose we have another chance.
I don't want another chance.
I want to see do or die every single match.
I want to see some teams go home.
Well, you're in luck with that,
because there will be two teams today going home.
But we'll look at that in a circle.
And would you have an inkling view,
a hot take as to which one it could be
that you see go home first?
I think inner circle are gonna be
on the outer circle of this event.
They're gonna be heading home.
They're gonna be heading home.
Unfortunately, I like inner circle.
I think they do a lot of things right as a team,
but foot is just a better team.
They've got more experience.
They've been in the better situations.
They're coming off of a great run at EWC.
And despite being in the lower bracket,
they should be able to take this one down.
Have to agree with that sentiment.
If I were to compare Inner Circle to a Pokemon,
I would say that compared to all the tier two teams
that are Caterpies, Inner Circle's like a,
they're like a metapod, you know?
They actually have leveled up a bit.
They still have that initial move set,
but it's not really growing just yet.
They're next stage of evolution.
Then you're gonna see some blossoming,
them becoming the butterfree, of course,
But right now it's just it's a little one note.
You kind of know what you're going to get.
It's good, but it's not really as diverse as a playbook like
foot's at. The problem is foot is the butterfree or the B drill,
if you will, to this team.
They will be absolutely destroying inner circle.
It'll go through that. It'll go through that somehow.
Somehow.
Everyone's out here saying that, right.
But at the end of the day,
I go to speak to some of the inner circle guys.
I feel like the vibes are pretty good for them.
And we did get to see what they had in stock
for a lot of the viewers.
And of course there are opponents as well because in day number one they took down vitality. You cannot forget that. I
Almost forgot
Forgot it because they go into the next matchup and get absolutely blasted by a house
You know they end up in the lower bracket
I think the game against vitality was great, but I put that one a lot on vitality just not showing up
You have you have zai Wu having such a
to struggle some game.
One of the worst games he's ever played,
and you have Inner Circle capitalizing.
You obviously have to do well to capitalize,
and you have to credit them for that.
But at the same time, I would have preferred it
if we saw at least some fight back against Maus.
That would have given me confidence
heading into this one.
Also have to agree.
I also just feel like the people that stood up
for Inner Circle in this game
sort of came out of left field for me,
the fact that it was Captain Kirk.
A head trick may be a little bit more
of a known quantity for them,
but as opposed to someone like Dawi
who's kind of been lighting it up in their online
or their tier two play,
that's supposed to be your win condition for inner circle,
not your late round sort of anchorish player
in Captain Karka.
Was there a moment in the Vitality matchup though
that really caught you by surprise,
Maui, when you look at inner circle, you go,
oh, I can still see this,
even if it was a full roster of Vitality,
then still be able to take those rounds?
Well, they still, they had some good rounds.
I mean, on a new base,
they had a really nice set piece
where they were able to just take some good mid control
here just kind of a double push.
It's a little bit of a gamble,
but at 50 seconds you kind of need to find something here.
They understood the pace that Vitality played with.
Then Captain Kirk does maybe almost 200 damage here.
Molly finishes off those two players
that's being sent in by head trick.
And at this point, you can just see how inner circle,
they understand that in an UBIS,
you can't just play a 5v5 on your heels.
They have to be active.
And then on the other side of the map,
they're gonna play for the more guaranteed kills.
And this isn't a crazy groundbreaking round,
But it was one of many where there's just this one play that at any point in time inner circle outlines for themselves
We have to make it and they do it with confidence with teamwork and sometimes with great utility
Yeah, sometimes a question the the overarching macro you see from inner circle, especially on a new bus
They leave captain Kirk is so alone on that a site that it really struggles
But they have success because they know how to play around that they go for the aggression in mid
Then they can pivot back bringing the other players back
They can actually have some consistency in a Tier 2 Tier 3 scene where usually teams struggle to be consistent inner circle has put themselves
I'd say ahead above most of those teams
It's just another step to get to this level where I think they can take down a foot
So what is it about captain Kirk that target and also head strike that you're looking towards now where you're like
They are that a little bit better than what we're expecting
Well captain stepping up captain Kirk has played a couple of majors at this point compared to some of his teammates who have a bit
less experience and
And so when he gets to play against a team like Vitality,
it's not his first rodeo.
So he can play those late round situations out
a little bit more cautiously, carefully, I would say.
Then and whereas some of his younger teammates
may be getting caught off guard
or finally are being limit tested
by other strong entry fraggers,
he can still slow the situations down
along with someone like Hedrick,
who's also played in a couple of majors at this point.
So he can also, and he's more of a passive operator.
He's a guy that really wants the action to come to him,
wants the dust to settle a little bit.
And then that's where they usually find their marks.
I just don't know though,
if you can really rely on those two to be your stars
when your entry fragger needs to be doing more.
I'm looking at Dolly to try to step up
if they want a chance against Fudd.
Yeah, we saw in that graphic head trick
with barely breaking a 1.0 rating at this event.
I think he should be better than that.
He's usually better than that
when you can get the off in hand.
Fudd is a team that you can find openings against.
The problem is getting the off in hand.
And as you're saying,
if Dolly's not having a great game,
The economy is going to be down, you're not going to have the off in the hands of Headtrick
and then you're really going to start to struggle.
Struggle may be on the horizon for the side of Innocence, but I do feel that they have
a good chance against this team here in foot and I say that because what I alluded
to before is I did get to speak to two of their players coming into this series.
I wanted to know more about the struggles you guys faced against Maus yesterday.
They were just not even one, but two steps ahead of us, they were controlling both maps,
they were repushing everything, killing us, we couldn't punish them for their aggressive playstyle.
And because we played their games, we were feeling very, very good.
And they actually changed their positions on the ancient, and it's a bit like surprised us, we didn't expect it.
And because of this, we couldn't, not because of this, but anyway we couldn't adjust our game plan for this.
Do you think there's going to be any surprises today going up against PUT?
From them or from us?
Both?
Both.
We will try to surprise them as well.
And they are the teams that are always progressive, very, like, fun to watch I would say, and they are playing pro-active.
but we will try to punish them.
What sort of counter-strike do you like to play?
The aggressive, the punishing, more structured type?
Me personally, I like to play more aggressive,
but I think our team has more tried to be more structured team recently
because we didn't play this style ever.
We only played very aggressive
and now we're trying to be more structured and to play slowly,
How slow is it before?
How does that process look to change from being an aggressive team to a structured team?
It's actually hard because some people think that other teams are doing it all the time.
We strive to see that because we are not fully prepared and fully experienced in this.
You know, we need to gain some experience and to play more structure CS and I think time will help us.
I had you talk to me about your growth as a player since joining in a circle.
I think that I'm feeling like more freedom with this team because I feel that I have like more space to work with
and I'm also trying to charm in with some experience as I think I've had.
So, yeah, that's... and honestly, I'm still trying to grow and help my team to grow, so I'm just trying to be better, I don't know, like, specific way, you know.
What does freedom offer you as a player? Like, a lot of people talk about, oh, I have more freedom, but what does that actually mean to you?
It means that if I offer something, it usually is not being cancelled, like, during the round.
during the round, and that, for example,
IGL is sacrificing dropping me better guns than he plays with,
which also gives me more confidence and more,
as I said, space to gain those skills.
And I think those are two main options.
And what would you say is your biggest desire
as a per player outside of lifting trophies?
It's to be stable, terrible player,
obviously, because you want to be here
and in terrible events.
To be here you need to show a great level of CS as a person, as a team obviously, but it also comes as a person
because it usually connects with the team play. And yeah, my main goal is to be strong around play.
And tell me about the strength that you guys had in Vitality, how you're hoping to maybe replicate that again today.
Yeah, we were like very, I would say, emotional, and it helped us a lot, like to be very vocal
with those small communication details, and I'm really hoping that today we will rebuild
it.
And it was that part where I'm talking to him that I realized, if this is a team that
is emotionally driven, and they're willing to turn up in a low bracket when they know
it is a duel or die, as you guys keep saying, that go home will continue on here,
I actually do have significantly more faith in them to be able to persevere through what is a bit of a skill there
Yeah, we saw a monestay yesterday say he loves the pressure games. He likes to be under the pressure
I think some players thrive in those situations and some players begin to crumble and I like to see some confidence coming out of
Hedrick talking about growth talking about playing well and you see it from you see it from captain
Kurika as well where he's talking about the team trying to play more structured recently trying to change up their style the
The concern I see is that when I see them change up their style, I don't see them have
nearly as much success as I'd like, and they look a little bit too readable.
I think a team like Foot is going to be able to tell like, hey, they spread out into a
default early, but they're just waiting for the time on the clock where they can regroup
and go together.
I think this is a Foot team that can see that.
They have a great coach in Culeo that can game plan for that, and they're just
going to be a step ahead.
That's where I do expect Inner Circle to get picked apart is that they are that
more one-note team than you would want,
especially against a team like Foot,
who has really shot up the ranking.
But intercircle in some ways,
they're probably feeling like they're playing
with house money at this kind of event.
You've already taken down Vitality.
Your VRS ranking has already just skyrocketed there,
and I will correct myself from earlier.
Captain Kirk hasn't played in a major before.
He was one win away from playing in two majors,
but now with that win, they are right now,
they would be a stage two invite to the major.
So if they can kind of build off of that confidence
that they got from Vitality.
But one thing you need to be telling yourself
if you're in a circle is that that was not a fluke,
that we earned that win versus Vitality.
Because you need it, and you know what?
If that means lying to yourself,
then you need to keep on doing it
because the farther you get away from that victory,
the less it feels like it was a legitimate win.
That does mean lying to yourself.
It does mean lying to yourself, but-
Fake it till you make it, bro.
Exactly, exactly.
That's what they say about that.
Fake it till you make it.
You know, if you be Vitality,
you fake that you're a better team than Vitality
until you make it true.
Yeah, I agree with you, actually.
It's a fluke until you can prove it.
It's the same way people talk about a legacy at the major was a fluke.
They struggled afterwards.
Now they're building on it.
You could say foot at times was a fluke, but then they build on it and
you prove everyone wrong that it was a fluke.
It wasn't, but sadly it was, it sadly it was, it was a fluke, not on building on it.
It's a similar thing for foot, right?
People are trying to put both of these teams in similar categories for
different reasons, but did so well at the previous tournament.
Now we have this expectation for them to have stayed in that upper bracket.
Of course, it was tough because their first matchup was against legacy.
team that ended up coming third in the same tournament. So we put you know top three kind
of against each other straight away and they do drop to this lower bracket, but it is still
a phenomenal performance that they're putting up for themselves. However, if you don't make it
to the playoffs, a conversation doesn't sure after that. Yeah, the lower bracket is a little bit
it's almost like a bad description for foot because they come in and they play the third
place team at the most recent event, a team that's absolutely blasting on the server recently
And you think, OK, they lose to them.
They're playing as teams that have lost to other weaker
opponents in the upper bracket.
Foot, I can't fault them for their loss whatsoever.
Inner circle, similarly, I mean playing vitality first
into mouse.
That is the nightmare bracket in this type of situation
as well.
It would really sting if your foot's
and you don't actually make it to the playoffs
of Porto after such a great run there in Paris.
And I think it'll like they know that.
So on the other hand, the pressure
would definitely sit upon them.
But I feel like I've seen foot play themselves
through pressure numerous times.
A lot of close games in the previous season,
albeit with longs instead of X-Floud,
where they were able to withstand big comebacks
from top teams, but still keep their heads above water,
still move on in tournaments.
But the problem is that foot themselves
are still finding consistency.
I would say it's safe to say that Paris
was a bit of an overperformance.
And so now we're getting more of the regression.
However, I believe that regression
should still land them but to make it through the playoffs or to the playoffs.
Yeah the concern with foot is when they are on when they're on point and hitting
their shots when their players are showing up especially when cemetery is
having a great event they can come in and win. I want to see more consistency
from them actually making the playoffs. This is a team where if they can
consistently make the playoffs they can occasionally make a deep run that's
great. If they're missing the playoffs and then occasionally making a
deep run then I don't feel confident in their structure to really
predict them to do too much more and you're hoping when only other results
going to start becoming more consistent but we're also hoping that some of their
players are as well the key player here that we're going to talk about is
cemetery it's really hard not to especially how we see him and the
dichotomy that he is as a player right you go to one map he's amazing and then
you go to dust two specifically and it feels like is this even really the same
player sitting down at the PC that's the big question mark regarding where
this video goes and why cemetery just can't get it together on what is supposed to be one of the
most I would even say just quintessential op maps. This is it's a map where you have so many
opportunities to take duels, so many chances to impose yourself, so many easy rotations and long
sightline fights that symmetry should be feasting on that map. But based off of what XFLYOUT said
to us in the postgame interview the other day, it feels like cemetery just views himself a little
bit more as a supportive element to the team, but that's not what I want from an
operant. So I want a guy that's going to be able to take over supportive opera.
That's like Bigfoot. I don't know if those things are supposed to exist. I
don't think those things make sense in nature. I mean, you talk about cemetery
with consistency. The problem is his consistency. He consistently misses a few
too many off shots. I need him to be consistently hitting the off shots
instead. Well, I'll give you a difference between Bigfoot and
cemetery is I've actually seen him in person. In fact, I got to speak to
and people in this series.
Hard to believe.
Cemetery, could you describe to me
how you feel you are as a player?
I mean, like right now I have tough period,
like a lot of shit in media.
People hate me kind of, but it's fine for me.
I will try to prove in this game, in next game,
that I can play better.
I just had some like hard periods.
I was playing not the best,
but on EVC in quarter-finals and semi-finals, I was playing good.
I helped my team, but in the final I fucked up.
I had a lot of pressure.
Also, the first game with legacy here went a bit hard for me,
but I feel now I'm slowly going back to my shape,
to my form, and it's going to be better day by day.
Day by day.
We did see yesterday your just two performance
was a bit shaky, a bit difficult as well.
I wanted to get your thoughts on why you think Dust2 is a hard map for you, despite it being
something that a lot of AWPers do well on.
I don't really have an answer, I think it's just all about how we're playing.
I think we're just playing Dust, bad as team, and that's why for me it's hard sometimes
to get some kills.
For example, I don't feel comfortable because we're playing not as good as we
good to play on Dust, and that's why sometimes I can't get open kill and stuff like that.
So Dust now looks a bit shaky for not only me but for our team.
Sanctuary being very honest, I mean he knows what's being said right now around how he
is as a player, he's very much aware of it, but he's also working really hard to
be able to improve that and of course giving us some more answers about how he perceives
what some of those issues are on Dust2.
you're going to play more
passive. You're going to get
more utility. You're going to
get caught in situations where
it's very tough to hit shots,
and then you're going to hit
even less shots. I mean, yeah,
I feel like the symmetry guy
get off social media. That's
all I have to say about that.
Okay, just get off social
media. Make sure you guys
stay here because we haven't
even gotten to our best of
three. In fact, we don't
even know what Max is best
of three is heading to.
I don't even know what Max is best at 3 is heading to.
A big discussion right now around what is going to happen in a circle and foot that
banning at Duster.
Well, that conversation topic is put to bed.
They don't want to even play Duster.
They don't want to see symmetry on his worst map there.
Both of these teams shared a veto or a permaban in Inferno.
So now the the game of chicken actually went to the second phase and now so foot they get to pick mirage
I would say that's almost as good as their ancient
So they're not really too worse for where I love this video
This is actually such an interesting veto because they share the inferno
Most of the time the second ban will do the honors of banning that shared veto
Or sometimes you'll have kind of a brawl fest on that map when it does end up coming up instead
You have mirage instead you have nuke I thought this was going three maps primarily because I expected foot to just
Cripple or fall over on dust two instead. We have the bands coming out then inferno. Thank you. Thank you
I don't want to see two teams play their promo band
You don't I gotta give props a foot in this video because they got two of their favorite maps in mirage and anubis
Sure, no ancient but that's because of inner circle
But I also love the fact that they Vita
They actually continue to play the game of chicken and still didn't ban it in the second phase because they knew inner circle
Wouldn't go for it that that's pretty unheard of for favorites to do that the confidence
I do respect that a lot.
They forced the ban of Inferno in the second round.
Then you end up with maps that they're very comfortable on.
Well, Mirage, a comfort then isn't enough to be able to get them into a good position for this best of three.
It's elimination on the line here.
And we'll see just how it plays out with scrawny launders.
That we will not.
We've got it.
Moe elimination yet again.
Foot versus IC.
And, uh, well, I'm excited for this one just because of Foot's.
I will call it a recovery versus Linn vision,
even though they lost a map to Linn vision.
You know the improved version of linvision and we are sat here waiting to see whether these upcoming consistent playoff runs from legacy and foot can really truly continue
But they're fighting for that one spot left in their group and obviously foot the favorites as far as poly markets concern
That makes sense and great breakdown of the veto guys
I think that sums up the the rest of how we should feel in terms of confidence and yeah
We do have to say also teams like linvision
Especially even though the teams I played against had off moments of form
They played very well to get close in their series
So yeah, they they see an early exit, but to be honest
We didn't have a lot of expectations for them in this match though
It's everyone's warm foot have already shown how beastly they can be
And the same goes for inner circle, but I
Feel like in most of the games almost expecting a 2-1 in this one
I'm not seeing that as much
Execute over top
Flash is inbound and a whole packet units coming to this one pair of burrettas
The inner circle have
Zero effects falling off gives more room over hard to track the jump. We'll do it
Oh
That just demons head over the ledge and cemetery's 15 HP versus four. It's not gonna happen
Shout out inner circle hitting shots out of the game. I do have Amers man. They do have Amers. That was pretty scary
Honestly watch that from the winners POV
excellent hold overall
And despite the bomb plant it's a snap investment here for foot
Everything going into it, but there's still four m4s on the other side
Things get interesting quickly
Big opportunity for Inner Circle in a game like this.
No kits on this round, so gotta be very careful there's a full exact coming towards A.
And they're playing triple, which can be a vulnerable spot if you don't frag out.
Captured back off.
Just kind of give that space over, let them have the sight.
Next one gets blindsided by just the secrecy that Inner Circle had tucked away on this
ticket booth.
Headtricks here with one and we'll see what Krebbenny can do this time around at least armored with the tech nine
Decent damage on it gets dropped down to four HP. This is a world where almost two additional players from IC go down
Instead, it's four up solid conversion. You mentioned it the four M4s. They bought all of that moves forward
So you lose an SMG you're happy with that one and it sends foot into a real safe
didn't see anybody inside the site and that's because
Captain Kirkham moved out of in the CT spawn and his teammate moved up
really really quickly to cross fire and they just thought alright this is a
moment where they over invested on mid control and we actually have a way to get
in but no bomb plant it's a huge failure for foot that was what they were
looking for at the very minimum
To scary remainder for Group B, Mohan heading into the playoffs.
We've got already four teams confirmed of the six, but this leaves the winner of this
match versus the winner of Vitality and Legacy.
So foot vitality legacy and a real underdog chance in inner circle.
Two teams in great form, vitality with a stand in, although JL's had reference maps already
in that vitality jersey.
I thought it'd be safe to just write this off, but one of the three deagles already finds
a headshot.
That was a pretty sweet setup to catch the fallback.
Now they'll think about B.
I'm gonna plant the feet on top of the rifle, make sure no one comes to scoop this up.
Bomb operating alone top middle wants to join forces, and so it's five guys mid after peeling
back for a second.
Oh, actually, it looks like they were going back to look at B, and now I think it feels
like B to inner circle, but they'll see this now at the bottom of connector.
It's a pretty heavy CT lean on the other side of the map.
Captain Berka confirms four, commits, and almost gets three.
immense damage done to demon and real limitations remain four-foot.
They get through two players, fake plant gets zero fix to jump the gun.
We're down to 15 seconds. That could have been a hell of an opportunity.
Four chunks. Had he got his kill inside connector,
Cemetery holds up his end of the bargain, gets the money from the plant,
and then the jumping MP9 to finish.
So that'll keep Inner Circle on their toes, saving two M4s.
Letting a little money go with the bomb plant shows us that even some pocket desert eagles
can be a real looming threat in the hands of this definitely talented foot roster.
That would have been tough if they went three rounds of a bomb plan, especially with the,
I think the option to plant both of these last two.
But, inner circle play it very aggressively.
Try to appreciate.
No fear coming out of this team.
Golly up and over early.
Analysts had some harsh words for cemetery so far this event, let me keep it a close
eye on his form but he does have the most kills so far for foot. Coming into this first
gun round with an AWP as well. The only AWP on the field. We'll see if that winds up being
an advantage for foot. Let this press down into the ramp. Ooh, felt awkward for a second.
No, they're just changing utility. One of those minute little things that can catch
you off guard if you're not careful. Captain Kirk could down first. Damage done to
Demon everybody here for foot surrounding this A site with a single player in through connector
Smoke's gonna fade at the top of con in a moment, but there is a fresh one down on Palace
That's gonna get popped by jugs
He's looking to get into this move for the three players emerging from ramp
They ate a flashbang really hard and then as they regain vision head trick peeks into them zero fix holds off the con player
And it's man advantage inner circle plus an edge in health
still bombsite gets taken over slowly they have been not planting too quickly
this is not over at all nah on a tucked into ticket that side of the CT hold
catching them off jugs goes back in this is a 1v3 and it's got to be pure at least
he has the bomb and even though he doesn't know it cover from the last two
CTs the longer he waits the more likely is he's gonna try to fake a plant but
yeah he needs it needs to do this full clear CT so he can definitely put it
down. This'll be his one chance to do it.
Luckily for him, they don't press in while he went for that.
One walks around, he gets the kill. Oh, and a good trade,
Dolly. Right there, make sure he doesn't take any damage back.
First gun round denied, even though Foot had a very threatening
a-hit. You can keep these bomb plants up, but it's
everything's catching Foot off right now, whether it's
inner circle playing very aggressive all of a sudden,
getting the multi, a head trick, two and a half kills
as he peeked out from triple, or when they just talk the
entire time. Sitting back in CT, it wouldn't always end up forgetting about them, so...
That looks like a critical mistake, I think, for Flid. I just don't know what to expect.
4-0 on Mirage this season.
Jugs with real impact.
That's what the expectations would be. Zero fix, almost catching a kill.
It's going to elicit Util out from the cat player, and it finds X-Floud.
Another moment where either you're changing Utility to somebody else, or in this case, throwing it.
I mean, they had a bottom con smoke, so you just walk through it.
Risky business catching off Inner Circle.
See what foot can achieve with a man advantage now. Plenty of time to make this one happen.
It's a very winning spot, less inner circle can get back, easy duel, and they get that
with ramp control.
This is WoW foot, we're about to take A.
Headtricks are going to be exposed to the ramp lockout.
Oh, he's still currents.
That's not the prettiest shot from the cemetery.
X-Low comes through with a nice headshot.
Dawi's going to reveal it himself and also try to hold them back.
It's gonna be a slow crawl from his teammate Onik up that catwalk because X-Flight was just there contributing and this distraction from the A site is
Queuing up Grubenny to flank. He'll find that ticket player
Onik late to the party worry this to where X-Flight's gotten off to. They just want full information before they do anything
And they've been scarred already, but Onik's not gonna be able to get back in. Oh, actually, they're so low
They're so unbelievably low. There's kids all over this bomb site as well plenty for him to pick up and
And it doesn't feel tradable immediately if he clears stairs just approaching so slowly
Back turned all he wants more. Okay has to take the shot
It's gonna anticipate ticket, which is correct. But where's the other T? It's demon underneath the palace low health
He's not considering it thinking maybe they had doubled up instead
So foot will find their first with a nice crunch onto the A site
You highlighted it that risky move through con to catch off an A player and then x-flowed
Just kind of leaving vacant space in middle, but you saw how concerned Onik was that he'd still be there
Gerga makes it great move. That's the only way that I think
Inner Circle had a chance to bring the round back
But to be honest what had all the right map control everyone was in a good spot when they had the map control
They had every right to go for an 8-bit
Because they got that first kill earlier they could even afford to lose one
of
death
of
death
of
my goodness could have been his death
that's looking like a light B site and there was many players there ready to
pounce that if the kill comes through
yeah problem with cemetery this event has even when they're winning he's
getting out of the impact
I mean it's still time to go be this is a really rough situation for inner circle and they don't seem to be worried about this enough
Can't track the one for any wild jump out crazy no information. Nothing. I really have the alien me
Believe this is a 100% anything causes that
Just the repetition of the last couple rounds ending a I think if you don't see anything
It's your idea. They're going a their own a like they it's something about the stage into the round
that's like, oh, when they do this, they always go A or you played against them.
And sometimes literally you're reading how the other guy thinks, but.
Didn't have the vision.
I could poke her face from foot this round, then the problem with it,
really, for inner circle is maybe if you're your solo,
the guy should be fully on guard that if it is be like, I'm prepared to do
something because otherwise just go away as well. Yeah.
Or play retake. So you get, oh, they make a sloppy move.
You get a free kill. You get out. Maybe you can retake.
Is it common enough to send an AWP alone to be apartments that maybe when they heard the AWP they thought none of the riflers would be there too?
It is, but I mean you think about the amount of AWP picks and B sometimes you've got everyone behind you.
Sure.
Ready to if they get the kill you run.
Like this round?
Yeah, it's very normal so some kind of hard read.
So we're lining.
It's not a super costly round for inner circle.
But it does let foot close that gap and also build up some money.
That's Coach Cooley I wanted to come through off of the round of win.
My favorite coach quote of the event so far to Cooley.
I can't push the buttons
I was talking about the last game. I don't know. Blade actually said it
So I don't know if I should repeat it, but he said no laughing in the lower bracket. Okay, damn
I don't know if he said that that's real. They're talking about it
You know, I think no laughing no crying neither
Stiff upper lip. Deal with that tournament that exists.
This is a training day, man. All you have is your small-scale prize.
Woof! Full-blown hit. Out of nowhere. Foot throw all in A and lose their palace player.
That could cause a problem, but 0-5 still head-tucked down.
Oh, X-Flight and Demon emerging with a kill apiece.
Big mistake there from Dowie. Off of the tack timeout, a very quick, very heavy.
This is crazy!
Connick, how dare you!
Getting away with the US, he creeped through the smoke from CT.
Demon on the other side.
He has to apologize to his teammate, at least he gets it back.
My bad.
Well, that was lovely.
Yeah, they take Pallas, but I don't worry about it.
I went head first into the stack and just started blasting.
Blasting just started blasting. Sometimes it really does become that simple
Praise inner circle for their strong start, but I think there's been a couple of great examples now of foots
depth in terms of the playbook
I feel like we really got the best showcase of that from them versus Lynn Vision on Anubis.
Their T side there was just constantly changing and sort of on a whim, right?
They were dominating that game so it's not like they were forced to change things up.
They just stayed two steps ahead.
I feel like when foot start flowing, when their aim is sharp and the ideas change up
That quickly, very difficult team to keep in the cage.
They creep forward on Palace this time with two players.
Again, it's an execute over top.
A little bit lighter on the nades,
and Juggs is just gonna try to pounce on in.
Tapping Kirk good for one, and Dolly revealed.
We've got this jungle fight for zero,
which he wins, and Demon creates enough space in sight
for this bomb to go down,
assuming they cover off-ticket.
Onik is gonna be ahead of the flames.
Does he swing? No.
Waits a second. Gets clear. Demon going big for this one, and he heard Hedrick burning.
Player in front loses his face. Demon on for the quad kill, as Hedrick slow calls in to get that trade back, tagged down to 6.
Massive output here from Demon this round. Cemetery fires the off-shot, misses. That was a critical chance.
And now Hedrick creeping in, still playing with the AWP. If only he knew!
That was a mistake 6 HP could have been the sidearm cemetery freaks out head trick takes one quiet step off to the right gets out of you and
The chance is gone demon put together kills that you should never be able to get in a sequence
carried that round
Whoops. Yeah, I was cemetery's performance lately under question
That is one of those shots. You just kind of waste such a great demon play
Now peek in the left side of the triple is always going to be the riskier one because
you go off to the right you have the advantage, you have a sliver angle and they have to
walk all the way around the left to even see you.
Back to early A presence, one ahead of the flames.
Nice nade.
Cemetery eats 36 damage.
Then gets deterred by another fire bomb.
Fresh smoke on Palace.
Oh, Jug still though, catching Dawi in the corner.
That's gonna have Foot-Feeling a little braver to emerge out through that ramp.
Captain Kirk could tucks in.
So it's all the Fommas and he finds X-Flight first, a second from Captain Kirk duck.
Demon, yet again trying to be the sole solution to this bomb site.
Krebbeni finds his, man advantage goes back the way of foot. They can start to close the gap in the site.
They're gonna go for the plant uncontested as Head Trick gets turned back away.
Great coverage offered by Krebbeni.
Now you just gotta watch your gaps. Zero fits sliding through.
Oh, they don't cover this.
That smoked it, but Krebbeni left his position.
Zero-fix knows he's around here
Another how head trick down to 22 demon was not left in the clutch last round despite the output now
He's gonna be the chance to close
And they're both gonna have to cross over that could help softening them up fire in front of him
Demons gonna be kept away from the bomb for now
But he's gonna have to try to sprint at this on top of that bomb
He's got a clear head trick great
Awesome round from zero fix finds all three of those kills in the 2v3 a connector kills unbelievable
I think Leo Kribany on such a good angle knows exactly where he is. He's making tons of footsteps. There's only one way he can peek
But he's literally just too fast and Captain Kirk is also putting up ball T after ball T
Double-op variation now for inner circle.
Trying to stay fresh.
Oh, missed opportunity.
Demons remains a monster so far for foot.
What's worse, a monster or a demon?
Are demons monsters?
I think demons fall under the monster umbrella term.
A genus?
And I think a demon is still worse, because it's kind of hellish.
Oof!
Farewell B site, so they think.
Dolly's still sticking around.
They're not clearing this.
Bombs down regardless. Dolly into the cover.
Oh, cemetery turns!
They wouldn't look silly doing that spray paint and losing to that.
So a quick pop into the B site.
They don't give up on who they are though.
It's another quick round.
And again a different look yeah, you know foot have been I think hard to read in that regard inner circle have just had
solid plays
individually
The claw rounds back and also hold their ground
Zero fix cleared out so that'll put the money under question here for inner circle unfortunately
That's a ton of pressure economically in fact
Two players under 2k perfect time for foot to win a round like that
And so inner circle have to figure out how they play these last two or else foot could damn well tie this game up
Changing over to the second side. Yeah, that might be necessary rounds here for inner circle
Hard to call it that though with the cash they have mmm
And only one round it's like even one round of loss bonus so
No, crunch the numbers for both rounds figure out which you'd prefer.
That show how many close situations foot have given up they've done considerable damage.
I want to say that's like oddly been a kind of like a negative point about foot this week
it was it was foot that was on the receiving end of back-to-back 3v5s right
versus legacy I remembering that right that was it was like five days ago but
yeah so you know that that one kind of broke them in that regard
Never something you want to become a trend.
You can see through smoke, Mohan.
Corbetti's gonna find the rest of them hiding back site.
Ooh, a second kill from very light pistols.
Foot are gonna remain adamant about taking over site,
because they're all still here, so trades will be good,
even if another kill came out.
But it's not the case, it's a majority alive moment for Foot.
And last round here for Inner Circle
still has two players sub $4000 so we'll see small limitations I see a
FOMS I see light and aids real chance for foot to at least make the most of
those close moments and tie this up at six. I think the foot will be closer to
apathetic than convivial after getting six rounds in this half that they
already have a number of rounds they go okay we shouldn't have lost there but
and at the same time six is enough yep one kid to go off here and another fast set move
for a foot it's been a very electric T side in terms of those early timings tough pace
to keep up to if you're the underdog inner circle they crawl out through the ramp this
time previously they've really announced it with a lot of utility this time just looking
for the duels and Captain Kirkka with this Fommus yet again holds his line now he's been
smoked out entirely.
Corbetti activates top middle takes a bunch of damage that queues up the doll we trade
with ease and then he'll double down through smoke.
Oh and head trick finds Juge's trying to get into the site cemetery with a chance
to come up clutch and make up for that previous lost 1v1.
He's been in his own head a little bit.
He can make good here though went for a deeper angle which would have been
the right call, still has time to get back on it, lands that shot but it's just not lethal
and still concerned that the CTs will split, switches and OK, makes up for that one with
spades.
We get the headshot close from Sevetary and a nice even 6 round half out of foot, T-Side
on Mirage.
We're at the Asus ROG Lab. It's Maui Snake and Voo. And we're going to be looking at some
clips of pro players from last events. And without the name plates, we're going to try
to guess who created the highlight. And this should be easy because we're looking at it
in lightning fast refresh rate on pristine color from Asus ROG. We're going to be
We're keeping score, but once you make your guess,
you are locked in.
We're keeping score.
I thought this was just for science.
Science and fun.
All right, let's roll the first clip.
I can tell you that this one is phased from 2025.
Who has these gloves?
Yeah, so weird skin combo.
Doesn't he broke?
This is broke.
It's broke.
Lock it up.
It's broken.
It's like, they're going to lose this map.
Yeah.
He thinks about going for the night kill.
He doesn't.
He walks around a connector, and then he always
I never was like, Broke, he's got it, and then he's right back to get in the pump.
Alright, this one is the Huns 2025.
I know that it says I can't remember his name.
I thought it was Score, maybe it's the only name I can't remember right now.
I don't think there's a Score.
Okay, yeah. Someone else.
Okay, if we can't remember his name, I'm gonna say that what happens next is
he doesn't get a whole bunch of Eagle kills and makes one of the best clips that he's here.
I was watching this in my mind, but I can't remember the name.
I don't remember the name.
Yeah.
Ha.
Nine.
Next up, Furia, 2026.
Oh, this is K-Sorado.
This is going to be the pistol lace where he flicks right.
Oh, this is such a sick clip.
It's one of the best highlights of the year.
I think it's four kills.
Let's say four.
This is like the bounty, right?
Yeah, pretty sure it's something like that.
Yeah.
Yeah, moose.
Oh my god.
it. Yeah. Next clip is going to be vitality from 2026. Yeah, this is a cycle flick. Oh yeah.
Although he purposely looks into the wall when he peeks so that he can flick really hard, right?
Yeah. Yeah. This is a cycle flick. This clip is Falcons 2025. All right. I'm taking Kyosuke.
I think it's Kyosuke 5 kills.
Yeah, I'll give this Kyosuke 4.
Indecision in the action.
Niko would have already thrown the Nade.
Would have turned around.
Randomly swinging around shooting.
That's Kyosuke.
Yeah.
And I show him.
Yeah, just looking for fights all the time.
Well, GG.
At least the highlights were incredibly clear
Thanks to this aces ROG.
I agree.
Very electric tempo to the game at a foot's T side.
It'll be inner circle to swap over here as we are talking elimination tonight
between these two teams your reward if you win a matchup versus either vitality
or legacy for a spot in the Superbock arena that's a lot to play for I'd say
mohan definitely then dinner circle clearly want it they've been celebrating
every single round playing super well to get there watch lots of potential
we've seen so far
Look at the threat in his b-site.
Okay. Demon. Fine. Thank you, please.
Do what you do.
Headtrick comes out through that mid-window and cemetery slides in to trade up pretty quickly.
It's the A-site conceded.
Hmm. Heavy ramp.
Yeah, Krebbenny comes back, starts stomping.
Yeah, Beretta's let you do things like that.
Prefires his way through.
Captain Kirk has been great inside the site with rifles, but just this pistol to work with.
And so we've got foot with the second pistol in their back pocket
And we've got to see this jumping demon Beretta kill because that must have been van into the deep apartment frag
Yeah, I mean explain yourself. He's laughing about it
With a dude with doolies
what he said he's like give me my graffiti bro that sucks yeah I like that
that was just checking
yeah but you know what the better you are the luckier you get it's a rule of
life we've even has been amazing we have said that luck is a skill after all
yes speaking of demon he has the second highest headshot kill percentage in
Notable events this year only behind Mzeno and even better. It's better to be lucky than good
I'll take both
If you're lucky
Damn
It's crazy that he can maintain that headshot percentage
With jumping kills like that that added what you just witnessed added
To his ridiculous headshot stats
Now he's going to be boosted on a great off angle, let's break that up to hold this.
It is tough if they really run by though, because you don't get a real second chance
until they're out through the doorway.
So we hang on to it, these happen to just wait for them to exit that door, and wow, they
don't get anywhere on this one.
Not a lot to work with of course, but they would have at least loved a little
more damage.
Xplowed 99, and he survives that one HP, his three kills, and foot starting to establish
a lead off of that CT pistol.
These guns come through now for inner circle.
Time to respond.
I think it's good for Cemetery to have closed out with that 1v2.
I think there's a couple of moments that he might be lingering on mentally if he's, you
know, a bit upset with his individual play.
That missed off shot versus head trick in the 1v1.
But at least you get the second clutch.
I think it's better to win the last one.
I don't think they know about this.
Heavy position here at the top of mid.
Oh, yeah, okay. No, Onik will get the trade. That looked like a guarantee.
No kits on the ground here for foot.
Oh, player caught, though. Cemetery walking into...
Yeah, he just walked into connector like he wanted one of the close corners, but he gets caught and transitioned by Onik.
Just unannouncing his P.
Oof, challenged to the capway.
Demon, happy to try to hold them back. Will deter Onik from walking up again.
They're just telling me they phased the smoke, they want to get the info back. Just guarantee that this is all a fake.
Clear this out.
But they aren't reading the regroup necessarily just yet. I mean, Kerbeni's the first one to sort of get out of the B site.
They jump clear everything they're both moving man. This is where flits rotations are so excellent
They're still taking their time because they do have this gap in window
But they're pretty
Confident and right that's the A site
Yeah
Still for Benny low health, but they've at least put themselves in the right position
Tough place to play and as he tries to jump back up not surprised to see him get clipped
Just trying to be a fast-moving target
Now, Demon, oh, goes for the bomb planter, stops it, 10 to the clock, but caught with a maid.
Head-trick going over the stairs makes sure that this is still an inner circle round win.
Aw, a bit awkward. In terms of target selection, actually, you could argue that was wrong.
I should have just gone for the guy on the ball, because the guy has his hands busy on the bomb,
but he's thinking I could knock this down, and it's a tense moment.
There also would have been cover to pop out from firebox after he took the second frag.
Yes, sir.
I'm with a low amount of health to Kribeni, you know, you're 14 HP you hide behind ticket.
You knew he couldn't stand there once you got seen.
Feels like you could just die to a straight bullet with how paper thin that ticket booth
is. But there's always ideas when it comes to foot between Culeo and Kerbenny. Nice
smoke spam output by Rudeaui. 195 damage, two inner circle in the opening seconds of
their mid-cross. Well, that'll take the wind out of your sails. Ammo's free. Yeah.
That's like getting punched in the stomach. Takes a second just to catch
your breath, so they'll crawl through the apartments in the meantime. And even
that's not entirely safe. Demon decides to play forward on site. Or from site.
I
I
Do look in there
All right, let's change things up and now that they've been seen
I don't really want to commit to a but that would have worked out better for flight
And for Benny didn't see anything but demon pushing in we'll find dolly
That was the low health player from top middle at least so it would be calm to actually there was two guys underpass as well
Yep
I don't know. Two more.
Doesn't spread far enough though to force him into their angles.
Ooh, and look at that! Juke plays forward, now Demon feels freed up!
He is so good right now.
Beast, he is so good right now.
21 and 10, another 3k Demon.
Just kind of dripping in confidence with a lot of these moves,
and backing it up with stellar aim today.
I feel bad for inner circle with this top mid attempts, but it's foot man always with
their finger on the pulse right?
Unless your team wouldn't have had demon go clear those top underpass stairs.
Jukes getting it side of the smoke when he sees it out on ramp, off angle catches
a player off.
It feels like if you're inner circle you just can't do anything for free you know.
They're also yeah they're in you know foot they're freshly tier one they still
know how these guys play. Yeah, I mean they are still looking out for those little moves.
That is always fun right when like when a tier two team crawls out of the swamp
And then they just become the gatekeepers so that anybody else that thinks they can go on a hot run
You know just shove them back in there, man
You have not evolved enough for land
I think if you asked your two teams describing it as a swamp is fair
It's money down there. Oops
Good for what pick up and a flash work the next slide, but
Nice easy round for foot
But this one is just lambs to the slaughter
Fresh mutton weekly special
Three-round lead for foot in the rock solid defense since they've switched sides
You just activated like five new Indian fans.
Great reference.
It's really the goat of food.
They are our people!
It's been a deathly invitation crossing to those boxes so far for Inner Circle, but
this time they do get a little wiggle room out middle.
This is the moment before it gets too ugly for inner circle.
Got five up with some map control in a minute and a kill.
Captain Kirk, again leaving his mark on this.
X-Floud, still concerned about the mid-play,
but doesn't want to give them all that free space, A, either.
We get this crawl up through the window,
so from Onik, great flash, makes this awkward for X-Floud.
And Onik will just play right there on the limit.
Oh, the ramp player's low.
Hedtrick, damn near held back.
Demon gets active.
Last piece, four foot to try to save this round.
Yeah, they'll take a big gulf.
They know who's coming.
Oh, nice kill.
Good on Onik, great round from him.
Triple kill as he climbs up through the windowsill and really just removes the assistance from those a players that almost held it on their own
But head trick not dying over towards that ramp helped out
The IC Esports closing the gap by one there were pretty pretty reactive on the site
Picking into a ramp like that. It was in a circle who didn't see any pushes
But they had a good amount of map control like they were kind of doing everything right
They were just expecting foot to make an asymmetric position happen, get something back in connector, but there's nothing like that.
I think Coolio would like to have a word.
So quick to go back to no kits. Happy to frag out.
The really retakes haven't been a huge issue.
These teams are so brawly.
That's the kind of round that does end with a bomb plant.
Full A attempt.
They're leaving it all out here.
risky stuff. So it is going to be responded with Lance and Rayton, five of them ramps,
two nades, oh man it's 29 health off Dahwi, another smoke thrown in front of him, missed
chance from Jubbs and Captain Kirkage just lines that up through the Palace smoke. Good
flash back though. And now Jubbs trying to go wide as he knew he was limited, they
were eventually going to hone in on him. We've got man advantage earned for IC. Oh
Oh, he sees that.
Krebbeni executes Dolly.
That's at least the low health player.
A ton of damage output.
As Onak gets whittled down into the 20s,
they're going to try to press off site with this jungle play.
Little awkward, though.
Cemetery's still on cat.
All he has to do is kind of turn around.
He doesn't have very far to go,
and he's already watching the flank.
Big pick off and another.
Wait, now they go back to A.
Oh, Krebbeni.
He risked that.
Zero fix.
Slicing that second head off is everything.
Man, the bomb is scared, though. They don't know where Cemetery is.
He's crawling forward, up on his back, USP in his hand.
The bomb has been planted.
Full approach with this USP.
Dead silence, still.
Ah, doesn't trust it. Goes back to the pistol.
It's a good swap out.
Gonna have to show us the rightful ability, or...
What are we doing here? Swapping back to the sniper, starting to consider the save?
Yeah.
Doesn't like the chances when he knows he'll walk out there into the pinch and so props to inner circle
They break through that defense felt like the CT utility was really gonna stifle them
But I mean it helps when Captain Kurtka blows a hole through smoke and just blasts away the guy top palace
Yeah, he's kind of doing what Kermany does on the other side. He's getting that first kill
It's like whichever side it is. It's always really scrappy. He's dying a lot, but he's just putting that one up
It's creating so much leverage
This is a palace spam
I thought Hedrick blew this. Let me let that second heal happen.
It's a much needed instant headshot from Zero Fix in CT.
This game would have been kind of a wash without that round, so real nice.
Make sure to lock up that 2v1. See, footer not going to invest.
Ah, Krubenny does though, oddly.
Adds an M4 to that AWP.
So a little more.
Man, they're right. It's full A. They're ready with A-Ramp flash.
Still not great guns, but they have the right idea.
Cemetery still towards B.
They're not playing anti either.
They would have nothing here if not for that one M4 by.
Kissles. Ah, flash is not deep enough, but still.
I'm getting maddered.
Blind by them. Krubenny reveals that there's an M4 out there.
Jubbs has been dealt with.
It's going to be a head trick to try to get back into the ramp.
He's got a teammate right alongside him.
Cemetery's rotating over, but he's also considering
that maybe there's a lurker out through middle.
Krebbenny wins another fight, gets value out of that one gun.
USB blindside.
And now Onik has a minute to try to piece together a 1v2
after all these deaths go down on A.
I love that Krebbenny took that fight.
He's just so selfless.
If he does that, it helps so much with Palace,
because obviously you're going to walk out if he dies.
He gets his kill, too.
That's a terrible situation here for Onyc, but you know what it's not unwinnable.
Demo doesn't have armor, it's just that he's demon, I'm not sure if he needs it.
See if he can hit that instant headshot, Onyc starting to just walk in hoping maybe they
would have departed.
They did not move.
They've waited here the whole time, missed shot from cemetery, and that could leave demon
with no armor, still hiding. Okay recovers at least would have been nice to just get it
clean with the first one, but it's an 11th round from foot and Krobeni, a 2k after he
decides to be the only person that invests around that saved AWP. And I love the way
they put the pistols in front of it. The M4 suddenly catches them off with this trade,
and then he's able to continue his duels and shout out Demon, blindside and Captain
Kurtka which dangerous business died you know deciding to walk out through that
smoke it's because Kermini died if Kermini didn't peek a ramp like that and
die you're not walking in a palace yet they don't have info on the site and if
he was selfish Kermini was selfish stays back ninja waits for them to come all
the way out and then his teammate could get cleared on balcony all kinds of
bad things could happen but he really plays for the team and because demons
demon, an unarmored USP winds up being perfect for the job, 23 and 12 is demon and
God that's such a gut-wrenching round for inner circle, should have been able to
tie this game 10 all, doesn't even wind up being the one saved off that wins that
round it's the pistols in the M4,
should be a very boring game for demon with the amount that they've gone a but
he's just been involved in so many rotation kills
but they're they're right about it it's a centric
cemetery sits in the flames Kerbeni goes wide off smoke this is majority
Light by four inner circle, and it shows.
Mac 10s, the Tech 9s, they find nothing.
Onyx Galil with the one, that's it.
We've got three map points secured by foot,
as they took to the CT side,
and ran away with this game.
Just so solid at a foot.
Can't break their confidence.
They survived like lots of great rounds
that inner circle have taken from them.
Low numbers, missed shots here and there.
They're still winning all these positions.
They're still reading the maps so correctly, even with very little information.
And unfortunately for Inner Circle, their potential last round on this map
is Deagle's and Tech9's.
I didn't see that you might just walk right in Crubenny's been shoulder-spotting but just
barely missed it on it doesn't even have a second hand on the keyboard that's crazy
uh... it's just chewing and chewing and chewing
it's that yep no one pushed
hahahahah
chuckle the smokes back off they go back
If any remains tucked in, now they're all just going to go apartments.
Alright.
An all-in B hit.
Inbound.
I mean, the criminal is like either they walk out underpass or I've got to flank something.
What cemetery's angle here?
He's playing with an AWP.
But he's just watching the door exit.
Obviously, the smoke's up.
This is a couple of shots.
This is our play.
I'll give you one thing, but he finds his first left.
You set, Miss U-Tilt, small mistakes, possibly at this point
when you already have such a disadvantage to go up against.
Head trick gives him something to think about,
but it will be inner circle cut down to size.
Foot showing us their individual level, demon
at the top of the board, and also just such a varied play
book through that T side.
There was more rounds that Foot could have won.
They get away with six on the attack
and then lock it down on the defense safely
securing their map pick.
A good showing for the side of foot there.
Definitely some sparks for the side of inner circle.
But at the end of the day, it was put to map pick.
And it is put who step up to the plate.
Yeah, it just took a little while for a foot
to get comfortable on that one.
They start down a few rounds.
Then they kind of download the IC style on the T side,
bring it to a 6-6.
And then in the CT side, we were worried for a second.
It looked like inner circle was actually
getting something done.
But then foot once they once they got their feet beneath them, they really did close it out pretty comfortably
Let's see how many foot puns we can jam
Yeah, I mean it's a somewhat expected result I will say inner circle put up a really a nice fight for themselves a couple players having little
Pop-off moments and good late-round play from the usual suspects people like head trick even zero fix
getting in as well on it,
having a nice round himself,
but Fli just were able to withstand all the pressure.
Practically everybody would had moments also where they two
chimed in equally, if not better than their counterparts on the icy side.
I didn't tell us go with that,
but Krebbeni really showed up in the later half.
I have to say I was super impressed with how he was able to perform when
it did get to that CT side folder.
Yeah, in the last couple of rounds we saw him just take a few straight up
aim duels after a couple of cemetery misses.
He took a few straight up aim duels
and managed to get two, three, even in the open.
He's taking down the player meant to trade him.
He's in the right position.
Very tough to deal with this foot squad
when their aim is on point as much as that.
Also of all people,
Corbini is the guy that recognizes the most frequently
in my eyes when he needs to be the X factor,
whether that's on a map like a Nubis
where he controls so much of what is going on,
or even on a defense where he's on a pivotal
rotator position where he then decides,
Okay, we need a kill to get back.
I feel like watching foot,
he has the best idea at any given points,
as most ideals do, of the kind of number theory
that hey, we're down a man,
so I need to make a little bit of an aggressive play
or we're up, so I need to reel it back in a little bit.
But sometimes it gets him caught off, not here.
This was where he really shined.
Yeah, it was incredibly impressive.
But all around as well,
the way that they were able to finally get a win
for themselves in the first half,
I feel like that's the best way to save it,
because your idea was very tumultuous
the way the players are
playing. We're going to be
able to see the players
going forward to start where
we're seeing inner circle sort
of run away with something
that foot somehow ended up
bringing back. Yeah, there's
there's a problem that I
inner circle had against
Mous as well. They have this
playstyle that I think is a
little easy to read. It puts
them in a very tough
situation when teams they
take a gun round or two. We
saw mouse. They took a
pause and they kind of, as I
said, downloaded the
playstyle the way inner
circle play in this map.
It's too often kind of
just a two one, two. They
to win. This round still gets really dicey because you don't have any information in middle anymore,
so they even have the stack on the A site at the correct moment, but you have a player in window,
you have a player on short, you have two players coming through ramp. It's very tough to cover
all of these angles, and if you were to see the following round, it's the exact same thing.
You have a stack towards the A, but that time you had foot go B. When you're in this situation
with the way inner circle play, you just kind of have to gamble stack and pick a bomb site
But rather than what so many teams are finding success on Mirage recently,
which is you track them throughout the map.
You get a little aggressive in mid.
You don't give them that mid control too quickly.
And then you can follow where are they pivoting?
Where are they going on the map?
Inner Circle were kept guessing the entire CT side.
And that's why it was a 6-6 on what is arguably the most CT-sided map in the pool.
Inner Circle, because of the way they played against Maus,
it almost felt like they reeled in even more for this one.
Because when they played against Maus,
almost all the CT rounds that they won were based off of just playing
Sander default don't give up any kills in mid whatsoever
That's how mouse kind of ran away with the T side and I feel like that was kind of an over correction
Where they too frequently just gave up all that space didn't have any Intel whatsoever
And that's just never gonna really work against a team that has this polish of finishers as foot does
Again though we came into this and you guys are saying that foot are heavy favorites
But I feel like the fact that in a circle could start that strong lens a little bit more to the narrative here
But also the fact that whilst foot do get a beginning for themselves in that T side
It is still a strong CT right?
It's not as strong as it should have been but they still end up 6-6 on I'm still somewhat impressed in the later rounds like round 9
I see could still get a strong handle on the CT. I mean, I still have to also praise inner circle
I felt like round 9 was actually a great example of how the default style can kind of work for them
This one was actually a little bit more I'd say but kind of a 3-2 in a way
But they lose the opening pick and Captain Kirk is able to pick up two kills on the bomb site again
He's guys overperforming at the stern. It's really fun to watch him
Slawed in like this and then in the three-on-three situation
They lose the kill on short, but then you get zero fix who has a great idea and also a kind of a miscommunication from from
Krabeni or anybody really from the side of
Foot there has cemetery had no idea somebody come come out jungle and then Krabeni
he still can't find the trade.
And then I'm just going to say perfect utility from Hedrick
here, OK?
Nate at the ramp, Molly at the ramp.
He smokes the bomb as well.
He uses every single piece of utility on his belt
to just make sure that he gets a very clean bomb plant.
Maybe he could have gone a little faster after through
the Molly, but that's nitpicking
because they still won that one.
Yeah, one of my concerns coming into this was that I
thought, in a circle, I don't really like their play
style on CT all that much.
However, I didn't know if they could actually exploit that.
They go for so many full execs,
We saw essentially an exec on the A bomb site there. They go for B hits back to back
And you can't kind of work around the map the way you might try and exploit an inner circle side
And so you give them these spots where if Captain Kirk can over deliver as he has many times this tournament
It really could go their way
But we did see foot change up their style at least a little bit and then going to the CT half
It's just money. I love how really honest you guys all with me in terms of teams this skill caliber
Especially if they're gonna go for those one-on-one duels and you're a little too harsh on cemetery
You're saying he misses a couple shots, but brother the only reason why they ended this off
6-6 is because of clutch from cemetery. Hey in my defense
I said he's great in the clutch even though the stats call him average
Okay, the stats say he is
Decidedly average in the clutch. I disagree my eye test says he's good
It's the early rounds that he's really struggling with also though
I have to note that doesn't always have to use the AWP in fact
I feel like he feels a little bit more free when he is able to pick up the rifle
So I think symmetry in this one he get yeah, he gets the bomb plant in the one versus two
He finds the tag on that oncoming
Opposing opera there and then he just says you know what I'm not gonna go for the off anymore
I'm gonna I'm gonna rifle this one out and it's a great spray
I mean the second kill right there the transfer onto the instant headshot was just perfect
I gotta say the game sense there really great. He spots the player CT takes the shot turns back. He knows there's the if there's a player
If there's a player jungle, they're swinging on him immediately after he takes that shot
So he backs up then realizes there isn't time there's not time to get to jungle pick up the AK turn around
The game sense in that one is the one that really impresses me
You did say it. I thought we finally got to see the round in which it backs up
What you're saying that the eye test is he can clutch it up
He can put his team in a good position because being able to tie in that first half gets them to be in a position that the second half
Doesn't feel as strenuous even though they don't end up winning too many of those earlier parts
There was also a 1v1 that he lost
Two rounds just before that
101 and he ends up missing the old shutters like I'm not I'm not taking now on there. It happens. It happens
And I mean I will say this was a decent performance for him again
his woes primarily are localized to Dust2. On other maps he's a lot more
reasonable of a contributor for the team so just give him another Dusty map.
It's fine. We can talk about the second half as well as far as like transitioning
this to alluding to a little bit more. Round 20 was the one Maby where you're
looking at and you're saying that there is still a lot great going for
this team. I really thought that inner circle was gonna tie this one up but
they get eco'd. They get forced by it against and this isn't even a good
Flash. The Flash misses, but Dawi doesn't quite hit the shot. And I would say that that's just the
first domino to fall and what is then going to be a very difficult round to collect. Kerbeni though,
I like that he plays the old Rain anchor A position just to play the off angle. Guess the one for
one. They don't expect the last player there, Captain Kirk, who tries to go through the smoke
and then it's a very difficult attempt here from Onik, who almost gets symmetry, who then
closes it out with a nice off shot. Just that that round in itself is pretty much the
the fact breaker. That's all it really is. Is that you don't even get blind and
I think that kind of epitomizes how do we struggles on land have been more than
felt by inner circle who really had a chance in that game. Yeah, I think we're
looking at that as a completely different game if they win that round.
You have five players going through a it's not like a player goes middle and
he gets isolated cemetery picks him off with the saved off. It's just five
players going a one player falls. They can't get the trades and credit
to foot. I mean they hit some nice shots there, but certainly you
have to be doing better if you're in a circle closing out against what they had
two USPs there. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, someone who was able to get a lot done
with that was demon, right? He was the player on the side of foot that was
showing up time and time again. And the impressive part of it is he was able
to get so many kills on the rotation. I think that's the part where you look
at this and you go, Okay, this verse got a little something going for him.
Demon is the player that I think most people when they watch foot
initially, they are most impressed by his aim at times is incredibly snappy.
I think at times he sometimes misses a spray or two that makes me favor, I think you too as well,
my favorite jugs a little bit more, but he's still when he is on and he, I mean,
divine intervention. Is that good? Is that good aim? Is that good aim right there?
Toe Cold Zero. Ask NACS how they feel about jumping shots that make no sense at all, but somehow land.
When Demon actually has the decision making to back up the aim, then he is,
He can be and oftentimes is their best player first few months this year.
He was kind of off to a slow start as he transitioned to tier one,
but I also think with overpass coming out of the pool,
that was a map that he had some difficulties anchoring that B bombsite.
That drag down is rating it now.
He has a couple more maps or at least one more map that he is probably just a
wee bit more comfortable on.
Is he just a player that you're loving what's been happening right now
in the last little bit of foot?
I'm not even talking about just this tournament.
I'm just saying overall now.
I mean, I mean, I mean, it's
really, really, really, really
important. Yeah. Demon now
feels like maybe they're
hottest prospects jokes because
it's kind of back and forth
with me with him and jokes,
actually. I mean, I mean,
Krebbenny might have the most
overall value as an in game
leader when that's added on to
the package. But yeah, demon
and jokes are both really
strong. I think if you're
looking at foot beating a
top team, oftentimes it is.
It is this X factor demon
coming in, having a really
great end game opening up
map because we're gonna continue this best at three just after a break where we see them take action on nuke
in the circle had a lot of chances on foot's map pick of Mirage just before, but they weren't able to close it out for themselves. It was foot taking the advantage here in this best of three, but we do look towards in a circle's map pick now we can have a look towards nuke.
This is a great pick for them because it is a strength for inner circle and it is
a punish against foot. Foot have been on a really pretty bad slide on this one.
Five losses in a row and I feel like despite the fact that foot is known for
how poppy and aggressive they can be especially on the T side of a couple of
maps that they like let's say ancient and mirage. Nuke is a map where I feel
like they are just static that the feet are stuck in concrete that they
aren't moving nearly as much as you see some of the top teams rotating around
trying to make aggressive plays. Maybe symmetry once a half will try to make
something happen with this AWP. It doesn't usually go well. And then they
don't even always rotate as quickly as the smokes that the other team would
throw. Ask of them to rotate. Yeah, this is one of the problems when I
looked at the beginning of this series, I thought it would go three maps
because you expect them to ban nukes so they can play dust two, but
they're both problems. It's a strong map, either dust two or nuke. Very
strong map for inner circle, very weak map for foot. And this is where they need to turn
things around if they have any chance of two or one. Well, but obviously felt significantly
less comfortable considering their results recently on dust two. And so when you look
towards new, is there still that little bit of extra leeway where they could eke out
certain rounds for themselves that we could still see individuals lack the side of demon
show up and be able to pull them over that life. Individuals will always be capable
of showing up and pushing a foot team over the line. But I think as a team, they
just lack what you need on this map to feel confident in them taking down an
inner circle that likely knew this one was a possibility. Also inner circle just
keep you guessing that's the one great thing about watching them even playing
against tier two competition they throw such a variety of smokes outside they
always try to send at least one guy to test the waters out there and for a
foot team that already struggles to find out what's going on on the map
inner circle keeps a lot of teams very much so in the dark the fog of war
it's just going to be too thick for foot through some of these and so I actually think inner circle are going to be able to pull off the
1-1 equalizer here a lot of faith in inner circle
Then map pick how strong the Vita was but is are they going to be just as strong when we get on into it?
We'll see if they're able to fight back in this elimination. It's growing in London's
Yeah, in theory tactically strategically feels like inner circle of you know
They've grown a little belief for for themselves within the scene
But I think foot man hitting as hard as they did if they can get through that fog of war that we're talking about on an
Individual level if that can kind of be the flashlight in the dark
Then I do think inner circle not only have to tap into their tactics mode
But they're also gonna have to show that they can keep up to some of these hard-hitting foot individuals
Yeah, well they have their stats are just so like opposite to each other on this map where just like the streak for foot
0 and 5 single-digit losses and it's like single-digit victories
for inner circle like really frying on nuke at the moment so we see kind of how
hard they can shoot overall back on Mirage I think they just they couldn't
keep up because foot just really good at the map but yeah I mean the Vita was so
interesting you have to expect that foot were someone prepared having floated
the way they did I think I'll at least get the CT side to prove themselves
Steaming up first, missed a couple of shots with the USP, fails downstairs, and Sendieri here to hold them back, and Patrick doesn't seem to give it down.
We're going to fight X-Flight with first blood on zero fix, but this pack of players out here do get their kill.
We've got Perettas down beneath for the Heaven Drop. Oh no, bombs now in the dirt, or the polished floors of the back A site.
a site, Krabeni gonna extend to the 4v1 advantage. So foot, if the CT side's where they get to start
and the CT side has a pistol in it, then maybe it is a chance to just get a bit of confidence here
because I do think it is damning what you mentioned, the 5 map lost streak 4 foot on Nuke,
but then I also look at the teams they lose to. It's Spirit, Fury, Mouse, Mouse, Vitality.
I mean that's the top shelf of opposition. Yeah, it's, it would, if they've mapped for
Closer it'd be nice. I think the only thing they definitely got out of it. It's probably some good conversations
The problem is like they're they're T side in every series at 29% across the five maps. Here we go couple of close ones versus
Whoa nine in a row my goodness. Oh boy
Last new queen was in the PGL Bucharest semi-final. You know what?
I'd rather bet that they win after nine straight losses no matter who they're playing against right
What are the odds they lose ten nukes in a row?
That almost never happens, especially not in tier one.
Which is what foot are now.
They are.
They have elevated.
Scout in the background.
Pistols up front.
At least there's two players here and the first guy's the A4.
So you let that 30 bullet magazine flow, plus the shadow warning.
Yeah, good amount of damage.
And the second rifle entirely going to catch you off,
especially with Grubeni on the crunch.
Top secret push for the 2-0 foot start.
Come down to the inner circle, get a little overconfident.
They know that foot are going to make mistakes,
even if they prepped a lot.
Because they just don't have that same confidence, no wins.
They're going to be vulnerable in some spots.
But definitely, they're also going to come in prepared.
So, I don't think there's any world in which foot go.
Yeah, we're struggling on Nuke, and this team is way easier.
We're not gonna respect them.
We're gonna respect them a hundred percent.
Eat that flash.
How many calories do you think it flashes?
At least 200.
I surely feel really dumb for even wondering this,
like a piece of metal that's like a lot of calories or is that not calories
probably probably rich in iron
are they made of iron steel maybe aluminum that we never get that in our food
it's a full buy with a side of flashbang xplowd let's him know we see
Back here. Jokes under pressure.
Hey, he's done a good job of dodging the threats.
That's how he frapped the whole side. I love it.
Goes ahead, gets an assist. The cemetery's on the scene.
We do have an answer back, but look at the health care that remains for Inner Circle.
First gun round does find footing on the exit.
Onik, one tap from the tech nine. Don't you dare.
30 HP, 1v3! Oh! And he could have, but he misses the headshots on Demon,
who will get two kills on the round and shut out Inner Circle's first buy.
Yeah, little silly not clear that close corner made it expensive. I think for foot though. They're still celebrating
Just up three straight already half a map behind them
Looking for a first win on nuke
So much footing here for inner circle as X-flat kind of forced to let them cross over
But it was slick moves. We always talk about it how fast the CT rotations are for foot
I mean you think oh you think that'd be a strength on a map like nuke
She's got to make sure you do the right rotations
So be trims. Why does foot suck on nuke?
Who whose fault is it? Cuz we have to blame one person
Oh
Kerbini gets blasted by the tech nine. That's an m4 or that was an m4
That's an m4
It was an m4
You're gonna keep the bit up depends on if you pick some oh different m4
And you can't do a wheel
Light by it
Keeps foots costs honest. We've got an op trained on this lurk though from ramp
I think that should be the end of Onik, assuming Cemetery hits it.
Mmm, he had...you know, he's got a lot of kills actually.
Yep, with rifles.
Which I think was part of the criticism this week, was like some of that rifle play.
So, I mean, that's, you know, maybe that's an uptake in the right direction.
He's got a lot of missed first shots. He's also got a lot of hit second shots.
Is that a silver lining good enough for you, Moe?
Sometimes.
Not one clutch.
Except that one clutch.
Well, luckily for you, Demon is multi-fragging out
of his mind tonight.
Yeah, man.
He's insane.
5 and 0 is his start here on Nuke.
Fast player is the server.
His foot start.
Looks great.
Hard to tell they ever struggled on this map,
from what we're seeing so far.
And it's not like they're running from the problem.
They're very aggressive, just as they always
are on every map.
Nobody loses 10 games of nuke in a row
Surely yeah, I'm sorry in the interview. There we go
1.21 rating on nuke since joining foot locks out of 0.95. We had to get a long straight. Oh god
I regret asking no hold on we said we had to blame one person. I don't want to blame longs I
Take it back. Yeah, do someone else be trips
Although it is a great highlight that on a one-to-one upgrade for this map
But guess what, Xlots 7 and 2, so those stats are remaining true.
I think it's actually really cool how Foot remained true to their character and picked up another young rising prospect.
You know, sometimes when you finally fit, you make a roster move and like you bring in one of them old dogs and scraggly guys that have a ton of experience
We can't shoot worth shit.
No!
Like a snack sir.
Yeah!
You don't have no fans.
I'm not naming the names.
You know what I mean?
But no, they kept it nice and fresh.
And X-Flow just has been shining since.
And what a great chance for him.
I mean, you get to join this solid core.
Back into the micro of this round.
We've got Dawi climbing up around Heaven.
Nobody up there to deal with it.
They do push off site.
And what do you know?
Captain Kurtka left alone and Lobby dead up above Kribeni though is Dalwi and his teammate.
Kribeni's not clear, okay, now that'll confirm it.
Kribeni's gonna flank in a moment, 0x gets his kill, jokes from back site, double down on the head, shots, almost does it all on his own.
But Onik has emerged with the 2k, and in the middle of that, he did deal with Kribeni.
Oh, okay, brother.
Okay, that's a hell of a...
of the
the round had legs for ICE sports
in IC jerseys
think that makes but six sense e-sports
sir
had good variations in these moments you know good responses to the IC threats
send them back down into this by
Attack 9's in a single AK for 0 fix.
Aw, Cabeni hits that.
It felt like he had inaccuracy in that shot,
and it still found the headshot.
This better be lucky than good.
Not quite the fallen aim punch headshot.
From EWZ.
So ready.
So ready.
It's nice when you're in-game leader can frag out like Krebbenny does.
Just feels like he's that much more confident than his calls.
Conversation is oldest time.
It's always easier to call when you're playing while as well, you know, just don't spend half
the game disgusted by yourself getting carried the whole time.
harsh inner voice.
Benny's never heard it.
Now you got a demon to deal with.
Still has yet to die on this map,
but this feels like his time to go down.
They're going to try to flood at him,
soften him up nicely with the frag grenade
he's got 30 health to work with,
but that's also a T-Side smoke on double doors.
So they have to go back. I thought so.
No, okay. Cemetery arrives from Rath Musta Bent.
Might as well have it.
Captain Kirk could tech nines through.
Oh, no, put him down.
put them down. Yeah, that is a T smoke. Look.
It is. That's a T smoke. Oh, wait, wait.
Yeah, it's got to be a T smoke. I'm pretty sure which I mean,
Oh, they dropped it to plant in, but it didn't go far enough.
Yeah, you'd think it wouldn't be, but yeah.
I'm kind of iced them out.
I wonder if they missed it.
The only other thing is you could plant in that smoke.
In this situation, you would never do that
when you just saw a demon at single door,
Because you're obviously gonna get spammed.
That's a bungal.
That's the first time I've ever heard you use that word.
Bungled it.
Yeah, he bungled it. They did.
That's just demons sheer presence making him nervous.
That's no joke though.
Yeah, oh yeah.
Yeah, he's...
He has still yet to die.
I mean, that was the round he's supposed to die, surely.
It gets hit by the Nade, he's down to 30 health.
There's three tech nines at the bottom of double doors.
And we go 6-0 foot on the CT side, so there's questions still around the T side, there's comfort here on Nuke, but I mean...
We're a quarter of the way through regulation, and the inner circle has zero rounds still.
Being me.
0.94 rating on Cemetery's Nuke this year, the lowest out of anyone on the foot court.
I could've done Scrawl.
I was the one who asked for it.
I actually love that.
Let's keep for Sass.
Sassiness is for match four.
B traps.
Match four.
Match four.
Match four.
Fourth game of the day, that's when we pull out our props, you know, all that stuff.
How long until Kerbenny peeks? Not when.
Really need to. Ooh, that could have been a kill.
When will demon die?
Demons don't die, Mohan. They just go home.
And he'll be back next round.
Okay, okay.
Oop. Sticks around, Krebeni. Switches sides.
Krebeni also never actually leaves.
saves. Does love a risk, eh? Yeah, but look, look at the risk paying off. He's flanking
there up her head now. God, he's never afraid to make a move. Xplow does get blasted off
the site. Juke's has been really good for back here. What a layer up from heaven and
the back of sight. I mean, they are stomping inner circles, T side out. Four kills out
the jugs. Insane upper anchor. Insane upper anchor. It feels like they've you know they've
killed him unlike demon a few times but he's always gotten value out of trying to hold
that bomb site. Lovely layered M4s.
Shack and Kobe.
Said foot will probably anticipate newt being a pick tonight.
Well, this has been rock solid.
Mohan, they haven't even planted a bomb.
They have no bomb plants at all.
Nope.
Whoa.
Seven rounds one via elimination.
Not only are they losing, but they're also broke.
Two opening kills thanks to Dahwi one of them in that last round. Oh cemetery. We'll just miss this
He's making a ton of noise plus Captain Kirk is out. That's a nice shot to hit
Yeah, but you give an op over to headtrick who is the right guy?
To put that into if you're an inner circle fan
Kind of still a tough situation to figure out you don't know what footer trying to do CT's pushing secret
Yeah, they're actually thinking about flanking lower
So, kind of a great call here for Inner Circle.
Oh, X-Floud comes back.
Kind of comes down to his malty.
Now it's one.
Just enough.
Shave zero, fix off main.
Vent players stomping around, demon letting them know where he's at.
And X-Floud remains elusive.
But the Galil is going to get the better of him.
Dawi is trying his damnedest to get them on this scoreboard.
They have every important position locked off.
It's gonna be hard for the CTs.
Oh, a hitter just cleared it.
He's gonna go back and check a second time.
Oh, he's missed it again.
Yes, sir. That's really allowed Juke to close this distance.
And if they lose Heaven now, because that ladder distraction is perfect.
Now you've got two players up above.
Onik was never able to grab a gun.
Still kits on the play.
And Onik have 50 health with the tech 9 kill up top.
But what? Oh, not ready for a second.
I thought maybe Kerbeni had, I don't know where.
Yeah, I thought he dropped.
Kind of lost track of it all in the hecticness of the moment.
We go eight rounds straight out of foot, but there's silver linings in her circle planted
the bomb.
Planted the bomb.
Progress.
Huzzah.
Comes in all shapes and sizes.
Demon, eight rounds in the game has still not died.
Which now it's like...
At what point is it a record?
That's B-Tram's job.
taken aback by that good enough scrawny. I didn't know the tickers could have sass like that.
This left peek could maybe catch Cemetery off guard, but I'm really just kind of grasping
for...
But you know what?
He always misses his first shot when it's easy.
Yeah, that's fair.
Zero fix with a fun pass.
But I mean, he is operating behind enemy lines on his own here.
Oh, left side does catch off. Not cemetery, but demon. So that's his first death.
Cemetery lands the first shot.
Bumps into the railing. Just to keep it funny.
And then stomps his way up into Heaven, where Zero Fix has gotten off to.
They should have been kind of calmed, but they've clearly forgotten about it.
Just don't peek early.
Zero Fix. They're about to emerge through the door.
Yeah, totally blind-sized to Heaven play. That's going to unravel.
This looks like it has to be the first roundaway out of Inner Circle.
out of inner circle. X-Flight had another chance as he tucks into the front site and it is great assist from Head Trick and Zero Fix that just lets Captain Kurt to blow their heads off.
Nine rounds in. Four round T-Side still best case scenario but at least it's not the goose egg.
They really might not meet that many T-Rounds, you know, based on the numbers it's really foot that their T-Side is like the massive sore spot for them.
basically just don't give up focus
get a bomb plant they get a roundling they keep four up
as good as they need
even though Tato foot haven't made tons of money
I have some money but they can get through this in two rounds
Sorry, Corbetti, just an AK.
So progress.
Is it a coincidence that Demon dies for the first time and Inner Circle can win a round
finally?
He's been playing lights out, and it really was that left side trophy room that catches
him off guard, even with the trade back from Cemetery.
And the cemetery thought he was on the left forever, didn't see anyone cross.
Now Hedtrick, allocated to the angle, we could have a battle between the operas here depending on how deep cemetery goes.
But it doesn't feel like he's gonna peek into that.
He's really on his own here.
But that's okay, cause for now so is Hedtrick.
Feels like both are just gonna play this round out passive.
It would look awful if they went for a full ramp hit for sure, but it's nice and slow like this.
The biggest worry for Cemetery is just, yeah, if they rush them this first shot, it's kind of the worst spot to be on the map.
Just got to lock that down. It was good the last time they went ramp.
forces starting to join a round head trick cemetery still sitting on this
starting angle it's captain Kurtka up first his shot he's bailing he'll get
out of dodge at least but that is gonna forego ramp control at 40 seconds it's
nice to get away I mean with the amount of time left over I'd still think
I'd rather be foot here in a circle at the figure out how to close the deal
Oh, an X-Flight, I mean, Walk's Out of the Vents doesn't see anybody. They should surely now be worried about upper.
Kind of forfeiting the floor of the A-Side.
Oh, just misses that.
Great distraction.
Easy.
Yeah, Dawi offers up a few bullets, totally draws Krobeni over. X-Flight and Juggs go down empty-handed.
And that is a nice slow squeeze from Inner Circle with the correct targets.
Targets that was timing com for Cabani who's holding that forever
I do think though even if you got to kill on squeaky's seeker guy takes him out
I agree and still be in a pretty good spot
So great start from foot but we do get an answer by the end of this half these will be valuable saves from foot
It's the power of a compromised ramp room.
He bit on the jump fake.
I do think prioritizing staying alive is better than just committing hard to the second guy.
Getting a shock in the air there was fine.
In the end, they could shock it up to attach a timing.
And you can see already just after two rounds, the bite isn't that great for
foot. It was getting late man it was 18 seconds. Yeah they really slow burned.
The inner circle can win this one, they'll have a real dilapidated foot coming into the
last round.
And big questions posed by the desk coming into Nuke about Foot's T side.
We got a change up on the ramp room.
It's going to be Demon instead.
Off of Cemetery.
He's actually positioned down in those secret tunnels.
See how Demon decides to play his life.
Flash comes out.
Also willing to forfeit control of the ramp room.
The Krebene hanging around in hell means that they can't just isolate any upper
splits just yet. Demon gonna welcome them downstairs. He's still alone here. Closest Rotate Cemetery
who still got that AWP over towards the secret approach. Demon's gonna have to go big. We
hit 45 seconds. Four players. No, excuse me. All five collected on this ramp. But there's
a flank being put into position by Krebeni. We've gotta watch Demon, but Krebeni's also
flanking this pack and he's doing it pretty quickly like he does. He even keeps the first one clean.
Good trade back by Dawi. There's a timing here for Krebbeny as he keeps moving down cemetery
under pressure. Misses the up-close shot and fire in front of Krebbeny on one side but he's
still going to try to just push out into this site. Drops guns, they hear that and that's
going to turn zero fixes attention. Until that moment nobody was really watching that flank.
Yeah why would he drop his gun there? He had full ammo. Didn't shoot a bullet right?
I felt like Kribeni was going to be able to get more value out of that. He did also make some fast steps though
So I'm assuming maybe he thought he had already been heard. Yeah, also cemetery
Missing the shot is one thing, but he was so late to that
They already had crossed in front of demon, which means they're about to take over control side if he approached that safely
It would have still been fine
Even coming in at that timing
X-Flight, here upon Chexsitz
We're going into the last round of the half. So it'll be a promise saved on Jukes
Very real economic limitations here for foot so inner circle props they go down
8-0 out of the gates and now have fought back for almost a four-round half we'll
see if they can get through this collection of pharmacists and light
names that foot have next. Our communication in the late round definitely
the big issue which is obviously always the issue when you watch teams
struggle on Duke.
I'm impressed with Dawi, I feel like he's gotten some really critical entries on the
site.
Good on him to shut Demon down as fast as he did for many.
Speak of Dawi.
He's dead.
Oh man.
Poor guy.
Captain Kirk has made it through ramp. Man, there's been gaps in his defense now, too.
Captain Kirk is looking for somebody with demons pressed in!
Oh!
How do you not get the kill? Oh my goodness!
360s Wow into zero fix then you get cemetery finding captain Kurtke all of a sudden and it felt like if they weren't pushed
So far forward outer that honestly that flank could have found backs turned and kills with it
But they get away with a compromised flank
Captain Kurtke goes down empty-handed and foot will deny the fourth round. It's an opening kill off of Krebbenny
He gets a 2k demon a 12 and 2 half is lights out stuff foot 9 3, but questions about their t-side
Let's go!
Oh fuck this one, it's low!
I don't know what to say.
He is all around.
You have him, you have him.
I see him.
He is all around.
Go and just hit him.
Let's miss hit from the top.
You can also go and hit.
I will check up.
Let's rush ramp, let's take the fights.
I'm just...
I just realized I'm still alive.
Try hard, man!
I'm fast back one.
Oh, I think Sandbox is there.
Behind you, uh...
Nice!
That was my bad.
Come here, come here.
Left, left.
Left.
One more, one more.
Nice.
Easy man.
Is he here?
I'm digging.
Fuck man, I missed his map.
I missed his map.
He's later on behind.
this guy
Very comfortable first half scoreline 4 foot taking to the T side but I got a stat for
of B-tramps. Only 20% win rate on the pistol round of Nuke, 4 foot over the last 3 months
and that losing streak. So the odds of them picking up double digits and getting away,
sailing into the night with a 2-0 off that pistol low. But those are just numbers. What
do they mean? How about now when you have this much control? Yeah, it's a good opening
move but you're met by Zero Fix who eats a bullet down to 16 health. Oh man, imagine
They went both pistols in this game after those stats be a hell of a time to do it
I mean that's the kind of stat change that could end a nine map losing streak on nuke four-foot
Take the man advantage and oh boy looking very good at this point 10
Three all you got to do from here on out to convert that
We'll see what kind of play in a circle decide to make whether they opt to go into four spies
But this pistol could have given them a little more tournament life that runway
Feeling like it's coming to an end if they're not careful
Yeah, this game becomes pretty much close to free now
I mean if provided the conversions go your way
You literally have to pull off one rush you have to hope inner circle make one mistake
You just need one big round out of demon and that's it
So inner circle put themselves in a very tricky spot now as comfortable as they feel on this map to lose both pistols
To be honest it's just gotta say they got to convert this one and you know foot are vulnerable. They they
stink at T side
Don't try to be smart is the bad I love that line
It's an old adage keep it simple stupid
You know what the plan is coming into this game
You don't always need a hero.
I've got a lot of real estate lower already in the defense in the form of this MP9-57
control stack.
3.4 rounds per key half for foot.
Geez.
Oh, yeah, B site now belongs to the foot as well, so this force by trying to get away with just pistols
Feels like that's the only thing they'll really be left to do
They're at the
Hundred meter mark they just have a walk across the fish so far ahead now
I mean all they have to do is not trip over their own shoe laces
In their feet sounds easy enough
Maybe enough grief for Goli? Yeah.
Well, I say that like they're not going to cover it, but they actually do exit the other
direction. So there you go. You've earned a Galil. That'll help you in the following
round where there's not enough money still for Inner Circle.
are tentatively close to victory in a 2-0 fashion.
Here is the win.
And probably going to feel real good if they can lift the curse that is.
He didn't find it. Wait, how did it land on the E-Box?
Man, that's some Tony Hawk stuff.
I mean, if that's not evidence, the Counter-Strike Dots are against Inner Circle tonight.
That's crazy. It was right in front of him.
I mean Jay found it, yeah, but that's what Jay does all day
Yeah, but that's all he had to do that day is the best in the business and Jay's not on for three flying around maps
Like Jay knows all sorts of stuff. He knows all these crazy perspectives, you know
Jay razz looks at the map in a whole different way than the rest of us. You're right go in there and film them right now
Jay razz show me something cool
Consider me oppressed.
Gonna come back in with another force by Inner Circle, know that their time is ending here at Blast Open Porto.
They hit the dink with the pistol. I mean, there's gonna be little moments here where you feel like you were close.
We'll see if that damage winds up costing X-Floud in the long run.
And at least Head Trick gets active off that ramp and secures an empty trophy room.
This could actually open a door to an early lower rotate which by the looks of things would be the right move
But never mind because they actually go back clear garage and look to wrap out
Outer so options remain open for foot as this round goes on. Oh
Molly misses that'll allow them back up into heaven. It's kind of a crazy unlucky
Not actually open as it pops on the opening. Yeah
Yeah.
Uh, the price of it lasts long enough to you to bounce, so.
Oh, he doubles back.
Ooh, gotta cover this!
Gets a kill and a half!
Interrupts the bomb plant.
Now this time it will go down.
Zero-Fix not making his move just yet.
Kendrick on one HP.
A single point of health can always make a difference.
Just like that.
X-Flight gets cleared.
gonna be the vent exit demon considering outside finds the crawl out from vent
there's a demon is just too good can't kill him 15 and 2 so far on nuke and
head trick with a single point of health knows that he can get no more output
they know where he's at off to the save with that galil nine map match points
here for foot one hell of a series here for demon man
Missed two maps, but to do this on their worst map and then also have Mirage
That's player on the server
I mean they just can't kill him. Yeah 15 and 2
His ratings gonna be through the roof after this series. I mean a 23 and 12 performance back on Mirage 1.81 rating and
And this should be even better.
Inner circle pieced together this by the saved Galil.
It's the second rifle alongside one M4.
SMGs for the rest.
Inner circle probably feeling real small at the moment, but one gun round win.
You try to run with that.
It's going to be a crunch into the A4.
Demon trades dead after the one.
Captain Kerker back into the cover, dropping bomb in the open for now as Kripeni scoops that up.
We've got a player site. X-Floud gets his.
Head-tricks gonna wrap around the front of it though, and now they'll maintain man advantage.
Bomb down lower, Cemetery looks to join it, and there is no defense down here to stop this plant at least.
They can even get to really good spots with vent control.
It's a no-kit retake queued up by Inner Circle.
Ooh, yeah, they got it run.
All coming in from the ramp room. Smoke grenades could certainly block off lines of sight. That could wind up frazzling one of these footplayers bomb is planted backside behind the silo and for many all misses his chance at the dolly frag. Now cemetery loses his angle and his life. We've got it.
Captain Kirk could jumps on bomb just an extra second to spare I believe crazy they needed those kills right then
All good nailed it my goodness first of nine secured one pick off would have done it
There we go, that's two AK 47 saved rifles in the hands of inner circle
I mean, massive ask of them to actually make this game happen into overtime.
It gives them their best chance now.
But a lot of the criticisms about Foot's nuke were talking about the T side,
so let's see if those struggles creep through.
Man, one pick off there, man. They could have played in front of the Dekon door.
Mmm, fast play early. CT's push!
Looking for the crunch and they come up, man, advantage for it.
There we go.
Can't be afraid to fight for it, but a vent drop loud out of jukes.
Forced across.
Krobeni's safe.
The bomb isn't.
Main player peeks back, burn, oh!
That's a mistake, they can get up the vent now if they want to.
Deep garage angle being held though.
And it doesn't feel like foot considerate and it's still even hidden
That's the perfect kill for zero fix because now headtricks so sad and all three players swarm into it
Jukes has got a bomb in front of them, but the right-earing there for inner circle keeps two players up
And now there's not enough for a full buy. We've got a door a jar here for inner circle CT half
Yeah narrowly brought their way back into the game
But to be honest it like this all ready the best nuke performance foot have had
regardless of how their T side goes surely they didn't get this good without
preparing somewhat for that T side as well so it's their best ever CT side
they've won both pistols when they have a 20% win rate in the last three months
nine map points on top of that but forced to take a knee with this one
It's been a lot of outer action here for Inner Circle, so I think it makes sense to throw
this collection of deagles that way.
There we go.
Even a frag like that.
It's a gun to be grabbed.
That should get drawn forward.
There's another deagle on this peak.
He's getting tagged.
Demon's got a second.
Oh boy.
Would literally rather be the tees already.
Bones in a weird spot, but see these are going to be scared about fighting this he's got to get this
Nah, oh third demon knows he's got another one tagged up on top of that roof and he's gotten into stairs
Decides to stick around for this duel, but this garage player
Will he expect it?
No, but he's now got a chance and he's got the info too. How's this guy still alive?
It's a deagle ace of 1v2 with 10 HP.
You'd think never, never should he do this.
That was exactly where he fell back to.
I mean, the A site is open.
Obviously, it's going to be this one angle holding it.
This has to be the perfect clear.
There we go, there we go.
That just goes to show how kind of cautious ZeroFix had to play after Demon Rips three heads off.
But at this point, money doesn't really matter.
Scary to know that that same guy is coming into this next round with an AK.
That's the ramp flight, eats the flash, but also eats the shots.
Next cloud, clean trade, compromising the CT setup, still no lower player, secret peeks
first and that's a good move from Captain Kirk cut to catch that one player out.
There's a ramp duel that's about to go down if head trick extends
Demon instead looks to go join his teammates lower
Yeah, they only have two to take it rotations are here for the CT side
Oh
No, they're gonna try to pinch this and demon draws them in this guy headshots galore out of demon
Man advantage earned with the bomb plant and unfortunately here for inner circle. They are currently split
Oh, he gets up to clock like this should be cooked
That trick's gonna have one shoulder peek. He's gotta land it.
Oh, it's out of the open.
series out of Demon with the ending triple kill to eliminate ICE sports from Blast Open
Porto.
That'll show inner circle, nobody beats Foot on one map, 10 times in a row they absolutely
destroy inner circle on this one.
On a map that we thought they would struggle on, Foot seemed to have changed a few things
up and certainly Demon showed up individually.
Definitely a more proactive Foot than I saw in the footage leading up to this
game off of the streak that you mentioned, Voo. It was a lot of just static CT sides that really
led to them being bested by a variety of teams, but this was a foot that was pushing into lobby
as a reaction. They were making sure they kept space towards outside. Prebeni started in a
different angle maybe once or twice, so that is a deserved win and I feel also that inner
circle maybe didn't play up to the level that I also expected of them. I feel like the
the first couple of gun rounds were not really
what I would even consider their wheelhouse
in terms of strategies, things where they're trying
to maybe too much so game plan for an opponent
that wasn't in the server against them today.
Yeah, and they played a lot of those rounds
incredibly slow, which gave plenty of time
for a foot team that is a bit static
to have time and communicate,
figure out what they wanted to change up,
how they wanted to get aggressive,
how they wanted to take map control back
and be in the right position
when those pushes actually did come out.
This is an unfortunate end I'd say for the for inner circles road though
I mean I don't think that they're disappointed by the fact that they
Accumulated so many points by defeating vitality by slingshotting themselves up in the VRS standing
I'm not sure what it is after this very matchup
But I know that they were if the major invites were to have come out before this it would have been a stage 2 invite
Which I don't even think that anybody really would have expected for a team
but they have been picking up steam in the Tier 2 circuit, both Tier 2 lands, Tier 2 online play,
and so hopefully this isn't the last we see of IC this season.
Yeah, it has to be at least a little bit bittersweet for IC Esports having, you know, taken down Vitality,
but then not getting another map win for the rest of the event, but it has to feel great for
Foot, especially for Demon here after such an incredible, incredible series from you.
How are you feeling after a game like that, man?
I don't know, just on the rash after I did the same shot on Pistole, I thought it would be my game, so I was just kind of using it and it was hitting shots, so it was a good feeling.
You feel like in those ones you're just going for every piece you can, because you know you're going to hit them?
I mean, not really, but I wasn't just, I was just playing smart. I knew that I shouldn't care about my aim because I will kill them, so I was just playing smart.
Because if I would pick up my die and lose confidence.
Does your coach ever have to tell you to calm it down, you're going too aggressive?
I think not, sometimes they're just saying to me,
over people, because I have an incredible idea.
I want to know what the vibe is in the foot camp,
because you guys obviously just came off the back of a crazy grand finals.
That run to the Paris grand finals was something special,
but then to immediately go to the lower bracket,
I feel like that's going to kind of humble you a little bit at least,
but now you guys are picking up some steam again.
I mean, first of all, we should say that legacy are not bad team and we did kind of good rounds,
like it was close game, we could win them, but it's hard for us, it's like five of us,
it's kids also for example, it's his first grand final, very big events and it's just
hard to reset in one day because on next day after grand final we had to go at 7am
and just no time to speak to yourself and just reset and to be ready for next round.
But for now we just kind of forget about it and we just try to smash here and show our best.
How about your Nuke? Because you guys were on a big loss streak on that map
and I'm sure that you guys went over stuff from the last time you played it till now.
I felt like you guys were a little bit more active on CT side,
but what else have you guys improved since the huge loss streak?
I don't want to say much things about Nuke, but we had really incredible preparation.
We were just laughing from it, but just we had this preparation after we had big, big loss streak.
We could just say, we need to change something and just completely change our playstyle.
We were just holding big setups and we were just killing them.
When you look at this one you come into the series you banned Dust2.
You know you're going to be playing Nuke. How much time did you have to prepare for that?
I mean after every game that we lose to Nuke we are always talking about which mistakes we did
and what we need to focus on to improve on.
So I wouldn't say that our Nuke is so horrible to play but also Dust2.
They're the same for us and we just you know if it's a good day for us we can win anyone
Yeah, speaking of dust you've had some problems on dust to going for the band there. What's what do you think is going wrong on that map? I?
Think it just overall
Maybe some positions are not stuck in each other like we just need to experiment a bit about it and just
Figure it out how it's going to be and just it's hard to tell right now because we didn't
Had too much practice and we just playing to numb itself how to tell yeah, so for foot as a team
You clearly have really great highs when things are going well, your team can dominate,
but then last season we see you go on group stages sometimes.
Do you feel you've gotten more consistent over time?
I think yes, of course, because every day you are improving,
because in the first season we were really just young team who just entered the tier one tournaments,
and with each every day we were just understanding and feeling like you can be like the other boys,
you know, you can be here, it's our place here.
Can I ask, how does Kulio factor in, you know, it's hard to know what a coach does for a team?
I think really Kulio for us, X-Factor, he is doing a very big job.
He is like in the same time coach, psychologist, just he's all good guy.
And he's just a big guy who can just say for us, it's good, it's bad,
and you just should listen to him because he has more experience.
So at the beginning of this year, I feel like you had a, you were probably the most
high player on the, well, when you guys were Na'Vi Junior then coming to foot, and then
I'd say the first couple months were a little bit rough as you kind of started playing tier
one teams more regularly, but you have just started popping off like crazy.
So many tournaments, you're the highest rated player or just really up there and rating
and everything.
How has been getting adjusted to just the way that tier one teams play and now it
feels like you can kind of beat any, or you can have really great individual performance
versus anybody?
I mean, for me personally it was hard because it's tier one tournaments, I always want to do the best also.
I'll not lie, maybe it was big pressure on me because people were talking about me really more and I didn't want to know to fuck up and play good.
So it's just a bit of I lose my confidence but now this new season, I have a lot of hype, I have a lot of dreams, I have a lot of energy.
I just want to win every tournament that I can.
Yeah, so you see that 2.02 rating for the series again, a little more confidence now?
Maybe for us. I just want to keep this numbers in every game every straight day and just be better and better with every day.
Can I ask just a team question? How bringing in X-Floud has helped you as a team? How you've slaughtered him in?
I think he's really... I would say he's bringing a lot of ideas. He knew how to play the game and we're missing this type of piece who can kind of be an initiative.
Like and he was bringing a lot of ideas on theory. He was bringing a lot of good stuff
Which was costing us around and overall he just more communicable
How is the communication we X-FOD said there was too much communication then a pregame we heard there's that you like too much
Communication it's really hard to tell because we are young team and we for sure don't know what is the problem for sure
So from each game we can you know change wires and sometimes we have
more communication and that's what are causing us games and it can be opposite.
So we don't know for sure what is the problem, but for sure I know if you talk more and we just
everyone happy and everyone wants to win, we'll beat everyone.
I'm curious actually for your own individual growth more so, so I'm sure when you were coming into
the space you were looking at people like Bit, for example, and trying to play maybe more
like him, but now that you've reached this level, are you still looking at other anchors
to try to emulate what they're doing, or are you just doing your own thing now?
I'm not really watching, you know, having some player to follow up.
Like, I know Bit was really strong.
I mean, right now maybe it's heavy-goat, because he's one of the bunch right now,
and I'm just trying to look what is making him the best handker.
So, I'm trying to copy and to make my things.
And I know that my biggest thing is the same, so I should abuse it.
Yeah, true.
Okay, one more question for me is just about Kerbenny.
I feel like the beginning of play some of the calls just were sort of straightforward
But I feel like you guys have developed on that calling style over maybe I'd say even coming into this season from last season
It looks like there's a little bit more variety on what you guys are doing
How would you say he's been growing as a leader? It could be a caller or as just a captain too
for sure everyone of us is growing like they but they can see the difference
Issues if you see the big day scenario during we were just rushing a or b and right now
It's more of team CS so everyone is improving and everyone is adapting because if you do the same what we are doing
Niger in Niger near everyone just will fuck us so we need to adapt.
Okay, yeah growth always necessary. Thanks so much for coming on the desk demon. I think that's that's enough questions for you
You've given us plenty of insight. Thank you
It's a great game coming out of flight out in this one just incredible showing on nuke after nine losses in a row
They do manage to turn this one back around in their favor and become
You wouldn't argue they're a nuke team yet, but maybe they can consider
Consider winning a few more games on it. I mean I had to ask him and I'm glad that he gave a pretty straightforward response
That they did change things up from the last time they played it
And that's kind of the I'd say the curse of being on the desk because using the info from the previous games of foot
They looked really poor on that CT side, but today
I mean, I don't think there was really ever a moment that went by where if they were in the dark
There weren't people pushing into lobby
Reaggressing ramp trying to even flank them at times like I never saw anybody
Flanking anybody on the CT side of foot in any of those games before but today they were pulling that kind of stuff off
Yeah, you have to believe us. They were playing very bad on me. They were not a good nuke team
They've changed. I believe us. Please. Please believe this. I feel incredibly like everyone deceived
I would say how is your gossip session with demon you gave a lot of very interesting questions good good answers
You know, I can't can't complain. I did get to hear in towards the end where he was talking about the whole we're young roster
We actually don't necessarily know what's bad for us yet because there's always this thing like it's distinct
Conversations distinct communications is where a lot of the tier one teams thrive and then they're all like actually
We kind of really love being chaotic at this point in time
So I'm excited to see that if we check in with them like a year later hoping that they're still same roster
How is that sort of edged out for themselves? Have they been able to work around all those things?
We call it limit testing. It's limit testing. You see how far you can push things and still have success
That's what I say in my matchmaking games when I go absolutely O1-13
That's what I say on the desk when I make a bad call just seeing how far we can go
That's why I feed in all my deadlock games. I'm still limit testing
I'm still figuring out how far I can push it.
Look, I'm fortunately foot limit tested in a circle here,
and it is going to be the end of that journey.
I was on for your gossip session with Demon,
because I was catching up with Anik.
Anik, it was a bit of a tough loss for you guys today,
but talk to me about this tournament as a whole,
things that went right and things that went wrong for you.
I mean, that tournament was just a good chance for us
as a team, like for tier one tournament.
So, we're just kind of happy that we were here, and of course, it's very good that we didn't go out without one win at least, so it was important to win Vitality, I would say, for us.
I hope it will give us more confidence and understand that we can actually be here if we put more work.
And it's a bit unfortunate anyway, because we felt like we could win Mirage.
Like we lost some hours sit-around and after on T-side I would say it was kind of bad call for me
and also we used pauses a bit bad, so couldn't like communicate better, but it is how it is.
And what is the future for Inner Circle, the tournament's coming up
and how are you guys looking to come back together stronger?
I mean, I'm sure that as I said, we win here again, of course we want better results, but it's anyway okay, I would say.
So we shouldn't be sad, I would say it's a good step anyway.
We will have some runs before Major cut-off and we hope to get on the Major anyway.
Anyway, we're still pushing, keeping work and trying to be a tier one, but we still need to do a lot of work to be here.
And any words for the fans out there, the old and the new ones after you guys beat Vitality?
Yeah, I just want to say thank you everyone, because we feel a lot of support.
like our phones was just like TNT in Minecraft after the games because yeah, like a lot of
people was writing to us. It's like really supportive so thank you so much and hope you
will see us on tier one soon.
Very endearing TNT in Minecraft, he was trying to go for the, our phones were blowing up.
There was so much support pouring in for them and it's really nice to see but also
just like the enjoyment coming out of it saying we had no expectations to get a win over vitality
and not just be this team that comes in and essentially bombs out they are looking towards
what is going to be more of a stable tier one showing for themselves. I think if you're being
honest with yourself if you're inner circle you came in you see that vitality match up you know
you're going to have a tough one in the lower bracket as well and you talk to yourselves as
teams guys if we can get a map if we can make this competitive then we're going to be happy
then you somehow managed to win 2-0 you're over the moon you can you can leave the event
right after that you can you can be happy with that totally totally they far
exceeded expectations for us for themselves and they'll be able to walk
away from this event not only just happy but literally looking at the VRS
standings and just being able to sit a little bit more comfortably at night and
that is what you want at the end of the day when you're a team that feels
like they're fighting tooth and nail to make invitations to make this
qualifies this is something that propels them into a great position for
to be able to get into the
game. They're going to be
playing in the game. They're
going to be playing in the
game themselves. We can check
at our bracket here for our
group stage because there is
still playing more action to
happen. Not just today,
tomorrow as well, because we
do have another. Elimination
matchup whilst we're saying
goodbye there to in a circle
foot advancing on. They don't
know exactly who they're
going to be going up against
for that last slot out
Porter here in group B. It
doesn't matter which team
they're playing against.
It's going to be a tough one
in this type of situation.
Tough road for foot moving forward,
but I'm sure that they feel up to the task
because of their most recent Paris run.
Which lower bracket group do you think was more stacked?
This one with Vitality Legacy Foot,
or Group A where you had Aurora G2 Navi?
I think it's obvious, Legacy Vitality and Foot.
I don't even think it's close.
Yeah.
It's more just because of the state that Navi is in
right now, I maybe would have said last season,
no actually Vitality being in it,
but it is Vitality with a stand in.
So I think teams always believe now that they have a shot
because if it was last season's Vitality, it's currents.
I mean, name brand-wise, Aurora, G2, Navi,
these are huge names.
Yeah, that's true.
But then if you look at the gameplay,
I think it's obvious.
Yeah, I'll take that, I'll take that too.
A little bit of a give and take,
there's always gonna be one group
feels more difficult to overcome at the end of the day but like i said our day is not over
we still have a whole nother elimination best of three to happen right after this break
AWPers use a gun that nobody else uses it's the biggest resource in the game it's a one-shot gun
so it's bound to have high impact top AWPers get the credit they do because
Not anyone can do that.
A top AWP is the player you're going to remember because they're going to get the best highlights.
They're going to be really, really fast.
You need your AWP to perform if you're going to be putting as much resources into the AWP every single game.
I think the role has evolved in a few ways.
When you go all the way back to the start of CSGO, we had super combat AWP.
to Kenny S as the best example because he was so mobile with the AWP.
The AWP got nerfed as a result, mainly of players like Kenny S,
who were so aggressive, who were always pushing, always in their face.
In the game, that got nerfed and we saw Alphas be more ecstatic for a while.
Devices are a great example of that.
And someone who would pick their spot and stay in it and be like a turret almost.
This guy never missed the shot.
He was the most reliable player of all time, really.
I think all by gelling is not easy.
You give him space, he'll figure it out every time.
There are very few cases of players who have made that work on the top level.
There's a few factors, I think, that play into this.
When you're orping, you've got to be focused on your crosshairs,
as basic as that sounds.
I think you have to have a lot more trust for your team
in order to actually be capable to all.
It's interesting to see James still be able to do it,
considering the whole narrative around his team
is how he has very inexperienced players
that he needs to put in the right place.
But he's someone who is so passive on the off the he's still going to be alive in those late rounds.
He's more so playing for the clutch while his team open up the round.
You typically just see an in-game leader be the first guy in.
I think if you're all pink, it's hard to be as involved.
Feels easier said than done.
But then you have also flashy opers are a lot of fun to watch people at monosy.
Extremely exciting player in your face, pushing through utility.
And of course, simple doing the same thing.
Absolutely able to take over games with high risk plays and bust on the simple best moment,
dropping in from heaven getting two nosco kills with the craziest stuff and got away with it time after time.
When you're a top-up as well, you're getting studied, you're getting game planned for.
The fact that I was able to find as much impact as he does is impressive considering there are whole analyst teams trying to figure out how to not let this guy pop on.
A guy that never makes mistakes, a guy that is extremely hard to punish.
There's different levels of all things, whether they're flashy, whether they're reliable.
They have to perform in the highest impact moment, and there is no room for error.
If you miss a shot on the orb, you're gonna die.
You're always gonna take attention because there is no room for error.
and I think it's a good one.
Legacy coming up against
Vitality. We've had a lot of
two O's and I have a feeling
this one might also be a two
off. I think this one might go
to three. I'd actually say this
is one of the more likely ones
to go to three. Both teams
very strong. But if legacy hit
the ground running and
What would you put that at now we just say 60% chance 80% chance of a map 3 of a map 3
40% 40
I would I would kind of put it down that low as well
I'm not really sure the the likelihood of it happening and the reason why I ask is because if you guys wanted to have a look at more
Predictions you can head on over to poly market one of the ones that is taking a lot of interest right now
Is looking at the teams that have been sorry I still left in the competition are still remaining here
And you got to wonder will there be a first-time blast champion being crowned in Porto?
I could go 50-50 either way.
If either does or doesn't happen, great for that super encyclopedia doesn't happen the polymarket
users seem to agree with me. I don't agree I would predict no on this I feel I mean wait so
So let's let's think about it. Falcons haven't won one foot, no legacy, no Aurora.
Okay. Well, I don't think Aurora is going to win. I'm just going to take a shot in the
dark there. Okay. I don't think they're making it through the lower bracket. I don't know.
I would say, okay, Vitality, Maus, G2. And what's the other team? What's the last
spirit? Yeah, I would say one of them are taking it. And I would probably put it
more at 70% it's a repeat. I might give Falcons 22% then I give Aurora 0.1% then I give Foot maybe
a 5% and Legacy maybe the problem is oh Furia have one they have one also. Yeah because we have Spirit
and Furia who guaranteed go to Porta this is the other way that I think about it is who's guaranteed
go to Porta. 80% now. 80% for no repeat so 20% for this. Okay because yeah Spirit and Furia already
guaranteed going through. Falcons and Maus also guaranteed, right? So four out of the six
better go to Porter. I've already won, which means there's only two spots left,
hoping to be the people that have not. Well, Falcons and maybe three, yes. Three of the four
have already won. And two of them can still get knocked out in the group stage. So I wanted
it to go closer to 30, but I think 20, thinking about it more, I think 20.
Why don't we do 25?
To me, it's really 20 because of Falcons and then 5% maybe for Legacy or Foot.
Yeah.
So 25.
Yeah.
We're going to lock it in with 25.
We'll come back to this one depending on what ends up happening.
Of course, it is going to depend a lot on what happens in this elimination best of
three of Vitality coming up against Legacy.
Yeah, this seems a very aggressive team so obviously we have to, I think now it is what
we are trying to do, just not a specific legacy but we are trying to make our basics as strong
as possible.
I think that is one area where I think we have seen that we can improve, just the basic
communication, like saying the extra word in every moment and making sure that the
if this happens, we react like that, so just like playing proper CS, that's what I think
Matalari is really known for, like we're playing really kinsious and I think maybe recently
it's fast and been so clean and yeah, I mean we're playing just standing on legacy
a good team recently, they've been, you know, they've been doing some good results
so it's going to be a hard game and yeah, nothing else.
Sometimes when they play complete, they play more aggressive, they play more loose
and also you have some monsters there, they can play very good CS, aggressive CS
At the same time, IU, Flames, they can be very on point digitally and just make the difference, hops as well.
So, you know, it's also dangerous at the same time.
So, you know, it's just down to CS whoever can play the best CS and commit the last mistakes.
I'm just looking for a win. I don't care about the individual performance.
I feel like no matter the way I perform, the win always comes first.
And I just want to get to the playoffs and then in the playoffs, we take it one game at a time.
time so yeah we've got legacy ahead and I mean they played Na'Vi, they talked with so many
teams so I mean there's a lot of things to look out for but I feel like we're ready.
I think our matchup against Falco is every time it's hard but I think we look at that loss
like not a really bad thing because they're a really good thing and one has popped off so
I think coming today, I think we are very confident and Vitality is not complete, they have JL, so we hope of this game.
Now that's a matchup I can rally behind, a legacy that knows Vitality is incomplete at the moment, that there are holes in their game plan that they can't expose,
but at the same time, a Vitality that has a little less pressure, they understand the situation they're in and they're just hoping to make it to playoffs.
Why didn't they just name Zaywu there?
Why didn't they just say,
we're gonna make Zaywu look like he did against Inner Circle?
That's what we're gonna do.
I'm just gonna say, before we get into the meat and potatoes
of the discussion, that I never knew Nis...
There's that well, and I'm happy about it.
I'm gonna, we gotta talk to that guy a little bit more.
He, honestly, I, oh look, I'm gonna spoil,
cause I don't know if we're gonna get time to play it,
but I did talk to him about your nickname for him.
Nisum never missing.
Nisum never missing.
Nisum never missing.
Bro, I've never seen someone laugh so hard.
I love a lot of them
He loved it. He thought it was the absolute business. So you might have a new fan there. Love that
That's not the same how I think miss him is sometimes if not somewhat frequently missing not lately
Lately, he's been on point. Okay, he has been
Really just X factor player for a legacy team that I feel like we talk about all the other stars on it
They do now the louder that pairing that's been forever how tries really just bolster them
But this and he's the bedrock. He's the foundation of this team and he's never gone missing
It's such an analyst thing. Well, who's our favorite player heavy God miss him Lotto
It's because the stats don't tell the full story and when they have to retake four times and a half
Their stats will always look worse than their performance really was you can't help defend a guy when he has a point seven rating
Because he's two and four because he was retaking
Because he had a retake four times. Yeah, exactly
I was just going to let you guys keep arguing over that because I feel like it is one of those
things. You could choke it up. Sometimes it is just numbers at the end of the day, but you also
have to look at what we would mean potatoes. The meat and potatoes. Yeah, the meat and
potatoes are the matchup of these two, right? The fact that we've had legacy vitality looking
towards what could be favored one side or the other. The important thing about this head to
head is that these matches are from long ago. Changes were made in the legacy camp since
the first time I've seen a
team that's been in the
league for a long time. It's
these and the 13 three is it
was a blip in the radar for
that vitality team. Now I
think it's going to be more
like the usual either. You're
going to say the fact that it
was the best of one in which
they won and not the best of
threes. It was it was
legacy popping off at a
moment that I think was very
impressive for them, but
they couldn't really cash in
on that one. They did break
the vitality streak with
that they looked impressive,
but they weren't able to
or build off of that success?
I always get really high on legacy for the past,
I want to say every season.
But then they always leave me wanting a little bit more
when it comes to the major.
Thankfully, this is not the major.
Thankfully, this is the lower bracket of a tournament,
which is one of the most important in the season.
However, not that same kind of pressure.
And I feel like legacy,
when they are in these other tournaments,
then you get to see the style of the team
really pay off for them.
they are like Rob said a little bit more aggressive how do now we'll run through a brick wall five rounds consecutively if art asks him to do that and I feel like that sometimes catches teams off guard that they don't expect surely not a fourth time and sometimes that's the one that actually breaks the economy of the opposing team so I like legacy in these kinds of matchups.
I tell his defense, I don't think they're going to get caught off guard, but I think
it's going to catch them off guard, maybe how hard it is to deal with that. They're
going to struggle with this one, especially with that little couple seconds delay that
you have when you add in a new member. It's not like they're going to play bad CS, but
they're not going to play their best CS, which is what they really need to do if
they want to be the legacy that's playing at the level they are right now.
I mean, legacy down in the slow bracket, not by giving up easily, right? It wasn't
this old. They kind of got ruffled up by Falcons in a two-oh. This went to
a map number three like they got forced and they also forced the hands of Falcons. So whilst
there's no catching them off by surprise when it comes to a Vitality legacy matchup,
I don't think they really need to do that when they have players the way they do now.
Well, they didn't all I would say and make the argument that they didn't get beat by Falcons,
they got beat by monosy and so that's valid. So I would I say that legacy
C should be proud of themselves because really there's only a few guys that can
match monosies output. Oh wait, one of them is actually on Vitality.
That's going to be over.
We're supposed to continue hyping up legacy. It's not the end that you dropped that one.
We're going to keep hyping legacy up. The fact that TRI is doing really well.
The fact that Lado and Dumair, the other two star players, are doing well.
Yeah?
There's a lot to hype up about legacy. There's a lot to hype up about legacy.
But the reality, the same thing we had in the pre-match yesterday,
TRI versus monosie, TRI is great. He wants to be monosie.
He's put maybe got posters of monosy in his bedroom wishing that he was right next to right next to a picture of Zywoo
Did you bring in an example of your setup? I have a poster of Maui snake
Wow
to. Just wants there to
perfect trifecta. We got we got
the trifecta. We also have try
on the legacy. It wasn't a hen
that I spoke to because we've
gotten to speak to him so much.
He's given us so much information.
It was more about art and how
they're working around this
newest addition to legacy. Art
when we were talking to try the
other day, he spoke very highly
of both you and the coach about
how you've been able to
Activate him as a player and I guess I want to know specifically on ancient how you've been able to utilize him
Since he's coming from a team that never used to play that map strongly
Yeah, that's a good question. Actually, that's something I've been working on because we know ancients important map for us a lot of
Team speak to the ancients to this us and we pick sometimes ancient so it's important one for try to be comfortable and it's still a
finger are working, so it's not done, it's not finished, but we're trying to give him
some space and put in comfortable positions, but it's something that takes time.
What's the give and take? How much is it of him just trying to explore and learn on
his own, and how much of it is you having heavy input in how he should be?
Yeah, sometimes I just give him some overall thoughts about positioning, and the micro
He does by himself and he learns by his mistakes, so it's basically like that.
Sometimes I just go try, go B or go A, and sometimes I set him some spots that I know that's stronger,
but it's more down to how he feels more comfortable.
I would say a perfect amount of helping hand coming from out then, where it is just a little bit of,
hey, here's a guidance of where you should go, but at the end of the day, everything comes down to try himself.
And it has been so impressive what they've been able to do as a team.
I don't know if we're going to be seeing ancient today, but the fact that it is twice in which they want in this tournament alone
And it is their opposition's map pick
Yeah
And this is a try showing up on this map in a way that you would never expect for someone that has so few maps played at least in
Recent memory on an ancient I like the idea that art is really trying his best to make sure that try is is
Feeling at his best he's feeling in his comfort zone
make sure that your offer that has so such explosive capabilities is in the
right mindset because when he does go missing as we saw in the last map of
their last series that's when the team is really going to struggle even if the
riflers are doing well. What's great about it and obviously going to lend some
wisdom to the whole situation of incorporating a new offer is that
arts worked with so many operas in the past. I mean from when Fury were
first popping off with Henny he had a very passive offer a guy that's
always kind of kind of be in the back lane, but a very good clutcher.
He even worked with himself as an opera was extremely aggressive.
And that I feel like maybe resembles try a little bit more.
And that's kind of it almost kind of parallels how Apex became such a good
leader for somebody like Flamesy, because he knew exactly what he needed.
Cause he's done that exact role before.
So I don't think that it should be much of a surprise that the
transition and the incorporation of try has been relatively seamless.
the only opera I've seen art work with that I wasn't happy with was in fact himself.
I don't think he coached himself correctly. That's because he kept missing. He missed
a few too many shots. He kept running through smokes to miss. Well if he hit the shot it
would have worked boo. Okay we all know that's the final law of counter strike. NACS mentality.
That's the coin flip right? It looks good when it works and it looks horrendous when it
doesn't work out there but we're focusing a little try and rightly so he has been showing up
But what you said there is even on maps that try isn't showing up.
There's still a great fight being put out from the side of legacy because of Lado and Dumau.
One of the things that we really looked for legacy towards, we looked towards legacy for last season, last year, was their rifling core
because Sadson, I think, at times dropped the ball. He wasn't taking over games the way try does.
And the main people you were looking at was Lado and Dumau.
That's why Maui loves Nissen so much because he doesn't get enough praise.
but these two are the main ones you're looking at.
Do now when he's on, if he's having a good game,
this team looks like they could beat absolutely anyone
because he's put in situations
where often you have Lotto coming in second
to trade on him.
You have someone coming up behind him to get the trade
whether it's Lotto or someone else.
And if he does get that entry,
they will topple your defense every time.
I would probably, I haven't looked at the stats.
Be trims, get on this, okay?
Highest correlation between person
with a above 1.0 rating and legacies win rate,
because it's probably Dumau,
because if he does just put up those great numbers,
the great entry kill stats, any of that,
then their first plan is already working.
But the reason we obviously have to bring up Lado
is that he is the follow-up,
he is the prime trade fragger for them,
and he also just overperforms on anchor positions.
That's another aspect of him
that oftentimes gets overlooked
because he's so good on those T-sites too.
I feel like you see someone with Lado stats
And you think he's probably in the star roles.
He's probably always in the red spot.
T side, sometimes that's the case.
Sometimes he's running in first even.
CT side, he's in anchor positions.
And I was looking at the classic,
the buy versus buy stats.
On CT side, it's almost a 1.4 as an anchor.
I think he's literally game plan.
Vados on this side, go to the other side.
Like let's just go to the other one.
We don't want to touch this guy.
I'll give you, I'll give Beatron a little bit of time
to be able to pull up those stats
that Maui's requesting over that,
the diva that he is.
instead we can have a look at the side of vitality because they are going to be having a stand in and right now
We've seen the two opposite ends of the spectrum of what they can't deliver, right?
We see them in that series go up against in a circle and it feels like a vitality that is crumbling a vitality
It doesn't know what to do with themselves
And then you see them go up against 90 and whilst there is a different caliber and opponents
It is a strong showing for every action. There's an equal
I have to credit Newton for his first law of counter-strike.
You just saw a JL that really struggled.
You saw a Vitality that really struggled
against Inner Circle.
Zywoo, I can barely even see him.
How far down the scoreboard was he there now?
Bottom-fragging.
Just bottom-fragging.
That's done.
It is unheard of.
I think if you're Vitality, you go back.
You're in the van right behind home, and you go,
Zywoo, Zywoo, come on.
And he goes, I know.
It was me.
It was me.
I'm better than that.
Whatever it was, whether it was air quality or sleep quality
or jet lag, any of those excuses,
they were out the window though for the second game,
which is why Vitality became after their most recent matchup,
to me, the favorites in this one,
because then now you're starting to see how, as JL learns,
how to play within the system as the communication faults
actually are pushed aside.
Just a reminder that Flamesy,
after their first win at this event,
he did talk to the panel about the fact that day one,
They were just all yapping, too many cooks in the kitchen,
too many ideas.
And he said that they're just gonna start now
following the first guy who says something.
Whoever comes up with the first idea will follow his plan,
there's not gonna be any disagreement,
and that just led to a night and day different to him.
Yeah, they were talking about coming into this event,
playing the basics.
You know, you play a default style,
you play your basics correctly,
and you rely on the fact that JL,
he's not gonna fit into your system as well as Messi,
but he's gonna make the frags happen as well
or better than Messi.
And we saw that in their second game.
He popped off the page. Absolutely. I think he had like a 2.0 rating and although he's he's put into all of mezzy spots
Just one for one, which means he's not really being set up for success
Whereas you might see a Falcons a Kerrigan put JL in some of his comfort spots so that he can play at his best level
He's not being prioritized
But when he can deliver and when the team can make it work around them
I really like what we heard from flamesy with the idea that you need to go with one plan because I did see in their
first game. You saw it to a much lesser extent in their second. They're just a
little delayed and Jail sometimes applying a little scared. I think that's
the toughest thing to accommodate when a standing comes in and I mean this for
literally any team across any eastwards is how much freedom do you
really give your standard because you want them to excel in the way that they
can play. But at the end of the day, they are two very different people. I
don't see mezi is this person that is constantly wanting to chime in with
everything. But Jail has always been a bit of a vocal player. And so
then when you look at it, you go, Hey man, we want you to feel
comfortable when you have your freedom and then you get into your first official
and I could understand that that would have been the most chaotic experience I
think any of those five players have experienced. Yeah I mean that's that's jail
he's I'm sure he wants to do things I think he might have actually been the
opposite counter-intuitively I think fitting into Messi's roles I think he
wants to not be the problem you come into a team and you go vitality such a
great team I don't want to be the reason they lose this event I think
after that game they probably took him aside and said hey you have to play
your game. You have to be comfortable because we're not going to win on tactics. If you're
trying to play as men, we don't have 15 strats to work on here. We need to play default. We
need to play well, but we need our players to hit their shots and play active pro active
CS.
I mean, I also just look at that smile. Like he's got the right mind smile. I mean, there's
no way that he's going to lose or stay down. And Jail also, even though he's had
a kind of a weird career after when he got benched from Navi with his stint on the desk
and with just being a content creator, Navi's stand-in situation, there's a lot to pick at.
But this is a guy that won a major, was the major MVP, was one of the most elite players
for the year that he won that major MVP.
And so he knows how to play winning Counter-Strike and so if he just trusts himself a little
bit more, especially in the late round where he can just be such a clutch beast, then
they're going to be fine.
Yeah, I'm excited to see it though, because like I said, we've seen the two opposite ends of what this vitality with a stand-in can bring,
and I'm just hoping that we can meet somewhere in the middle.
But of course, we want to see what maps these teams are going to be meeting on.
I'm going to be having Al Vida rolled out here and his vitality banning at Ancient.
Vitality banning agent. I can't even understand why they would do that. Who bans their perma-ban?
Crazy change though, do I have to leave that to the second round like that?
I think that this veto though, unfortunately, immediately from the ban gets bad for legacy
because U-Ban and Nubis, which has been the biggest vulnerability in Vitality's six-map pull thus far,
now also Vitality, they're figuring out where their comfort lies as they just demolish 9Z on Nuke here as,
I would say JL has just slotted in so well in those positions and then you go to Mirage for Legacy which actually we haven't seen with JL yet
So maybe maybe there's some changes there, but I tended out it. Yeah, I think Mirage
I mean it's the pug map JL's played it plenty
I'm sure they're very comfortable with that one
They probably put in plenty of work and practice if it gets to Dust 2 though
I actually think legacy have a very good shot at this one
I really like their Dust 2 and I think Vitality has had a map pool even with Mezzi in the roster that has really been struggling to
find consistency across the map pool. That's true. And also I was but the one
thing that I feel like helps vitality win this in two. If I'm not mistaken,
when JL slotted in for mouse, he was playing one of the anchor positions
that I think he was be anchor actually for Yim Pat. And so even though he'll
probably take that position for Mezzi, he had just had a full well couple
tournaments where he got to practice that in a live environment. Yeah,
jail is he's still going to be on the B side. He's going to be in some
comfort where he's had some practice. I think that's the struggle for
this vitality team is the reactions they're going to have when plan A goes wrong because
they run into a lotto, they run it as you say, and miss him that's never missing if
he has a good game. They run into a do-mow. I think that's where things will struggle
and they aren't playing bad CS, but they are playing 1, 2, 3 seconds delayed and
Legacy is the exact type of team that will punish you for that.
Our recipe for a good start if you're the side of vitality, but we know Legacy
has so much more in it that anyone is willing to give them credit for us. Let's see how
Nuke is going to play out with Grony Alondas.
You're damn right Nat. Legacy continued to impress on their run to Porto. Can they make
it into the Super Boccarino? Well they'd have dispatch of Vitality and then foot up
next. This is no easy run for Legacy but they've been showing us more and more improvements.
So over on Polly Market, the predictors have Vitality favorite it. Where are your
thoughts coming into this game?
Seems a little crazy to be honest. I feel like Legacy are extremely good at the
the moment, like in terms of form, the brand value is not meeting, I think, the results.
So that kind of makes sense.
Like if you looked at these two teams just a couple of months ago, it would be far worse.
But considering the fact that JL is this variable, like he was excellent in their last series,
obviously, but the consistency for someone like him, you know, it's just so much volatility
and questions and communication will be an issue.
None of that's going to be an issue for legacy.
they are playing extremely well.
This is, you know, a high chance of an upset.
I think I'll call it that.
I'd be definitely worried.
I'm sure Apex is like,
is everything gonna be great today?
There's no guarantees when you have a stand-in.
It's gotta be that, you know, creeping suspicion
and maybe even self-doubt in the back of their own minds
on Vitality's side of things.
Again, if it clicks well, like we've seen it can,
it could click real well across the board.
It's like 50-50.
We saw the inner circle game
and it's JL and Zyw share in the bottom
of the scoreboard.
crazy. Yeah, funny that. Yeah. So just just a thought that could happen. We haven't seen
a match like that from legacy so far. I think you're correct in saying that just the brand
value of legacy, though, kind of hasn't hit the the, let's say the markets in that way.
Because legacy have actually come in as technically the odd underdogs from all three of their
matches versus foot versus Falcons. And I mean, Falcons almost lost to Lynn vision.
So I was kind of surprised to see their stock as high as it was. I always lose
to legacy right and now we go up versus vitality and they're there as well and I
mean the odds aren't like crazy skewed yeah across all the almost four to one
yep but yeah but yeah okay so you you know make sense to take vitality is a
favorite question is just how much how much and will it gel today but you can't
spelled gel without JL.
What was the word?
gel gel.
Okay.
Okay.
I mean, maybe if you could spell gel in a number of ways, you
could spell Connor.
We're up to four.
Quick PC restart before this one goes live.
Flamesy looks like art.
A little bit.
Flamesy was also walking around the studio wearing.
I don't know what to call them.
Camera glasses, okay yep that's one name for him. I don't know if he's
recording POV for his vlog now but I don't know I trust him a little less
all of a sudden. He just every time he sees me he goes my favorite Indian. He
never says that to me. I wonder why he didn't say that to you. Odd.
There's another question in form. Try today. He has had some phenomenal games here at Blast
Open Portal. He's also had some very human looking maps as well in the legacy jersey since
joining.
I'm a little too streaky for my liking.
A little too streaky, right?
Yeah, the floor is just not there. It's like, because if you hold dust you have, you're
like, this is his best map, and then it's like every shot is missed.
You know, I think it's hard to look good when Monacy's in the server on the other
I feel we got that in the Falcons game on Dust2, but what was odd about that is like that Dust2 is usually statistically so good for try
And he just really couldn't get his game going
So in that regard, I think there's a few pieces here
I mean JL obviously just because he doesn't have a lot of tenure as a stand-in
Try because he's also fresh to this team, but a permanent solution to their AWPing and again
We've seen it when it looks good
Just know that the fives will be in a very good place for vitality, JL is just, you know,
it's just a bright light.
He's that guy.
Yeah.
Some people just have it, you know, a bright inner flame, it feels like it's hard to make
him have a bad day.
The worst that can happen is just JL and flames you just get too goofy and you know,
his focus, like that's the, you know, piss effects off, you know what I mean?
Like I can see that happening.
It's actually a real problem, maybe.
Yeah.
side each other look at him something like this you mean if it was side each
other like this could be a problem for sure this was this yeah yeah that's why
you got to separate the kids keep one in the front seat yeah
well without further ado it's time to get into it map pick up vitality in nuke
question about whether JL slots in nicely as they will begin on the T side
And the question is to what form legacy come through with this is
Elimination and not even a guarantee to the super block arena foot awaits their final challenger
There goes ropses Nades
You now in first
A couple of missed chances from Nissan, oh they're on top of him now, oh recovers, beautiful!
Last bullet.
Gun's empty, fresh mag, oh my!
Nissan never missing.
That's what Voo said and it is apt out the gate, what a quad kill and especially after
those first few whiffs you're thinking, aw this is one of those missed opportunities,
absolutely not.
Rocked at the bottom of the ramp.
If you just watch the replay from this point, it's godly.
Well, it's a great way for legacy to kick off.
It's going to be tough to impress us on this map for either team,
because we did just watch Demon play this exact same map.
Oh, dude, kind of the performance of the day.
Yeah, it's like I don't see that being beaten.
Of course we do have Zywoo present.
Demon kind of frying my dopamine receptors.
How could anybody be better than that?
Waiting for the secret pop-up.
It's USP out.
Yep.
Now swapped to the MP9 but not even needed.
M4 just churns through all four players.
It's 21 damage out of that round for vitality.
That could not have been any easier for legacy.
But it was USPs, so let's watch as the early AK buy for Vitality round 3.
Yes, immediately. Uncomfortable spots, really. This is kind of an interesting moment.
We see what kind of round that Apex calls considering he knows the other team is going to be playing pretty free.
That they have MP9s.
Vitality had to be extremely careful about this opening kill.
They'll run out of grenades first.
of
this
is the archer to try has full view
and in terms of being very careful you got to be super careful with your utility
Also because they didn't get kills, they don't get that extra utility of zero kills.
You said they'd run out of grenades first and we're almost at that point.
I feel like doubling up on ramps is such a good idea in this spot.
Especially with it confirmed there is no outer cross.
But Talty really just sitting pretty and letting that clock burn.
JL tries to draw attention, elicits moves here for legacy, which is now actually temporarily
three players over towards ramp as it drew Try back from heaven.
Now he's going to go back to hell, try to look out, or play Z-Raping main in the meantime,
Nade out, and they'll clear both players off.
Dude, that was really nice.
Great little distraction with the Molotov, still legs to stand on, but not as JL doubles
back into the lobby.
Shreds Nism and the first gun round for Vitality.
What a sudden pop.
Well, it's such an excellent call after the outside smokes and legacy just said okay
they're probably not going outside and they just don't have the resources to do
anything with it and instead it becomes this mini-crawl. No one from legacy is
watching this from back big garage or inside a secret and again it's also
because the MP9s feels just like stylistically a perfect move from Apex.
So light ramp fake to keep the two players there.
No gun upgrades here.
Real beauty of that, keeps the two B players that were there.
Also draws try over.
No heaven support whatsoever for that hit.
Vitality.
Limited utility.
It's a work.
Antibatic JL sweep of the lobby and all is good for vitality, their first gun round on
the scoreboard.
A gentle reminder that at any point today, any point any day, you can go live trade
the game over at Polymarket.
Have fun.
Good luck.
Good luck this chance there for try
Something sneaky coming out sneaky is lotto up in the rafters drops rocks without impact flash
flash blinds both sides of that dual, Apex, oh here's the reload, knows perfectly that
he can pounce arm with confidence, and that's how they earn back in even 3v3.
They're kind of stranded out here in the open, surrounded very much, with Lobby main now clear,
Nissan well timed, a little labored, but Zywoo doesn't even react to the main shots
and Apex pinned into the back event will get cleared out by tries off from heaven,
legacy answering vitality and keeping it a one off round win.
We could try there from Vitality. They got out into the upper site, but they didn't clear Mustang properly.
Obviously, a lot of angles too clear.
Then the alert from Apex felt like maybe that would be the one to make the difference.
At least they got a bomb plant closest around so far between these teams.
And it tries excellent flash to set up that peek out of Mini.
Cause they took a second of that bomb plant that mini smoke wore off.
And they never really got off site as you can see.
Apex the most committed of positions but he's stuck behind the vent.
So it's going to keep vitality on their toes.
Flames the other techdine as we go heavy into the lobby.
It's also legacy heavy on the A floor.
Oh, a spam kill on Upper.
Did Dumau do anything to deserve that?
Boy, another shot missed from Try.
It's the diagonal wall outside, picture in picture, means that there's a looming threat
for the main wrap, but CT's try to keep eyes on that.
Lotto tucking in behind Vent just in case it comes his way.
Upper head's gonna be a great idea.
With that pick on A-Side, certainly, Lotto burned out of his position as well.
This is very uncomfortable for the defense.
Vent player does emerge and try gets away with one kill.
There's this limited tech knife from Flancy.
Try, into the cover, no way!
No he's got it!
No scope, in for the triple.
And as he doubles back, Apex executes from a flank.
The main player pinches in with arc.
And oh boy, Apex now, 100 health.
No bomb, frantic to get that spray through.
Will kill the player on the floor.
And as they both spam, it is try to set this up.
Ridiculous. Art just goes for it. Spam to get that kill. Apex could have escaped this round
It's all because of try and he actually had gone down to secret
He came up through the vent and made that 3k happen with his op
Nice try, it's kind of funny.
Everybody had guns that round except for the guy that gets stuck chasing down the awp.
We had a lot of questions about whose form would look like what coming into this game.
Try is not skipping a beat.
Seven and one.
Part 2 and 2 turns attention back in the jump spot, whoops, sees a bunch of bodies coming
his way and he's got the tools for the job to just slow down vitality.
Plays that perfectly, keeps the cap for control side and Lado remains present so that rocks
can't get sneaky.
Another smoke into the double doors but you've got Nissan supporting here from the rafters.
Speller defense out of the legacy squad 5-1 off that converting fully with everybody alive
Try 3k really mess their money up a little bit
Feel like that's gonna mess up your money and your mental
Nice try
It feels like this first half has been a blur so far.
It's 5-1.
It looks like legacy are dominating.
And though I would say the 1-round vitality one was strong, their attempts are very close,
so it's a combination of good play out of legacy, but also the pistol.
Certainly not too late.
Does it feel weird for you to see Vitality without Messi?
Yeah, yeah, eh?
Oh, Fallen Giants.
Nuke is one of just two maps on which Vitality have a positive record on in the last three
months, alongside Inferno.
Is the era over?
Fallen Giants?
Or Falling Giants?
the debate is still alive
the point that they haven't been beaten properly at and thought about it like that but that's
definitely how it feels
That's Duncan I.M. Esports Shields?
Yeah.
Rob's just creepin' in this lobby.
You can tell he senses something's up and...
Doomow's position will cut off two of the five Vitality players from joining up at any point with these three down secret.
Yeah, Rob's is gonna come cautiously at this!
Ooh, but it's Doomow to go back for it.
And Apex trades back.
That's a picture being pieced together for legacy,
but as they draw art into the vents,
now this three-player pushdown secret's gonna find one guy towards control.
And with Nismtuk low, this might be a late warning if they ever see anything.
Hmm, have they made a mistake?
The three players all around lower,
now they're just really isn't any other options at 20 seconds.
I don't think they have a good chance to get the bomb down, but I don't think they're
really expecting someone to be this far into the site already.
Nismal's serve is a good anchor for the rotate to come down.
We'll see if Zywu clears him in the meantime.
No.
So they have to know this is still a looming threat.
Zywu goes into the vents instead.
Nismal activates and tries here.
I love that from Nismal.
One V4 attempt for Zywu.
Bomb not necessarily planted for him.
He's stuck and we get that creep down the vents.
Nice sweep from Legacy.
Just really good patience from Nisman.
You want to see him praise?
Yeah, because if he had peaked at all,
then he just becomes another player that just showed up.
But if he doesn't, then obviously he really
takes advantage of the fact that he was there so much
earlier.
And Zaiwu comes in just a little check
to see if someone's walking down the troll steps.
It's a bit rough from Robson who's at heads up dual versus was it Dumao inside of squeaky?
Yes it was.
Two times so far this half.
Especially when Dumao had like just kind of half checks door again you know if I thought
he was going to get caught with one of those awkward ones but very sharp you
know
himness him and try really the driving three of legacy success thus far
i'm gonna wall down again
He's actually smoked this out.
Oh, I don't do it again.
This'll be a full tell for Rob's.
He's crossing the path, Doomow splitting in between the two.
Doomow's getting away with the lurk.
Oh, it's perfect for him.
The way JL backs up, disastrous for vitality.
It's simultaneously art dropping a 2K outer.
outer it's absolutely brutal what do mouths getting away with inside a squeaky
vitality get vanquished this round
ouch and the amount of money now that legacy made they really
are in a comfortable spot vitality spend every single dollar here
200 bucks left
Oh, hey, can you make this fish eye?
You're probably wondering how I got here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's the limit.
I'm peeking. Oh no, it's after time. Zahoo's gotta hit the shot. Swing's coming. Oh no!
From bad to worse. Oh man, he has no money. Nobody has any money. Zahoo has $400 so
he buys a P250. He got $300 for his last kill. That's crazy timing. And it's one
One thing for him to get the double, but then Art clamps down on it outside.
Yeah.
Dude, we're in a world where Flamesee drops one kill apiece, Zywoo 3 and 7, two-thirds
of the way through this T side from Vitality and they sit on one round and looking at
this by, I don't think round nine's going their way either.
Not again.
Art happy to just start to take it to the now legacy's confidence, especially versus
a gun round like this.
And this is where we praise him as a momentum team.
Yep.
play it on.
Okay, I'll could die to this frag.
Policy of try make some kind of sick read or if he just sits by the vent and plays it plays the odds.
Do it. Yep. Oh my goodness, he made the read.
And he gets here in time. Oh, but he goes in the opening. It's the first!
Whoa, that close.
Dude, along for Zywoo's standards, that took a while.
He gets that kill, will deny it, and it ends up being just pistols for vitality that robs
the second round away.
They desperately needed that, though.
Zywoo dying after time, and they all spent their money.
Walks away with a 1v1 and a free AWP.
Makes you wonder what would happen if Chai had played in the vents.
I will getting away with that backstab
No, it's legacy we were praising them for momentum, but they're definitely doing a lot by pushing all these folks as well
Yeah, they got a little excited
It's not every day you're seven one up over vitality. It's not a Molly. They just missed in the air. I didn't see it. Sorry
Try down low as this double op comes through from legacy trying to change things up in the final three rounds of the half
I'm surprised Flamesy didn't try to punish right there, he tries just right back to this post.
Rob's struggling on T-Sides this season.
I heard a conversation that's kind of like, well, Rob's is going to struggle when the team does on T-Sides,
because he kind of needs the rest of the squad to put him in winnable spots.
I don't believe that at all.
No?
I'd say that's the opposite for it's role.
Usually those baiters get all the extra kills for freedom out of what's happening.
I'm not gonna say that about him but not Doc or something.
Ooh.
Art has split this pack up.
Doom out kills Robs 2, Op walks in.
Art just straight up blasts I will off the angle.
Apex is looking up into the rafters.
He's gonna play ahead of his smoke.
Oh!
Guadal!
This is right after winning, eh?
Just adjusts.
Legacy probably beating themselves up with the thought that they gave Vitality a second
round with their pistols, maybe playing it a little too aggressive than they should have.
Mind you, it is Jail spamming a smoke with a deagle at some point in that round, so
things do just get weird.
But this one fizzles out.
Two players to the save.
Zairu's AWP moves forward, thanks to Flamesee.
Get on our terrorists, win.
Apex.
What?
I mean, Legacy, that was a weird mix up.
Could save you that.
It's not even a team here.
What the hell am I talking about?
Legacy, still with a chance to double digits.
She got Apex on my mind sometimes, you know?
Lives in there rent-free.
It's got a big presence.
I want to say this is what I expected in this game.
I expected Legacy to play this well.
Sorry, Moe, this is completely unrelated.
Are we at the point where coaches are wearing no-scripps?
I know, it's like, come on.
The coach needs actual oxygen?
I agree, bro.
You need to see the health.
No judgment.
I learned a bit just like everyone else that, like,
let's just keep them in the room.
OK, guys, it's important right now we
are playing like fucking shit, OK?
Let's be honest.
So let's try to fucking step up at some point, OK?
It's just that hot and cold, you know?
Great versus 9z, rough versus inner circle and it's gonna be volatile when you go to new fifth.
Quick perch for Flamesy and the outer presence is really nis him back in hell and now Art into secret with the AWP.
Nobody top silo to hold him back so he could get away with a peek.
the peak. Molotov he goes out. Yeah. Just blocks Apex off the round. See ya.
You want it on full tilt? That's the guy to get. Yeah.
And they just have wide open lines. CTs watching everything.
Oh, saw a shadow.
Just a small bump in that otherwise straight line.
Oh, damn, JL.
Yeah, not thinking somebody would be in this deep corner.
Dodge, drop shot, do-mouse, loud out.
Not getting many more of those chances.
5v3 a comfortable spot at 30 seconds.
Vitality fully invested into this one again.
They might just have to tuck tail and walk away.
That's brutal.
That is brutal.
Oh, God.
It's hard to, it's tough.
It's tough to watch.
I'm not trying to take anything from leg.
I mean, legacy are just playing so good.
Yeah, decimating them.
So well.
Counter terrorists win.
And I genuinely think if you ask Legacy right now,
like are you surprised?
I think they'd be like,
this is how good we are supposed to be.
But I think they've really got some reps
for some strong ass teams
and picked up some big wins.
So if I tell you, you're gonna have to step it up.
And step it up in an uncomfortable place
without their full starting five.
Just always gonna be the talk of the town
for these next couple of months,
Rotating roster with soon apex to be the one out and mezzy in
Rops is one and six in opening bills this man. It's a lot of do mouth a
Lot of squeaky bushes, which has been really cool actually from legacy
That's really I feel like
Seen rops on a lot of receiving end of pressure
Do mouth four and one in opening bills if you really want to contrast the two head-to-head
So, Zywoo scours out, sees nothing, turns from secret.
Oh, missed chance that time, but Art did see two.
Nysim close smokes giving audio to the player creeping through at Apex.
Almost to least both.
Nysim able to react quick enough, did still take damage in that exchange.
Hard to say who this works out better for.
Last round they took out Apex and there really wasn't a call from there on out.
Oof! Insta-kill.
Robs will end this half, one and ten.
Brutal.
Maybe one of his worse tea-sides.
Oops.
Lotto making a ruckus.
They didn't even really have to bust out Lotto on him this time.
Fall off, Bane.
If 10, they don't predict the position like this.
Gmail's gotten a lot of value from here.
Little wallbang for Zaiwu to handle.
This would be a 1v4 for SaiWu 25 seconds and he's halfway through it
But it is an execution out from Nism double digits out of legacy a vitality map pick that's going up in smoke
Mali can I grab you for two sex?
I'm a pretty big fan, so I was hoping you could sign a photo for me if I saw one
Oh, yeah, why not?
We're doing it to everyone, so I'm not a stalker.
Hi Henry.
Can I borrow you for a couple seconds?
Where are you from?
I'm from the UK.
Exactly, where are you from?
I'm from Glass, I'm okay.
Great job today.
So I was hoping you could sign this piece of memorabilia.
That's alright?
I feel like a caveat coming here.
What's the matter?
That's from about...
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
What's the number? That's from about 2015 I reckon.
Okay, where were you?
Don't know. I look like an early Gfinity event or something like that.
Okay, strong headings though, that is stuck around this long.
I don't have hair like that anymore unfortunately, I wish I did.
That's when I was about 25.
Lot of change since then?
Seven, it's been about 17 years. I had my 38th birthday last week.
Can I grab you for a couple seconds?
Yeah.
I was hoping you could sign a photo, is that all right?
This is from my actual professional player, I'll say semi-professional playing days.
What year is this?
This is 2000 and maybe nine.
Do you have any of them?
Yeah, yeah.
Source 1.6?
1.6.
We were playing Rocket at the time.
It was a good team of some of my friends.
This was the gamer base, really.
It's what's up with the world.
This was a very good event.
It was a very fun event.
I think we ended second place.
It's not the end of the world.
So second place, we will take.
I was very worried we were going to come last,
because we had very minimal practice in between.
And we had a stand-in who was not one of our friends.
We're just on my board of musty in this side.
Really? Thank you so much.
Hello, boys.
You've got three minutes, that's perfect.
I want to wish you luck today, and if possible,
could you sign these beautiful photos?
That was an advantage, bro, of course.
This was coxer photo shoot.
Okay.
With that bandana designed it myself.
Yeah.
This is the bomber jacket that everyone loves.
This is WESG Barcelona 2016
on the top floor of the virus skate.
You go by range of this photo can't sell this. It's already on eBay before you signed it. Hi Matt
Yeah, it's you this time. Listen, we want to wish you well on your broadcast today
Would you mind signing this? Oh
One was this taken? I think it was
2012 this this feels like
Like a old Samsung. It does. I think it's like post-hunger games
Have a great broadcast. Yeah, I'm terrorized by that
I will never forget. You will not live this town.
Perfect. No problem.
was never meant to be an easy week for vitality shuffling out one of their
starting five for good reasons congratulations once again messy but
unfortunately for you messy your team is struggling two rounds only versus
legacy who are looking absolutely on point in this elimination test of three
To take advantage of the dad buff, you have to be here.
True, yeah.
Just wait till they're both back.
Oh no, he's spotted.
Flamesee cowering behind this box, hoping somebody's gonna help him.
Somebody save me please, says Flamesee.
And he's locked in.
Wow, he actually gets away with one bullet, one kill.
Nice shot.
He backs on nine health.
Retreats to heaven.
victory here just spells disaster for vitality mmm like I see very smart to
not just go lower
robs is the guy in the prime position if they do
walkouts already oh they're going lower oh that makes noise with event
player wow this is I would want to move okay yep arts gonna take that thank
Thank you.
That he's trying to make it seem like they're desperate, maybe.
Robs kills back.
Bomb is actually heading upstairs.
No, excuse me.
Down the ramp.
Oh, man, Robs gonna keep this pistol execution clean, dropping the bomb like that, throwing
it forward.
30 seconds to still get weird with it, and this, I'm thinking someone else is upstairs.
I wish they could get that bomb back, but they can't.
Very nice set of Robs.
Yeah.
Nice shooting gallery for Robs.
Leans back.
Apex will still find you upstairs.
And there's Vitality's lifeline, a pistol round brought to you by Robin Cool.
Like I see spent most of that round confused after what happened inside a ramp.
It's going to be fun to keep an eye on Robs' score.
He finished the first half one in ten, three in zero so far CT side.
It's a rare delicacy. Flash misses. Four and zero. Five and zero. There it is. You're
kidding. Poor JL. And of all the guys to get zapped, it's the stand-in. Can't just zap
I'm standing.
Nice.
Rob's keeping it up.
Welcome to tier one, JL. Just kidding.
Or a weed in between languages here.
Yeah, it's crazy.
Saibu gets his own calls
Wouldn't want to confuse people with strats that are just beyond their IQ sure. Okay. Yeah. Yeah
For French ears only
Saibu back as the smokes come over top
Oh my god, oh my god, man, I mean the smokes on the crosses why he pulled that Nate out
This is oh jail gets away with murder. That's a close call. Yeah, you take those
Shock that need does so much damage
He also got tagged. Okay. That makes way more sense. I was gonna say but look at this do now having made guns stick
It's over and do I was gonna leave it
finish us off SiWoo
you know Lotto gets the dink and an assist
they have ramp but they're kind of not ready to go so it does actually get a little bit more complicated than this
oh that actually helps immensely
Dumau thinks about taking it upstairs this opens that thread of the A floor once again JL
cowering here on a third of his HP
two players up above
Jail is gonna have to have the pristine shots,
especially now with Flamesy dead,
and he'll find nothing instead.
It is Dumau to just clean house
that is a quad kill for Dumau this round.
17 and seven off of this multi-frag,
and the moment legacy have guns on the attack,
they are back to winning ways.
Well, it's about time.
I mean, Dumau, he was the franchise player.
He was the guy who got the most attention, obviously,
because of his energy,
but it was also just a great fracture since then.
then you know we've been talking about Lotto a lot at this tournament so far it's just been solid this
has got to be his best performance so far let's let's look at what's going on and let's play with
most guys i like some brunt we could have won but we play like 40 pulses let's okay go boys
try to keep it positive
Apex style.
That's Apex positive.
You gotta bring flight to the table. He's not wrong about that. Just tough when legacy are hitting as hard as they are.
Still rifles in abundance outside and keep up that pressure through the smoke so you're rewarded, but Tri will just kinda hone in on you as those bullets fly through.
So it goes back, a peek from Robs is good, to take man advantage back into the hands of Vitality,
and Zywoo makes sure to extend that advantage.
JL was always the one limited piece with that 5-7,
but they have bomb possession outside with their kills, so can't really camp it, though.
T-Smoke fades, which means Flamzy regains vision.
Whoa, oh Nysim.
Oh, he was ahead of the expectation, I thought, but Zywoo adjusts nicely and a good passive line held by it.
Flamesy, there's the Zywoo multi frag we're waiting for to hell with the AWP gets active this time and that'll be vitality to just still try to keep legacy on notice
Yeah, I haven't been saying his name too much today
And they did play this round with balls like apex wanted, you know look how mobile
So rewarded for their effort
Legacy face limitations tech 9 Mac 10 in the mix early made wall
CTs don't pop it open and the bitch full cross actually
Major like rotate
And then Rob shuts them down but Rob's got dinged by him to do now. What are these tech 9 shots?
Art finishes off with two mouths.
Zywoo's gone live for the wall bang headshot.
And he's got this bomb isolated for the time being.
Where's the second piece?
Wonders Zywoo flashes from the site.
Zywoo gets his next.
It is Zywoo with another triple.
And he can tell that Art was delaying.
That was such a good push out of Zywoo.
I don't know how he's read this so well,
but he might turn around to peek this.
Yes, sir!
Oh, insane on Zywoo.
Miss him so valuable in the clutches yesterday.
But tonight it is Zaiwu to thrive.
That's uh...
Did they spot Nism somewhere?
He knew exactly what was happening.
I don't know why they would have.
Yeah, like today he knew for sure Nism was flanking.
Quality stuff.
I mean, I guess when the bomb doesn't get planted instantly, there's no one to cover it.
Sure.
Yeah, you'd think if somebody was single or double door, they'd get the bomb in and that
guy would be set up.
Still, that's IQ, man.
I can't buy that.
Well, he actually just re-signed with them till 2028.
Sorry, you can't buy that for other players.
Oh, Apex resigns while I'm...
Five round game off a huge Zywoo clutch.
They full invested last round though, huh? They didn't get much out of it.
Now they had a couple guns.
We're going to do mouse posting tech 9 headshots like he was.
It's scary that legacy basically always had a chance though.
Impact's better be careful with the reload.
Yeah, tech 9 comes right through.
Squeaky door shut down. JL and Flamesy can handle it.
Not too bad. Flash comes wide trying to make this easier, but Dumau can't manage to clear this Raptor.
And so JL hangs tight.
One jump on Apex all they get away with.
Shut it down four up.
Vitality using this CT side to springboard the comeback to a four-round gap.
Always managed to make it scary. It's a slow start into the game, but with the help of a pistol.
They have made this very competitive.
What has happened to the money that these are the last three rounds?
They did something wrong, right?
No bomb plants, one third lost after.
Spent too much on that first course, huh?
The Rocksawk makes an appearance.
It's got a multi-kill with a bomb reward, so that's nice for him.
Yeah!
Triple!
But now Lotto with two kills back.
missed holy hell whoa chill that was ropz's load downstairs you know there's
limitations in this round but that armor galore lotto it's gonna have to be the
end all that was the ops far away ropz is downstairs and he gets his bomb back
a lot of those freaky things in these moments freaky stuff that's fun to watch
And Robbs gives him an entry. He's picked the correct door.
Oh, scaling the left side.
Oh my God, he still has 99 health.
In 40 seconds.
He's looking to make this a little bit worse.
Door swings?
Oh no, he's actually got a chance.
Down to setting up.
JL on the approach.
Lotto, come on now.
It is right there for the taking, J.L. goes quiet, BOTTO!
Oh, you missed that!
Like shot!
It's all that makes the difference.
This guy's half a genius, man.
What the...
Goosebumps at the prospect of Lotto pulling that off.
Real freaky shit.
of the
life of the
death
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death
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They got a chance in every round, no matter what.
I may just spend those last three with the worst buys ever.
Covered in the smoke here.
It feels like, yeah, I saw one over just the top of it, but tucking to credit, standing outside Main.
It's become very committed for Zywoo.
It's in a good spot to catch someone though.
He knows that they're in there somewhere, right? It's just a matter of when and where Legacy tried to eventually advance.
Legacy had also found themselves in some very, very good spots.
Damn, they weighed him out long enough. Apex takes up the line!
cleared.
Art duels with that, you've got Zywoo back up in the head, he's just gonna try to go through
main and play as he drops with nothing!
Zywoo good for the trade back, he maxed damage out of JL but it's Lotto and Nism with the
headshots!
Apex, a 1v3 demanded of him, two kills left to take and Tri just departs with that bomb
for lower.
Second tier reveals himself as Tri is given runway downstairs to plant and then Smoke
fades, Nism secures their 12.
They heard Zywu drop, and then when Apex shot, they knew it was time to go up her.
Zywu tried his best to get up that ladder quickly, but it's only one kill before the trade.
What great timing from Art called as he gets into credit.
Look how long Zywu was like frantically looking for them to make that next move,
and they don't start pushing this round forward until he's given up that duel.
Such excellent trades.
Played perfectly between them and the 2v1 as well.
The aim is just, the aim runs so deep on this roster for Legacy this week.
Zaiwu waiting for this rap outer, I mean, tough place to be in with the AWP.
He'll find a back turn to him and doom out.
JL trying to pounce in lobby.
Zaiwu remains stuck behind a red, but good move from him.
Yeah, I'd love him staying aggressive, even if the smokes come up.
It's fair to say, Vitality will not go down without swinging.
It was a four-round CT streak for Vitality, ended with that last one, but looking like
getting right back to winning ways.
One he could be just awkward for this entire half for legacy.
Even though Vitality have five, it's two empty nines upstairs.
I mean, Nissan could smoke off main as well.
That takes two players out of the equation.
Oh, foot spotted.
Yeah, he has spotted that.
I mean, that's going to put the author to the duel with certainty.
I got to read two on top of Hut.
This chance.
That shot.
It's a tough one to hit.
Difficult angle.
Now it's a two-up.
Oh, the bomb drops.
Goes on its own.
Lotto activates.
Can't manage both players here on the A floor.
And it's art exposed to just that quick little ramp peek.
Yeah, they're going to find him feeling squeezed when maybe
that off-shot misses.
Plenty of bodies upstairs to handle.
We've got a three-round game to overtime for vitality.
And it is awkward money once more on legacy side.
side. Super awkward. Go right into a timeout here. They're buying up. A two mouse just
buy. I mean, I feel like you almost. I swear legacy have done more hero buys like one rifles
than any other team has. I think they screwed their money up a couple of times. I wonder
they want to do the full investment. I guess it makes sense. Goodbye.
They've got full loss bonus, so that helps. Yeah, they're going to save a few bucks on
the side, and they have been very, very strangely competitive with very little to work with.
A4 rush, Dumau's going!
Spotted from back site! JL hangs on for dear life, shuts it down pretty easily actually.
No one X, and then AK has just been stranded. What was the idea there?
Dumau go kill.
Art just took 40 damage by falling off silo.
And there goes the Galil that came into this round as well.
Oh boy. Yeah, this one falls pretty flat.
At least the golel gets picked back up.
Yeah, so I was not going to fall for that one arc.
At least they don't spend all their money.
Yeah.
Because that wasn't very interesting.
And it's again full loss bonus, so that'll soften the blow, but you would like to get something out of that
Yeah, okay found out all's good. JL3K this round to save off a very aggressive looking legacy
Yeah, I don't know that that was that was weird it looked like they went full commitment
But and nobody was on the same page about what the strat was it's such a it's like apex just doesn't believe JL
When he says hey one rush time, you know with an AK and no one else had guns
I'm super confused about that. Oh, what the what the call was so I especially have attack so so only one rush taught
Yeah, Dan only one rush taught
But it comes back with four AKs for this round, so the money's there for legacy. It's the runway that's
Starting to dry up. We've got two chances left in regulation
Before vitality have hard fought for overtime
And it's all five smokes thrown already by legacy now
A group up inside of the lobby that's going to be heading into the ramp.
Who awaits them?
It is Robs, who has had a recovery this half.
He's looking for his first duel.
Flashbang stuns them.
Instant for the first one.
Waiting for the Zywil piece to try to pre- Oh!
Oh, of course!
And then Dan comes up, catches a knife out and tries his hands.
Another!
Oh, the headshot.
Quick scope slam on Lotto and Vitality fast to the reaction.
Remember when Robs was one in ten?
Hangs on to the ramp room to start this, opens a door for Zywoo to show flair.
And we go to round 24.
That's a classic spot out of Robs.
He only gets one kill.
Normally I see him, especially with how clean the first one was.
He can make that three or even four, but they had so much rotational support
Well bang headshot helps out a lot
So I always had a hell of a CT side as well. Yes, sir indeed
Life is pain
for a T side that just can't break through.
Of course.
Love it.
Once the buy looked like now again working with full loss, it's going to be limited.
Plus, I feel like they mentally they have to reset because I think they've made some
weird buying decisions that Strats are just like not following through.
Doom OwRound was extremely strange, yet they still managed to get 12, which is pretty wild
without a pistol in the second half.
I donated a couple AKs to Vitality's cause, Vitality free to have Saewoo roam with this
off.
And he started aggressively out of a few of these rounds.
I feel like that's really what kickstarted the CT comeback.
Remember that Apex listening?
He said we need to play with balls.
We've had aggressive openings from Vitality, from Zywu in particular.
Diagonal wall.
Strange.
This will be one of their best buys so far this half.
It's triple outer smoke with nobody behind it.
Flames, he's also had a bit of a struggle. He's going a bit aggressive inside Squeaky.
Could be make or break. I mean, they're all here. There wasn't anybody watching this smoke,
but now Duma is slotted into that corner left side.
Oh, smoke fades now. Duma's about to get a duel coming his way.
Yaw, and he wins it with the headshot. It was first damage Flamesy, but he just couldn't
finish it. Execute into the A site with a Molotov top halt so that they won't have
to clear it. There's been a lot of defense up there at times, and they drop into Apex,
position to perfection. Guess what? That's the bomb. And so, him being positioned where
he needs to be may have just forced overtime. JL, he's pinched from both sides. It's a
lot of recovery, but so much to do. They were worried about the hut, thinking they'd
get away with drop, and they could not have been more wrong. He does scoop up on
and tries to get back to side.
A hell of a comeback!
10-2 first half from Legacy, not enough!
Yeah, just the two rounds here in the second half,
and now they have to go for overtime.
I feel like mentally they've just...
They've ruined their own chances so many times.
From a 4v5, no less.
That'll give Vitality all the energy they need.
And an immediate double-op setup for overtime here with Robson's Ailu.
Try to shake it up.
on the other end of this.
At a full buy, one out of every four rounds at half.
Now they come into overtime, all the money in the world, we'll see if that makes a difference.
Saewoo opens up, long drop!
You've got Lotto onto Apex.
He's making a lot of sound down there, so gave lotto all the info we needed
So I route he's been in all the right spots outside
And he's been hitting the hard shots too
He's been hitting the simple shots actually
I see what you mean.
The quickscope headshots, the no-scope wallbangs, the hullabaloo, uh-oh, a little awkward there,
but all's good.
You've got a teammate to play with, and Zaewoo clipped the wings of Lotto, upper, bomb-spotted,
goes for the USP, and we'll reopen the possibility of this 2v4, because Nism's
He's got a little footing inside A already.
Molly doesn't go up to Heaven.
This is Robbs with that secondary up.
Oh, he's missed a Molly.
Bad incendiary, that opens up the bomb planche.
I mean, that just gives them the bomb planche.
They're pushing through, it's pushing through it all.
He steps into the fire, doesn't hard commit.
They don't actually cover that.
Vence could offer a distraction.
Try gets the back turned.
You've got to hit some dead try with one more shot.
shot and flames you there to keep the rifle pressure on scary stuff when
Rob starts to fall apart at the seams yeah even seen a miss up utility is
really surprising so not only missed it blocked him from getting to push out
open up that plant in the first place but stills vitality in the lead so I
would just hit more great shots
every time you see that would abdition right now it looks like you
There's three options for it, guys.
Very high in yield of the gameplay out of him.
He's been moving around at time.
Okay, Pex decides not to press his luck along main- Oh, never mind, goes back!
Haha!
Draws Dumau in, and Zaiwu clips him for it.
Alright, the win condition here for Vitality, most certainly online.
In the form of Zaiwu, Flamesee emerging from secret life.
We've not seen this.
What?
Flamesee!
In what world?
We'll see, 3-4?
I mean, one by one?
screen off? What was that? Apex tries to recover here with the
upper now top main second rifler creeping up on main and Apex
is another reload going to get jumped on how many times? Oh,
this time survives just long enough to at least kill art. You
get more shots out of JL. But this is a door reopened for
legacy. One of the most egregious blinders on moments
Oh strike as it falls on this guy lose five seven low that's on two of the three
I mean, how does flamesy not see that guy standing top silo? Yeah, I know try is not that tall
Brother, but he was on his screen from the torso up. Yeah, I
Mean I mean, oh that's that was crazy
I don't know what resolution that is, but I would not recommend it.
When you get a little too focused.
Well that takes a comedy of theirs, thinking of Legacy a 30 rounds instead of switching over.
Now it's a real chance.
Just like they have had to do.
It's time for a mental reset. Otherwise Vitality will play flawlessly.
Skating through the smokes, flames heat, cuts them down. Nice clean opening kill.
They're third CC overtime round.
I was such a gift to get for Flamesy up and then suddenly it's one back and rounds totally
opened up again. It's like everyone's feeling the pressure.
I'm not sure if you can hear me.
Man.
30 seconds, but they're not walking mini.
Yeah, the clock has not always been kind to Legacy.
They're avoiding everything.
Nobody down there.
There's no CTs that can even hear this right now.
One player down.
Nobody's moved yet.
Zaiwu is still stoic on the ramp.
Now here's utility popping on the B floor.
It's gonna be already overtaken by two.
And this pop-up could really catch him,
kill the dead lotto, but no escape.
Dumal looking for more,
catches Robson, try kills JL elsewhere.
They thought that they could set up for a retake.
Down, oh, totally shut down.
Legacy back into this game,
off of Flamesy missed opportunity the round prior.
To be fair, that call was perfect
for no audio whatsoever for the Vitality.
Very rare to see that,
go back outside through secret,
less than 30 seconds left over,
and basically everyone from Vitality is near ramp.
We've seen a series of brand new situations
in these last two rounds.
And somehow in this overtime, legacy went two out of three.
Such a small mistake,
but I get Apex trying to spam the corner,
but he steps right one time
and just puts him in the line of fire.
I knew 19 and 7 on CT side this map.
Is that for the bargain for sure?
Now back to the attack for Vitality Struggled.
It was two round T sides in regulation for both teams
to really hammer home how important winning two of the three from legacy just now was.
I'd really like to see how this goes between Dumau and Robs
because I bet, you know, he's not going to push like he did before.
He had played it quietly up to that point, but I guess once you're blind think it maybe you've got the crosser where it needs to be
He timed it up right if it's just that his teammate was also in view, but
solid a exec here for vitality to tie up
We're looking for a second to stab at this tea side as well. It looks like
Out of the smoke in the fire fully blind
That's a tough one to stomach
But the sort of convincing round win that's going to give Vitality the confidence Legacy
didn't want them to have.
I
Can they're just gonna hit it with tempo jail comes through all they've just torn through
No way. It's the last round, but even faster just slammed
officially has many rounds of one on T side in overtime as all of regulation for
both of them
oof apex said to play with balls well now that they're back to the T side they
have ferocious tempo in these two rounds back to back and legacy just get
Melted down
Vitality rip roar through OT
After a couple of fumbles
Looking for the flawless T side not done yet
Double off setup comes from legacy and it's not an immediate A site slam
Tyra's line smoked off so he'll let them know he's in here not often
You see it lose the first two rounds you get a double off a chance on the third round of overtime
the upper-fine T-side.
Vitality down 2-10.
Make a massive comeback happen,
and we'll continue to fight for playoffs.
That might be one of the most chaotic nukes,
and definitely one of the most chaotic endings
that I've seen to a map.
Apex literally lives on four HP at the end of that.
that was a game of smallest margins and errors here.
Call it chaotic.
I call it devastating for legacy
after the first half they had,
after the way the second half was going.
They had chance after chance,
but they got locked out by Zywoo
with several clutches, big rounds, insane plays.
Legacy have to go away from this one
feeling like they should have had that victory.
The reports of Zywoo's downfall greatly exaggerated.
That first series feels like it was an eternity ago,
based off of the way that he hard-carried vitality
through so many of those CT rounds
to bring this to overtime.
And man, again, yeah, true, Voo.
The heart's out to legacy there,
because they played incredible CS2,
but they definitely,
there's probably two rounds that they won't back so badly.
Yeah, there's at least two rounds,
I thought maybe three.
And some of them, they made a few mistakes themselves,
but really, I mean, what are you gonna do
the way he did the 1v3 he gets
that the the ramp of wall bang.
He finds this just no scope
wall. But sometimes these top
players like you think of the
cold air jumping off. You think
of the Zai Wu stuff. It's just
like the game just molds to
them. It bends to their will
for no reason. No reason. I
mean going into this one you
guys literally even going to
the last time the legacy
played here for blasters up
against Falcons and you're
like it was monosie that
brought them over. Vitality
and it is again, right? It is
literally zai that is pushing
them through each round because
for the whole first half
between rups and flame Z. There's
two kills. They have one kill
each for the whole first half
and regulation. I was going to
come on this desk and say you
know, you win. You lose close
game. You get no tea. You can't
wait so long to activate that
that was supposed to be the
problem. Apparently you can
wait that long to activate if
you're vitality. If you have
If you're vitality, if you just get those two in the first half, that's enough. We bought enough time.
We got the buffer we needed. I mean, there's just so many rounds that we could break down from this one.
Yeah, there is the biggest one being round nine. I think that's the big key one here because again,
it's one of those rounds that you guys are talking about that legacy would love to look back and say
we could have had this and it would have been closed out for us because it is an eco coming out
with the side of vitality that they end up winning.
This round is one where I have no way to explain this
other than art is relapsing, okay?
Because this is the problem that you sometimes saw
with Furia back in the day
where you would get these great situations
and you would just keep pushing it.
You get this five on three advantage,
they have pistols, why even keep going?
Why make it harder than you need to?
The confidence was already built, you already held it.
Once you get the most confidence you can't get most this or most or like it doesn't need to even go past that point
So that's where I just felt I said as soon as that round happened
I said okay if vitality win we need a point to that one because that's all they needed to get it to overtime
Yeah, you're looking at seven one up
You think that round ends up being
Inconsequential until you get to the second half and it ends up being incredibly consequential not only for the scoreline
But also you took a whole bunch of 1v1s you let Vitality realize hey if we can play ourselves if we can get in these spots
Where we can take the duels we're capable of outplaying this team
You gave them some confidence that they can use to go into the second half and actually begin to power up now
Immediately that one is you look at it legacy faulted a little bit for themselves with some of the calling there
You're put in situations that you shouldn't have to be but when it gets later into this game
You realize that yeah the game does bend as I always will because looking at round number 17
I mean, that was one that even the best IJLs cannot prepare for.
You can't prepare for Zai Wu pulling off stuff like this.
I mean, you get yourself in a good situation.
It almost felt like near the end of this game,
legacy got scared of these sorts of rounds,
of this type of lower play, where you just go outside to lower.
They were worried about Zai Wu and Robs on the rotation here.
And it's still going well for them at this point.
Zai Wu 1v3, very nice shot on the first one,
manages to get away.
Then the 1v2, he's getting pinched from both sides here.
but he finds the timing to get his way out,
still gets the kill on to Ard,
and then you've got Nyssen never missing
versus Zywoo never gonna die, Wu.
And he never misses the bullet.
I can't believe that Zywoo had the presence of mind
also to just position himself like that.
He didn't know where Nyssen was.
Nyssen was part of that outside yard pack
to try to cross towards lower,
and he decided on a whim
because things were going so well
that he was gonna try to pull off a very premature flank.
Probably a flank that was supposed to be
to just kill exits to try to kill any saving players.
And so for Zywoo then to realize,
okay, there's no contact from that remaining guy,
he must be behind me.
It's just the game sense on him is always so sharp.
I mean, it doesn't end there.
You go what, six rounds later as well, 23,
where we are looking down the barrel here
over and over time,
while we're looking at another great play
coming out from Vitality
to be able to push it to that next round.
Legacy fans, look away.
You don't want to be watching this one.
You don't want to watch what happens
when Zywoo just decides,
He's just a sign he's just deciding we're winning this game doesn't matter rops even here
He probably usually gets to he takes a few extra bullets to get to hit the second one. So I will just
What is that?
God, but it what they even say let it I mean it speaks for itself the no scope here
It just like I'm telling right now if head trick takes that no scope it misses
Okay, if ultimate takes that no scope it misses if brokey in this year takes that no scope it misses
But it just hits, OK?
Games just game the shot don't lie.
You ever watch Wanted?
The bullet curves, he's curving the bullets.
Why is that your reference of like driving bullets?
I'm like, what did you say?
You said that?
They just benched the guy.
That's the best movie for me.
We're talking about bending bullets.
And you picked Wanted and not Matrix.
Wanted is a great movie.
OK.
It's one of the best ever.
I have more plot holes than Interstellar, OK?
I love Interstellar.
I loved it or seller but I'm gonna say that we're more blood holes than watching new playoff
because again, we're talking about yes, I was stepping up doing so much being able to create space and win round after round that no
Normal human being should be able to win
But there was still that caveat of legacy
Floundering at those sort of rounds they see Zai will pop up Valley and then they go
How do we actually execute against this now?
Well, one of my biggest problems with how legacy played that second half is that it really felt like they needed that
perfect call instead of just going for something that's straightforward and simple your battering vitality all game
So why in round 24?
Do you want to try to one-up yourself where you already have a winning situation and you want to do even more?
It felt like art really wanted to just make everybody let everybody know that he was the IGL in this game or something because you have a
You really pretty much have a you've got a kill on the a player you smoke down many
You're using your utility to take A and then you drop down the vent and the thing is the way that this round was set up
Was that you threw all these outside smoke?
So there should be a player from vitality that's down the vent
There should be players in lower that are ready for that kind of drop
But he just that that snap call whatever who or whoever made it maybe it wasn't art
Maybe it was somebody else that panicked
But anybody that would have set up the round as such should know there should be a vitality player in lower
unless they just don't believe your smokes.
But at that point, I just felt like Art always kept wanting to do one extra thing
instead of just going for what was already working, even in the same round.
I have to think that Legacy kind of got in their own heads there,
especially after the confidence, the plays, it felt like Zywu was untouchable.
I feel like they got in their own heads that they felt they couldn't play a standard round
and just win the kills.
But when you're with that much of a lead, just play enough standard rounds,
eventually Zywu isn't going to hit you with a wallbang or a 1v3.
Eventually you'll find a way to win.
That's what you think.
But didn't we just do like three rounds of him doing exactly that?
Was there a floor play the odds?
You played the odds.
Would have been a fourth time of him doing something crazy.
You played the odds.
The panic button was hit.
But how do you reset the panic button on the side of legacy
here?
Because it is gut wrenching.
It is so tough to get to see this play out like that for them.
That is a very tough question.
That's one for the coach to come through in the aftermatch.
I mean, we saw in the game itself,
Apex multiple times had to take pause and say, guys,
what are we doing?
We got to play the game better here.
It's that sort of talk that you need from your leader,
whoever is the leader on that roster,
whether it be the coach, the IGL,
or whoever is truly leading that roster
and it needs to get them back on the same page
because I do think they kind of,
they really just fell apart near the end.
Professional teams in the last handful of years
have been much better than in the 2010s,
resetting from map one to two.
That's one thing that I'll give to Legacy
who also have had to fight through
that sort of adversity in the past.
Again, arts, a guy that's been to multiple major playoffs,
understands how that game key and his team
likely overheated through many of those situations
and now can go outside, it's pretty cool outside,
some nice fresh air and hopefully recognize
that wasn't even our map pick guys.
If we just go with our game plan on Mirage,
we should be able to even the score line up.
Unironically, I was gonna say that,
that is one really good silver lining
that you get to look at,
is how strong you were able to handle vitality
on their map pick.
Yes, it goes to overtime and you lose it, but it goes to overtime against Vitality on that map.
This is the type of thing that the team says to each other in the shuttle home afterwards, after they get 2-0.
You're going home after this one. I don't want to hear anymore of this shit.
After they get 2-0 they go, we got them real close though, guys. We got them real close.
This is one where they got them real close. They should have been able to push it over the line.
They have to feel bad about that. As much as Zaiwu pulled off some great plays,
You had some really intelligent calls from Apex, the back-to-back upper hits in the overtime.
I think they just had to find a way to close it out in overtime.
I didn't like how those players looked, though, in those camps.
I want to know if there's more footage of how their faces are now, because...
Production, production. Can we get some more of this, please?
Yeah. I need to do some body language sort of, just...
How would you rate it? How do you rate it?
In between the inner circle versus foot, they were doing squats outside.
How would you rate that one?
I think they looked locked in they looked locked in
In a circle squad. Oh, I don't like art space right there. That's
I think they're gonna bend again. I mean look at this. I was like
Fucking idiots. I had to carry you through this map. That's exactly how they speak to each other
The humble woo would never would have said
Humble woo wouldn't wouldn't go that far. He would have said it was a great team effort there everybody
I think you're all in high spirits after that one after you take that long to to get it together. Maybe apex. Okay apex is one
Apex is one of those guys you could be winning 8-0 and he's gonna take a pause and go that's smoke
You throw the wrong smoke. What are you doing? Get it together. That's apex. Okay
So even though I think the rest of the team is probably pretty happy about that one
That's still one where you know, you're gonna have apex with this little moment
I'm hoping the spirit the job will both these teams because at the end of the day
I would love to see a map number three
I loved how close it was here on nuke vitality's pick and I'm hoping legacy pull themselves together and realize
It's just a short break before we get to see them in action on Mirage
Over time required for Vitali to win their map of Nuke and now we look towards Mirage.
Legacy's hopeful comfort here and a hopeful map win for themselves there.
Yeah, I mean they managed to win this one against Falcons the previous time they played
it.
I think they showed some rough showings against Falcons the most recent time you come into
this one.
It's one they're very comfortable on.
I think they play a pretty...
Look at that comfort.
I don't know.
Taljin JDM style.
I think he's comfortable with this map.
I think legacy are very comfortable at this map.
They know their style.
They play quite grouped up.
It's going to be very tough on the anchors
on the side of Vitality.
And their protocols on the rotations
are going to have to be precise.
That's what I'm a little bit concerned about here
is that when watching Legacy's game plan that
succeeded versus Falcons, a lot of it
came down to site hits.
They tried targeting Kerrigan.
They sometimes even just ran at the A bomb site.
I don't think there's really a good answer
for picking between JL and Robs on one side
and Apex and Flamesy on the other.
Those are both pretty solid defenses.
However, I don't know ever really associate vitality
with Mirage, that might be the one saving grace.
It's not really the one map that speaks to me
as they have a rock solid defense consistently
through and through on this one.
How's J.L. and Mirage though?
Because remember it's a stand in vitality.
So back with Navi, he did not play the B anchor spot
which he will likely be filling in for Messi.
We haven't seen him play this with them yet
But with Maus, I would say he did a pretty serviceable job.
I also think that he played with Sphinx on Maus,
which kind of led to him having to fend for himself
a little too frequently.
My opinion is that Robs and Zaewoo
are better rotate helpers to aid JL
in case he ever feels like some actions come in.
Yeah, I get generally worried about the protocols
when you're talking about bringing in a fifth player,
especially one to play a role that he's not comfortable with.
But they're going to be starting likely
on the easier side here,
the CT side that they were more comfortable on and I think that gives them at least a little bit of an edge.
I look comfort and serviceability. Maybe that's all vitality really need to be able to continue on in
this lower bracket but of course we would love to see legacy fight back on their map pick of Mirage.
There is a real world where legacy do pack a punch still their map pick like Matt said but
yeah if we're talking momentum I mean there's no doubt vitality riding high after that new
come back, sense you come back and legacy and I think if you chalk it up to like
mentally they clearly lost something in that second half they had the tools two
rounds they won were really good but as you can see it's looking like people
believe in vitality right now which makes perfect sense they showed resilience
three upper pops back to the act to close out a T side in overtime and a
zai Wu throughout the back half of that game was unreal I mean it wasn't
just a lot of kills, it was a lot of style, and it was sort of right after Apex it takes
some risks.
Yeah, that's exactly what he called for, right, play with some balls, and they absolutely
did remaining though, also playing with brains, and a couple of close calls, a couple still
you know, near misses I think for Vitality, I don't think it could have been just that
easy and over time, but those three slams, I mean if that's not a testament to the
growing confidence that Vitality just got a slowly piece together over the game,
Well, speaking of confidence, JL slottin' into this team quite nicely.
A couple of hiccups here and there, but overall, I think a comeback like that, that brings y'all
closer.
I mean, his job is to play halfway decent, like, this team is stacked, I mean, there's
no one on the team that he's better than, you know, considering how little he's played
recently.
It doesn't really make sense to expect that of him, and he definitely did that.
So, I think they're in a fine place.
They survived a huge scare.
I asked Flamesee about the silo thing.
What'd he say?
He just didn't really, he just had no idea.
He's like, was he on my screen for that long?
And like, yeah, he was just walking towards me.
Like, was my gun blocking it?
Like, he really just was super focused on that Red Cross
and just had no idea.
I mean, totally fair.
Yeah, because he-
You kind of clear silo when you come out of secret and then you're just worried about the red pig, but
It was an aggressively long amount of time
Every one thing if you say you know the top of the head at that distance that was belly button up
so
Doesn't cost them in the end in fact vitality kind of stamp their name across that over time
I mean if anything yeah, you know close loss like that
You'd be like well, Mirage is still gonna be super scary for Vitality with legacy for what it's worth playing that well
Even get that close now
Of course, it's in the context of them blowing a lead so it doesn't feel like that
But they got a lot around that game and they look fierce
Lot them
Lotto miss them and do them out. That's that driving trio once again try
I thought I had really good moments for the ounce to let him let him okay
funny guy try had his moments but all early palace smoke you get it gets a
shine by ziwu on the end of that game early palace smoke call up and goodbye
Tyloo? Yeah, he'll get there. Third kill connected.
Lotto connecting with kills, though, and so we go to V2.
Bomb in the open site, they'll find Robs off the catwalk,
and they let JL get into the window.
Eesh, Robs doesn't get his. JL trying to post a vitality clutch
takes 91 damage.
Dang, Tyloo!
Oh, he's right there for it, but he just can't finish off Lotto.
Oh my goodness, trying to write that, Tywin.
It's, uh, of all teams to show up.
Yeah, wasn't ready for that one.
Hi, Lou.
Not even in vision.
A bit of a shame that Zywoo posted a triple kill
in the pistol, and they can't finish it off.
I mean, Robs had his chance off the cap
play-through connector.
Jail had his chance out through jungle.
So a T-side pistol victory for Legacy to try to set the tone.
We got a force out of Vitality that features rops on an M4.
Now it'll be sitting right here on the catwalk with an early angle mid.
Now, big execution coming through.
Zywoo just gently push that right into sandwich perfectly.
Puffs his chest out.
No effort whatsoever.
Which means he gets to keep these open lines, CT's collecting inside the CT's smoke and ramp.
There were Cybers chances, and they slip through his hands.
Flamzy to the top of Palace now, hoping that they would over-commit, and there is a second wave of aggression coming back from this ramp.
Hunter robs through the M4, looking to beat the difference maker, but he could just turn them back away.
Finds damage on that fallback from the ramp.
Flames is going to go chasing, trying to get this kill.
Does finish it off.
Attention turned back towards the Palace.
We're now all that's left of legacy gets found.
JLTASMG is going for one, and the first buy,
victorious for Vitality.
Loving the aggressive energy right now for Vitality.
They played with very little, and they played with a lot
of force.
That's a fun way to bounce back.
I
Shut down I think I thought he said shut up cuz maybe the tech pause came through
I don't know just like a cute anime voice. Yeah
Well, well, well, they done broke the game for a second.
I really thought legacy were leaving leaving.
I thought they were leaving ramp, you know, they kind of pulled back enough.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They're I would say fought them for so long.
It was like, oh, they're sensing too many players here, but I thought they could just
frag their way back into it.
But that's something there's something right now about their T side where they're
just not on the same page.
It was like ever since we saw that do mo do mouth round the three rounds where they made
They did something wrong in three rounds in a row with one or I think three rifles across those three rounds
Three full buys
So either arts getting confused or everybody else is
But that do mouth rush round was off a tack pause yeah with their coach as well that was a choice
I mean, that's a that's a mess. So that's spilling over into this tea side. That's gonna be a huge issue
It's not what we've seen from legacy so far this week
It's always scary to open up this box, to go into the forest by its back and forth,
but obviously Legacy want to give Vitality a taste of their own medicine, but it's
scouting tech nines
This is my shell has the honors of playing a dead eb
Congratulations. Yeah with no support. You win an ego. Yeah, how come no one's no one's a ladder room or anything to help them
He's by himself. Yeah, Rob's is gonna have to come join him now from that ladder
Whips it around but can't handle doom out and try oh wow scouts I will through the market smoke
He tries to get another one for his efforts, Robbs returns it back with a headshot.
Feeling like the retakes on, but Flamzy remains a bit tentative.
Concerned that maybe their inside market already wide swing out, oh this goes up in smoke.
I'm really not blaming JL for this, like normally when you're versus a force up at
B, you're having two players back in this site, you maybe have one on the window cross,
one bench, one get right, one site where JL was standing, you have some kind of crossfire,
Like you would never really let anybody stand there by themselves when there's a high chance of a rush
And then to top it off. He's got his just you know bright let you bright yellow mp9 in the middle of the site by himself, too
He almost pulls off that like snap to the bench player, but the bench player survives on little
Yeah, yeah, yeah legacy have every right to yell back at vitality right now, but they kind of keep it tempered
If the site sees it a retake, you can play for more ever, but he's not, so...
Ooh, that's what that was.
Smoke pops after.
You knew he was there.
Yeah.
Tough stuff.
To stomach, vitality, but they will also opt to force, and it is still two rifles.
Neither of which are in JL's hands, as he is here alone again.
I'm crazy to think if Lotto had that 1v5 they'd just take Nuke, don't have to think about
it.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, the 1v5 I had forgotten about that, I forgot about that.
The leg shot, that is so brutal.
Almost the round of his lifetime.
And instead no one will ever remember it.
I had already forgotten.
It's been 20 minutes
That's tough I
Did see once a compilation of all the almost clutches that were great. I'm like wow this isn't nice because there were some
They deserve it. Yes, sir
Okay, well, maybe the force wars keep going. This is um
This is looking like a high potential flank. No, I'm getting spotted. No checking. Okay, I did
Apex.
The maid is a shallow enough?
Oh, too shallow.
Oh, God.
He'll smoke him off in there.
Yeah, you can molly him out.
Oh, maybe.
He really cares.
He finishes that one.
He didn't notice the guy.
What?
What is happening?
They don't know where he is.
Oh, Apex!
I mean, okay?
Why not?
That goes from good to bad.
Yo!
To great again.
He's got a kill!
He's got a kill!
What he said.
You got the snapping turtle on the stairs.
Oh, it was tough.
Oh, it was tough.
I mean, he made that move.
They jumped through his smoke.
He already gone back to the stairs.
Second guy just.
What happened with Try?
I need to see if he tries POV.
I think you thought Apex was running down the stairs,
got a kill while he was leaving.
Try jumps down the stairs, looking down.
Oh, no, no, no, no.
man there's all sorts of countershite getting played tonight insane routes all
the flavors
watch this oh yeah that makes way more sense and then the scout shop first we
see with the USB okay I mean it makes sense of the situation what's crazy it's
it's all their own utility yep oh yeah our smoke their flash their mollies
Apex said it best.
Oh, that was tough.
But scared the hell out of him.
And Legacy didn't quite know how to respond, so you're correct.
The Force Wars do continue, and it leads us here to the double AK Galil.
Flames the quick headshot on Doomow.
That's a big kill to get.
The rifle will change hands.
It's actually Art who picks it up and he's the one guy still without Kevlar.
Just like it'd be better off in Nism's paws.
Well, now it can be.
Art takes a shot to the back of the head.
Oh, Vitality gonna mop up this one so legacy lose out on the Force Buy and they deal zero
damage essentially back to Vitality.
Wait, no, literally zero damage back and that'll bottom out the bank.
So, Vitality, we said that maybe they find comfort in a CT side, since that's where they showed us promise on Nuke.
That's where they made that massive comeback happen.
They've got runway now.
Ooh, nice shot.
They largely got away with Flamesy not having much of a map at all.
They had like nine kills all the way into most regulation.
And then obviously, clear ground towards Silo.
They never really got going, and they still survived it.
Scary if he turns up.
I
Could made for JL as rops goes for the wall bang into the apartments
It's a much better-looking setup this time art is really always willing to be that first guy
The teammates are still learning how to catch up to him
Shooting gallery for JL no way
Kill they stole it
uh
almost an ace without seeing any of them
she just really wants an ace in a vitality jersey
something's wrong, something's very wrong
this game is, this game is insane
this game is insane
I feel like this is like nip and kill an expert mode or something
yeah but I'm loving it
it's good for all the wrong reasons
Or maybe it just really, it comes down to the characters in the server.
Personalities go a long way, look at this!
JL frantically calling, oof good thing Robs is there to trade out with the instant headshot,
Flamesee winning his duel versus Art as well.
A separate fight, they find Vacancy and A, Flamesee doubling down this time up to 6-1 already.
already. Try tiptoeing forward. He turns at the worst moment as Robson got an active
off the catch. And now a bottle 1v3 trying to tap away, but Robson's gonna be the
difference maker. A triple kill this round. Full house between him and Flamesee
as majority stand for Vitality and send Legacy back to another save.
That's a quick start from basically everyone on Vitality right now. It's no weak
points on the map. Just totally having fun with it. I mean probably full life
life after their huge comeback. What? Vibing. He said play with some balls, not play with
Hahahaha!
So that's how you get on my top
Quick work of the armor pistols. Yeah vitality are hitting all sorts of shots now. There's a quad kill for Zywoo
There's multi-frags flying all over the place at the moment.
There's enough to go around, man.
And this has been quick.
I mean, scarred tissue, it feels like for Legacy to try to pull themselves out of the tailspin that was Nuke.
I don't think they'll remember this series.
Brutal for Legacy.
The last charge though, love that for Lotto, but Roms, oh no it was Zywoo on the other side.
They're so well tethered together, it's hard to tell who's shooting from where.
Window position still occupied by Doom out, he's sitting that smoke and waiting, and
yeah Zywoo doesn't let his guard down, but he will just straight up lose the duel,
Apex back in and he'll get it as it was doomed out a swap out from the gun. There's an HE here
Let's get turn him around. Oh boy. Off his forehead. What in the world?
Apex caves in the granium. It wasn't even meant to blow the smoke open. I was already fazed playing dodge ball.
Seeing new things every round.
I'm losing my mind right at his head.
Oh boy.
Is this the JL effect?
I might be.
Crazy trades back and forth.
Yeah.
They kind of just lost track of everything.
What does that mean?
Say to the boost.
I think I was just moused with a really thick accent.
But why would you talk to a mouth?
I don't know.
It's not what years are for.
It's a very zany vitality, but I'm kind of enjoying it for as long as this lasts.
It's like yelling at a speaker.
If this is the sort of vitality we're getting for the next two months, sign me up.
I don't give a...
I don't give a damn about the trophies.
JL.
Oh my God, Flashbates is weird!
And he's not able to get the multi-kill he thought he was about to get away with.
There's still something for Legacy to work with!
Cy were blasted out by Dumau!
That would be a tough 2v3.
That blast made it all awkward.
They're a little low on health. They finally get the bomb planted. They have C3 control.
And you know, Rops is coming in from Palace, and he actually has Smoke Molly.
And a frag grenade for good measure.
50 HP for Try and Dumau.
Flames, he's made a bit of noise. Also just found an incendiary. Oh, he could flush out the firebox.
He's going to force the smoke out from try. Good cover out of Dumau off the off.
Flames, he not given a chance to retreat. Legacy, find a third. Felt like JL had that round in the palm of his hand, but the franticness of it all just kind of costs them.
Yeah, but it was another situation where they ran into the A site with a plan, but
still just didn't really know where everybody was. Left that one a little bit
up the chance, but it's still third on T side.
This might not be the best fightality, but it might be the most entertaining.
Like, no one comes in clear as if I can get off the flash.
And then Doomow, I mean that's an honestly great instant edge shot.
Gives him the AWP which turns around for another.
So a chance to recover at least five rounds on this T side for legacy.
Feels like we gotta buckle up and get serious for these last two.
But a quick drop into the underpass, Apex as fast as you could ask, he makes that move.
That's risky business for Apex with it being so quiet in mid.
Oh god, looks like I lodged into a nice spot.
It's a game of patience versus Doomow.
He doesn't really have any incentive to move.
Apex's spot actually becomes more dangerous, I think the longer that he goes unclear.
That's interesting.
Woo!
He gets 7 damage out.
Smoke, you have to do it.
Nice!
Oh, the smoke goes too far.
Doom out jumps as if to make it sound like he had fallen into the stairs.
And then Zywu gives up his patience a second later.
He drops on Jail here on the B site now, and Apex is still in underpass, and he's been
here for so long, he can actually go for a fast clear.
It's either just get some kill or full knowledge to A. Yeah, now you actually still wouldn't
be sure.
They hear it coming.
Okay.
Flamesy in Jail versus four.
included in the form of Nissan.
Apex on the scene, Molly lands, all flames eat, emerges.
I mean, forced out by the Palace, you till.
Yumao and Nissa recovering, Apex into the cover,
is hit, down low to 14 health.
Apex is probably gonna need ropes to clutch this out.
Yumao doing all the heavy lifting with this triple.
Lance with barely time to spare.
They won't be totally sure where he's coming from
Just dedicated in the site no pushing the CT
Rops let's that time tick first
With the op-up in palace you'd think you might need a smoke or something. It's close, but bomb planted back triple not default
Ooh, it's suddenly not for the jungle player
here. Starts stomping all around. Jungle gets back onto the bench. That'll kill Robs. Never
sees it coming. Good recovery here from Legacy once Apex kind of reveals his hand over towards
B. And Flamzie tries his damnedest to put up a defense, but the numbers there for Legacy
works out. It's a 4k for Dumel. He was excellent on Nuke, so I've got 11 kills so
far this half. Not everything is converted to rounds. Apex is correct here so I'll try
I might play again. I don't think they saw me
Sure enough, Apex, tucked in again.
Bomb outside of the apartment and Mark gets pretty far off Catwalk, a looming threat.
I do think they're willing to let this happen with Apex here.
Yeah.
He hears it.
Oh.
Boy.
Wait.
Now Dumas got him stuck into the spot
Very awkward position for apex, but he at least has the nades to keep him slotted in they get overcommitted
They can really kill the clock. They miss a chance to op him and he's out. I
Could have been an opening kill on art you could argue should have been
But at least for vitality's sake they get him out of there a
Double-up under pat no do not face the smoke. All right. He's ready to go
They hear those two players as well.
Oh, Flamesy though, so good under this pressure.
Wide swing out from Doomow, he's gonna collect kills.
Apex winds up finding Nismtah Palace.
They know about Doomow on the bench,
and the bomb to cross under the cover of this smoke.
Very little HP for two of the three remaining legacy players.
Hop shot from Try, lets him know that he's gonna hang on to the ticket booth.
Coming back in for a multi-kill.
Drive 4-9 up until that point.
Forced retake here for Robson's IWU,
but Art finds that shot.
Oh, man, he's got 30 health.
Would have died to an HE as well.
Excellent little pop-up.
Robs has been spotted crossing over now.
Ease can be tagged down by the AWP,
so Robs gets dealt with.
Legacy will find two rounds, no three, for the road.
Finding a five-round T-side after Vitality
come out swinging.
The walking map now nobody knows angles yeah, but it's like aim boss you see it like the angles
What is this guy?
What is this guy?
What is this guy?
Wait, wait, wait, wait
Push it
Nice
Come on, shoot
I think they're spying
They're behind me, on the check, top
Okay
Thanks for scout, blow
We can, it's too close
Small, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That is one.
Get your camera, Susie.
Nice, let's go.
I'll be back.
Left, left, left.
Halt, sit, sit, sit.
You're going to right.
Torx, yeah.
I'm down.
I died behind you.
Nice.
Nice.
That's a good start.
Nice. Good shots, good shots.
I'm default.
I'm going back, I'm going back.
Nice! Good trades, good trades!
You're back, come on.
One going pool.
One more pool, I think.
Yes, I think.
He didn't bike it.
Easy snots, man!
Give us something.
I'll go for it.
Dept.
Dept.
Yes, boss.
Vitality's momentum from Nuke looked to get rolling on Mirage.
We had that wild force buy back and forth.
Economy has not been the ally of Legacy this evening,
And yet they recover with a solid streak of three rounds to close
We'll see if vitality's T side has improved since back on nuke
Because outside of overtime it was rough
Red is ahead of the palace push
Gets there lotto with a double kill
Cyrus happen back with that pizza 52nd set of red as connects on ramp and it's looking good for legacy
Yeah, do now it's gonna tear through and some of the scariest pistols men
And they always double duly on these CT sides
Have any opinion on the duly metamo it's not very aesthetic yeah, right
What happened to gentlemanly USP versus Glock-Dools, you know?
How are you going to figure this one out, Rob?
I mean, they're giving him info, as far as positions, but he would have to hit nasty
headshot.
Oh, that's one.
Woo!
That was a half a peek.
Feels like the bomb's in a weird spot. Did it actually fall down from ballast? Or is it still up there?
Yeah, it's still up top.
Awkward.
If anybody's got the good enough movement to get it back, it's him.
Oh!
Boy, yeah!
Eee!
Nice.
Mustard.
Big plant.
Yeah!
Try peeks off that timing, and we've got legacy with a pistol.
So their momentum will roll from the end of the T side right into CT.
It'll quickly become serious mode again for vitality, even though they're having tons of fun.
I think your legacy is still quite pissed off about what happened on Nuke, what happened in this first half.
That was good reason.
Let's go boys. Okay, fuck we lost the last three rounds, but let's fucking dance for goblins.
Did you decide before we're sweating fucking noxious? I expect better.
better says it how it is is often correct shooting gallery for do now
turns into a rock return because like robs is having a better second map maybe
it was just really that one really bad first half
He jumps out that window, Moe.
I'm thinking he gets this plant.
I feel like he doesn't stick it though.
I feel like he will.
He'll like taps and then goes and swings Nissam on Cat.
I'm hoping that with the bomb, with the M4 dropped Cat, he's going to know somebody
will go guard it.
That's why the site should be open.
I mean, they're coldest round is to get money.
So he's playing to win.
Very fair. Nism doubles back, goes and grabs the M4 as well, so trucks that MP9 to the
wayside. We have a tied game on our hands as the full-time legacy roster looks to recover
from letting Vitality win Nuke. The opening duel on T-side, that rops is just, he was
just suffering basically all of Nuke, because of Dumau, who's still playing well. So that'll
be a matchup to watch.
And through Wow
Oh rops with a chance, but he's losing teammates Nate's gonna find him
Feels like apex dying kind of puts a timer on rops cuz you catch it with a grenade
You think to yourself damn maybe they have checked window and sure enough rops doesn't even get into the murder
Lotto just missed timing watching my time
JL give it a chance to react and flames he give it a chance to clutch from here on out
So, trying to piece together the spots, fakes it for a couple of seconds.
Could have gotten away with it.
One shoulder peek maybe, if he's lucky.
Now he's going to commit.
And it goes down, they swing.
Oh, gave him a chance to lose his head, but Dumau will get there.
We have legacy in the lead.
Yeah, that first rifle round is not too much.
I mean, they got, well, if everything else was just neutral,
just neutral no one died on the map and they had robson window that early that's a really strong
position but apex got caught peeling back i think i don't know it's lotto who catches one inside of
palace yeah
robs trying to get away with that murder hole lurk and it feels like if apex doesn't die it
didn't feel like anybody was coming to check that. The alarm bells start ringing
and now legacy given a reward in that this is a single golel round for vitality.
people see around that ballast smoke dive scene that's spam timing to be too good so many times
Expecting a mid-plane Zywoo is tuck-top box.
Ooh, Apex getting away with the tech 9 down through underpass.
They see a second player middle, opens a door for the ramp emphasis.
Good for Try to hit that shot, but now he gives him space to work with.
Lotto dead and the hands of Flamesee try awkwardly getting away from that into the fire, down to 20!
Oh man! Yuto almost straight up kills him!
It'll be Robson bomb duty, he's gotta put that down while he smokes, they're still good.
Sending the techdine forward into that low health offer in the backdrop, Nism on the garbage is gonna swing out and they will corral what was left of Vitality.
Hm?
Coach ADR, letting them know with a hoop.
Thus feel like the tide's turning a little bit for legacy now in terms of just feeling better back in the lead actually by two
I feel like a part of them was still on nuke for a while
of
that's not what you're looking for and luckily doesn't cost them, but
not a good sign
I thought he was on the bench. He was just stuck in connector.
That's awkward for Apex. That's awkward as it gets.
Oh, the sick part of me would like to see his reaction to that.
The healthy part of me would like that.
Damn.
It's a sinking feeling to lose your first death like that.
Luckily, he doesn't even know.
Really?
Sure.
Bless his heart.
See if Tri can land it this time.
Yes, sir.
A weird one because I would kind of pops up over the box, try weights.
Robster turns out from the palace at least with one, but Art's got him.
Edge of the wall bang makes the difference.
And a 2v4 demanded of Flamesey and JL.
But at 30 seconds with defense nearby, yeah, they're thinking about saving this off instead.
Legacy is being slowly fed rounds, some of which they've had to hard fight for.
This one, my Talody just kind of limp through.
And it secures legacy to double digits.
Touch sloppy.
Looking like a pretty crazy comeback now for legacy.
5v4's in this game are critical.
Give away one like that.
Not gonna be that many rifle rounds, you've got to make up for it.
of
We're looking at an eight round streak from legacy between the end of T side and now this
so far flawless CT half.
This is a nice shot though.
Yeah, he's a very, very sharp flick.
I thought it was cool when he didn't react to the first time Zywoo's head comes over
bricks as well.
It's like you didn't panic when you knew someone was coming.
Winning an off-fight versus Zyra with no easy feet.
Won't hold vitality back from getting more guns around to what was saved.
If he might get his flowers for this series, he gets this map at least.
home for legacy in mid I mean this is an awesome chance for vitality so no one
the back of the site no one on the market cross I don't need much utility to
Pull this off.
Challenge from Flamesee gets damaged, but nothing.
They'll have to forego B for now.
And Zywoo waiting for that market rotate.
Oh, Robbs emerges. Heals one off the A site.
He will get traded back at least, but look at the health that he's legacy with.
That dink could keep them convinced of a retake attempt.
Bart's getting peaked for sure. He's about ready to reload.
Jay, I'll stay and tucked in.
And Saewoo awaits that retake, Apex surviving the frag grenade, missed off shot!
K.L.S.O!
He'll be that difference maker.
Two headshots queued up from the deep market position, and that'll have Nysim running for the hills.
Oh, that's something.
Dropping the bucket here for vitality, but finally...
They break into T side.
There was a B set up that really emphasized cat, right?
Leasing on bricks and players still up there?
It was kind of, uh, I really don't think it's a B-play type set up.
It's a pretty big gap to leave with no vision on any players.
Just when Lotto starts to run away,
of course Rops comes out through that smoke.
Now, double-op set up immediately here for legacy.
Nissan heading over towards B with his.
A little bit dangerous now for Legacy.
That was quite expensive.
Their Jail gets those two kills of a Spraydown, they don't get to save anything.
And then right into the double-op, so you better hope that they can pull another one
off before the Legacy saves creep through.
It is a nice cheat code to play Light and B and still have other parts of the map
fortified. As long as you've got that deep angle held by Nysim in apps they're
still happy to have this alien going down.
Tri's been solid here from this position.
Zai-Wu in the backdrop.
Three smokes in, could section off legacy from their AWPer.
And even take away Tri's angle.
We'll see what he sees once he pops this open.
Waiting for the perfect moment. Goes for it.
Mischance.
Flashbangs come out through the connector play.
We're gonna have a lead mark from Robs out underpass soon
For now, it's CT spamming over top, frag grenades onto the stairs to soften one, and ZywOo looking for a plant
Flames he blinded as the smoke fades, great underhand flash out of Lotto to get a man advantage temporarily
There's real damage being dealt right now by the Nades and Robs hears that so he's ready for Art's position
Now they got a deal with him before they even get this started
Apex kills dry, second ticket peek, gets one, doom out dead with a single frag, and Rops is happy to just lean back from here on out.
He's talking about blood.
Nysim gets the decal shot, Zywoo into the 1v2, collects Lotto before it was ever possible to trade.
Oh, miss-cancel across, and the bomb is planted deep in the site.
Ah, he's good.
Yeah, all good. Past the 5 second mark, time really spells disaster there for legacy.
Xayu the only survivor but the only player they need to start to continue this comeback
Yeah, and that's the board that they have no money now
That's actually huge and because I who didn't take any bullets in that last exchange. She survived the bomb
Rob's hanging on a bottom middle on this and crawls up catwalk is kind of delayed at all
He's having an effective map right now as a lurker.
Here come the pistols, Moe.
Oh boy.
The dreaded save for Legacy that could get Vitality back in, but there is still that one try-off.
We've talked about weird buys from Legacy.
How it's left them with less in the following rounds.
Well, this could wind up being another one, or is it the solution to keep Vitality off 10?
First blood from Try as Apex dead already.
And it's a mobile op as well try throwing it over towards these bee apartments
Art's grabbed an AK
JL is now surrounded
Here comes Nissan USP no armor
That's gonna stop legacy from leaving this B site
But it's still down there and tries on the wrong side. This is not too bad for vitality
Honestly, even with the flank. It's just do now hiding behind bench in this art flank coming through
Not considering it, arc takes a shot.
Now they're going to be worried about that absent try.
It's a good angle for the off.
Do Vitality decide to pull off.
No.
Oh, they flash him, but he still connects.
Blamp dies to the pop-up from the bench.
One off is what they had, and one off is what Vitality now rests with.
And Zai Wu tries to figure out these positions.
Surrounded is an understatement.
I need a completely insane clutch.
He knows there's an operating forum gets that bomb let's them know scope is loud
Sure enough tries AWP for the triple. That's huge. It was so clean and so early with the first one
He had so many options to move around and such a good round at a try. They were really relying on him
That makes it 11 that was the closest to free around the vitality of God in this half
off the try feel art gets an AK upgrade that becomes a frag
then they turn the B site into a fishbowl where they can see it from B after market
they have one guy at bench that never gets cleared
could be a map winning hero off-round at a try
because it also rattles the economy of vitality with legacy on the brink of
Well, this T side feeling light, just like Nuke, but no contest to stop this catplay at all.
Interesting, they've already had time.
Dumow dueling off bench, miss him to cover the apartments, but he lets the player drop out, he reveals himself.
He goes down with nothing.
Dumow's gonna have to pick up Slack now.
Triple kills his.
In the P2K, he'll get another bit of damage in.
Zywu and now only Robs.
He goes down empty handed.
Lotto ready for his games on A.
It is three map points for Legacy.
Looks like they can close it.
It's gonna be a forced down.
What do they even have?
Bare bones.
$3,300 at most on Robs.
It's just fantastic. Got a 2-mall, 27 frags on the map.
Yep.
And a map where Vitality haven't had a superstar performance.
2-mall puts himself leaps and bounds above the rest.
They tend to come back back on Nuke, fell like a crushed legacy.
But they've really held it together. They fragged just as hard.
They play well in both halves.
That small comeback in the first half that was all the leverage they needed huge. Yeah, I mean legacy themselves faced to seven
Early on their t-side and you heard it in the apex listen in as they switched tabs. They said yeah, we let them back in
And it could wind up making the difference
Limited guns here as vitality may die on their sword
Lotto into ramp with one great cover out of try and he will try to keep his eyes on ramp, doing so successfully.
Bomb scooped up, but I mean, I hail Mary moments out of APACs and Legacy decide they are gonna finish off this map.
We need Dust2 to separate these teams. Good on Legacy, mentally, to be able to recover from throwing away what could have been a 2-0 after Vitality fight back on Nuke.
the game. They're not. They're
not. Look. Legacy do what
vitality couldn't close out
their map pick in a regulation
here. They do it and in such
up and no little fashion to
because whilst you think they're
down and out, they always come
back with a struggle punch
for I would say legacy did
what legacy couldn't, which
is close out the map in
regulation. That one got
twice again. Not. They did
one until try with the hero up seems to put him put his team on his back for a
moment and put them in position to close it out quickly. So many of the
vitality rounds that had moving pieces also just got snuffed out even though
the couple of the supporting cast members on legacy didn't jump off the
page stats wise they would get one pivotal kill here or there on either
extremity of the map and that oftentimes foiled whatever the greater
the last five or six rounds so often when they spread out across the map, I think maybe a victim of the fact that they're playing with the stand and he has to micro a little bit more. He would just have a slight misplay, a slight misread, a repeat where he shouldn't. He'd end up being the opening death and then the round would fall apart from them.
that. Yeah, I mean, it's
really hard to get a lot of
things apart from them. That
is the side as well. That is
going to expose it more is
when they transition into the
T side because the C T for
the side of vitality was
actually pretty strong. Like
you can't fault them too
much for how strong the
earlier portion of it was, but
it was legacy with just
enough rounds for themselves,
five being that magic number
going into half time. Yeah,
that's exactly what they
need. If you go into I
mean, if you go into the
later parts of the half,
you're down 62 something
around there, and they're
really struggling to find
anything. Then they
finally they realize, Hey,
really was no plan B.
Plan B was kind of throw a couple of fakes into and hit.
Plan A was hit bombsite, hit bombsite, hit bombsite.
That's what legacy is known for.
That's why you kind of thought they might struggle here.
I mean, the thing is that we just stitched 10 and 11
back to get back to back because this is really how
legacy got themselves back in the game.
They stopped overthinking things as they did on Nuke
or really, I would say it's maybe a little bit
of a different game plan in general between the maps
but that was kind of what was their undoing on Nuke
that they kept having one extra step.
want too many little tricky ideas.
And in reality, they could just really slam a bomb site.
They are great on these explosive site execs.
They don't need to really try to reinvent the wheel
or try to be too tricky.
That's never, even though our teams in the past
sometimes had tricks up their sleeve,
this is a legacy team that just flat out
has a boatload of firepower.
And if you just get four dudes running onto a bomb site,
they're gonna trade each other out.
They're going to play the situations off of each other extremely well and often times even be able to clutch out in those 2v2
Even 1v2 moments. I think the concern coming into this one is if the site execs aren't working
And you have such strong anchors on either side of the map then where legacy going
I think we found that they don't really go all that much of anywhere
They had to go straight back to the site execs and it was only until the later part of the half
I mean five rounds is a solid CT half
But it was concerning that they didn't have any other option and it's concerning that vitality wasn't able to
that out knowing that the other options were just getting absolutely destroyed.
To be fair, I don't think Vitality thought the T side was going to be as much of a struggle for them
when they transitioned over to it because you're putting yourself in a position where you think,
okay, right now we are hitting those one-on-ones. We are kind of skill checking them and if we
keep winning ourselves in those positions, we will still be able to close this map out.
But at the end of the day, you can't look past everything that Legacy were able to do
for themselves. The CT side, Maui was so strong. Round 15 really indicated that.
Without a doubt, I mean, there were a lot of moments that really, I think we wanted to talk about this one, just how well oil it was.
Yeah, this is one of those ones where Apex, I'm not sure why he goes for the repeat here, because him falling allows the double pivot back towards window,
then Robs goes one for one. I mean, you can't really expect too much more when he gets dinked from the first player,
and Zai Wu falls in Palace at the same time.
So despite you eventually have JL go for this really clever play
through under balcony, flames he gets one,
Dumal plays out the 1v1.
It's basically a 1v1 here with the bomb planner.
Waits for him to plant the bomb,
catches him as he's pulling his AK out
before he can actually shoot back,
hits the shot just in time.
And that's one where you have vitality.
They have the right idea.
They want to split up in the map.
They get the perfect timing on the window boost.
But they just have a couple of players
just lose their 1v1s in ways that they
probably normally wouldn't. I think Apex, if he's not worried about calling in
this situation because they're playing with a stand in, then he probably doesn't
go for that repeat, and the whole round looks different.
Just the finest margins that go the way of legacy through some of those, but
that's kind of been sort of the meta as a whole for Mirage, where you just
usually see these light edges going to the defensive players.
I just thought it was amazing to be able to hold your nerve in that
regard, where you go, yeah, we're willing to give that plant half in
and then you're able to add a pinch and a drop of the moment be able to swing for
themselves there but of course the real hero at the end of the day you already
talked about it lightly there the was gonna be try I mean his awping was
phenomenal everything that he did in the second half felt like it was just
rocket ship legacy to be able to close out Mirage yeah it's try and do now I
think are the two big guns on this one try with the heroic round this round
here for what is that for three USPs and an AWP and they managed to get the
initial entry for try he pivots back around he's gonna make his way into the
correct position at the exact right moment you still have art with the
flank with the picked up AK as well to make this one work but it's trying
towards market with the full blind kill this is the round where Vitality
pick up this round I think this game is completely over totally to be able
to impose himself in that fashion to get also get the blind kill to also
So they even choose the timing there to get ZywOo, that was super risky.
You never really want to give ZywOo an opportunity to get one kill as you just go for sort of
an ego check there, but I don't know that Sixth Sense that Tri has, which you oftentimes
see versus all of the other teams, not named Falcons or Vitality, you actually got to
see it versus Vitality.
We're also going to look at Dumau here because something that stands out not just his numbers,
is the fact that he was able to get a kill every round for CT except for two, and
the two that he didn't get kills,
then winning it on the side of legacy anyway.
That is, it's looking at the bottom of the screen here.
I mean, you can see three or four kills
heading in around nine and then you drop,
what is it, get to 28 by the end of this game.
That is an absolutely ridiculous moment from Dumau
to actually pull this one over the line
on those side execs, then on the CT side,
he had multi-kills, galore, and as you're saying,
the two rounds he doesn't get kills,
they win it anyways.
Just a fantastic performance from Dumau in this one.
I mean, just so rock solid.
One of the reasons that legacy are so dependable
when they swap over to the CT side.
And I don't think at any point,
when they hit halftime and legacy had five
off the back of some of what he did
and some of the other guys,
I think legacy thought that they were gonna win this game
because of people like him.
I mean, reminder that when they played Falcons in Paris,
they only, I think they only won four rounds
on their T side, but then they had a flawless CT side
to bring it all the way back.
And I just feel like everybody plays so well off of each other.
They so rarely.
I think one other thing you see with Legacy
is that they either take great fights given the assumed weaponry
of their opponents, like long range versus pistols,
or what they do is oftentimes set up
by their teammates or utility, or just trades.
The double swings come out too for them.
It's a team that has so much more discipline
than you may have expected.
I think Legacy is one of those teams that's really great
at swarming bomb sites, not giving you
you're going to be able to
get into the right position
and you're going to be able to
get into the space on the bomb
side as you're going for a B
exact as you're going for an
exact to get into your right
positions. They're going to have
that second player there
shooting you from the side as
the first player buys a little
bit of time as a lot of
somehow surviving on the A
site. Do now comes through a
smoke and then you have two
players you have to fight
and that's going to be a very
tough battle. I mean, that is
one of the best ways in
which you shut down. What
has been the linch pin for
vitality right now in this
series. I would write he's
always going to win out what
side and he's sitting there and he feels like he is still the stability for the
side of vitality. He's not going to be able to get anything done. It's also a
testament to how great and well-rounded legacy are that we sing the
praises of Dumau here, but so often it'll be Lado or try and that's kind of
what you need right now in a Brazilian sort of scene where it's hard to get
those superstar players. So you kind of have to hope that it's a win by
committee and hopefully you have a couple guys that could all step up
to be stars given the occasion.
Yeah, I mean, that's one where you're thinking a lot of the time
and we look into this series, the previous series,
we're looking at Lotto.
Lotto is such an incredible player,
especially on the CT sides, but they do have Dumau.
They do have Nism.
I mean, he's gone unnamed this one,
but Nism never missing.
Never missed an opportunity.
Never missed an opportunity to mention Nism never missing.
But really, it's the story of Dumau
and I think try for this one.
They really brought them over the finish line.
We'll look luckily for the side of Nysim or legacy in general.
There is a map number three to come.
So he will have his time to shine there, right?
But we don't have to overlook him,
even though it was Dumau and try this time around.
We're gonna see if it is a favorable matchup
for the side of legacy or vitality,
even with a stand-in, are able to win a third map.
It's gonna be just two, just off to this break.
I have to ask, what sort of expectations did you have with JL coming in as a stand-in?
And I don't just mean results like lifting trophies, making playoffs, I also mean him
as a player too. As a player, well, make sure he feels comfortable, feels, you know, we
integrate him well. I think we, I think, one of my past teams is more of a
stricter, you know, structure-wise, how the team works with Apex calling and
everything. So it's, you know, maybe harder to come in and be a stand-in, because in
Thaze it was, you know, just carry on telling you, you do you, and you know,
That's how we play and it's just going to improvise, but that's also the game is
evolving and now things are more strict and there's more structure in teams in
general, so I think making sure it's comfortable and make sure we enjoy it and have a bit of fun.
You're doing a longer stint as a stand-in, so does it change your approach to standing in for vitality?
No, it shouldn't, I mean at least in my opinion. Because first I'm replacing
Mezi and then I'm replacing Apex and it's two different players, I mean we
I didn't figure out the rules yet for how we approach Buccaris, but it doesn't matter.
As long as I do the responsibilities and play my own game, I should be a good sign in.
When you say player in game, are they giving you just full freedom to be able to do that
or are you still trying to work within their system?
Of course.
You can have freedom within the system.
In my previous teams, there was not that much freedom and then I feel like yesterday
or the day before when he says, yeah, you can do whatever.
You do the smoke and do whatever.
Whatever.
Okay, I mean that makes it a lot easier to play, but of course there's on some rounds
You have a lot of rush on speed attack on some rounds. You can you can do whatever you want
So as long as it fits the fits the team, so
It's a given taker right now for vitality not only in how they integrate jail for a stand-in stint
But also when it comes to maps they take nuke, but they give mirage in a way that I'm sure they're not too happy with
When we look towards dust too. Yeah, I think they weren't too happy with the way nuke went either until the very end
they had to loosen up and I think it takes it takes a lot for them to get back into that mindset so much of vitality with JL
I feel like has been a battle against themselves to try and play a bit of a looser style
Despite what they normally play they normally play a very rigid very structured
They have to get back to the basics and allow their
Individuals to carry this game in a way that they haven't for the majority of this series
Well, this should be a pretty decent map for it given it's a dust tube
But at the same time I am just a little bit worried because whereas some of these other maps
They've gotten some reps in including nuke which they defeated 9z on so they there was proof already that they could do it
They did do that on dust 2 as well
They did find a victory but it was all based on the CT side and now given that they lost the knife and have to
Make something happen here on the t-side. I'm not sure if they've really ironed out
What's always gonna be the best play for this iteration of vitality with JL?
Yeah, where it does to used to be one of their best maps. You could argue they were the best team in the world on it for quite a while
They've really struggled on it recently and given this series given this event their t-sides have struggled so heavily
It could be a t-side that falls flat and that is impossible for them to recover once they get into the second half
You guys have given me a lot of information
Some of it makes me believe in vitality the rest makes me believe in legacy
But I have to ask you guys vitality advancing or elimination or is it gonna be legacy?
All logic says that legacy should win this one, but vitality have Zywoo, so it's hard to bet against a legacy. Legacy our winner.
I will. I'm not rooting for a team with a stand-in. I'm rooting for the five-man roster that's on the come-up. I'm going for legacy on this one.
Well, the desk goes crazy. Legacy. Legacy. It's elimination. Let's see if they can do it, or if it is going to be a stand-in vitality that continues on here in Blast Porter.
Cheer all you want. I think there is still that fresh wound on Legacy's mind
knowing that they let this game come to a third map. Of course it is fair to say
though the T sides of Vitality have been lackluster and that's where they are
indeed beginning this decider map. So over on Poly Market it is still
Vitality the favorites to close this. We are talking about a team that has
some epic pieces but I don't think we're getting the best version of those
pieces just yet. There's a lot of work to do to truly onboard JL and
keep everything as vitality was and I'm kind of there with Maui Snake it's like
do you cheer for the stand-in even though it is vitality or do you want to see
legacy versus foot for the last place in the Superbock Arena I mean it's Porto
I feel like that'd be huge for legacy it would be and also the plane well enough
and yeah I'm with Maui I mean I feel like in terms of who would be more
disappointed it'd be them to not be able to make it but it's whoever proves
man. Comes down to dust too. Big swing out of the CTs. Dumau try and arts. Three players melt down
the four of Vitality. Jail would love to be able to clutch this out for his newfound team.
That's not going to happen. Legacy kick off with a CT pistol. You know, Vu aptly put it like a struggle
on the T side could then lead them into a position where how could you ever expect to
to come back. That's literally what happened on Nuke and we have to give them the credit
there. Well, it's also what happened on Mirage. It happened to Vitality on Mirage. It's a
situation where like, yeah, we haven't really seen a reason to necessarily believe in the
T side. Dust 2, T side is not easy at all. And yeah, even though Legacy have had to
work extra hard today, they know they still have a great chance on Dust 2. And they
I also know like there's a lot of people that don't believe in them to win this series.
Better than getting stomped in the first map.
Very true.
I think.
No doubt they would have rather just closed out that 10-2 lead, but hey.
Not the first team to lose a comeback to Vitality.
Scout does not escape, two-mallon lotto, pick up a kill of pop, and the cat exit vs. dry.
Yeah, supported nicely by R, that'll get him back in, keeping all five up for legacy.
It is the cleanest of conversions.
They do so well in rounds like this, just not losing anybody, making full money.
It's another perfect start.
We had that scary force war back in.
are scary they are actually like little hippos um forced by wars back on
mirage kind of made that start weird you know open a door for vitality this time
legacy make sure none of that we go into round three with majority rifles but
There's still that tech 9 on Apex to have to stomach.
If I'm legacy, I just want to stick the landing on these first four or five rounds,
keep as many players up as possible.
Oh, man.
Get Tri's game going as well, right?
Because we saw an anomaly of poor performance on this particular map last night.
Do not double it.
I'll use you till early.
I want to see about the snake timing.
He's got another one.
It's a smoke down just in case they are behind it.
Missed a position in this ready to phase it.
Art has a flash out.
Alright.
I like it.
It's looking like it's going to be early.
They're kind of waiting.
Got time to get out of there.
That closest player is still the tech 9 on Flamesy.
Excuse me.
Trades out to ZK once he takes damage.
Converts two bodies on the approach.
We hit 40 seconds.
Bomb is still out towards Long where Tri was waiting.
But he burned us.
Just died 100 to 0 in a molly.
Well then.
And that obviously pulls Tri away from the long doors
where, guess what?
Players are beginning to emerge.
He's going to take this peek.
It could be right into a headshot.
We'll see if they remember.
Oh, Toph, they're so worried about dry, the doom out, exposed in the open.
He got one.
That's two dead to Molotov's Apex emerging with a headshot.
This one falls apart at the seams for a legacy that was standing in the right spots.
It is still recoverable from CT spawn, but not with JL, going for a kill before the plan.
Oh my goodness, if he had lost that.
That's wild.
Um, it's why they call him fart sometimes.
That was a mistake.
They do, they do do that.
The people of the internet.
Because he didn't just run through them all he wants.
He ran back.
God, it sucks.
I mean, because that just totally gives up
Trice's position as well, right?
I mean, when Shep gives us the replay,
we're going to see who's blind, and there was no chance
that he had, you know?
Didn't know where he was.
Actually, Shep is the live observer,
not the replay operator.
That was giving us the replay.
Why'd you have to ask?
Oh, man, this is weird.
Milo.
Okay.
He was blind.
He was very blind.
Woo!
That's so crazy for Jail.
I mean, he's gotta climb up anyways.
Might as well keep your gun out, but...
If he loses that fight...
Yikes.
It's all in the line now for legacy early gays.
They get first blood.
Apex wanted to chase that. We'll just still help them with Nates.
It smokes a little awkward. It's right in the middle of CT, which actually helps the T's
get organized here. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Apex, Nates bouncing off his head. MP9 on the other end
of this.
Oh, Rops is trying to test out Smoke Grenade over towards Tunneled. Nism does get pulled
back into the site as the only player here for legacy.
He's waiting for a flash. Oh, he gets up.
They can move into position and gets cleared out by Rops.
Apex will die out middle.
That opens up the quicker rotate for Legacy Shore.
But they still face an overtaken B bomb site.
There's no smoke retake as well.
Shot into the legs, maybe not enough.
Zywil gets tagged trying to jump into the site.
Offers his utility to the window.
They don't have a smoke to block off his flank,
so they are going to be boxed into this.
You got two players.
Oh my god.
They got three now into 20s.
Rob's gonna clean up Doomow, finish his off, try.
Just like that, Retake loses all of any momentum.
It felt like in good conscience they had to.
Oh, hold on!
Wait a second!
Lotto's still up, bombs at 10 seconds, over top of the boxes,
he cuts down all three, and he gets on top of it!
It's another-
It's out of Lotto!
It's another Lotto jackpot.
Every time you need him, he manages to pull through.
That felt dead in the water,
If they took their hands off their keyboards, it was.
And he just goes for it.
We've been having a conversation this week about Lotto's statistics being good enough to potentially put him in top 20 this year.
That's the second ace in the B site on this map at this event.
And I don't know which one was better I
Mean a retake B site 1 B 3 I think I give it this one
And everyone the other one won the game though crazy
God it must be nice to have two quality clutches
Sorry, not clutching. It felt like flashbang.
Yeah. Ooh, actually are getting away from that with Try getting a kill. That's a tempo.
Ace-Pace. It's on pace to become the MPV event with most aces per map.
Whoa, 12th ace of the event. And Calucordia has three, right?
Yeah, five days in. Santerra's got one this morning in the first round of the day.
I haven't even started playing yet
Yeah, you're gonna give away a lot of A's
Oh my goodness the flick button. This is a B site. Yeah, it does open up him to the spam back. So good on JL
I'm here
What a lot to do now
Smoked out of the bomb site
I was missing his chance to field him back
They're just going to walk through that doorway off this bomb plant by the looks of it.
Lotto just disrespect.
JL two headshots, no way!
Oh!
He got him all.
He's over right.
Didn't even need the flank.
Stars shining in this final map.
JL with a quad kill.
Trying to keep Vitality's tournament life alive.
And it bottoms out the money from Legacy.
It was sort of a done deal after this push it felt like.
He ran out of ammo!
Incredible spray there for Gale.
Equally as important.
Not the full ace, but look what that does.
Youngins don't remember back in the day,
a long time ago before he was an onk playing on Dami.
He was a big game player.
He was a guy who was weirdly the guy who got a lot of entries,
entries but then also had some of the craziest clutches which basically that's what that was
they didn't even know where he was that's lost paris major run
big moments from the pressures on you can call jail
What about the Copenhagen run?
Oh yeah, that one too, hard.
Oh, you said before he was an Uncon Navi.
So...
Well, no, when he was on Navi, yeah, when he was on Navi.
But yeah, that's how he got on Navi.
Yeah, so...
And then he went one better.
major champion jl by the way major mvp ain't that's something
it's good company up there and there's no company for legacy in the b-side it
is totally free for the taking so out position by vitality in this one feels
like vitality is just fighting to get a nice easy round you know no multi kills
needed no superhero moments just dodging the threat that is this
FAMAS MP9 pistol buy and we've got a tied game now you know Analyst Desk I
think aptly to this picture the G-Sides have been the struggle in this series for
vitality and this Dust2 could wind up being another one of those problems and
that they'd switch to the defense and not have enough to work with
It bicks, it bicks, it foots.
But right now it feels like that door is open to the possibility of their best T side
so far in this elimination, that's the dream.
And yes, it is thanks to JL.
What's the quota? What was the Mirage?
So you only ended up getting...
Mirage...
Five, four, five...
Five!
They had 7-5 CT side for Vitality to start.
And then they played 10 rounds on the T side and only won two.
Okay.
So they're now tied for their best one-half of T side, which was overtime on Nuke.
Yeah, it's literally, oh my god.
Two, two, and three.
That over time made no sense.
Three upper rushes in a row.
Four out of 24 T-round wins in regulation of Nuke, five out of the six overtime T-round
wins on Nuke.
Overtime's just something different.
Pop off.
Go.
Oh.
What?
I didn't get, come on.
I was on there for like 10 seconds.
Pop in, shout out IC one time, pop off, Jail had his second highest rated map of his CS2
career in his last Dust2 outing, well, well, well, that was the, well, all the time to
find it again, you know when he's spraying that long on the farm, his buddy's blind,
so flames he peeks in, 5v4 earned off a flash in middle, wait, didn't they save
Bunch of guns last round. How are they so broke again?
The this happened again. I swear. They just how many of them died last round last round. Yeah
I'm tripping out. This is what I won dad. Yeah, so
Why is there money so low
Because the round they won only one survived and then they got cleaned out
And they bought a little bit yeah, they bought a little bit
And they've got now two rounds of loss.
It's a terrible napkin math back on Nuke'n.
Triple flashbang.
Vitality not skipping steps, but they will find nobody home to stop JL from getting away
with the plants and from getting vitality a lead.
That's right, you heard it here.
lead on the T side of this decider map
The carts at a hundred and fifty bucks after saving last round and only has a five-seven mmm and now dies
Nice.
They need a coach with a calculator.
Is he constantly coming?
Look at their money, right now.
After two rounds of saving, this is their money.
Well, they four-spot last round fully.
And then they saved four.
And now they've got everything they need Yeah, except an AWP, oh sure, yeah, tries
like a guys can we stop?
No kits either, they'll head armor.
watch Flingsys Mac 10 tear through those soft noggins if they're not careful.
And on top of that, they spent all their money so that'd be extremely careful again.
which just allows Vitality to get incredibly rich if they go for some big save.
Vitality are rich already.
6,000 on three.
As these contests have not been close, arts, tools, dies out.
There's the Max 10.
Finding a headshot, there's Tri's answer back.
Good to see him flexing with the rifle here, but he needs to get into the cover.
Oh, he dropped the bomb in his fight.
This fight is crazy.
Apex and then Zywoo take the man advantage back into their hands as Tri attempts after the 2K to get into the cover and Apex just runs him down.
He dropped his bomb to go for that fight. He was alone as well and it's at 30 seconds. Someone would have to go back and get that.
Now it's going to be the B site. Nism's got to put up.
And this is working with the M4 but remember no kit like you said there were limitations
here.
Two players on the tunnels exit just looking for the trade at worst.
Oh and Apex getting the kill and this zone is fantastic here for Vitality.
We've got a cat lurker coming up.
Scyling is chanced.
Could give an op over to the doomow save.
We're talking silver linings for legacy now as Vitality go up five rounds to three.
And this was Apex taking control of the situation, losing two teammates on long.
Try as he might.
Legacy's AWPer with the M4A1S couldn't handle all three.
That's a good effort, man, and that molly pole almost cost him.
Put a hotswap back to the rifle, and then this follow-up on Nysim.
It's calculating.
As they come into this one, trying to support that AWP, they saved it for try.
We saw them with a round like this.
Pull one off a mirage.
Saw the AWP sneak back, so it's going to be on the CT side there.
Yeah, throw something to make sure that they believe he could have crossed back to B.
Biggest tool in their belts right now is this AWP on mid.
Damn the whole season
The whole summer
Pressuring long with nades will keep two players occupied, but this is vitality peeling back
The vitality that's gonna lose this mid smoke in a second and that could open an opportunity for try sniper
But they look safely tucked in for the time being
Going back for long play. This is arts 5-7 to try to be the hero
supported by Doomow. Pistol gets its first and they feel just a little
tentative about stepping up through that door now. I feel like they really want
long. There's two players here like they should be actually leaving.
They're the ones who are limited on where they can move trying to take
tunnels. Really comes down to try now.
Giving a gift, Auburn walks out middle of the bomb, doubles down, try, two off-shots connect, third one.
That's the win, but Apex meant to be pinched from the flanks, gotta get the bomb out of here.
21 health for the two surviving teams.
How to get by, okay.
Unbelievable that he made it just to get that far, 10 seconds for Apex.
They're gonna come down, and that'll be the clear legacy, banking on Tri's AWP to get the job done.
It's a strong kickoff with Arts 5-7 that leaves Vitality kind of scrambled.
It took way too long to make their decision to leave out Long.
They knew it was a bad idea right away when they didn't get the kill.
They heard a second player running into the pit.
I think they just felt though it was 30, 40 seconds or so when they left that.
Yes, they were gonna have to brush a little bit.
That's why they exited before that smoke happened.
try very potent when he gets it up yeah then he's alone
Saewoo though will best him damn very passive line waiting for a very
aggressive forward move out of try okay especially doing that entirely alone
Try fed to the wolf.
JL having already slipped the net of this defense, hanging around blue box. Here's this two player retreat.
It's pretty huge because they mullied, they had a huge gap in it, and they know the smoke there is a timing while that smoke technically still exists.
They aren't coming back to re-clear it. JL talked about freedom within the system. Some rounds he has more responsibility than others.
others. It felt like a good chance to actually go, but doesn't want to give back a frag for no reason.
But they're kind of already half-staged for a cat split. If they don't hear any utility,
they won't know about jail. And Art is actually alone. Alone with no smoke, no incendiary,
nothing to slow down this cat execute. He's going to be banking on Doom out to climb up
And somehow help out bomb is the last piece here bomb
Why is it holding the flank now? They've got a double back and do mouths just gonna pop up looking for more apex
It's that shot lotto's turn and it's the same result. Thanks to apex still 20 seconds trying to cross this bomb
Art could be the hero 20 HP kills flamesee and in the middle of all that we watch JL go down on long
Now that plant coming through from Zywul, wow, Apex!
Oh, he's got four!
And quiet!
Goes for the fourth, Apex taking things into his own hands,
showing us his rifling ability.
I mean, Vitality are leaving mistakes on the table.
Yeah, I think that was just a moment where early on JL,
he could have sped the round up,
but I think he felt, you know, some kind of responsibility
to just be safer about what was going on.
going on and then with the cat staging was actually fine they had a guaranteed
split but he was more of the insurance policy then but then when his teammate
that he was holding the bomb it felt like it was an emergency situation I
gave Art his only chance to actually bring that back it's gonna be two ops
now for legacy I mean just gotta be pressure right it's a treat right
now watching apex tear off heads like that up to an 11 and 5 score with
that quad kill. And all those kills under pressure. You've got to get the bomb back.
He's safe again. It's a headshot position for both Dumau and Lotto. Did he have to go fighting
for those last two while the plant comes through? Maybe not, but he does and it works.
Took control of the situation as the leader of the camp.
Now back to testing the catwalk once more, our vitality.
Can't tell if this is good or bad. They do have art holding down long, which means Tri can full focus here on Cat.
As long as he stays alive.
Nice shot.
Pits off Saiwu in the background, busy with the nades.
It's one off to show itself, Dumau here to support forward.
Got the Niko spot here for Dumau.
See what he can get done?
They flash out. Oh, they gotta get that flash themselves, and Tri will collect a second on the round.
2v4 to try to cross-bomb over. They'll do so. Cat still remains smoked off, but JL extending in a try.
It's a triple kill, and then Art's second AWP shows itself. So solid stuff from Legacy, gonna keep Vitality in a tie-able state.
As round 11 belongs to legacy that cap follow-through just feeds them into try
Big questions about what happens in the second half, but already at this point. It's gonna be very competitive
You can tell
Argentinian offer putting up numbers for legacy right now
And that double-op obviously persists into the final round of this CT half of the legacy
Nope they missed the boost that was JL missing the mark
Ouch
An immense damage off that Nade.
Two mouths with time and nose to perfection.
He's such a big gap.
Make it a quick dance back at work.
Two mouths still thinking about trying to punch them
for going into a cat's default.
There goes the CT smoke.
He now drops down into CT spawn.
Quick, a smoke out try is on the other half of the map this time.
Very mobile in that regard.
He's doing hell of a job.
13th frag on the first half alone and all this M4 output.
Look at the health bars now of Vitality.
They want the hell out of this mid crunch.
And as they try to clamber over boxes and pull back,
they're actually giving that space.
Try ops to go shell up inside the B site.
We're gonna get a last second chance for Vitality
in this, what will be, 4v3 on the A site.
But they're met by a smoke on arrival.
Damn, this is risky.
They're gonna try to go long first.
Alarm misses that could be a critical opening now given over to vitality. So Lotto starts to press in he'll find
Slazy over the top of that smoke bomb cannot afford to get cut down on the catwalk long players have to take the aggression
So Lotto doubles back and this defense
Stams the test tied half in excellent recovery out of legacy vitality showed us their t-side teeth
But try bites deeper
He can do better than that.
Coming back for stair as well.
Big performance from taxi.
So close to reducing the deficit here, but two of them dropped by Fuzzi in a clutch now who suddenly made it a 1v1 until he knows he can commit.
Wow, that's insane.
He's got no idea where to look. He's completely paranoid.
He needs tablets and a therapist.
Molly will force him into the open, but Fuzzi will deliver.
Bomb planted a moment, and Spirit...
a sudden question as to whether they can convert their pistol victory.
Prime taps cleared out from Forklift.
We've got this mid-leart coming through, but by the time body gets into position, Shiro's already got a couple kills.
Magix cleaned out as Shiro finds a third on the round and the frag grenade widdles Kadein down to half HP.
Still a smoke in front of him to play off of. Shiro taking to the time ground is going to get the quad kill in the retake.
Looking to get pop flashed in with a teammate there as well. Twist into the main position. Faze might have the read.
Oh he gets immediately wrecked. He was carrying utility as well. Japan doesn't have any. Trying to hide in plain sight and find a fight if he can.
But there's just nowhere for him to go.
Neyzu needs a miracle.
He's got to find a lot of...
Deagle shots here!
He might just do exactly that!
Whatever performance, that's utterly ridiculous!
That's nasty work!
Makas got his bow rung.
Kerti's got 21 HP.
This is so dangerous!
AW now, and a 1 vs 2 this time.
He does go for it!
Where's that last man?
Gravity.
Somewhere, Voo is crying.
And he does it! I can't believe it!
It's an anti-Eco!
That's it getting worse ultimately isolating this be duel. There's just more confidence from curia in their protocols
Yes, and in that case Fallen's individuals right scooping that oppa pushing through the smoke
It's a little nerve and he is the top performing a fury of player now after that sequence nice. Oh, yeah
Yeah, there
the mode out from downtown
So OG keep the game interesting as the economic problems sink in for spirit
Chiro doesn't shoot a lot of bodies here. They're just charging past him. He's gonna hang on
Donk was spotted but don't get still don't and they choose the one who that's that's kind of how it works when you go up against donk
Yeah, he's a parting those predictable Jacob does get all hello Jacob and twist both charming in with a frag
That will help odd as an incendiary also for Jacob and he's got a good angle to throw it
So let's see now frozen imagine discussing this jewel
It's gonna be really important to see who wins what okay just down to magics now one versus two
It's got the first one up against the rifle of Jacob
Jacob's be doing great work for phase and it will be another clutch 1v1 that is secured by phase
As hard as apex may have fought for some of those moments
He winds up being the top performing player for Vitality.
A Vitality that had a lead early,
but a Vitality that now faces a-
Ah, let's go boys, fuck the T-Side.
Yeah, if they don't go well, we fucked up a bit.
Let's go now, okay?
Still the most successful T-Side Vitality
have had this series.
And they'll be in a totally fine spot with the pistol.
Even with that, they have a really good chance at this.
It's like I see you're more concerned for sure.
6 and 2 it is direct head to head against Zywoo, that feels good.
Bops, kind of left them out into the bomb site.
Boy playing retake gotta get the kills.
Bomb hasn't crossed though, it's still stuck in the exit of the tunnels.
And they're in front of the smoke, so he's deciding to just go on in.
Zywoo with a fade away headshot on T'Lotto and then they just jump in through the
window, vitality crank it to a 10.
Do now under pressure, trying to shave them back, it's not gonna happen.
And Zywoo quad kill, hell of a time to double your kills out of nowhere.
That's excellent man, that's a game time decision.
Heads up, play and call to say we're retaking now while the smoke is in the door they knew
exactly what was happening.
They didn't fully establish on the site and weren't going to just win a full retake
with that door smoked.
And I mean straight up it's these Zywoo kills.
Nice to see him in the server.
Meant to be one of the few counter-strike superhumans.
Never fun to watch him play like a mortal.
So it's not a four-spy, but Trie does have a scout.
And they pistol walk up the catwalk, and it gets absolutely pulled apart by Apex.
There's his quad kill as Nism goes and hides off in the corner.
JL with the final blow, Vitality establishing early lead. Pistol to very clean conversion.
Let's do a round here, we have the Lurker B, I'm going to turn the point here, I'm going to go to the blue
You can quickly get themselves into cruise control
Expecting to see this, you know, a Sai Wu performance on T.T's side that mirrors what we saw on Nuke
But T.R.I. will definitely have answers in the second half
Oh!
Oh yeah, yep, he'll have an answer
I was thinking, you know, did you really need to buy the scout round 2
And it leaves him on another scout, but this time he finally gets something to shoot at.
Robs is not having fun.
4 and 10.
Well, that sends a shiver down Vitality's spine.
I really could change the trajectory of this half if they could hurt this round.
Off to a shot like that.
It's that time of night.
At least afforded to push Zywulvers. I always got another fire bomb. You dropped out at 30.
Could interrupt if the execute comes.
CT smoke here, offered by ART, this close door position still hanging on.
Bomb is leading the charge up Catwalk. There goes Molotov.
Head from Zywul, right in front of these three players out of legacy. They've got to go around and extinguish it.
Zayu peels one off the pump flash, it's perfect!
Such little utility for vitality, but it's the perfect nades for the play!
Okay, Zayu, go off.
Maybe those flashes that they were missing did matter for this take.
There was a moment they could have done it earlier and got through.
All off the 4v5 as well, thanks to this mid-pick.
So scary with that kill.
It's amazing right when we're here.
This could end up being a total disaster now for legacy.
Please don't over-invest again.
Give yourselves a chance on this T-side.
astonished at what we saw in that first F.
Vitality not giving away any close deaths.
Leaning back and letting Legacy make a move, and that move is right out those middoors.
JL soon enough to be at back versus the majority of Legacy.
Flash makes it weird. CT's trying to pop open the smoke behind this unit moving upwards. Apex will help out.
JL with just his one. Rops from down beneath the window, gets the assistance he needed out middle.
And Apex is on the scene.
27.
Yes, sir.
Leading by example.
Stepping up to the plate. A key part of that defense. Last round alongside Zaiwu,
giving him the nades he needed to work with.
And now extending it to a four-round lead.
He's been helping out, man. Extreme activity out of Apex.
That B site was trying not to panic, JL looking for a reposition and Apex there when his teammates need him most.
Now try, onto the off, first time for the half, ready for the cross.
Missed chance.
Long challenge simultaneous as we've already got Flancy crossing to the pit.
His three player start from Vitality on Long will stuff any early legacy aggression.
All eyes on, Art, to try to bring this one home.
We can have a fabulous two-side of what it works, tries playing extremely well.
That's a great block of the smoke.
Only obfuscates the vision for the CT side.
slightly certainly could have been worse
happy to give away this cat presence again
legacy looking at this A site a little earlier and with more utility it looks
like they're keeping the option open for a mid B they're still in a little bit of
a feel out not getting any clues
it's got the pin of that smoke pulled so you gonna yeah you can see up to be
dropping down on the boxes right in the front so I was got the opera ready
damn trying to come through a smoke grenade like that with flames in your
face I don't think so. Missed them late to the party and there is no party in fact legacy.
Don't even make it close. Oh boy I didn't think they'd be thinking about how close this was to a 2-0
with the Dust 2 that they can show us but now they've looked through that cast mode twice this
time. It's at 20 seconds so you know you do have to go. Oh.
Ooh, what a punch.
Let's go!
Let's fucking go!
Yeah, you can really see that thick finish line now.
It's a team vitality that everybody
has become comfortable talking about the end of their era,
expecting further demise with a rotating roster
in these coming events.
And so I think when you get pushed to the brink like they did on Nuke, show your ability to come back.
And now, a chance to fight on from this lower bracket.
Apex is a kind of guy that, you know, he wants respect put on his name.
It's a nice challenge for someone like Apex in IGL who, you know, is getting compared to the level of Karrigan at this point.
And Karrigan always famously so good with stand-ins.
It's a tall task and there have been messy moments on the C side, but that's to be expected.
And in a game where maybe there's a little bit of a lack from some of the other players,
it's awesome to see Apex 20 kills deep, 18 rounds in.
Vitality is not the kind of troop that are willing to start to accept group stage exits.
Another balling. This time it is a quick Dumau headshot.
That one AK strategy these guys love to play.
Art's willing to give up all his money to set up this rifle.
Now it's coming up for the pistols.
And then Dumau continues in with another.
Robs, time to shine as the bomb looks to escape.
He knows there's another here,
pressuring him from site still.
That's Dumau's 2 HP left to deal with.
It's a great distraction that opens the door for the bomb to run away.
And Robs is going to try to continue on here.
Now he has to wonder is there a player pendulum around this
Looking for the second guy will he hard clear it. Oh, no he takes damage in return art with just the D goal
Rops just running at this door flash it to the doorway tries to come through dodging shots
And art is gonna stick this landing puts that AK in Dumau's hands and another unorthodox buy for legacy
This time works out for a seventh and they do it. They're saving while they do it
They have a nice amount of money to get an opt-in for try this time.
Of the rounds we've seen totally stuffed on Catwalk, this is the buy they break through with.
One small mistake there from Apex, goes for the blind spray off Cat.
Instantly killed. CT's aggressive.
Trying to take over middle.
Zywoo chances in a suicide, but it'll be five standing for legacy as they see that mid aggression
It's teasing pin the water bodies coming. We've got four defenders here. This could be a bloodbath and
No one knows who comes out on top of this one. Oh caught with the nade, but Zywoo's got you covered
Flamesy now with the aggression teammate by a side for blind. It's perfect
Vitality line up three bodies tried. This is a 1v5
And he's three kills into it!
Yeah, run at this one, try. You've got a chance.
Seize the CT. I think yes now. Confirm behind those boxes. Try!
Oh, it's a pick to shut him down. A lifeline for a legacy denied.
That might have been one they needed. It's a five-round game of vitality on map point from now on.
They have the Op come out again. This is going to be their best chance to win ultimately.
I put up big numbers in that first half, he's still looking solid.
Do or die.
And they have to deal with an Apex life game at the same time.
flash is especially the second one try puts them on notice oh he does it
zaywoo again
the man disadvantage jl into the AWP let's him know it's been picked up legacy
quick just swarm sometimes in these moments
Vitality's top performing player still alive.
Apex goes to link up with the long player, wants his nades for the site, and this defense
truly holds its nerve because you've got JL on Zywoo's op waiting for the tunnel approach
and I was curious to see the numbers here because it looks like they want that mid-split.
Shurely hoping for a round with his name on it. They're gonna pop that smoke open
No tee on display
And now we've got legacy players out through those middoors announcing it with the flashbang three through the tunnels apex in with the smoke
Miss chance the drops only the one
Mac 10 manages to get through two miles emerged out middle and this time apex isn't enough to offer a helping hand
Legacy will win the first of five needed to push OT. That's solid
I love that it's Tri snapping his name on this. Again another multi
Vitality with enough money to go back at it next round so they're not through the woods just yet
Legacy getting a little weird man looking to save a double-op
Nevermind yeah, yeah, oh wait a second now they gotta go back
Will he be able to find it apex is coming to fight for it
Apex trying to keep it away, and he does yeah, they didn't grab it just the M4s for legacy. That's tough. Can they buy one?
No
Try would have to be glass cannon. Oh my goodness is it what it might be worth it
but no, they're not gonna do a wall that actually can make a difference.
They find a way to get try off and off this round.
Well, that's something Zywit does not have to worry about now.
They're gonna go for the long fight instead.
That's where the opera's eyes.
Oh, boy.
Doom out down early, still legacy, flood out through that doorway.
Damn, they full commit out long.
This could be a curtain call if they're not careful.
Vitality in the power position.
You've still got Zywoo to deal with.
Going off pit control. There's only one Molly left.
They can begin to play car again.
It feels like Zywoo's gonna stick around.
They've left trying the pit. Imagine if he had an AWP.
They back Zywoo up.
I mean, they can't pressure him.
This Molly does nothing.
This is legacy with four players alive.
They didn't see someone across the pit.
They don't believe it.
Try can still find value.
He will.
But nobody else could fall victim to this.
Still, it's going to be a problem.
Those B players yet to move from vitality as Zywoo
heads out towards mid doors.
It's going to be this catwalk approach yet again.
It's crazy vitality aren't believing this,
or they're already just working on a retake through mid.
Apex to put a smoke down in front of it, pops it 40 seconds.
Oh, a tag on Lotto.
It's going to have him wounded.
They're going to try to come through this smoke.
And Apex really shut it down.
And they come through.
Try.
He finds damage.
Try to move in time for one.
Nism with very few kills throughout this decider map.
At least able to create this space.
JL's going to tuck the frag out.
Maybe clear his Nism.
Bomb is planted in the process.
You've got Lotto, 18 health, dropping to the CT spawn,
trying to overtake from the long side.
He's got to post the clutch,
But it's not going to happen tonight.
Legacy eliminated by a stand-in vitality that bear fruit,
even though they struggled out the gates.
Immense new comeback sets up this decider map.
And try as he might.
The Argentine offer, putting up nasty rounds here on Dust 2.
But the rest of the pieces fall short.
And it's Apex, top performer, to keep vitalities hopes
alive. Legacy falling short in what was a barn burner of a matchup that had
comebacks. It had clutches. It had side woo. It had try popping off, but just to
not quite good enough for legacy, even if they can push what is one of the best
teams of all time, if not the best team of all time all the way to the edge.
Really close game. I'm sure the Vitality guys are really elated over
the fact that they were able to get that one over that line is it was incredibly close.
I'm still reeling after what happened on Nuke.
Yeah, Nuke, Nuke we needed Zaywu to pop off.
Dust2 we had Apex.
How does it feel getting carried by Apex in that one?
It feels amazing.
Actually it was looking like yesterday like Souls game when he was doing 25 kills and
I think he was reminding us good days and he wanted to prove he can do it again.
So that was an amazing feeling.
I had to ask the question of what was so troublesome on your T-sides on all three maps?
I mean, on New York, I think we play a bit more like less structured.
I think we die one by one, we push door a lot, they pick secrets, couldn't refrag anything.
So I think they managed to do a lot of things.
So I think it was like a lot of struggle in our side and also like on Mirage.
I think we couldn't manage to refrag each other like a lot of miscommunication
So it's make us like
making trouble like in our sense of when you are like this mostly with gel when we need to play good and we are trying to
Explain to more replay and we are trying also to counter them. It's a lot of difficult to pass
How is it working out for you because I mean day one for you was not great
But then you've had some really standout maps. I mean nuke especially earlier today
Yesterday versus 9z. Of course, you did really well, too
but it's not that like pristine consistency that you usually were used to seeing from you.
Of course I'm less consistent I would say and I'm still working on it I'm playing a bit more
but I feel like I'm still like learning a lot I would say like in terms of a lot of things
in communication in terms of team things responsibility and I'm missing a lot of easy
shots I would say that's back in the days I don't do so it makes it like more other for
myself and for the further team.
So I think when I'm in this way of playing this game of missing a lot,
like maybe not listening less,
or it make it harder for myself and for the team, so that's difficult.
What's the feeling in the camp?
Because obviously you're playing with the stand-in.
For most teams that you would think maybe there's less pressure or
something because it's not the same expectation as with Mezzi.
But I mean, we saw the way Apex was getting fired up on that last one.
And he wants it no matter what, no matter who's sitting around him.
Is that the feeling you're getting?
Of course, I'm in jail, it's still a good pair.
I think if it's really good in the team,
like in terms of the world as well,
I think if it really well,
and I think we need to show like,
even though we don't have Maze,
we still can perform really great.
Of course, we don't play with the same pressure,
like as the favorite, but we still have the pressure
of we want to do good, we want to like,
make it proper, yes, like make it like,
we want to improve day by day.
So of course, like, even though we have like,
the jail, we want to improve it there.
Are you struggling to adjust with JL in the roster to his communication style to the gameplay style you're mentioning as well?
No, I don't think so. I think I was also showing any EWC, like I have some maps where I don't play good and I have some maps where I play good.
So I think it doesn't matter if he's JL or not. I think it's more on my side that I'm showing him more.
Yeah, when you're talking about the struggles with JL, do you feel like you're coming along? I'm sure you're practicing with JL in the downtime.
Are you feeling like your team is coming along the way you're expecting?
Like the way we are playing?
Yeah, you're advancing your play.
I mean, of course we can, like I think yesterday like Nancy, I think we played really good together.
Today we have some good maps, I think CityNuke was pretty good.
North-T-Side, Mirage for City, like I think on T-Side we just need to improve our team play, I would say.
Not in GG because I think we can shoot good, we can still do good things,
but we just need to improve our refrag, our communication and the team things I think we need to improve.
How about for I guess I want to ask about kind of the bigger picture for you and vitality where obviously you guys take that break in the middle of last season and you don't ever really capture a trophy again.
Does it and already there's some murmurs about is the era over or is this if we seem the best of vitality already like what is your confidence level on getting back to that same level that we saw that was one of the best teams if not the best of all time.
I mean we can see sometimes we're playing really good, but sometimes we're playing really like a shit team.
So obviously we just need to be more consistent in our way to play together, because sometimes like the one thing we are losing against Latteau.
We are just speaking one by one that's one year ago we don't do that. We're just playing together, we're a community.
Okay, I got this, I got this. And this is the small things that make it like lose the runs.
We are making so many small mistakes that usually we don't do.
And maybe we are more frustration, we are more things like this that make it more harder for us, for ourselves.
Yeah, when you're looking at the struggles you're having, you can't help but notice that your map pool is kind of, it's struggling, right?
What are you doing to work on that?
We're working on all of them, anyway, because sometimes we are good on CT, sometimes we are good on T-Sides,
sometimes, like, also the pistol, we are not really good on it, we are losing a lot.
So it's really tough when you start the game 6-0 down all the day.
So we are trying to figure out what we need to change or what we need to improve as well.
So it's a lot of work we are trying to figure out and also like it's really tough and sometimes we practice with gel, sometimes with mesim, after it's going to be without apex.
So now we have a lot of things that we need to think on.
So of course we just need to get step by step what we need to improve and we're going to see.
Is it a different feeling playing from behind where you're trying to improve a map to be good at it versus all of last year?
You're just perfecting the little things, you know?
I mean, we can say we maybe sometimes not out of meta,
but we people know how we play because maybe they watch us a lot
and we can feel like say, yeah, we got some t-shirts a lot
and we don't play the normal game we are used to play
and we are maybe changing some stuff
that we are not used to practice in practice.
But when we come to official, it's different
because people watch us.
So sometimes it's really difficult to realize
that we need to maybe change something inside of a game
And we used to win lots.
Maybe now we need to change a little bit more.
One more question I have is just kind of about your mindset
for this tournament, where if you walked away
and made it to the semifinals and you lost to the champions
and you had to stand in, how do you think
you would take that kind of just journey on this tournament,
knowing that it's under different circumstances
and everything?
I mean, I think for us, if we still
be the same, we're here to win the tournament, we're here.
Like everybody's here, I think he's still a good player.
I think we still have a good team.
So, of course, we quarreled, so we finally...
For us, the win is the win. We have a good team, we can feel when we play a good day,
when we have a good day, we can win against anyone.
So, it doesn't matter. We're here to win.
Nice, like that.
Great day today. Thanks for joining us, Zywu.
Thank you.
Great insight.
Thank you, guys.
And enjoy.
Thank you.
Thank you, guys.
Congrats.
Great having Zywu on the desk.
You know, you really learned a lot when you talked to Zywu.
He's not afraid to give away some information there
on the way the team is practicing the way they're feeling with JL and the way
they're they're trying to advance and how the team is feeling. And I have to just
ask the last one because I always find Zywa's mentality is not like us mere
mortals where people are just gonna say oh yeah quarters is fine, semis is fine
or even just always gunning for it but I like that even with this team. I feel
like this vitality now finally feels like they're gotta be powering up.
The win versus 9-Z was great. This legacy one showed a level of
resilience. I didn't necessarily expect with the stand in. So they are probably the team
that you don't want to see if it's your first semifinal matchup. If you're given that sort
of upper bracket birth, Maui, why are you going to make me be the negative one here?
They really should have lost that. I'm happy with the resilience. Absolutely. I'm with
you. I'm a little less happy that apex had to be the one to push them over the
line. I'm a little less happy of how one sided that nuke was on the first half.
close that one got realistically it should have probably ended as a 2-0 for legacy.
What could have been, what should have been at the end of the day it is vitality that
takes it there and now you're talking about it it's like oh Zaiwu isn't like us when it
comes to mentality what is he like us you know that there is no one like Zaiwu and
Zaiwu is not like any of us let's be real here.
It doesn't seem to ever get phased or worried about what the status is of the team of
an era.
I don't know if he thinks they had an era.
I honestly, I have no idea what his perception of these kinds of events are.
And it feels like he, all he cares about every single day is just giving us a plus quality counter strike.
And he did that today, especially on New.
Yeah, and he realizes it's on him, right?
He didn't try and make an excuse, is it tough working with jail, changing the structure, changing the style?
He goes, no, this is really just on me.
I just have to play better. I have to be better.
He's not trying to make any excuses. I really respect that all the time.
full massive props that everyone being able to band together, but also taken it
like accountability when it matters the most. And I think for vitality, this is
it when you're playing with a substitute and you have an incredibly
shit day. Number one to have accountability. That's where it's
going to make or break you as a five stack. And of course, getting to see
them now push forward, have to play one more best of three. They're not
yet qualified to put it. It does put you in high spirits that the
vitality of the other four are integrating well with jail. And we
could still see a very deep run. There's their hidden miss. I think
almost half to half you see a different team at times right even apex in the
last map talking at halftime we heard him going we had a really bad T side
it's okay put it past us let's go on to the second half they still are not
come perfectly consistent I think there's still room for growth I think
there's a team if they do make it to the playoffs I think that little
couple days extra practice time might be what it takes to make them a
little more consistent on both halves this iteration of vitality and the
the next one where it's apex out,
Mezzi in jail, still there.
I feel like it's going to feel great
if you're the first team to play them
at these tournaments.
I don't want to be the last team to play them.
However deep they make it through because
JL just looks like he's getting more comfortable
because on Dust2 on the very last round,
the way he was flanking and everything,
I feel like he's now understanding
how much he wiggle room he has within this system.
Yeah, I think so often,
especially in the first series watching it back,
he was scared.
He didn't want to make a mistake.
He didn't want to be the guy that died.
He's mentioned that he is trying to figure out how much responsibility he needs in the system in each round
There's so many rounds we saw in that game and especially in the previous series even more so where you think mouse
JL definitely Navi JL he'd make a play here, but he's trying not to make that mistake
I think once he finds his spot perfectly. He knows I can make a play here or I need to play passive here
I need to play up for my life
I think that's where this this vitality team is going to be really scary
it. We're going to get to talk about vitality a lot more because they're still alive. They're
still here when it comes to this event here, but it's legacy that I want to give massive
props to. My goodness, did they show up the fact that both Falcons and Vitality, when
we look at it, it could have been two O's. They forced them to a map number three. They
put us in a position where we're saying that was yours to lose, unfortunately, but
also props to ever be in that position. Yeah, you have to give them absolute props.
I mean, they play a great brand of Counter Strike. They have they're extremely exciting.
They have great right flers that when they're on point, they make incredible plays.
I have to think to some extent the pressure got to them in this one.
I think in the Nuke one, they didn't play like themselves near the end of it.
They started to question themselves.
And I think the same comes to dust, too.
They tried to go back to the same play over and over.
It felt like they didn't have the depth that you sometimes see from this legacy team
since they've picked up art.
I almost feel like art was artificially trying to create depth by doing weird things
himself, and I really dislike that because that's not what I was seeing from him in some
of the earlier tournaments.
One of the things I really loved about this version of Legacy with Art was that they were
so clean on anti-ecos, especially gun-v-gun rounds, where I just watched him play, and
I think if I took the name plates off, this is just a really solid, well-rounded team,
but now I'm starting to see when the games get really tense that Art sometimes maybe
tries to make that one extra move that ends up with him getting caught or one
of his entry fraggers getting caught and I'd rather just have a little bit more of a normal
setup because if you just get yourself in a prime map control position then you have
shooters to carry you over the finish line.
And then I can't help but mention you're talking about shooters, what about their
buys? I mean we had the stat on Nuke, they had 12 rounds on the T side, they had 3
with full guns.
That's just weird, yeah exactly, that's the problem when we saw that like that's
towards his tail end of time with Furia, they just had so many weird buys and he
He would frequently just be like an art MP9 where everybody else has guns and then he gets
run down on his bomb site.
These things just, I thought he threw those out the back door.
I thought they were done with that kind of stuff.
I thought it was done.
I thought it was done.
Look, admittedly, we are being a little bit critical for legacy and it's because we
had incredibly high expectations for them.
We wanted to see them go further.
And so it is incredibly upsetting that we had to say goodbye to them here.
Now, an absolutely heartbreaking loss to you guys here.
Talk to me about what happened over the last few series to end up like this.
Now, I think this game was a very good game.
I think we got good chance to finish Nuke.
That's Zayu, somehow, somehow, he fell on the way.
And they actually played better after.
So they got a good momentum back.
And we felt that they had more control, of course.
Then you give the chance they could just control us better and do their things better
They paid better than us they deserve it at the end, but I think we are getting better and we are
We have more
Clarity of what you're doing and what's happening the map. So I think it's getting easier for us, but we have to take opportunities
More
What can I say we have to finish our opportunities better so we can win games and I think that's a part of
of a process, I think we're getting better
and that's the most important, yeah.
I mean, at the end of the day, sometimes you just get Zawood.
He is what he is.
But you guys put up a phenomenal showing.
And of course, there'll be many more events for you.
So what's your key takeaway?
And what are you hoping legacy can come back stronger with?
I think that we should maybe communicate a bit more
in these moments that has happened in the game.
Or maybe try to help each other, try to control and give more clarity for each other in these moments so we can finish the game.
And the rest, I think it's a part of the game. We are a changer, we are a base very well, we are playing a good CS.
So I think that's the most important for us and we are doing it, yeah.
And do you have any words out there for all the legacy fans watching and supporting you?
Yes, of course. It is in Portuguese. I think it's better.
Thank you Dr. Seno, we realize your support, it's very important for us.
Unfortunately we couldn't get the pre-office this time, but I think we did a good job,
and also after we got some good shots there, I think we are a better team,
and we have the ability to win, I think it's a matter of time and work now.
Thank you.
Keep on, Dr. Seno.
It was such a heartbreaking loss for them got wrenching considering it could have been a to oh, but also just the massive shout out that he had for the legacy fans the tldr and the translation of it is that they will come back bigger better and stronger. They're still a growing team. They need a little bit more time, but they have full faith that there's not only many more tier one tournaments for them, but there's trophies in their future too.
really? Because I speak a little Portuguese. You're lying. What are you going to say in a lie?
How are we supposed to fight that guy? Did you translate it? You're lying so far out of your
eye, Austin. I said, Hey, what's the TLDI? Okay, okay. I'm pretty sure I heard
Xayu at least seven times in that. Yeah, got humbled by Xayu today. It's typical.
I almost feel like Dumau came off a little despondent of the way that they played,
which made him even more saddened by this loss, because it feels like that's kind of what we were getting at a little bit there.
Once it hits fever pitch for this team, they start to lose some of the structure that got them to where they were in a winning position in the first place.
And again, they just, I just wish that legacy
could keep it all together because that run
that they had in Paris was excellent.
Even some of the maps they've had it
throughout this tournament have been excellent,
but then you start to see the cracks
and they really get big when they are in this kind of match.
That gives me more faith very quickly
of what he was saying even more, right?
That it is just a time thing and experiencing
and I fully believe that if you give them three more
T1 LAN experiences at least one of those is going to be a trophy I don't know if I'd go that far
I don't know if I'd go that I feel like I'm very high on this legacy squad
I really like the way they play I like the players on the team
I think Nyssen even going I think went like three and 15 in that game
Yeah, I would defend him to the end of the year
If he was utilized in that game alone on B for almost the entire
He had a pistol on B for half of that first half
I would actually say that might be one of the most forgivable three kill performances I've ever seen in my life. That's what I like, but that's why I like this. But I don't know if I go as far as to say three more S tier events, they will get a trophy.
I was really hoping you would just join my side here, but just saying, but it's been a lot of fun and heartbreak hasn't showed today because we had four eliminations. Of course, we ended, unfortunately, with saying goodbye to legacy.
to be able to do that, but
they're not going to be able to
do that. They're not going to
be able to do that. They're
not going to be able to do that
by the legacy, but the day
started off with having G two
coming up against Navi, but G
two were able to best Navi here
with two maps. That's all they
needed to be able to eliminate
and knock out Navi. You're
waiting for Navi in the in
these events. You keep
thinking to yourself.
Eventually we're going to
see the Navi we know and
love the Navi that we've
seen with this roster have
incredible performances play like
a very solid team have
rounds get close as soon as a round goes badly for them.
They seem to fall completely apart now.
They need to just completely change their map picks.
But one team that is finding a little bit of success here
is Aurora, who haven't really shown us
the most on land just yet.
It would be a really great run for them here
if they're able to keep on pressing forward,
as they easily dispatched of an MAD team that
looked outclassed tactically in terms of individuals.
But I'm glad to see that kicks and was able to really put a stamp on this one with his performance individually something that they needed for themselves and we thought a lot of a media after that day one but unfortunately their journey ends and it is also along with inner circle that we say goodbye because foot were able to get that to over the
circle, I thought they'd have a much closer affair. I thought this one would actually go three maps,
but the way the veto went, I thought was so clever from foot, especially, but both teams really
had a solid idea of what they wanted to be doing there. It really made this one difficult,
and foot just looked incredible, especially demon was going demon mode.
Yeah, totally. He went nuclear on nuke.
Why did you love your 11-jump?
We're just trying to one up the, you know, the almost repetitive puns there, you know.
That's just demon mode, demon.
Let's just keep it up.
Okay, it's been a long day.
It's getting sweaty in here, okay.
It has been.
And so I will try and speed this up for you guys.
I will throw up the schedule for tomorrow.
It is our last day of group stage.
Before we head on over to Porto, we're going to be in that arena for more best of threes here.
We have Fiora up against Spirit.
these teams qualified to Porto already, but it is important for seating Aurora and G2
one to make it one to be sent home Falcons mouse is the same as the first series where
we're looking at our seating there and foot vitality again for elimination. This is actually
an insane four matches. Yeah, I want to I want to watch Furious Spirit. I want to watch Falcons
house. I want to watch foot vitality. I want to watch them all. I want to watch them all.
One guys, I'm not because you don't have your stream on to all four matches tomorrow
You are doing yourself a disservice and also be sure to watch it on every streaming platform possible turn off your ad block to
That's never
You have YouTube premium then surely I actually do
All you and a half the things that these guys say I feel it just bad to bait me
And so I'm gonna say good night to you all and we'll see you tomorrow for our last day of groups and for absolute bangers of Kamistrak
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