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in the go so that it could
like you're the best team
but like we're gonna mess you up
yeah so oh okay cool this is a cool graphic
oh I'd watch that movie
have to put the subtitles on probably but uh it'd be good
french cinema
potentially on the agenda today t-starts for 3d max and they're gonna be
having a nice quiet contact plate up second mid-macker
turning to many aggressions on the banana with his p250
okay well the CT setup to receive this is gonna be rops over towards the
balcony
And Mezzie on short as highlighted by our obs team is the three man beat set up they're doing both for you everybody
You're getting some beautiful cinematics to start off round number one
Molly for gravity likely gonna find his way to pit
Nobody home
It's very rare Rob's doesn't get anything from this position
Not able to do so lucky
He's out cleanly, gravity manages to remove mezi after one and so access to the site granted, this is already shaping up nicely.
Okay, Zawa and Flamesy are gonna head down banana and then up middle Apex rotating through library. He has the nades, a lot of smoke and a flash, but no defuse kit for this retake. It's looking good for the pistol for 3D Max.
Yeah, in what way can Apex set up this short duo? He might get in for one pit, the HG could find a bit of chip damage and it's actually gonna be destined for the sucks.
Don't straight on the only player that was susceptible to lethality from the HG
Big start from apex info on pit. They're trying to bait in lucky acting like just one in the pit
A little bit of team damage isn't I thought gravity holding on on the site apex does find the headshot time
Not enough of it
And just purely by survival maca will be enabling 3d max to start off with the pistol
I think it's gonna get out of the ship here
Didn't have any arm to hold on to anyway, but that's a smoke grenade
So they do convert the pistol and they called themselves into the site that was less fortified
If rocks doesn't find that open up and messy doesn't get a double to make up for that
Was always going to be a very difficult job on this retake even with that perfectly placed Nade
And we're going with the full spy though there has been a drop of an m4 facilitated thanks to apex getting those three kills
So Zahua is gonna get an a4. Okay. What a treat apex. It's gonna bring in
Max 7, we were talking a lot about that last year, to limited success, and that's some
things for the rest.
Mezzi with the MP7, so a lot of MP7 yesterday from Magix, making it look good.
Listening from before the game started, oh, let's be friendly with the French.
That's what I've been saying.
3D Max, you want to avoid any traps and right now it's a boost on bait.
It's a very vogue right now, everyone's just going to let it go.
Baits? Ah, that's the setup working.
They're going to accelerate quickly towards half the back of that surely.
Oh, it would have got a lot better if they'd have caught that reaction from Flamesy.
noise alongside the nerd here now I was gonna be smoked off and it's like he's
considering a good play through on contact yeah letting sound cues come
through apex will confirm any commitments oh I would just shreds straight
out of smoke with backs turned exorcise and maca just removed body's got his
scimitar out yeah it's big old knife bowie isn't it
a whole knife he's gonna hold on to the AK and the details there the teamwork is
everything to note right the jiggle over towards CT spot sorry over towards the
B site enables the boost and you have apex and raps attempting to take contact
first on the rap as I would place in the smoke knowing as soon as they get
that contact he's gonna erupt through because eyes will be drawn and what's
so nice for apex is you know you've you've just dropped that m4 and it has
won you the round you feel like a genius you feel like those kills are
half yours and he wouldn't have been able to drop that m4 if he didn't
to make a try to exit from pit, right? So the fact you suck around with the stubbornness and went down with the bomb
it got him that extra kill that was able to facilitate the end for the ends of winning the round. So devil's in the details with counter strike.
Everyone's familiar with 3D Max. It's a bit of a gatekeeper team, hoping to change their fortunes in 2026.
Yeah, they're French hell raises is what we call them.
French hell raises. Okay. Well, they ran
Stage one with the win over foot and simple's BCG.
It took down FaZe in dominant fashion to start off stage two and now they're up against Vitality for a spot on the Toron.
Searching forward through banana, flash over and nade on the doorstep of body.
To dissuade it from any early banana control flames, you will also spam away from up close.
They're going to be able to triangulate his position as Apex scoops up cash abnades that
was left to continue to block and cause chaos and banana.
And 3D Max are just going to have to take things slow.
It's not normally what we keep in mind when we talk about 3D Max.
You may have heard from Mezzie with Trace inside the arena, talking about the crazy counter-strike,
the 3D Max player, they're very aggressive, they like to be pacey, but I think in 2026
they know they need to change their style to try and be a little bit more consistent,
and that doesn't happen immediately.
There's two ways that work, that goes, either it works out wonderfully or it could lead
to kind of an identity crisis.
Exactly.
And that's worst case, that's where you start to change the Ross stuff.
Rupting up Banana.
Can't help but feel this is pretty bleak when you get blocked at beat for 30, or rather
with 30 seconds still on the clock, you are going to try and run through it.
That would be when hell of a smoke break rush, you've got three CTs to receive you.
Flambea is going to get Molotov down in position, so he's in trouble.
Everybody hasn't cleared him, does now, Jarson!
Just like that, they flood the site!
A restrained, composed, execute into be time-sensitive mission complete.
Okay, so more than happy to play the clock, and the fact they keep all five alive, that's miraculous.
And that is a bit of a new flavor, you know, we're just talking about this, trying to, uh...
rebuild their identity, or at least elaborate on it.
It is funny that nobody played for them actually breaching through the smoke,
Everybody was essentially waiting for them to start entering the site and maybe ahead on a timing there vitality caught off guard
All three players unable to get anything done whatsoever. The most damage was actually done by the nade onto body at the start of the round
Interesting a little bit of a force by war
Rattling for early economic supremacy
So right now Zahua and Robs can both drop M4s and flames in a position to buy himself one
I'm sorry again. I forget I got a stop charge in my phone. I go back in
Well flames he goes to an SMG for this banana control depends on if they he's gone the rifle
Okay, they want to go five hours. So we're essentially into the gun rounds even though
It is gonna be 3d max with the ones holding on to the
Weaponry exactly. Yeah, and but I guess the the fortunate feature of the SMGs and the glil mind you is that?
There's two sets of Kevlar. This is faster. Boost at the half wall.
Big nade damage.
How's that?
Another connection.
They're looking to double nade CT.
All full of big nades.
Pex is already vacated.
They're very sight heavy this time, aren't they?
Mezzi, the rotating rifle, also playing in the side.
He might be operating as an unknown piece.
Never mind, they are starting to wear into something a little bit more aggressive.
They want to take a fight.
Alright, look, he's just going to try and waltz on in.
Swings on in, and Flamesy receives.
Spam from Apex doesn't connect. Flamesy back of the side is going to be feeling a lot of pressure.
Nice fight, catches the head shot and transfers through the smoke.
Flaps the 3D Max, XLC's overwhelmed.
Four kills in the defense of the Beastseye, Flamesy, that's a shut down.
That's what he wasn't able to do in the round prior.
And they almost got caught off guard right there.
You could see that they were transitioning to take the fight.
Then the execute came, they're trying to scamper back,
they dropped the defensive smoke,
and they're under a lot of pressure in that situation.
So Fatality almost losing another one,
but it looks easy in the end, but definitely not.
They are stressed, right?
The Flames are in play and the Flamesy
He's able to stall them out, keeping the poise playing around this self-designed smoke very well-handled.
Yeah, I mean these are those kind of rounds where Flamesy does thrive when the smoke flashes Molotov's little bit of a safe haven to Stan, he manages to deliver.
Alright, back to this slower roll for the banana control. Not just gonna push up early and take all that nade damage, back a breaking now.
One of the two AKs into this round alongside of Lucky.
James, he's got a dip out. Replenish on the half wall smoke.
Apex has a full belt to go again, so that's going to leave Mezzie very light on, but we know how key this Manila control is, and we just know how many waves are available for the Vitality Defense.
I can't imagine the amount of time that Apex, Mezzie and Flamesy have spent talking about the combinations of utility they're going to be throwing.
going to be throwing everybody has it but these guys when they're at the top
and when they have had these dominant patches on this map you've got to keep
progressing right you can't just do the same stuff especially not in the modern
game. Flamzy Sandbag is committed and removes Bonnie comfortably and he can
immediately relay that you might want to be worried about a as he's there
There's a Robsys to a two-sights setup
I think I'm riding there's the letting them in
Off messes contact Robs will swing
As you confirm bodies across nice from Brahms both of them finding the first frag is gravity trying to do something
But even Zywoo can chip in finds a long-range head shot and just as easy as that only one body drop for 3d max
Vitality find a convincing one in back-to-back rounds. All right. Well, it will have to be the echo now for 3d max
a good opportunity for us to remind you that there is a B-Stream running in conjunction
with this one.
Maus vs. Aurora going down.
The winner of that will also lock themselves in for the playoffs.
The winner of that, the winner of this, will play for either a spot in the semis or the
quarterfinals.
That was a great game.
Or would you say that's a 50-50?
I think Maus are a distinct favourite because they ban Anubis.
That's going to help, yeah.
But the scoreline right now is telling that Aurora definitely has something to say about things.
Rob's getting aggressive against the EECS.
Illusual.
He's thirsty, mate.
Yeah, he just wants to get a couple of freebies, a couple of EECS.
Especially with the door wide open. Does he...
Alright, well, I know where he is now.
He's seen enough.
Especially when it's a full eco like this, it's not even a p250.
You just see the change
in the players. I want to call it body language, but let's just call it approach to certain jewels.
Yeah. These are the three Bs. Back in the day, planning the bomb and it going off. That was
worth three. The fuse was worth three. These are the best you can do in terms of three Bs,
but you're still going to work for them. You're still going to be able to put them down,
as it is just lucky last man standing. Look at a state five alive. And they will too. Okay,
Okay, okay, four to two, two round gap. Guns about to come back up and we've seen
majority of the rounds at least with guns in play for 3D Max trying to win out this banana fight and control
The pistol was an A finish, but everything else
Other than that eco and the pistol rounds
Have been over towards B. So let's see if there is a change of tune
I would like them to try and enable ecstasy on some of these lurks. He's very very sharp
That's right, we've seen Infernaz where he consistently finds gaps and can be a real nuisance and enable that kind of pendulum to swing back and forth.
He's going against the master on the other side of the rock, so that right there is going to be a fun head-to-head to keep track of.
And with the start from Vitality, it feels like they're thinking maybe just maybe there'll be more of a presence over to Water 8 in the early stages, 3-2 of a default.
default.
So now there's all names he can't connect, body will take him down, opening kill comes
through.
Looks like the robs has got a test in front of him.
Is he turning?
Yeah, he is considering the potential for this archwrap.
doubled up. Oh, over the top! Still impressive from Zai, would you be ready for one? Takes down
Exes and Cece, and that's a big one from Gravity. You know how he's clear now. Apex? Okay, important,
you know A is clear, sure that the bomb's going B, and there is still Mezzie here! He's gonna be
ready for the first! Swing from Lucky! Gotta hit that! Does so. Should be good for the plan. Apex
last seen CT. LHP for body, he's the one with the bomb. There's ways in which this
could go wrong that HG grenade seems destined for glory if he plays it right. If body plans
default it feels like he's just going to get naded out. Oh, he's absolutely fluffed it.
Pushing anyway over to manufacture some chaos but held by lucky different round of the made lands.
Wow, okay. And I said they should be thinking A is clear. Well, Nezzy was still alive and he was
the unknown entity over towards the B site, but Robs is the traditional anchor and then took
down Zawoo so either way 3d max we'll get away with it impact from gravity there
huge round from him tech nine rounds with a multi on towards the b-side and
now this on the gunny that naïve you bang on that's that's a kill that's a
kill every day of the week so apex doesn't know how close but sir he's in a
1v2 thinking he's up against it regardless
Hey, see, Boddy, again, he liked the way that opening kill felt, but he just goes running with the flashed screen.
Lucky goes looking for a trade. And that's nice, you're fine from Lucky.
Bolted back into a 4 on 4, Apex now pushes himself forward, it's a lucky Apex head to head.
Boddy's gonna make life difficult, miserable for Apex.
Oh, surely, dad, yeah, roasted.
medium rep just messy again the back of this B bomb site will he anticipate
him against second oranges ready his aim the clear catches Makka jumping still
Makka good for the adjustment job done Ropsons coming up banana he has to win
out this fight with gravity towards sandbag to enable this retake Zawa is
gonna head through ruins Ropsons Zawa we've pulled off some miraculous two
on X's.
Rops is letting Zahui play first, or are they just boxing them in trying to do financial
damage.
It's one of the two right now.
No kit on either of these.
I don't think they're going for it now, yeah.
Just trying to contain them.
Make sure they can't carry anything into the next, then we'll have to try and exit
towards CT, so Zahui might lose the AWP.
Ooh, important.
Not only an AWP denial, but lucky, preserving that for Makar into the next.
Well, if we take a look at the finances, it's still by territory for Vitani, but a couple of these rounds is
on site by the OBS team
Robs can drop one
If needed
So it isn't gonna be too many problems 6.6 on Zawoo 7.2 and apex 6.6 on flames and messy as the low end of
4.9
So if Robs wanted to give mezzie n4 just to make sure they had all the nades and kits and everything required
It's all good, but not necessary
X-Taz will take the first tactical time-out to hit the conversation flowing.
Just been a couple of these moments where they feel like they should have converted, but the hard work done in that patch of three.
They only lost two individuals over those three rounds. It's given them a nice boon of cash, and that's allowed them to have three straight rifle rounds, even with two of them being losses.
Let's see if it is three losses. Apex was screwed once he was out towards Sandbag. Wasn't he just the nades coming in? Very suppressive.
Good util from 3D Max. Given that smoke break that caught Flamesy lacking.
There you go, flashed, molotoved. I mean it was just, yeah, no way out.
Now what's X-Tas called is the change.
Do they want to give them this banana control? Do they still want to buy for it early?
Two of them getting caught in the same position essentially.
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to do this.
Grabbing the ecstasy's are in a position where they could just start walking up here, then
it's in the air.
This is the gap.
If they path through Boiler.
I'll turn along.
No messes there.
Yeah.
Okay.
Parfekki placed.
Dink exchange, but...
Clash supremacy.
Okay, perfectly placed dink exchange, but clash supremacy
So we reveals he's in the apartment now that's there are the boiler position war robs feast how does he get three?
He's gonna be overwhelmed by apex through the smoke fair play to robs that
Well, that feels like a little bit of cheese there from 3d max, right?
Just walk to rifle straight up mid and find that gap
So you do when you're definitely looking at a player a team's tendencies trying to pip those holes and if you think they're gonna
Plan 3b for control that long side can be under fortified. Mezzy was there. Couldn't hit the shot, but romps definitely can
Yeah, a few people get all three that
Right now gravity has ten kills lucky has seven Maca body and exorcise only have one a piece
Now doesn't matter how you get him as long as you get him
But you need to see there's other individuals starting to activate when required.
They want those two rounds, they are just down to the pistols, so this one should be a farm fest.
Number six on the table for Vitality.
Flames, it can be such a difficult player to get past in these banana fights.
He's more than happy to play within the chaos.
To back that up, he's four and one in terms of opening exchanges so far.
I imagine often you find yourself just go out and can't believe he's going to read it again.
He swung again.
And you know that he set up as that weapon, right?
This is the thing that they have all these sets of Utah's talking about for him to go
for those fights.
Which is his dream, you know?
He's also since put down in the Vitality Jersey, learned to, you know, find the
there's a time and a place for that.
It will be, you know, it can be a liability if it is not within the system, if it's
It's not set up if it is just the player's desire to constantly biff.
Yeah, there's so much that goes into a ride with these details of these teams that YouTube says.
See how many more you can get?
He spotted the bomb.
Oh, he just tapped it. Head through the box. It's going too well.
You wanna try and get across Apex?
Oh, try harder. Apex locks it down for six.
Another one with all five stand alive.
So this is good only two rounds left in the half vitality.
We'll be able to bring out a buy in the final round no matter what happens here.
Now we're going to tie things up 6-6. Can they walk away with 8?
Mike comes down. That signals the 3D Max tactical time out.
Now if you don't know that's you know. And now you know.
What does he know?
What adjustment does he want to call?
Gravity is in with a Mac 10. He's in and out in. He's in with a Mac 10.
Now he had enough money to bring out an AK if he would have liked.
So does this tell us of some pace, a bit of a gimmick, a set piece? There's even a
Mac 10 on Macca right now. I mean three players with three kills combined.
It's not hard to see that they're going to look for some impact in this round with Mac 10s tech 9 to the
Halfbite. Alright, so 2,400 into there. This is a halfbite. Next round they're four bites in there.
Gonna give this round a great go, but essentially they're playing for five in the half.
I get out the guards, I'll place a chi, you go through the flames and flame z is there
for the multi-spray down just three of the five. Nice impact from Maka. He removes flame
z, messi doesn't find that immediate trade and Lucky's ahead of the curve. He's actually
managed to get across.
Look at raps, he's already up in honor.
Oh yeah, door's locked.
Door, he might get the plan, which would be nice. Maka's gonna run back in raps.
And you might not even get that plant.
You are surrounded, sir.
Mezzy's spam?
I'm gonna give him a...
Sir, she's 600 bucks at a minimum.
Lucky, give it a go, mate.
Go he shall.
Robs is gone.
Now, a bit weird for Mezzy and Zai.
We do the want to play together.
The smoke on CT has faded.
Lucky just has to win.
It's yours!
Too many on his screen.
A nice double swing.
An undue clock.
Netflix is happy with that, sir.
We're saying, pregame interview alongside of stunner and gravity, he doesn't go into the game with anything in mind, but if it comes to him, he'll let it rip.
He's one of the more naturally gifted, he has.
Yes, well that's because he's been doing it for so long.
Alright, practice does bring perfect.
These Erbners keep coming for Flamesy. Three headshots there on the way in, beautiful work.
It seems so pedestrian because we've seen him do it so often, but that is such impact, you know?
He goes down off the one there. It's a very different round so nonchalant
He just collects three changes the whole dynamic for 3d max
Had some real
Specialty moments in the last couple of days with players and just finding a lot of openings
You can do yesterday on youth was insane. It's the Mongols
This time a more forward start from Flamie is
It's another opening!
Blame is just an opening kill factory right now.
Open for business.
You would think with that,
he should be spelling eight rounds first half for Vitality.
Horsed into what looks like an A-plate,
so I, on the long side,
Mezzie will come and join him from Library or Arch,
ruts anchoring down over towards the pit.
And there's the smoke.
It's caused an issue flash comes through
as I walk the line, but there's too easy.
Yeah, important trade from side
with stops body from managing to get away with that.
Talking on the bomb to collect it, I'm sure
Mac is going to try getting a pick on B,
but apex is just going to come through the smoke.
Yeah, of course he is.
Hello, you ain't ready for that.
OK, Mac.
Well, you have the room.
You have the B bomb site. You don't have the bomb.
And Flangy knows exactly what's up.
Never a fun position to be in.
No.
Your position, understandably, you're responsible for B, making sure nothing went wrong.
But when your whole team collapses, you end up looking a bit silly.
Oh, not anymore he doesn't. Catches a nice shot onto his eye wound.
There's just no time to win the round.
Yeah, it's all in vain.
Is this just kind of stat padding?
Giving it a go, at least he's not just saving.
Yeah, that would be weird, 8-4 then.
That's a CT side-by-tie it would be happy with.
This is 3D Max's pick and they haven't got too much to show for it.
A distinct lack of frags as well from some of them.
Let's see if they can turn that thing around as we swap sides.
Can I biscuit up your...
Sometimes your opponent is just having a really good day.
Flamesy 6-1 in opening Jules and has the same amount of frags as the lowest 4 players on 3D Max.
Oh dear.
Yeah, that's a rough start.
And that one had a little bit of a track, doesn't it?
All 3D Max, they got the pistol.
They lost the force.
They want to take 9 round in response.
Anyone else guilty of the mezzy letting everyone know he's 1 HP?
I definitely will continue to remind you that I did, I did dink him.
Yeah, but have a look on it, just swing him guys.
He's low.
Ooh, there's somewhere two of them.
Bullets have just landed into two brains.
And the problem for X, he's the only one on A right now, so if that's the finish...
As you get a handle, just push up.
Doesn't hit that one tap even with light, he is low HP.
Just gonna force them actually into A.
Exorcise man on a mission with two HP and the entire squad in his bomb site
He's dead. It's gonna walk past. Thank you. Thanks
rough
Not what you wanted
Gets harder for 3d max on the way back in the bomb being planted by Zawoo
And very few avenues for 3d max back into this bomb site
gravity has a flash that's if that's true he's got a flash he would hell of a
flashbang hang on what's wrong in the flashbang here comes oh you're waiting
for lucky to arrive now you're throwing it pops they go down I will inflate
you have to say vitality it is have to become down to say well when they hit
it in time whoo lucky gravity turned out what looked impossible into a
important pistol win. You're gonna be quite frustrated with the situation there if you're vitality.
That is very very close on the diffuse, but you just had to stay alive for a moment or too longer.
So you've lost both pistol rounds and it turns out that flash was actually a big difference.
Ramifications in all of this.
Luck doing a very good job just coming out of apartments off the back of that flash even
finds the first and just unleashing with the dual barrettas jump right out the fuse just in the nick of time
impressive well uh bongo is down forced by comes through can vitality win one again last time
everybody's got three kills on the pistol dropped an ak as i would
some rounds i was an ak again and it's definitely been dropped because he also has nades
ahead of the brackets block smoke that's already gonna have 3d max feeling a lot of
Scrooge me a lot of pressure.
Far must be 10-9, not necessarily favorable.
Look at this, it's quick.
Raising the altitude.
Applying the pressure.
Exocys will be touched on sight,
hearing all of this.
It's on his own, Alex.
He is on his own.
Yeah, once more.
Apex is just kind of tending to librae
as the rest of the team wrap into Exocys,
and yeah, I'm dead.
Sight, mast, hang on.
Oh, another one.
Tried to get, pushy, did lucky.
Extends in, Mezzy takes him down,
now no rush for vitality they'll place that moto smoke you're locked out and if i'm ecstasy i am
feeling a little bit hard done can i get some help at some point please a little bit of help
what's so crazy they're flames he's the one who dropped the ak he has no armor he just has
the deal where he is doing his job as the space creator perfectly but then still finds the
opener another opener so now seven and one such an asset right he just has to path and draw the
crosshair but then even gets that opening kill on that corpse you can see right there so
So, lost both pistols, won both forces.
Yeah, that's a recipe for success if you've ever seen one.
I wanna remind everybody how tough of a matchup
this is for 3D Max.
We covered this in the first half.
They played six maps throughout 2025,
all of which going in the favor of vitality,
five of which being single digit victories.
We've got a 13-4, 13-2, 13-5, 13-7, and a 13-9.
The closest, the back at Canaverts.
This time last year, 19 to 16 on this very map.
It's pretty fast, you know, to help us to...
Bang! That's what you're talking about.
Ground.
As soon as that one comes in, any threat removed?
As long as we move along.
Oh, the boss's got one kill as well. Like, let's let, like, a little bit of help.
Yeah, just give him something.
And the body...
Can actually see some maca with six kills combined at the moment.
A slow start. Apex saying he wants to use nades mid. Force away a crossfire like this, uh...
Mmm, a little bit noisy. At this point, no point in making any secret of your position.
And this is what we're talking about, right? Those nades make sure that if there is a close-up
crossfire, they are doing some softening damage. On the B side.
Double HE, your body's just invaded it.
Gravity has the M4 on B at least. That's the biggest gun into this round.
The one that I want to avoid with bad spacing, will give the mag 7.
That's currently over the wards short, and they're heading back this way.
Mac is probing.
Yeah, he could have got the really nice timing with nades in their hands.
is meant to post it up for it, though exorcise is to good position for him.
Oh, but the Utah's just too darn good.
There is another body here.
He can have to have a meagrely been able to find that headshot.
I was too quick on the adjustment.
Save again, I suppose.
Yeah.
How good is that?
They throw the first flash, and then they have two more
that are on a second timing.
It just...
What can you say?
It's rude.
Old-class Counter Strike.
Yeah, it's great to see from Vitality.
They obviously swept BCG as gravity will lose the M4.
I think Boddy's going to try and get his hands on this.
The first half of the BCG series was competitive, and the rest I think was as expected.
I think people were excited about the name value of Simple vs. Zywoo,
but we live in Vitality's world at the moment.
It definitely does look like he's starting to look like his old self
in some of the individual moments he's having.
Oh, for sure.
To the question for simple, at least for me, I think some people don't think he can return to that level, but for me it's does he have the motivation to?
If he has the motivation to then I don't see any reason why he can't. We're not talking about a normal player.
Yeah, we're talking about Enigma.
Yeah, and then we got a couple of those floating around at the moment.
ZywOo in the server here. Donk already qualified for the arena.
ZywOo, it feels like he's gonna make that trip pretty damn quickly at the moment, doesn't he?
10-5, 5 round gap. 3D Max now in an eco. They lost absolutely everything in that one.
Shall I continue to make things worse for 3D Max?
Yeah, why not?
Okay, so they're Dust2.
That's the second map. The map choice of Vitality.
They were on a 6 map Dust2 losing streak before coming to Krakow where they did take down foot 13-5.
Strong, dominant win.
Yeah, but before that...
They did have a nice strong dominant win against Foot.
true I mean optimistic here I can't you need hands not feet ah good point well
made oh an old-school stack apex does eat hot lead from these USP's just go a
messy was great job how many do they get they lose another man so I was right
from now retrievable they're gonna fight they're not just running the bomb
to a as soon as I said everybody coming banana to help and there's a
I know boys but the smart move is let's go plan the bomb.
Let's go to the objective.
I know the other whale is quicker.
Oh, you've lost one.
We went for a little spray and Nexus E's hit it.
Okay, but they both have smokes.
And they're even planned with their head.
Right, they block Moto, they block Short,
and Nexus E's gravity are gonna save.
So.
Exciting.
Something happened.
In a way.
in. I think on the bigger picture, coming into 2026, my framing was who can tackle vitality.
Now, bounty for a lot of teams was not the level of Counter-Strike that I think the fans
were hoping to see displayed, but it's first event out of the break. Yanko doesn't like
that as a framing. He thinks he's a professional Counter-Strike player. They should be ready
to go. That's his view. My view is it's going to take them a while to warm into things and
some events are more important than others. Now, this one for vitality is important because
they're the defending champs, but also they want to win a second ESL Grand Slam. You need
a crack off or a cologne. Right now they have neither. So do you want the pressure
of trying to do that at the major or do you want to take care of it now and then
even start the road to the third ESL Grand Slam throughout this first season?
I feel like an extra melee in your team just lying around.
Big Zyra carries that in cash.
Yeah.
His wallet is a wheelbarrow.
Exorcist has focused his nose out and will be another one on the North.
He lives problem solved round one.
Kinda crazy how quick that aggression was met with resistance.
Oh
That's how easy that looked it did I mean honestly, yeah, that is a
How was that the gun round you've won both pistols the score is 12 to 5 and
Now you shove in you have gravity who can buy an M4 you have Mac and do the same the rest of me on something lighter
Like if you've born an MP5
So your map choice and it's a non-starter
I don't know what that notebook, notepad, clipboard, I put them together, possibly says, but I don't
think it's getting out of this hole, mate.
No, I think it's an LCD, isn't it?
All right, guys, Dust2 up next.
Yeah, he's just called it just to propose himself.
Well, I think also you want to see your coach use the timeouts, right?
So at least at the statue at the end of the day.
Yeah, but the most effective
It's gonna break your spirits a little bit isn't it well you you're in this same spot if you truly max
Yeah, you can beat good teams just not the great ones
And you can even look really truly like you know a different beast versus the guilty you can smother them
Yeah, oh
Your body has given him a nice star. There you go!
Away back in!
Double kill, smoke spam.
Good to see body finding his footing, because he's going to be a necessary piece on Dust2
if they want to have a voice in the conversation.
Can't find an opening kill back in.
Looks like body's going to be either calling for the flash,
Yeah swinging on out and getting himself another that's what you want to see from body. All right, Rob's a messy as his best flames the impression
Gravity is on his own towards sandbag. We'll be hearing these sound cues down towards broom rotation far away, but lucky coming
It's actually pulled them into a two-two. So top mid maca playing with the UMP and
ecstasy's
Hangover towards pit with an auto shotgun now if they kill maca
up. Yeah, I'm starting to feel a little nervous that this two on four actually
famous vitality. Mac has got to hit something here. If you just get cleared
out, no looking perfect, perfect. A mistake from vitality that Mac will
profit from. Body with three, not expecting that close angle. Mac
closes it down and three Macs, they'll see another round.
All right. Well, I tell you, we'll be able to buy in no issues.
Nice good body. Maybe even have one more buy available after this as well.
Maka brings in the AWP, so that is a little bit of a difference, Maka. We know that Maka
can be very annoying around Boiler and Halls.
Such a roller coaster to be honest with Apex, isn't it?
is it holes nice aggression rewarded it wraps the line catching him off guard
and Maca plays the most aggressively in that position out of all the opposite
same we see setups where opposite playing in there waiting for the line or
playing back but he'll even sit in the window where he complies to jump up we
have seen round where he is solo a walking in apps it's look he's
It's confident in those stellar shots and it's, if you can find the timing, those are tough clears for the T's.
Oh yeah.
It's not easy to be able to take that space.
Looks like they are just going to try and finish the round with a B execute.
They've been able to go under this B control.
Yeah, Gravity's still got his full belt of Utah, so he isn't in a position to kind of make this difficult for Vitality.
No HE to break.
So do they try and pull out the block smoke or do they just go on the first wave with some good flashes?
So as that is incendiary, smoke can go on top.
It's quite shallow.
Hard into it and then flash, right?
I think that's the plan.
When the flashes catch gravity completely,
as I was setting his boys up,
his body at the back of the side barrel,
the trays are sticking out,
they know where you are,
the tray from Mezzie, present.
Two more smokes for CT and coffins.
Okay, first smoke break.
Mike has them in the open,
it's cover from side,
but I'm so quick to the trigger.
Lucky to be alive.
One HP, you gotta give it a go. He's waiting for his teammate XSC's coming in from the banana side.
It's being considered. Are they just grouping up ruins as well? This is a nice post-plant.
Freak here right here. Like he's gonna be a freebie. Doesn't even go for the knife kill.
He wants the round. He wants to get this one done once an efficient day in the office do vitality.
And so 13 to 6 first map Inferno bleak for 3DMAX.
Vitality going through the motions, looking damn good.
Flames in that first half.
No one could get past him opening kill after opening kill.
And this is the Vitality that you want to see.
Good form as they're one map away from booking
themselves a spot in the arena.
That's the tippy top of the delectable delight
that is our beautiful game.
And for the majority of Vitality's existence,
there have been an expected presence in those playoffs,
especially this conflation of players, the winning list of wins.
Props being that Rob's buff we just heard them discuss in the break.
Flames he's putting in such a great shift as well.
Seems like he's just going from strength to strength in that jersey,
looking great on Inferno.
The 3D Max, let's see if they can have a good Dust2.
Well, they're two from two for pistols.
There's something.
And I like the luck he's still playing with some Vim.
Some gumption.
Pushing up on mid, and he's hit the shoulders of Apex.
Catches Flamesy's pursuit of the fight on mid, drops, nah, he's not getting two, nice on the dual barrettes, looking good for another pistol, can they be three for three?
Lucky downs, I will hit his, and now Gravy's kind of in trouble, yep, awkward!
You had the advantage, it's just been ripped away from you and Bobby, you might be shot in the top of the dome!
Just pierces him!
Alright, death from above.
What's time? No pistol. It hasn't really been any opportunities for gravity smack talk back
across the fence and apex has been quite light on. Yeah, he has. And grab what you did. Let
us know and let Trace know in that pre match interview that they were going to focus on
the game. You know, leave the trash talking to apex if he felt inspired. I think maybe
I have no time left to continue!
Let's see how many goes
Controls that for a little spray very comfortably
He's not going to be able to find all three
Body made gravity hits a banger
Oh this one's on
It is
Smoke short's going to give him a bit of freedom to catch this jump up from gravity if he dares
On that new box position
Feels like a bit of an extension if he goes for it but
I mean he's looking and
Catch a whiff
Oh sound cute Jamesy
A couple of headshots from this gravity, D. Eagle making it in the winnable apex!
What a D. Eagle! It's his chance.
Not a peep. Not a peep out of gravity. That's an impeccable sequence out of gravity's death, D. Eagle.
He's brought them back down to earth, so it's their turn to win a four-spike.
Gravity had the most impactful moments in the first map.
Radia to take 9, entry round into B, had a good round on the AK47 as well.
So he's shooting straight right now.
That is a very nice round indeed.
No way!
A little bit sloppy.
Let's see if they can respond with a force-buy of their own.
I don't want it a competitive game, this is where it starts.
Signature Apex scouts, in-game leaders.
They do love to pick these up, or is this the couple of them?
Apex and Snappy.
It's getting a boost as well.
They really just trying to facilitate this Apex Scout.
What are you getting?
Info?
Spots a couple in mid.
And no surprises that 3D Max are going to be bringing that usual 3D Max flair early
mid-aggress.
They know there's not going to be a Molotov to stop them, so they borrow in.
It does leave a wide open.
Exorcise again.
What?
Poor sod!
They really just think exorcise is the great anchor in the...
Hi, bro.
Just hold on.
Hang on your own.
You got it right?
short. Yeah. Against vitality. Okay, well, I'll do my best.
Maybe they're just so confident in their retake
capabilities with no chip. Let's see.
So potential fights, hanging in the balance, Rob's finding one.
It's actually tuned for that galil just bashing them down.
Gravity traded. Very short lived celebrations for 3D Max.
It was lovely from Gravity's Desert Eagle.
But yeah, Exorcise, he has been abandoned over the course of both of these maps.
He's on an island, paying faces onto volleyball and...
Yeah.
I don't know.
What's the French name for Wilson?
We saw...
Ah.
Yeah.
On the McAttack, noted now, the Woo can't deal with him.
That's an AK, but he's not going to be able to get his hands on it with these.
So, we'll just back off, hold onto the glilflames and try to cut him off at the pass.
We've great success.
Yeah, so, Apex just trying to reinforce that, hey, the sloppiness of round number two, that's
not going to cut it.
And some positive reinforcement for the way they go to round number three.
I think after you've just thrown them around the server, that's one of the times where
you think, okay, this is just so easy.
And everybody maybe drops down to about 80%, not in terms of output, but focus.
That's where you can start to lose a couple of key moments.
So the arena was on the line.
The less matches that you have to play, the less you have to show,
the less ideas, the less stress,
the less you need to call on your players in these moments.
There will be a seeding game to play against the winner of Mouses vs Aurora
that is going on right now on the B-Stream.
Haven't actually checked in on that result just yet.
No, I'm not too curious to see if Aurora kept their form.
Yes, I have.
Okay, fun.
Flash at the ready, gonna be late!
Important for Mezzy, stops like even getting away with anything there.
Another fight for Mezzy, doesn't have to over-commit, forces the reposition.
Yeah, will this force you into a B-play?
Oh, uh, yes. Especially with Xayah, we're taking down Gravity right there, so...
So we have another round done, but are they able to try and get anything off of Catwalk?
Exorcists would love an upgrade away from the MP9.
There is a Galil and even a Molotov but that Mezzi patrolling this from Molotov has to tap away at a couple of heads
There's both now they can slowly start to cinch in on 3D Max to remove everything next round will have to be an eco
Apex is hunting on the long side MacaMix for off-pipe this especially with the tension through on so that's a nice free-frag for Apex
Quick headshot on to exercise as well
We'll just be the eco now.
Kravit, you got a bit of the exercise treatment that round, just being left alone on B and
Zai were waiting, profiting from the moment that the A-side fell, caught the reaction
and secured a third.
Now, not only is this domination still up into this point, I know it's early stages
in this map, but I have a concern that it means Mako is not going to be able to
bring out his AWP into the next round.
And I think Maka can be a very jarring force, same way we were talking about him on Inferno.
Oh, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, arrow right now, French through the doors as Zawoo takes
three flames in the other two, and that is quick, that one was an Eco Apex.
Alright, three, two.
So if Chat said three, two, what does he want?
He wants likely just going to be two players through lower tunnels.
Right.
And then the three working on it.
smoke mid-doors, you're probably sure you're playing through a long corner smoke. You're
gonna call how many nades a lot, they have long spawns.
There's the corner smoke. And there will be some, actually it's three long. The flashes
go, flames you strafe someone out and yeah, exorcise immediately after conceding that
space. He's started, he's started so long.
You have both options because you also have upper tunnels if they try and push
Rymfo through lower or upper two players they're to deal with that and you also
have long control in the first 10 seconds of the round. So right now the map
It feels extremely small for 3D Max.
I also just want to draw attention to the diligence from Apex.
You can see his position was just holding for that long flank until Rob's was ready.
They're retaking it.
That's a good move.
That is a good move. You no longer have that opportunity.
Now, hang on, they're going to retake long again.
I think you should probably go for short control in this situation.
And they can't be strong, long and short.
And at the moment it is just one man lucky they're on his own.
Forward position on his own?
Yeah, trying to connect with them through middle, I thought was Maka, but now he's shooting over towards B.
Bomb is heading towards the tunnels.
Oh, so I was communicating a lot off the smoke. It seemed like it was more than just they've thrown a smoke B.
Maybe he's got an indication of numbers from that?
I think it's... they're out of smoke B.
Ah, that'll do it. Yeah.
So after this mid-door smoke fading, there's no more smokes to block. They could just set up a...
It's a bit of a listen-in, making fun of the eco round, oh boys, I want one as well,
that's good for your ratings.
They're just running.
Molly, smoke, flash, and spray, gravity one.
Maka needs a fresh magazine, going behind at the back of the site, un-pops and gets
himself a headshot, it's still not enough.
And Rob's hearing this, like he does go down to an immediate trade in an upgrade.
Two on two.
Tsaiwu Smoke's gonna really thwart any attempt through the window, so...
Oh ho ho ho ho!
Even a good HE softens them up for these two M4s on the T side.
Apex can't peek, that's a short headshot.
Yeah.
Oh ho ho ho!
If he can't, Chad, maybe he can!
Aren't you worried about that?
Just pokes his head up, like a little...
That's too easy!
Oh, I'm hot!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
5 to 1, 4 round gap, pass you by and the pain keeps on coming.
What are those little creatures that look like cute to rats that like stand up on their hind legs?
Meerkats.
Meerkats, thank you.
Great change from Mezzie.
And I'm thinking, all right, Xyro-Texas contact, then Apex activates because their attention's drawn, but no, just finds the perfect timing. They line up.
I think they can breathe, that's probably not a bad idea.
Oh dear.
It looks like there might be a technical off the back of this one.
It's normally not a good sign when the coach is talking to tournament operations.
So they're going to have to give them the 30 seconds again if the microphone wasn't working.
They're not gonna be able to hear if the mic's up near your head.
Yeah, hello.
Hello.
Hey, no, they can't hear me.
Yeah, it's weird.
Yeah, no, talk into the phone.
Okay, so let me, I want a theory craft.
If there's a chance that 3D Max's lower bracket run is gonna be, oh, it's gonna
be pretty brutal, isn't it?
It's possible.
It is possible.
Right I think that there's still an option. I still feel like the loser of mouths of Aurora is probably gonna be the biggest threat down down there alongside Falcons in and
For me it's Falcons. Yeah, I know that they had a rough game against Aurora, but I still I still would back Falcons in
Right BCG versus FaZe that's coming up next on the mainstream carrying Hugo on the B-Stream will be energy versus Falcons
The loser of this game
drops down and we'll play the winner of the Falcons energy games that's a tough
one yeah that's we hoping a brand if you 3D max that energy get the job done we
will be return of OC this coach had said to keep everybody up to date and once
we get the headset fixed we will be giving him the 30 seconds again
what's OC being up to you know they had exotic at the major and then
exotic uh oh he's just gonna sit on the bench yeah exotic step down so osi came
back and also the other boon for nig in crackoff is the fact that nitro is here
along so the team gaps doesn't have to stand in. right osi was benched and was
July 7, 2025 and just came back now, December 23rd.
Yeah, some of these teams, energy being one of those names,
has to play these local and smaller lands for the RS points essentially.
So, you will see them playing throughout the tournament breaks.
The same thing happened with Gameligion, because if these events are on,
you're going to feel the need to attend them and try and get the wins,
whether you're just bolstering that, that, uh, land wind portion or
there's better teams, you know, European teams have been traveling over to play
in some of these fragadelphias, flamelands, et cetera.
All right, so good.
Looks like his mic's functional.
So yeah, he gets his 30 seconds now.
So he went from, uh, attack to attack back to a tag.
I'm saying coach is talking.
Yeah, the coach is talking because the mic wasn't working, Dan.
That's my free. Yeah, that's right. Was was your coaches might
are working. Startin trouble.
Okay, well, they're taking the time out into a partial by.
Yeah, it's a long drawn out pause, isn't it? Yes, but
should be getting this one underway in a moment.
T side has just been flowing so lovely. If you haven't missed any of the action up until
this point, you haven't missed much to the other side, but it is good to see vitality
in fine form. That's the key, right? The defending champs of the IEM Winter Championship. What
number one is from 2025, taking to the server and putting in some comprehensive counter
strike against opponents that you would hope that they'd be beating right but
there's been some nice moments playing has been really good with the openers
and you've really talked about the head-to-head as far as you know
this isn't the first time they've had to deal with vitality
OOOOOOHHHHH
Apex is, I've got Apex up a bike and he's just laughing off the back of that
That's a crazy way to start
They're already on eco boys, give them a chance
Can we just run it now? Can we see that replay as soon as possible?
Yeah, that'd be nice. My game of the day is going to be Fury vs Navi for Elimination.
Yes.
That's my game of the day. That'll be the final match on the A-Treme.
Should be good. I'm excited for the second one of the day.
Here it is.
Bada Bing. Boom! Straight to your face.
Fair enough.
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
Sometimes it is.
Real, recognized, real.
Yeah, pushing up mid, there's going to be a fight.
There is.
And they're already... Oh, the flash! Still gonna get one!
It's only gonna be one.
Bodies low, exorcists no real hope here.
I think Zyra may have even spotted him on the jump spot, Sui.
And you only get two chances to click that mouse.
Now Maca gets his AWP.
They know on the Vitality side that it is gonna come out now, so...
At this point, it's an opportunity for Maca to try and insert himself in the game.
himself in the game. He's one of these opus that likes to hang around mid-doors a little bit more with the brakes, also pushing into lower tunnels for peeks.
See you later, Alligator.
Yeah, he tried to make that as hard as possible. Now, I'm just immediately wanting to see how they cross and how Maka peeks mid.
He is trying to find anyone suicide and doesn't spot Apex, so I think it gets a clash of him.
But it's going to be a nice forward position of body. The remedy is aggression, and there's already going to be a quick response time here for 3D Max if there was a commitment B.
Okay, so no, they're called it off.
Three and up a tunnels, Apex gets to call from the grave right now.
And as he's the one lingering around top mid, he's wary for the potential continued push.
But as we can see, they've just settled into the number advantage right now.
Off of Maka after the initial here, over towards middle, will reposition to
one of the key spots for an Octoplan Dust 2, over towards A.
And right now this is looking very good for a 3D Max second round.
Slimming it on the clock and get to start grouping out with any clear indication of a
finish.
It's going to be flames in through lower tunnels.
The rest are in the congrade now. Top mid-back cat.
40 seconds.
Sudden demand's left short.
They have the utils to go for an AXE cat.
I mean, they've got so much util.
So do 3D Max. They have a decent amount of blocknades left.
They also can flash into certain fights that we're starting to see take shape. 25.
25 seconds miss shot from the ball to back up
The empty smoke could have been able to give him some room to play around nice from lucky mesi's got the bomb on his back
It's not looking good until it is
Nezzi still alive dink does get hit and a jump spot not gonna connect
He's got 10 seconds to be planting and he's gone
So it is gonna be 3d max his second as you prophesized a couple of 8k upgrades and an important one for 3d max his CT confidence
It probably feels too telegraphed there and they have to piece it together and hooster on what smoke so they've just
Gone out on that very limited utility considering the belts they had but the four round gap
Gonna become three
This is tough writes a leg shot then Mac asked to bring out the USP to finish off rops
Full by full vitality
You can be looking back up bodies gonna just push up the guts is gonna play in this limbo state right now
They're coming back to boost him.
It worked out for once.
Oh, not this time.
It's gonna be Maka that gets the opening with body's health.
Alright, so these midfights, two in a row.
It's been the Maka body show.
To just be a real nuisance to slow the scaling of vitality
before the control.
A bit in short.
Hello?
Lucky.
In a 5v4 advantage, it's still pushing for a big advantage.
Now Flamesee's hunting in which leads to a nice catch, Exorcise prophets on the jump
up from the Flamesee.
Now you've got a 3 of you 5, now you can call your jets.
Still want to fight?
You do.
Apex is going to try and pick up Zyra's orb and use it to hold the mid side.
Well, this is where they still have so much cash, but Apex has 10k.
So I don't think we'll see them going for a save here.
Oh, Exorcise cannabis.
Still wins it!
wins it. Oh they're back in their aim at least we're seeing them force might have to be uncomfortable
and they're not giving up yet so MZ is still giving it their all. Shot from Apex shouldn't be much more
from Vitality's camp as MZ and Apex have made a 5 on 2. They get past the Orion too and yeah
getting past the off the hard part especially with Maka at the helm nails the shot necessary
Mezzev does manage to connect the second of his flashbangs and so Mako is going to be
responsible for stopping Mezzev doing anything else.
Good shot.
Alright.
So, yeah, another buy, Apex can facilitate flames you with a gun.
They'll be able to work this one out in the wash, don't you worry about X-Taz getting
on the Mako, right boys?
Before we run out of the cash, let's do something about this.
They've pushed mid twice and we've died twice to the mid push.
Yeah, so spawns will be a factor of how quickly they can mantle this boost for Zywoo and they don't have good long spawns
So if ropz wants to be the footsaw all messy, that's gonna be fine
Zywoo can jump on the head left side and they can attempt to take that fight
If you have the player pushing through doors and macker on the cover, there's a feeling that he's only gonna get one
Right, so let's say you kill body pushing the mid door, but then macker trades you out
This is late. I'd have dropped into this late with the free fall
That's a frustrating death there for Zywoo. It holds himself to a high standard
The other way of going about this is just to really slow down the default, because you've lost those opening kills in pretty early exchanges.
So instead of even fighting suicide at all you don't have to, right, you can just throw the door smoke, the molly towards cat.
You can even from back cat molly lower if you want to clear that out, because you know 3D Max is going to be aggressive.
Well that's aggressive than Pyrr.
Yeah, and they're pushed on the right side this time round.
Mac is hoping to catch Flamie's aggression, it's all too easy.
So instead of using the nades again, they're just peeking into this.
Mac continues just to peek mid-doors.
What is there, FAPEX?
Steps a toe out of line ahead of the smoke.
Now freedom to make a move.
It's not a forward short setup
See, playing from behind again and how you're gonna break back into this is just gravity on B, but rotation won't be too far away
Mezzy has the bomb in the tail of this, so he's quite wary of all these pushers and doesn't want to lose that bomb
More short pressure, but XZ is calling it clear
Apex is selling a fake, they're hoping to go B
Apex has something about new box, he goes for a bit of a commitment on the spray, he
could be in trouble if he goes wider, gravity on high alert.
We're timing on the block, there's support, remember it's not here but it can rotate over.
Yeah, he can get back quite quick, he can put a damage on the nade and Apex does push
on through the doors finding just the one I've done.
Gravity with the least one here and he's made the run a lot easier, does very well
to find his.
There's the follow up from Lucky, comes swinging on him, doesn't finish off
off Zywoo, tax him up.
Oh, he'll be planted.
Walking through the smoke seems like Exorcism has to be flashed in.
Well timed, beautiful from 3D Max, and a missed shot from Orp of Zywoo.
Won't make that mistake twice!
A 1 vs 1, Mako already out the window in the blind spot of Zywoo!
He swapped to the clock to finish!
Oh, I thought Mako had really positioned himself well there to be, I don't know, overlooked by Zywoo,
but there I go, doubting Zywoo and his game sense.
It's just a tough one there for Makarai with the orb out window, you're so exposed in that position.
He's hoping there's always playing around the big box, still starting to park backwards, but...
Campbell's incorrectly...
Yeah, see?
Oh, he thinks he's still big box, didn't realize he'd gotten across the tall box, so that's why it looks a little bit...
Ew, out of order, alright.
still three rounds where 3d max have been able to confirm an opening kill and make it
tough for vitality score and still read 7-3, two rounds left in this half.
You did have your 45 advantage there, you're gonna feel pretty rough about losing that
one.
Apex did well out mid doors to get one, the fact he's traded this two there that
trap set up. The fact you get that kill out of apex, he's screaming at that point as well
right? He said there should just be one guy on B and they start parving him. Gravity's
still good for one but that's not enough thanks to the Zywoo clock. 12 and 4 right now.
Oh. Oh! Lucky tries to get across the boosts. Arrives just in time. But they also missed
the nade. Lucky took the nade damage. He didn't land in the doors so he got slowed
by the Nade took damage and didn't really give the black smoke that they were hoping
for so that's a very very tough but poor lucky is now it's a 4v5 advantage in favor of vitality
and 3Dmax shoved into this one then they get 2900 loss bonus going into the next series again
and so hasn't landed perfectly has to jump up yeah the nade hits him ah yeah yeah yeah
which actually leads to Zairu not missing the timing.
So right now we have a gamble stack out of 3D Max off of the number disadvantage.
They're playing for A.
If it is a mid to B or a B finish, they're going to hold on to these.
Otherwise, they're one of a great buy into the next round.
Gravity's heard them out mid.
Gravy on intermittent timings is going for checks to see if he can catch them
as they start to probe.
You're also waiting for flashes through the smoke.
You can see Flames of Death switch playing indoors, so he can always dart back and his support network is there to help.
So, second wave, we'll be into the B-split.
First, ooooh, Flamesy wins though.
It's all he has to consider in that situation, so...
Now that they've dealt with that, they know that the B-bomb site should be...
...pretty easy.
Just having to worry about body, that we can see he's not here.
And what's that stack? So as long as they can maintain this ult for Makka, they will have it for the next round.
But... Apex might want to call these players out for the hunt.
They don't have a crazy amount of cash, but you could sacrifice one to two players in pursuit of wiping the board.
We should only make the nine even more likely.
Put your T-side all.
Oh, lovely flashbang.
Okay, well that's probably where Vitahti will leave it.
3D Max successfully fighting to hold on to their weaponry.
Actually, Messi last second chasing that orb.
Maka prevails, he'll keep hold of it.
But, yeah, still worthwhile pursuing it.
At least Maca will get to equip himself with that AWP for our final round of this second
maps as first half.
Not another one, he's had it, he's had his two.
He's had his two.
So I was not going to be able to hit the shot on the cross, gets numbers though.
And now they've punished for long control.
Bit of patch of rounds where it's been a little bit more default, now they have
all this long space and that hasn't landed perfectly. Massive void on the left side.
My, I can't compete for it. So how am I investigating?
They're pushed through tons as a team and consider it clear, so clear indication it's a
very long centric finish. Smoke break or the maids, yeah okay so they're going to incendiary
the ramp there will be exploitable you can still walk up oh and Lucky was spotted poking
out on short side I think that is Molly and Blake nice from exorcist making something out
of the smoke push apex can't find him bring you 10 bullets left in the mag there's two
around again we've got the ammo surely exorcist can get another but bullet explains he trades
nice from flames you're on the follow up how did he get through that what body and
The luckiest of lined up.
A little burst of the AK-47 and two of them go down.
You talked about Mac Azor, but it doesn't look like it's going to really get much of a chance to have impacts.
A 1v3 final round of the half, you have to give it a go.
Yeah, but not looking easy, not looking fun.
By any stretch of the imagination, vitality set for a dominant T-side haul.
And Mac has to walk on in. I was posted get spotted out in nowhere. He is a rifle and a swing to his death
9 for vitality all going to plan the playoffs away from vitality so long as they could keep this up
I
There are no good dudes, let them see things, yeah
You've been on my way, just stay away
Can you make me feel, this is how I know
Come on, run away, just stay away
You're just a weirdo, say everything you just said
That makes me wanna just fuck and celebrate
You can't do this shit, just say whatever you want
Come on, don't worry, but keep on celebrating
You're just a weirdo, say everything you just said
That makes me wanna just fuck and celebrate
No!
You see when we break good runs, they're fucking...
Keep doing it, that boys.
It's been good energy from Vitality.
Really bringing the intensity in the comms as well.
I mean, it's no mistake that they are 9-3 up.
They have been dominant throughout this series.
Inferno was, yeah, what a master class.
Nothing 3D Max could do.
They're putting on a clinic, aren't they?
This is obviously from a world-class squad, live Vitality.
They just started falling on the pistol.
still didn't receive anything rops also pick mid doors now he's over to be but
they're playing a retake set up on B right now unfortunately full
vitality it looks like 3d max will be able to get in for free unless rops can
pop them through the smoke yeah rops would have to hear the first crack the
head nail on the jump from lucky a little too early give your eyes on apex's
flashes here can he's been gifted two of them just needs the one flames you
throw the first that's a smoke so giving them an extra way in two flashes to be
changing with their fight nice from body catches one being thrown by flames he
was a little too exposed I would push his end does find himself the first we can't
adjust into maca maca and gravity with it all to do apex is gone and they'll
take another pistol okay that's three out of the four pistols played so far
but we know that didn't really help them on inferno I just have to convert
one this is where it has to get started if you want any conversation of a
competitive 3d max today. It's looking like it could be an 8th consecutive loss.
And another game where it is just single digits against the beasts that aren't
vitality. They'll force by a backie and they've got two scouts in this one. It's
very safe from 3d max. They're doing from their perspective right side
boost rooms. I was right now left and that's so they can just spot the lower
push. It'll leave you as the pressure on Lucky as he makes his way in through
tunnels and it looks like they want to clamp down on either a mid to B or short control
very very quickly.
They scout and deagle around the mid doors, silently trying to transition back over towards
A for the stack.
Just the mid to B smoke force their hand at all of them, they just stick with this
and then go for another bite into the next round if they have gambled incorrectly.
How is going to swing into this? Take a probe.
And no immediate pursuit of the trade or trade I say chase I should say.
Stuff as well because if they did swing they had mezzier car.
So if you came scaring out the next scout was ready there to pip you.
Oh, that was dead man. Nice fight from Exocys from turning to the fight.
Amidst being out. Amidst being out. Amidst to be is the perfect answer.
So long as multiple of you don't go down through the smoke it should just be a 3D Max round.
I shouldn't say Apex could break the smoke but just look for some damage and it might just be the save
because they're able to salvage that. It means that everyone can have the same guns into the next
as long as they don't go down, so 3D Max will take the fifth.
and they're going to keep all five alive this is a good start to bring the game
back into relative contention he needs to do that again
reflecting on Vitality's win to start 2025 that was in Katowice with the
spiritual successor now Krakow and they three-ohed spirit that was the
statement to start the season and then what became I don't think anybody
could have predicted. But in that run they only dropped one map that was in this same
matchup as we're seeing right now but against FaZe. It was a 2-1 series, they went on in
the seeding matchup against VP with a 2-0, then they ran the semis over the Mongols 2-0
and the 3-0, as mentioned against Spirit. So let's see if they can do one better, right?
This would mean having a spotless record, not dropping a single map.
Like you were saying, you know, the less you show the better.
Yeah, this is a team that also has had some hard learnings and they're also very good at goal setting, right?
So coming out of the player break in the middle of 2025, they were slow.
They weren't where they were before and I think they learned a lot from that experience.
In fact, they went on to still win the second major year with those woes.
Very impressive.
Now, with that knowledge coming into the start of 2026,
And yeah, Gerov being the first team to ever win two grand slaps, looking for a third consecutive major.
That would be Apex's fifth he would then equal to three.
There's a lot to play for right now.
Oh, that's pleased.
So many breaks as well. Just a nuisance. Now they have the number advantage.
Yes, I would put in that save done scout to very good use.
Seattle chance onto Lucky, but quicker on the draw.
Oh, they block them at short. This might channel them into the mid to B, where Robson's the only one standing right now.
Oh, does that convince 3D Max? That's just a lone A player trying to delay.
That's another nitric damage.
Oh, flash, what a hit!
Oh, more of those!
Oh dear, enables Flamesy, enables Mezzi. Everyone's hitting their shots. 3D Max crumbled upon arrival.
Walking into the stack, you've lost the bomb and you've lost the round as well. Another scout tag. That's lethal. Brutal!
A very good Nade. Yes, you did.
Those HGs just landed square on the nose, softened them up for the Deagle and back to regular scheduled programming.
It was the real nuisance, wasn't it? The HGs, such a problem.
a problem and I would get value out of that but as they breach through the
gray screen they're greeted by a nade and bullets and that's what's so brutal
is that made lands you've already started to commit and then suddenly up five seven
a deal they're all being thrown at you at the same time was likely very
stressful for 3d mags apex is starting premeditated boost on CT
tall box so as he did significant damage tracking grab at his jump up
You only do this from epics if you're expecting it to be a mid to be quite early within the round
but because you can do this more mid round so he's thinking they will be trying to finish
with a B split and right now there's still plenty of options they're just trying to low smoke on B
there's some yells from the other end of the hall it's Aurora versus Maus, map number two Aurora
one map to the good winner of that will lock themselves in to the Toron and for Aurora
starting the year with a roster change trying to replicate what they did in the previous which was
very successful regardless of some of their playoff was for a Turkish team. Yeah two different
conversations isn't it? Well Maus is a team that needs to be able to break through in the finals.
Aurora wants you to break through once they get to the playoffs. Prolimaus knew very well once
upon a time and they are meant to be Alex. Yeah and Apex has been here the whole damn
time gets the body bomb removed like he's supposed to be arriving late to be
still being held by two members of Vitality now just one rops his head oh
lucky lovely double entry oh and gravity really has ended the conversation
taps apex trying to attend to the B bomb site then going in that smoke so despite
apex's premonition and frag it's still a 3d max looking round well they know that
I think there's a deep player on P.
That's true, look, you can catch one.
So I think they're in a chance right now to give it a go.
XSE's must at least find one, if not play the whole clutch on his own.
65 to work with.
And now if you want to win this Vitality, you've got to hurry this up.
Time on the side of 3D Max looking very good.
Now the clock ticks down, Flamesy can't hit the double.
And so, a little bit of a three-round game now. 3D Max doing themselves justice.
Important and impactful double kill from Lucky.
Yeah, that is unfortunate because the setup was at reading them perfectly. Apex knew it was coming.
They had the right people in the right place, the mid to be happened.
The crisscross, right? That is one way to avoid the death.
But Apex stands so it's messy, they managed to get those flags.
But you have to really credit Lucky right now. This second one.
Just the poise to have to stay with the clears instead of getting ahead of yourself.
Both teams with some omissions into round number 17's buys.
MP7, Famous, those are the problems for Vitality on the other side, Scout and a MAK10.
Saewoo has his AWP, Maka only has the little version.
Will have to be headshots if it wants to be a one-shot kill.
Looks like they're gonna do a light walk out long.
There's no one currently home to receive them.
Flamesy, if he gets back in time to replenish.
Lots of talking going on right now
Smokes faded on long as he's gonna round this corner. He's
Okay, just got his guy in time
They might use that as a coming through at this respect straight through gravity didn't quite synchronize with the flashbang ideally flames
He already had his gun out
Crossfire bang on the money. They're putting all their faith on the b-side on Taiwan
Now he's back in play with the AWP, this double goo setup's interesting.
It is. The search has jumped up from Flamesy, cause body was ready to receive that comfortable.
Might pay you into the A-Plan now.
Yeah, certainly. Three-man A-Site stack.
Oh yes, him throwing two of the POWs, he hit that quick adjustment!
A-Plan!
Wow!
POWs, he sprayed three!
A single magazine of the Bar Mars, and he takes all four!
Fuck on your club, my tool!
Woo!
Wow.
I think of beauty there from Apex, wasn't it?
Amaz Highlight, you don't see those every day in a week.
It is a French gun. He's wielding it well.
That is another one stuffed for 3D Max.
Just ruined the point of breaking through. They win a hard fought round.
They can break the money here and Apex just happens.
He is reading them well. The setups are beautiful, but this is sublime.
A double on the single spray. Lovely little transfer.
Oh, yeah, translation of 54 years old broke
That one let them know
Just for the record he's not 54 no, he's not okay. Otherwise, it's great for his a wherever the founder of youth is I would like it
Yeah, French numbers scare me man. You have to do the times tables and stuff just to start saying the numbers
I think the number that Vitaly knows very well in French is 13.
Right.
There's two more to get there.
It's been a great display from an individual standpoint, but also I've liked the calling,
I've liked the reads.
No one's saying it's the best mid-smoke.
It's B-pop.
Rob's on his own.
Rob's is going to be just unloading his magazine into the smoke.
He's so comfortable in the USB and a chance Zywin can finish off the job see a later 3d max
Shutdown shut out of the round is the Zywin Rob show on B
We're gonna add another single digit loss to the laundry list of the 3d max versus vitality story
What was the best you said 13 9 I think the best overall was inferno this time last year in Katowice in 1916
So that was that closest game, but the rest have been pretty dominant the next closest
yes was 13 to 9 so they will have been at the conclusion this eight maps played
between the two of them since last year and now and it's a 8-0 winning record
for vitality seven of the eight being single-digit wins also that's some
confident orping from cywoo just adopting that position on its own you
get spotted out by the tech nine body gonna try a very similar play again
Yeah, right, Robs isn't gonna get two again.
Bet he wished he had the A4 in that situation.
True.
An extra bullets.
Couldn't have enough to do it on his own.
Here they come.
Alright, Robs different position.
Cookies a similar result.
Yup, yup, that's gonna be game.
That's gonna be Playoffs Vitality.
Dominance on display.
Defending champions of the IEM Winter Championship
will be in the arena.
The Toro Arena awaits for Vitality.
Greenbacks not out of the race.
But they couldn't keep up with Vitaly.
That's 2-13 to 6 victories, and that is Vitaly looking to the top of their game.
They move forward to take on the winner of Bounce vs Aurora, raging on that B-Stream.
And they win that game, they will lock in their 17th consecutive top 4 finish.
This is a team whose era we are living in right now.
It's about can it continue in 2026?
If that's like
Another dust to pick that gets chosen in it to mouse
It's always been Aurora's second most popular pick even when a new this was in the pool
And now mouths having to play what some people may say is their worst map and potentially Aurora's best
We're up and into dust you here
mouse favored but
Don't doubt Aurora. Don't don't be like Falcons
Well, you remember yesterday that B site was a little bit rocky for them on this defense
And Aurora definitely looking into that here to open us up with an execute
You got the production coming through out of
In fact in the back of the site look at the keep this distance dodging up with the flashes
But immediately peppered down near the low HP and the extra resistance coming through is gonna find the initial cutoff
Big's trying to help out. I've been a little bit late on the scene. These usp headshots not connecting and then terrors is
The breakthrough into the bombsite here numbers getting punched in a lot of retake utility sure, but
5v3 on the b-site with a couple players low doesn't seem too enticing here for mouse
Yeah, we will see that pistol round save just
just barely not able to thread in any headshots. It feels like that backside position, at least
in pro play is always a trap because players are good enough to hit the headshots, right?
But once you pop your head up, you actually have five players looking at you and no chance
to fire back. Like Jimmy immediately got gooshed right out of the gates as soon as he stood
up. So try it in your pugs but for the future pros out there, how do you reconsider?
Yeah, yeah, it is one of those positions where you're a little bit spoiled for choice on headshots
and it's really tough to figure out how to track one single player in your mind.
So you're exactly right there. It's a quick dismissal for a team like Aurora. They're going
to be able to punish that every day of the week. And with three people saving up,
Actually bolsters up this uh this force by a little bit get yourself a moscow and armor for sphinx
You've got two belts of utility as well that can help delay give yourself some active plays with these flashes
So let's see what mouse have in store for us
This is a difficult adjustment here for mouse heading into this year with uh train being removed anubis being added but
But we're able to close out confidently on this T-side.
It was a defense that had a little bit of concerns for them.
They're baiting in a reaction right now.
It's one flash, bring up the cow walk, hearing footsteps,
rattle off after you throw in that utility.
It's a really good protocol set in a play by Aurora.
A quick reposition from Maus anticipating
the reaction around the smoke here for Xantara's C3 players.
The match was quickly traded out.
question is, can these pistols get their hands on the AK? Torsi does. Maybe this round gets
interesting, but it is just rolling MP9 across A long, not an optimal fight to say the least.
And Bob's going to be shuffled over to Woxic, going to be planted if Mous will save once
more.
I just really good details there from Aurora, entirely being able to pulse in a little
with a pressure on that cow walk bait out the reaction
with the aggressive play.
They hear the footsteps,
they work out towards middle,
they spot out where the, you know,
quick adjustments come through for mouse
and they're staying a step ahead there,
avoiding walking into a stack
and avoiding getting caught off guard
by the aggressive stance at the mouse off the catwalk.
So nice route being handled.
Keeping these pistols at non-slank.
And the MP9s for that matter, no chance for a full cone to get much going there.
That's that activity out of SoFly, again, you know, he's going to be a guy on this
team that is super fearless.
I always liked Jota as a player.
I thought he was, he had the right amount of activity, but there was a bit of a fall-off
I think as, you know, you entered into the playoffs as you entered into some of
the tougher competition.
And what we just saw from SoFly yesterday is that he can still keep up that level
play versus the best of the best.
And Van's definitely been on the grind, especially in the tier two realms of Counter-Strike and
definitely someone deserving of the call-up.
I don't know, what did you particularly see in the player as he was playing for teams
like Fireflex?
I mean, when I was watching him on Fireflex, it was, you know, again, a guy that could
win or lose you some online games just because he was so relied on to find opening picks
and do so without much help.
And for me that's a really difficult position to be in in the online tier 2 space because
maybe you don't have the best help to back you up.
Oh, Madgeard just heard Jimmy run away on the most insane timing.
is though, will they clear the lower tunnels, Xantaras? With diligence. Drinks down, matters
already on B, and round done. This time, it's the experienced players getting active on the map.
But maybe that's what Aurora needs. They just need a little bit more x-factor
in their players. I think Jota was very stable, but Jota wasn't gonna take over and win you games.
in the same way. They just needed that extra piece alongside Wacadia and
Zantara's. Hey, and Waxix pretty good as well. Mm-hmm. And that's what allows you
to secure those big wins over top teams. Again, like you're saying, like we saw
yesterday. So just getting a little bit more punch out of each individual
player for Aurora to help them break that playoff curse. First, they got to make it there,
but not a bad start on Dust2. Not at all here. Being able to work some magic on this T side,
I think the big reason why we're seeing, you know, this Aurora camp so comfortable on this
map as well as like you mentioned, you know, you have great rifleers here on this team,
but Walksick, he just constantly, you know, is able to find picks on this map on both sides
of the half. Managed to find impact here. I mean still sitting at 0-1 right now, but
as he gets his op out and play here for the opening gun round, you expect that to quickly
change. That's going to bolster this opportunity here. Already an opening pick towards Long
here. Nails rolling down as he jumps spots around the corner. He is so prepared for
for that. This is Wauksic's favorite map across his entire career. He used to be one of the
best Dust2 players in the world. Now, map your introuble, but we'll get traded out.
My Torzie somehow made a kill out of it. Or I could go up long if they felt like it.
now been boxed. But I'm a little positioning from Sphinx is going to set up the duo here
towards the same bombsite. If you're looking at the utile for this T-set, there is no long
cross smokes here. None available here. That's a huge problem. So try to bait out some peaks,
but there isn't much of a reason, reminds to give them any. So they'll continue to hold
these passive lines. You had a single flashbang that's got to be able to break through
This setup of two players ready to go. Jimfap playing anti-flash in a certain sense.
Horsie on the line, ready to cut them off as they cross here. We'll see how good this flash
being. Woxic doesn't quite catch the flash bang here, but Jimmy will be caught out and Woxic
will follow it up right there. Flank being held as well. The Speaks tries to play the hero.
He's getting around this. AWP is now going to be an easy task. Flash goes high.
At least he spots it out here. Speaks trying to keep up the pace, but
They make it around the corner safely and he's just going to pick up a rifle and try and save
Yeah, I was gonna say the angle that Torsey is holding is only good if they walk up the far wall and long that close swing from Santaris
Makes it an impossible shot for Torsey to hit and
Then Jimmy peeking off of the off shot that was the whole point of the setup
But the the issue is that the angle is so unfavorable for torsion that Jimmy is just actually swinging into two
to three players
And towards you getting spotted out. Thanks. We'll hold on to his gun
But basically a faulty setup and that pick for Washington spears
Jarv to start
Let's get his favorite map highest rated across his entire career
if you want to talk some history for Woxic as well back when he was a top 20
player of 2019 just two statistics in 2019 simple number one in terms of
rating diamond number two Woxic was number three in the world back on
mouse sports no big surprise wins tournaments incredible he is on this
map and you can see the the impact that he's bringing to the table out of the
gates just knows what to do. It was how to open up these rounds. That's some tough
competition to stand alongside but as you said it was a winning tournament
versus players like that. I'm gonna try and collapse here now just to set up
with Torsey and Zershin alongside of here no flashes around that corner so
Sets them up nicely the collapse coming through matcher able to find the multi though
It puts a lot of pressure on this bro
And he fits what's it ready for the smoke push here fast blink up catwalk and a very low HP bar and madger
Picks up an adb p first troubles makes it into the site with the bomb
But is he gonna be able to plant it that Molly is gonna take oh now?
No, he stands on the edge of the fire and finds another
Madger walking in the flames and sending him fat packing into the walks across there now
Now there is no escape in this round here, and Haruah ripped away another gun round.
Zantar is laughing right there as the 35 year old talent breaks through with a double kill
when everything was going to go wrong if he doesn't find it, and the Molly just doesn't
get him because he's planting open for long.
Unbelievable. Then switches to the off point and click adventure on the Jimmy and
Another slow start here for mouths yesterday versus NRG they were down big
And I would suppose the first quarter a
7 to lead back on I
At least here on dust 2 is 6 to 1 on
Ancient as well
The mouths are used to this
But maybe not in this kind of devastating fashion.
Or the individual is getting dead in the air.
Look at this.
The dark is laughing as Madgeh hits the offside.
He knows that's not supposed to happen.
Cavalcadier gets his chance to put Jimmy on the swing.
Okay, a little bit of activity right there, Jimmy.
Making some motion in towards Tons, looks like an AWP physician and I'm going to stick around
and try and find some extras there, he will.
Not fearing, turn to that corner there, activity through B, gives Mouse what could be the best
looking round here in quite some time.
Still got a couple of pistols on that A bomb site in particular, so that's going
to be the big challenge here still for mouse to try and close this thing out
because walk stick is cutting off these three rifles from finding access in
towards a you're gonna have soul fly again for another breakthrough moment
towards long try and find some stability and for magic to walk up catwalk here
pushing has been brought back oh my goodness the timing could not be
crazier, long pop coming through, torsion needs a needlehead shot, or a brawler, or that's
great on its own, flying 5-7. We'll get the job done for Maus. Sure, first on the board.
They go playing comfortably, taking some activity through tunnels that's a bold call
to make for, in fact they let the scout kind of be spotted and Jimmy peeks low on this
angle and you can see as soon as the idiot gets his youths a lot trying to draw
in some attention. That's a, and of course they swing, a bit of a CS classic for Wokadia.
You're on the frustration, you're on that secondary hopping, but
the concerns here are where I get right back into the bice.
I'm just plighted towards Kat. The multiple smokes tossed in towards middle here.
You could for a late long draw here, and you can see Brolin up close and personal in
that smoke those flashes are going to be tough to connect with his positioning. HG goes deep,
that kind of reveals it. Soulfly is waiting to get explosive. You're on this long play,
he may not still force that flashbang through the door, but he finds a follow-up here. Brolin
locking him out before they can even get in. The nice crowbar entry there from Woxic,
but a brilliant play from Prolan. Playing close to the smoke so he dodges all of the
flashbangs eats one anyways and finds the double. Still, Torsi. Not blinded by the
flashbang, Magik goes down next.
Woxic will close up. The great flashbang to Torsi escapes. Once again, Torsi never
blind, now tagged. Another shot baited though, and Woxic just keeps
Toyin with them
Surround is not done it is Xantara's and Woxic in the two versus three
Through the smoke here does catch Woxic, but they don't push past it
Woxic looking to crawl through again. There is on the up as well
Fighting follow-up kills, but a HG blows open that smoke here and Woxic will not be able to pass through
Xantara's running a little bit low on time
There's this one is out of the picture so some stability found here with mouse on two in a row
They're not gonna be saved here for Zanteris
There's a nice try though good effort especially with Zantara is covering the top of the site
There's some small mistakes being made here by mouths that are giving Aurora chances in these rounds
I'm thankful that they have this proland double to open it up though.
And even the Torgy on finding the 2v4, but you see exertion overextending there could have
gotten weird.
It could have been an avenue back in for Aurora.
So need to keep their head on the shoulders so it'll be an Aurora timeout.
Robert is going to step in and see what adjustments need to be made.
For a day like yesterday where the mouse defense was constantly tested towards that B bomb site
as well, they're getting a bit of a different approach here when they play up against the
roar.
They're not fearing the long aggression, they're not fearing fighting for cat control.
Been a little bit avoiding sense of fist around that B bomb site, but Madjur, they
some interest with this AWP scuttle spawn looking for an angle trying to find a fight he's watching
for this jump peek we'll see for how long they commit to that idea
up rattles off
oh a dangerous game that you really want this flashbang forward now madrid gets blinded
The Wauksik behind him will scoop up the AWP and like an air-loom it will be passed on to a future generation
The chance to fight towards middle here Torsi take a straight-up approach
That flashbang will allow Wauksik to turn that corner
Just breathe taking utility here of this control and getting caught with a slight turn to almost risk and
Falling to the towards the atvp, but not enough a vision around that smoke here
And a really tough task for so fly to try and feel it throw in
Will be immediately dismissed just a glock in hand
No chance to strike there
And a lurk smoke at the catwalk here probably gonna sacrifice these pistols
That's so committed here waiting that smoke out and hoping that walk stick can create some leverage into this round
I have a 25 seconds though. I think he's gonna do his best
Save that
And don't even say the pit bull
It pours you some offing practice on the site or maybe
Seagull practice for Zen Taurus that will be delayed Woxic int spawn will save
Dave, Dave everything in that round I should mention.
He went for the Beagle.
He went for the Hero Moment.
And the first nice boys of the match has been heard.
Finally a clean round here for Master Work off of no late kills, no opening opportunities
off the back of some 5v3s that they've been able to manufacture.
sets up the gel together here. Big concerns just yet. Another temp here from
Woxic towards this B site. This op now for three rounds in a row has been
challenging and hoping for an overextension when you hear from Infat but not
available. Totally being tossed down early. A lot of you told me your brother
Just spam damage on a madder
The opening phases of this one
They start their slow climb through middle
The scope trades away and is in their favor. He is able to react in time
Things get sidelined accordingly
That course he's gonna commit himself to fight
Versus the mid to B
This would be correct Aurora still going into a two-player setup
It has big risks attached to it tunnel smoke is going to fade
Give me in an awkward position still makes good on two drops down
Oh, let's get the third destroying the B site play and now walks it
And 1v3 open up at the first. You should know where for she is
We're towards that a site
Nothing is impossible but Torji looking over the stroke and will land the finishing kill. The triple kill from Jimmy is unbelievable.
Four bullets left right there with his last little breath of that A4 able to find it and secure things up. That is fantastic work coming through for him.
You may back them up, deadly position, but in fact not gonna falter on that B side, pasted
once again.
Was able to come up big time with the multi.
Xbox mode coming back into favor here a little bit as well, allowing for those lower ton
players to get a little bit more aggro, avoid the aggressive cat peeks that can come through.
Mouse, defense, quickly getting back into the swing of things here,
finding some cohesive defenses on the full sides of the map here. Everyone stepping up in these
rounds. We are human. At least that
miss flashbang proves that this is
non AI generated game of Counter-Strike.
B-flake coming through here for Aurora.
And we're going to get one over. A team kill from exertion. Jimmy though comes out from the trenches
This is flying M4, and Makadia inside the doors one headshot but nothing more.
And uh, you know some accidents happen again this is not an AI generated game of Counter
Strike this is normal you know we are human here and I am crack out 2026 but we can still
win rounds to Spidey.
It's an instant headshot onto his teammate there look at this I mean speaking of
blown open by Zershin and some wild spam, but at least it helps them out with the
in fact defense as well from the window allows for a collapse and a good reaction
coming through from mouse. They are able to set their focus on one
prong of that attack right there. It's the right one. Focusing on middle with
both their B defenders setting in through window and door. You also have that
smokespan coming through that did a little bit of damage to the enemy team as well.
and now sir quickly adjusted here trying to throw a bit of a punchy mid to B play
spotted out for a second of vulnerability but a lot more unity in this
defense out of spanks and gym fat has netted them a couple of these last rounds
That smoke allows exertion if he wants to go for any funny business in it, it'll leave
Katia instead trying to sling forward.
He thinks, not falling for those tricks, has exertion jumping in front of Zantharath and
his own smoke lures him into his demise, trying to play the gap on it consistently
and getting punished every time.
He's got a lot of rotates off the back of that utility, but it is still a 5v3.
So you're going to need something out of Woxic here to get them back on track here.
He expects the cataggression coming through Brolin.
Going to give it up a bit here.
Sofly knowing that Brolin is not down, feeling a little bit more confident and making moves out towards long.
That's exactly what he's going to do, but an op is ready to go.
It's towards the expecting this player on the right side.
He's focused on long doors now. He's gonna start to clear out towards blue bin
But I'm not his favorite allows for soul flight of strike just in time
You're up the catwalk now surgeon has to do it all feel a pressure on this a bomb site
Walks it's still not making moves. He's holding the flank right now. Zershin trying to buy a little bit of time
Flashbrings come through soul fly needing to find this kill in the site player
But there is no more motion here smoke going down on the flank
They're chasing things down the bomb is on the floor of catwalk now and so flies might not have a say in this round
Here kills need to come through instantly in 10 seconds left. You might be able to simply run away here
He's gonna look to go down swinging, but he will go down Zershin in the end puts it to rest and now it's gonna claim a lead now
It's what an absolutely wild round and
Thriller to all the other games vows have played in the big 2026
slow start down zero to five why not win six in a row honestly some brilliant
plays that you've seen so far from mounds it started with the Berlin double
along a Jimmy triple x-factor from each individual mouse player now
Of course we get seen.
Will not be punished.
That is an insane shot though from Zantara's first bullet head shot.
Onto exertion.
Flying into catwalk.
Roland now dealt with as well.
Oh my gosh.
Set flying.
Peace out.
And back with the vengeance here to close out this half.
Sixth squad now a little curl through from Jimmy.
Missed out tag, it's gonna start to run a lot here. Tough job for Jimmy to make it happen.
You get past this firepower that Aurora are showing out for the last round of play.
Trying to even things up here on this T side. It's okay to go with the AWP.
Put this half to rest here. Modded up the sixes.
Waiting for the second.
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And well, some disappointment to start yet another slow start.
Formals even some laughs from Ventara as his Madger puts up a highlight, but the nice boys
are in the server.
Formals, it is 6-6 at the half, and we've got an interesting game of Dust 2.
All the cards you take over in the second half versus energy, so you can keep up that
same pace.
Never really gave energy a chance to play out their defense when it came down to it.
Constantly opening up thules here, but Aurora are going to be a different task at hand here
versus this Mauser-Auster.
So close it out on your T side, going to be that much more tricky here.
So you get a little bit of reaction utility, the crush in two lower tons are waiting
for a flash here to come through.
That utility heading in and it's a collapsed through middle.
It works out for a two for two initially.
They get a nice trade of things.
Punch it back at this aggression but they're still player tucked into it while it runs in Zinteris.
Waiting for a swing and dismisses Torsi quickly.
Looking for follow-ups towards the top of mid.
He's gone hunting.
Bomb is down in the middle of mid and Zinteris and Soulfly taking charge.
Here's gonna leave Spinks without the bomb in his control here on the B bomb site.
And do not doubt the Woxic P2K as well, but Santaris with his aim as per usual.
Okay, so Spinks, reverse clear here, no one's actually watching the doors at the moment,
so get the space.
No armor though, versus Dual Berettas?
Tough stuff, he's been seen, Spinks hunting.
Or can he make of this?
Knows where two players are now, now all three, but can't hit the shots to back it up.
And Xantars, kicking off the pistol with a clean dual, dual bread as headshot, it is Aurora.
Clean up the pistol.
You know, both those pistol rounds working in their favor here, building up a little bit of momentum on this CT side as well.
He said that P2000 so effectively utilized by Woxic.
Without a bomb plant here you're going to see a lot of MP9s invested
out of Aurora. They're going to farm up some cash around like this here.
There's a single P250 and one flashbang.
It's all that's brought out into this round. They're going to avoid that flash because they run through the smoke screen.
Woxic is going to start to claim some kills and farm up that cash.
Moe down in towards Long, two players left, trying to find some damage here.
They're even outspreading, oh my god, they want this money back.
But Adder and Soulfly will take the money away from Woxic, I'm sure that's what he
was looking for, trying to make some cash and getting off out early.
That was the full eco as well, so AK is arriving.
Side of mouth.
You're exactly right.
Up out here as well for the side of Woxic.
I was able to get enough of those MP9 kills to give him some funds.
We're not having full utility here towards you this time around, not so fortunate as
to open up.
off with the boosted setup. Solo B defense. But this MP9 has a lot of focuses put towards
long. In the early stages, Thor's defense is still kind of floating around here.
Does this not feel great for Solo Fly? Bows to know he's solo on B. They watched the cross.
They've still got an ice on the cross. You can see Torsi is ready to cut off rotations
and you're gonna have to rely on SoFly with an MP9 and a smoke to try and buy time here
but they are starting to make moves. You gotta get the SoF down now and it's gonna be a little
too late on the senior counter-cross coming through as well. They're blinded. SoFly looking
for a multi-on-climb two at least and a headshot as a parting gift to Spinks but
Retake is gonna have to be on this B site, he's playing.
That's a straight up miracle.
Maus knew the entire time he was solo on the B site.
And Torsi...
Oh wow.
Misses the timing on...
...Wakadia coming in...
...Ruti spawns, so he's supposed to get a hold of a lot of clubs, no.
He's gonna get caught out by another MP9.
And what could be a miraculous retake is Spinks burned out of position...
Taken down by Mander, it's gotta be Brolan back at the site.
He's almost missed off shot, doesn't matter.
Wakadia comes through on the flank with no kit, mind you.
For the D.Fuse, hold on your hats. This is gonna be close.
Yeah, I don't know.
Oh my god!
Less than a second remaining on the D.Fuse.
Wow.
Aurora didn't even expect to win that.
Yeah, you can see they were holding their breath as well.
Aurora just get it across the line right there nice closer and it's just great timing for Mukati on the flank there
Avoiding the scope towards he was watching towards T spawn but he hits it walk button just in time
Starts to slow his approach down and able to catch
Towards the off guard in the tons throwing great utility to force pings out of position as well
Difficult round to pull together there, but it's all brought by it a soul flight
miraculous multi-kill. On the B bomb set with an MP9 and a dream to hold things
together there and two kills is way more than enough. Way more than he should have
ever gotten away with. I mean, Maus had complete information on that round. That's
why you go for the tunnels play. Because, okay, there's one person on the B site.
We know another person is not left side
So we don't really want to go mid to beat even risk all the smoke breaks
Just go through tunnels. We only have to take down one person in the site
He gets two and a half kills with single MP9 and no Torsey on his old trusty scout
You missed yesterday you should really ask Nitro about what his experience was off the double doors
And that's versus NRG
He got iced out of the game for like seven minutes straight
You got to watch you got to watch the the freeze time go by and
Then made it five seconds into the round before getting cut off and not your yeah
Okay, you take the smart approach sacrifice after HP, but don't peak low is that's what towards these aiming every time
Jump around that corner and at least live to tell the tale
Yeah, Nitro in that particular game had about 15 seconds of a live time in the first three rounds of Dusty's CT side, so real exciting counter strike.
As you have a little ambush set here by Maus, three players hiding behind Xbox.
It's going to be a five-man mid-to-be split.
And both fly on the call. One more.
Sees everyone. Molly in force window.
Nate to the door. It's going to be all the money.
And then he mows them down. Help. Help.
That's by Xantarist and Madge. They're breaking the smoke.
And the ground doesn't even get started for Madge.
I mean, sure. Trick shots for Tarji.
anything extra here, picks up a rifle,
pressure on Makati but he knows help is coming and all he's gonna do is try and buy
time another kill of the Torzi no big deal it's Aurora being able to shut down
what's feel like it's such an explosive play there out of mouse but that
counter utility Molly towards window funneling them into an aid indoor
really well played on that back of B site defense being able to hold that
choke point and again setting their focus on that one-pronged approach there
through middle
Oh there it is. Orzhe, lockstick down.
Maybe not expecting an AWP in play. The only reason you could really justify
something for that.
So you lift it off
trying to get I mean they they kind of said two ups to challenge stories being
taking that boost up angle there they would have the advantage while the
utility begins first oh what was that but that Molly just bounces in the
thin air and now is in terrace feel the pressure of this attack the
short side great HG again here in the right hole he's combined with this
here long cut off as well the
stack is being built now by mouse
the resistance being held
together now in the KD threads
in another upshot dodging up
these flashes here can't dodge
them all. It's got to pass if
you're not from Zershin and
another connection of the
wakadia. It's makes no left
into a one V three here trying
to save them. The roar are on
a tearing collapse in quickly
doesn't last long. I'll put
4v5 still capitalized by Aurora. A secondary AWPer can hit some mean flicks as well.
What a hold for Makadia.
Stamping forward dodging flashes and navigating the execute to perfection.
Never mind that three-man A-Stack.
On the side of Aurora, once again, entrusting that B site into Soulfly, for him to do his
best work, that allows Aurora to keep everything down pat.
Master can hold against that long lurk.
Bowser hoping that site was understaffed that there would be gaps in the defense, but
Aurora with trust in their new rookie.
up and start delivering. This map is looking like a blowout. Unless mows can do their thing
and once again roll back another slow spark you have.
And right now, they're dealing with a fired up Aurora. You know the pressure of every
individual. As you said, there's just so much faith here. And this defensive setup
of Soulfly called himself Reliant and explosive he's been able to show that on that one opportunity to hold down
Solo defense of the B side
Nominal we're coming through from him in the faith place into him by Aurora seems well put
Okay, even leverage for zanteris to work opening angle there. What a great bit of usage of that util
So isolating that topside peek.
Zershin not able to play through this round now.
They're extremely intentional from Xantaras
because it doesn't open up the bottom side of that smoke.
So no one can peek underneath it, as you're saying.
Now long pop, they gotta have good flashbangs with this
because Woxic is on this angle.
He's easing his job on Dust2. He's hit this shot thousands of times, you'd have to think.
40 seconds here, HE for the catwalk, trying to set up a distraction for Spinks, but Woxic
not budging on the angle whatsoever. Oh, Smoke is going to be interesting. I'm thinking
that this is going to be a catplay, but Smoke goes right past Woxic. Now he can
utilize it and help out in this cat defense here 25 second stuff on the clock
these mullies aren't gonna budge it's not gonna force them out of this position
and now we have Mag'er finding a multi-kill here capitalizing off the damage
he's trying to cut off this cat flank but with Katie it just whips out the tech
and it is gonna be 12 locked in a great prevented move there from Woxic to
keep him at bay and Mag'er finding another massive multi-kill is gonna
to lock them in that point here, six of them.
Unk is leading the charge right now at 2 feet and 10.
We need youngsters like Wakadia and SoulFly on your team, you've got some of the best
name in the world on Zantara's, it's the IGL topfragging here and it's impact especially
in so many different grounds.
double kill into the one HP off shot earlier that caused Zantara's laughing
maybe it's the new norm 15 and 10
old team has had their moments here Zantara's still able to kind of breathe
easy you know just propping off with nine and nine but having a couple of
important frags as well I mean he opened up that last round of desertion
And with the creative smart bit of usage of that utility, we see the same is true for
walks again towards long.
Like we're watching just so many different game plans come out here for Aurora to give
themselves extra opportunities to stay alive and force this mouse attack out.
a panic in this defense here. Always trust in the individuals to do their job. The phenomenal
HE from Senteris, but this catcrawl coming through a little bit more explosive than they
might expect here, and the flash is looking promising, but Woxic still connects the upshot.
Now Zhentaris, he's also looking, maybe he could jump up through the smoke,
just leaving it up to Woxic. There is his axe, but he gets no action from it,
The matchers complete the blanks and Taris comes through with the headshot, two vs fours,
Binks trying to make things happen, does deliver on the pole, but Jimmy needs more, he can't get it.
Soulfly will rip this map away from him, and space SoulBlind running 20 seconds of the clock
and the bomb down on the site.
It will be a flat T side finish for Maus.
Unless he can hit two incredible headshots in 10 seconds, Spinks tapping away.
Another missed off shot, over the top he goes, five seconds on the clock, faces it down, and keeps Miles in the map.
They will not go down just so silently yet.
1v3, spying a little bit more time here from now, so you know this team has already shown up with some great second halves.
But this one is starting incredibly late now.
Funcest pressure, we're feeling a little bit of heat.
But they've got ample opportunity to close things down as long as you don't let that
clutch linger.
Get right back into winning ways here again.
The structure of the defense feels too trustworthy for them to let that slide over and over
again.
I also have had a difficult time finding opening duels, just double up setup, leaving
them limited.
So, Woxic, now taking a bit of a different approach here, put on towards that B bomb
so that the proddy is up over towards A on the catwalk.
Getting aggressive here through tunnels, Woxic going to lead the charge, this is a nasty
all thing of the deal with this exact move.
I want to keep Soulfly around for forever, you want to leave eventually Woxic on an
Island. A flashbang coming through here. Gives an op shot out, that's a little bit of information
revealed here.
How's deal with it? They know an op is on the B site.
Are they ready for the second on A? They should.
erratically. Caudians loved it so far but obviously they took that all five
players in the previous. Gotta be wary. Caudia on the hold again! Off-headshot!
Goodbye, exertion! Zintars though in trouble. Ginny trying to find this
kill that means it's Wakadia versus the rest of Maus but eventually we'll be
forced to back away. Maus get a bomb plant, we have a post plant for the
game.
It's a box across the middle.
Doesn't see
Julie in top mid.
Flash over here for Aurora.
A retake is on.
Torsi cuts down Madger, though.
Spick taps us in the heart.
3v3 Spick goes for more.
Oh no!
He can't get the shot! The Alps bring it back here for Aurora.
And they will be picking up
Dust2 over
Maus 13-7.
Spray goes wild right there. Can't claim any.
Follow up frags. A nice attempt for mouse to try and pull off another comeback off the 1v3 clutch,
but it's Aurora that showed that consistency on the CT side.
It's so in a comfortable fashion, did so with players impacting the server like Soulfly,
who we still have some pop-off moments when given the opportunity on that B-side and Woxic,
who's playing consistent with that AWP here.
So for Aurora, a lot of comp is being built on this map of Inferno as well.
We'll see if they can carry that forward onto this mouse squad, see if mouse can bounce back here, try and get some of the opening duels more involved.
I feel like for Xersha did get a lot of chances with getting vestifiers and terrors shut down by the oppers.
So he's going to be eager to open up proceedings here and have a little bit more impact for the side of mouse.
We know that this is a guy that needs to come online for these T-sides.
So Foxic here leading off his P2000 classic, he can hit anything on the high sense, getting
ran down and not finding anything, instead it's the doolies of Bacadia, collects two,
the Soulfly has 14 HP and eventually hunted, smoked out RST mates, and the bomb planted
here on the ace that immediately takes exertion though, now a boost attempt from
Zantars gets the spot on the 4G, one at the back of the sight scene as well.
This gotta be Majer. He need another highlight from him as the swing comes
through. First headshot onto exertion 15 HP for Jimmy. One shot to the body for
both of these players will do. Now seen in mini pitch. But he's got the headshot
and mouths with the pistol. A phenomenal stuff right there. Be able to
work some serious magic on that pistol breaking past the trio of players ready
to go. Root force in the way into the bombsite with some good flashes to back
it up. Pishing up those duels. Also, if time for mouse, having to become a clutch as
well. Did I imagine the follow-up impact here on the second map? Finally, the
first pistol on the board as well for mouse did get either one of those on
dust too. That definitely doesn't help here. Forcepoint back in order here for this defensive
squad. They're down in the hands of locks. They're trying to get us down middle. This
This time, Wakati left on a sole defense of this B-bomb site.
I'm gonna test the setup at least. It's not a committed...
...out. Smoke gonna be deployed.
Wakati has a second one to keep blocking.
and utility it's the flashbang starting to get limited house might walk into an
a-stack looking more and more convinced making the move here the rap side
utility being tossed in is gonna allow walks like this right here trying to
get past the setup here in fact finding some follow-up frags inside of
apartment so getting chased down as the rap side comes through as well as
and Terra's feeling the pressure from all angles, but they have a player tucked in towards apartments right now
Speaks jumping by the corner and still no activity just yet wait fly trying to strike from apartments
But hasn't made his move just yet flashbang forward over kaya what action he gets the kill to 1v1 soul plays got the AK
In this situation Torji just gonna stick the plant. He's pinned into the corner
So I got all day and he's got the head shot as well
It's a force by victory for Aurora as Maus walk into the stack
And so if I was wondering if he was gonna be able to impact that round further having a tough time crawling his way out of apartments
But finally gets a chance to strike for that follow-up kill
It makes good on it with a clutch there walking it headfirst into the stack
With us out of mouse
That's a credit to, again,
Wikipedia being able to toss in a couple of smokes, making himself feel like more than just a single player on the defensive B.
Immunication flowing here for Aurora.
I still get right back on track. Their first pistol loss in this series and they immediately win the follow-up.
And the sating and what your mouths do...
Come get back! These A.G.s don't help!
Chip damage.
You know, there's always a joke from Chad Sponge first, he'll...
About audio-only listeners, and I experienced that for the very first time yesterday.
Hold on, they're gonna swing Xantars here.
Oh, and it'll work out!
Alright, Spinks.
That's the AK on the floor. Terminate it down.
But they don't have the ability to take advantage of it.
Like, two smokes.
Four players.
Trying to recover this A-bomb site, but it is not the right read.
the right read they threw a deep banana smoke here and it is a all in gamble play from aurora
hoping that mouse will walk into the four man stack again but lessons learned
mouse are gonna have themselves a dry run execute with only two smokes into an open
b bomb site speed things up let the tech nines take initiative and this might be a four man
safe here's a little bit of back and forth to lift this off this map of inferno
One single swing on the Zenterra is enough to pull those things down, put this around to rest.
What was that about audio only listeners though? I'm a big fan of audio listening to CS sometimes.
Yeah, and it always makes me surprised because sometimes I need to do something.
Like, I was driving just during the morning and listening to, well, the Aurora, the Falcon's
game, and they did a good job in telling me everything I needed to know.
Just a little revelation.
So shout out to the audio-only listeners who are listening to this while doing any sort
of other task.
It means we have to be very descriptive, Cole.
We have to be very descriptive.
Make sure we tell the round score at the end of every round,
because it is 2-1 for Maus.
But the situation is weird, because Aurora saved four guns,
AK still available for Xantarist to make this round threatening.
And Maus are still on SMGs, so despite Maus winning the round,
it is still an equal buy between both these squads.
They're going to be able to put up an effort there, put some fear factor put into this Aurora,
CT side with Spinks.
Give it a one hell of a swing and this utility damage will rain down damage here.
Imagine out here in anything though, get set up by a flash and finds the opening pick
there.
Trying to get around the quarter, jumping in P7, eight Gs, putting Brolin down low
as well.
It is war-wage dumb banana and it will be Aurora that walk away with less bumps
and bruises. They do have a couple of low HP players here in Wakate and Majer to
try and look towards. Teres trying to get a little bit aggressive here on towards
A. He's down middle, catches up back, turn, Brolin gets finished off,
eventually is in Teres. Dacing up one quick duel and getting into a reposition.
That big thief there, he could from top middle.
And Brolin was hoping his teammate would cover, but instead back turns, now Zhentaris in mini-pit,
repositioned with this AK, but it's a silent walk up short.
Oh no!
He sees all the men, they nearly line up!
Oh it's Zhentaris with three!
A site play, completely shut down, soul fly, still in the site, palm on the ground
with the body of Blanking, locking it in.
Aurora, they save all their weapons and they put them to good use.
It's you all.
Yeah, I thought that, as Interes was going to be hurt right there,
he made a little bit of a footstep, a small sound cue,
but is able to strike still and catch him by surprise with the utility out.
Looking to get explosive towards that A-bomb site,
but constant activity on both sides of the map here.
Crazy clickers, Interes, they're threatening to kill peeking down the middle like that,
but they're fading in his accuracy and aim.
After getting kinda destroyed by Spinks when he's getting swung into, Xenteris will
get to make sure that's not...
That mouse is availability disround.
He's gonna blow up that round in their face before it ever lifts off here.
Some smiles on the face here of Aurora.
They call her a little bit of timeout here.
No one wants on the line here, trying to take over control on this defense as
the back and forth has been coming through.
Tie it up now at twos.
We got another scrappy force by Adam Mouse.
It's kind of... it makes my brain a little bit. The money is actually fantastic for Aurora.
Mouse hardly got any ground.
And Xantharys keeps his AK on the CT side. That is a massive threat.
There was some risk taking here from Maus.
Just a couple of attack lines, three players heading in towards the apartments right now,
the rookie of Soulfly.
I'd have to receive them.
Another follow up, Samokia tossed in deep though, trying to wait that out for now.
control is really difficult to take when the smokes constantly are recycled.
It's a tariff, it's so aggressive.
He's constantly peering down middle trying to identify whether this attack is
heading and disrupting them before. The boss can get too comfortable in control.
There's a retake banana you told you. KD has set up for aggression.
He's having to get himself tucked in trying to play dodge flash.
Here's the footsteps around the corner though in the meantime and
Madzr able to threaten some damage, fade away on the multi-kill and Woxic is now set up in the backlines and shouldn't be anticipated.
They're not ready. No one is looking towards the site right now.
Mouses are basically crossing, knives out, bomb plant, and Madzr takes his sweet time.
The digits do go through for Torzzi, but Jimmy left it in an impossible situation getting wheeled down on top oranges and Woxic makes it three.
Hiding at the back of the new box, that third player on B.
and mouse you not expected
So many different creative game plan say that we see on both
The map of dust two and now we're seeing it follow through into in front of as well
So much aggression down banana, but you take care of the B defense
You at least think so if your mouse and you have locks it tucked in towards the back lines
So many resources ready to beat mouse at the punch in
It's been the story of them so far today and throughout this event.
I feel like that a player break as much as we talk about a team that's been constantly
rolling through and you know what the playoff performance is so much land activity so much
travel time.
Having a little bit of a player break in between here, making a roster move, they
landed some big adjustments for them.
Jimmy just obliterated a chicken in the apartment. I thought he was a head peeking him from the upstairs to boiler
I mean what a flick
Chickens playing defense rate, there's a little bit of a decoy
I mean, isn't it literally a
a t-side quote that the they say the birds they'll give your position away
let's start it go around so hey we're not wrong flash forward it's got to be
good is then Taurus does get blinded how many more pistols is he gonna be handed
holding them long flash high those cars not off the angle and get any they're
going in through CT spawn but they cannot get that AK three kill four
from that food. Okay, that M4 is very costly for Brolin to pick up. In CT spawn with the
bomb, Moxick just needs to make sure he doesn't get picked.
A cautious approach here. We'll give over the site in the meantime. You get this banana
flank rolling up, so bomb plant gonna be tricky. Gonna look to commit to it. That's
gonna get Woxic around the corner and a Bob Plant secured. Couple of kills to boot, not
too bad for Mouse. All things considered, a couple well placed flashes and a full swing
of things. Gonna net them some extra funds in this next round, but crucially they're
gonna give Xanthera's another opportunity to add an AK here as well.
Imagine continuing to feast here against Ekos and the Gunnerons as well with an
that he was wielding just a couple rounds prior.
He's been doing great work today for his squad.
Leading by example.
Yeah, even in the Falcon Smash as well, had a strong inferno.
Joyce, this now walks it, stepping forward, in front of the T-zone smoke.
Roar, really love their opening gambits.
Alright.
Nothing given just yet.
Now, Madge are toying at the top of...
...Banana at the moment.
Oh.
We'll...
...dodge out on some of the grenades, Wakari will not.
He's a max-damage one to the face, 55 HP down.
Troll's been so valuable here for...
...Aurora. They've been able to...
...rock with a lot of this...
...deep banana control and...
Getting Zintera's axe towards middle catches another player by surprise, Brolin setting
up a flashbang for his boiler player to swing, but they molly boiler and flash through middle
before that swing comes in out of mouse.
Another great move coming through out of Aurora and their block utility is netting them opening
picks here.
There's got to be some reeds on this offense because constantly mounds are getting caught
with maids in hand by these mid-peaks in the mid rounds.
Oh, and Flashbang through this, speaks full-blind,
but does recover to take down Watania.
Still, once again, Woxic is this third player on B, tucked away at dark.
But Flashbang's got to be good, and he's dodged them both,
but he misses the shot.
Madra goes down, it's only Woxic.
There's a second miss, getting closed in on now.
It's got to be the P2K, and nothing gives.
Woxic no connections, 2v3 retake, Centaurus seems interested, holding, it's being seen by the
Centaurus connects, nearly the double, can't transfer for the triple, and now it's a 1v1,
soul fly between Torgy, he knows where he is too, but Torgy wins the fight on 2 HP,
and Maus have a clutch to get them back in Inferno.
And it's so full I feel, and he dealt the back of that one right there, great
opportunity to finish off Torsi but just enough health there lands one body shot needed too.
It's a missed opportunities from Wauksik to back it up. He's going to be
for a guy that's shown so much consistency throughout this event as well.
So many impactful maps out of him. Tough position to fight for him.
Gave himself ample opportunities to connect but never landing the shot to back up that B defense.
So now let's get away with the big one here, but they know the cost of trying to find that
consistency.
And as you said, the reeds coming through out of the Aurora defense are constantly disrupting
even that flash plate banana.
They're sitting in a lot of frustration.
Nice edge there for Torgy.
Had to be precise with the AK.
They bring it home, costly for both teams.
Once again, Woxic, some tricks.
He flashed like he's gone.
It's a B rush, though.
From Maus, Rakadia, eating every flash, redodging the mollies,
and does deliver the kills.
Wholefly making moves, too.
And Maus getting battered at the start of this round.
Three consecutive kills for Aurora.
on 6 HP you have a minute and 25 seconds to I think save wow statement being made
right there fights all over the map they're so fly you could see the
frustration as he couldn't complete the clutch with his head and hands in the
last round but making sure to open things up in the next
Makadia just doing the same.
We do have the melon in the pot.
That's a classic. We always got
to get a little peeksy of this one.
Now someone sat at a table
on a valve and said we should put
a melon in a pot. It fits so perfectly.
And they say the devs don't care about us
Let's mention scrolls here, let's say even say
Never looked at this
Counter-strike and I'm most is that what the top says news
look they should have printed that a bit better I'm not gonna lie it's not
your fault cool a printer broke on that book or something yeah they ran out of
the ink
I have to say goodbye to the watermelon in the pot until next time we'll see it
again. It is Inferno after all. And that is the feeling of Inferno right there on this
team side. Sometimes the aggression is just too punishing in the collapse of this defense.
I'll be back with a mouse timeout. Great way to start the round as we take a look
at the watermelon in the pot as Loxic taking a peek down mid. Saved off here for Torsi
So can't go too far
And walks it certainly knows that
I'm gonna say you know towards he didn't buy up it
Into an op when he had around 6k and so I was wondering if they were gonna get that out
But when it's picked up from walks it and around prior they will pick it out now
He should have opened the smoke here walks it not giving it a swing and Santerra still close by
Decision making but he waits for the smoke to fade then tries to appear around the corner here's and there is next
doors with a double opener. This crosshair so focused and he finds two, but trying to
speed things up, getting caught off guard. There's still two more defenders ready to
go here. Can't rush into things just yet.
Miles wants to do.
You didn't even have to move his crosshair as you're talking about.
players peek into him from the archside. But now Aurora perhaps overreacting, expecting a B play.
And Soulfly is going to go on a fact-finding mission. He's going to be the third player to
swing in the arch. This time there's no Torzie though, so we'll collect the kill onto exertion,
and then swings again. Torzie, this time, 180s. Soulfly knows he had the round in his hand,
but could not land the headshot bomb plant here on the A site and Aurora might
have to give this one up there. It's a small gap on that smoke though.
Master cannot find a headshot, even good pre-fire. Atorji luckily had his head
tucked down and this is looking like a save for Aurora.
Is it? Gotta crawl through apartment A slowly but surely but as time
continues to tick here might be more of a contain game than anything here we're
starting along the way I'm still ticking gotta be cautious that bomb blast
does a lot of damage but one player going down rolling able to blow this play
up and mouse find safety out of the rounds towards second mid great sequence
coming through from Torsey not only being able to focus this crosshair on
one direction find a multi kill but then having to show a little bit of
flair and some fast reactions as well as you said so far putting so much weight on his shoulders
you can see every missed opportunity feels like the weight of the world's crashing down on him and
still playing pretty well for himself i mean i respect the play and i think the play was
correct to reshuffling in towards arch because if he doesn't the moto rotate is going to be held
and he's gonna be smoked out and he'll have no activity in the round. So he went for the play
that keeps Aurora in it. It is a shame that his bullets just whizzed by the head of Torsi.
The full 90 degree of play if he gets a replay of just him holding his crosshair, first Woxic,
then Xantares, then denying Soulfly that opportunity. Some frustrations for the rookie.
He's had some great moments
But also some downfalls missing out on the clutch missing out on a multi
Aurora still healthy on the purchase back to run out quickly
Of course he burned, can't get quicks to a potion instead now stepping forward he collects you
Oh my god
And another threw a smoke so much damage a spank also down to 9 HP and another blowout on the cards for mouths
That's such a good reaction from Aurora. Every time they get bested, they punch back that much harder.
And dictating the pace here on Banana for another round.
Getting able to find the multi and fall back and you look at the setup left.
They got a little bit of utility for an execution, but they don't have a lot of health either.
a lot of health either. Cycled smoke down in towards the man side of things and
this one play out as you said the read on the attack here has been so
effective. They're constantly catching mouse with utility out landing these
damage on the plays up banana. Don't step too far on that corner there is
enough now watching and he's gonna fall a little bit further back here
contact play might be the right reaction here out of mouse to try and weaken up
this B defense and create some opportunities in but perfect Molly
tossed into slowdown that approach and for the smoke down here they're gonna
try to make a move through it here plush becomes a 4G will knock out
Wikipedia from the round here and there's still a chance as the Tarzan
has to back away to church there's no smoke yet for this position now Jimmy
will deploy but a flashbang forward 4G down everybody blind a team kill in the
makes two and spits 10 next. Some proactive plays here from Aurora. They did get a massive
three versus five. Got a bit, Harry. So making it work.
Playing together there in that 3v5 is so crucial and that's exactly what they do collapsing
on the attack. Not leaving things up to chance here with a post plan or anything of that
nature and magic continuing to provide that impact kind of netting himself a
multi there in that last round towards the tail end of this half it's gonna be
four splice back-to-back mouse can't make this one work money's been on the
knife's edge for this T side constantly and Centera's is getting
inquisitive down middle here's around the corner again this time catches a
little bit of resistance here this time players with their guns out now
He's turning the fire so off-shots down range. This time not swinging into a torsie scope
Take him down instead of the bomb on the ground to Zantara's just so fearless
Do not try what you see at home Zantara's can swing any angle and get any kill
I'm playing the headshot angle at the truck and nearly find that one too
3v5, mouse, desperation, no flashbangs, two smokes, no weapon range, and an easy kill, four
woxic.
Finally smoked off here, trying to blow open a hole in that smoke and getting a chance
to reposition towards the library still.
of the crawl through that smoke. Double up in towards mini-pit, Zenterra is going to play the first game of Wack-a-Mult,
tapping away with his AK, trying to stay alive here, but again, setting up so-fly for the closer in this round here.
The collapse comes through, Walkstick with a strike, and Zershin in a clutch, potentially.
Can he find anything extra? His back is turned another headshot here, but there's Madger coming through
and scooping up the finishing kill just before things get a little bit too out of control.
control there Aurora close out another confident round and you're seeing here
Aurora this was such strong starts in every round confident place this game
could have been even worse with those soulfly moments those head and hands
After losing a 1v1, again missing that back turn kill onto Torsi, now they're even fortunate to be in this position.
Aurora have been dominating on Inferno and looking to lock themselves in a spot in the Toron arena.
For the first time, nine years since we've been there.
How do you play that crazy angle right now, but they're going to get that with a lot of
resistance.
Another HG toss and this one goes over and now playing in front of the smoke here, it's
another team kill for Maus as they try and punch through Banana, he's still inside the
smoke with them, playing inside of it eventually gets finished off there.
He bought a whole lot of time here, extra help coming through on towards that B bomb
site and a lot of reaction out of this defense.
But it's reaction in the right direction here and it walks up on the scene.
You're missing an up shop that has two helping hands of the right fliers alongside him.
Flash is lining up pretty nicely here, but the counter utility coming in bounds and
Terra's helped out by the player on site there, Madger.
And Zanterra's a nice little duo.
And Jimmy in an impossible clutch is going to get finished off.
It's a 4-8 half as we hop into a little bit of a break.
I'm just gonna have to get out of here.
in the play. I don't see another comeback. No better way to start a potential playoff campaign
than a watermelon in a pot in a random kitchen. Welcome back to Inferna as you're getting into it.
Fist around on the way between Malus and Aurora.
Let's cut their first pistol in the first half then let a linger for too long though.
Rural were quick to reply. I'll see if they can back it up with a second here.
So, there's Shen on the corner, spotting out a little bit of information there, Zintera's
trying to pressure forward, resistance can be shaken up a little bit by that spot and
calling in for some extra assistance here, the utility getting looking pretty fierce
for this Aurora camp, whole lot ready to go for what appears to be a B side finish
now and for mouse they're getting where they need to be in time counter flash is
ready to go looking to get that smooth down as well for Zershin is that
utility coming through every reaction
imagine already in the past the flashes and
oh fly what he just transferred his watch between two players for the head
shopmer katia catches the flag two versus three at the moment then time
oh my god and brawl ad comes through with the smoke and so to v2 now post
plant no kits critically they'll call. No smoke either here no chance to isolate
these duals both players smartly repositioning towards banana so you're
gonna have to get on top of that bomb and protect the defuser. Now that's gonna be
the challenge here they're gonna try and take an active fight up banana here
first things first but a crossfire assembled and Zenterra is not gonna
let that peak swing. Get that on the tap here already taken down to one HP
gonna get finished off it's Aurora completing the mission on the pistol
So fly
Breaking open that bomb site with the transfer on the Glock
Being able to complete it there for zanteris as well again showing how fierce the firepower is on this Aurora camp when everyone comes to play
This is the extra x-factor we've been talking about that they need
Jonah was solid. He rarely made mistakes, but so fly is a playmaker
on real we could see all of it in one round right there right he finds a
double entry breaks open that bomb site does try and press in towards coffins
and win the round outright that's the killer instinct that he has does get
punished but you can see that he has so much fight in him has a rifle here and
again you can see how much you know making good on this opportunity means
to him with every round. Phenomenal pistol to open things up and a good call on the return
here as well. So weakened up a bomb site. You totally get tossed and so fly from the apartments
instantly dismisses the first, helps out with the second and that's going to be an anti-force by
quickly put the rest. This 2026 start for Aurora is looking deadly. This new addition
is leveling up this team. That's towards the end of the previous year. Yes, they did pick up a win
in Bucharest, but of course that's an asterisk because they were one of the highest ranked teams
at that tournament here at a league competition. They're looking to turn back to making consistent
playoff appearances and obviously looking to break that wall and start contending four titles.
A lot of the Toron will give themselves an opportunity to prove that narrative wrong.
Three rounds away, it is 10-4.
The Sulfly experience here, right?
I mean, we talked about him just having to grind out tier 2.
I mean, that Fire Flux team was kind of tier 2, sometimes tier 3-ish.
A lot of players that you just have no idea about there and struggled in the online play
as well, but there was an opportunity from SoulFlight to get this call up and such an
exciting story to see all of the hard work that he's been able to put together and your
big opportunity if you want to make it work in the Turkish scene is this Aurora campin,
I think of this opportunity at hand.
Bro was playing with Banjo.
Any, any knowers in the chat?
Anyone know who Banjo is?
Let's look at this execute. Oh my goodness. Three mollies. Every single corner without exertion somehow doesn't get a kill out of that.
After spamming 30 bullets while blind at the MP9, he's sight taken, and what should be a lock-in,
of course he does, finds them towers and nearly spams another. Hold on.
A lot of damage dealt, but they have no kits and you want to believe really badly for Mao's.
It looks like we're going to be playing an exit game, see how many AKs they can take
away.
I'm just trying to grab into any bit of damage they can do here, everyone rotating towards
banana, Torsi's going to follow in their footsteps, trying to chase things down and
collapse in.
picked up towards the farm to cash you with a bomb blast doing follow damage but
instead it will take him down there's a lot coming through from Berlin and Jim
fat fine and the finishing frag everyone falls on Aurora AK is recovered for
mouse even though that's the case though there's still a mountain to climb at
hand here down 4 to 11 every round you can see the details being nailed down
by Aurora though. There's no hesitation in this T-side whatsoever. You can see it in the
execute they threw in that last round. So much utility on that B bomb site. Made in the
picture of how effective this communication is being. It's a fast play here, speeding
things up and knocking to the A-side. Weakened up in the numbers, but SmokeSpan helping
out, slowing this approach, soul flight burning in the flames, and finished off by
Jim Fapp, rolling with a multi, and things are held together here. Mouse with an explosive
start to this defense and something to try and lift them off.
It totally rolled on that A site play.
Aurora tried to turn up the gas, they just want to end it on a rush.
But get sent packing.
And Tars with a AK dropped over, Aurora putting everything into this round with limited resources
they can get together.
This is an opportunity for Maus to come back into this game.
I did nail down the utility that locks the key to my, he's just now leaving spawn.
Did chug through a couple of those timeouts early on in the first half as well to capitalize
on a really healthy lead so maybe you want him to save them but fortunately for
Aurora they won't miss out on any opportunity to take her control right now
banana control conceded retake utility tossed insertion you're going to turn the corner flash
ping in order no motion off that flash down banana oh no he's going to be very fending
They're coming back in the way.
Xantara's wants in.
And the spam off the mark, the player's crouching, dodging the headshot, rolling in trouble.
And the triple swing goes down, Xantara sprays down both B defenders.
It's a two versus three, Mao's wanted map control, Xantara says no.
And Mao's might need to save.
They're not in that mindset just yet. They don't want to play up against 12
Matching playoff on the line here for Aurora to lock it down easy
And they're still gonna give this one a go
Molly trying to flush the position, but center is able to adjust his spot here on give me with a big opening
The 2v2 now ahead of them, but they got to move time
It's running so low and Madger has a Molly for the bomb
I might be been thrown on top that is round can soul flight deny these saves as well
Jimmy will break past 3hp does he live? No, of course. He barely survives as well
It is 12 to 5 here for Aurora one map
Rather one point away
From winning the map this series
and making it into the Toron arena, making it to playoffs like we usually expect from this team.
And what a phenomenal series it would be if they could just complete it here, simplify the matter.
We have seen Aurora come through with such great game plans.
You can see the discussion in between Hoxic and Madge at the start of the round.
When the rounds are already ticking as to what utility they need to buy to make the right play,
the right play to break through that banana hold in three kills a trio of
defenders falls and car and dodging out the span here somehow some way there's
no connection as they're should do that smoke that's gonna be so infuriating
for mouse they had the right numbers they had players where they needed to
be. But Aurora's still able to break through claim 12 now, around the way from walking
themselves in playoffs.
Aurora have sometimes had a weakness to where, sometimes if they bend, they break. But
how about in the series, you never bend. You only destroy them. Stepping forward,
Torgy will try to snap this win streak.
Here for Aurora, Wakadia is going to step forward.
Molly though, back 10 charges forward of Woxic.
That falls, but Wakadia has a timing.
Two versus four, that Torgy has read into.
Wakadia has been picked.
And we'll see if Maus can start a comeback versus Aurora.
Well, incredibly cohesive rounds punishing on the A side, feeling like it might not be
much of an option.
Smoke inbound, Magier quick to fall.
Looking for some extra damage right there.
He's got the smirk on his face.
Still feeling a working claim control here.
more round to do it. In this matchup, every round that mouse have been able to claim has
been met with oppressive force in the next by Roura. There hasn't been rounds in a row
that mouse can lean in back on and break the economy of Roura at all in this matchup
but that's going to help out their mads or sideline. In the early stages a nice
flick from Torsi to open up proceedings of force. The leader to call. Launching the rest of his team here.
We have a force buy from Aurora zeroing out their cash.
This is the type of thing I'm talking about where
sometimes Aurora
The things get tough when the weight of expectation is there.
They've given up big leads in the past.
Trying to crush these narratives.
Ground like this or will it become dreadfully true?
It's torged.
The rest of Bao's in a three-man a-hold.
The weakness is here just yet, unless Centaurus has a headshot, can't thread it in.
Flashbang forward, we'll go into CT spawns,
Centaurus gonna try and make things interesting, he's stepped forward with the headshots,
Centaurus looking to break through here.
On this A site, he's another headshot on the player in mini pit,
but can't quite thread it in.
Torgy with a fast shot of his own,
he's gonna miss, one bullet in the off.
He's being- Oh no!
He's onto the Duberettas, this heck that's gonna get him!
Bomb surely planted here on this A site.
Makania holding down the library Brawland will push past that so flies pick up you can't put it to work
It's got me watching in the clutch not today for Aurora not this round as the diffuse comes in from mouse. It was close
But they are still in inferno
And they have what they needed right there site planted but couldn't find themselves in safe positions and mouse activate in time
huge cyberleaf in their camp
pulling things together round by round. But you can see what all the Aurora needs
is one explosive play from one of these individuals. We know how capable these
players are from popping off their Santerras, sliding through and finding
that impact. Shutting down spanks on his stance in towards the archside. And
And there's a lot of potential in every round, but now's on this one finally get a little bit of an easier opportunity
It's just gonna be this was in play
Haven't seen a lot of rounds like these
Well, he's been so healthy for them and towards you building more and more confidence with every shot that rattles off for himself
Good counter utility and bullets as well
from exertion that's to down bottom B and his crown evaporates for Aurora.
Papa 7 about to be 12 to 8 if things go according to plan. Does Madger have a sick one do you get him?
See a world delayed out here with Torzie getting a little bit greedy. Popping a shot off helped
out by Jimmy on the rifle. He's timing for him to swing there, crunching on middle.
Now it's going to get back to eight now. Four rounds in a row required for them to take it into
overtime, but the guns will be put back into place here for a row. We've seen some flashy
plays. We've seen some big punches towards that A-bomb site get shut down.
Imagine you have much more in the tank here to get one more round on the board.
He said it's definitely the red butter here. See this T side trying to fight for car control
right now. Utility forced. Out of the CT hands and they'll fold back a little bit more passive
But he feeling that heat and the amount of utility tossed in thank you for
Readjustment here walking through the smoke in towards porch. This is a lot of information identified walks exploding out the plane out in pit
He's isolated
Orgy. Oh, I don't know a devastating shot to the offense Jimmy still stuck in pit. Oh my god the third
Absolutely locking it in but so fly has broken through the pit anchor. That's the one
One, Soul, Ace like Defender, bomb's gonna be planted.
Two versus four, low HP here for the remaining attackers of Aurora.
A time working in their favor and Soulfly trying to make a patient play inside the boiler.
He could activate on the site he's being held for by Spinks though, and now Wakadia
in an impossible position.
He will be dealt with 9 rounds for Maus, a sigh of relief for Torsi as he puts together
the triple kill to stop a calamity.
And what a skewer right there out of the op shot, saving them some big concerns right there.
That was an isolated pit player.
That smoke fades just in time.
You honestly can't believe that Torsi is sticking around there.
When Woxa gets spotted out and you know there's only a single pit player, you
You want to rotate as the AWPer in towards Modo to provide some support.
These ticks around in towards Archies almost becomes a late rotate aspect of that play.
Even in doing so, managed to find the multi-kill with one AWP shot, even threads in another.
Whereas you keep the rounded safe hands.
The mouse is going to put together a 9th.
Big opportunity to strike.
I feel like the right call for Aurora
Not enough from the tank just yet still more to do half by coming through the tech nines are out
Every round is so dangerous
From Aurora
This could be another one of them as once again three-man be lean
into apartments control that my car is fully blind nearly gets the kill anyways
on the Jimmy he's running away knife out over Jimmy just barely escapes towards
you a great teammate dude low state here in between that duo playing in tandem
should have been a trade could have been a trade there towards he backs up his
teammate and ensures that again this huge game plan that Madras got cooked up
to head into this round. It's going to be met by aggression. This execute, left limited.
Utility gets dropped to the floor with every kill that's found. This punchy play. Look to
be nullified here. There could be an HG for the big pit though. And I might finish off
a frag. Double it. Here, Jimmy down. And now the site collapse coming through though.
Torzie does not miss right now. These teammates are going to fall in Zuloghi. Check nines.
Doing damage here and again another opportunity for the rookie in the old guard to get the
job done and lock in playoffs.
Adjurth picks up the AWP to try and do it too.
Smoke forward here for Malzor.
They're not going to wait for this retake.
Molly in towards the site.
The advance begins.
Madjur on lane.
Clears out the flank.
Now looking on the side of the next with the AWP.
It's got to be Brolan 1v2 or Aurora are in the Toron.
Roland, stepping forward, Majer holding the cross, a 4k to end it, not like Roland with one, but Skullfly the rookie brings Aurora to play off a new player, a new lease of life on this team.
You doubted them out of the elite, but right now in 2026, they are back.
to get the job done and so
fly guy that's grinded for so
long in the depths of two to
two.
Us to you've seen BC game
develop a bit of an affinity
for this in spite of their
early overpass starts back in
stage one.
They've started to like dust
a lot more and they even had
vitality looking a little
nervous.
So I'm going to go ahead and
and they even had Vitality looking a little nervous on this map just the other day.
There's only so many games you want to start T-Side Overpass before you've had enough, can't rely on an 11-2 comeback.
3-Max made it an impossibility, can phase, just get the job done.
It's simple to make first blood up on the short side, double kill, dodges that reflash.
Great entries from Simple in this pistol.
What more does he have for us? It's only twists lying in wait here.
Simple will get cleaned up, twists in with a double of his own, and that will leave
FaZe a spot where they can try and give this a go. Materius denies the creep
through this smoke, and so down for frozen boxed in as they've got long,
they've got the site player up on short as well. What's he supposed to do here?
Gonna go looking, and they've actually given him a surprising amount of room.
long swing comes in as the spot crazy able to keep him contained so that double from simple not in vain
Sick entries to kick it off
And a nice showing from twist but not enough good to the CBC game taking pistol
Especially when you consider you know and face went on that major run
What was one of the best aspects for them? It was the pistol rounds
It was Jacob specifically in the third stage of the major
He was at one point the highest rated pistol player even overdonk eventually lost that stat
But had some phenomenal pistol rounds for phase
Desk very down on phase and understandably so with a dismal start to the year
And that is often the phase where we talk about this team taking the longest route to the playoffs
But right now we're not even talking about the playoffs for phase. It's not even in the headlights
They are fighting at the bottom of the group to survive against BC game of all teams
And so fair enough being down on this squad if they were to lose today
That still feels like a long way away
But BC game making this anti-eco simple as McTieres and simple collect all five between them
I think that's the best case scenario.
It seems from this BC game squad, some heated moments in the server, right?
It's clear that they're all very passionate about trying to make this work,
talking about the stress that came with trying to get this roster on the same page,
the merging of the minds, different views on how the game should be played.
I'll say this I think for the most part they've been moving in the right direction the games this deep in the tournament looking
Better, and I know that's funny considering they had that crazy comeback day one of stage one
But the game they play versus vitality on this map was some of their cleanest CS yet
Let's see if that trend continues phase by round in
And CT side really let him down.
So FaZe, these rounds are worth a lot.
Frozen coming through that mid to B smoke.
Bit of a block for FaZe, and that's called this off for BC game.
Simple dead early.
They go back to B. Blocked all over the map here.
BC game just trying to peel out a mid round.
It's electronic who is found by Frozen.
Double kill for him.
Just a B hit now.
Desperation.
Molly's to displace Jacob. He's only gonna get out with a dink. It's the quick rotate a frozen that's meant to alleviate the pressure here
Routeres holds on for the rotates and frozen left scrapping up against this map 10
Routeres gets his top in the charts right now can't find any more and they traded places
Crazy tries his hand at the plant frozen hoping he could fake him out there with the steps helmets
So this Mac 10 is going to hit hard. Crazy's been an impressive player as well for BC game.
Oh, and in this clutch, trying to deliver, he gets whittled down low and twists will finish
what he started.
Oh, it's the ammo really that decides it. He can't just force spray and pray with that
Mac 10. He lops Frozen's head off, but twists with a lot of wall bank damage, able
to finish it with the pistol, a reassuring round win for FaZe considering that was
going very very wrong. Materia is coming in with hot hands today, already multi-kills
in two of these rounds. Still, phase on the board. We don't wait too long for that. Simple's
AWP as well coming into this gun round.
I'm going to try and send the B-Pick, he had the spawn for it.
Bombers very far out.
See these little details right for a new team, especially a team like this.
Like leaving the bomber materials here, where you're going four lower.
There are things that can go wrong, there are ways this round can completely unravel.
So he needs to get regrouped with his squad and they do so in mid.
Weird smoke with a gap over the top and just spamming through his frozen.
He's already put simple very low.
Simple, no newbie though able to back all the way up and avoid those nades.
Those that FaZe try to capitalize on their damage.
can draw to be taken. Rookie no Orpillettes but he's got all the util in the world trading
out with twists in the site.
No smokes left in the phase.
Oh, frozen. Locked down in CT, not info they have.
He threw on short and he won for twists and now FaZe hunkered down 30 seconds left.
Carrigan Backstab gets cleaned up and that might just propel them forward.
Two players here for FaZe Clan.
Oh 25, are they going to really back up or are they recommitting late?
Because both players from FaZe ready and waiting.
Two rifles in this site here to stop this hit.
Roky goes unchecked, allowed to swing out for a double and you can see the stress
setting in for Taz. Simple. Can't provide the clutch.
Keeps getting close in these clutch moments,
the simple, but yet to walk one home for BC game.
Faze gonna tie this game up early.
I mean, it was always gonna be a chaotic match, right?
Not just because it's Faze,
but because it's this messy BC game lineup.
It's simple as well.
It's not gonna be the most clean counter strike
played today.
But Jacob at least puts the round in for Faze.
as two of the ones picked up back to back for face to break BC games money.
Not quite the simple show, although well, I say that hold your thought.
I love this move.
Drop down in the mid.
He's trying to chase brokey on this.
Well, get punished.
Oh, relax.
That's a glock.
That's a glock besting twists in the head to head.
You just don't mess this up.
OK, good cover.
Nose are gonna go for the gun, that's the only way BC game can make something happen.
Karagun runs away, wants to actually keep a high economy round.
This is crazy for Brokey, but he's gonna get away with it.
Missed deegs from Electronic.
Looking for a kill.
Brokey's not giving him enough.
Oh my god, Brokey!
I'm gonna fire here, FaZe.
You might get burned.
What's- what's he doing?
What's Brokey up to?
It's prop hunt right now. They're trying to find him, straight to a far-
Brain rot, Brokey. Can't sit still. Can't hold his attention for more than a couple
of seconds. He's shaking in the site. Yeah, he's still
on. I jump-checked it. I lost half my health. He's still on.
I'm glad that we can still get these moments from Simple Right, and we saw on the Dust2
against Vitality. There are a lot of missed shots with the scout with the orb, and
If they did connect, BC Game would have had a real fighting chance at potentially taking that map.
So you're telling me it's as simple as just killing more people, they have a better chance?
It certainly helps.
But it's nice that you can still pull out moments like that, running down mid with the Deagle, 5v4'ing.
But FaZe get out with three alive, so money starts to build here on the CT side after back-to-back 1v1s.
And this is one of those, you know, real matchups where everyone kind of has a point to prove I
think for
Electronic and simple they felt that throughout but simple just because of his tider phase in the Austin run
Broke he wants to try and show that he's the heavy hitter
You know bringing him back in was the right choice and this was the guy they got to replace him at that major
talk about the coaching staff as well just the kind of general situation going on on these
teams with BC game every game really mattering to keep their VRS chip shape and for FaZe the
team that as we heard from the desk there's a lot of doubts on I'm gonna show that the
major wasn't a fluke oh no when he goes back for more character and feeling the pressure
to push up. Aragorn gets off the line. Brokey miss shot. They're out middle. It's not going
to over commit. BC game sees the gap. We're carrying along and Brokey in mid. They know
this site is empty. They'll take the space. The bomb is not theirs. Still going to cross
past Jacob if you want to bring it in to play. And that's dealt with easily. B is
now open. BC game have more options than they need. But again the flank a second time
around avoided phases getting picked off right now we've got simple running for
them just like that a third round sign sealed and delivered
guess his hands on an AWP as well you know I think with this BC game squad
sometimes they're honest with each other to a fault we've seen some clashes
mid games sure but one thing I'm liking the look of for materials to open up on
dust to playing with a just a bit more follow-through in some of these rounds
right hidden there leading the charge out through catwalk once they pieced it
together I think at times kind of looked a little guilty of you know being
fearful of doing the wrong thing obviously hasn't had like the
incredibly commanding games he was never actually yellow supposed to
Oh, Karagin. Here's them. They're in suicide holding on for it.
A saved Aragorn's life. Or rather, delayed his death. Karagin connects.
Is that 195 damage in this round? Brokey, low to the tag. Please, into the mid-smoke.
Someone's trucked us all.
It goes back for the AK of Aragorn, knowing there are pistols. They just want to
Hoken prod, BC game, no problem.
Santico going swiftly in their favor.
Perfect, Nate.
And nothing to be done here for FaZe,
as BC game take the lead on the T side.
Always gonna be holding out for that CT half,
because we saw how Vitality just absolutely
Shredded through BC game on their T side of Dust2.
Perhaps FaZe fans already feeling some fear.
Like simple nose he hit that
Phase with a good read in this round still holding on double long late
Hope fires off though. That's gonna give the call to BC game. You know, this orb is off the line. It can go out and take it
It won't be easy for Carrigan here.
Oh no, Carrigan caught wide and he's done a lot of damage.
You'd like to think that's enough for Carrigan down in the pit.
One control taken to block U-Tel in for phases.
They trade places here.
The reaction's going to come over towards short.
So you look at it crazy wondering if his lurk down in the lower tunnels
could yield anything for BC game.
Even getting this info frees up his team to speed up on this hit.
So, he had to spot a late peek, might just catch Broke, he scoped up, but Crazy doesn't move.
Phase, set their eyes back on the long position, 35 seconds, soon to be...
It feels obvious where this one's ending up.
And now Crazy starts to move.
Oh...
And Terry's tries to cross on in the break on the smoke is very wild time they catch him
The final second the crazy lurk actually heads out towards middle
So you're never gonna deal with this short threat that leaves just electronic pushing in alone
Shrug it off. It's crazy makes his way over. There is no saving this one at phase clan
Quick to level out and tie us up again as they shut down the long take
It's being simple. Swap off his orb a lot, feeling like he has to get involved in the
pack right now. Goes back to the AK, broke he hits a nasty flick. Which orb is flashier
today. That's what Taz said in the interview, we'll see if it's BC Games Day.
Back to Long, back to Karagin. Oh no. And they're coming in quickly but no swing from Aragorn, he goes unpunished.
Rookie's all posted once again out towards short, just maintaining this control.
And it's a huge bit of pressure removed, knowing that you've got short in your pocket.
Means you don't have to stake the whole round on fighting and dying for this long control.
Even in this downtime,
Frozen's going to push through the tunnels.
And so they know that it is likely a five man commit over here along.
You've seen no one anywhere else on the map.
Did they realize they're already crossing?
Aragorn making it in silently.
You just get dumped and that info goes to Karagin.
Break on the smoke, he's getting involved.
Everyone on.
No flash.
And so no problem here for BC Game.
This orb is now forced to just perhaps jump shot.
Brokey.
This is desperation.
Oh no, Brokey is the jump shot.
Not like this isn't what he wanted to do.
He hits it.
Tag comes in, made follows up.
Brokey damage ends up being valuable.
It's given the advantage to FaZe in this retake.
Right now they're locked out by smokes.
Going to throw in an exec from short,
trying to give themselves a little bit of leeway.
That's where simple springs to life.
Electronic up next.
Can't fully hold off the catwalk.
Frozen double kill.
And FaZe are making moves.
Down to Moutiris out here along and the bomb not planted for him, he's already foregoing this round, there's no winning this for Moutiris and there's the cover.
He ran back, I mean, what's the con here for BC game, it's not for him, he runs away, he has to get close, he has to take that CT player out quick.
But miscommunication, misunderstanding, whatever it is, it costs BC game a potential round, simple as well.
I mean a couple of nice shots, but couldn't pick his target there coming out on CT side, CT spawn.
And so FaZe, despite some ludicrous moves with a jump shot,
slowly steady on that retake, put it together.
Already hearing the infighting of BC game.
I felt like this was just a matter of time.
It's a fair enough round to feel frustrated in. I'll say that much. You know, you kind of did all the work. You get into good positions.
It's just like you have to keep your head in the game and, you know, maybe during the match, it's going to be hard to, if every round comes with criticism.
Save it for the bug review.
This is a full on B hit right now.
Why you been attempting to condition phase to worry about long in these last few rounds?
And so once again, you fake taking it early on.
Now the V here, leveled against FaZe Clan of Frozen,
gonna need to hold strong, gets out with a double.
That's at least enough to keep FaZe in the conversation.
But the retake falls to them and they're going ahead of this,
playing through the smokes, good catch for Brokey,
Bullsy peek out the window, carrying a blindside.
Simple and 180s to finish the job on Mootiers.
All right, FaZe are willing to throw their life back into the round, just rushing through the smoke,
taking every risk, and they're in BC Games head. They're in Simple's head right now.
He threw the bomb in, like, I'm not part of this thing.
And FaZe, fearless retake, don't even let it go down. No extra money, no chance.
What the fuck?
Crazy bro, you can play safe, bro, come on.
It's all coming unravelled.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it's a very specific type of individual that could respond to this appropriately.
I think the worst possible outcome from it is that everyone starts overthinking their moves
and then you're not dynamic, everyone's uncomfortable all the time.
Because you're constantly worried about doing the the wrong thing
They just let them sit in it now passive round no moves no one in middle frozen watches from the doors knowing BC game
Rani co with no plant
Twist waiting to spring the trap from goose BC game just have to run in
Thank you to Open and that baits them into twists out here on Goose.
It's a good setup, a strong setup and it's not going to falter.
Perfect.
Twist holds on with four while Broke is just drawing all the attention, all the flak.
And Phase of one out on this CT half.
A beautiful setup.
I mean, they phase know what they're up against, right?
Fall eco, couple of pistol upgrades, PC game have nothing to do with it.
Surprised at the lack of timeouts here in this T-Side for BC game. This is not the
half they were hoping for. They got more done against Team Vitality.
Electronic. It's kind of been a non-factor.
We've got close rounds.
Nothing more.
Oh, the break, brokey open for it.
Doesn't catch a whiff, BC game, get up cat.
because on the extremities just to leave the options open for BC game.
Aragorn's going to leave.
So expect this one to end up back at that B site, right?
They give up the long control.
They've famed Catwalk.
The problem they've got is that Karagin is about ready to call their bluff
as his twists.
They're playing aggressive here, on short and long.
And so you really hope that this B hit comes soon
before FaZe can get ahead of this.
Oh, so much damage to the smelt frozen. Just deleted by Moutir as like it's nothing yet a great position.
Jacob 1 for 1 has been struggling in this map and BC game have the bomb site.
We're bombed down and last round phase have to try but first step is get through electronic on a close.
Try and get this boost set up, right? They're trying to offer electronic a bit of assistance down here in middle.
Simple doesn't want to leave him hung out to dry all on his own and so 1 off the top of this boost.
There's Electronic playing that tag team and a Karagin won before, well they're all looking tunnels bound
They've cleared out mid, they know where he is
Should be dead on this swing Karagin quick work made over the first and you think it's the end of the line
But he just keeps on going finally they bring him down
BC game managed something breaking that four-round streak out of FaZe
But now they've got to struggle some half coming at them thick and fast and an in form FaZe Clan to deal with
I
I
Oh
Yeah
Have a good one.
Run, run, run, run.
He got the kill, keep running.
Maybe that's good.
Keep this one long.
Long, long, long, long.
Keep it up, man.
Keep it up.
Keep it up.
Keep it up.
Oh, my eyes!
Spent so much time looking at BC game in their situation
that FaZe running away with it
and Fibes looking good,
all kind of flew under the radar.
keep it a calm there and those hectic moments are phase. I mean, it's nothing new to this team.
No, I think even in that documentary about the major run, right, you kind of see the
feeling that the brotherhood vibes inside a phase clan extending all the way through to their
celebration and getting one round to not be fully embarrassed in the final.
Twist trolling Neo maybe?
Simple just putting it all out there in this pistol.
5v4 onto frozen same score line backs out.
He's the only guy in the A side right now.
So got to be very careful trying to force him into this B split.
But phase C simple and they come from twist it long.
Three players up cat simple on his own.
Oh, dear. Miss smoke.
Not ideal. Give simple open sight lines.
He's dealt with straight away. Jacob delivers in this pistol round.
In spite of a slow start to this game.
They're in. Twist feels no need to push the button.
He can just hold right now. Aragorn, as soon as he looks away, he's going to get shot in the back.
Pick your poison.
the game. All right, good tough
acts for our ago, but now he's on
that time. It's which gets
activated site players will get
run down. It's a twist is very,
very late to the party here.
Not planted for him with the
defuse being stuck. There's no
world in which he can win this
one B three best laid plans
for phase clan. But in the
frag there for BC game, everyone pulls their weight, storming up the ramp, I'm shocked,
Aragorn gets that kill from the long side, oh dear, Karagan hit his head, didn't seem
to make a difference anyway, but bomb got open, unwinnable for twists, the BC game take
a pistol on their difficult side.
is still holding down top of the board top of the entire server in fact
Chalk it
don't get out of yourself. The Karrigan's pushed the long smoke and found Aragorn
it's having some trouble
piece of game I have to make up for a moving simple in the car
Crazy, therefore alone at the B site with no nades and an MP9.
Can this be punished by FaZe on a full Deagle round?
But no smoke, it makes this one very difficult for FaZe to convert.
But if they pick right and walk into B, 4 on 1, and even then this site has been
conceded for the meantime. They've got to play active. They've got to clear something
out. Electronic walking back. Carraghan with the spots. They're coming out B. They're going
to go back and fight this lower player. They know the crazy's here. Lots of guns waiting
for him. Carraghan can catch another. Had the chance there to best materialize still.
They know this b-hole is just down to one.
Electronic been pretty quiet in this game thus far,
has to hold the line, only makes it out with one.
The Jacob Deagle continues to deliver.
Quick attempt at the retake.
The Deagues are hitting.
Moutyrus has to clutch up.
Only arm with a pistol, he can't get it done.
They're as shocked as we are.
Faze have no idea how they've won that round.
That millisecond timing for Carrigan
to spot crazy unravels everything for BC game.
5v3, look at this spot.
And that allowed everyone to fix a,
find the frag, trade out on B,
electronic with just one kill against armless players.
This was a disaster for BC game.
You can't lose a worst round.
I can't believe it because I could just said you couldn't have lost the worst around and
he knows it.
There was any hope of coming back here very much hinged on getting these conversions as
your free rounds.
Man who gets to leave it with a rice smile, feeling proud of the boys for pulling through
in a dire situation.
And now Brokey is catching them on the cross to make matters worse.
Ouch.
Third round AWP and 5v4.
Karagan doesn't look concerned, he needs to be, they're all in lower angle, collapsing
together.
get to 1v1 they don't know about
Muteiros but if this goes A it will be
avoided completely.
How many B players are dead? Will that
tempt FaZe back into a trap? Or is it
again the patience of FaZe that looks to
pay off? Top mid player waiting.
Simple fight for Frozen and Muteiros
won't take it. FaZe speed up they found
the empty site and with that they
they let to convert.
All right, well, that's what needed to happen.
Simple's Deagle joining up with Muteira's down there
and lower, they gave themselves a couple more seconds
so they could play that 2v1 together.
Let's see if it was worth it.
Simple spearheads this charge.
He's got Muteira's in behind him.
Miss shot from the Brokey AWP and now the SMGs,
now the rifle all starts closing in.
Muteira is trying to pounce on twists in at the ramp.
can't quite find his way around the smoke.
Tap on this bomb, simple, feeling the pressure now.
Up, over, good for the first,
but there's no winning this anymore.
Twist gonna take it to the clock.
And they're both gonna go down with this bomb.
It's a high damage round, short.
But at the end of the day,
it's another one on the board for FaZe Clan
as they move towards the finish line.
They'll take it, right?
FaZe early in this game, won a couple of clutches.
We said, oh, no money,
they're not winning cleanly enough.
And then they just started storming together with clean round wins.
So I don't think FaZe are too bothered by the low economy early in the game.
They know it hurts BC game more than them.
9-6, 4 eco, simple with a deagle.
And FaZe staring down 10 rounds.
It's been some robberies in this map.
these Deagle Burg-Burgalos.
It's not that first they get, Brokey.
Getting involved on this AWP.
I'm trying to kill the Flash for them, but the Util pushes them away,
and so Karaga might just get to peek it in three USPs.
Flash needs to arrive, and he's dodged it with support from his team.
Every single player at this short side
gets to contribute, gets to be involved, phase on a double digits, flash play denied.
BC game, you're running out of chances on Dust2.
Floor phase feels so much higher than BC games right now.
Better chemistry, better team play, slow and steady on this T side,
letting the rounds come to them. BC game have given them a lot of fights in this
start of the half. Now a good round comes in, BC game need to lock it down
and try and play the late round.
They have just walked into phases, crosshairs, all half.
Oh, it's they guy.
Frozen. Clearing. Seen him.
Just a really rough way for this to start. It might all be over so quickly. You give
away one kill and FaZe instantly turn up the heat. Going quickly, Mityra is boxed in.
Not long for this world. There's just too many players prepared to deal with him.
And that was your rifle round. That was what you meant to kind of stake your claim to Dust 2 on.
And it gets ripped away from you. One entry is all it takes for the round to come crumbling down around BC Game.
So long with no support, no utilities, very uncomfortable position, but it's optimistic to think that FaZe won't clear their corners.
Lost the pistol round and just sweeping, four in a row.
Desperation for BC game one, final force.
Broke, he's just been hammered here in middle.
Did you hear his hit the tag back?
Yeah.
He's at least playing at a good level in this one.
I think one of the questions in some of these games is what if you got a bit more output
from a man like Muteer is?
Well here, he's still top of the board, still top of the server in fact, and it's not enough.
So numbers haven't been the exact problem in this game.
Simple only good for one down here in lower, puts that 5-7 to work short.
They've been doing a great job of trading simple, right?
There's been a lot of rounds where he's found 5v4s or you know one kill quickly in his position, but FaZe never let him reposition
Never let him get out
5 to 3 in opening tools
Aragorn is 0 and 5
I'm trying with a very desperate play crossing out to the car
And with everyone else so low phase, there should really be no way you set a foot wrong
in this three on two.
They've smoked the Scout off, crazy out in the open, just scrapping, hoping he can get
the multi-kill that wins you the round and it doesn't happen.
There's all these desperate grasps at the heroic play that saves the day and no one's
been able to land it.
Oh, he's got it!
Oh, he's got it!
Maybe the least likely candidate, Moutyris, rises to the occasion.
Matt, he's playing like a beast in this game.
Yeah, and they're not even celebrating.
There was a half-assed fist bump at the end of that.
They don't even look like they believe in this comeback right now.
It's only a four-round game.
Banger shots for the captain of BC Game.
And begrudging congratulations here.
As this game continues
I don't want to say the vibe see the trotters
Can we just talk about it?
The tone, this is such a hard tone
Mike, you know if you're fighting for survival, there's a lot on the line. I'd say they're still believing Harry
But uh, you know that wasn't the 1v2 that keeps the whole game alive
Sick, it wasn't sick
And it was a really really nice catch out of who it is even just like a well done man
Something I'm trying to just play the gloss over it, but all right
The vibe at the end of the round was more like yay, we get to keep playing is that what we want
Come on
Give us something simple's in the right place be here brewing
Is he just the one and done show for simple again so many times? Yeah, give us a multi kill
Well, that won't make it super easy for him.
Smoke's in the way.
Yeah, it just feels like a fake right now.
There are five players in tunnels.
Simple doesn't believe it.
Crazy tucked out of car.
Smoke's going to make it very clear what's going on.
And they come, be lining for Crazy in at the carp.
Hit that.
Ag for Simple comes in, put a missed shot from him up in the window, and the B-site
falls straight away.
Crazy, the only man to get anything done in the hold.
boost up here. Saw some flub shots from Simple on this boost the other day. Well this time
they've really got to count. Why are you going to see if he can get any type of a contact?
Meanwhile, Aragorn squaring off with Brokey back in the tunnels. The guys at the door
already trying to power through. That's Muteaer is an electronic brush this side.
simple up close
Left it to chance on the no scope and that's let him down
Phase clan they've got many opportunities to end this one on dust to it's the battle of the captains right now
I carry gonna material is top-fragging for their respective teams carry them with a big triple kill on entry
Closes that retake out as a shuffle through the door and it is just looking like for us now for BC game
A timeout from Taz.
I mean, I've been to funerals that have been more of a laugh than me.
At least, you know, it's just feeling a little rough, isn't it?
Taz got for us.
Yeah, I mean, they called him a vibes coach.
Good luck.
You better be the best damn vibes coach this city's ever seen.
Silence for BC Game as FaZe sit around away from taking their opponents' map pick in
this series.
T-Rex with a shot of adrenaline right up middle.
Rookie's here.
Ready for this necessarily, and a bit of chaos comes up the VC game.
Oh no, cover on low, electronic needs that trade and he'll find it crazy.
Pushes the B smoke.
VC game.
Chaotic round.
Frozen might just save it.
Good catch.
Can't make it the double, but you said this has been a captain's game.
Well, Karrigan's the one left in this clutch. Let's see if his brain can piece it together.
And even if it does, does he have the aim to back it up?
17 kills deep. Make that 18 now, as he's locked in this final 1v1 versus simple,
and he's just grabbed the spot there.
didn't see it. The Orps wound its way in towards top mid. It's carrying it about to cut the
head off the beast of BC Game. Swings wide. Awkward pull on the Nades. It's an IGL moment,
but still in with a chance to make up for this. He's been given a shot of redemption. Break
on the smoke. Simple will find him. Clutch goes his way. BC Game is still in with a chance.
Every in-game leader needs to re-watch that round just to remember and remind themselves why
Why do you just pull your gun out sometimes?
1v1 if he has his gun out on that suicide swing, he kills simple.
If he has his gun out, when he swings mid, he kills simple.
But trying to do too much here, Karagun, he's had a great game.
Had some high flying moments that could have been the closer right then and there.
Simple survives one more against the captain of FaZe,
a round where BC game just say screw it.
Pushing through the mid smoke, pushing through the B smoke.
You know, it's all about the
vibes of BC game. But for phases
still a little tense in the sense
that they know they need to win
this game and they can't afford
to let BC game eliminate them
from the tournament. That would
just be a humiliating loss to
a phase when you consider coming
off the back of a major final
final into a new year. Yes, OK, an online loss to the eye ballers was a bit of a shock, but
here on land in a lower bracket, there's no excuses for phase.
They shouldn't have to justify a loss in a match like this.
And so just trying to stay hyper fixated on finishing their opponents map with four more
chances. Jacob Diegel at lower, broke the orb,
Dragon holds for a long push, simple orbs at position.
And letting Brokey work.
Well, Electronic give him a way in.
I'm just hoping that Brokey has given a chance to put this up to work.
So much of the rounds centered around him getting involved and has a smoke in the way
now.
So he takes this as a moment to cool off.
The rest of FaZe group up over here in mid and the tunnels.
And maybe a B-split brewing as they've conceded map control everywhere else.
FaZe doesn't know how strong his spot was.
He might just need to stay there, going mid with an MP9.
It feels like a very strange rotation right now.
The smoke's coming over the top, electronic sees it.
You know a player could be out mid, but the B hit coming in 20 seconds.
Crazy's got to get something done.
Flash to set him up.
Good chunk of damage. Electronic able to cover. Mid-split still on the cards here and it's carrying and closing the distance out through the window, not even required.
Not able to cut down anyone as they come through CT either. So three on three. And the game resting on this round.
Back to the boost. And maybe results here. If they did it.
Brokey was holding for the Viggs, that boost, you know what they do in these post plans,
space up close, frozen waiting, they just come charging together.
Materia's falls and it's on a simple 1v2, twist and Brokey, count down and they'll
swig him together, FaZe Clan do this one as a team, Karrigan leading the charge
and leading by example, the rest of FaZe hanging on his every word, the BC game,
to the drawing board, they've got to hope that Nuke somehow looks better than this does
too. Or else their time in the tour on their time in...
Alright, we're heading on to Nuke here, FaZe Clan, map away from getting to survive and
putting a stop to the BC game run. It's the last chance. And if I were to hazard
a guess, maybe the last time we see this BC game roster in this iteration.
Oh, you're making a statement coming straight in, Harry.
Well, I don't know, things didn't feel great.
Remember there's a VRS core and it's all Portuguese keep that in mind before you proceed you call this a BC game run
I call it a stumble
Just trying to survive here in this second map
We are looking for a vibe merchants. I would love to buy
Up close good double kill to start things off
All he's gonna deny this retaking through heaven like BC game we're hoping for and that keeps FaZe the room to get the bomb planted
Go pulse from Brokey here there coming out from the heaven though everybody
Simple checks flank and he just missed the time in Karagin coming in late on ramp. Maybe too late though as FaZe move in
While this BC game drop in Brokey waiting for the time to strike four players on his screen
as everyone's dropped into the site. He takes two, maybe a third, final bullet, got to get that reload off.
And his team are here for support. Simple as too far gone, it's Brokey with the ace.
Hiding out in plain sight.
Oh no, man, you can't start like this.
Simple, you replaced him.
What if the real simple was the brookies we made along the way?
What the fuck are you doing?
Brookie breaks simple in the pistol.
Outside smokes now in.
Simple's just gonna play right through them.
I think they know.
to lose actually now that just slowing down here so simple could be a bit of a nasty surprise
but the check is ready to come through if it twists doesn't even get to fire a bullet
it's two quick kills and I trust phase to just wrap this one up five on three I don't
say. They aren't looking to make a mistake or hiding out waiting for any recommit. And
PC game gamble on lower phase move in. They have the whole map to play with.
and here harry i would trust phase yeah the rapid on exactly they're not going to jump
the gun in a five on three they keep it diligent they go take heaven the best post plan out
You're here on the top site and you know you've won the round.
I'll save your SMGs and give it another go.
Certainly one of the more unique feeling games here in Krakow.
Tonal Whiplash.
I think at this point you just kind of have to hope it becomes a game of individuals for BC game.
Because the desk were highlighting how just nothing felt right, nothing looked right.
The energy being off.
fact that the team feels a little divided yeah they're not on the same page
sir has got a one-v-two clutch and simple didn't even look at him he didn't
fist bump him he didn't even acknowledge it to be honest safe to say not all
mates
So, FaZe, there is still a game being played outside the server, but it feels like a really
hard one to mess up at this point.
I mean, usually, Karrigan, the type of leader who tries to get in his opponent's head a
And he doesn't really have to, you know, he can just manage his own team and
PC game are doing the rest.
No, it's just Karagum hasn't done any smack talk in this match.
Oh, if anything, I think actually he's been going a bit like
leading into the celebratory angle because it's like, look at how much fun we're having.
Yeah. Are you guys having fun?
And, you know, there's nothing like talking smack and coming back and hitting you in the face.
Now, I think face have their own things to deal with right now,
trying to get back to major form into a stack here
right into Karagin who'll come up by heaven as well he will get swarmed ran
through and so phase have to react quickly they made the decision to drop
down lower get away from this stack that's taking shape out in heaven out in hell
I'm falls in tow down in lower and you've got only a few seconds to get comfortable here
Ray rotate for twist there. I think if they stay topside and BCGMA get a pounce on them from all positions
Now they're forced out ramp through one choke point three guns looking their way phase it just tear through them
Simple 1v2 can't take a single shot
It's crept into the bomb side, but no kills available right now
Well, hoping for a mistake that will not appear.
FaZe tucked into position.
Oh, I say that, you're frozen.
It's a chance and simple 1v1, four bullets,
ops for the pistol, runs away,
but there is no time for this round,
and he knows it.
Broke, he secures a third.
FaZe, essentially, a three on five,
and they pick it up.
FNRT makes all the difference there.
Terrible.
No random joke, guys.
No ops yet.
Once more able to offer some form of resistance, again a double kill in the pistol, it wasn't
enough.
Surely it will be here, crazy, our ram blips up to his half of the bargain as well.
So we're left-looking and they're saying, Brokey, you can have to get us another ace.
Oh, he's up against the three best friends.
Smoke down, Brokey shifts in.
So, unique smoke, I'll give him that, but it does provide a bit of cover on the plan.
Interesting.
Oh, God, they're all so nervous.
They're not even so nervous.
It's fine, surely.
It's one guy.
Brokey already has an ace!
In this map already!
Stop, get the spot off!
Take simple moving in and stop him!
And oh, we were scared, we were nervous, but BC game will stop him!
To be fair, Moutiras should not be going there, right?
Three on one, like you're already in a bit of a calamity of a round.
You've had your two anchor players get a double kill.
Just wait for your team.
Let's say there could be some reason why Moutyrus is doubting his read on the game a little.
I can't quite pin my finger on it Harry.
Maybe it's the season, maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the moons.
Oh, I liked it, but falling off the run-boost, simple process back-arriage, and Brokey has
his own. Well earned, I'd say. Damn good start to the game for Brokey, 10-1. Even those
A couple of kills on the way out for Broke, you mean that a round win here would put BC Games money on notice?
Can I try and make it across? Simple waiting in the back of your garage.
And it's clear that they're down to be involved here.
He's got Muteiras and electronic nearby to lend a helping hand.
Flash play.
But no one scales with it just to try and bait shots out from a garage player.
It's Jacob up through around the main smoke, trying to hop on through Muteiras' eyes
on.
Simple up next, missed opportunity to find Karrigan, goes back for it.
second time's the charm. Simple starts taking heads off out in the yard. Brokey with the
response, but I've said this already, they would need another ace from Brokey.
Obsecured here for Simple, couple of nice shots at him with the AK. And BC Games survive
with good economy. Good sign, early in the CT side. Now, we're in Simple's prime,
right? I think this was his best half of Counter-Strike, CT side Nuke, playing
rotation on the orb. He was everywhere. He had such a good read of the game. But here
is, I like that energy. This PC game have nothing to do but try here. An upset face.
Orphase is map pick. So, good to see Symborn and Orb trying to get involved, throwing himself
into the conversation. He's going to start ramping this round, freeing up his rifles
outside but face of only pistols maybe they'll come simple as way after all he
is very committed crazy here to help I mean something that yank has been
talking about on the desk is the idea that a PC game gonna win matches it's
got to be snowbally right just a lot of success kind of following each other
that's gonna bring you back into the game winning just feels good and so the
individual form starts to step up a bit they can put their differences
from that first map aside and start to focus on this one back for frozen but
you're not getting through this ramp hold anytime soon BC game will tie things
up nice clean easy on the anti and now the buy comes out big buy for phase to
break that momentum and break that mood if they can
because BC game have built a bit of money in these last couple with four
play surviving
fast-a-play was certainly on the cards there for faceclan getting postured for
even a twist ready to drop on down and he might still get to make his play
tap on a simple 5v4 secured
You think, why bother following through? We've got all this space outside now.
Double vent, this is a crazy gamble for BC game. They're gonna have to play aggressive and move up to secret.
Triple vent, what are we doing? I've never seen this.
Three vent is a belief, maybe beyond it.
They can't sit still here, not forever.
You almost feel like you have to make a play, kill or death, doesn't matter. You've got to move forward and so a trade comes in.
FaZe now know the A-side weakened.
Can they take that space?
Pwis is up heaven.
Aragorn is not in the site.
This is a retake from B.
FaZe are in heaven.
And just becomes a very hard round to lose now for FaZe Clan.
Gifted the A-site, gifted the wrap round.
I'm very surprised they went for a triple secret.
Maybe someone like they just have to make a gamble and nail it.
His face had all the room outside.
I think it's a bit of a shame because it ends up looking silly, but for the Muteires
and the Saw Core, Nuke was always a cornerstone map of this team.
I actually think they had some really cool ideas for how to play it back in that saw roster.
And it actually did feature a lot of wild rotates around the vent.
They played a very mobile CT side, very mobile T side.
A lot of it about these gambling stack rotates where you try and make plays to the round there,
doesn't feel actually too far apart from the old like saw DNA for how they used to approach this.
It's just versus, you know, phase clan here where you're lacking some of that speed and tenacity
on the rotates, if the gaps left open for even a second too long, FaZe are going to find it.
They have multiple times up heaven here in this match.
Simple, in the vent of the orb.
They smoke coming down at the phase there, or also outside.
Those smokes down simple's got another job to do, away from the vents, back to secret.
If you go over, you know, Metir is his time in that old saw roster.
While he was there at the helm, it was their most played map and their highest win
rate by by a hundred maps played over the next closest oh the quick switch in
the corner frozen brazen pays a price little walk through the smoke for
electronic and he just gets away with it absolute murder phase just have to hit
this topside they're coming through the main smoke now bomb is late no one's
Watching Jake walks in could have been a double
As I get rolled out through the door carry gun and survive down into the vents
Bomb that does get down there, but that's a problem for phase plan
Broke he burns one out, but gonna get tagged over here as they crunch upon the lobby
and the twist's left one before bomb down at B and 15 seconds not even a magician can make
magic happen here. It's the end of the line for old mate twist as Mootierius finds him
out.
It's a very weird round here coming down from a gamble on B to just a smoke push and frozen
getting quick switch timings and trying to double take and gets back. Even though
FaZe make them regret it for a moment with Jacob walking out door he needed a
double kill to even entice FaZe back in they were too out of position to make
that round happen.
I'll face trying to do too much on this t-side
It's in a weird way, I feel like FaZe may excel at a round like this with 2 tech 9s
three AKs perhaps and pace behind it could be a nice injection to their T side something
more explosive but BC game have to communicate very well.
That's certainly one of the things you've been able to exploit in this series and so
an up tempo round let's see how they deal with it.
Intel in, electronic, out with the first.
It's a quick trade, a swift trade on these door players.
Aragon been good for doubles in these A-holds this time.
Not a requirement as Mityriz comes to his aid.
Aragon, oh crazy, I think you just got that spot.
It looked like it was on the minimap
because you can't quite figure out
where Aragon actually is.
And that could lead to some weirdness happening.
He suddenly looks so worried about hell about the scale couldn't really piece together what he just know this but knows he's seen something still carrying against the play forward in our pizza.
His material is oh dear.
That gun falls down and he just laughs it off goes hunting with the tech nine beautiful shot from carrigan
And the three Portuguese players
Crumble you can see that crazy sauce something man. It had to be a mini-map spot on carrigan
Because he suddenly got so paranoid and then I think he thought he just cleared everything
And materialists did so much man, that double kill.
You saw they just won that round, the one that you said was going to be tricky to deal
with that you were a little bit nervous in and it wasn't down to the pace, it wasn't
down to the chaos, just a good timing from Karrigan out to heaven.
He's able to just find a gap in the mid round and exploit it to the end degree.
Round lead now.
economy. Whoever loses this plunged into an eco.
Crazy spotted on here. The goldmines just have to surrender the position but there's
no one fast rotation. The sleeves gaps open again. The triple gamble. Harry look
at this. Before they even lose ramp they are three lower. Are they gonna
play active here? This is not easy. Coming back up this ramp position. Faze
He's going to find good headshot angles, but FaZe are walking hell, and so you know what?
It might just work out.
No one's even looking at this.
The Ram players will catch the push into hell, and so Electronic will get eyes on in time.
It's the more of this, you know, highly mobile CT side that you've come to expect from
Muteiras on this map.
I kind of love that one.
I have to say, credit to him.
I think it would have been so easy to kind of come into this one, writing off the
series a little bit in your head, but he's calling his own game the way he likes to play.
It's one where they just have a lot more reps in recent memory than simple and electronic.
So you kind of have to trust him. You kind of have to defer to the sore core on this
one. They're not letting them down right now.
That was, yeah. The difference is, last time they just went triple vent off of losing
outside control and just sat still. This time at least they play active. They clear
a new position. They come back up ramp. They find phase, of course, perfectly walking
to hell with three four players. There's electronic trying to hype up the gang as well.
Dude are they back? They actually could be. It does feel like they're back. T side's gonna
be really hard though. And dude I mean the terrorist has been a part of like all of these
plays he's been in with the pack you know calling with the rest of the team very much
feels like they're actually letting them have some room to to play in this one phase
there might still be twisted turns left in this series after all. The fight has come
through here desperate buy for FaZe twists some solo AK they've won this round already but that's
going to be a nice start for materials again good information outside materials doesn't overplay
with a 5v4 an impo simple catches brookie crossing
FaZe falling on their face materials drops that rifle in no man's land and so 2v5 sure the vent
might give a bit of room here to throw some but simple's inside of B
This will come as no surprise now.
Crazy supporting and they know at least one is down here.
They heard someone throw that grenade and it was dark.
Go storming in and meet their maker crazy with a double BC game at even half
I'm liking this a lot more like in this a lot more
Just kind of works, you know the idea that you have the three Portuguese guys
Setting the tone of the round playing together
For simple and electronic it's you know a mission of come along if you want if not just hold your own spot be your own job
And in a way it looks like everyone's coming off better for it
Yeah, I'm worried about phase a bit, but I think let's see that second half
They're gonna throw themselves back in the ring one more time
Electronic up the ladder!
Like it's a pug! Like it's a pug! He just walked right by phase
They have no idea how is he here?
This is for his new Tik Tok account man. Look at him go electronic with one hell of a move!
Sympos ready on ramp
They're going to try and run down crazy, will struggle to hold on as he gets over Ram, but
still, sure they have Ram.
Only vulnerability that leads from that is lower, and Aragorn's already down there.
You've got them boxed in right now.
They're like, look up, watch out, he was on the roof.
Going back to try and re-clear the lobby.
It's a tall task, especially when you know that Electronic was up on the roof.
He's since departed, playing it safe, back of A site.
poor nearby in the form of simple as well the or strikes one off the tally and
avert your eyes could be see game come through with a winning CT half
collecting themselves in time for new phase there's still more of a challenge
When you come around, my heart is swimming out
Don't want my love to be dimmed
I just wanna feel whole again
When you come around, my heart is bursting out
I don't wanna be strangers any longer
Cosmic, life is endless
I swear I saw your light
I pushed the body
The flies are sailing out of space
Only love can't bring me face to face with
I swear I saw your eyes
I felt it coming
You were full that I could taste
Only love can bring me face-to-face with you
I saw the sun in your eyes and the black holes
I'm not the rising sun, I'm called the devil said I need to read
The gasoline came there, the night
I saw the sun in your eyes and I saw it pierced
I used to call the doctor said I needed a cure
And I said I need to eat the rest of my courage
I swear I saw the lightning, I pushed the...
PC game against ORDS actually put up a winning half.
Things looked pretty dire at the end of Dust 2, but a new map, a change of scenery,
a breath of fresh air inside of the roster.
Moutier is calling some good rounds, staying true to his sore self.
Back from the old days and how this crew used to roll on Nuke.
Faze now move over to the CT side though and this is going to be your big
challenge. Trying to get everything aligning,
T side of Nuke. We'll get a damn sight easier with the pistol.
Let's see what Moutier has got for us. A very hard series to characterize
here. I don't know what this would say about Faze to fall in this map
after the way that they shredded BC game on Dust2.
The question is, how deep is this T-side for BC games?
And plus, B250 showed off on Dust,
comes out and crosses in this one as well.
FaZe grabbed the space, it's only twisting lower.
A lot of space being gifted over can twist off them
as he gets trapped inside of these ballways.
Moutyrus and Symbul run him down side by side,
broke he in the bomb site,
but they want nothing to do with this.
They're going right back up the fence.
So, Classic Moutir is up through the vent, last second rotate, and he's completely dodged the faceclan stack.
This is like the saw we saw in Cologne, the very saw team that beat Karagan in the playoffs.
Calling rings around him.
Karagan's running in circles, electronic backstab, goodbye, this pistol is BC Games.
It really feels like here on the second map keys to the car have been fully given to Mootieris
and he's allowed to drive it wherever he wants.
Whenever he wants.
Simbogo searching will be found by Jacob who's had a rough series.
Didn't really feel like it mattered in that first map but now it's certainly going
We called into question here on the CT side of Nuke as BC game surge ahead a pistol after a winning half
Phases feel lifeless. It's not been a moment from an individual
There's not been a player to believe in in this game broke. He is 14 and 7 you would barely know it
Because he went 10 and 1 with an ace in the pistol
Those first few rounds were immaculate and he's had not a single teammate to rely on in this map
Jacob frozen Karagin 4-4-3 kills on the trio.
You see game calling from the front go fast outside.
You and I were literally talking in the break about some of the
Moutier's vent calls on this map. The fact that he brings one through straight away in the pistol is a very very promising sight.
It's just crazy. You get all the space on B from you remember you go outside and ramp you've cleared everything
You've cleared B you've killed the B guy and you still end a it's so obnoxious
It's the last thing phase already for and this is where phase are kind of getting the
opposite end of the
Mental we were talking about from BC game. You thought you were gonna comfortably walk through this team with no issue
Now they're actually fighting back. You've got to dig deep and I wouldn't even say that it's like
Oh, BC game is just playing like they don't care anymore.
They're just running around and they're catching phase off guard.
Like, BC game are playing structured.
They're doing wacky things, but they're doing it together right now.
They are believing in this match.
Anything, it just feels like they're actually united under one banner right now.
And it is just Moutir is fully in control.
OK, Nader's nice.
Oh, no, it's not.
Mount is wrong.
Broke, you can't find the gap behind that smoke.
Karaghan looks to punish it back in the site,
but Krazy holds on to his position.
Simple's going hunting.
They've called to save when we'll simply realize they're gonna walk away.
A BC game.
Converting on their pistol.
Just like that, it's 9 to 5 and FaZe are gonna need to do work on this CT side.
Terrorists win!
It's the word, Ancient. Really gonna have to leave my mouth for third map of this series.
Even the whole, you know, converting on the pistol is a big deal for BC game.
They have the worst conversion in those second round of all the teams in Krakow.
And so that's even a departure from the expectation.
They've so often let those rounds get away from them, but not here.
A limp game for FaZe.
A couple of Deagles.
A BC game.
Look, if you are believing, if you're listening to Miss Iris right now, he is going to call
some nice patterns at the start of his T side.
A fast B play.
A couple of them now slow and silent behind the smokes. They make it down
FACE have no idea. FACE can't afford to believe that the entirety of BC game have pushed behind these smokes
They've now been offered this B-bombsite
BC game trust their reed they can walk in
If they overcook and go up the vents that's when it can go very wrong
But you see even the materials likes to use these vents
We usually only do it when there's a proper purpose to it and here it looks like it is just the follow-through into lower
Execute the site. Use your util and that's your round
It really does seem like they went away in between the maps and said look we need to know who's in charge I
Don't know who said it whether it's ties whether it's materialism self
But it looks like he has been put as the man in control and everyone else is hanging on his every word
This is a very very nice look from BC game
I did not think they had this in them off of that first map
It felt like it was the closest we've come to seeing a team disband live
While this water games still on
Yeah, I'd love to know if it was you know Taz taking simple way and then talking to him after that first map
Well, also, I think it's a predator electronic man. He's been trying to mend the wounds a little you've seen him hyping up the gang
He's also been the one linking up with the the sore trio in a lot of these plays
you know, it's no getting away from the reputation that electronic built up post that time in
Navey. A lot of folks looking on him unfavorably as someone who bought down a lot of teams,
but here feels like he was the guy trying to mend some bridges in this matchup.
Alright, Faze.
BC game now, double digits, buy round for Faze Clan. Things are getting serious here,
Faze. This might be about to go three maps and no one saw that coming.
Yeah, Face, are you here now? Knock, knock, hello, it's 10-5.
We've got three players who have barely killed anyone in this entire map.
Broke, you went 10-1, he's gone cold since.
There's been nothing to talk about in the face, Cam.
There's been nothing.
It's now or it's never.
Ancient is our decider.
Can Face fall back on one of their best maps historically.
On the map they took over Team Vitality in a major final.
Or are they just getting rings run around them again, another smoke across the secret,
frozen dispatches, to pass down to that B bomb site, paranoid.
And it might just be another round, a BC game, commit to the call and go out B. This just
comes down to Frozen, Multi-Kill or Bust.
No one is in position to assist right now.
FaZe are doing nothing on the map.
They are hoping this play comes A.
Oh, I feel like this is going up the vent.
No?
I don't know.
I-
Look, he's here.
They're the diligence of clearing the site
and now they know about Frozen.
They try and charge him down.
Needed a Multi-Kill.
Two will do to at least keep this competitive.
But there's still a bomb plant here for BC Game.
Electronic goes and fetches that AWP for Simple.
Make sure you're making comfortable in this post plant
because this duo have got to see it through to the very end.
Electronic low, sticks on the rifle.
He trusts his Asher to get it over the line.
Electronic spotted, pulls back,
waits for the fight to come his way.
Simple felled and twist, naved connects.
As BC Game do fall in that post plant,
Look cleared out phase know what they're up against flushing arrow gone out of the lobby and ending it on that be bomb site
Well put together for phase a much needed round
In a dire game
for face clan
Frozen big double in defense as well absolutely huge
Has multiple players flooding out to try and deal with him
And so the fact that he even you know makes that interest in the whole reason
they're able to justify giving that a look in the reason they're able to justify hanging
around in the lobby. It's because of that frozen multi-kill.
Phase, grasp that round and keep believing. See how much the one misstep will shake BC
game as well, right? Because they've been on a hot streak, six rounds in a row, just
came to an end right there. Back to the Yard Cross again.
Materias has been calling this every single time.
And he's felt like they finally got answers to it,
but talked about it already.
Materias likes a mobile teeside.
And so, right when you think you've made the right
adjustment, he can try and use that against you.
Flash of Mines here, right?
We said Map 1 was a captain's game
because they were both putting up crazy numbers while this one still is.
It's a battle of brains, Karrigan vs. Moutyr is in piecing these rounds together.
They're just going to keep calling this one till it comes through.
Twist gets pushed back by a Molotov. He's out of Util.
He's out of commission, plays inside of B.
Back up in the rafters where Frozen just got two, Twist looks to replicate.
The difference is, there's no broky on rotation, not yet.
At least he is stuck back on the A side. Twist is alone and he needs to provide.
Door swings wide. Frozen last time ever to get a double from here. Twist still a threat. Will get quelled. Simple gets past him.
On hand in the open. Electronic goes to retrieve. Simple tries to cover. Low on health. Had to hit that clean.
He picks it up. Aragorn's lag nets him another. And Simple even feigning the fallback. Just a dine on a fourth.
BC game eating good right now and simple don't want that AWP he's like in the
rifle. Yeah hybrid mode on this T side BC game just calling constant B hits
walking behind these smokes unbothered. And now they feel like a T-ball of a
sudden. Just unreal that it'd be one thing if this was the dawn of the
series but after a map that just fell and his team was collapsing in.
Celebrating now as well.
Never seen anything like it.
Resilience, recovery.
And now FaZe's money.
Shaky.
And what could be the end of Nuke?
I cannot believe this game is
potentially going into a three-mapper.
Phase one this map.
So many times in the major.
Sure, they got bashed by 3D Max
Max coming into the season here on Nuke, but back in Budapest, beating Vitality on it twice.
Beating Malz, beating Navi. A five-win streak. Seven out of eight times.
Well, in these kind of awkward e-com rounds, it's often where Karrigan defers to Nio.
And so he had a time-out ahead of this one, chance to leave his mark, because no doubt
Taz has in between maps here, not just this clash of big names, former teammates in the
case of simple and this phase clan squad from the major, but two legendary coaches from the
best Polish lineup, blow for blow.
No, Backstab on twists out in many, Karagat and Frozen will reply and they keep the
The advantage belong in a phase. Closing in now on the back side players is our record.
And Crazy's found another. Side swipe down on the round of phase. They battle hard. Desperately
trying to hold on to upper. The stack was in the right place and it isn't enough.
BC game. Map point is as good as theirs. Simples hunting brookie as well. Trying to save
this glass. Or he doesn't even know Simples reset back around the world. And Simple
looks to make a statement on his way out trying to squeeze this final kill to
confirm broke he's gone there is no orb there is no hope there is no phase here on
nuke and that's a tilter as well they just walked through main harry
Karrigan not watching, twist shot on a reload, 3v4 with double back sight, and BC game maker
look easy, that is map point.
You can just see the increased comfortability, getting a call from the front here as well,
knowing the phase of nervous that you've been using this outside area in such devastating
in fact and with all their individuals hitting a little harder feeling a little sharper and
everyone being on the same page, BC game become a real threat, Aragorn down at lower.
Faze is don't know how to solve this. They've had three different players play that secret
rotation in the CT side. All to the same success, none. Broken on a big flank, he's
cleared lobby. Faze might just have to gamble B in this position. Are they going
go do so. Twist drops in with Frozen. Brokey will just miss his players crossing in, but
they know where BC Game are going. It's all about stopping them now.
Just a swarm of players. A very tall task in front of you here.
It's not easy for Brokey either. Oh, our god's gone back. Brokey wants him to
He can't go too early.
And we've said to no end, Muteiros loves playing around with events.
If he doesn't like what he sees, they could try and leave.
They spot Broke, they will commit out through the window.
Simple out in the open, Electronic finds another.
Behold now known about, and it gets reduced to dust.
BC game.
Nobody saw this coming.
But somehow they bring the best out of Simple.
Electronic bringing the hype, the energy and the calls there from Muteiros.
And they pull through from a dismal death on Dust2 to the resurgence on Nuke.
They stay fighting.
And this one...
Well now it's all called into question here.
Faze's 2025 ended with a shock major run all the way into the final.
But 2026 might not be kind to them.
The head's on the chopping block and you know this would be on hell of a fall.
The squad many were excited to see after the promise that little glimmer out in Budapest.
I don't want to talk about 0.4 seconds when you remember the phase we're just playing
from one to and back to back stages. They know what it's like to be facing elimination.
So can they step up to the test because here in this map, BCK have nothing to lose
with this new roster. Materials go diving into the site and find a headshot to frozen
All over the site, RBCK, main control, tempered, three on three.
Bomb can't make it down, electronic punches it in, simple's got a P250 yet again.
Oh, he missed that.
Oh, this is the second tab around as well.
Brokey in position to steal the whole pistol away, tap back from electronic,
and they'll get rid of him. That's the danger man, Jacob.
This would be the time in quiet pistol rounds have not been phases friend at this tournament and Jacob never gets going simple with the shut down BC game find yet another pistol in this series said earlier they have the worst round conversion off pistols they always lose to the force while they didn't last map.
Sure, Brokey ace is the first, but BC game went on a streak on their T-side and they
go back to a T-half on Ancient.
I mean, you know, the two pistols that FaZe have been able to find in this series, one
on Dust and the ace from Brokey on Nuke, they're the only pistol rounds they picked
up all of them.
And trust that to what you saw from this team at Budapest with Jacob B, the pistol
goat, and it is night and day.
Yes.
But they're gonna try and make sure it's not in vain. He gets the info of the mid stack and his team are quick to react
It feels like the vibe for BC game is they are gonna go down
They're gonna go down fighting and they'll go down on their own terms with tears
Very much trying to lead from the front across these last two maps
It's here is a good to talk about his step up as an individual as well across the series right he showed up in that first
Matthews one of the only guys showing up in the simple both trying to win rounds and in that second
He kept it going while leading on a great T side as well
So love to see him throwing his name in the ring in this unlikely victory today
But BC gamer one step closer than ever before
Three kills for simple this all converted a by round coming down for phase
Alright, gun round out now for FaZe Clan.
And you will be keenly looking for the eye test on this rifle round because they really
let themselves down on Nuke.
The reason that one even felt remotely close was down to that pistol in the first half.
Full fight, full send, twist, succeeds with a double three.
In fact, this caragon even has his heaven.
PC game, dragged down to hell.
Oh my god, harragon, chill.
jump in at 10.
Was to save pair of hands out here in middle a promising sign if that keeps up a big 4k on the mid aggro
Shuts down the entire game plan of the BC bonus. Yeah, cuz this is also right even though jail seven the death saying hey BC game
Have a good shot. It's a very individual man. They seem sharp right now
It's also great highlights for some of these players in the previous map. This is still it's not new anymore
Alright, you can't just be tricky, you can't just be surprising.
You still need really good fundamentals on a map like Ancient.
Hot trading.
It's very good, it's stopping that mid-take.
So there is a lot more to do for BC Game in this elimination match.
It's a B01 now.
A map phasers themselves have had highs and lows on, have been anything but consistent
on this map in the last year.
I think that fact makes it all the more winnable for BCG.
We just don't know what we're going to get.
How many think of the map for BCG for the Saw Core again?
This is one of their most played maps.
It's the one that tries to rival alongside Nuke especially in like the last year or so
of play.
So for the three ex-Saw players, hopefully similar degree of comfortability to Nuke.
mid and going into a b-head, but Faiza not only triple hit the ball down the lap, electronic
might get caught shuffling the nades, trying to tee up the team for the exec, the stack
plays it forward, oh simple that's a really nice way for this to start but he's gonna
have two more in him, gets the spot off on shot, okay, and something's happening here,
simple brings it down to the 1v1 and of course he's squaring off against Brokey,
background into the cave is this really the angle the broke he's gonna leave it to
simple waits
But for how long that's the big question 25 seconds, this is nerves of steel type play who breaks first
It's simple one on the clock eventually he's gonna play it forward
Brokey out of the open just denies that clutch.
Oh, they're both getting stressed there in the silence.
Brokey realized he didn't drop off, but is it ramp?
Is it cave? Brokey doesn't know health advantage.
Does make the difference.
By the end, it's a crazy triple for simple.
But Brokey is the insurance policy for Faze.
That's after a Jacob multi-kill on ramp itself.
Terrifying round for everyone involved.
It's FaZe who prospered.
Arguably, Jacob's best round of the series so far.
He has been a non-factor across both games.
FaZe need him now more than ever before.
Simple looks for revenge.
He does his best work when he's really back against the...
Oh, God, what's going on here?
Double-glock kill from Crazy!
Electronics just found another one of the P250!
Don't lose to Glock's FaZe. I don't know if you can stomach that right now. The last one comes down to a tense 1v1
where you clench the whole way through. They deal with the danger man and are left onto our
record. One versus two. Had a double kill on the Glock already. It's not something you get twice over in these type of rounds.
So FaZe skin of their teeth in these last two rounds but they are holding on.
Back to back triples for Jacob and I'm not even going to call them block kills because they are so impactful at this point
Just to stop BC game winning around out of nowhere like that
running gun for crazy and
Nice push back in for phase
And don't let BC game scramble anymore or pick up rifles
Broke you up on CTH it can be difficult
Not an Orp is Paradise, by the end of Nuke we saw simple electing to save the AK over the Orp.
Break your peaks down the ramp. Spot for Jacob, won't overplay it.
Some name damage, ships away, a Karagan in cave.
There's an exploitable here for BC game, they've got two players waiting on the fate of that smoke
with crazy clearing middle. It's only Karagan they think, Loki's here as well.
Oh close, but not quite broke he gets out.
Jake can be simple, building quite the head to head.
Finding another kill down on the ramp.
two players here rampside, you know, even if you go and clear Brokey, gonna give you that
warning first shot fired off, you know about him, but I really don't think you're expecting
both of them might never even have to see twists either as Brokey's in full control
over the B here.
We're crazy playing it forward. Just another one for Brokey on a platter there. The AWP allowed to sing big 4k and a fourth on the board for FaZe.
As they have a bit of a second wind late in the day, getting a lot more out of these individuals now.
Yeah, great to see Broke here performing on the AWP
Of course it was always exciting just to see simple play against the team
that pulled him in for the major run
and the player he replaced performing well in this game
Simple hero AK, Aragorn set him up
And you want simple feeling up for the task but again against Brokey here in the ramp simple
Doesn't get a chance to react. It's quick shot for Brokey Aragorn has a go as well
Brokey doesn't need to over-commit. He has many teammates in this site in Karagun and Jacob Crossfire for more AK loss to the wind
Round falls just as much. Five alive for FaZe. This is their game to lose now
Yep.
Simple taking it, it's time to reflect going over the notes before this one.
Peace, I can start to feel a little limited when you're just getting iced out, unable to take some of these key areas.
Struggled at maintaining the lane fight. Struggled at getting out into middle.
Look at that, they do want to stick to their guns here. Once more grouping over the lane.
And this would be the round for it.
I say that. The holes are getting plugged as we speak. Brokey rotating away once they take the mid control.
And Carrigan from that jaunt out onto heaven once he confirms that mid's clear doesn't hang around.
So now you're actually going into the stack.
That is about so many correct stacks in the city side already
BC game running to yet another one electronic kills his teammate on the entrance up ramp and sure you get the site but nothing more
Carrying ready to put pressure on that molly bounces as he's blinded materials plus white instead electronic tries to provide the cover
But falls even deeper to the five ensues phase
Biting down on this retake simple has got to kill twist here and now, but he doesn't even know
Simple flicks back too late. Crazy one before.
Surely an impossibility.
Oh, he's walking on fire.
Living on a prayer with that swing out, hoping the line up would come through.
It does not.
Got a hand at a face here.
They've had the correct read here about every single round of the CT side.
Stacked in that B bombsite time after time.
Brokey's AWP everywhere it needs to be.
So BC game if they just keep going for side hits, XX early in the round in 5v5s, FaZe will thank them.
What has with his chance to weigh in knows he won't get many opportunities.
Uses one of them here and now.
It's a hell of a storied game.
Talked about what it means for the players in the rosters in the server they're ties to each other
but even this
Very arena we're in right now in the Toron
Play host to the last deep run of that legendary VP squad
bit of sweet memories here already
And only one of Taz or Neo gets to survive the night
So that's you want little
Trig, Taz has tried to introduce.
It's far slower, less grouped here.
Playing an extremity player out towards B and A and a focus on mid control.
Brokey's up, once more, right place, right time.
He's got support, not alone in this fight.
Molly might make things awkward, forcing them wide, but Brokey keeps the advantage, firmly belonging to FaZe.
Putting pressure on a but this one's ending on that be bomb site the bomb is coming back up heaven here on simple him electronic combining
It's jake applying retake. He's had a really poor first two baps here in this third. He has been a solid rock on this be bomb site
unwavering
They see him climb up phase. No where this one's going BC game. I've got to speed up
electronic plays ahead of that rap smoke he's already through it that's a
catch on Jacob carrigan with the cover brookie in behind him and this window of
opportunity starting to close simple and crazy
left in this one two on three they'll dodge the span but there's no getting
away from that all brookie throws his life away just to deal with simple
It's a good change in direction for BC game, but that all continues to be a problem.
And this is where experience as a full roster is really going to come into play right.
Faze not falling too hard for any of these gambles, any of these fakes.
It had a really good read of where to go.
Some risky moves taken as it's always the case with players like Brokey and Simple.
But FaZe with every advantage right now 7-2, the Bices keep coming in for BC game, they just can't land them
First two rounds of the game, nothing more
FaZe on a streak of 7
Flash player in middle for Mitteris, and Twisted just been the attack dog out here in mid. They let him off the leash
Broke your ass to a man never barking up the wrong tree.
Great reads.
Just one step ahead.
The AWP out towards spawn in a prime position to do damage long before the bomb is planted.
Two more pies from FaZe even swinging in together.
So sure, let's try to use my air surprise to both players.
And now a twist.
Attack!
Foggy D fights down.
Frozen with a double.
FaZe.
Smash.
BC game.
On another site here, it goes nowhere.
This might be the end of the line.
It was always an unlikely story, but we bought in, after Nuke,
the possibility of shock and horror for FaZe
and PC Game to survive yet another match here in Krakow,
but reality hitting hard right now, experience
showing true for FaZe.
the game they were always meant to win and they just might
and walking into each other carrying him
I'm gonna get caught, electronic works his way in behind him
still too strong inside of this B site
Climb up gets denied for now though as cover comes in
Twist and frozen try and close the gap. Here is can't hold on
And so you're left looking at Aragorn here facing off against the two heavy hitters for the phase clan squad
Tall order to stay the very least
And broke he's even repositioned if this kill comes through and Aragorn thinks that it is safe passage
It is not
Brokey
One step ahead and Aragorn shall not pass it's phase looking for double digits
Yeah, that's not even broke he you know reading it as much as it's him just grouping up with twist
But he gets ahead of the play
He knows what BC game are doing before they do
An opening back on the twist fell like he gave our gonna way out but broke he is ready
What a phenomenal third map from him, 13 and 4 twist, just the same.
And FaZe have not had one problem since getting guns on this map.
A close Glock eco in the third round.
And ever since it's all phase.
I mean it's one thing to find your form again, it's another rule together to do this.
Jacob for blind gets the opening teed up by Carrigan who's looking like a star out here on heaven
Ten kills deep Carrigan still hungry for even more
Phase and knocking on the door of a ten round CT side with each of those rounds
falling in place one after each other
It is a damn it flawless game out of phase clan in their battle for survival
And now they're just three away from ending BC Games Run in Krakow.
I
Well, well, well, over here on the B-stream, it is NRG Tech.
on the Falcons now this one does pack a punch I'm not talking about Smash
Brothers you know the Falcon Punch the Virbiel one that is I'm talking about
one that puts the Falcons out of the Intellect Stream Masters here in
Crackout that's energy potentially on that upset alert anyway that's over on
the B Stream if you do want to check it out I'm sure it's right next to the
place where you found this stream so don't be a stranger to that or I think
you can community watch it now right that's cool too either way the A
Eastern's coming right back so let's get right back in the action.
race?
Phase back in action in this
third map BC game, they've
shopped and pressed over on
you. They certainly caught
face off guard, but it's all
laughs. That the car again as
with his best map yet and maybe a sad ending to the BC game story here in Krakow. A couple of wins in
stage one. Maybe all they take home with them. Any other feeling like it's the first half of that?
It's merit to BC game. A couple of close ones in there but struggled to ever convert, saw 10 in a
row come through for FaZe. How about these players? No matter if you never waltzed through
and in this pistol round, sure, FaZe have struggled in them here. They will find their
their way to a bomb plant in the 4v4. If they win this, this may very well be the killing
blow on BC game.
took so much space with that long play, they took control past the smokes, Karrigan wasting
their time in the site. Bomb, smoked, kit available, they jump right on it, crazy to
the full stick, they've got to get him off the hook, knife out, knife out, don't knife
your teammate, they do defuse in the midst of the smoke, kill comes through, too late,
BC game take pistol.
They just can't win these down rounds man, FaZe. The rough times in pistols continue
with a defuse stolen away right under their noses.
Oh, they always come down to the last millisecond and face
Insta-timeout.
I don't know.
I got it.
No!
Cast a POV.
That's a good thing, but he was going to kill Brokey.
He almost killed Brokey.
He was going to kill him.
He thought he was knifing whoever it was for VC game.
Crazy.
Broke you the whole time.
God, he's taking four stabs.
OK.
We're in a stab first.
He just ain't going down.
That's a seven.
I mean.
Oh, simple classic by here, Harry.
It's not a nova.
Oh, it is shotgun.
It's the next best thing.
Doing this a hell of a lot towards the end of his time
in Navi.
It was a little while ago there.
So let's see what simple can do with the auto shotgun.
Nothing to lose here.
Phase, needless to say, at this scoreline,
they go for the force with the bomb plan.
And a knife kill to boot.
Double AK armor.
Thank you very much.
Carragorn, that's out of A, but it's 4-man B for phase,
letting the UTL be expelled here.
Did you go B? You've got that auto shotgun in a retake.
Not ideal.
It is open for business.
M.T.I.R.I.S. tries to keep information on his spotting in red.
Perfectly timed grenade to carry again.
Electronic.
Avoiding.
Peking into the boost.
Phase.
They are showing a lot of B which makes me wonder, do they actually commit?
Is it just an execute in?
A couple of smokes now going down.
Phase will make it happen.
And you've at least seen the CTs are set up fairly passive, right?
So you're thinking you're going to get the site control,
you're thinking you're going to get your way into a bomb plant here,
hopefully set up in the 5B5 and just get to play this round out
with BC game being the ones on the clock.
Oh, no one's spamming this pod.
They just let it happen that Flash certainly helps,
but FaZe pull back.
It's going to feel really hard to hold onto these post-pods,
but that eases the tension.
Jacob in strong position, needs another.
Jacob?
Oh, it's out with big damage.
You'd like to think that that's enough.
He's softened them up.
Two players so low.
Autoshot gun dead straight away.
As soon as it arrives on simple and Ferrari
going down at just this pistol, no time for it.
Twists, cleans on up, and FaZe's force will prevail.
Yeah, FaZe.
I mean, we saw BC game struggle in these second rounds.
It's literally a matchup that seems
to complement each other well, right?
FaZe really fumbling in pistol rounds at this event.
BC game, looking good in them but struggling in those second rounds more than anyone else.
It's a perfect storm for FaZe to witness force by.
Yeah, but only strengthened by the knife killed in that pistol round.
Oh, shotgun and retake. No good here for simple.
And maybe no hope here. As a team killer in middle, everybody pays the price.
Electronic upheavoon, okay, converters second but he's so low and they can just speed up elsewhere.
Aragorn unknown about but it really seemed to matter as FaZe have a free bomb site with 3 AKs.
I'd rather regretfully this kind of is your best course of action is just to try and save
these guns and it's a cool no one feels good about you know you're now hoping for a nine
round comeback which needless to say not very likely but it's the only option that's left
in front of you. FaZe have taken everything else away.
FaZe is just a huge sigh of relief. I think this third map after I felt like they've won
the series on Dust2 already, they get the most unbelievable recovery arc on Nuke.
it's a weird game to quantify, you know, because for FaZe, if you're a fan of this squad, you
probably didn't love the struggle they had on Nuke, but then you have to acknowledge the
bounce back here has been fantastic. They made up for the fact that they didn't win
really any rightful rounds on that previous map by winning literally all of them here
on the third, only pistol round success for BC game.
And for the BC game squad, you know, it was always a stretch as to whether or
not this roster would work. The idea that you could pluck three players from
Saw, link them up with, simply been out the game for as long as he had,
reunited him and Electronic. We were all hoping that Sparks would fly and that
when you put them back together again, it would hit like old times.
That's not entirely what's happened. Still getting away with some winds here in
Krakow, maybe going further than you might have anticipated.
But this is looking like the end of the road for this new BC game squad.
FaZe get to keep on fighting for simple electronic materials. Crazy in Aragorn.
This was their last time in Crack-Up. This one is over.
Highlights room, simple. A couple of sick moments from the Portuguese players.
A well-called T side on Nugent and an 11-2 comeback against Legacy
that we won't forget any time soon. But this is still an early exit from the second.
This series has to bring to the table, it might be messy, it might be crazy.
And we're getting into mounds on Dust2 once again.
Yeah, this is a pretty wacky detail to say that for sure.
This is going to be hard for mouse dude to get some good reads on what NRG do on that
map of ancient which may be complained to their benefit but as you can see I'm
stacked up against this energy campus now it's like to kick off their year with a
bang got the pistol in order it's got a hint of aggression here the HE for the
smoke and a double up towards middle on the spam but Torsi his first bullet out
of his USP is a connection on a headshot here he's fighting for more
So that sphinx down low. Still really wanting to fight here for mouse.
A simple 4v5.
They have an awkward smoke. I don't think that is the intended landing spot or is sphinx...
The sphinx have like a one way... No, he definitely did not have a one way on the
So
So it's gonna fade and a Mick to be is in order on this pistol round
So a little bit of utility left here for this G side as well
I mean quite a bit of flashes and another smoke to follow it up
But when do you mount start to press the issue?
Putting a lot of focus on long and catwalk playing a very passive defense towards middle
So energy giving themselves the best route in but she speaks holding down this line with the USP
Trying to find the initial headshots into instant clothesline under George doesn't get to make it past the cross there this peace site
Hold them together, but getting charged down here
They need to make a breakthrough in towards the sight and towards he offers up another
Finally the breakthrough here and bro looking to point the digits. Oh
That's a great shot from Sonic, but now bro in some trouble. He's out of ammo and cannot be
Precise enough for that headshot. It will be amounts to pick up the pistol a lot of smoke spam kills
came through from Torji. He had one headshot for 97 damage and then had a
second one that turned into the clean conversion on the kill. So that was the
big difference maker going into the site. Believe it or not none of the B
defenders really put up much resistance. It was just Torji. It's very rare to see
a pistol draw out that late as well. So much time being drawn off the clock
there it comes down to the 30 seconds on the execute trying to pick up the pace
but towards you doing a great job of cutting them off and pretty able to make
some statements still get a pretty good force by an order here for NRG though
looking to keep up the intensity here and ready with a B execute everyone
huddled around towards tunnels one player ready with it you till and George
maybe to toss in some sort of mid to B utility.
Maybe a mid-door smoke there.
Lines on top of the doors.
There's that mid to B from OC actually.
I'm gonna spread this attack out a little bit for now for the NRG camp.
Trying to draw out rotations here, but for mouse's setup it's very committed.
You know, three players on towards that A side.
A lot of focus in that direction.
And again mid is the big vulnerability here
And critically there's no mollies for their B defenders, so there's no way to actually stop this
They got a maybe drop of smoke at the doors and made break from exertion seeds nothing and now the gates
But Sonic with a quick trade leads it up to Jimmy back site. He goes down the 3v3 here on the B site
Great trading here initially in Georgia still left in towards the lower tons Brolin gonna overlooking for a second
but he can't complete the kill and now just comes down to Bro and Osee to lock things down in a man deficit
They know once coming through tunnels they double up flying through the mid side of things and bro
We're gonna close land them as they try and make it through the doors and initial kill with a late trade needed here
Torsi will find it and Brolin will come through with the finishing touches here for mouse to close out another retake here on the B site
Osee needed a faster win on his duel in the tunnels. I think he was well played
played by Jimmy, at least he was torching in the tunnels and OC revealed his position
gets closed in on by the remaining two players.
So what could have been very risky obviously George just connects that 1D in lower here
Brolan is the fighting factor there as OC couldn't get a clean shot to isolate in
the clutch.
forced by back from NRG. Obviously only two players remaining.
Money is still very low here for mouse.
There will be an attempt.
Get back into this. Spinks with a flash.
Maybe trying to get exerted into the action here and there.
Here comes extinguish, hot flash, but no visible targets has to back away.
Oh, that's great damage, HG. Great.
They're coming through on the OC.
And he goes down to 16 HP.
2-8, she's tossed his way.
Not gonna be feeling too healthy.
A little bit more commitment here from Mouse towards middle.
And catching a glimpse of players jumping up towards the catwalk here, so
information given. A mouse still
very willing to avoid this
mid-side approach here in the defense and
trust in their anchors to lock down this B-bomb site.
Jimmy and Spinks, a lot of faith put in this duo to
Deliver on this piece out of the map and you understand why.
A couple different variations of this mid-to-be approach here coming through out of NRG.
But one thing I feel like this team continues to do so effectively is develop their strategy here.
I think Nitro and Dapp's putting in a lot of work and theorycraft and some different executes.
This is gonna be another B-Play. Jimmy does go for one, spinks on the hold, needs to score
a couple, but he doesn't get anything. And now Nitro edge of the slope, tech nine's good,
and well, on the second four spy, NRG. I have a round for themselves. Now seem a little
interested the Nate does go deep though. We'll play here from OCEA, not play in the common angles
and this will be a safe B site post plant impossible, well known.
Outgo mouse. Spinks not able to find any production there on the B site.
Active trading here. This is what we're talking about the utility usage and the execution
coming through out of NRG's a little bit overwhelming for those B defenders and being able to stick down
a mid lurk there into the mix as well. I mean NRG have set a very clear target that's you know
three rounds in a row where they have made decisive moves in hitting middle to B.
We're just walking out the tunnel side of things here and putting a lot of pressure
on that two on the B bomb site right there's a promising side for NRG that they're coming
through with a vision even though, you know, we haven't seen Miles play this since Austin.
She in some good reads out of NRG's camp trying to attack the weak point in the map.
Ouch. Pop flashes in mid are very annoying. I was love going for these swings. I love
getting greedy. Of course he's stepping forward and in the cookie jar he's gone.
Nitro as well has the head shot and it's a quick three kills for NRG.
Just pivot to the site and don't cop it up.
This one looks likely here. He's trying to get a rotate rolling through CT spawn.
See if he can do any damage with the utility. He's crawling his way on the ramp but instantly
dismissed as soon as he appears his head around that corner. I've got bad news for
Brolin while he's positioned towards the long. This has got to be somewhat known and noted
because he bro is cutting off his retreat right now in a 5v1.
A save is even going to be tricky in this position. We'll see how much of a hunting
party gets sent to his way, but in the meantime, starting to close the distance on him here,
Brolin. Going to be under pressure. I should have turned the corner in towards the long
Molly's coming through his way as well, and he will be finished off by Nitro. No survivors in this round.
Mouse try and put up a little bit more of a fight towards middle and can't walk away with any frags.
Quick dismissal of that aggression attempt out of the mousecreen camping.
NRG, able to keep him away.
For those just joining, we have a very interesting veto in this game as both teams picking each
other's perma-bands, obviously with Anubis into the pool, Maus, dislike that map more than Dust2.
So they'll opt to play Dust 2 instead of Anubis.
The trainer removal is a big mouse nerf.
So we see INSOME trouble, and Nitro, get out of there, B site's open.
There's a lot of resistance around that corner, they'll scoop up an AK.
Luckily we looked to save that here, but as you said the B site is fully open.
That's two looking good for NRG.
Didn't you expect some details to be worked out here for mouse?
Had a little extra time to get prepared for this year.
I'm skipping out on the bounty,
being able to set their focus in here now for crack out.
He probably been hammering away.
Yeah. Again, they're on the grind, right?
You're talking about them hammering away because they
haven't made a roster change.
There were one of the teams that could have, right?
Sphinx was talking about in the lobby.
Now, there is a lot of pain
when you're just the semi-final teams, right?
I was on the squad where it's like,
my body is a machine that creates
third to fourth place exits.
And they had seven of those last year.
And just one trophy to speak of,
one trophy at PGL Cluj which was a big asterisk, they were the overwhelming
favorites to lift that trophy. So trying to break that barrier but making no
roster changes is a criticism. You have OCE flash off the angle, goes back in just
barely misses. Dangerous play but I like to see it already in some early
confidence
One of the second shot at that fight right there
And it turned the bend he does get forced off
Who's done the 39 HP with as you said it shows?
The confidence level that he's coming into the server with right now
Listen to them an opening pick here
We'll be able to set themselves up
What feels like the right direction again, this B site. Left a little bit vulnerable here this time.
It's Zershin trying to make the rotates in. Support.
Think that as much as possible.
I'm sad mid to be utility here queuing up for some long reagro out of Brolin
But he's gonna need to activate quickly because again a complete island for this defense here trying to help him out as much as possible
We're already getting taken down low in the back. It's like he find a multi
He's gonna need it and no it's just a one-for-one here the help needs to be on the scene and may brolin catches a visual
Nitro is gonna get finished off
It sets up for a retake
I'm towards this B bomb site man advantage here for the side of mouse
Sonic all making the cheeky play
Jumping well now he hears the drop now. He knows and Sonic finds it inside of the smoke. Can he get away?
Absolute robbery from Sonic. He does escape back into the site that he's insane
and
Even chasing for more heroes, bro as NRG are starting to route mouths on dust to I
Mean again just perfect call coming through there weakness on that B side defense and just the numbers game
And now sir should get a poke his head up and get sent packing
Torsi I
Be able to save this AK just fine, but NRG
With the effective target on this B site once again
Activating before too much impact can come through and Sonic making the active play when
you're in those 3v4s, even on the B bombsite which is so easy to distrust and the individual
ability to, you know, hold up these crossfires, a frustrating play made by Sonic to push
the smoke and cure up some of those vulnerabilities.
Mousy, you get tactical. Finally towards you with the AWP.
You know what it stands for Cole?
AWP?
Yeah.
I don't actually.
What does it stand for?
That's too nerdy man, I'm not going to out myself like that.
Round 7 going in, 2 to 4.
And Sonic, out long.
All right, gameplay is happening
It's like which chat will will answer all you all you nerds and twitch chat. I know I know
Does it make you any better with the gun? No, so
Yeah, master the weapon first here learn all the details
Goin' for a bit of aggression here, bro.
Forced off, but he holds his ground!
A little close-line Zershin on the inbound play.
A little bit of tons of aggression, trying to react to what has been NRG so heavily
showing their hand here, and Torsi with a missed hopshot.
Forces him even further back.
He's trying to get aggressive, trying to help out Roland, but it's just 4 AKs chasing
him down.
Eventually one scope will be able to be used effectively here.
Jimmy with the Scout, but Torsi...
Or those already out on beat!
The player's on the site!
Oh, that's so disgusting!
And Bates can't get Neccher on the cross!
Just jump!
And pray it worked!
And just a miraculous round.
Torsi caught out.
Exertion!
Getting clothes lined on the angle hold. Bro just did something illegal in Counter Strike 2.
He held an angle versus an entry fragger.
That kills well from George. He's sharp too.
Man, Bro just being really annoying.
Yeah, I mean, take him down to-
Nothing comes to be said there.
You take him down low on HP. You just expect for him to fall back and play these really late cutoff rotation angles.
Maybe more so towards middle or top of mid, but no he pushes into the B bomb site.
Well, there's so much chaos on A, and mouse can't gain a foothold in this round.
That's an often torizi that, you know, a couple of shots go right, he gets overwhelmed.
Gonna get another chance at it here, at least in this round.
It's OC coming in with the heat angle to watch for any lower tons of aggression and it's
not going to be the case, thought that it may be.
There'll be a little bit of interest here.
Spinks head in that direction, but instead a lot of focus, and setting up these off
angles here, trying to back up the resistance here, Sonic using his body nicely there
to block the HE and minimize some damage.
I did what felt like right on his head here but OC able to connect on the
towards his late swing and another opening pick here working in favor of
NRG.
He misses on to nearly picked Spinks through the scope of next.
NRG dominating all states of the round throughout this game. The only two that
The mouths have are the pistol and the conversion. This is five in a row
But mouths are gonna push their chips forward here on the catwalk
It is going to be a train crash three players versus three
I think Sonic fades another swing nitro falls. That's the bomb falling for OC misses and strengthen numbers
You from mouths can brawl pull it man. Yes, he can with two one more here on the catwalk
Brawl and switching out weapons for extra ammo
Bro versus Lan. Here on Catwalk. Round the smoke, he's got it! Bro with all three kills,
George Mollying. Behind him, Bro to get the bomb plant and Jimmy needs a clutch.
People love it here, bro. Locking in the safe bomb plant. George should have given
him a swing here, spots out where he's positioned. Jimmy gonna look to jump up
here and get smoked out by Bro. Four kills in a row for him and he'll completely shut
this mouse resurgence down, re-aggression on catwalk denied by one man.
My goodness, I thought after the opening two, that was all, but mouse kept pushing forward for more.
And Bro has been extremely sharp this game on the headshots.
Oh see also never mind winning his straight off head-to-head
Versus Torzie
Not an easy opponent
Seven gonna charge through into the lions then but bro is sidelined for once
That's a good reaction there taking an off angle towards B
Trying to fight for these confident duels and even though there's that aggressive stance towards along from Brolin
There's a lot of extra help around the corner here
Zershin in towards you predict nicely and if it makes you missle George tearing through them two kills of his own
long setup dismantled and
It's gonna queue up for a speedy play
And towards a here sonic punishing the aggression here. It's just speaks who found a single kill so far
was last seen on this B bomb site so come forget it we had an energy to close
out another round seven in a row here mouse left stunned as all these active
moves are being punished
M R G R coming into this game on fire.
Obviously they've had the blessing of being here in Krakow for a bit longer than Miles.
This is Miles' very first map of the season.
The shots that are being weaved in there.
Bro, and now George, Nitro will stop the save, and NRG are just straight up dominating.
Obviously this is a best of three, so still NRG having to play their perma-ban of ancient next.
But they signed up for it when they banned Nuke, so...
I'm sure that NRG have something prepared for map number two, but map number one,
you know what, it's North America. I can't call it too early. I should be talking.
Yeah. Well, I mean, there's really positive signs here for the energy camp.
Their last two maps of Dust 2 have given them a single round versus M80
in that that flameland where they played in the grand final versus M80
and didn't really get a chance to get anything going on that second map.
very quick this missile and of course that bait roster that was a lot of question marks
I think.
Second car already benched and they got 13-4 on that map as well so oh yeah okay.
So it's like Dust 2 has to train them kindly but as you said there's a little bit of time
to prepare here their T side looking much stronger and they're just consistently routing
these gaps look at this active play from Sonic inching his way out towards the middle
They could actually get around the corner in time, doesn't make it though.
Speaks still weary of the vulnerabilities in this defense here.
Will deny access.
That was a cool play from Sonic regardless, trying to exploit some of the timings.
There's Mao's CT side. It basically has standard as it can get.
We've actually given away a lot of space to the T side and just making sure that B site
is staffed with at least two players, but this defense has fallen many a time before.
And now Jimmy calls back. He's out of the vision, nitro with the entry. Spinks in trouble.
Torzy does get something through the smoke. But now Spinks, where is your production here?
He gets caught with nothing. Two versus two here on the B site.
A little bit of retake utility. They spotted Bro on the left side of the map. Gonna get
mollied off though. And so delaying this retake control, HG gonna chip off even more
damage on the Bro. He can't reposition into safety. And a prefire feels like what's
looming right around that corner another HE bouncing his way and trying to do even
more damage smoke to try to isolate this duel and he does get taken down but George
looking to hold it together can't quite complete the mission and Brolin with a
much-needed clutch to finally give mouse another round here seven in a row for
energy comes down to a 1v1 but Brolin will be able to put it together
Super close there, especially towards needing that spray transfer, but the hard reed that
throws in the corner, that daybreak on the smoke as well, really making life difficult.
Still some concerns in that round though.
Here for mouse, against the BV fence has been weak, spanks multiple times now, going
for zero on the hold.
And now, op long pick.
What have we got?
An opener there for OC, Proland down, instant.
And that was the one that saved him last round, closes out the 1v1.
They went through good trades.
The player already sidelined here.
With the standard defense that we've been seeing at the mouse,
they haven't been super proactive.
Saw one round where they tried to triple up on the catagression.
Seen a little bit of long activity here.
When you're a man down, it's gonna make you feel like you need to eat the gambler.
You can stack things up, see what the reaction is.
Reinforcing the B bombsite where there have been a lot of targets, three players inching
their way over.
Even Zershin's sole responsibility of this long control, but in doing so, taking this
risk.
Also setting themselves up nicely here.
Even more help on the speed defense, even though it's a 4v5.
Sonic in charge of putting the threat on towards this A site as much as possible.
It's just not gonna head that way. It is gonna be heading into this trio of trying triangulated players here on this B site.
Another smoke for tons as well. Gonna draw out that timer even longer. A mouse gamble could pay big time.
Mounds not standing in the common spots either. The Molly doesn't force off Jimmy
Second flash in and the kills are just not coming through clean. It spanks with that production
You're talking about OC meeting the tech nine almost kept it, but time was not with them
Anyways in that hold and that gamble you're right. Cool. It does pay off
That too much shit. Yeah, what's right there in that B bomb site trying to run through a smoke
Not gonna happen three players ready to go able to coordinate their efforts
almost to break through for OZ with a tech nine without but
Sphinx running out of ammo still able to complete the finishing frag there with the USP
And save the concerns of mouse from letting another one slip good call
Out of mouse here being conditioned to help out that B bombs that was so many targets
Unless you're just going for intents on the wall bank.
We're nice there here.
This time towards the back with an opt for the last round of this CT side.
I haven't been able to get much use out of it just yet.
I'll eat this, not spread into Torgy's corner.
And this advanced position from exertion gets a lot of information as Sonic gets popped
instantly.
Now, desperation for NRG going out long the roll-ins in the open out of position
should have went down to drop a smoke and survive.
Great HE right there to follow it up, Zershin gonna tuck himself in the back of Karm with
that smoke up.
Gonna help him out and stay safe in this position.
Another Molly.
Doesn't really force him off.
We're trying to make strides up the catwalk, not really doing him any favors, Zershin
cutting off head clean.
Looking for the last as well.
We'll take care of Osee.
see it's a big turn up for mouse in the last couple of rounds for them to claim 5 here at the half.
for one of the top teams in the world,
and they're not gonna let another one
just so fast.
Yeah, I mean, looking strong in the opening stages there
for the side of energy, really good game plan
on that T side and got them seven rounds of the board,
much more comfortable half than what they've been dealing
with in this year so far.
Now we'll get to see what their CG side's made of.
It feels like Maus are gonna try
and test that B bomb set as well,
Just as the Rotate's leaving here, it's just George.
Solo with the Dual-Bretter's gotta get his smoke down and find the follow-up frags to back it up.
The Flash is inbound and instantly George close lines a headshot,
but he's on the outside of these smokes here, and now his teammates can't find angles in.
So the B site will be claimed here, but Sonic is rolling up on a fast flank.
He's gonna push through the smoke at the same time as his teammate as the bug gets planted.
Oh!
Climbing is good, can the headshots come through?
Sonic needs one more blast bullet in the match he gets it 1v1 versus Jimmy Jimmy known for those clutches close
But no cigar pistol for mouse
Yeah, so good right there so composed of the clutch Jimmy chasing down that final kill
And a very flashier he take up a thread of energy. They wait for that bomb top. Everyone is swinging everyone's convinced
But they're able to quickly force that back there and
Punish great preparation there for mouse. I mean that's easy to get caught off guard
With a retake as fast as that
Do not let that slide in won't let nitro slide into that B bomb say right there cut off on the cross-tag on the sonic as well
Torsi look at the level up here in the second half and already finding damage with the sniper
You do have yours early in man God
I
Was tried that play and it went about the same last half
And this will just be
Long stack into a save but
Maybe hoping for an extra gun they are going up catwalk if Sonic does want to get back at action
Needing probably the highlight of the tournament to stop this A site take
How many scout headshots can you find in one sitting here? That's what Sonic's got to ask
Do you have a whole whole storm as they rush up the catwalk here? It's an instant headshot on
desertion at least something. Jill with his long alert is going to be another story. It's evened
out now 3v3. Of course we're convincing do they need here full belt of utility on OC as well
Looking for more angles in on this retake, but they know they have to speed it up. There isn't a kit in play
So it's got to be a little bit snappy on the recovery here
Here we go flash is gonna be going high
Spinks catch one in the open row on the MP7
I don't know. I'm sure he wants that AK so desperately. I think he's gonna Molly catwalk and I
I think that will call it he also has to back all the way in the pit bomb explosion here on dust tube
It's gotten bigger over the years and so
So hold on to his
Wacker you there they 1200 bucks in the process are not too bad, but
That's for sure
Nothing doubt about it
lovely opener from Torsi and
Pushing the long reagger as well
Also are getting right back into the swing of things here on dust to
Takes a little bit of time to get more adjusted
But since then you got to get credit to bro. I'm some really good calls on those defensive rotations
Oh another head shot of your nitro
You did everything right there a cheat across
There was a Molly in the mix but towards me times up his shot to perfection and
Nitro doesn't get to play the round again. I'll watch from the sidelines
Fortunately for Nitro CS2 is a free game otherwise he'd be asking for refunds.
Not fun there for support either.
He's gone.
Got one out of the beagle but yeah imagine Nitro logging in the second half half time,
gave a great speech to his teammates and then bang no counter strike for you
can't wait to play the second half of dust too I can't wait to cross the big
doors I was nearly a eagle collateral but now OC has three opponents and three
bullets and won't even get a chance to fire those as it will be a calm
walk into the A site
You try to maximize the damage here out of the bro
One big priority
Set himself up the bio see it up in the next
He may not taken down
Looking to paint the picture you know the long-range tool ahead of them and speaks shut in this one down with comfort
absolute ease there for mouse to punish
some of the force by antics and some of the ecos
we set in for the real action here it's gonna be you know up in the mix for O.C.
we're maybe gonna see Nitro in this round maybe we want to speak too soon but I'd imagine
we're gonna need to see some measures as they looked across
No, no, no, no
Let him play along
Yeah, I'll be it can't happen
Did they throw an HG this time at least? I think they did as well.
Yeah, yeah, it didn't matter.
They did last round. He's just timing the shots up in the same angles taken by Nitro,
but same angle also by Thorzzy. He was even late to turn that corner,
and now an HG to blow up from Oslo, George. Also sidelined here.
mouse taking over long control off the back of their opening pick. Bro and OC
watching their team vanishing thin air and OC getting chased down here with his
back turned to middle barely escapes around that corner able to punish
Zershin as well but doesn't get any easier for the save here bro. Right on
the edge of that corner here bro and we put to the task of punishing that
and you're definitely gonna get chased down if you're OC. Gonna look to rip
that office if you can. He's low on HP and it's a scout that will finish the job there.
Torsi looking for an upgrade now at this point and Nitro gotta be furious. Here we go. Here's
number one. Alright fellas, here's number two. Number two? Here's number three. There's
I mean bro is just like oh my goodness dude
Step number one is the question
But unfortunately for me does not have a scout so
Fortunately for Nitro what's $1,700 for a free opening pick
What's $1,700 for psychological damage? Oh, here's the AWP. I think that's a little bit more devastating
Just somebody else, you know at least not Nitro this round
Just let me retire that came back just for this. Okay, there's a smoke. Oh
Please
Collateral
Nitro able to avoid the damage, but OC and George not so fortunate at least he makes it across in towards B
But it's gonna lead for aggression through tunnels, and Nygroth gets spray-transferred those spanks,
punishing the aggression a chance to claim that Tons Control evaporates now.
Last two players, Stanny, one low, and Sonic over there towards the long side.
Trying to make anything work.
Being watched as well.
In fact, ready for this long aggression here, it's just gonna be a double up on the swing caught with the ability out.
Jumping around the corner by safety and we'll be able to confirm the last sonic won't last too long as a mouse
Or biting back quickly in the second half here in energy
Can't put up the resistance even in the early rounds just can't even get anything going
those constant openers
We haven't got to see what a round looks like from from NRG standard and that's got to be so infuriating
I mean, this is it if they want to do anything.
They're CT side.
Time for G. Not holding.
Yes, Nitro was able to cross the doors.
Congratulations, he did it.
We got a 5v5 at the start of this round.
We got some cranks.
They're already through mid.
Open in Sonic, roll in with the instant entry.
Bid to be smoked, but Mows are not going to jump on it, they'll happily take their opening advantage, though.
Just going to get that defense shifted up here.
Numbers weakened on that A-bomb side, a lot of focus put towards this...
Calypso aggression, that's a good sign for...
Energy at least. You got an OC scope ready to go, you got to set up here with the player in Goose as well.
They're worried.
with the potential resistance towards long, they've just got a risk that that's
our ability, they can overlook
smoke goes down, they're gonna queue up the aggression up Catwalk here until they come through counter
and it's gonna be a team kill coming through as well, a lot of speaks, but OC still on the scene
let's keep the numbers nice and steady here for NRG, looking for extra damage here OC
feel the pressure, HE still ticking down his HP ever so slightly in Berlin
looking for strides with the Catwalk
I don't know, I'm gonna go up head to head.
Justy A can not enough, you have torchi running through long right now.
He's going to get the flank on the upper and open up the A site.
Now the player in CT, where does bro want to look?
He's gonna try to find torchi, but he can't.
Torchi faster on the draw, bomb gonna be planted safely.
Four long, platform a two versus three, pulled back and made done by mouse.
eleven to seven
Down seven two here Cole
Nine rounds straight
Looks so confident out of mouse in the opening timings
I mean maybe a couple of frustrating shots to lift off on this T side don't get me wrong
You know towards these certain things off of the 4v5 so that one you had the advantage get the 2v3
Want to complete the mission
I'm not afforded that opportunity here
Tors is showing up in the late rounds parole and finding a way back into it
Finally a miss from Tors you on an opportunity right there a
Little bit of relief for now that they still have themselves a 5v5
And a simple aggression on the sidewalk here for both sides to get up flat
It's perfect working wonders your session with time to spray
HG going down as well. He finds the follow-up takes him a little bit to get the job done, but
Plenty of opportunities at hand here for mouse now blame themselves 12 oh
Okay, bro just gift orgy avenging nitro
bomb down and that needs to be a recovered times gonna burn off a clock here for side
of mouse a gamble to the B site or NRG
Not a bad read here. Good news for...
Mouses they've got utility to cross mid to B.
Nitro repositioning.
I can have the scout posted up here.
They're gonna be fully focusing on tunnels and a nice angle form to work off of.
See how effective the flashes are in the inbound here for the side of mouse, but...
Look to take a contact first. There's the utility coming through.
coming through missed shot initially from bros gonna put the pressure on and the flashes just
blow up the plane your nitro devastated and same is true jimmy with the double entry
and that's gonna be 12 security or ocey i'm trying to find an op here he does have one in the
top of mid at least but not gonna be much of a relief here with mouse on this massive resurgence
the complete turn up in the second half here even say that the CT side was bad for energy
like did they actually do anything particularly wrong it's period this was almost almost felt
like an auto-loss with all the incredible Torgy Openers. He had four consecutive rounds
with sniper Openers. Three of which... Oh, it's easy. He did miss finally, obviously,
in this round. Finally. Bro, shut him down, but still...
It's a little bit too late to get the relief from that, isn't it?
Exactly.
It's gonna be so frustrating.
Five-sevens and pistols, right?
You just, you can't get any ground despite fighting a nice pick.
It needs to come through in a round like this, but NRG have simply run out of chances.
That's quickly spiraled here for them.
Towards you, a lot of credit here.
Spinks who also had a bit of a difficult first half for himself, right?
He wasn't really being able to deliver on that B site. You're talking about the production out of him
Jamie was finding his ones every once in a while, but for space
You know he was the guy that was getting overwhelmed on that B bombsite feeling the pressure and now he's 19 and 12
This T site has also treated him kindly
And okay, they did it again step number one make it into the B bombsite for the defense
Check that off the list
Now step number two, actually being able to put together a hold in the late rounds here.
The utility usage from Maus has nullified a lot of aggressive stances here.
We've seen that short aggression get punished by how effective the flashes are and how cohesive the map control is from this Maus camp.
And that is partially something to look at.
This defense here is NRG ready for the details that Maus have in order.
Their team that, again, has played this map seven or eight months ago, it's looking fierce
for them on this T side.
Yeah, also, Jimmy, a player kind of went through some crit systems in 2025, obviously was one
of the world's top anchors back in 24.
This is one of his best maps.
This is Dust2. He had a 1v5 on this map.
I got him, Dallas.
I'm going to leave.
I'm going to use big gas here right now, pressure on this B site.
Nitro and Bro are backed into the corner here.
This tunnel is going to come through.
They might be able to thrive here, but a little bit separated on the attack right now.
Nitro finding a multi here.
Oh, see, then striking through the middle.
And Holda is stabilized in a big way here bro looking for follow-ups they know
Nitro's around the corner and they know they're out of this round looking to bail
now energy gonna get on the board in the second half here first round comes at a
crucial crossroads in this map but coming down to Nitro being able to
deliver a multi-kill he finally enters into that B bomb site it went
doing so, he's able to hold it together.
Wow, wouldn't you think?
Yeah, quality hold there for Nitro actually able to deal with both high and low.
Coming through.
It has also helped out that NRG fully committed both their B site defenders to defending the mid to B.
Pulse was smoked, so...
could deal with that two-for-one trading pack that I was how to assemble
energy credit to them one step ahead of the curve there challenge flash off the line
He's in the middle and lurking the way out here multiple HEs to spot this.
He's waiting them out effectively.
So effective on that first HE, but there's more to go around that corner here.
Another mid to B smoke tossed in here.
Gotta be careful.
Sonic probably totally out being pressured by the smoke spam here in this follow-up
Smoke coming through is looking to escort them in through mid to B here. One connection from OC.
Nitro doing it again on the hold here, but eventually traded out and just leaves Bro in a solo hold right now.
Having to find himself a multi, does deliver on the first. Gotta be careful of this flank here.
They haven't made their strides through, finally making noise here, Bro. The HE goes a little bit missing,
but Brolin will still find the frag. Got a chance in the 2v2 to close this one out
and put this map to rest here for Mouse.
And his power position though from Torgy back at the site,
no Molly to force him out.
A single flashbang and George has got to do it all the
he'll be sent into the site.
That flashbang expired out.
Torgy locked into the angles, but he misses critically.
Torgy will live though.
Rollhand now can end the game to 1v1.
Optual shot fated.
He nails it and NRG stay in dust two.
I was just like that one right there had a couple opportunities on the end bound
feeling like his shots gone missing and OSC takes full advantage of it when the
pressure's on game on the line and the OC delivers
We're going very well in high-pressure moments, you know, in the frustration there in the
last round and she's like her own trying to keep the nerves nice and calm in the background
It's the timeout of the last of which mouse have been available and I feel like a missed opportunity here
Incapitalizing
Three more shots
Energy have much more here again crossing has been their big vulnerability here and this time able to escape it
Again, avoiding the opening duels from Torsi, trying to take a different approach and focusing
his efforts on punishing any lower tons of Gresh and that will come through and the flashes
have always been present here.
This time, doesn't connect but neither does Osee.
Tough miss out of him.
This is out of an opening pick here but the HEs will do a lot of damage.
There's even a good setup, very mid-centric, off the opener, doesn't fight, hay off.
Still very aggressive here on the catwalk, and George with a flashbang to all three players
here grouping up the catwalk defense the Molly does
who out Sonic does break the setup well solo swing from broland but the
flashbang is excellent Sonic trying to trade dink landed but broland still
standing can he find a headshot no Sonic puts him down but now the mid to
beat comes through now double entry and that might be the map B site is open
two versus four and Maus have found their solution.
There's two players identified here as well.
So trying to cross the scope of Torsi and I need a chance to get some redemption into
shot while blind.
More damage done in the mid-doors here and Jimmy coming through with the closer.
It's Maus that eventually finished the job here on Dust2 and shut down NRG.
7-2 they were able to pull it back at nine round straight
Excuse me make it ten until a couple of clutches with the way of NRG. Well, there isn't any but mouse
extremely heavy favorites now
Yeah, yeah, this is an interesting direction here to take for NRG
I want to see what they have prepared and
Maybe working in their favor is a little bit of the the unknown factor
And what energy is going to be bringing to the table.
I highlighted the ability of Daps and Aikido to constantly develop these executions.
These T sides is going to come down to being able to shut down this squad on the defense.
So as we saw from Dust2, it was a really tough story to get much lifted off.
You had Torzzi opening things up consistently, sure.
If you also had Spinks firing up there, the reactions were left limited here.
It's going to be a fast play towards the A side and bypassing the majority of the
defense here by getting past Sonic. Smoke's already down and a retake's gonna have to be
in order. One kill out of Sonic though straight through the smoke can't hurt. And without a
kit you're gonna need every bit of leverage you can get.
There's been a plant.
There's been a plant going on an A main flank but that's gonna be super slow. Time is
thousands currency right now. There's two sets of doolies flanking slowly. Brilliant
is not watching this at all though and quick execution for two as Nitro gets the double
Jimmy pressing forward trying to win this 1v1 ammunition low for both players.
Torge needing to fight off the horde that won't be able to and time still was low but
the defuse is in for NRG.
Interesting retake angle right there coming through with the double up on the flank and
A lot of focus on that retake coming through in one direction out of NRG, but that flank
will give them some big opportunities.
Also kills on top of that, a little thread of smoke spam coming through from Sonic that
can't hurt either.
Complete denial of any sort of resistance on that T side here.
Without many kills, still not even a bit of an awkward force play.
you're seeing speaks us now go investing in a little bit of utility and so as well
another seemingly decisive call out of this mouse can't test the waters on this
a bomb site slowly walking out and it is bro on an island in this direction
He's gonna go and pop flash here for Torsi and bro immediately dinked up Sonic again through the smoke though
Two for zero, but the H.E. will get bro eventually
Get another post plant and spanks once or
Throwing utility across though. I'm wondering if that maid was seen maybe not
So the double swing coming through George does finish off exertion and then the second
Wow third are you kidding George got all three?
Just leaving Proland out in the open flashbangs good and another retake here for NRG
George handling business right there
No for him
Haven't to come into the strawster. I feel like such a creative player such a smart
Smart and well-supported player here on this NRG camping
not to be expected out of him on this roster as well.
Define that consistency. This is a good round for him to lift off
top of the Sonic spams that continue to roll out for this NRG squad.
They're getting a few luxuries on these retakes, but they'll take whatever they can get
and close out on this defense.
The bomb plant with as much kills as they're after, they're gonna stick to a half by now.
I'm trying to wheel those tech 9s to full effect here.
They should avoid a little bit of those HGs.
You do wonder with the lack of reps here from NRG.
This is going to include any missed utilities, any struggles to lock things down in the
protocols.
So that's usually what you try and patch up first things first when it comes down
to, you know, bringing in this map into ancient.
implement into your pool here potentially.
Oh boy, OC is going to be lured forward by empty space and Jimmy periodically checking his back
And he does get it. It's two deagle body shots if you aim low enough and you're close enough
I guess you can still do that and
OC down
And I think there's about to be a twist I was linked onto this double setup
Can it hold? No flashbangs for the triple swing. Here we go. Running forward, George.
Holding mouse 1 and everyone's done. Let's get shut down.
Watch executive kills for NRG. And a 3-0 start.
Their first 3-0 start since 2024.
I'm just gonna keep ratting that one off. That was low hanging fruit.
At least their first 3-0 start in a half year versus mouse as well lost both pistols on that
last map with us too as well which certainly doesn't help mouse being able to lift off
full times this time without that luxury that's about a back now with the first gun
around in order getting an early head-to-head here being tossed in for cave control with
the mid call call coming through out of sonic and that's of another opening pick
through the smoke here trade is as quick as could be in the hunter's shelf as
gold speaks finding three frags a big breakthrough here in force middle now
cue it up for the reaction down from George as well and it's all standing on
O.C. Shoulders here there's gonna be completely out of this round looking to
save on to his AWP this is why this mouse camp is so deadly even despite
the opening pick coming through on the Zershin speaks able to climb through the
shelf side and net himself three frags in return and his t-side on bus two is
deadly as can be so I'm gonna keep up that pace here I'm at number two brolling
the opps save nice reaction out of OC at least for extra security but the hunt
is still on here speaks is looking to complete a 4k he's spotting out the
back turn, focus set from Ocey, the red room looking for a follow-up shot stays
alive barely but slowly getting dwindled down here and speaks. Gotta complete the
finishing blow.
Yeah I mean talking about this mid fight that happened as Ocey loses
everything just a sign of the times of energy not quite in the flow state of
of holding down mid. Sonic was not fast enough on his Molly reaction to cut off that shelf swing.
Mao's completely exploit NRG with their pace. And that allows for an easy spanks double kill.
No exertion. Eating some slack here.
Oh, middle. Gets himself to the boxes but Sonic's not sticking around to find out what's
behind the smokes bro will with his bullets hill under jimmy oh stepping
forward dodges the flash has three players watching him and nitro will
collect the kill did pick a teammate gets a second and now has night though
isolated on the site towards you versus nitro he's nemesis he'll give it up
3v3 all over the reaction right now here you got a lurk in towards a main
Sonic under the microscope right now and caught with his side turned
Zershin
Catching a box of fries and we're broke on very limited HP picks up an adb
Chancey or to make some strides into the retake. What's a sharp shot on the doors?
He just best him in a sling into the angle and opens up an avenue now for this retake
Especially with this fast flank coming through bro looking for some risky maneuvers
When he's watching he sees the shoulder and he takes down exertion. He surely knows where Brolan is next.
Oh my goodness bro, two HP, two kills, and he's even watching for the jump across.
He knows where Brolan is playing from.
Molly, and now the swing. Brolan holding.
But the defense is not quite planted for him though. Nitro needs this kill, he gets it.
But is there a kick yes on bro and miraculously energy pull that one off?
It's up on him kind of surprises. See him even make much of an attempt there
But a decisive move out of bro making strides in into that retake on 2 HP
I mean not only that he found that opening pick towards middle and
2 a she's flew right by him. They could have handled bro in the early round, but
didn't realize where he was spamming from and so he gets to ultimately close out
the round for his squad as well as start it off I'm out of a mouse out of round
handed to them right there looking strong to close it with the Torzie op shots
but bro bringing out a sniper of his own able to use it against them
straight head to head like I mean we saw bro diff torgy on the scout earlier on
in this in this game as well back up dust too if I had a nickel for every time
I'm not gonna complete the flow but it's still very weird that bro is doing
this to the door right now Sonic steps forward knows where these players are
Inside of the smoke, Queen first, quick trade, oh that's trade, Messi still gets it, and while full blind, helped out by Nitro, it's an early 2v4, haven't taken B lane control since 2024, but NRG still know how to do it.
Bro?
Bro's getting active as well.
A bit of a flank here towards me.
Reading it, but doesn't best him.
It's just Jimmy left on the outside of this smoke here.
With just a deagle here for him.
This NRG.
Stringing together some dominant map control.
Jimmy does send out a headshot here.
Looking for an extra. If he can find George.
He's definitely on here.
But George will be able to best him.
Quick headshot out of his AK.
And mouse
Struggling to fight back up against this activity out of NRG
They're in a huge punch on that shelf or rather cave aggression there
And also fighting down the ramp as well. So they got a couple different prongs of this approach mouse not prepared for it fully
Five rounds on the board here for NRG only a single hiccup
It was at the hands of that, you know, street, big multi-kill you're talking about.
All right.
Some utility not really being respected, but it's a fast B-play here.
Leg shot and a lot of utility damage coming through.
OC trying to offer up the resistance, but these low HP bars are going to make it so
tantalizing for George to strike through here.
Nitro, finding some follow-up as well, and despite some ground being gained, energy
keep their distance against attack nines.
Yeah, just keep those pistols at arm's length. That's exactly what you're trying to do here for NRG, making sure that
they don't get that single entry kill that allows them to then swing onto the last remaining isolated player.
Seen it many a time. That goes wrong with the pistols.
But, it counts back into me.
This is really incredible that you're seeing an RG take on a world-class ancient team performing
well in these gun rounds.
Different setup.
We have some deep pressure from Maus, seeing how many players that lures over.
the line up. Oh, it's nearly good.
I turned out to 18. Of course, he boosted up. George is not careful.
Oh, he's playing with fire.
Still, they set up that angle as well, trying to give him an opportunity to eat that flash
play further confirming. You got OC in charge of this A bomb site you can see
he's got a deep sight line in through A main. Sonic peering around towards middle
as well so it's a little bit more confirmation as to where this end goal
is. Not a lot of activity in A main. Extra riflers on towards this B side of
the map but they're playing a passive stance here looking a lot more like it's
retake centric on this B site and they'll allow them to walk on it and
charge here eventually the fights come forward Brolin taking some activity
towards one of that's his first kill on the board here
I played but Jimmy will not be forced away from it so NRG are they gonna throw
themselves into Brolan into a mow down from Zershid and Spinks and NRG kicked
out of this one, kicking the teeth for Maus.
Planned a passive setup right there. We're hoping for some more opportunities to
spam through the smoke if there was that long smoke as well, but you can see Maus
wanting to take that control as a 4 to 2 of them. Knights are gonna go down
with that op-save as well. If they'd be able to hold on to the weaponry as effectively as
they would have liked, but again, good reaction for mouse. Just a short smoke inbound and
force the ghouls in towards the wall. It's a one-way street here and there's a whole
firing squad around that corner to deal with any reactions. The triple swing from NRG
pushed back now becomes a huge swing round here we've seen mouse struggle in the
opening stage of dust to but get a couple rounds back at that first half and
take over in a second here until he trying to keep Torsi away from these
opening duels slope gets into the floor here but this mid crawl coming through
out of space again is effective and Brolin offers up another trading towards
mid.
Vantage taking you now, re-aggression.
Oh my god.
Timing bat from Torsi on scopes just in time for at least a little bit of life to be inspired.
Nitro still kicking.
And Oc looking for a round winner here in AMAIN.
Oh boy.
Dangerous angle.
I think he was just seen though.
Is Bronsius going to swing the shadow advantage clearly here for Oc.
Misses the shot now in trouble.
Oh, it's the flick. Can't escape through the box and Sphinx has already lurked in CT spawn
Locking up that round. No highlight reel for OC and
A mirror image of Dust2, a strong start for NRG
And it is mouse
Pull it all the way back. It is 6-3
Yeah, that's a big swing round right there. Money's gonna be toppled over eventually
It takes a little bit for Brolin to get online, both the calling in, the bragging as well,
but you can see he finally able to hand a couple of punches in towards middle, back with Spinks
and Brolin.
So the value, honestly, of having a play like Xavition who's so willing to get stuck
in, forces the commitment out of NRG, and it allows for Spinks to find the kills
to back it up here.
He's gonna get some feedback bounces off the body though.
Just with the honorable damage here.
Zersh doesn't get any kills off the body.
Two opening picks coming through out of the pistols.
Pressure put on another deal of shots from Ocey.
Three kills fly by.
It's all on Brolin to save him.
Bro around the corner.
Ocey looking for one more headshot.
There's a connection.
Brolin still kicking.
Headshot found eventually from him.
A 1v1, Bro low on health.
Just needs a shot to connect.
Can he fight?
Brolin falls.
And Ocey ripping away with three frags,
mean Energy are back.
What was that from Ocey?
We can't see these kills, he gets three 1Ds.
Swinging in middle, Dipsy Hopper.
Ocey being called back into the lineup
after the offer exotic,
goes back to NA and takes care of his small businesses.
Ozzy was benched for a small business owner, comes back in, and is hammering down what
many consider to be a top 5 team in the world.
Unbelievable, a full eco win for NRG.
Obviously you have to capitalize on this moment.
But NRG should never be winning this map in the first place, never mind a full
It's so little invested right there and all that lifted off by a phenomenal HG that put everyone on energy low
That was what started the round there for mouse
And OC
Just completely destroys it
Top two performance there in stage one
He's looking to keep up pace, a no player that can swing off the momentum, he's gonna
look to try and capitalize on that geysersion.
Set him up with a flashbang and he'll be the one swinging now.
George around the corner as well, caught with utility though.
He'll be bested, chews up for the cave aggression here, Brolin also trying to find
the response but lets his teammates arrive here.
Bro helped out by George and this thing should go from bad to worse here towards
with a miss shot to follow it up and Jimmy left last man has to get past the
Osteoscope won't get an opportunity somehow in our G stabilizing the chaos
that two-man defense on beat pushing and pulling perfectly bro covering George by
millimeters as well you can actually see from George's perspective a bullet
whizzed by his head.
Spinks had one opportunity to take him down and broke using that attention to perfection.
And that is a real testament here for NRG, a real showstopper of a round that shows that
this team can still play Asia.
The fact that they still have the right coordination and the good fundamentals on this map.
said in the interview that this game might be scrappy and well the full eco definitely
tells you that, but these gun rounds and these game plans from NRG have come through with
preparation and poise.
Yeah, I was much more concerned for the CG side to be honest with you.
I feel like that's where a lot of the protocols get broken down, where the rotations are
just a little late, where the unity in the setup gets, you know, taken to pieces
by a team like mouse of course you'd expect it but they've held it together
like you can see the coordination between bro and george in that last round now
we'll see if bro and oc have a little bit of connection here on this asac
hold initially the off lets one slide by nothing out of the opera there in oc and
bro will be traded he goes for two though and Sonic gonna charge forward
instead of fall back that'll lock lose him his life so I'm gonna be
claimed here nitro and George on a retake attempt been able to pull
Let's pull this off together here, can they do it again?
Oh, it is just...
...Galils.
Trying to stop them.
Elevated angle here from Jimmy, trying to bait the swing.
If the kill's not clean from Nitro, George's gotta pull off a clutch.
Only 26 HP of a Ninja Diffuse, surely out of the question here.
He'll underhand a Flashbang forward, Jimmy!
Oh!
He tries to dodge it, but still...
...George on his feet!
3 HP and exertion will just hand out a headshot at least keeping balance in this half. It is 8-4
but head RG with a strong lead and looking good on their perma bad.
I
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time, Mao's loss of full eco. Honestly, that's something you don't really see Mao's do. A team
with incredible points that takes them a top five team in the world. Losing a full eco to MRG.
Well, it's 8-4 at the half, and as we saw in Dust2, that sometimes isn't enough to win a map on its own.
Thoughts still heavily in Mao's favor regardless,
And NRG still have some convincing to do
No question about it. It's second half does too led to a lot of struggles their t-side has to come through and close out
They can bring into the mix
Stick County totally tossed in but also she's up for some aggression out of Zershin way too many targets at least finds one
They're charging to this B bomb say delayed by a brawling flashbang
And a follow-up headshot here keeping them away from attacking here speaks catching another frag here as well
And George getting run down by the boy knife is out here
Not gonna be able to claim the finishing kill there with the knife, but
The trades come through just as quick as could be George for a little bit of respect
But it is mouse to take the second half pistol here
You see the right-click knife deals 55 damage exactly
George had 56 tough stuff but oh well and that's a bummer all right so are we
gonna see bowels win every single CT side round now like they did back on dust
two in that second half it's just blocks running into these like surely not
again right surely not again yes that is definitely the case three players on
the scene with SMGs plenty enough. And out of there are NRG.
Quick work of that one. And getting on to the real action here, the AK is going to be
invested into it. And again, I talked about the trust that they have in Debstre come
up with some great game clients here. The Strapbook runs pretty deep for this NRG camp.
And as long as they're able to get those executes off and they got to force a little
respect out of this mouse camp but they can get their utility and
execute's ready to go. This team is super deadly on the T side still and have the
utility out fast for this A-play. Smokes already inbound no one close by at all.
Smoke deep in towards Dona but at least a flashbang effective enough to claim a
kill. Onto the hot hand of George. Position looking to hold his ground in the
back of Dona is towards he strikes as well through the smoke. Two opening
Picks here before finally grows able to break through they need much more
Now that CT smoke has just faded so the bomb plant is going to be very difficult on this A site
It's picked up here
Hi, OZ and then a step forward from Sonic 5 bullets in the mag kicked at the kill roll out a 19 HP
OZ still not wanting to commit to the plant just yet
Wanting more from this round. 50 seconds.
We did such a good job of holding control.
And towards going up, so it's going to fade here.
Oh, so you're going to claim an easy pick right there, Brolin.
Side line. Brolin hunting on trying to identify if there is a flank.
But that's not the case right now.
Jimmy, as all the dust settles, put it into a 1v2 bro.
I'll have to do enclosing this one out first things first is trying to get those numbers punched in getting pressure through both angles
Distraction set up for Jamie to close out the finishing kill and mouse
Gonna start to streak things together a
Lot could have went differently there for an RG
Sonic converts that kill in CT spawn you feel comfortable planting that you have CT spawn control in its own right as well
Well, big linchpin moment, a mouse stay solid as we expected to and have expected them to
throughout this game.
A better plan like the present, as we throw as ready for it, but barely missing out on
the headshot.
There at the follow-up towards shelf a lot of ground being gained and it looks like it collapses
Coursera after but you just don't want to hand over OC in a deagle shot
Lift things off one of the corner tucked in there comes a full swing
Of a force of energy, but it is getting absolutely torn up
This mouse have no troubles dealing with the pistols this time around won't lose the half-buys
I get back into the guns here early. Now I was with four in a row though have immediately tied things up
This beat has vaporized instantly now real counter-shock has to be played
Don't want to pull this back, but
One big thing is now some builds up so much money to that
They're not going to be easy to break and brittle now.
R and RG, the name damage on B lane is immense.
In fact, wallbangs could be a huge risk for them too.
And cave side, roll end feels pretty to it.
Maybe going to drop back in middle.
He's not gonna throw it.
Oh, stink face a little while, but...
He's a handle there, mid aggression coming through out of towards you with the AWP, but
again, walking into the angle, Oc able to straight up best him, doesn't help him up
against the big flank, but Sonic sure will.
He found a kill through the smoke on a Jimmy as well, so this A site is open for business.
And Bro is cutting them off from the cross, even though he's 17 HP from the early utility.
A comfortable plant is ahead, and now it comes down to a patient game.
Bro, here's the footsteps, so he's going to be the one who knows first here, finds
a headshot, initially sets up the 1v1.
Sonic set up perfectly for the close right now, up on the line.
Xershin gonna walk right into the angle and NRG
Second opportunity with those guns out. It will be capitalized on by the hands of Sonic
An attempt to collapse on middle
After the initial mid-pop, but it was Sonic who spammed down two
That was a 2v4
rolled back by NRG and
even the reed in the situation that
Sonic could just run to the A site. No problem
The NRG reclaimed that lead in a gun round.
Now heavy mid control, heavy B control, right now, four miles, once again, looking to collapse
in that B lane potentially.
I'm taking some spam damage here, but I was able to make a move in towards Shelf, and
I'm gonna force him back into the safety of Cave for now.
Angle from OC making noise though.
Or he could have maybe peered through and gotten an angle instead, gets met by the reaction
utility of the mouse to block the vision.
Roland taking a confident stance here, in towards cave, won't be able to hold that position
for forever.
I have to slowly be forced a little bit further back, he's here on a lot of footsteps around
that corner here, and energy now set there focusing towards the middle of the sphinx
goes clearing down the ramp he has towards you to back him up that's a bomber in george's hands
that can't afford to go down one molly to bait up the swing from sphinx it does now looking for the
trade but there's the bomb on the floor here sphinx will take two and fall away
reverse is five it just no map control here for nrg
osi needs to be given something or i think for 30 seconds it's knife out into spawn
And that's exactly it
Gonna be even back up at 9s and nice spray transfer there from spanks solo aggression
Time just play off the timings. He's listening with these ears
for nade poles out in the open you see where George is standing to throw that Molly and
Nice room not prepared to cover that particular swing
20 kills now
Spanks, very strong game from him.
No doubt about it, he has had a huge turn up since that first half where he was largely
left limited in impact there on that CT side.
He just couldn't get much going on the defense.
And that B bombsite that was giving him a lot of opportunities.
NRG were throwing some aggression towards B on Dust2, but ever since that half completed
Completed he has been a different beast
That multi-kill really shers it up
But I mean when you can't let this team get away with their executes here
You can throw in some disruption before they've got the utility down. It's really hard for this team to operate
George has an opening pick there now the flight coming through with a sight hold on this B site
Still gelling together towards he forced off eventually and look at it gain their strides in towards B
I'm like nearly catching on a Nitro, but I'm going to hit the plant, I'm going to go
tonight, and then Bro falls on the reload, just leaving Sonic, devastating kills coming
through, learn that line up from the side of exertion, a perfect denial, and Sonic with
just 34 HP, giving Aventages Angle a ton. And Maus with the know-how stopping the B site
play. That's definitely a result of the reps right there. Maus ready to play in the retakes
setup that they go for. Works a little bit better. You already have that quick shelf
aggression that's coming through as well. And Maus paint the picture early where that
That play was heading from NRG despite an explosive nature and a bit of change in the tempo.
Now stay a step ahead.
Second time out called from the NRG camp trying to determine what they do with this economy.
George with a little bit of money to invest.
That loss bonus is maxed out for NRG at this point.
I got themselves a scrappy half-buy put together here with a timeout to call into it as well
With George playing as good as he has been on this map of ancient
Let's see what sort of leverage he can create in this round. I actually did sell that a cave. I'm apologies
We'll go for a Mac 10 instead
We've something bit more explosive here at a George
I mean, they need a miracle. Another full eco miracle, but it's not looking good to start.
Brows down early. A site rush coming through. Of course, he doesn't miss, ends George,
for Lyon. And into the site they go, but the site is one thing. The bomb planted everything
else is another. Sonic was just one. Nightshore last man standing. Can't he be the superhero
that they need absolutely not ran down by mouse it's 11 to 9 is a mirror image of dust to you amazing start for energy
talking about highlights all across the board and in this second half nothing to speak of
So we move around, brought to you by Sonic in that mid control and being able to punish
an authority to really coming down to the individual effort out of him to shield in
their only round on this T side outside of that mouse, I've constantly attacked the
default and I've been able to win it.
They're doing it again here, mid pressure coming through here, throwing flashed
off the line but still finds the follow up here. No way.
Our trade from George misprays cost him his life. Jimmy then pounces and it's an instant
4v2 again bro looking to save him. No luck there for the top rope and Torsi will strike
down with the AWP. Mouse looking to put this series to rest and with their opening matchup
of 2026 looking strong versus NRG. Yeah you can't be making mistakes like that
versus a team like Maus,
IGL Brolin gets all day to find both of those kills.
And another seems to be brutal loss on the horizon for NRG.
They've played well, but not well enough.
Beat a squad like Maus.
from exertion as well already close to the smoke he can fast like a if he feels
like it
position it's an ace like play for NRG whether they do it now or later those
are super committed to the B-hole that the moment so it will just be
Unplayer, 4G rotates though, things get weird.
Yeah, you got the extra support now, they just cleared out B, they got the smoke down towards Doris and Torsi.
Look at it get committed on them, this defense helping out Jimmy on the initial hold, at least a 1v1 trick.
Look at the damage that's done here, lowering these HP bars on NRG.
It's more damage as the smokes blow open.
Bombs still get to go down here, that was the problem last time NRG executed into this A side.
This time will it be the same case? You're on the edge of the slope. They get the numbers punched in at least.
I'm just asking for a 4G.
Has a quick scope in him. It's gotta be OC. Hands is back over to space.
And that's the series. A nice try here for an NRG. They definitely showed up with a playbook and a plan.
And with early leads, it just wasn't enough. Mounds adapt. Mounds level up in both of these second halves across just to an ancient.
and the permaband derby all via entertaining ends as expected.
Malz advance forward, they are one best of three from the store.
That just wasn't as messy as I...
But uh, certainly gives us a little hint to keep an eye on Woxic and some of the moves
he's maybe established. Obviously, eyes on Sol Fly as well. This is going to be my
opportunity to see what he brings to the Aurora roster. First hand from the casting
desk, so intrigued and excited.
T-Start for Falcons as well.
So we're going to be expecting to see the Falcons pick themselves up.
The Lion's share of the rounds.
It's tough to do, right?
You're measuring against the old masters.
I was talking about their stat lines.
It was like 26 and three since the start of 2025.
And the map wasn't even in the pool for six months.
Yes, this has got to be careful with that bomb.
Just a little cautious.
Looks like Woxic has kind of given the game away.
There's the bomb spotted.
Honestly, take some space.
Oh, good shot on the P2000.
Honestly, he doesn't really get a chance. His round is cut short.
Niko's P250 hoping for an overextension from Magia.
You can see there's two pairs of dual barrettas for Kixson to trifle with if he dares.
Mid-space is nice, but you need to finish on one of these sites,
so you need to break through as the P250, big name.
Looking good, it's a little deep. Still kicks in, has managed to claw one back.
Magic gets overlooked and the trade from Nico. Long range, not the perfect weapon for the job
as Antares does adjust to kicks in. Waiting for his teammates, and here they are.
Kiyosuke is going to find Soulfly and clean headshot from the USP.
Nico thrusts into a very uncomfortable one versus three, and it's Waxit descent.
Some bangers on the pistol. We can hear the eruption of energy from Aurora and
CT pistol on Nubis. You can understand why. Yeah, right. Well, let's see if they're able
to find the conversion because the bomb has gone down so what type of force by the falcons follow
through with now falcons played this against vitality a second bullet beautiful crispy shooting
and that was a bounty but that was before the update well not before the update they were
using the old pack so this is the first time we're seeing falcons play on this iteration of
the nubus and it will be the four so Frick Lills, two digs, t-stairs smoke,
have to be aware of the aggression, Nico's just gonna run straight through
that, pretty default start all things considered, Nico wants to try and take
this space so that without the full belts of utility that goes both ways
because we're only in the second round of the game, blocked by smoke for now.
So he has applied enough pressure to force out key pieces of utility.
Well, Cardi will be hearing those planes dropping down from rugs,
and that nade hasn't quite hit the mark, has it?
Misthrown and nobody home.
We're going to go for late mid control now.
That's with the bomb, so don't anything is you to kick some will go first hoping to be traded by Monacea if anybody is close
But there's a tail to this
Plenty of members silently creep through middle 55 seconds
Are they aiming for the a split again three players here once more for Aurora?
You can see the angle the Waxxx on is just jiggling intermittently behind that new tool box
Temple smoke lined up by Niko so it does imply it's gonna be camera centric a finish. They smoke temple forum
And here they come
Two ready up close and personal once it goes down a bit of a tank you're that's messy especially when Zantara's fights all three of you
Well round done Zantara's has decreed. It's over
Niko just gonna try and deal with Magi's hide now in plain sight
Hold it on for his life. I'm gonna get away. It's a tall soul fly
Present incorrect, but I mean lovely from Zantara sure doesn't it's not ideal the Kyosuke is taken down a teammate there
But uh all the same is what is Santaris that really does defend that site and secure the force by if a mere anti force about the two rounds
In a row where we've seen three players over towards a right
It makes sense in the pistol you're gonna take a few more risks, but calling that as well up against the anti force
This is yeah, where the ticket you gotta shoot right you have to in that situation doesn't look great, but
Eyes on the prize as we do get back in with five digs
So looking for some pics
Well anyone from Aurora have Blige.
T-Stare Smoke has been a consistent feature so far for Aurora in this one, so we'll see how long that continues.
We can also start to talk a little bit about the CT setup, so you're gonna have the combination of Soulfly and Maga over towards B.
Centauria is dealing with middle.
Bokadia anchoring A, and then Woxy, the AWPing piece, expected everywhere.
Sign of a good all-part on a map like this who wants to be quite dynamic
We had some moments from James yesterday where you can see just how annoying and all but can be especially if they're stubborn
They stick around in couple of mollies take a few risks
This is the five monies been waiting for see if walks it continues to show restraint
He hasn't left his high D hole of camera
So looking good for another clean conversion up against what is just a couple of dozen eagles
And that you just put his nose out be made and I think he's called it clear
So this is actually a bit of missing for that wearing it for a B split, but should be easy to deal with
Easy for soft light he's gonna go himself a couple of kills
Now they should be able to uh, oh there you go. I just mop this one up with ease nice job from Tessus
Yeah, you need more clothes though and soft let's have an absolute none of it not playing with any fear
No, he has the advantage he has hit himself a couple of deagles a double kill now. It's enabled the plant
It's made it out. It's a lock for a little and you get a guy. Yes
Certainly attainable. He is hoping to buy time. What's it waiting for his teammate to arrive six in the m4
We'll have to use the three in the deagle as well maximum ammo efficiency required out of Niko if he wants to make a clutch out of this
No kev either it just feels so unlikely what six gone Niko hits another laser beam headshot
What to find, Wiccardia denies respect to Nico for making it as competitive as it was, but also Wiccardia holds on
Doesn't give the insane clutch to him. Okay, well Cole Bang is there for sure
That is a whole lot of value out of that light investment
Number two, yeah, and Salflite, he was on for the eco ace there, so gets denied and then he's thinking
I just got four kills. How has it come down to a 1v1? Well
Well, because Diego president correct is pressure on the finance for Aurora going into the first
gun round.
Falcons have them right where they want them to break them with this.
Lots of smokes in the air early.
So definite B pressure lurk smoke as well as EBOX smoke and it's the deep variation
means you can't even swing and try and take the jewels towards water.
That's an unblockable body blockable.
Is that smoke?
Is it ahead of the timer?
perhaps, yeah, ahead of the internal time that they have,
beating the incendiary and burrowing deep into that smoke
that will be fading shortly.
Madge could be vulnerable and susceptible to Kiyosuke here.
Oh, it's a messy spray from Kiyosuke.
Madge's movement made it hard to track.
Oh, nose and Torres.
He was supposed to at least be good for one.
Instead, the site is lost over, run with Falcons.
All right, well, they had the stack in the right place.
Just some messy fights from both teams
And it has to be the same for Aurora now.
So Oxycombe and MacCardia.
We'll just be looking to hold on to these
and we'll find their first round.
Yeah, and it comes through the vulnerability of B.
I mean, Taylor's old as an U-Bus.
B site can feel very flimsy,
even with the very best anchors on the site.
Yeah, good catch from you as well.
The fact that they've thrown that lurk smoke
over towards B in a variation
that Magikant just block it.
that same that we've seen match identified before and just continue to push that wide it removes any
of the threats that he's we're trying to apply so if you can get that in and safely
Sonic trying to bring some energy as well now he's got a match with Aurora given they were
really roaring into start off the day so they saved AWP in the m4 can be bolstered but it
isn't going to be the best of buys there's a couple of mp9s in the mix right now and a
a deagle. So, does this mean that Aurora are going to look to take a couple of risks, right?
We just heard from Wakadia saying, oh, we got some alt peaks through the window. Let's
see. Moxic will be starting on B. So, no one tending to mid at the start of this whatsoever.
Oh, he's got the geeky HG. You can see Songfly did manage to get in towards the
EBOX position. Takes just minor lecker damage there from the flak. So you know that, uh,
Oxy, that moving piece with the AWP is in the round with the AWP. And you also know that Wakari
the Aank has the rifle. It doesn't mean they have to start there, but helps inform some of these
decisions is, okay, we'll call out a block smoke towards EBOX.
But quite a temperate pace from Falcons and absolutely no rush. We know the T side of
this map. You do take your time and you're able to pull out key pieces of utility as
Matchup has erupted and taken this B main space, but they will have heard the flashes. It should be wary
They have lost that key piece of real estate on the map rotation coming in hot and heavy right now for Aurora
Two on the side, but could be more in a moment's time
They're gonna have the whole squad here
We very well may have like a kind of fire gonna go all they gone through this. Yep smokes already in there
We're Cardi's gonna be ahead of this if they do break that smoke. He's gonna swing on it
three! Zintara's the last piece to fall. It's too damn easy. He thrown the kitchen sinker,
and he's still with absolutely no vision, finding three kills, determining the round's
outcome is mad. That is stunning from Wakadia, right? That level of output right there, considering
everything getting thrown in, and he knows in that moment, as monosy, might lose the AWP right here.
We'll just stay on board with this, because pushed up close mid, the removal, it's there,
And that just takes that and he could even run with double orbs if he wants. No, all right. They'll just keep the single
But Wakadia, that is insane. Let's check that unfold. You can see the decision-making process
Okay, the U2 is coming in and we're backing off them. My team is here. They're coming to a smoke
He's completely blind just halts our mouse one. That is masterful stuff there. A triple kill
Wins the round on his own essentially Wakadia massive work. Incredible
And just those like quick adjustments he makes.
I see Imagine looking for the block right now.
Yeah, he's gonna...
All right. Wait. Actually...
Yeah, never mind.
Well, I spoke too soon.
Yeah, take it back.
You can still block it.
Imagine's found a way.
He's just happy to stand in the open for a little bit longer
with that air bolt.
Wow. I mean, probably exploitable.
Best spawn B could probably catch him.
Yeah, you start running now and the guy's standing in the open there.
Regardless, I mean that that goes both ways. We've got a bit of a quicker a look here
It's mostly just gonna straight up smoke camera heaven and go. What are you doing again?
I don't I think they don't think he can yeah, what's it's gonna be right next to it as well
It doesn't seem like the best position for an offer to be here
He starts to spam ahead of it this time nothing from a car. Yeah, but what's it there?
He's the flash trade provided Kiyosuke has gotten the site
I think I was admired when you
do go for the back to back call
when it first it doesn't
succeed. Just try again. That's
it. They're sitting in the kill
feed as well. That's what we
were talking about. We're going
to be able to kill three of us
again on that execute. So
stubbornness there for
Falcons, but it will pay off.
I think I was admire it when
you do go for the back to
in the kill feed as well. This
guy's completely blind. So can
we trust the flashback kill feed
icon? Well, I know we can with
the replay, but that's a good
point to the message and the
same with the smoke sometimes
as well. Yes. Yeah. How many
you're going to take with you
already got one of the exit
remove minus his or get me.
He's not going to be happy with
that one. He's such a nuisance.
His pesky MP nine X is he's
So I can drop one. Honestly, you can drop one as well.
So I'm going to work out. So here it is.
So as long as you can be peeking B main at 1 minute 42.
I suppose he had to play up at Jail. So there was cover there. He's not just doing it without.
But it's good to see the adjustment round for round of what we were talking about.
Like, just that in itself, is that good enough to condition Aurora to play heavier A?
I have to the round magic looking over a decade. Well, that's that's the other thing. They didn't see that it was blocked
Right. Falcons don't know right. Yes. Yeah. I mean, I was thinking about the this a site as in like, you know
Does it force Aurora to be playing even more? Ah, well, this is the thing so far
It's just been a lot of two three splits, right? So I guess they're reading the play and hoping that their stack pays off
What variation do they go for this time?
There will be some form of aggression. T-Stare, smoke out.
Yeah, Wokseq starts B this time.
Gonna be looking for a little peek down at that E-Box water line.
Ask for a break.
Yeah, but it's timing.
No one home.
Alright, so good patience from Falcons. They won't get caught in the open.
Working on some mid-presence.
There's just some towers here throwing out some defensive utility
We'll get support now from Madge who's she would ever just support his boy
Micka troll take it
At least stage one. Oh
Doesn't seem like the great fight for Madge. He is gonna back away from temple
They're gonna be feeling a lot of an awkward smoke there isn't it as well popping out of camera
So Kixxen controls the lurk, but Kixxen is with him, so maybe there's commitment.
Zataras has got nothing to report.
Oh, not this again, guys!
Ah, not this again!
It's the temple of team kill!
They faked B and they're going to slink through middle. It's just a part of your own A.
I've really eaten it. The bait, that is. They've got a hook in their cheek.
Niko just looks away now, but an acrobat is down.
After the best MP9, it's like a mosquito!
You've got to swat him away.
Still though, with Kiyosuke falling,
they've got a two-man advantage for this retake,
and that's if, you know, if Akadia got anything,
it would have been worse.
So, important kill provided by Kickstarter.
They will get a chance to plant,
a chance at turning this 5v3 on its head.
Soulfly's going away, going to be very heaven-centric,
so Tessus is going to have an awful lot of work to do here,
and if he goes down with nothing,
Monos is in so much trouble.
We need Tessus to deliver if Falcons are to find a third here.
I'm not sure what's up in here in Krakow, but people are seeing things.
I spoke to him, actually, I saw him in the lobby afterwards.
I was like, you know, I know you're not feeling great, great.
What happened there?
And he was like, yeah, so like there was a there was a chance
they could have been to come through mid and I looked away
and I looked back and I just saw I know it was a CT.
I saw a CT model, but I don't know, man, I just thought I'd shoot.
Ha ha ha, he was possessed.
OK, well, this one right here is it's very pit-a-patter, right?
It's one by one, right?
They're not swinging off each other.
I know it's a tough position to be able to swing out together,
But that was way too easy for Tessus to just be able to take his time.
Oh, aggression beat perhaps.
Softly's got the only rifle, so they're going to try and make a play.
See how safely Tessus is playing this? It looks very safe.
It's a little pixel angle. You can play like a slithergap right there,
where you get that info and you're practically safe.
Unheadshotable.
And they are going to take this mid-control.
It's something that you can try and punish against Aurora, right?
They don't always play on mid.
They just want to block you for the start of the round.
Mag is holding this and it's not really going to net the many things as it does look to be the A finish again.
So, I can find a decent amount of success over towards the A site.
They've heard this rotation. Hello, one sec.
I found them.
Yeah, sir.
That's it.
He's lost his rifle. So, there's an upgrade.
They're still faffin' about in mids.
Oh my goodness. How does he find that headshot?
So much damage inflicted. Still, honestly, doesn't get caught off despite being softened up.
I don't know. I don't know.
It doesn't feel sketchy
considering Santaras is saving
the AK. I think Sonic would
disagree. I think he's
watching this with a baited
breath. Well, if you could see
what we could say, you should
relax. Yeah valid. That's four
four. We're going to tie things
up. Why does he looks so
loseable rounds. Not unwinnable, the opposite of that.
Try to exit safely, soul flight.
Exits. Yeah, and edges here as well.
I think every round Falcons of 1 there's been at least one exit, Frank.
Or at least one.
And monitors with the bomb as well from the earlier dinks.
So that is a very, very costly...
Okay, alright.
So, just to clarify, that was 1M4 and 4 USPs.
P's Alice there was a flash so you're right sorry excuse me please bring that into the conversation
I should appreciate
All right. Well, they still have or had residual cash, so it's not the worst that was not they have to buy Galil's because of all these
Exits could have flowing effects
I was gonna go over the shoulder cam just see how
Honestly actually watching it from the over the shoulder the sonic is that was already pretty Ted. Yeah. Oh
Seven HP the someone a I'll go down kicks is gone miss shots
Just between the jumping match's legs.
Oh, the flames!
How's Matcha won that?
Don't go finish off from trade. Wakiya-suke couldn't.
He's been doing a lot of spray and pray in these connector fights.
He has.
Nika's doing the hard version.
And he's peeked into Woxic.
That's not like...
He's down to 7 HP!
Woxic still managed to adjust the tests in the flames, though.
Okay, I'm on a C-Clutch.
Let's see what he's got for 2026. He leaves the bomb behind. He wants to try and catch
this window of opportunity, hoping to catch jail or anyone playing close towards the platform.
But they're actually backing away. They're letting him play. Yeah, logically driven, right?
If you give this kid too much, right? We've seen him in clutches before. He's insane.
These are the moments where he could just pop off, especially if he gets to play
at his tempo. So they're icing him out right now. They're not giving him an
ensuring trade potential by partnering up. Or a double for Monosik.
And that stuff all works out for them. That was nice for a strain CT maneuver to close.
That's all on Woxic for me. The fact that he gets that second kill is insane.
He's under so much pressure. Molly's burning, he's in the open.
Imagine having a good old time. This is their home turf. I think when Aurora saw
that a Nubis was back in the map for a while, yeah, right?
I was looking at his health like just melting away. Didn't realize he'd actually adjusted onto tests as he made.
So, admirable.
Here is the ramifications of all of those exit kills. It's going to be a tactical timeout called by Zonic.
Hi guys, we are on the favorite T side of this map. Understandably, it is Aurora's home turf, and so the CT side will be strong.
You'd even be like, you'd be really laughing if you could close out 7-5. Of course, that does require three consecutive.
I think Facebook tweeted something out saying that with the matches on their platform that the map was more 50-50
Then the previous iteration interesting. However, I'm not using hugs as a measurement for professional counter strike
No, so it is like to keep in mind, but I want to see how it continues to trend
Throughout think like by the end of the tournament will have a little bit of a better result
There's already a decent amount of reps that we've seen right so
We'll keep tabs on it
Bang!
Just like that, Woxy, Petrol's first blood takes monosy out of the round.
And they forceport into this round.
Yeah, well now you're operating with a very heavy disadvantage.
It could get worse for ya, Wakadia good for one.
Centaura's already borrowed on the site.
If you want to take this fight, Yasuke, no spray allowed!
Centaura's is there for ya.
Receives you comfortably. Job is done.
Now it has to be the eco into the next.
Yeah, so we're looking at seven for the CT side hall.
Minimum.
That's if Tessus and Kixon can't find some sort of angle into this.
This would be insane to be formed.
I mean, the only slight glimmer of hope I have is that if Kixon could take an overzealous
Centares headshot that might open up an opportunity for that flank through mid for Tessus.
I don't think Tessus can move first.
It has to be this fight here from Kixon.
He has a molly, so yeah, there we go.
He can flush it out.
Tessus plays it safe as he should.
then the gap opens up because Waxing takes the line.
And then if you peek into the orb, you die.
Just like that.
Flawless, really. I mean, very strong.
It's impressive to see.
And it's a nice reminder of what CT side alovers can look like.
Structured well.
And also, it also is a big kind of balm to the soul to remind me.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
This is the map where CT aggression is the answer often.
Yeah. And the thing is, there hasn't been a lot of that for Aurora.
It's just been about having the three-man stack on the right side with the right here.
and Wakadia getting a free man spray down completely blind as they're executing into his.
They have shown signs of these opening moves, right?
This one right here, obviously pushing off.
It's not to the same degree of running out Konecto or running out the window.
They used the B main push in two rounds. One was with an MP9, one was with a hero M4.
Hickson's line up a barrage of a single smoke and two flashes. Just look to the buy.
Crushed B, no stop. A classic call. It's worked out for the head shot.
What's up flight goes down, you'd love a plan!
A plan I thought would be the maximum!
Two kills in a plan already feels like they've done very well with what they had to be
Scythe showing its vulnerabilities once more.
You guys got the gun, they can't get their hands on the other one.
Okay, you've got Wukadia, Woxic and Centauros all coming in from three different
angles of approach.
Because surely, dang it!
Okay, converted!
By the Glock of Modesty!
Centauros takes a heavy lick down to 18 from the Glock.
Now he finds an M4 for a 1v2.
No armor, surely no hope.
Needs more bullets, find 17 in the mag.
Gotta avoid that nade.
They're on the defuse, it's not planted for monosy.
Surely that makes it impossible.
Yes, it does.
Threatening rounds on the low econ from Falcons, but not able to convert.
Some of the scarier moments, I mean, when they're on eco.
Niko getting two kills on the way in there,
and even the dink on that E-box player.
That's the kill, that could have been the round.
Getting good form is Niko.
Yeah, keeping up some of that form that he had in bounty.
Yeah, even monosy gets the burst fire. I don't know if it was a dink, but it was definitely
damage on the Zsara's range. Alright, final round to the half. Double orbs brought out,
bit of a change up. Jess, let's just miss that nade.
Woxic, that's just pushing.
Matcha, ahead of the lurk smoke. This could be interesting. Niko has managed to catch
Solfly from mid. And Matcha, an aggressive maneuver to catch Sintessus on his progressions.
So now the Orps have been revealed, both Woksa and Mantra have put their Orp in the feed.
And you're doing this boost to hope you're gonna catch Rotators, you're not gonna catch anything right now.
So, Monosy and Niko, kicks in, walking into the heavily fortified side.
And Mantra's more than happy to take this dual.
Ooh, a little slow on the reactions and peeking back into Monosy as a death sentence, so he will go down.
And Mr. B Main Smoke!
Oh, in the open, a quick flick from Monosy typically would hit, but this time Centaurus
prevails, kicks it onto him for the trade.
Two on two, Viniko and kicks in.
This feels like an important one.
Falcons a fifth round would go a long way.
No hurry with 50 seconds on that clock.
You know both of them are going to be here by now.
You spotted the tip of Woxix's head waiting for that overextension.
Oh, quick! From the Sniper.
Kixen with it all to do.
Wakadia once again demonstrating that restraint
in these number disadvantages for Falcons.
So Kixen should be able to get the bomb down,
but how close can they get while he's punching the digits?
Actually, Wakadia thinks he's pulled the plug
and rotated it over to all day.
Now Kixen has the opportunity in the 1v1.
Does Waxit wait for Wakadia to come back?
Surely.
He's been following the philosophy of the previous.
He will just park the bus hope that he over into your walk straight into the AWP
Woxic
Lovely round out of him three impactful kills from the Southpaw Sniper Aurora's home turf and it definitely looks like home eight CT rounds
I
What is Turkey known for?
This fascinating country is known for its striking mixture of history, culture, natural
splendour and being goddamn good at the map and noobess.
This is their home turf and they are rumbling the Falcons right now.
This head to head to kick off stage two for the Falcons campaign.
It's been met with resistance.
Yeah, no, absolutely.
This is Aurora looking incredibly comfortable, opening jewels for the Falcons on the
T side of Anubis, Amiga two, as far as opening jewels one, 10 for Aurora.
We have swapped sides.
Monacee's already eaten that H. E. Grinney.
Ah ha ha!
Pixel too far, says Monacee as he taps his head off.
An important pistol as far as Falcon's competitive nature on this map is concerned.
And an opener.
Yeah, that's true.
There's number three.
Zantares put clawback.
Oh he's done better.
Yeah, double up.
Kiyosuke's had a bit of a tough one so far.
Need to see some precision.
How's that from Zantares?
No worries. The Turkish Terminator is here and he's taken down three of you. He's taken the A-Site with the squad and you are so disconnected.
Niko gonna be coming in from A-Main. You've got...
Save you Kevlar.
Honestly coming in from Heaven. He wants to have a look.
Save you Kevlar.
He fancies his chances mate.
If he taps him, if he takes what's in...
Kevlar.
He's going for it. If he one taps him...
But she hasn't.
Ah, you go for it now. You give it a little go.
go. Centauri's already got three. How many more could he possibly get? In fact, he's dead.
One on one. Sulfi vs Niko. Should we pull it off? This dream duo, Monosia Niko, have
denied what was a certainty for Aurora. That is a fumble right there. A 2v4 retake of the A bomb
side. In the scenario, they should never win. Stereo frags for both of them, and then you
see the final two. Centauri's and Sulfi just scampering. This is the opener,
since major is answered with the one time after they do all bang. He's deleted the time. I think he
wins the round right here. This is a massive stall out of any rotations through middle and
then they're able to break into that round. That is phenomenal from Falcons. Yeah, that's
actually good. That's that reignites the whole conversation. And that's why Santaris is reacting
the way he has. They know that's supposed to be there's not meant to lose around like that.
that. Okay, well, that's supposed
to keep kicks in and Kiyosuke
planted on B and only smoke to
have them dumping you to a block
smoke still thrown today. A
second to try and keep them in
the dark kicks and has an angle
over this. So the fake actually
has Niko rotating over a main
smoke fading now as an anchor
myself. I want to see how
Tessus handles this because he
hasn't got much help playing
retake now yeah that makes that makes a lot of sense get if you can get the
info delay them he has an incendiary as well so what's the execute here likely
heaven smoke site molly another smoke for wakata as well
wakata is part of the pack so that might just get trickled out into camera if
they get the state a flash go yes and Taris will swing off the first flash
it does catch him and good position good part I think from the card it
makes it difficult once he gets nothing. And yeah, just like that,
soft flying, McCarty have managed to open up the defense.
Another retake all through heaven.
Keep it simple, stupid.
We saw how poorly this worked for Aurora.
Right. Channeling through this way in particular,
Zantara's looks like he's going to be set for the multi.
Yeah, they're all just back away.
So short lived celebrations.
It was a harder retake on the pistol.
This one, they're not willing to throw away all the rifles.
And that is a different little execute, right?
They're just going to play on the flashes
supposed to telegraphing it with the smoke and the molotov.
So just scaling out with the flashes,
we'll see Aurora find their ninth.
It should have been on the pistol.
Why not find it on the force?
That was very well handled.
They were able to completely control the tempo of that round.
And they're going to get on out of here.
No, I really, really like that.
That's one of those kind of anubis specialties where,
especially when you've got players like Zatara
and Solfly swinging in first, a good flashbang.
Shouldn't be enough to get you some space at least
to get open and kill doesn't give that additional hang time of the smokes being spotted in the
sky to get a third body over there.
Second tactical timeout called, Dominic back on the microphone. So they save the M4 and
Nico the two pharmacists and now it's about what they can piece together for the rest.
You're obviously going to shove because of the loss bonus situation right now. Do you
feel that the hand is forced and you have to go aggressive? This could be around where
you gamble stack a site maybe you do a 4-1 or 3-1-1 maybe you get lucky and then if you don't you save
and you go another opportunity to the next but at that point Aurora already up to 10 potentially 11
so you really need to start getting some traction as their map choice falcons Mirage up next
Inferno is this worrying third and deciding no reason Aurora can't take this series today
So trying to water away any of the early aggressions from the new hull.
Also cooking pressure on B with two smokes.
Flashing for a peek out the window.
He doesn't find anything that hasn't scoured up just yet.
Second flash out there ready for monosy.
Still nothing.
Have you outside air again and I'm starting to feel pretty tough for Tessus.
He's done well.
Zontara's dead to the solo A defense.
He's got to have a reaction.
He's in so much trouble.
Nades and flames at his front door.
It doesn't spread.
He goes wide into Lucadia.
Oh, it's not going to be easy, especially with the loss of Nico.
It just wasn't clear.
I didn't anticipate Woxic to still be waiting and wait.
They're pivoting.
That's where the majority of Falcons find themselves.
Montesy's hearing this.
Sof like, you got the bomb.
Magus should have him dead.
Montesy's worried about too much.
Yeah, alright, let's around.
Well, I think because they got stalled out
by the D.V.E. for a moment,
they didn't just run in in case the rotation was swift.
It's one of those things where if you, you know,
get stalled out for a couple of extra seconds
and still try and brute force in,
they can be spilling out heaven,
It's almost like when you get a player into the A bombsite on ancient and everybody else is over towards be laying. That's like, no, let's just rotate the bomb back. Never a good idea, right?
Give the CTs time to clear out and then also rotate and that'll be round number 10 looking just to hold on to the pharmacist again.
My shot from Tess S. Yeah, fair play. I mean solo A, just the Desert Eagle and the Incendiary.
And Nico is spewant. The type of deaths that he's had in this game. I'm surprised he's keeping his call.
keep in his court. Yeah. Well relatively contained reaction. I'd say so. I think this is just
one of those situations that makes Aurora so much more threatening. If Anubis isn't your
ban and you know that they're going to be picking it, you need to have got reps in,
but the season's just started. So realistically, it's just crack. And then you have the
other problem for Falcons where they had nucleons for a period of time, but they
they also have a change in the map itself,
which Aurora approach pretty much exactly the same
as they would have otherwise.
It was always a feather in their cap, right?
Oh, it was their map.
That's what made them scary
within the first six months of the year.
If they were allowed to play Anubis,
they were winning Anubis.
Yeah, I mean, even back in the day,
VersaGo was one of their playgrounds as well.
They liked the newer maps.
Someone's got to embrace it.
Something that JT tends to do as well.
Ooh, Kixson.
He's going to be Molotov down here.
He can edge on the edge of the smoke though.
He peeks up with the uncrowed.
He's managed to pass the wave,
good combination of bullets and flashbangs.
Kiyosuke and Kixen have defended their sight,
more convincingly than previously.
This is an eco for two safe amicers.
So if you win this one.
That's a big gift.
I still feel like your favorite.
Especially when your rifles take heavy,
nade damage.
Kiyosuke hanging on by a thread.
Imagine as slow as Roll right now.
He cannot go down on his own.
He also has the bomb.
Oh yeah.
That's gonna start to fade in a moment. Two players in through connector now
Use the window
Didn't quite finish off kiyosuke. He has passed his family soft and eco hoping you'll be able to get out on that low HP
No armor
Magi up and walk sick and just pulling this one across the line
It's certainly more competitive certainly more threatening as is this walk from the best
a little bit of a gap in the gap.
Oh, bullets left in that van.
I said, look, it was sketchy aim,
but Madge is still happy with that one.
They lose the two openings,
and they're still able to convert the round.
I agree with your sentiment.
Even though they were down
and the number disadvantage
still felt like they were favored throughout,
and the way they handled it,
they didn't lose those kills.
They just go, oh, well, let's just run in, right?
They took their time.
They knew they could control the tempo.
And they get the job done.
11 to 5, 6 round gap.
running away with things the only round on the city side so far was a 2v4
retake of the obon side oh Niko just run straight down the hill yes
down so flow receives me got flashed I think it was that flash from great
question I think so fly through himself otherwise it'd be a flash assist from
someone else which is a crazy yeah that's interesting yeah maybe just
Just uh, no the serendipity.
I don't know if we, I don't know if we can catch that in the replay, but...
No.
Alright, well uh, they do have the man advantage right now, Falcons.
Who?
Just for the fight, Centauras get set up to succeed. Brutal.
Someone is going for that with the AWP in the first half and found nothing, and Centauras doesn't the first time.
I mean, it just deletes.
Alright, well...
Look at all the nades for the finish as well.
if they can water stride out here, which they will. Oh, Monacy, here's that. Nice find, though.
Good combination, and a one-two punch and a missed shot, so I'll fly up the sniper.
And he gets peeked on, swung by Monacy. So that's the first of what has to be
many of where to have a conversation about Alkan's extending play on Anubis.
Faber will take the tactical timeout, so second use now by the Turks.
They still have money for the buy. Might be a couple of players in a little bit more sketchy situation.
that's used in tires and your card is of the world hovering there at the 3.6 and 3.3
But managers already dropped an AK across his entire so don't you worry about that
Might just be the pep talk off boys. We got them right where we want them
We just need two rounds. Let's slow it down a little bit
Play through the default
Cutty and Madrin with Mac10s could be telling a different story to the one I was just painting though.
I'm not going to get a fight just yet, once you look for the angle through the hull.
He's playing with fire, isn't he?
Listen to where he died through their last round.
Are they behind the flames?
They're gonna go?
Looks like Magi wants to with his mag 10. It feels like Modesty's set to clap and collect.
SS calls for A, he goes for a middle port over the top of the smoke, that's a crazy pickup
for Makadia.
What a way to enter the site with just a Mk10.
You see, who dates the shot with the shoulder peek, really feeling quite hard done by now
of Falcons, the sidefield lasts.
Kiyosuke to change that, port out of position, punished, yep, that's awkward.
Just weren't ready for the camera push, not enough covering fire provided.
You've got Nico's flank that should completely thwart Woxic on his departure if he tries.
That's if Centauris doesn't make the first move.
Woxic's waiting for this, or at least he was.
He is.
He dissipates this flank 29.
Let's go, really.
Let's go.
Oh!
Just crowdswalks into him.
Not quick enough of reaction in Centauris' position.
Very well known.
Okay.
I'm gonna give this one a go so that means that another round for the Falcons. They'll get themselves up to seven
Money would have gone 1900 as loss-burners either way at the end of this one
So with that cash injection for Aurora some tires things holding on to this using it as the hero gun to the next round
In that case scenario push from camera really made all the difference than they deny in the plant
Okay
see things are probably a little bit chaotic within the team speaker and it's spawned with
the buying and how they're going to open rounds if guns are getting left in spawn just going
to be some upgrades around the saved AK and we saw in the first time Falcons get close
in a couple of their light advice there was the teagle rounds there was essentially
the clock you got. What? That's
his entire speak. That's my
Grimman pressure. Left the mask at
home today. See. Well, that's a
conversation startup. As mentioned,
Falcons were getting a lot done with
less than this. I don't know about
the fact it just feels too late.
They're pushing out beers. A needs a
lot of help now. Big spray from
Texas that changes the dialogue completely
This is an open avenue in through e-box a key suitcase kept going and Kixon's gonna go and tend to the possibility for that be pivot
So it is a hard clear as they come through they'll be worried about obviously e-box itself the platform temple CT
I think yes, okay, it's just a little slow. I don't know if he's gonna catch soul fly with the bomb
That's really on Kixon
It's all on Kixon. How's your clears and Taurus so many different angles nobody here
He's going to be. Yeah, it's clicked.
Ouch, Kixson couldn't finish it. He was low as well.
That's a hell of a frag from Santariz.
Here's the ult.
Yep, perfect weapon at the range.
Kyosuke just caught Woken and Walsin in the open.
I'm going to give this one a go.
Rerounding through CT spawn. Niko and Tess S.
23 retake.
I mean a single flashbang, right?
You see how far Niko can get up,
but you've got Wox Exalt posted upon the fade.
How much does he spot? How much can he see?
is out to easy. 12 guaranteed.
And after Tessus's double, you'd think
that was Falcon's set to collect.
He's felt desperate, but Zintara has looked beautiful.
Some really pristine shots from Zintara is on the safe.
AK is boxing will secure us between the two of them.
They snatch away an essentially eco victory.
12 to seven final tactical timeout called
and the money for Falcons in the mud.
They've had opportunities within this.
Falcons they're just not able to get the necessary moments in their favor. You meant to be winning that as a bit of a gimme
There's a save day, okay? The rest are just on pistol upgrades give away the opening pick and
Zintara's given all the room that he would hope for able to jiggle out clear everything and there's nobody spotting
You're not even playing for info not even a jiggle smoke or some jump spot nothing crazy happening at all
Which must imply taking this B main control
So that's the opener from Santare's just sits monocling on his ass. Yeah fair play
Ah, I mean you are gonna get some towers peaked when he's in the server
I think that's a guarantee and then the fact that walks he is able to scavenge the all back
Right. It wasn't free cycle. They didn't take it out of e-box. They just left it there picked up and then punished
19 for Santare's 17 for walks. He the two right now are having a great game and his final one is just to put it in
it's a bruised a battered by right now from falcons this is about to go by the
blink of an eye it's been rather quick hasn't it chunky hey cheat
oh and the head shot comes straight with it forcing the fire to assess is the
21 round 20 Kilper round pretty damn good average
Yeah, you were talking about the opening kills in that first half
Falcons unable to get anything going 10 for Aurora and it rounds like this in the previous where you really need those openers
You're not getting them and now in for the B finish
Yeah, what's it's kind of linger?
Open to catch anyone that wants to try and get this access point through the new great for the off
Doesn't it does actually look really comfortable step into that tiny little window
Could get soft like oh, there's that shot
It's all falling into place. It's those last two frags
We checked off the naughty list one
done
It was exciting for a moment
Niko's eyes wide, but that's Aurora taking their map pick fierce
No one is happier than Aurora to have a new person back in the map pool starting off at stage
to be on that stage. Yeah. And
right now, if you just take a
look at Aurora in 2026, since
the addition of soul fly, they
played this map four times. So
we're going to go ahead and
take a look at the area. Why
don't you go ahead and have a
look because I think it's
back it up quick. It's going to
be a lot of fun. We'll be
getting there. But the
question is, is who's going to
be on that stage right now?
If you just take a look at
Aurora in 2026 since the
four times they've won it twice lost it twice so they're gonna I have to flip
the coin you could yeah so right now this would determine do they have a
winning record or a losing record all right fun but doesn't look like the
bookies are given up on Falcons after or as map win this is where Falcons
chose to take it so let's see if they can start off as they mean to go on
he split matches there he's looking for that one tap kind of clothes line
and then Centaurus does the rest oh hang on that's a brilliant place to
He doubled down with the headshot as well.
Saltfly, Wakadia, all chipping in.
Wakadia does tuck in and it looks bad for Giyosuke.
Kicks, oh, Kicks.
And very quick double kill.
Can't quite find Saltfly.
Love the move now, then.
Saltfly puts his aim on display.
That looked good.
Yeah, before the boots hit the ground there,
poor Kicks, and he has played it.
I thought he had like a nice bit of airtime there.
I thought he was going to catch Saltfly off guard.
You know a couple of missed shots.
We could have a third.
No.
People who have missed the dialogue around the Jota change with S.O.F.L.A. coming in.
I...Woxy did an interview just the other day, something role-related.
Jota didn't want to do what the team required of him, and that's something like a malicious way.
He just had a different vision for what he wanted and what they needed.
So S.O.F.L.A. has come in to be able to fill that void.
MP5, enjoyer? Come on, I don't think Woxy could get cooler.
I didn't think it was possible.
It is a cool-looking guy.
And didn't they change it as well as the MP7?
I believe they both got a mid-chain.
Yeah, they both got a buff and they got a price reduction.
So, Woxy's been doing his research and he knows what we don't know.
Which is a trendsetter.
He's a trendsetter.
I can't be fired, we're gonna see a lot of it.
Okay, all right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I...
I guess it sounds good.
Okay, right now, he should be able to shred them, though.
Bomb going down, Falcons will take the Eek.
Soulflower will be the A anchor for everybody playing at home.
This entire is going to be the comp player.
Woxy, obviously, the AWPer, over to what shorts.
It's going to be with Cardio, Maja, and Karim.
B.
I mean, Falcons actually did have some threats in the Ecos, didn't they?
That's true.
On map one, even if it wasn't convincing, we're all a win.
And Niko's got the D.G.L. right now.
Shred it.
Ah, the cannon fodder didn't get anything done.
Niko unable to capitalize on their nexus, farmed up all five stand alive.
That was a very effective helmet that Maja invested into there.
three SMGs are they going to upgrade away? They are actually they're going to be able to facilitate
Woxy with the AWP going to the first come round. This something gives us a thousand yards there but
should be playing by the script right now Falcons. You should know what your first rifle rounds entails.
It's the window from Nico.
Ten points. So we're going down mid. Yeah okay Woxy's been spotted. He knows that Tarras
is dropped.
There's another H.E.A.T.T. trying to cast a punishment.
No one's there to stab him right now.
There's a smoke.
The tower's okay.
No one's underpass at the moment.
Yeah, he's burning.
He's burning.
The smoke didn't quite work out for him.
He's actually only got 12 points of health.
That's why Woxy's been so stubborn in that window.
There's the spam.
Yes.
He should be.
He should be.
And he's brought down by Monosy eventually.
They want to re-aggress.
Woxy's flash suggests he does.
Sulfur will profit.
Really nice.
Great way to pull yourselves back into an even keel. Sailing towards a swing,
soft fly however, over extends on the stairs and meets Niko.
Tessus knows there's an aggressive B-smoke in.
Does Magi want to push the issue right now because if he does, he'll just walk into this.
He's got the space and they had that A-stack, but right now,
number disadvantage and good map territory right now for Kyosuke.
This is a map. You see Kyosuke at his best.
This is no good. Right range.
Not the weapon for the job at all.
I think now if you're waxy you really want to make sure you can maintain this awp
It's going to be tough because the bomb hasn't even been planted just yet. So
In the early stages falcon's likely wanting to get their economy going as well
Yeah, I think that's the only thing going for the chances of their save is the fact that it is round three
So that's tough, right? That's your opening game, but you want to play aggressive zantara is jumping out getting caught
And he was fortunate to stay alive for as long as he did because tess s
He was splashing middle for the pack to swing out
And then he was late to be apps worrying about the be apps potential push and then as he comes into underpass
They're able to combo and take it away. Oh magic. I shot as he will tonight. Yes, okay
The old guy taken down the young buck
So maintaining these two key weapons will be instrumental into the next by rounds
Moxie can drop one
Magic can do the same, and so forth, I should be able to buy himself.
Intensity does need to get turned up a notch in the sense that
one of the key things people need to keep in mind with the way that the brackets in Stage 2 works,
if you lose your opening game and you drop down to the lower bracket, only one team from the lower bracket can progress.
So Falcons would be in the den now
Looking at things I would say group B is on paper easier than group A and especially with the group a upsets
We had on day number one fury among goals par vision down in the lower bracket already that sounds pretty damn tough to me and
Then we'll have one of spirit on RV and one of G2 or foot
And it's good to see foot putting in a strong performance yesterday after a close game against fury online dream bounty
I am very curious to see how that G2 attack goes down.
Alright, well they've established top mid control.
I want to see how it's towards the island box. QTSA are getting through underpass,
and they're going through this three-man A setup again with Procadio as that loose piece.
So really hoping that it is some variation of an A play, whether that's a split or a shoot-up execute.
I'm going to put my captain's hat on for a second. That's captain obvious,
but QTSA can't have forward to be absent for much longer.
much longer Falcons are to return the favor and take us the distance. Niko's heard this.
And toes. Yeah, we should have the advantage. I mean, yeah, 10 HP with Bakaria gone. Have
you taken down the Joker already? Is there still two on the side? The answer, yes, Woxic
tries to catch something on connector with the smoke break, not going to reveal the
forward position of Kiyosuke. Tess is keeping the presence in the boots planted of these
two B defenders. I don't think they know where they want to finish this yet. I don't know,
Modesty is going to be my indicator. Coming up Con, so it has to be A now. Kiyosuke, there
he's running a call by Softflare. This is really cheeky around the edge of the smoke.
Oh no. Goodbye. Brilliant play. Trade required and provided. Unadvantage in an A site
loss. Entires could try peppering through the smoke. He's hoping to catch that
con player and a little burst whistles past the year of TSS.
He's still looking for a safe place to plant, so we'll be covered by two and
that'll secure it. It was interesting though.
There was a couple of moves there from Aurora that are hoping to play off of their
aggression. So Bacardi the short player is the guy to go aggressive ramp.
But while he's doing that, Zintara is the con player, has rotated to bench.
So at that moment, if you're Falcons, you're thinking that the B
defense is weak because they played this Joker over the war day, but they
didn't just snap into action. They were quite tempered and restrained in
that moment so Falcons avoid walking into potentially a dire situation and walk away
with round number two. It's all tied up 2-2. But to save the guns again means Aurora get
to be threatening again to the next. They lose this one. Finances become a real problem.
So do you drop an M4 from Woxic to either Wakadia, or yes you do, they've already done it.
You had two choices there, right?
You either have an eco on everybody and choose the three saved guns, or you drop that one
M4.
They've also given SoulFlight MP9, and essentially it's a full buy, so they're not liking
anything really, just a couple of pieces of utility. They've got kits, and Soulflat has
the worst weapon. So it'll strap to fight against Falcons.
So we might get a bit of a mid-bath. Centaur is going to be pathing the smoke, a boost.
Oh no, yeah.
Rekt and destroys. Centaur is unprepared for that nice quick opening kill manufactured
by the Falcons. It's going to be boxed with a response. He's gone away. No, he
has in the last bullet. Puts him in the mud, unable to retreat.
She has to they line up playing for this looks like he wants to this is really a nice adjustment for Madra like his aggressive flair
Honestly seems to be considering it. Yeah, he is
And he's missed shot Madra runs him down. He's been such a nuisance
For the Falcons to deal with
Chits and we'll have to head back to pick that up. It's a pretty strong out right now
Yeah, I mean it's all flight we discussed that MP9. It's gonna be put to good use if he plays up close ramp
Kick some of the connector smoke, trying to imply that it could be mid.
Stops any answers from being gained easily.
You'd hope Tessus plays through underpass, comes through the smoke on the timing that
they start to take A space.
If Kixson dies, bombs loose on ramp and at that point there's probably about 35 seconds
left.
It would be one hell of a clear.
It's a good angle for the MP9.
And that's the bomb!
Solfly!
Gets it done!
Awkward for Nite and Fnico!
He has to try and chase him.
It's a time sensitive hunt and yeah, caught clearing.
McHardy will peek on out, so another round that's going to be frustrating for Falcons to
stomach. Just conceded this one. Madge with a cheeky one, Saltfly the same, running into
him now, just the one betrayed in. Very convincing. That's a big round to be posting. Falcons
got nothing to report, nothing to celebrate.
I liked that round and how it was put together there. The most important duel is Madge taking
down Montice in the beer parmigius on his own. No trade potential, thinking he
has a gap aware of the possibility, but can't hit the shot.
far off was it just yeah even eye to the scope a hard clip so you you wonder
though kiss you get here is a little bit soft the mark on Anubis his aim was
pretty all over the place right it looked like some moving spray and pray type
action and now zero and five he didn't get the land reps that everybody else
got right we know that he's this opening kill again so it's not the same
elevation you can't but this is a hard fight I'm not saying it was right
But
There's something that you need to get activated and again
He hasn't got any land reps in this year just yet because he was unable to attend Bounty due to some visa issues
So one of their key pieces yet to get going but they can buy back in
Boosting up monosink for a chance on the cross
But nobody will be darting at starting up like too short
Yeah, he comes a flush they're gonna fight okay. Here comes the best and Tara's ready to brawl if you fancy it
Kixen gonna be crossing out, the flashes are there, but the headshot provided by Wakadia.
Job done.
First blood drawn.
Tesla's down.
Wow!
Oh, we nearly had two there!
Softly on notice, Centaur is adjusted to Kyosuke effortlessly.
And it's already looking uncomfortable.
Maybe Niko borrowing into CT with Wakadia's HP low.
Even a body shot would be sufficient.
Oh wow, honestly one, Niko doesn't hit that shot he would have searched desperately of
light.
Yeah, flash pushing up, but a double sway just feels so good for Maja.
The card here likely to be able to draw the crosshair away.
And Maja likely to trade.
Softly is low though.
Niko, if you can hit that one tap and he can get away with his life, it's a different
story just like that.
opens up the Avenue now held by monocy. Falkers piece it together again Nico and monocy.
That's what it's all about this duo they picked up a 2v5 on Anubis now they've pulled off an impactful
round to get the wins going. Okay this is the skill expression of those two on display and you
highlighted the round on Anubis where it felt like an absolutely dire retake.
Some opening kill going against them and they're still able to pick this one up. You go back
Go back to the universe, it was 14 and 6 in terms of opening jewels in Aurora's favour.
Right now we're tied up at 3 apiece, but that one is a bit of a shattering round there.
Can't fight up with that one, and why the hell not?
Okay, it's first like little shake for Aurora's economy.
This one's pretty direct. Straight up, Conn is kicks in.
Okay, help on Zintara's, at least they know three.
Ooh! Damn, soft like corn.
Kiyosuke just clotheslines him on the first swing.
the only one on a they're gonna lose the sign out might be the save so second
fire this oh never mind three guns I shot on the pixel very tight line held
removes me go oops yeah just throwing that so no harm no foul just a little bit
wobbly he will be necessary if they get to inferno being the B defender alongside
a kick since so it is important that we monitor it will be again if we get
They're getting heads up jewels against the likes of Zantara's in banana, but Tassas is he he's just kind of it's like a half-hearted
Hunt right like he's keeping him contained right make sure that they're not
Sniffing about trying to get themself any other upgrades
What made life a whole lot easier if they do take away these rifles
But you're still trying to establish your finances on the T side too
So there is a line and a limit to be drove yet a Mac 10 go nuts, mate
Sure, but don't give Zantara's an AK 47
It has been quite a back and forth affair in these last few, but it was the pistol and then the eco victory.
It's been four of the last five for Falcon, so they have broken through and they don't have the same caliber of saved weapons to be able to drop and force by around this.
So we'll have to concede to the eco 2400 coming into the next.
next. Both of these teams win rounds, they probably shouldn't have been in this series
so far. So is there another one in store? Falcons wants their way up to five.
They might just been spotted there without aggression.
It's enough to force out nades and slow down the roll.
And a very quick reroute. So I literally just wanted to show a bit of flash and now
Now they're going to start grouping up around middle.
There's a single flash.
And it's on Mag'ja. I don't expect it to be used here.
Yeah, not particularly impactful. He's just going to go for a run upon the fade, upon the contact from someone ahead of the smoke perhaps.
That's what Monosy's hoping on.
Maybe jumping out when they take the Con fight.
Mmm, that looks good.
There's the fights and there's the expected result.
Yeah, it doesn't look very glamorous does it?
But you need some form of an idea and at least they played with one alright
We'll wait for them to start to take their stage two of mid control as they're swimming connected under window
We're gonna pounce out and see if we can catch them on a timing and that's just not to be the case so Woxic
Know exactly where he is and should be going down in a moment's time
Pashers nades everything coming his way as DK wants this one and he'll get it
So I'm happy with that as it is now a two round gap
Just wants a good glass cannon. If ever wants the 30 seconds to have that conversation, even
though it will be the bytes, not the best stuff. And they are really lacking nades. I don't
even know if they'll have a diffuse kit going into this. So these type of rounds where you
might just look at a glance and go, all right, it's a gun that's free even. You need to
either be maximizing these pieces of utility, whether it's blocking or if it's some type
aggressive maneuver you need to be getting the most out. So if we see them go for a play
and they don't stick the landing, not even getting a kill, not even losing the over, just
not getting that space or not being able to find damage, then that's a real problem.
Niko lining up the insta window, Kiyosuke as well. Maybe it's top, okay, top cap Kiyosuke window for Niko.
So I think three strong on a again tells me they're not going to contend for middle
Like the all will float play around ticket. It's very strong to do with ramp house or also like this posting towards middle
What becomes an issue with this setup is when you feel that the time has gone by that they could have boosted window
That's where it becomes really tough as in tires
So this setup it looks okay. Yep. It's a 3 1 1
But it's one of those scenarios where on a time out it becomes very difficult
right the second window smoke arrives suddenly the steps con you're worried
about both and if they smoke con as well at that point they can be up short
so then Centauros probably feels he has to go over and help Madgeur now the A
defense feels like it has to push forward because you're now worrying about
connected jungle even the slips of the vent becomes a possibility so there's
that second con smoke now short becomes a possibility
It's in Tarras, does he have a little something over the top, not anymore, it's filled in.
So this is a gamble, if it's a V, finish your magic, it gets nothing, it's a save.
But right now, two towards ramp, three towards middle, it's telling it will be the A split
stacks in the right place.
Yeah, they're in the right place indeed, it's going to be in Tarras with a...
ARGH!
It's just a premonition!
On the fate of the smoke, it's Tess has got caught.
Nico, creeping on out, here's that orb shot, will it lead to an overlook of
Soul Flies possession, no it won't, Unison, Niko and Monosy remove two of the three defenders,
Zintara is last seen, Karnia on point, does nail it, that's a big kill, provided Makari the Joker
doesn't finish off Monosy, they know where he is, but they're so susceptible, a bullet will do it,
just like that he connects, catches the Niko hunt, Monosy's in the clutch, not comfortable,
all the opposite, Makaria that extra man. I think he's really saying something about
that flash right there, because they've flashed over towards Karnia in jungle as he started
to initiate on that first fight. He gets partially blind and can't connect the kill immediately.
It's still able to be the man to make the difference in this. What was this from Zintara?
This is just understanding of the way that Counter-Track of the top level is played right on the
fate of these smokes. You're playing in a hoping that, yeah, if there is someone on the side,
we have two guys, he can't be ready for both of us, but just peppering in with a few bullets.
He's just making sure if that is the move, he'll do some damage and maybe freak them out.
they start spamming. You take the fight to them. It's awfully quiet as well.
After you're done, I think there has to be something up in this situation.
All right then, four to five. Roll. Yeah. See if we can see consecutive rounds from the CT side.
Haven't seen that since that pistol in the eco. Up starting on B. This window boosts,
wakandia can you catch a glimpse
it's a very forward position for kiyosuke it feels like it's going to be an impactful one as well
oh wow test is working on a couple of pixels that's a big reaction out of soulfly catches
Palace takes that space takes that rifle
Walking up on the bench walk we can't be likely to swing on Tessus
Tessus bested it's round from Tessus. He's had a very impactful to kill so far. It's awful. It's dead to ride to how does he get anything done?
They know exactly where he is. He's gonna push around T spawn or he's still in Palace
Don't think you can offer anything he wants to but he knows it. Oh
Nope. Nope.
They've stopped looking?
They've stopped looking.
Maybe they were shipping a save?
Once he dies, this is crazy.
Solflight does get impact.
And now one tap away from making this in Aurora looking round.
Woxic's gotten over here.
And he has a smoke.
Yeah, this gets really uncomfortable.
You've got the kit on Woxic though.
So the covering fire is going to have to be provided by Solflight.
Solflight is with the ball to do.
And another one from him.
Tessa's had so much work done and it still does not matter.
matter that is a fumble from the falcons. They knew exactly where he had to be I guess they're just
assuming it's a save. Oh okay they've allowed him out right it's one of the easier choke points
to deal with but as they're setting up his post play this is the spot right so he can just see
the top of the head because Zintara is on the step right he's on the steps to the back of the
site so with that elevation just to the top of the noggin the second kill they're onto
to what kind of years they're scaling in with huge and then soul fly. The new guy gets himself
up to 12 kills. He's been extremely impactful for the team right now was very well tied up
five five and yet exactly. You can't be dropping that one. I want to know that's you know how
we have these lovely luxury of the comms listening. Yes, that would be a good one. So interesting
mid round to see what they're saying. Did they say like, are they saving and led to
that false sense of security? Because they molly ramp right. They acknowledged like,
Oh, he could have by this point.
Exactly.
The round pick could be Palace.
Exactly.
And then, Modesty is just, I mean, booked.
He gets left alone.
Two of them focus CT.
Yeah, just a really poorly played post-plant situation.
Yikes.
The team has to make mistakes, but then you
have to be able to capitalize on them.
Yeah, Fab, he's 12 and a 7.
Yeah, he's having a great game.
In addition, looking good.
Well, they've shoved here Falcons.
2400 for the final round after this.
So if they don't win this one,
to be another hodge podge messy by at least this one has two AKs two galils they haven't been bullying
matches bomb sites or what have they also or haven't been really fighting for mid control
oh maybe that's why yeah you just get headshot by kiyosuke if you dare with one round where
zantara's and wakata ran out short the other way zantara's dropped down middle and now this
where wakata is on his own so that's probably why they haven't been tossing for me it just
just turns it into a map and that's what Falcons do best.
So how much will the opener matter?
Madra on an island over towards B.
Softlight tending to A.
Oxycan Centauri is grouped up in connector.
He all for the low ground.
Centauri is to be the surprise.
But Madra, he's the man who has to do
an awful lot of work here, Alex.
He needs a multi-kill.
Yeah, it's hooked on Bench.
It's gonna be a question of the parling.
I'm trying to sell an A fake and Maja is buying it.
Which is completely debiliting the onsite.
He lied, fake.
Maja is moving, kicks in.
Maja comes back just in time.
I think he's gonna have one of these one here.
No! Nevermind! Nevermind!
The low HP Kiyosuke lives on.
No one's looking.
You can actually get something on this cheeky backstab here.
No one is looking.
Oh! Kiyosuke!
How has he gotten away with two?
Swinging on out on just 20 points of health!
He gets four in the round!
Kiyosuke, he's had a quiet start to Mirage, but that is allowed. Four kills for the sixth.
Woo wee.
That one right there is...
Not just mad, isn't he?
Yeah, and that's where Anka X in-game leader becomes a problem, because the normal Anka
is going to rotate much later, right?
He's going to get one no-much obvious to hold this site.
And have they seen the bomb?
Yes.
Two smokes and a flash that there was a pretty weak fake. So that just misplayed that
They much better than them
Yeah, it's communicate. Okay, so maybe we don't need the comms package because they didn't talk yep
It looks like they're gonna walk in a half-time with seven. He comes get an Aggie
He's gonna be finding this CT. He's got a walkabout. Oh, dear
the, uh, Soulfly is all the way through ramp. He's had some very frustrating deaths and Soulfly
actually manages to kill him.
He can escape out through A right now. Yeah. Okay, so what was looking like a pretty short
seventh? This one's back on. Aurora need this if they want to try and get it done in two,
six, six and a half. Manageable. This certainly is. Hatches on his own. Again, this time
he can't really leave. He's committed to this corner. And now it's a question
of your kicks in and Tessa's clears.
Oh, that's fake!
Little double take.
Kixson saw him, looked away
and loses his head.
Monacy to be peeking in.
Centares vs. Monacy, and head-to-head.
Molly's missed.
That's not perfect, is it? The second one should do the job.
Oh, it costs him!
Mikado with a perfect punish!
Train comes in from Kiyosuke. It's still all to play for.
Just to have a little bit of a lead.
On there must win, Matt Pick.
Now a warning shot connects.
That's from the short side, Sintara is walking through the smoke.
That's crazy. Hoping to catch a timing.
Sintara has to wait unless he wants to do this on his own.
Just like that, he will. Walks on out, collects Kiyosuke and Monocy.
Haven't seen the Monocy clutch yet.
An audible jump. His position and whereabouts.
I'm only for this.
Noted. Yeah, Sintara is keeping his boots planted.
to get shot at the top of the head, easy dunk, and a nice competitive 6-6 scoreline.
Aurora, no slouch on Mirage, evidently, Valkyrie, they've got to pull up their socks if they
want to hope a chance of seeing that pre-inferno.
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I'm holding you
I'm pushing CT, one
No bullets, CT
I'm on CT
Nikos fighting CT
I'm on CT, but Ilya doesn't see the jungle
I'm on CT
I'm on CT
Ilya, I'm pushing CT
I'm on CT
I'm on CT
I'm playing CT
I got it!
Some highs and some lows for Falcons on our second map of this series.
Aurora taking a new base, but Mirage is Falcons picking with 6-6.
I don't know if they're particularly satisfied.
It's still anyone's game. I think they could have had more rounds,
but that was the T-half. It's now the CT side.
This is where you get to see their individuals light the scoreboard up with multis.
But it's been hard fought to this point for both squads.
And they fake.
How do you react to this?
It does feel a bit fake, he doesn't have to be 250 jiggling, where's the hell, Tessus?
He hasn't got that instant headshot, he's so desperate he's needed, but Kiyosuke, actually
from Mark, has managed to find not one, not two, but three, denies the plant as well.
A round winner from Kiyosuke, just seven frags in the first map of play, but he's
starting to find himself warming into things in these official stage two of I am crack of
You've got to get the wheels turn in and that's it doesn't matter who you are
Even if you just 18 years of age need the land reps and that's not he hasn't had the pleasure of having just yet this year
Despite his teammates been in the grand final over there and bounty
now I think that's a
Really frustrating situation for Aurora because you do the fake and then you don't actually find anything and then you think it
OK, well, let's stick to the call.
You're hoping that that A-Play forces the rotation, which it somewhat did.
But they were too late, and now Magic is looking for damage.
So we're going to split the pistols, unless Magic can win a 1v5 with three seconds on the clock.
He's already done the first.
It will not be the second Nico denies.
And Max does get denies from the boss man.
He's only happy with that.
That's absolutely, you want to see a whole lot more of that.
I mean, as you highlight, it was Tessus alone.
Kiyosuke has only just got to market and the first bullet out was USP. I want to see it from his POV.
So yeah, just swings on out perfect.
Kachesberk, Kadyo, Tassus calls for aid in time and quick adjustment into Zintara's, which enables a round winning tap onto that bomb plant.
And with how Zintara has been shooting, right? Remember his play on Anubis, think he was hitting everything.
Now he's gonna get the AK out on this T side, but they will be
stummicking what is gonna be an 8-6 score line because they've taken the fullest of Ecos.
that's the way it goes. Everyone
is invested upon a rifle right
now for Falcons. This is one
of those decision tree things,
right? So if you. So this way
look at teams tendencies that
if they don't get the plant,
they're very likely going to go
for the full eco. You go for
the rifles now, which might
seem crazy because people go,
but if I have the SMGs, I
can farm the kills easier. But
when you go into the first
rifle round, you'll be under
then next round you're gonna have full rifles plus full utility. Assuming you don't give away too many casualties to the Glocks and
so far so good with the first and they should just let especially this range right look at the anti-eco set up
They've gone for the plan for each other span and down there's just no chance for those Glocks to get anything done
So perfect now they get to roll into round number 15 with everything they're designed to be able to lock horns
Because normally would say oh, it's a bonus round
Well, it's not a bonus round in the same way anymore
Yeah, they don't have MP9s to be jumping out window and charging or pushing into past
They can still make those moves, but they've got the guns they want to do so.
One of the very few remaining representatives of the Black Bars gang.
It used to be very commonplace in competitive counter-strike.
I think the terrorists were still rocking it as well.
Yeah, a couple of the older boys.
Oh, it's about that stretched lifestyle.
I think Shira did for a while.
Got a double window smoke.
I think you're right.
I only got three left.
Already we're seeing Falcons more willing to find mid than we did from Aurora's CT.
Yeah, and that's more the DNA, that style of play.
You want to set your individuals up to take those fights.
They're going to back their aim every day of the week in this team.
So that was Zontara. So once he can get the space he's looking for,
it's just been cheeky with the steps trying to feign some presence under passes.
They're congregating over towards B right now. They're looking to pressure Tessus.
Jump spotting.
likely drop that defensive smoke to segregate the back side oh okay he's blocked so
yes match up head to head with well to another vent yeah wow they're messy both
of them and he's actually vested him out okay important trade from Kyosuke
tests it's got to get more than one guzzle back flip into the stratosphere
not good enough. Kyosuke is locked out. Bombsite's lost. Do you even want to give this a go? Do you want to give this a look?
Go on, teach me.
Okay, Kiki.
Alright, I took him a while to make sure he had the lineup correct on that, but...
Rather we get that at it lands.
Yeah, no, you're right.
So they will guarantee the rounds.
Nothing worse than the smoke that lands in front of the window, it just gives them such a lovely avenue to split you out.
Come left, come right at the same time.
Magus a player that you know will get a lot of negative critique right in game leader people talking about the style that he calls
Right there
He gets the opening kill that is essentially the round winner because it draws Kiyosuke who can't help tests is on the side
Yeah tests this feels committed to that B fight and they're either he dies and they've lost it
So he wins a head-to-head duel against Nico in the vent room looked awkward from you know from I was gonna say Niko's
Peovet from magic it looked awkward for Niko from Magus Peovet. Yes. Oh
I'm exactly
They're asking for a drop. They should be able to hook him up. No dramas. They're the same
to be said for the CT side. So three saved guns, so he can be equipped. There's that
fire right there during all of that. Kiyosuke disconnected. Tess is just playing, but
everything's playing. Flashes and he's been sent to the moon. So from B to A, looks
like
Falken's going to 5-in. Yeah, they're jumping out for full mid-kid drop, so they're going
to get info that it's not middle early. How quick can they reroute and fortify this A site
alongside of Kixen?
That is the end of the area. They're coming. Kixen confirms he's going to need some serious
backup.
Solve flight. You catch that HE, he goes square on the nose. Down to 64.
Well, double trip. Molotov towards the CT ticket position. Is that an over-investment?
Bodies are dropping. Three down, and favourite Falken. Solve flight in the smoke.
to be overlooked. Woxic hoping for a fight onto CT. So much smoke up so things will fall
quiet but still looks great for Falcons. Everything's faded now. This one. You'd have to display
this something crazy. Oh wait, yeah. It is a 2 on 5. Should be un-losable. Even by their
standards. Even by their standards, chat. I'm still saying it. I'm sticking to it.
No, me too.
I'm just gonna stop wrapping this one up.
Okay.
Falcon's nine, heading on into round 17.
That's a big round, it's an important round
for Falcons to win.
That's nice.
Oh, it's battery sketchy.
Woxix and a 1v2.
What is this?
Should be fine.
Should be fine.
Doesn't matter that he has to reload,
There's a 1v1 that Niko has to save.
Falkans!
They fled his land!
Falkans, how does this keep happening?
It's Groundhog Day, but every day's a nightmare.
How does a team with five alive lose in that way?
You got three, a five on two.
Oh.
You hurt three.
Hadn't even planted the bomb,
and all of their opening utility had faded.
ahhhhhhh
ahhhhhh
do they have like a psychologist on speed down? I don't know
Oh, it's been left!
It's been left!
See that there?
Grab that, put that on the telly.
Let's get Yanko, Dupree and JL to sit there and break that round out.
Yes, please.
Yes, please.
What should they have done?
What could they have done better?
What did they do wrong?
What what did I already write even?
Yeah, yeah, so many questions. I can they just let them plant and then just run yet at the same time
It's almost better. I
Can't it's the worst legacy to be leaving behind there. We can't win we can't win the bus to the easy ones
It's like you've already done all the hard work. Yeah
I'd rather be drackered.
Oh, nice shot.
Oh, my.
Oh, my.
Oh, flivers, the AWP.
He's gone after this round.
Don't worry.
Tessus will step up.
Typically, when Falca's need a hero, he delivers, and not today.
In fact, he missed his delivery.
He just left a slip of paper in your mailbox.
Didn't use DHL.
Yeah, that's his problem.
That's nine.
This is it. Oh, man. Imagine getting two owed. Imagine losing a two versus five lower
bracket, calling their name. You just talked about how brutal that lower bracket is, man.
And also one team gets through that. Yeah. And right now energy versus mounds on their
second map. It's also not number two kicks and loses. His investment. Okay. Hope it
hold on to his that to be five is a back breaker. That is an absolute back breaker
of a round. It's a soul siphon. Okay, you have a saved M4 and you're on eco. Aurora.
So can you go kill? I want to say Aurora should have 10, but...
Soulfly, let me see that. Crazy things about history. Just trade, trade. Zips cross. And
then back. Acjustment and it makes it hard for Monosy to adjust. He's having a really
When I first saw him in the roster, I was like,
oh, okay, he's not hitting many shots.
He's looking out of place,
but this is his first time in tier one plan,
this level of counter strike.
And considering the success of Mora Hadlast.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's-
You've got big shoes to fill.
Honestly, he's not match as boots are.
See, I guess if you lose silly rounds,
you have to win a silly round.
Yes, that is the law of equivalent exchange.
It's Onyx's new law.
Practicing.
It took away the 11-4.
Yeah, right.
Some Counter Strike Alchemy.
It is a soul sacrifice.
We will sacrifice an unloosable situation.
So win two.
Yes.
Right.
Because like, Kixson's going to hit a Digo,
Niko gets one.
Right place.
Soul flies looking very good.
Look at that.
Yep, makes life difficult for them.
Good angle from Skirsuke, works out.
Still, Monocy's not able to double up.
And Santaro's trying to catch that timing
around the panacea smoke.
Not the best, eh, Gino, on saying that.
The tires might overlook this.
I think you're right.
He's got to focus forward,
and you have the perfect timing.
Kixen rewarded.
Here we go.
Falcon's gonna be able to redeem themselves a little.
Oh, that's if they don't go down, Tessus!
I'm running for the hills!
All right, Woksy gonna 1v3.
Yeah, don't wanna die.
You really like to avoid death.
I think you heard the step of kicks in there.
Kisiko's going to try and cut him off the path.
Check the time chart.
Yeah, that's the problem.
If Woxik wants to win the round, he has to go away, but...
Okay, he's going to run into this site.
Essentially knife out. Nope. Safe. Safe.
Okay.
Okay, there it is.
There's one!
They're back!
Back, everyone.
Just...
Everyone's not...
Not a worry.
This is...
It's a familiar tale.
It's one that we've been told over the years
of Falcons and their ability to win the ones they shouldn't and lose the ones they shouldn't.
It's an important reset as well because you saw Aurora. That was a huge ejection of momentum
to what turned that on its head. And then this freebie threw the smoke.
Yeah, you'll take that one every day that we lay out. And this right here
comes down to timing as well. Alright Falcons, you tie it back up at 9-9 and we know
that Aurora is susceptible to the tilt as well.
It's just a question of who can tilt less.
That's what Faber is trying to quell right now.
So when you have to work so hard and get so deep to win the round you did,
these gimmies are the ones that you feel like you cannot be letting slip,
especially if you're Aurora. You're underdogs in this situation.
If it goes to Inferno and you end up losing the series there, you feel like you could have put them away in two.
But let's see, can Majup and Faber call them out of this hole.
Mk10 for Majup.
AKZ and the saved AWP walks it up against a fully fledged Falcons now.
Nico has himself an AK47 on the CT side.
I don't want to see output from that, and Wakandi's already taken a heavy amount of damage that
HE was well placed by TSS.
So I'm fighting for the mid control at all this time, giving it over for free, a little
bit of U2 for the finish, and I haven't garnered any map control off of this, but
it's off like above a ramp, and Tara is in Palace.
Will it be AA Lurk?
Right is this one of these scenarios where now they go for the midway
Can never mind they left all the nades at spawn so plenty more for woxy to pick up and dispense
Now I'm just returning to a
Woxy with the full belt gonna dispense that to magic
Kixson in the same position
Yeah, eyes on kicks in here. Yeah, I mean it's in time. It's got caught off once by the palace position whether or not
It's gonna be two for two for kicks in is a different story
Exposed his position from the sound cue, but it's actually worked out for kicks and he's gonna get swung on
Damage onto soul flight not enough. That's key. Assume Katie the multi and in combination with Nico looks like you've done enough to repel
Well, Suntara's very low, Woxic on the Tetris, Boxes would need to go on a bit of a killing spree,
Suntara's has done well on that low HP to remove Kiyosuke, but the Tessus flank does
seem like he's going to be doing what is required of him.
Both of them behind that default box, he'll tap the head, pulls Suntara's off the bomb
and confirm that this round is the Valkyrie.
Alright, something that they're doing very well is on the Executes, the breaking
of the smokes.
We saw them do it on, it was the 2v5 that they lost, but they did the same
there where they broke the smoke.
So it took the fight from connected through the smokes.
So as they're parting in, they're
assuming that the smokes are safety.
And you need to to some degree.
I know we always say smokes aren't walls,
but when you're doing an execute,
you can't account for every single one of them
getting popped open, right?
And you can see that as it starts to fade back in,
how much Havoc Nico was able to cause.
They're down to the Eco now Aurora.
Losing to that save them four of Kyosuke a couple
of rounds ago has really cost them.
just three digs two blocks well you know there's to be
key suitcase and tests of had their positions triangulated think this is
a classic situation of just allow the utopia siphon through in that hope that
in the final 30 seconds, 40 seconds that you're able to find a pick on someone who gets a little bit hungry for frags.
Also a chance to calm things down, talk about the next rounds, because so far in this half we've had a patch of three for Aurora.
It was the pistol, the conversion, and the last two for Falcons to this point.
Ah, they'll go now.
Good, mate. It's gonna do a lot of damage. You can know how. It's just getting ripped away from them.
Easy as you like.
Sometimes that last bullet's the hardest to hit.
Yeah.
You know?
Like, he's low.
Oh!
Oh, that's Kiyosuke Loha.
There we go.
Sometimes you don't need a bullet.
Yeah, bullets won't do it.
No, it's well.
So just two more rounds down from Falcons to push us to Inferno.
at least they'll get their guns out see what our plan is for a match of the master plan
to make this just a one round game to keep that dream alive of staying in the upper
bracket at 2-0 to start your campaign in group B.
Okay. Thanks to Lee.
That's smooth.
He gets himself early onto the midline.
So it means he can salvage the fact they're not crossing over towards the tap, so...
Island Box.
Cendry lands, and, honestly, he's allowed to patrol this on his own.
Nico will need to pick up the underpass crawl.
It's actually a defensive smoke to try and block that sight line, as...
Honestly, he's still on his.
Backs off now as Zantara is working through underpass.
Waxik heading back over to join magi top mid.
No ult for him this time.
Window smoke in.
And the nade, he's ahead of it.
He's already crept under.
Suka is here on the A site alongside of Kixson and traditional anchor
Another window smoke but also another palace smoke we're down to 45 seconds
Go pin drop right now
It's about to be a whole lot louder. You can hear the staff
Tarez takes that first opening jewel removing Kixson. Oh, so fly winds out and heads to head here
Kiyosuke is just falling apart collapsing. Does the a side defense all too easy for nothing to everything all at once right there like that
Yeah, very good work there on the entries. That was something that we were monitoring a lot within that first map
I'm just I'm in awe of soul flies out on this mirage. He is the reason that is competitive as it is
21 frags and counting wins the opening fight with Kiyosuke who's also having a great time on mirage
14 opening kills so far in this second map for Falcons. Yeah, it was 8-4 when I checked
at the half. And Centauros just got his fourth within this round, so they're sitting on
a total of 7 on the T side. 7-4 Aurora, excuse me. This one's still got a few more ebbs
and flows in it. What becomes important now is looking at where the loss bonus
is that right for either team it's only 1900 going into the next I believe that's why it's taking the
time out now don't let this get out of control because if you lose the site in the same way you
will be going for the save again but you'll follow through your buy behind save guns will not be a
strong and if the board gets wiped you lose the round and lose everything you're in hot water
Aurora take back the lead and I'm not talking in terms of the scoreboard I'm talking in terms
of the finances which is what is going to get them the rounds at the tippy top of the screen
So knowing now that as they re-equip the only players with a little bit extra cash
or you like see your monosies Unicos and your Tess S both Kixson and Kisuke are going to be operating with very little
Fortunately for Aurora in that round they were able to keep so many bodies up
It doesn't mean even if they can see 12 they can still contend
I guess if that's the pace that you have to play out to not give where opening kills
not give Falcons way in then why not?
Mist incendiary close ramp, honestly I wanted to scout behind this, still going to take
a peek.
How far did they push this?
Ricardo is holding for the descent of the stairs, could just tuck in here, be satisfied
that you cleared out Ramp Nummel, unless he's lying, he's good for it.
Actually going to be kicks and just playing a jiggle smoke defense, okay.
I say, most of you can go back to ticket, he can assist nearly, he can look at palaces,
ooh.
Easy there, Zantares, you've been exposed and spotted out, he's hunting you and he
actually hit one of those flying in four bullets.
This is Antares. He was the man that found the entry up connector last round.
Him being so low, is he going to be a traded piece?
Has he now become a lurk? How are they going to use it within this round?
The call might have to change, right? He's been one of the key pieces in terms of finding openings.
So how are they going to navigate now that their star output from their aggressive rifle up
has been put down to just 27 points of health?
Living voxic top mid on his own.
Connect the block smoke in, 40 seconds on the clock, it's gonna be 4 through A.
Oh, big one.
Yeah, just moving ahead of the smoke, costs him his life and costs them an opening kill.
Now, Kixas, how's that block heat'll do it? You got anything left? Absolutely nothing.
Here comes the break.
Guiltock in.
Thank for one. He's done it well. He's done very well. Kixas with two.
the last piece to fall into
place. The jobs are good and
so fly just the last piece in
palace. And yet at 12 seems a
certainty. Secure now at range
back here. Okay Falcons one
round from seeing Inferno. It's
been competitive. It's been
close and the fumble doesn't
seem to have followed them too
far. Yeah, they've also had
a couple of rounds. They
shouldn't win throughout this
series. You go back to a
nervous, right? The pistol
well on the T side. Final tactical
timeout call from Faber. Now remember
they do have money. I don't know if they
can play at that same pace again.
All right, so they tried it two rounds in a row.
This time they get caught. It's the early
damage to Santarez. He can't play through
con with Woxie like he did in the
previous Woxie sunny zone. He dies.
First man found. The rest of them
threw a smoke on ramp. So the fact
that they have nades left at that
moment in the round means that
Falcons aren't feeling any pressure.
They don't feel like they're being
forced to drop their nades to stop
a type of push. There's no
knocking on the door. They're
We're seeing if anybody's home.
So is this the final round?
No. 23 about to get underway off the back of that timeout.
Has the conversation netted a pace change or at least an approach change
in terms of site or map control early?
Well, certainly a little unusual in Orthodox to see three players starting towards the
apartments.
There's gonna be two in through underpass, so maybe a window boost lies ahead.
That's one way to make it a little safer for Centares.
You might need to replenish the window smoke if you're gonna boost.
That's gonna sound cute as well, it would have been heard from Kisa going short.
six throwing it now.
Operating with a different type of boost to find a short fight.
Kisuke, not home at the moment.
He's actually sent a transition back to deal with the window.
Nikon kicks in a taken palace control bomb to come through ramp.
It always feels so difficult and nightmarish to exclusively be going through ramp with palace lost.
Ouch, there's half health for Zhentaris. Now the timing's on this, Wakati's coming back.
Oh, and some Kixxen's considering it. He's got so much to do. He's hearing all of this!
Ouch! Soulfly's beating him out to the punch.
It's the A Defender, Niko. Lying in white hip.
Yeah, he's gonna be tucked in here. It's their acceleration of pace.
It is purely Niko. One man versus an entire side.
Looking to cast out at the moment. They were actually on top of each other's heads,
but it's the Soulfly trade. Finds their head through the boards.
Standing open right now. They're playing for Connector and Jungle.
can't contest this plan. Kiyosuke's trying to find him on the wall bank doesn't. Through
triple. No smoke for the bomb. Awkward. Very awkward for Falcons. It's really looking into
shape up nicely to go full rounds of regulation here. Never mind. Onto Maja, that's a good
start. Kiyosuke removes one of the con pieces. Palace still occupied. There are any more
connector removed. Salfloy last seen Palace. Oh! B2! And they goop! Convert! Kiyosuke
Monocene not letting him have a chance in the spotlight 24 frags in his hands, but it's Falcon's map
And they're bouncing back with the loss on a new business once go in the distance inferno lies in way and after a pretty slow start to things
Mr. Maxim the birthday boy 24 frags
Powering them through to inferno that'll be coming up next don't go anywhere
Yeah.
Shlowe looks good.
That was, of course, our biggest individual takeaways from Mirage
other than Falcons can still lose rounds. They shouldn't.
And Aurora too, apparently.
So both teams conceding some gimmies.
But let's get this one underway.
Aurora up on the attack.
Falcons on the defense.
And it is going to be a 2-3 split of the defense as Niko
across mid jumpspot trying to counter some info early.
a slow roll, Santarez, we're taking a fight up banana.
Smokes in the air.
Two of which, we're applying pressure towards Niko on long side, they hit the bullet necessary,
Tessus needs this dual, wow, removing,
Solfly's big, hard to track the wiggling and jiggling tee.
Makes a meal of that one, and so the site has collapsed.
Tessus, last seen, fragged, Solfly,
and a quick head shot from Zintara's
completely seals the deal.
That's the first T-side pistol one of the series so far.
And it nearly was a team ace.
Just Solfly with empty hands.
Do you remember PTR's line?
I know I'm taking you back in the time that you're here.
PTR Peter Gurney.
The Orpah.
That's his name.
Oh, I think Trace would remember it.
He'd have this there and be like, a little bit of heart, a little bit of soul, or something
like that.
That does sound, I can imagine it in his voice, you know.
I think he was playing poker for a while, but yeah, there was something there.
A little bit of heart, a little bit of soul.
Exactly, exactly.
You've really nailed it there.
I'm going to be the first to
get to the top of the map.
It's a Falcons lose everything.
Honestly, that's entire is one
tap. Lovely shooting. Well done.
Centaurs has been looking good.
It's going to be the force by
for Falcons. I'll tell you this
much. I've spoken with Falcon
staff about this before. If
they get four rounds on the
CT side, they know the maps
winnable. Yeah, right, so
CT side banana. It's been a
We know that Kyosuke is going to have to tussle his Entara's.
It's made.
Well placed down the back pocket of Magikarp.
Straight into a BX, key three players.
Okay, lost a handle.
Milked out that smoke, so are they going to...
Hit the break? Or do they want to break through it?
Well, they could go through it, right?
Because Magikarp can break this and they can go.
Looks like that's the plan.
Kixen has a flash.
Smoke, Smolley's flashes, Kisuke, nothing!
Niko at least won something, Kixen's not able to find March, Niko too, and silenced by that
MP5.
To Tesla, some honestly want to throw away everything here, honestly, Kant is on in.
Tesla's not too far behind.
Yeah, he's probably going to make a play.
We heard Woksek, he's hoping if he finds something, maybe him and Tessus can find a way in, lingers
for a moment, hoping for that overextension.
Woksek far too well trained, he's got the leash on.
I think even if you do damage, now they know, I feel like I would want to have the armor
and the Clive 7 into the next round, so yeah, they're evacuating now with another
kill.
looking for more damages. You have to eco next round unless they go for a crazy CT side force by.
He's going to go down to the bomb. It's 50 bucks short of being able to go M4 Kevlar,
and Tessus doesn't get to the gun in time. So instead of having two upgrades, they just have one.
Honestly, he's got a D. Eagle. Could be some P250s if they'd really like, but even though that was
threatening in terms of the casualties taken, Aurora should still have a pretty easy round
ahead of them. A couple of smokes, juggling an extra one over is Kixen towards B, so hoping to
delay them and force them into what is shaping up to be an A-stack. Monosy,
so he's Degle did on Mirage. Two through smokes, just on a timing.
He just got one as well, so putting their aim on display.
So Kixson just has to hope that these blocks most are enough to push them elsewhere
Just hearing some Matt noise coming from the other end of the land hole. We've got G2 and foot
Setting up and getting ready to play winner of that will lock themselves in as the first team for the Toron
Think for a lot of people maybe they see that foot now. Oh, everyone see a hold up
And Matt 10 gives him some mobility, Soulfly and Maga just break through with the supporting cast.
So Guns will be coming out. You've already said that 4 is kind of the bare minimum Falcons will be looking for.
Honestly, we're ridiculous in that round. He's not going to bring out the AWP into the first gun rounds.
I guess he thought he could get his boys across the line.
And that was even with the extra kills that he picked up on round number two.
Yeah, Monosie is one of the very few where I'm kind of keen to see the AWP as much as possible.
He makes maps where it's hard to find CT picks.
I don't want to say easy, but he makes it look that way.
Yeah, he certainly does. That's a very well-placed HE.
Woxic has a very stomachic fast flash.
Tessus call out quick cover.
He adjusts in time. It's important they're accelerating into Nico's cross-air.
He receives the first and the second with a composed spray.
Zintara's match is the output but costs him great deal of health.
Easy third for Nico.
Torres with four, single bullet would do it.
Extra safe is Kixen.
He doesn't want this 1v3 to slip out,
but it's going to be that midfire.
Good angle. Further forward progress
than he anticipated.
Kiyosuke finishes it off,
but Nico doubly is killed total
with a solid defense of a very PCA test.
Really trying to use those Mac 10s, right?
And catch them off guard.
Go back to some of the bounty games,
mostly short side all on his own.
He's been caught off guard by plays like this.
I think just trying to be able to cascade and to watch this side
Close but no cigar up. There's a Aurora will expand the rest of their funds for right for round number two
I just see this one go back to figure schedule programming and fapping around in spawn with nades two of the players from Aurora
We're so late out of this if they had any early plans that will be cancelled
They're throwing out half-full blocks of smoke of their own.
And Sulfi smoked off.
He's going to walk through it with Wakani as help, so they're going to be in boiler
quite quickly.
No molotovs.
That's going to make it tough to flush out sandbags.
And Zataro saw the trajectory of that, so trying to get a boost up and over.
There's a real chance he can find Kix in here on the crossback.
Just the tip of his head needs to be spotted, and it's not lethal, that is, from Kiyosuke.
I want to put a couple more through the smoke, but I want to hold onto your numbers, don't
you?
Wikardi's going to do his best to change that Niko on the back foot, back in a way.
Wikardi, a procedural.
Clear through the long side, has Tessus on high alert, has to adopt this mini-pit
position, playing for the headshot.
What's he trying to draw attention trajectory of the Nate indicates sight?
I don't suppose to grief it.
Yeah, and they will do just that.
Honestly, quick reaction finds it a favorable angle.
They cover from Tessus.
They finish off the job onto one.
They are wrapping in short heavily occupied and there they goes.
Yasuke Kixen arrived just in time.
Catches the escaping walk six.
So a two on two established.
Flash pop, just swings one on one.
Kixen with it all to do, soul fly as well.
Holding his nerve on the side, on the line, and another for Aurora.
That's a big one, and Aurora in the Aurora camp.
That fight, I wear that one. That was a real brawl.
That's after losing the opening exchange, and Tarzan, the top of the boost goes down.
That little gap pipped on Long this timing for Makadia.
Niko's trying to backpedal already low on HP.
They misthrow the Moto Smoke. It causes some real chaos.
But Woxic entries in, then they turn attention to the pit player.
Soulfly takes down Tessas.
This is such a quick pipe-up shot, though.
they were under so much pressure Aurora.
What do I grab there for?
Frustrating.
First time out from Zonic.
So you can see the investment starting to take shape.
Honestly, we'll bring out the orb.
Niko and Kix are going to have to operate with something a little bit lighter.
Famist for Kiyosuke tests us into them for...
Niko's got the deagle.
Niko's got the Deagle.
Yeah.
Damn.
Oh yeah, 2400 bucks.
So, with Monosie on the orb, you want him to be relatively active.
Not desperate, right, but active, at least searching and trying to initiate a fight early, but it's two Mac 10s in again.
Might just be another one of these B-executes like we saw them do on the anti-Ecos.
There you go.
Nice!
There's a correlation. Monosy binds it all up on the CT side. Monosy provides an opening kill on the CT side.
And I think ideally you'd want to just keep it floating everywhere, but they're just staying to the 2-3, with the 3 on B.
Oh, nice from Kiyosuke. He's just dipping back in and out. Nope, he's forward. He wants more.
Tanks on the half, for some significant damage dealt by the HG as it's burning. Yeah, Kixon's been burnt down to a crisp.
He's actually very vulnerable and susceptible to a spam through the smoke really doesn't want to give up his life here. So gets away
You want to hold on to your man advantage will be it by a very slim margin
Okay, he spotted him on the strafe there's and Taurus confirms tests in mid. He's gonna try and peek him from the stairs angle
All right, well they've conceded that top mid information they just had they'll even block themselves 45 seconds be stills
It was quite worrisome.
I agree.
Kixson's low and Niko only has the dealer, both playing CT side.
Yeah, so the expectation is Niko's good for one hit.
I feel you going through that smoke.
So does Niko.
Play site-side.
This has to be explosive.
Niko eats the flashbang and he loses Kixson.
This is the shot he had to hit.
It's now back, the trade from Zantara is guaranteed.
This is a tough 2v2.
Yeah, it's so uncomfortable, isn't it?
Monacy's hoping that someone sticks around on the...
And the...
Angling...
Catch a flash of him!
Zantara's lucky to be alive.
Another smoke for CT.
That's gonna really channel them in through Coffins here.
That's the only way in if they wanna give this one a go.
And if you do wanna give it a go,
you risk giving Voxy your AWP for free.
And you're lost, Burness.
2,900 into the next.
Thinking about it.
Edging through the smokes
Sintares should surely have this one. He lets Monosy sweep through. They're playing the angle as well.
Oh, he just taps the head. Nice shot from Monosy. Knows where the last is, but time. He has to run it in.
Sintares is playing the clock. It's on his side. Monosy, you've got to get out of there.
And he will nail Sintares with the round. He's there. They'll be happy.
Five already on the T side. There's already six rounds deep.
Flying away with it short. Monosy's AWP does find three kills across the round.
to see him in form with his signature weapon, but Aurora already boasting a comfortable cushion of
rounds. I love the way that they use their blockswork against them, they parve into it,
and they explode through it. And look at this parving, where they just literally hard clear the
boost. Maja has so much faith in the YouTube that's being thrown that the site player will
be blind, so he can hard clear boost. That's beautiful. That's entry parving, that's what
you like to see. Now they save the orb, and they're able to piece something together.
up. Two Famis' NEM4 and fast banana. Just running at him.
Yeah, KK, KS, 2K, Marcian hits us.
Oh, there we go.
KS, 2K, lots to do! Double spray.
Marcian, KS, 2K have repelled the initial two.
Santa Claus wants to keep going into the ore.
He's whistled one past the ear.
It's a bit of a miss.
The flank's already here. They've already locked him in banana.
Yeah, this is a full commandment from Aurora.
You just can't lose another man. The Molly's tight.
We're fast.
It's not necessarily comfortable. Niko and Tess is with FAMAS.
They're just so quick on this. So quick up Banana.
Centauri is his ult spotted over the top. Brilliant. Fine. Kixen, this is a high impact round from him.
Clutch from Moxik. Is it asking too much? The first is found. Double swing available.
Tessas converts. He's going to get a firm pat on the back from Zonic, I'm sure. Kixen with high impact. Double kill.
I think they've gone with the keep it simple stupid method there in the sense. We know that that adb piece carried through
Let's not give monosia chance to find another opening pick
Let's just surge up banana and see if we can really get on top of them
And it does turn into full chaos top banana will catch it again all on the line grabs the first
You see case able to flick that one is a little burst isn't it just coming out of the edge that smoke?
What's it gives it a good go gets the bomb down
But it looks like they are going to take an eco. Everyone has just over the 2k mark.
Yeah, came down to that 1v1 in their last success, so understandably broken.
Yeah, so with the 1900 into the next, they will be bringing out a pipe.
But I think conventional wisdom would have Falcons thinking they're expecting like a 4-star with tech nines.
That's just a needle waltzing up middle.
He's had a sound cue. He might try and take this gap. It's helped by monosy.
There's no gap here
We'll pass the line. There is now there is he's noted though in the bit player might very well take a little plant
Pessus takes a warning shot from the Desert Eagle forces out the smoke could have met a room already
This is the ace up feeling a lot of pressure even though it is just an armored pistols mainly glocks the thing
That has me less excited is that Madge's got a lot of these steps
Even if you did hit a couple of nice eagle head shots, it wouldn't necessarily facilitate the plant. Oh
Oh, he just started to move. He hasn't touched his keyboard in 30 seconds. Touch his W, Eternate.
Any spots you want to see on the library side?
Okay, so we have to stay vigilant in any round when Falcons is in the server, but there's
another one that I would... I can't keep doing that.
It's fine everything's fine Tessus did just get pwned but it's done
Well guns about to be re-equipped that was the eco dealt with five to three two round gap
Been doing a bit of bullying of the B bombsite whether it's pacey or whether it's late executes
Well that keep Falcons starting with a 3-2, helping out Kisuke and Kixen. Niko's that rotating piece,
it's Tessus the anchor and Monosip floats with the orb. Now they believe that they've done
enough and ben under to start forcing Aurora into something more eccentric and they'd be
right if you look at the minimap. That's four up through second mid, just nudge out on the
T stairs and Monosip being assertive with the orb once more. It's the right place to find
the opening pick. Yeah, Southline looking to be a victim here. It's not about that jiggle
and strafe. He gets a good idea, but Modesty's gonna nail it. Funt, more coming, we can't
hear him. Oh, he's looking for trouble now. Sendier, he not gonna risk it, not gonna
accelerate. Might have been tempted to, but he'll fall away. He can help straight. You
know that it's a two man app set up. Niko on crack. He's gonna call a lot of info.
This is a massive info play from Niko.
B at this moment, they can start to block because Niko's calling second mid clear.
Obviously has apps.
B, I guess they think they've timing slipped up mid.
Okay, he's being called back now.
As you were.
Still, now it's just a B execute and both of them are not side-side.
Kicks in my try, and Riscuit was going to try and engage.
Smoke's blocked, no flash, it's actually going to work out for Kicks.
If not, if the flash is as good as that, counter flash, everyone's blind!
Kicks and can't transfer, they're in!
Zatarez! Ooh, he's ready for Niko. Quick adjustment.
Again, another monocie opener, but it doesn't seem to matter.
It doesn't seem to matter at all.
Translate, do they?
Are you getting a 4v5 off of your AWPer so early in the rounds?
Well, I actually know it was traded, right? It became a 4v4. Tessas went down.
I'm baffled they try the boost again when it's the same flash that books them again.
Yeah, it makes a... You're gonna keep throwing that smoke if you're Aurora, right? Because if there's nobody up there, then perfect. If there is, you're gonna see the smoke hasn't landed properly and you're gonna be hard clearing it anyway.
It's monosy. Try the whole fight for it all.
Sanny card. Six rounds now for Aurora.
So you have the carragans siren and then you have like the zantara's alarm
What was the what would you call the doom out the doom how the doom how is a mating call okay?
Yeah, I'm a meeting call. It's like a Brazilian bird
Do malice
We get a funny was last name
Malice it because
Yeah, that sounds great
Tessus equips that MP9 for Niko. You never love those words coming out of your mouth, do you?
But monosie has the all-pipe. Can he find another? Nah.
That's an MP7 believer. Tuck some clothes. It should be good for a second.
And Tess, that's that one two punch they were hoping for in the previous.
Seems a strong case is being made by the Falcons for four.
That's Kiyosuke Niko. Yes, he does. Kaches and Taro is trying to find a way back in.
Desperation in that scenario with the two man disadvantage trying to make a play.
Oh, Funtouch with a wall there. Madjot will go down to Niko's MP9. There's just Wox
Extended over towards logs
So need to take stock right now is not expecting a walks it 1v5 with the AWP on inferno
It's 1400 loss going into the next
So a lot of this conversation has been about the limited finances
And they are starting to clamp down on box into position
He's back in the fruit basket.
Come on, boys.
How bad do you want it?
Yeah, badly.
All right.
This time, they do convert off the back of Monocie's opener.
Makes a change.
And they get them to have a couple of AKs to carry into the next, so they are going
to force this time, Aurora.
Dreamstar for the upset up.
Those are those real, you know, satisfying rounds.
I guess they're thinking it's not having two consecutive rounds, right?
That there will be some type of urban storm set up in the apartment.
So 1A, K for Centares, tech 9s for the rest.
Easy to mess these ones up if you're Falcons.
Getting some info is valuable.
Tessus can have a tempered start.
Try to map three times in a row.
There's no way Monty's here again, they say.
Aw, I think the smoke pretty much confirms the orcs elsewhere.
Imagine if they're throwing aids from downtown. He's having a chicken pit.
Gonna flash them out, boiler. No one's gonna be there to be flashed.
Yeah, so Monty's actually was playing the block.
Oh, okay. Lots for Tessus on the receiving end of this. Nika's the one who's made Zawaltran
sport the short aggressor of Tarez. Lots smoke and they're coming out. Fax a turn,
detectives fall. Tessus sweats two down and it's going to be a very confident round
from Falcons. Triple from your pit player. Everyone's happy with that and for Aurora,
know there's no real bonus to being forced to force by out the last two rounds of the half.
Yeah, they will take their first tactical time out of the half.
Said there was monosy planar blockers Nico side side so a good setup there from Falcons to convert
their fifth and they're happy with this right. I think that getting five rounds
on the CT side of Inferno map that back in the day obviously quite CT sided the way that
that teams have gotten so good at how they use each piece of utility to vibe to that banana control.
Shifted it now into being a T-sided map ever slightly.
So for Aurora, probably feeling like they do need to snatch this final round away.
But it will be only Tec-9's again.
One Mac-10 in the mix and the hands is in Tara's.
They did have success over towards B in the earliest stages of this half.
But again, look at it.
So many numbers on the radar channeling straight through second mid.
Top mid question.
Snow.
And a half all on the clear.
I used to know that they could be running at him, though.
Sochle doesn't start to release the walkie.
So we'll have to respect the util be blocked another another opening.
Honestly, it's just an opening kill factory right now.
Yeah, it's good to be able to convert on the back of them.
He's 5-0 in that department. Tess S is 4-0.
Oh. I think I only got 5 rounds.
Kiyosuke makes it 6-0 in quick work.
Quad kill spray, 6-0.
Don't you go anywhere.
I'll be catching up in the night
Gonna throw my friends behind
Nobody gonna know me now
I'll be catching up in the night
Gonna be catching up in the night
Gonna throw my friends behind
First box, full and first box. Oh my god. Training to play.
First box dead. Let's close, first box.
First box, not sure. I'm ready to go.
We're killing first, we're killing first.
I need, I need. Come, let's win.
Okay, he's peeking. Nice.
Off triple, off triple.
From that firing point, scoreline Aurora only managed one extra.
Falcons managing to turn it around on the CT side to leave us dead,
even in our third and deciding map, the opening game.
We weren't even with the pistols coming into this. Falcon's a need to win their first T-Site pistol of the series to keep it that way.
Well, honestly it's not going to happen all the healthy needs, but he's still managing to do damage. Great headshot onto Akkadia.
Opening number six for Monocy.
And a response from Zantara's self-right. How do you handle this? Very well.
It was, but he made it look easy onto Kyosuke. Niko does the same, Zantara's gone. Just tip for town.
Ock! And fourth Niko, however, with the difference maker.
Couch's Madra slight overextension from the CT position has resulted in a lost bomb site.
Is that any chance Woxic can stop that plant? They're even going to fake it out,
so Woxic will get ahead to head to Niko.
He's got the shalilata, wongtywong, running onto the bomb! Woxic denies!
Oh, foul, because he looked like they'd done all the hard work until Woxic arrives.
Clean headshots on that B2000.
That T-Pistol, if they want one, has to be Ter Sess.
Oh, the self-lybernize as well!
Double kill from both of them, they've got to be happy with that!
I'm just kidding, I mean, I could've killed him, yeah, I'll kill him, CZLM, I just...
Oh, he's getting me hyped up, I don't even know what he said.
The tone of his voice right there, that's what that was, High Street was all about.
Now you understand when they say it's not what you said, it's how you shit.
Hey, for sure.
We have lost one from the server, Monacy was just restarting, so quick little tech,
we will get things sorted and back underway. You think after Niko double? Yeah, I thought so.
It's enough, but Woxic, the clear onto Niko is massive and then he's able just to isolate
Kixen while trying to punch in the digits.
Alright, well we are back underway. It will have to be forced by Info Falcons and this
is without the plant. So a couple of digs, primarily Tec-9s. For the series, Aurora
We'll take the pistol lead of four to two. Could that be the difference maker on that number three?
Okay, some flash I'm gonna pass through
Second time's job
Another bomb going first clear indication of their plan. Yes, you can pull back
I think they told him. Excuse me, sir. I don't think he knew that he had the bomb in that moment
So I can hear a little bit of the team comms and I just don't let someone repeating bomb bomb bomb
It's happened to us all
So he's mostly gonna throw the CT smoke from downtown and then they just try and quickly cascade in and catch them off
But we're kind of playing forward means that it's less likely to catch them off, right?
They're strangling them in banana at the moment by playing. Oh, he's ahead. Yeah, okay
They swing and find both of them. Okay
Yeah, me that's not gone. Well, what's it saved them on the pistol?
But this feels like they're asking too much of him. How many can it be five?
Two and a little bit of damage onto kicks and would have actually been three
Even the spam of Zintara is nearly had him. Okay. Neither of these guys have a kit
like you're gonna have a look right you'll put the rod in the war as a wise man
you lose everything here both and fours remember 1400 lost places to the next and
it's just been a smoke over towards coffins I don't think there was a kid in
the round at all yeah but if you can get a quick one here if it's all flight
finds monocy there could be a conversation so it's a huge risk it
is a huge risk and so they will concede well after a pistol success there's
a whole lot better way than winning the T pistol you win the second round
force by.
Fix instead.
Yeah.
That's not going to cost them anything really though is that the fact that you're able to
snatch that one away and Aurora brought you to fight.
I thought that right there the way that they were playing it just hanging around half wall
but they actually wanted to keep on surging down and they found trouble they just weren't
ready for it as someone has a massive smile on his face.
Well the half wall has got a whole lot easier.
Yeah.
Yeah it just looks a little bit odd right if they were staying half wall and then that
That execute comes in right there scaling is not going to catch you off guard in the same way
It's an important shot the monosy hit that you saw on the replay like we said, they were no HP
Both teams have had some some really big fumbles
Yeah, they're kind of trading it. That says will be equal. Yeah as far as fun. I think the 2v5 was the most egregious
Yeah, the piss around retake though by monosy and Nika was pretty nice. Yeah
It's gone all the way back to Anubis, if you haven't joined us both this and picking up their map choices, Inferno third and deciding battlegrounds, and we're going to lock horns again, two saves and fours, one's been able to get dropped across and two MP9s, so it's not the worst looking by for Aurora, but it could definitely be better.
I know that if they'd won that, it would have been Falcons on an eco, and they could have been sailing towards double digits, but right here, right now, I have to do it the hard way.
I can't remember the last time I've seen a round star where that hasn't happened.
That's three.
It's all thrown by one man.
Well, there's two M4s on A.
One picked up now.
Boiler and Halls control.
Banana control. Does Nico pre-fire this?
Ooh, Centaur is flashed off of his boost.
Have the angle.
So they will stay three strong at A.
Woxic's just been smoked off on the long side.
There's no molly for Kit, but no one's even playing bike, that's not gonna matter.
Yeah, it's a good place to take Chief of Woxic as Kinsuke walking wonky.
Warto's smoke from Hickson.
Woxic's done the cheap bee.
This is essentially Wakadir and Salfly, they have to get a multi-kill.
Got a work to do.
Sof like a big fight to the McCardy was blocked in the smoke.
Tessus has been brought down by the MP9.
McCardy has been swung by Kiyosuke, but can't find the angle.
Oh, how was what?
It caught him.
The bomb loose, 20 seconds.
Makes things so uncomfortable.
Too much to do.
Kiyosuke removing walks.
They know there's one in the after.
There's pressure from right beside.
Two, look at the headshot.
Double dink from Magja.
Job done.
Eight seconds.
What are you supposed to do, Kiyosuke?
There's no options here that are good.
Run for the hills, don't die after time!
EEEEEEESH!
That's top 450 dollar he does in the bank account for Kiyosuke!
I said they had to molte it, that's Wakabi Aray there, massive work from him.
Soulfly also does his job getting one, stunting that, that...
Also, the kill through the smoke, this blind spam, so here they are blocking each other, smoke fades, Tessa starts to shoot.
Wakabi at delete, and then Maja hits a nice one as well.
She does.
Just the last frame of his spine.
We're going back and forth.
What now? So what back to 4CB?
Yeah, what's back to...
Oh, you missed it. You'll see it.
I promise, Nico's just absolutely
put wickard here in his pocket.
Booked.
By a desi-deal headshot going for a swing on cart.
Here we go.
Bye.
Okay.
Reminiscent, mirage, monosy window.
Yeah, as in Tara's now you just got to not give up.
Oh, too much. He's actually in a way got a kill honestly just helped him out
Wrapping is it meant to be or is it a crunch?
Looks crunchy
Oh to slip through kicks in a monseat through the arch side looks happy. It's about to be it's a crunchy rap
It's a crunchy rap. I've heard the steps taught me so they know they're reclearing and assess
Oh, it's not the way for you to like for the job. You can't show the bomb
So I don't think Niko was spotted monestates really backwards
time doesn't rush it doesn't go for the stunning mid-air headshot so fly they
could be anywhere yeah it's actually really backwards right now so flying
apartments the bomb needs to get to a but so fly might find him hello oh the
bomb holy this is a bad one okay how do we recover this kitchen the going for
I don't think there's no way you're clearing him.
I don't think you're clearing Bench.
Things might have gone underpass.
You're not clearing Bench?
You're not clearing Bench.
And you have a free frag from Magic.
You walk through the smokers and fly connects!
Super awkward round for Falcons and a fantastic close for Aurora.
We've gotten there eventually. Now Falcons will have to eco.
The bomb disconnected from the pack.
They've got the space that re-clear on top.
Me, it'll start with that Nico-Degal.
This is Monosie's frag, but TK.
Salflite, he is surrounded.
He has to make a move.
You made a good one.
Yeah, the best move possible.
FOM couldn't have been dropped in more of an awkward position.
Just four rounds now.
He's in a push-dabs.
Yes, he has.
Yeah, well, mate, where else are you
meant to go with him?
I'm sorry, mate.
I
Optane and to this series
Horrora to be securing double digits unless of a deco deagle happens
Yeah, this Alex in this entire game so far 97 being school and there's only three opening kills for Aurora and they're winning 97
I believe it. It's crazy. I feel like check Mirage as well. It's the same like they were winning out on that opening
So yeah Falcons no absence of openings is closing that's been the difficulty
Mirage was 15 to 8 in favour of Falcons.
Right.
Opening kills have been the win condition because Aurora was dominating in that category once
we go back to map number 1.
The nervous Aurora went 14 to 6.
So this one's bucking the trend.
Good time to do it.
Oh, silent dismount, diligence, don't want to be giving any extra clues and chews.
Such, I don't want to call it a shame,
but it's such an odd turn of events
that we're having to treat one Diego
and four Glocks like a winnable round
because of the scenes that we've seen happen
in this series.
Oh, yeah, it's like, well, in the normal worlds,
this is the tenth for Aurora.
In the normal world, we're checking.
In the world I want to live in.
Right, right, but instead,
this is the Falcon's universe
where anything can and will happen.
Looking good from soft light,
it's a pretty good shift.
I'm telling you!
That's one deal!
It's a $700 investment versus five fully bought up CTs.
Now they've got themselves some A-case scavenger
from the corpses of the fallen Aurora.
Two coming up the short side.
So what, Niko swings off of Tessus' contact
or Niko plays first?
Yep, spot.
He's missed his shot.
Awkward now.
Horrible for Tessus to deal with.
Oh, he nearly got the line up.
But with Guardian, it comes out on top.
It's a 1v1. How stressful is this game?
Yeah, Woxy's giving him a dress down there because it should never get that damn close.
It's just baffling.
You know what? I actually want to live in this world.
Yeah, you do?
This one's more fun.
It is a lot more fun.
This one's much more fun.
Yeah, normally we're opening Twitch chat, you know?
Yeah, this one's more fun.
I cannot believe how close this gets.
And also, that tap from Nico didn't look like...
I think the button was just a little low.
Here's the balance.
Yeah, right, the lineup.
Yeah, that's a desk puncher right there.
Yes!
What have I signed up for?
What is this?
How many months have they been in 2026 so far?
He's aging every year, every month.
Right.
Right.
Let's all screw our heads back on.
If you can.
We're only watching.
Regenade is playing.
I can't.
This is where we need those heart monitor to see the stress level of just going through the roof.
That's a good shout.
Alright.
Guns are out.
Every member of Falcons has recently touched Sonic's hand.
Giving them an extra motivation.
The energy being passed between the group.
Yes.
Together, Falcons strong.
One T-Rounds, so far for the Falcons.
certainly some close calls.
Yes, what ifs.
That be applies from early
brackets pressure to Centares
they've started three AM this
double app setup as well. So
they are wary of a gap with a
walk through that top mid smoke
but. In their belief is that
Ooh, if Magic gets the right timing, that's the one that lands behind the half wall.
This Indicator is going to be a couple of seconds after this half wall smoke fade to Util Q and Nade.
Still in his hands.
Looks good.
Bit deep.
Quite near, Lip.
But they have so many Nades left over on beat, they're both essentially at full belt.
full belt so the fact this is happening sub one minute they've used these names
quite well zonik in the timeout let's stay in the game if we win this round
it's gonna be next to two all right
oh oh cool the main attack that's a nice little feeling play from Nico
just had a premonition that was the timing
I think you're already calling this save your biggest issue right now is
test is still in boiler excuse me so you're still constrained on where you
can actually hold on to these guns. How does test I mean this is always with like
Oh, I thought he'd be playing for the economical down maybe because of the
Falcons classic actually valid and he has a smoke he's like guys I will come
all the way over and I will make sure there is no chance in hell and now I'll
go up maybe can I go hold on to you good it's only called us he promised us if
you win this one you get the next two it's gonna be harder to get the
follow-up if you were going up against a fully bought up Aurora that's true now it
does become just a two-round game no boxy he's got 1.8 so plus the 1400 will be
able to drop the M4 so even can get a yet made a tour of his choice and that's
Nico just with a nice entry there catches wakanda the greed after you throw
one major why not one more and I looked really good right because they'd
It held on to so much util towards B and they had them sub one minute.
I thought there were gonna be enough nades to block and just hold them in banana.
Make it very difficult, but still caught off by the timing and Peppa will take the final tactical timeout.
She scuttles that in, goes to drop the nade, gets caught, spammed down, round over, and that's your highlight.
Keep, it's the Turkish word for save.
Wow, we are really learning today.
I don't know if it is actually the Turkish word to say.
I mean, that was my assumption too.
Yeah, let's just be comfortably wrong on the internet.
Yeah, that's presented as fact.
Yeah.
It's tough to question the way they approach that round because it did just come down
to a timing they weren't ready for.
And I think Wakadia knows in that situation, yeah, he's been caught off guard by the
timing.
Are they both juggling an extra HE?
Interesting, they want to try and act way bigger than they are, he's got three.
So hoping for a...
Oh wow, he is really doing his job here.
Need number one please.
That was so well done.
Look at the smile on Niko's face.
Right, he's sad, he's waiting, there's nothing, just as he starts to progress, the knight comes and lands, all you can do is laugh.
Oh, watch it, gotta get out of there!
Okay, impressive from self-flight to of Korkia's Sukei, it was Tessus that pulls them back, gets that necessary trade.
Staying 2-2 right now with the setup, even though there's pressure on A, with the brackets control, and Nades being thrown, he's telling of more.
And even a motosmoke, surely that's gonna have the B players feeling a little bit.
On smokes faded.
Not playing scared, imagine a MacCardia here.
Another well placed HE.
Oh, perfect. Just to clearly overlook it.
Not ready for that at all and running away on the retreat finds a second onto Niko.
Alright, look from Tessus.
There's a conversation, but it's as Antares on this pixel.
just one man on eight right so okay it's just beats the line now that's gonna
alert walk sick and it's an AWP you know it's likely gonna be hiding on sites
somewhere how do you approach this you've got to be quicker as well you
know as in tires it's coming library in a moment
monocy from the short side jump start misshick. Where's the kill?
Wanting too quick on the quick scope and there's a big round for Aurora.
Alright well we just have to set the obvious here obviously the HUD bugged
down there everybody that was coming down to the final 10 seconds that is 11
right now just two more rounds this one will be a now bite up photo finish
that's that naid and then you see just the grin
all right well they still have money I mean I thought this was really cheeky
from that. False sense of security from Kixson. It worked so hard. It's been a long series.
Aurora have gone to a place where victory feels close. Victory feels very, very attainable.
time no Nade in the face of Nubis.
Whistles by!
President Zimboyla notes it.
That's 12, that's 12.
That's the round!
really mad at himself because he did have the opportunity to catch the Tarez retreating.
The flash came through, but as soon as his vision is restored and there's multiple bodies on his
screen, he just sprays them all down. I just want more round now and the money
it's in the bin. It is going to be a massive divide for Falcons and this is then going to be
just five frags away from dropping down to that lower bracket. This is there. Beautiful.
opening game of Group B, the last opening round match to be played.
I am crack of 20-26, and they're going to have to battle the long way.
AC from Kingston, forces the ult, confirms the Woxic B star.
Retake U-Till from Maga.
He's into the Orc, he's a death sentence, he's a gig-send, he's brought down out of the round a little too easy, but they want to bring the fire off the flash, swings on in, and another frag found!
That's it, looking for the finish!
With monosy low, Tess is just a tech 9, he's trying to find a gap on A, but it looks like it's just nothing for him here.
Does do damage to Soulflies and Taris, should have it, walks a bit, shots right down.
Who plays a low? Hairy low!
where we see another round of play here.
No smoke though for CT, that's a big problem for Monosy.
New box.
Tucked from Naja, rotation from Zantara is disordable,
opts for the AWP to try and catch him.
Ooh, dangerous.
A dangerous game being played by Zantara.
Naja spots him out!
Oh no, he was looking the wrong way!
Aurora taken!
Falcons faulted to the lower bracket!
Aurora, send them there!
And big smiles on their faces.
They start another year with the roster change, Soulfly, it went massive on Mirage, but that's not where the business got done, it's Inferno, a great showing from the Turkish.
Continue to cause chaos in Poland.
Can Mongols find some form?
This is a team that everybody loves to watch.
watch. I'm curious to see Cobra Zara and what he can deliver. Looks like the bookies a favourite
furia. Fall and take first contact, K Serato to clean up the mess. Jump over his sight lines
in our K Serato with his vision gone. They're already ready to drove a run. Only the one.
It's not enough from K Serato and Co. Well, let's be considering this in time for that
flanker. Will it just be a shot to the side of the head? Looks like he has just
the Japanese cross there in time.
Perfect.
Yuri Lingers is going to lose it as well as four out of the five stand alive in the pistol
round conversion.
Beautiful stuff.
Simple stuff.
The first round on the board, Furia are four straight losses on Mirage so you can understand
the pick of the Mongols.
Also a bit of a comfort map for them.
Let's see if we have another three mapper on our hands.
It's going to be quite a fall for Furia if they were to be eliminated in last
place in stage two. This is a team who won three consecutive trophies, starting at TWC,
Chengdu, and then Hong Kong for rivals, leading into the Budapest Major, becoming one of the
top dogs or main contenders alongside of your vitalities of the world.
Luis Tanavi in that quarter, and they set off the year looking very rusty.
Was it a honeymoon? Pretty good one. Yeah, you had a good time. Spoiled each other.
Yeah.
How many for Techno here?
Oh, in the strong case for those guys there, onto Yuri, but he hasn't got the bullets, his teammates will finish the job.
Okay, that is a beautiful patch around right there, four alive on the pistol, five around on the anti-eco, and now the gun's equipped.
What? CobraZera has got his gaming sleeve on his keyboard arm.
Maybe he just thinks it looks cool.
That might be it.
That's not for functionality.
functionality yeah
Too awesome school for his mousepad
Kessler doesn't even have his sleeve on so that I would say that
Slivers on the desk just in case he needs it so it depends on the how map one goes. Okay. Well, we'll see if it
is required
Cuz the buying pattern on the day AWP takes an early joust window the m4 and he's being pressed away
Quick mid control taken over zero down by con
Kinder and Uri starting to investigate over towards a ramp so taking some space in the loss of middle case around
Oh connector Molotow at window floating fallen would all to do on B if they do come a knocking
the block spoke and
and in no rush are the Mongols.
We deploy a window smoke on the way.
Oh, Ignate there on detect note.
And forth through middle, looks like they want to try and split into A through connector.
This is going to be brute force.
They can do a Nuri on their own.
They do block Palace, hoping Mazzini will respect that.
Time sensitive mission boys, we are going to have to make our move.
We have so many maids for this type of a play as well.
They're all in the same choke point but all this utility.
He's still just a kinder and yuri though.
Looks good for the mongols unless one of these two does...
MIITS!
Ah!
Ah!
It's the opposite of BITS isn't it, that's Bob's!
Diddly squaw for your kinder at his position.
Noted, I thought that would have been communicated, CobraZera did not expect a re-peak after damage was done to your kinder, but now do you overlook Yuri?
That's the double-up, that's what they're looking for, but no, now Yuri reveals his position without lethality.
Distraction at least for the CT5.
Glitch should be going down, good pre-fire from Yuri, gives them the man advantage on the retake,
fallen quick with the kit, another fight available for Yuri, fallen in case Serato flooded to the side from CT, for Yuri.
Strong case for the retake already, the bomb being defused, no wallbang available.
It's very on the board alley and you bang on there right you can just the guy who goes down first is the con player
So you should have had a sorry the short player
You should have had a pretty good idea that said there was
Yuri lingering around I
Like the approach though because you get the Molotov thrown out from the Zinnia towards Tetris
So they they clearly identified what the setup was quickly
Yeah, yeah, okay
So a bit of a misplay there from the rookie
First come round goes to Furia.
Suna ulted on the server for round number 4.
But they got that mid control with a lot of E's.
Janko breaking down some of the problems that Furia have been having on this map.
Oof, got a team flash there. So, slightly off on their timing in comms right now.
What a shot. 9-10 just completely out of bounds.
Yagenda, K-Surato fires it though. And ooh, he's lucky to be alive.
He gets a WM4 HP.
He knows Lurk is activating now. He was considering taking a peek. It's Yuri on site. He has to deal with
Techno coming back to grab that bomb. He's gonna play ahead of this
All right, good info that tells you
A defenders over towards ticket so that can help inform this execute that has the heap of Molotov short
One smoke on Blitz who's actually in middle so he won't be able to deploy that over towards a with any ease
The pushing B apps are getting info, Fallen can start rotating over, they are essentially
playing retake A right now, but this info should inform the Brazilian core of what's
common. Yeah, Molledoy's gonna have his work cut out for him. Yuri will be one reporting.
They really are taking a slow 30 seconds dead silence here it comes.
Molledoy's ahead of this.
Molledoy, traffic is moment. You can actually die. Yeah, perfectly. No carver provided whatsoever.
He gets away with his life and now 18 seconds that clock comes back to haunt you.
You've got to get across his sight line.
Mazzinho is in two mines.
I need to take fights, but I need to plant.
Okay, Serato can take him down and round.
Nothing but Lidson.
Some moments where it does look a little too easy for the Fury defense.
These rounds onto the A finish haven't quite been working out for them.
Two rounds back to back.
Because of the clock, they have to make assumptions, right?
So they've double molly juggled.
They're not assuming the molotov is actually already ahead of this.
They're just thinking that that's clear.
Rota, there's no way, and they have to.
This one's at the cause of the time. You can't be diligent clearing everything out and then the flank comes in from that
B info play and that's a beautiful round. You've forced them down to Eco, Furia.
Wanted to snap this lost streak on Mirage.
Got to take their third right now.
And I think Yanko's corrected the sense that Mara and the Mongols have bought themselves
with faith with their roster changes based off of the players we've seen them bringing in
What they've grown into, especially within 2025, making a major final back in Austin.
Nate, could be good. Doesn't pull it out just yet.
I'm juggling you two.
Alright, yeah, washed.
Alright, well, that handling business.
We probably a bit scarred from the Tarkin's Aurora game. It's just a deagle and Glock,
so it should be fine. Yeah, this should be much more to be said about this one. You can
see the SMT usage has been really well positioned and well timed. It's just, come on boys.
Let's get the eco from down here shall we? Oh, there's another PC utility that's
more money spent, more money to have to be reinvested.
Really making the most of every round, and that's what you love to see.
Jame coming back in, you know, he's got everybody to look.
This is how it's done, all right?
I'm a vision with one trophy and this is Counter Strike.
Everyone's just got, we're just, every round, we'll be down to the last 20 seconds,
And that's a guarantee as all five stand alive, that's four for your kinder.
And it's four AK-47, it's a Furia.
They keep hold of all of them.
And still no need for a Molotow AWP.
So that's yet to come out.
We know just the level of impact this kid can have when he is on.
Will it be more of the same from the Mongols with this slow crawl?
I'm going to go get some more.
Well overshot on the incendiary from your kid there gives uh free access back boxes.
Okay they've heard that.
Senior anchor Rosira in palace will have heard the steps but it's a funny.
Yeah nice shot.
Punish his molotoy.
Pressure now amplified onto K Serato and Uri.
These two have played together an awfully long time.
Where's that synergy now? He just dip away, gets his easy frag,
and then exposed. It's just falling apart for the Mongols.
Segregated, isolated, Jaws Techno in the clutch
in a very easy bomb plant.
So he's gotten the first step and the second,
but jumping up in a missed shot, Yikinda will punish.
That's a brave move there from Yikinda.
knows that he's pinned towards D-POP before and wasn't in a position to be able to trade him in that moment.
So backing his aim, Yikinder will get two within the round and secure number four with the bomb going down.
There can be a bit of a conversation around a more exciting partial buy for Mongols into the next however.
Once Blitz identifies that it's two players aggressive ramp, he takes his timing on Khan gets that opener,
but it's not enough, not enough at all.
It sort of moves from Yikinder.
It's a difference maker as Mara will get on the mic with the first tactical timeout.
I think he's having to make up for maybe a lack of energy right when you were riding that high late last year that fury aware with the three trophies
you kind of get not the major result you were looking for. You can still go into the break and be quite content with things but when I saw them play in bounty, especially at the land portion, it looked shaky.
moments where players individual prowess was letting them down normally that'd be
good for one and then maybe even the second they weren't even getting the
first just look wobbly in the aim department Moldow had to carry them in
some games to bow them out of bad situations and that's why if they do
come last year at stage two you start questioning okay well what a fall from
grace this would be start questioning everything that you were doing last
season was it even working how do we get back to that point but a win against
This is two big names from 2025.
Lushing the last place here at 226, so...
Someone's going to go home with tears.
Hello. That's a great opening kill.
Catches K. Serato. His first excursion from the short side.
Joachim just committed to this as well, even if 9-10 is not careful.
Joachim just got a bullet with his name on it.
Oh, back turn. Poor Cobra.
Sarah, you're assumed.
9-10 is still on the line as he progressed short.
Get the catch of the time.
Oh, he backs himself for another 9-10 will catch nice frags across the board either side of the map
on doors have the advantage blitz extends it wins it out removes the threat techno an easy pickup and denial of
Molodoys orbs save or through the murder hole. Okay. I get into that one quite easy don't I? Yeah I mean these
rounds they go one way or the other but neither of them you know it's not like it's come down to the
the wire are the convincing one way or the other.
So that one there was a other opening, but I'm actually able to make good on it. So
it's tough for the Mongols as they are, I'll say dominating, but leading that stat line early.
It's five to two in terms of opening kills.
And the second tactical timeout from Mara off the back of that round success.
So is there an adjustment? Maybe just wants to warn them what they could be going up against here.
The boat team's fully bought in and now Orp's gone on either side.
Let's see if we get that clash.
It's straight into an AX, Q'd essentially,
it's in the line of the nades. It's a two ramp, two powers,
Cobra Zero gets to be the X-Factor lurk who's just tending with underpass push as well as
the apartment to the Yuto in place for the finishes.
It's gonna come quick. Yeah, well they've already investigated mid control of the back of Molotov, so they should have a good idea that
It should be on high alert for these side hits. Yeah, Yuri's ready for a potential pop
Here comes the Utah. What's his reaction? He's gonna just talk and hope that he catch something on the
commitment
J serato ahead of the smoke wall. Oh, he's done well
Catches Mazzini, oh trying to lead the charge
Tango further forward, and just exposed.
Kase are out to do it very well.
Molodoye flank onto Blitz, 9-10 feeling their heat.
Got to be worried about the flank and fight forward.
Yep, there goes the round.
Yeah, CobraZero's entire job there is to play clutch
and be in use since they're rotating away.
He's not meant to be trying to make his way through B
with the bomb down and T spawn.
So Molodoye investigates top mid, a crazy flank on the AWP,
and that'll be, that is less 9-10 can just,
Just real fast in the AK, Mordor says no.
You're right, there was a perceivable.
He always makes noise, but it feels like everyone else is a bit more placid,
and he's really trying to inject some energy.
K-Sirada just planted a cost for these smokes.
Foken holes in them and finding more impacts, so good job from K-Sirada.
And for all that just...
Hey, my A-Defense is strong. I'm all good. I can hold to this.
Also, he's not complaining. He gets an AK-47 to throw towards K-Serato.
That's aggressive. It lacks to go aggressive, so it could be an AWP head-to-head towards underpass.
Not something you see all the time.
Perfect. 9-10, the best gun for the Mongols, and drawing first blood is a good start.
Uh-oh, uh-oh, what is your kingdom? This one's already over!
already over. This is what I'm saying. Every round convincing one way or the other. Uri perhaps
a discrepancy. Catches Techno 214. And he's lucky to be alive. He anticipates that alert.
Yep, there it is. Just the tip of the head spotted on the top of Tetris. Yeah, that's
the end of the round.
Yeah, I've always had that one, right? The timing that he has to catch. If he
goes down, then okay, they're all going to be coming from the same direction, but
Now it's just fallen left it'll
on for situation
And he's just gonna want to hold on to this we have to take stock of the finances right now
Los Berners going into the next level be 1400 so this can be quite valuable
Right Yuri is gonna have a foot 4k on the nose so dropping him so he can get nades
Okay, so I should go over to buy
Enough blitz wants to push through the murder hole to deal with this
They get rid of that secondary AWP and get themselves something a little bit better.
I don't think you want to be carrying double orbs.
You also don't want to let fall and pick that up for free.
Okay, and there you go.
Kerberger is actually going to take the glule over.
That's half out.
They don't want to have double orbs on the T side.
I found an M4 in the last second.
I got it.
Even better.
And Sid is going to take this opportunity. So yeah, cool reaction. You draw blood towards
underpass. You anticipate there may be a reaction from the short player and you swing out mid
for some impactful frags from Cobra Zera's Galil.
You can react to that info and they find in top mid.
Okay, so the, I had no issues in the buy department as discussed.
This is just gonna take this time out before they do because we're at the tail end of the half right now.
There's three rounds left.
Both things fully invested, but it's the CT's finances that would put you in a miserable spot, right?
So you lose this, you lose everything, you get 1900, you're in a position to eco,
and that's gonna be six to mongols.
You buy into the last, but it's still a pretty rough buy
and you could even lose the half, seven to five.
So, I wanted to make sure they give this one the best chance.
This is a great opportunity to have those 30 seconds and it's starting nobody a
To a three window 3b short boost
I'm gonna damage for blitz to work with
Made it down by the case or after a cheek and they're completely selling a in this situation rather
Just had case or a top con now. It's molotov is worrying about
The powers played. They want to lock down mid.
Again, return to the death segment, talking about some of the woes.
This is all in.
You are set up now, you kinder on the jiggle.
If there's a good flash, he's gonna be blind. Fallen's gonna be on that top rope.
Well, here's the flash, lined up by 9-10.
And you kinder has enough vision to get Cobra's there alone.
I'll just take some of that space back.
What's that a nice now fallen with just juggle this last key pieces so he blocked as well
and that's it no names left for the CTs.
Okay, you just have to be able to find this finish cleanly.
You've got 32 to do that thumbs going B.
You're just gonna try and bait for Fallen in.
Oh, what are those tags up now?
I know it's the split now. They must have.
That's gonna be a clear indicator.
The short's gonna be the finish,
because the bomb is on its way.
Fallen's gonna have to just stand in the flames for one.
Yuri chips it onto Blitz.
There's another from Yuri.
It's his bomb site.
Your kid is there, but he's not doing anything.
Cobra?
You know that Yuri was there.
No, you don't.
I guess he just had to plant.
Hope 9-10 could provide the cover,
because the round is done.
a stick for Furia and no AWP for 9-10.
Did he get an after-time?
Yeah, he did.
1600 bucks there, okay.
That was a tough round, wasn't it, right? They even lose the opening kill.
The molotow goes down in the exchange with the 9-10 AWP.
They have no nades. They're just going to have to do this the hard way.
But yeah, the Cobra series, like, well, I mean, I guess...
Yeah, hope he peaks from the other like a side that nine tank and help you with
It's always a mystery the Mongols comms as well because they're always a quite placid people, right?
And we we don't ever get any listens in because we don't speak Mongolian
So we don't even know how much that's all he these teammates may have said nothing just assume that he had that info and right that
That's a possibility. I'm speculating I reckon if you wanted to like compare like in contrast team comms
If you did you hear the BC game listen, oh, yeah
Yeah. I reckon Mongols is exactly the opposite of that.
It's just like two doors.
They're not going to find its mark too bad just on the front of Blitz.
Alright, well, they've taken this pass control early.
So this space, you're going to see you can just stay parked or maybe even keep on pushing.
He might be able to catch a timing right now. The bomb is back towards T spawn.
Yeah, and this is going to be weird.
He's hearing steps.
Yeah, but that's so much info. Does he want to let them know that he knows?
They're going to find out though. Yeah, a tech note.
But now the jig's up.
Your whole plan. Do you want to execute it anyway? There's already a rotation.
Okay, Serato, Yuri's burrowed in on site.
It's the clock again.
Again, we find ourselves at 35 seconds this time and disadvantage for the Mongols.
Is he just looking at A? He doesn't see anything.
They're taking the bomb B.
They're actually going to try and pivot.
running for the fight, but they just have to jump out. Yeah, I'm
molotov is going to hear it this and then fall and it'll be a
market. Here's it. Oh, I just have to take this one shots.
Hard one. The bomb. Bomb's hunting him and covered just like
that. No too easy. Oh, this is it's got a funky feel.
Ugly in moment. It's just...
Oof
It doesn't look as pieced together obviously mongols they've had their
Approach to the game put under the microscope and criticized in separate ways
But then they keep getting these results and they put controllers in as I oh, it's still it's still working. Okay, but
Right now it looks a little bit ugly
So let's see if some individual bruins can bow the mountain get them a fifth before the halftime break
That would be a true Mongol style.
Finding that competitive 7-5 score line with a couple of pistols.
They're never really in any brawly positions though it feels.
And once that we have seen, they may be never to get themselves an entry or a nice trade, get some space.
Oh, nice shot.
Outta the boot.
Strips techno of his life into this final one.
4v5.
Need to find the finish.
A decent amount of nades, but it's the firepower that's the problem.
That's Molotow's first opener.
I
Catch this one again with x-ray off. Wow even better
All right, well they're parked up ready to explode on the big case around those here fallen is starting to cheat over and here they come
Okay, Serato lies in wait. It should be monodoy. The draws attention
Nails his first shot and co-briss there has gone
Sports and confirms more bodies on the way and Xenia. Oh only the one
Monodoy makes sure of it and that'll be that eight to four on the half
This is Mongols map but it doesn't feel that way at least not in that first half just four rounds all the Mongolians have to post
I
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I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it with your love
I'm picking short for Bane.
No no, B, B, B!
One more short!
Short!
I'm down, I'm down!
Short!
Short!
Short!
Short!
Short!
Short!
It was nice, Furia managing to get 8 on the half, it is Mongols map in this elimination
series.
Loser goes home and an unusual flavour to the first half of play.
It's an odd one.
We'll see if Mongols on the CT side can start delivering something a little more cohesive.
Furia will be setting the tempo.
9-10, waits at van.
Techno to take first contact.
Kerberzer can help from short.
Here they come.
Okay, can I look for the tail end? Doesn't get his shots.
910, no vision, please. Not been checked, forward.
Oh, no, 910, yeah, that's not the precision he needed for the multi blitz in the smoke
one straight on past case Serato, and he ain't missing that.
Okay, I'm just in here in a 1v4. Oh, we split the pistols.
It's split. It's indeed, okay.
maybe Furia found their fangs.
I love that Hiroshin's found his way into Sid's vocabulary.
Yeah, and the Borough and nice.
So, you know, he's made sure he's covered everything.
Let's try a lingual celebration.
Well, this is about to get away from Mongols extremely quickly
if they do not win this next round.
They have decided to force by in on the CT side.
So losing this, it's worth two for Furia.
Scout for 9-10.
10, pisses for the rest, and a tough one there for 9, 10.
The flashes, they really suppressed him in that moment.
Can they create a trap that Furia walk into?
Look at far off a year's call.
Oh, the head would have just been spotted for your kinder.
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, Kerberzera, sounds off the Desert Eagle.
They do have smokes to block, four of which still in play.
So Furia now need to make sure that there are threats
across the map to draw these out.
Still four in play, good restraint right now.
Not blocking unless necessary.
Zinnia jiggling the ramp.
Techno just blocks B now.
It's awfully quiet across the map, a minute on the clock.
The finish is uncertain, but the bomb
looks to be a key indicator towards A.
It's problematic though because Molotov is,
sorry, excuse me,
Zinnia is playing on the jiggle towards the ramp,
depending on the time they show themselves,
they might be going through a gray screen right now.
Yeah, Molotov is gonna be the man on the scene
falling and lining up U-Tilt.
And there's the block smoke.
Ooh, 9-10, folks, for the connector split.
Just has to nail this, and he spots one slip in on up,
forced to drop down.
The flashbang does connect, and the bullets don't.
Nice from your kinder.
Takes down the ticket threat,
and Xenia forced into the fight.
Cobra's there, and it's everyone's
hit a Deagle headshot or something,
a 5-7 even from Blitz.
makes Fallon have to handle a 1v3, otherwise Mongols 4CB is actually going to net them an opportunity in Mirage.
All to play for, just one to get past.
Smoke for the bomb.
Yeah, 10 second defuse, they will still need to find him.
There we go, now they know, and he's got too much on his screen, Techno combines with Covra, Sarah's bullets, Mongols, they'll profit.
Okay, and that one there felt pretty hopeless didn't it? I mean the timing there on the block smoke was really good not enough pressure
Not if investigation early that's a nice round there from the Mongols overall
But Missy knew the fact that he gets two kills right the first one is zinger on the players coming up through con
It's the second under so much pressure, but there's a molly at his feet and he just focuses infidels. That's the first
beautiful
Then blitz through the smoke and this one that's the one right there that tips the round in their favor and
and they're playing that grooved up smoke on the bomb form was to peek ahead of
the timing. Sucid to try and call them back in with hopefully a pocket-force.
Sphere team surprised everybody back in Austin and the second half of 2025 they
really started to pick up steam.
some woes to kick off this season.
High expectations, people want to see it delivered now.
There is the force.
This is how I'm strafing out mid together.
OK, CobraZerak could definitely have a bit of a farm fest on mid.
Blitz in support as well.
Looking for that first bullet, and they start to unload.
Look at them go!
Blitz with three just like that the round is done the force by falls flat
Whatever that call was in the attack timeouts looks very silly after that that looked like they were on eco
Yeah, I did right that that look like five glocks swinging out mid against rifles. That's what that looked like now you are eco
You kind of let them back in here or they've taken it by force. Yes again the individual
I'm as in just like that six kills, but you think about the impact of those double digs right now the flow and effect
But this is why not all kills are the same in Counter Strike.
It's only a round swing percentage you could say.
I want to see in that TV there if the new gen, the gen alpha's know that that's a television.
Oh I don't know.
Modern TVs look nothing like that television.
According to me it's like a fridge or something.
Is that an old microwave?
Mini fridge.
Yeah it looks like it's supposed to do a microwave.
It does.
with other buttons.
Good moment.
Bishabash in a bash.
He's going to dispel the singular D.
Take note.
David sprays against the job down and just keeps on farming.
Not for him.
He's even down to the side arm.
There's two to find and this has been
a very well handled patch of rounds for the Mongols.
The first half, the flavour, the pace, it felt quite disconnected.
Times that even the comms weren't flowing, but working their way back into things,
it becomes a two-round game pretty swiftly.
M.R. 12 can get away from you quick.
And also draw everyone's attention to the qualification game for the arena
that is going on on the B-stream.
Go check out G2 vs. Foot.
That's into its second map of play.
And coming up later today, we will have Na'Vi versus Spirit for the second team from Group A to lock themselves in Fortner and the arena but the seeding match so be a bit of a bomb burn-up with the history that Spirit and Na'Vi have.
Hopefully Emma is feeling a little bit better but let's go. In goes Delweird back into the guns.
Oh, I guess I'm out. Sometimes you just need a bit of help.
And it's a team game, right? So if any of you encourage it.
Does delay his access, doesn't like it's gonna cost him a kinder. That's gonna kill ya!
Yeah, mate.
Honk.
Now's the look-out, eh, now. They're gonna try and take some space, Molledoi and Yuri.
Okay, well it's a test for the two of them.
CobraZero here, the joke up.
And Mazzinho's very comfortable in these fights.
Oh, dear.
Nice one back, but he got dinked in the process.
Looks like it's lucky for Cobra Zera to get a free beat.
And he does.
Yeah, this is tough.
Yeah, I mean, both teams' T sides,
it says, looks rather meek.
Yeah, I think the force buy from Furia
is the one that is the most puzzling.
I think Mongols put them under a lot of pressure
second round after the pistol conversion,
and they've lost another one.
Think, you know, you have some issues in the Furia cap
because you've got the brain truss,
which is essentially fallen and your kinder
because of the positions that your kinder plays,
And also the way that he looks at micro,
we've always known that your kid is big on that.
And then Sid, the coach.
So you have to balance it between those three,
but then it's about keeping the ideas flowing
before you could rely on Molotow with the AWP.
Well, just there, he didn't have the AWP.
So it's gonna take another round
before you're gonna be able to buy that.
You went from being so close to closing it quickly
to now four straight rounds,
and that's after you won the pistol.
So this is another moment where you get brought back
down to Earth.
There's the tag, there's the nade,
There's the opener.
Yeah, I'm not put together by 9-10.
Three smokes in middle. One con, one tap, one window.
But they're going to go into an A-execute.
This is out mid.
Portable for your kinder.
They've been back into con.
I don't have a good timing on this.
There's a very good chance as he slinks on out.
See ya later!
The first line of defense, Emsenio on the back foot, backs away, they're going for the
plant, but they're over, over, over, over in fire!
Emsenio holds it down!
Tech 9's doing their best, but already you're running out of time to get that bomb planted
without that smoke cover.
And they just push on in, they ain't playing scared at all, running at them.
Here he finds himself, one of the three required, somehow still alive as another AK bullet
finds him.
That's noise, hoped to buy time.
Techno, where's he gone off to?
Yeah, he's gone on an adventure to ensure he can't just slink to be, I guess.
Yeah, but this is opening up some 1v1s and you've left the young gun on the site on his own.
Oh, I think he knows. If CobraZera even just oversteps an inch...
It could have been a...
What? That's the shot he had to hit.
Uncomfortable for Yuri, goes down. We got a tied up game.
8-4 to 9-9.
That's a very threatening round right there, you kind of found a perfect timing, punishes Blitz and Connector and then the swarm happens with Mazzini, again another impactful double, sure it's not against a gun round but still stopping Fiora from getting back into things on their T side.
Just swings out as you mentioned, no one covering, not ready for this, just so brazen. The trade comes in but it's too late. Now Molde will get the AWP.
At a tough time with opening deaths in the first half, had four openings go against him, only one to his name.
Now they need to set him up, and he becomes able to find the opener.
Rookie of the year takes down CobraZera.
As soon as that ops in his hand, disnames in the feed.
Smoke break costs them an opening, CobraZera.
Watching from the sidelines, they attack for their response.
Unable to connect the bullet.
These are those, uh, opening kills you really want to see Fury demonstrate an ability to
convert confidently.
I must move there all the way over towards V, which if it is a B-split is great, 9-10
gets to take some long-range shawls if Fallen can't break through the B apartments.
He's actually sticking around for this fight.
Kind of head to head with Tecno. Tecno and 9-10. Strike in unison. Blitz gets an exposed molotoy.
No cover from K Serato. It's just falling through Furious Fingers.
Yeah, one tap to the back of the head of Mzinho but the bomb is under enemy control.
There's a lot more work to be done for Yuri.
He's only got 28 seconds to do
an impossible scenario.
These are some of the least convincing T sides on Mirage
I've seen in a while from both of these squads
and you were bang on saying these are the type of rounds
if your offer gives you the only need to be able to convert
but everything just came so easy right 910s all on B
Fallen doesn't have anything to push him off the line
910s lead team next fight happens at short
then connector plays couldn't have gone better
right Mongols looked at they were in a 5v5 with how easy
that was truly I agree
So, one safe day, Kate.
Lost bonus, at least is in play at the maxed out level for Fury up.
And they're going to shove.
Fallen's already gone in with a glill, smoke, double flash.
Here's that opener again.
It's great.
Just angles down, takes down CobraZero.
Tough position for him, and he's going to have a lot to learn when playing top tier
counter-strike, but his team make good on the promise.
You see the kill is just coming in, down quick.
Everything works out perfectly.
fades, we'll let us to worry about short. How quick the faith falls apart.
Already out ramp on eight.
It's Bleak. Very strong to be a different maker. A paced set up.
Renovers forward. Fawn actually catches through the smoker headshot.
With Eugenio gone, your kinder wins his duel and now it's their turn to have a convincing one
without any, if any resistance.
That's a bit of attitude there, right? Instead of like playing slow and just trying to work
over the mat, they go, all right, hold on, what are we doing, right? We can shoot.
Let's do that. Let's just get out a couple of key pieces of opening utility and take some fights
That's what you want to see. I think that should make you feel pretty happy if you fall them
Right, let's just get out there and win these jewels that understand. It's not that simple
There's more layers to it
But trying to move so meticulously across the map you can see in a couple of these scenarios. It has cost them
But we'll go down on a techno
Position now noted and now it's about do they really want to try and take this away
much cash to work with for the
Mongols because that's free of
six straight rounds. So you
actually have more to lose than
gain in the scenario. If you
give away too many rifles.
Yeah, I think that's going to be
given the good graces to bring
that through in the bank
Number two. Yeah. Wow since the pistol furia. That is the first gun round
We've seen from the T side and it is as you said just
Did you run out and take five five literally run out a and out middle and take Jules and win them and that's
All that unfolded right there, but they're still you didn't see fallen shot into Mazzini
But I think it was like through smoke through the box headshot like not the kind of thing
Oh, put that back in. Yeah, sorry. I'm just charged my phone. No worries
Yeah
I mean easy for mongos to dismiss some of those kills not going to be easy for furia to replicate
And that's a very good point
But how are you meant to be able to do that again?
And you know that mongos because that spree we were just talking about have at least one more residual buy after this probably two
depending on the saves
But at least it's shown furia. Hey, let's play with a bit of confidence. Let's not be afraid to take these fights
It's ramp fight on their way coming and miss shot from the Molotoy or Puri doesn't go swinging for the trade
That's gonna cost him 40 health Cobra. Zera wants to swing doesn't over commit. I think he gets pulled back by Mazzini
Doesn't matter forward stance punished
trade frag belated but arrives. Yeah, Mazzini are being low on a this becomes a real problem now if it's more of a
Group up and finish together situation right now from Furia. They could be found in consecutive rounds in this tee half
Blitz is going to go for some information by pushing through underpass. This will open up the rotation.
Techno can now head over, so Mazinu no longer on his own.
Manten knows no one can come through underpass, just has to worry about top middle.
And you're kind of heading back into Blitz's domain.
And you're kind of can't win it out. You get a couple of bullets to the body.
That forces you, eh, surely. But you don't have another option right now.
And that's what Blitz is thinking, too.
Well, fairly is uncomfortable now. You've got 45, you've just re-smoked mid-window.
You're hoping that leads to some CTs forced to answer questions about middle.
But I think a passing glance from Khan and they're fine, they're safe.
Okay, so Fallen's going to be able to double smoke from here.
Bro, it's 29.
I know, but it's the best crack.
Alright. Xenio 15 HP, he's going to be able to probably get one with this position
position and then it's all just going to fall into place for an 11th. But the who?
Yeah, easy back turn, double kill, Mazzinho's done it, no issues whatsoever,
Furia back to the drawing board, no replication, no success.
Let's see if they do go back to just running out and taking the fight to the next with a
real pace change. Fallen tells them to halt but they're going to run at him,
they're going to swarm him, they're going to try and take him off the time,
the ball and he defends his
honor. No chance. He just about
does. I thought the palace
fan could have had him didn't
hit that first bullet headshot.
He's saved by the bell. I give
us that was in your reaction
again. He was not happy that he
didn't convert that kill. That
would have been the removal of
the AWP that would have been
falling with absolutely no
money. The fact they hold on
to that means it's a quick
again. But great output from
the senior for me. He's been
had on some key rounds swing around dig and then I think they kind of caught the
double-edged force. Here it is, this is that one two bullets, two bullets, he had two of them.
He had a great round, I'd be with it, wanted it to be perfect, wanted to really punish.
I mean, you just want certainty right? This is by no means been an easy game for the
Mongols, it was a rough start. Considering how they looked in the first half, I am
surprised we are even at such a competitive point in this game. Remember, Fury at
Four straight losses on Mirage. It could be five in just two rounds time.
Double orps. So CobraZera definitely has that Senzu Syndrome.
Yeah, he's just following the footsteps of other Zeras that came before him.
We're running straight back to an A plate.
Tenya here has the sport of 9-10s orp.
All the utile, you can see Blitz questioning the window boost right now, utile being juggled.
Xenia is going to hear those steps on round.
Yeah, season of the one nine tenths gonna be ready for first five flashes good from fury
I he's gonna be forcing the flames to this shot from the sniper that's Missy new again
The try to find him. He's trying to hit a shot with the orc, but neither of them will find another
Okay, fury you access to the bomb site you've got your man advantage of double Molly the blitz it's gonna be forced for
Again with the flashbang
GoPro's orb keeps the conversation alive now. You try to block house the corner double kill
Well, Techno Secures 12.
That is a crazy 2v4 right there.
High octane round.
But there's one more and Mongols will pick up map number one.
Oh, dear.
You had everything you needed.
You got the kills.
Ninten wasn't hitting shots.
You kept Mazinho humble.
Doesn't matter.
I think this is also a pretty good moment.
Four-core Brazzera as well.
He had impactful T rounds.
Jeez, these all bullets!
Yeah, no pressure this time.
Yeah, he's definitely connected.
Bang.
Alright, well, they...
All works out in the wash, doesn't it?
Furia, can you take us to OT?
Two consecutive required.
Taken again, plushy on his B-side.
A deep smoke for them to, uh, wait out.
Just wanted that chip damaged and it did connect, here he put down low.
One shot headshot for the M4.
Cobra stays active on his fight shore side.
Caught with a made out flash did connect but Cobra manages to tuck and turn tail looking
for the jump out.
Rato brings him down, imported frags provided by the two of them.
It's Tecno trying to find some access point.
Your Kinders managed to find a wide enough fight.
Fallen even through the smoke takes everything away.
Okay, well that will be just their third T-side round.
Necessary one.
Yeah, can't find the fish in final.
Dino looks like he wants to get over that A2P.
There's more than enough money, right?
Ideally, if he could get an AK, that would be the dream.
And then forwards, making his way towards him.
Still a chance for a delivery. They want this AWP and Yuri is going to get it.
That'll be able to set Molotoy up into the next round and what is the final round of regulation.
Don't worry about the financial situation if you're the Mongols. They will have everything they want.
Even if they wanted to run double orbs again, they could.
It's been very sight centric in the last patch for Furia. These executes this time it works.
Brute forcing into B.
These are those coached timeouts where you know, you earn your salt.
Mara has pulled the trigger on his final time-out for the must-win final round of regulation.
I'm just curious now because it has been so sight-centric, sure there was a bit of play through the middle there with that,
but do you want to go aggressive and if you can find an opening kill, then they're not going to be able to execute so cleanly.
Right, but there's obviously risks with that. If you're going aggressive and you give way to opening pick,
well, now you know man disadvantage situation, which hasn't been a problem up until this point.
At the moment they've been giving over a decent amount of respect to the mid control.
So the final orders from Mara, what are they?
How are they going to open this round up on the CT side and want to fall and cohabit
store?
Can they push us to OT?
Upstarting B. No one's going to be crossing into the Monoboy
Sightline quickly dismantles and dismounts
So this is the difference techno to Bianca playing a
I've been go overlooked playing alongside a mz. Yo
But so continue to deal with window on con as he has been covered your stays on short
And they have so much early info on B because a 910s forward presence with the orb
They have so many nades held on to as well. Take no getting close to what's right. He's gonna fight
Yeah, he fancies his chances. It'll be a head-to-head with your kinder trade from a Xenia Require.
Never mind! It wins it out on his own! That's in fact that is exactly what the Mongols needed to take their map pick. Two down before the exec.
Yeah, played ahead and right now you're thinking they had the setup. The trap was already there. If they executed in, they had the unknown piece.
But they take the fight to them. It was so dicey. Now they need to hold on the 5v3.
I risk, I reward. 9-10's AWP is yet to be discovered. Yuri's going to find out the hard way that he's posted on this line if he dares to swing.
Never mind, nice and wide. Caught the momentum, forces the reposition, and the covering fire is there.
Mongols with five alive off the back of the Mara timeout to take them out pick in this do or die affair.
I'm not doing it on 1 vs 5, he won't even get a look in. Very happy with that one, Mongols.
Take the first step to surviving the day of play. Stage 2, it's brutal out here. First
map in the bag for Mongols.
It's a big moment in that second half for Mzinho, but Kogacera as well on this
level of play. He had some impact up in with that 2v4, the Galil running out mid
It's a very fun co-horthorn and Jason Moses is so tall, but you're stuck with us!
Alex Machine Richardson and Chaddy B, otherwise known as Spoonj.
But we are ready for our second map of this series. It is an elimination series, so no more silly buggers.
We've got the first map under the belt of Mongols. It did go all the way, 13-11,
and key takeaways was neither side having a particularly fun time on their T side.
So T pistol for Furia would be a leap in the right direction.
What's the plan? Park the bomb second mid and try and sell B.
Barraja, you too, Togana, this control. Sid, I need everyone to be fresh. Good calls, good reads, all that jazz.
And all that jazz. Start the car.
Not all of our audience are into the musicals like you and I, Alex. But, let's give them the jazz hands right now.
So you came to that park all the way at the top of an honorary's loan. Some go for zero.
That's a nice start, isn't it?
Is it the dongle at the end of the gun?
Thanks for aim.
the opener onto Moldoi. Techno and Blitz on B. Techno has a smoke to block. Blitz is starting to park
deeper. Here are the YouTube comment. Yeah, if you run through that, dual barrettes are on the other side.
Oh, but he was just caught mantling, and so really nothing from the dual barrettes.
Bitz gonna make up for it. Little shot hits the shoulder, a forward.
We're gonna have that one.
Gonna swing on out. Anyway, he knew he had to take a fight. 9-10 wins his.
period need to force a fight.
Holding the plant will do that.
Nice tap from Fallon and not ready for a second.
Tell a lie, they were.
K. Serato, but off the bomb and they hit every shot.
Just the two of them, digging themselves out of trouble.
Okay, stressful pistol round right there,
but very well done for Fallon.
And K. Serato, whoo, that one.
Mongols are going to feel like they could have snatched away.
Especially Cobra's opening was just like no trade option.
Disadvantage handed to you.
I think as you pointed out there for Techno caught in transition right he drops the smoke
He's not expecting them to stop parting through immediately
So as he's trying to find a position to deal damage he gets caught and that's the way in
You just lose that stability you lose that first bullet. That's camo shot timing. That's the 101 right there
Well, there's a little bit of the jazz that seems to be looking for
What?
Techno... Sorry, 9-10, excuse me, look at the tags. Techno over to its coffins.
There's the...
Nade in his hands, so if there's a tag, the Nade could chase one of them down quite quickly.
Oh, pushy.
Yeah, this is actually what you kind of hoping for with his Mac 10 ready.
A dry push.
Yeah, flash from his teammate.
Kerr saves his hide there, he could talk a heavy, HEAVY hand down to 13.
But immediately you can identify these three players. So the race is on back to what day you can just do that as a meaty naid
That's well placed. So you kind of I think it's gonna act as a beacon that they are returning to what day so coming over
Joining that of Yuri trying to spring into action making it look like an a finish
Yeah, it's what multiple bodies different guns sound off and yeah
It's very convincing especially with a pick off like that from Yuri
Just techno here. Just techno and the flash from Mollinoy secures what should be the round very well handled
have to say that was impressive you can see like the game plan is very apparent
from pistol and second it's a lot of fakery a lot of smoke and mirrors
oh did I'm seeing you see Yuri I don't think so acting like you did so might get
surprised here Yuri off might not even clear he will definitely clear it okay
the board has been wiped and it will be the Mongols eco they're not gonna be
falling foul this time let the do a mirage convincing start but you can
You can see the thought process, right? Okay, so the Jastop banana. Okay, they've identified three
We know they're probably gonna erupt into a they make it look very threatening towards a they drop this block
So that's the seating smoke right there that Yuri is able to find this kill through so that that point
It feels even more convincing and that's just poor techno on his own. The flash is brilliant
Absolutely nothing to do with a parting a case to run. So as the flash is coming in couldn't have been better times
Okay
I'm down mid you're all fallings
Oof, 9-10's done well.
Get caught with your Nade out, guys.
Lost, okay, an important trade for Fallen.
This is a brawl, Fallen's holding on, the only for a second.
He gets three kills, both top banana, he needs to come up clutch, now Uri's in trouble.
Nade, it could be good, Scuttle's in for the one on one.
Okay, Uri will be able to plant and then play where everyone's in the post.
His biggest issue of Mazziniu was fast on his tail, but he wasn't.
Bomber will be played then, Mazziniu will be in library.
And he doesn't have the weapon for the job, does he?
Hack 10.
Yeah.
Looks like Yuri is going to pass this test.
Controls it. Nice tight line. Hell, Yuri.
Stable. Safe pair of hands of Furia, and saves him for what would have been a very embarrassing round to lose.
Yeah, that one almost got out of control.
That was the lighter of the three rounds so far, as now they will be equipped.
So, Cobra Zero...
As we saw with Control-Lez...
Like, they made a lot out of a little there, like, what was it? A couple of pistols and a HE and...
Yeah, like, Eagle of Nine Town was the one that got the opening incisions.
So, Cobra Zero will be the rotating A rifle, and Xinyu will be Pit 910, the AWPer, and then the Technoblitz combo to lock down B.
Supplied in play, essentially, for the Mongols with the new piece.
Just throws through but actually Techno catches one of Yuri's at the same time so no moves.
They're from a show on their incendiaries while that's been wasted, landed in their own smoke.
Oh, fat nades. Now, what kind of nades in the face of Yuri?
So, chipped on down to half.
A little bit more but either way, the M4 now becomes a whole lot more deadly.
Hey Serrano walking funny as well. We'll be able to clear out top brackets. They've evacuated
me again. They are playing for bit control. They have a Techno. Maybe it was going over,
he needed to actually see them to say hi I need some help. But they will be back in
time maybe. Just wide enough to spot out the extension of Gekinda.
Amendment? God flash is a bit early. Block smoke's wonky. They're going to run through
through this and ooh the smoke break spots techno coffins, second guard flash
does connect to the pool player, damage inflicted, that splits guard but they're not expecting a second one
they were caught jumping, Kcerato important, finding the coffins player
bombs across, smoke still up, to high stakes 3 on 3
Cabra has a kit, they can give this one a go, they will lose everything though
Fallen's ready for 9-10
Very clear
Comes down to how Fallen plays this jiggling out 9-10 should have it. Yeah, lovely
Procedural clears from the sniper now you're even stride it. He's a second no trade
Okay, Serato denies, but 9-10 he's ready. He's on the warpath three kills deep in this one one to five
He's coming for you case of arts. I'll see you later time check. He's got it five second of views 9-10
that's the impact. That's Mongols in first round on the CT side that takes four kills
from your sniper. Okay, it looks like they were out of position then 19 gets there just
in time finds the opener. So it's a tough situational things considered but because
of the nature of jiggling it gives nine 10 little bit of info to take down fall and
great trade there and then this one he knows exactly where case rather is knows
the kit was just in front of him scoops it up on the way into that fight. Well done
Without that, I don't think Mongols would have been securing that round.
Can they make it consecutive?
The bind not great for Mongols, even on the round win.
uncomfortable speaking he's got a hot hand right now if they sweep it up through
perfect read perfect pull of the trigger another for 9 10 why not take a
wall the third man's Yuri caught by techno that's convincing okay a whole lot
more convincing than what nine to that to do in the previous okay well he's
really showing him now nine and three and in the right place right that
initial exchange in banana with the MP9 coming out on top the incendiary as well
from techno I think grabs in the second but just wanting to fight not allowing
them to play out the mid rounds and you being any question mark situations you
just trying to take that info take those jewels and he's on a good time is 910
fumble the money it's gonna be still look a little in the mix for molodoy the
rest on glocks however so really this is all about molodoy okay see if we
You can have him all by a moment.
You hear that, Galil?
You'd assume there's a bit more, so it's going to keep everyone else a little bit wary right now.
There is a potential fight for him, this forward position of Blitz.
He's gone away from the sight line.
The Techno drops that nade now, ooh.
Just a little bit as they start on back, but still significant damage done.
And he's got the big Molly.
to assist. Should be shred
city right now. This is not
scared of your pistols. Why
demonstration. No fear and an
ace from that captain. The
amount of eco aces Emma had
one yesterday. I think there
was definitely one within
stage one as well. They're
the least glamorous of
aces, but they still count
Yeah, that's a beautiful right there. So just mopping all five up nobody going down and very well done from the Mongols to tie things up at 3 3
That's a number four of stage two
And it was very few in stage one I think it was only two in total so
Yep, spam through the boards out lids
Well, this round has just become very difficult for the Mongols.
CobraZero will rotate over to fill the void that Blitz has left.
You still have, I was about to say three smokes.
Make it two.
You're going to fight.
Make it one.
Oh!
Need more from CobraZero!
Incredible, impeccable double kill.
Yeah, he's got 14 bullets.
It's enough if he can...
Try and isolate the head.
He does so.
Moledoy brought down, Cobra's there at a solo B-hole.
It's beautiful right now on the ballast.
This is such a shift.
The Nade lands it is for a door force wide brought down.
Forlan and Uri trying to make a 2-1-3 a reality.
He's giving them a chance right now.
Emsinho is very fast up banana.
Sure, he's got the shift key,
but he might be here quicker than they're expecting.
That smoke almost feels like an invitation to walk.
Might have to jump up, mantel up, see if he can find a gap.
Spotted.
Yeah, okay. Dark occupied.
They want to try and take this fight together and bring in the fight in. It's all too easy. Fallen just gives it up.
Yuri can't handle it!
They have Xenio and the Mongols prevail and they've got Cobra, Serrativank.
Yeah, big pat on his back. Rotes in time. Got the Famas. I see he needs a reload. Had more than enough ammo.
What am I talking about? The kid, three to completely stunt that B-play.
He's had huge impact. The 2v4 that he got back to on Mirage, where he gets two kills on that secondary AWP.
And now a one-man army on this B site. Let's get spammed. Techno goes down, but CobraZero is here to save the day
Another one, huh? Having fun. Just keep plucking them out of the Mongolian land cafes
This one obviously as Janko touched upon on the desk
I've been on their radar but unable to grab him because of major qualifications.
Yeah, if you've attempted, you can't just suddenly start being in that way.
There's Mara, the man, the desk we've discussed.
He's got about a two-year leeway on his roster changes.
Yeah, apparently so. That's quite generous from the anchor.
And it's really nice!
It's Rampere Yakko!
It's Rampere Yakko!
Nobody gets two years!
Yakko's not even given teams warm-up events, so the fact he's given Mara two years!
I love the top mid-smoke on tech 9 rounds, you can pop through it, 9-10 is going to have
to contend with that, but actually they're blocked.
It's not going to achieve anything.
Mmm, that need will.
This stomach's a heavy blow.
It turns the favour to K-Sorato.
This is what I was talking about, you can slip through that left side, 910's AWP is primed
and ready though.
Oh, perfect, this is a flash of your kinder before the smoke was fully up.
The B's open again Alex.
Yeah, Techno, what've you got?
You got a smoke and you've got a grenade.
It's the option to play Retain, it's kind of crazy, right?
This is the B bomb site.
It can very easily go wrong, it can be notoriously difficult.
to regain control of.
Especially when CobraZera and Emsenio
are still investigating the smoke over on the long side.
The bomb has been down for about 10 seconds now.
There are kids, two of which, 9-10 and Emsenio.
That guy's gonna swing out.
Oh, and he gets them both, just an easy line-up
on the spray.
It's just got 10 times harder.
You're both trapped behind the smoke.
You better know where that default position is.
Starts to throw a couple of bullets down range
and standing body blocking.
They're all in a line, Ford gets two, there's a lot more when I came from, he's the number one, oh he's one bullet but he's done it!
Oh God, couldn't hack it, what in the earth have we just witnessed?
That is unreal, there's a smoke, there's a whole team on the other side and Ford has just had some divine intervention.
That's just one V5 through a smoke.
That's correct Chad.
It's just one V5 through a smoke.
What are we watching?
Unbelievable!
That's their own block smoke just used against them.
You know, one V5?
That's a real one V5.
That's not like...
Not a fake one.
That's one guy left versus five Mongolians trying to defuse a bomb.
That's tough to stomach if you look at that.
It's so tough to stomach.
Techno hasn't even bought armor.
Yeah.
What?
Yeah.
He hasn't.
He had 850.
He could have bought armor.
He's okay.
Yeah.
Definitely.
They've been rocked by that.
They haven't.
That's it. That is mental
He's gonna get all that to head straight away 910 profits
Mongols looking to quickly shake that off and isn't it through 910s confidence is just
Glowing that's who's an out of him right now. I feel like yes, they're everybody on his own
Look at baffled. Oh, he's boys to shop that one be fire. Yeah, just keep on peek it in
You were hoping to run with momentum if you're a fury off of that. That's a stunner of around
I don't disbelieve.
Wow, that's her.
They know exactly what you're going for there.
Oh!
Oh, he's still profit.
This doesn't quite catch it, but through the smoke, Cobra does.
K-Sorato's low.
Can't break the flame.
Up and over.
Pop over though.
The USP moving accuracy.
Can't hack it.
What?
This is back on.
They're dropping the ball again. 9-10 gave them a 3-D5.
Still can't. Convert, at least not cleanly that smoke. 9-10 you're gonna have to run through that.
Not what he wants to be doing. He's audible, Fallen dips away.
Audio, oh audio! He said anyway! Doesn't matter, the op shot's been tagged. Fallen lives on.
K-Seratu's got no health to trifle with Mazzinho. They need Fallen and Mazzinho
to have this clash clean. He's just going for a sit. He's just gonna hold it.
We need someone to start spying.
It's coming for the next one!
Sega returns the favour!
Daylight Robbery!
Two insane rounds back to back.
A fallen 1v5 and our MZ in you between the two of them.
Drops the smoke, sits the defuse
and gets them the round.
Unreal.
This is a 3v5 that they shouldn't have been in.
They should never have been in this situation.
The hesitancy.
I understand low HP on K-Sirata.
He missed the knife. You can see he couldn't quite find it.
second too late. How did they even get in that situation? I don't know. Three players walking
to beat, they even gave away the boost behind the smoke. He was watching that transpire.
Baited breath. We got some middle again, no AWP this
This time, CobraZero here on the short side, flashed off, dips it back, 9-10 will return.
Yeah, not gonna ever extend, he's gonna sweep through though, this is how 9-10 likes to
DIIIIIIIIIT! Just catch the flash of the fingertips.
Pulse the trigger, full-spark safe, CobraZero trying to provide some smoke support from the Moto side, it's gonna work out for them.
If you're a kind of nowhere to go here, you've got long, you can spam some smokes and it's actually worked out for you!
Attach a gift. Fury's given for Furia here in this round. An opening kill through the smoke.
Re-deploy an arch.
Retch your legs. Start this rap. What's the active move?
Razera brings the fight forward. Uganda goes down. No trade from Molodoy.
Belated. Overbeat from Ko-Razera. There's Mozzinio's pit position, but dunked on by the Keisarata HE.
He goes mad with a second. Brings the fight to Blitz and Techno last scene B.
B. Alright, Bomb will be planted, Tecno. Are you able to find yourself a weapon? You know,
is that kill on the short side? Maybe you can get yourself something better to take into the
next round just because these last few, the way they've transpired there hasn't been anybody alive
for almost either side of the server. It does have a kit. There's the gun lying idle. It's
going to be tough, especially with fallen over towards trash. So Tecno, I'm going to catch
anything as they start to exit yet to make any audibles. Fury up. I'm gonna be able to
get out of dodge and grab 5-5, so all tied up again. And there's the snatch. So Techno
gets himself an upgrade. 1400 loss to them going into the next round. They are very
fortunate. Uri Smokespan connects onto 9-10. Now they really alleviate such
pressure. Timeout call from Mara. So there's only two rounds left in this
half. You're essentially in force by force by territory, right? So crazy as well. I've
just lost the kinder from the server as well for a moment, so it might be a tech as we
get out of this tack. But Mario takes this one to give the 30 seconds to talk through
what they're going to do. So they saved them for where likely to see because of the
1900 loss going into the final round, full investment behind it. Unless Mario feels
That five is already enough and let's go for a swing at six with a little bit extra.
But the thing is the extra will be for everybody in the final round
and then an M4 depending on kills and saves, we might not see one.
So, what to consider in the situation is, yeah, we have gone into the tech.
So, this is where the players will not be able to speak to one another.
That's where we can draw everybody's attention to that secondary stream again.
G2 versus Foot about to get their map three ancient underway.
that one's gone the distance that is for a spot in the playoffs. It's a recap of the
round so far and some of the most insane moments of the tournament so far that
fallen 1v5. Yeah, unreal.
Kinder's back in. Just make sure everyone's happy. And we're back live. You can
fallen, their issuing commands call the DeFi out of spawn and we can see the
investments starting to take shape so they will be going all in with the save
gem 4. De was the preference for CobraZera and 9-10, Xinnia and Blitz working with
the 5-7s and they've got a bunch of smokes. Now we saw on Mirage when they had
smokes on a 4-spider they were able to channel Furia who took too long to
apply pressure and that's what cost them. Inferno, they don't get more pep in the step.
It won't be held at bay with a banana control. You can do a bit of this with ease.
Wow, well placed.
That just makes the pistols a whole lot more deadly.
Just a casual 100 damage from a HE grenade.
Searching B, you're kind of...
It's going to continue to look. It's three players stacking here at the moment.
Two on arch side for Mongol. So they are essentially giving up...
Holes and mid. Right now they're in the right place. Four players now in banana and continuing to search.
She can go wrong Chad.
They're headed this, do they want to keep pushing? They do.
Aye, but that's what techno is in. Four should be able to profit.
This is an easy one. Does line them up, takes down your kinder, forced them back.
No extra casualties, a bit of chip damage. And a nice chase from Fallen again through the smoke. Same position.
Save ya. They're not playing side side remember.
Cover zero and nine ten still both on that long side.
Yeah, but they're going to be throwing out the two smokes.
Yuri's ahead of them though.
Yes, a deagle headshot, the 19 hat to hit!
Tray from K Serato, do you expect a second you do now as the
warning shot connects to K Serato's Kevlar?
You want a wrap? Full rotation. They'll be here quick.
Cobra Zera just needs to hit one to delay further to give them that head leg.
Art Molotov hits his shot as does Fallon.
Techno down, it's another for Furia.
It's all Fallon now, isn't it?
A bailout kill on B and then the two frags to finish at
15 and 6, a 1v5 to his name and one more round for Furia to go into this half-time break with a cushion
That's the first on the claw back to the 4 on 4 and then you can see Mollardoy quite quick on that swing
Impactful three kills out of four and rifle still working pretty damn well
Top of the table. Yeah, I think 910 was expecting Cobra to swing there and fly with him
Well, that's the boost, actually. Not going to be able to get the sight line they would have hoped for.
This is the easiest way to finish the half-dough for Furia, right?
Being completely in control of the money, knowing that the buys are just poor.
There was no choice. Lots to go for these forces.
Above you. Not ready.
An easy opening kill this time provided.
It feels quite hopeless for Tecno if they were to commit to a side, right?
The HE grenade with some damage, that's nice, certainly.
Especially with elimination, the line of stress is a whole lot higher.
100%.
That's why I feel like I've fallen, he's...
Once I put the team on his back right now, but he's making these heroic moments happen.
No info, brackets, 9-10, Emsinya are going to be quite disconnected.
Another Nade in.
This one, well placed, lands between three of them.
Ohhhhhhhhhh.
Ebsignia's on the way over.
Doesn't have a flash to assist, here they come.
Godflashing.
5-7s to activate, gets one ahead of the play.
Big deagle connections.
Softened up, fury at worst for wear, take no found, more required.
Fury through the smoke, so's Copra's there as deagle.
Oh, one bullet was all he needed, didn't quite find a yukinda.
And 9-10 has been the hero throughout on the AWP has to finish things with an mp9 3 to find a bum about to be planted
I'm all right ready to take the fight
T side hall fury will be proud of will be happy to have their leg up coming into the swap of the side
CT side awaits for Furia does a third map await for us
We'll find out nuke waiting in the wings if you're a could convert inferno
Give me hope, give me hope, give me hope, give me hope
Wtf?
What's this?
What?
Nice party.
Nice party.
Nice party.
Nice party.
Nice party.
How many times?
Five.
Maybe the fields is a lot.
No, it's seven.
Oh no, nice party.
We definitely had some crazy rounds in this series.
It's been an adventure.
It really has fallen with one of the most ridiculous 1v5.
that we're going to see. Ah
tournament. Yeah. It's all
through a smoke, which makes
even more crazy, but is it
enough to power them forward
and power them to the third
map of nuke Mongols have put
up some resistance now. They
on the T side. Right now,
Furiah are stacking be
Mongols congregated over
towards middle with the loose
the kit I guess agreeing we're gonna play retake and Yuri is just gonna play
for some info and he's looking to block with this smoke but they've wrote at it
in time oh they're really gonna face well hello good bye Tecno 910 catch two of them
round in the corner Yuri got a hit that he can't nice shots from a Xenia
quick strafe head shot and not looking good in the two on four case or
Arto needs a whole lot more.
Yikinder does tap the head of Amzino.
Affordable from 910.
They've started to crossfire.
They've got this crossfire.
Pit and site is so hard to break, especially the number.
Disadvantage, Yikinder 1, good trade.
910 is securing this one.
It's so hard for K. Sarato to get going.
And, uh, yeah, how often have we been saying 910 saves the Mongols?
Yeah, we've been having some big moments, but, uh, that felt like it could have been another clutch, right?
You think about the pistol round in the first half, that had to be clutched out by Fallen and Keisarado.
And this year, they just come running at a library looking a little bit foolish.
The fact that that longside is already completely controlled, they're just sitting and waiting for exactly that.
And two players swinging couldn't have been easier.
So you do end up splitting the pistols.
And there is a lot on the line.
Is this back to reality for Furia?
How are they going to be eliminated by the Mongols?
This is the first officials for the Mongols with CobraZero in the roster.
Their opening game against G2 was relatively flat, blown out on Dust213 to 2.
They did put up a fight on Ancient 13 to 11, but still 2-0 loss.
Same for Furia though, falling to foot.
That's why we have one of these two big names on the line for elimination already.
I'll show us the beast at this time.
It's heavy over towards A for the defense on the force.
Buller and Halls control already taken.
Now they want brackets.
I think it looks like they're going to return for, oh no, back and forth, I wasn't going
to say a B finish.
If they don't wrap long, this type of a crossfire is extremely difficult to break.
It will be long the focus Fallen's been here the whole time oh hang on library smoke you
can just smoke moto now what do you do you wrap and be pushing through the arch smoke
or you push it through the moto smoke you have to flash and jump through fall into
turns it just manage to keep the thing the right place good head shots providers
It's CobraZero!
Double-deague! Not enough! Yikinda's here!
Maybe, maybe he could just catch the timing tech and they would have to whiff.
Jumping. What?! Jumping MP9 actually found him and Mzinho's ready on the box.
Yikinda surely caught out by this.
Bringing the five! It's four out of five in it!
Nine points of health. CobraZero with impact but Mzinho will close.
And this is stressful for the new kid, isn't it?
He has a massive double kill coming through that smoke.
It's a really nice block piece of utility dropped out by Fallen to force them through considering the time that he comes through
and delivers them two kills, swiping into the second.
Molotov pops up his dome and takes off two.
And this one was back and forth.
Emzinho just gets across the line with nine points of health.
Heroin falls to this next round.
Still a threat to deal with. Not letting off the gas.
Long goes light to what he saw.
Yeah, it's constantly just going to be a threat here, isn't it?
Fallen will set up your kinder with this.
Not a full force buy, but there are definitely some investments.
Oh, let's get the InfoSafe Fleet Fair play.
You can just come.
He wants to go and find more.
Anyone sticking around?
Yes, confirmation M4 in the play.
Still pushing.
And Techno greets him with a new Mac 10. How's he want mad at that range?
From techno besides those buddies about to find out what a nice scarf ring over there with his knife now hoping his Diggle could dissuade
Have to do a lot of work
It's so brutal
Yeah, you got one chance one click at the mouse
Of course some cows there by
As we can see nobody else home is a serenity Yuri both on short side right now. I'm seeing yo is playing
Outside of halls to contain this
And with them both venturing in this direction looks like it might
Oh
He just won't we've heard them now doesn't want to give away the AK right back would
Be huge to take into the next round they could save a gun because fallen's gonna be very light on
It's not pretty. Places them
down, you know, still, uh, all
those rounds, so eight to seven
one round gap now fallen left
operate with an MP nine
Molotow gets his all. And again,
we have to remind ourselves and
everybody at home that you're
maybe heading home at the
conclusion of this map. So the
team who won three trophies
It starts to be a real true contender, and we said it as well, on the way into this series,
but both teams that are top of that region.
And look at the aggression.
Let's cut down quick from MD9 headshots from Fallen.
CobraZero and MZ need to work pretty quickly right now and try to isolate a fight on A if they can.
Well that might spread. It's for unsaved guessing, yes.
He's the only one in Banana. You think that MkZero would have left him,
but Molo would take down CobraZero, and that should be that.
These two teams are so interesting as a matchup.
That's a little too easy.
Don't even look down the doorway.
Put him in. Pedestrian stuff there for Molledoy.
There's also the record between these two teams. Desk was highlighting the last time the Mongols
Mongols tasted success against Furia.
What's the time to go back in Dallas?
That's about the time this roster first came together before we really knew what the level of expectation was.
They get the guns out again, but Mongols will lose all the finances if they can't contend now.
This time it won't be Furia barreling down banana off the get go.
They're going to start slinking up middle, especially now that the AWP is fired off.
You wouldn't expect him to retake that line at most.
He's holding long or short on the angle.
The wash has them scared that there's a snap in play, but hey, going to be able to erupt
into this pretty quickly the Mongols.
How can they want to go?
Brackets, wrapping, Cobra Zera bomb, responsibility, the Blocksmoot Moto.
this part before it's about this lurk on apps Yuri's got to be cognizant of it
but now spotted his drop start to activate kill pick from Cobra Sarah again
could all these entries set up the mongos for success what is that a transfer
up just the head visible now you can't from the short side can he get another
yes he can what a shutdown from fury a Yuri with some absolutely nasty
attackers let's go indeed that is back up to the Mongols now we'll have to be
the eco get the entry you think you're you've got a lot of space you only got
two players on the site but Yuri look at this healthy covering fire bang and a
response time very quick before the Mongols can get planted and deal with
those threats, the rotation is already there, but we'll be taking Lika now. Might see a
Mara timeout in next round. But if Mirage is in the top, we know that the Mongols will
take this type of round quite slowly, giving themselves many opportunities. Might be feeling
late in the game, but won't take much to be able to get back into things.
So taking the most of a round like this regarding the finances is still the wisest of the options.
Grip up in second mid, Flash has been given over to Blitz, nobody is close middle, they
are playing pretty smart anti eco setup right, you want to play the crossfires, play the
range.
That multi-kill spray down doesn't quite get what he was looking for. They've managed to use that movement to try and overwhelm them with numbers.
Team flash.
Yeah, a little bit of a team flash and two dead.
As long as your kinder doesn't mess this up, it still feels like the B side's going to be quite hard to access and he wants to take this fire range.
That's risky.
Risky.
Swing it in.
They've lost the sight.
MZenia can plant.
Emsenio can plant!
He's opened from banana, Yuri rounding that corn and now order boy doesn't choose to peek over it.
Time to tell Molly for new box.
They could fumble on eco right now.
They really could.
They really really could.
The H.E.S.E. is not gonna find a low HP player but the AWP will.
Emsenio.
An opportunity to convert this.
Around they really had no shouting.
Now he's noted.
Now it's about finishing off the-
Oh, he got the collateral headshot through the skull of Yuri, he tags up Molodoy, and now this Ecos just want to put it away!
Oh, Muggle steal it!
Mardra's got a big smile on his face, and you know why the opposite for Sid and Furia, how is that one slipped past?
It's a Diggle, a Flash, and Glocks.
There have been so many of these rounds today over the Falcon series, and now this one right now.
The type of rounds that are being won are out of this world.
Yeah, out of this world. They go against everything in the Counter-Strike handbook.
It's going on.
This is just Glock's going arch, coming through a tiny little gateway.
It's got to change. It's got to change the momentum of this game.
Mongols surely, as long as they can convert this one,
they're going to be asking questions of Molozbo,
he's on the right position, four in the head-to-head.
One out again, favouring the CT further away from the wall.
Okay, Serato jiggling to block.
Actually, looks like he wants to fight off of a flash, perhaps.
What do I know? Call to throw out the smoke grenade.
And you need to stall this out. You can't keep the rush there when you lose the opening kill and you weren't able to take the space.
You would otherwise just run into the setup and at that point you'd lose everything.
So just needing to hit the brakes, allow Furia to overreact to all of those smokes and pieces of utile, all the info, all the steps,
and now hopefully catch them.
Still reeling from that, that's two impactful blinches from Anzino.
Ninja defuse as well.
Molotoy?
Flash and just peeks to his demise, again with Cobra on these entries, eh?
Oh, Yuri, he's just gonna try and stand and bang doesn't find the reality, Cobra does double this time.
Bit of a team kill in there, Keisarato locks them down.
Nothing for you here 9-10, a couple of potshots.
K-Sarato buying time, a quick one, looking good on the rifle.
And he's got time to try and piece this together, can you make things awkward for K-Sarato?
The Molotov will. It's really awkward, beautiful from 9-10.
Manufacturing brilliance before our very eyes.
He doesn't know that Fall is still in library.
Anticipates potential from the bracket side, pressure on the plant, 15 seconds.
Commits to it.
I don't know how you get back here from losing an eco into a 1v3?
Yeah, but then you go to the worst half, all the way to 1v5, then you have to fuse in front
of two of them.
This is mental. This is absolutely mental what we're seeing right now.
That has to be the back break. You think about now it's the eco from Furia, the type of rounds, the skill on display.
It's just unreal.
Okay, so you, your king has given you what you needed from him.
He gets an opening and you get banana.
I'd say that fallen nearly puts his life on the line for a weapon and a smoke
Not even playing his life he's playing for kills or fallen to burn death. I'm trying to react quickly off of this
I got the AK again this time in the hands of K Serato, you're each just thrown his smoke grenade. He's gonna try and block them short
Hey Serato, can we save from the Molotov? It's only for the log side.
Well this has to be a hard clear then.
Yeah. But it has to clear this.
Yeah, but hey Serato, if you can just get one.
Fury run the way to getting themselves a little better.
Same thing, never mind. Blitz owns him.
So what do we need three?
Yeah, but look at B.
Your kinder's rotating over now. He's already got two kills through. Why not more?
Yeah, right. Who's going to be throwing that smoke? It's landing CT. He's heading ruined.
There's still two more. Another one deployed now. He's going to be smoked off.
What's the best play? Walk through?
Catch your back!
I like to dig as well from your kinder!
One of them's low, maybe.
A P250 or a D.G.G.L. could be finishing the job,
but Mongol set for an 11th. Just need to collect it.
A 9-10. Just had the banana line.
Yuri slipped past.
He might be looking for an upgrade if he can.
if he can, yeah, he's found one.
And Molodoy trying to catch a couple here, back of the site.
Just making this in yo-to-peek, and he will hop, he's happy to oblige.
Don't you worry about that.
Okay, this is, uh...
9-11.
Yeah, out of control now.
There's only two rounds for the CT side of Fury yet so far.
Remember, this is their map choice.
Mirage was close, it had some twist and turns as well.
If you've only tuned in for Inferno,
you've missed two crazy maps that back-to-back fashion
with the type of rounds that we're unfolding here today,
but I think you did more than the two ends.
I've got to be counting some of these moments.
This is gonna be tactical timeout number two called from Sid.
Now the loss bonus is the biggest benefit,
but running out of rounds, running out of chances,
they running out of magic of their own.
The fall in 1v5 wasn't enough
to get you across the line.
I don't know what will be.
to play in fury up 2025 must feel like a lifetime ago now oh boy yeah I mean
elimination is at stake
you can do not willing to bow out again just look for a timing peak peaks on
into the author that's 910 below half health thank you both ways there 910s
I'm very well on the break of that.
They're gambling. 4A.
It's looking like they're headed in the right direction.
Locked on banana for now,
popping up their chairs,
Cobra's there investigating.
I just heard a loud slam on the desk.
That's a big match going on.
Foot versus G2.
Foot a bit mouthy as the youngsters,
but no lies here right now.
Begin to do a great job maintaining
all of this banana control.
Yeah, it really enables this setup.
Yeah, because...
All it takes is a misstep though.
You know, 9-10 hits, you want to jump peak,
and suddenly this round feels impossible.
If you are playing no-informed brackets,
they're playing a very passive setup on A.
They are counting on your kinder to hold on to his smoke until the last second.
He's in a position to throw it, holding it as close to 30 as he can.
Now you're blocked.
But this makes you more susceptible to a rotation.
It's not a commitment.
Yeah, he's not rotating.
They're sticking the guns.
4A still.
You can't do it with the confidence to just say it's not here.
It's 20 seconds and they're going to wrap.
Yep.
Okay, Serato.
He knows time's on their side.
They're going to have to swing.
The fights will come to you.
Nice from the two.
Fallen and Molodoy defending their sight.
More required.
Yuri's gone.
Oh dear.
Techno's got two.
Molodoy's in trouble.
They're getting the bomb down.
Cover's not there.
Molodoy, so much pressure.
He can't hack it.
I'm going to go to the right
side. I'm going to go to the
right side. Copers there has
contributed Techno with three
into the site and 12 for the
Mongols coming in at the final
20 seconds of the round. You
have the stack in the right
place and you can't hold on.
That's crazy. You cannot hold
on to the site. You couldn't
ask for any more. More is your
kind of there as well. Literally
five players on that bomb
site. Fury falling apart. The
seems in front of our very
eyes right now. Just one
And this was never going to be an easy lower bracket run.
Winner of this takes on loser of Na'Vi's spirit.
This is just getting started for the Mongols.
But can they close it cleanly?
Can they get it done in two?
Or is there more to be said in this matchup?
Tecno delivers a massive triple kill, everybody having their moment in the spotlight for
the Mongols to have this series.
Three consecutive rounds required for Furia to just have a moment's respite.
You are cornered, your back is against the wall, bruised, exhausted,
and Margin Ferrero brought to zero.
I have three famises, this is gonna be so tough.
Big shout out to 910ers for putting in absolute shift, Ivers.
Huge in that first half of play and there 1v3 in this second half. Yeah on the AK looking so good with it
Ted that was opted to bring in a Mac 10
To land 22 he's got 2.8 you can have an AK. I just see he's got front spawn as well
No, not going anything fast towards banana
He is, however, partnering up and running up second mid.
What is your game plan?
Every move you make, you've got to do it with conviction, but if you make it and it doesn't
work out, that could be the last move you make here in Krakow.
They're going for an appsplot.
Let's replay appsplot.
That's why the Mac 10s in play.
They get the banana control.
This is going to force their hand.
They might accelerate towards A now.
There's already a smoke in the sky.
Two, in fact, are about to land.
He's gonna have so much work to do he has to handle this first one clearly. He does serve a court. It's monthly
It's a great trade from cold Sarah. Not him cobra variety
I burst out to another one. There's in your should be dunked and he's gonna chase him
He's in trouble does find it mollaboy on the site surely a wall bank to finish him
Surely this is going to book the covers there
Over zealous on the hot 910 another one be three not today
Fury at the first of the three challenges
They pass okay right now have to just take a look at the money situation until it's able to bond with an orp again
But I'm not sure if that's how they really want to proceed
He could sell that back and he could actually drop an AK. He's starting to do that right now
Great read from all the way to know he's done some damage through the smoke there unconfirmed until the need finishes the job
Well, they're gonna take the eco they've gone a hero orp on 910 and
And essentially an eco on everybody else 1900 into what will be the final round of regulation unless 910 taking the all
Right, right. This is so much counter strike. It's out of the box. Everything is out of the box
It's just swinging. Yep peek straight on in and then then what yeah
How are you meant to continue to take this tool to just walk up and keep probing note and sendry comes in starting to dart back
Well, you have to play this one late. You don't really have a choice the fact he's invested this all
I think he's gonna move it all the way back and kind of work his way up banana
Then I have questions about him having one for the final round. Maybe he doesn't want to tea side inferno
It's not necessary
You've got two flashbangs a p250 yeah and a sniper or considering the rounds we've seen it. Yeah, right anything's possible
anything can happen
But this is what I'm concerned about, because your kinder's not gonna be playing like there's
an orb in play.
He peeks on in, he's so lucky to be alive.
Now they know.
Oh.
There's an orb.
Forty seconds.
He's searching on his own with the investment and everyone else is ready to pounce on A.
So he needs to keep searching for the fight here.
He needs to get a kill, there's no chance.
Cacerato still on his jiggles, he's not falling for this.
Oop, blocks! Gotta be called man, gotta make this look easy Furia!
This is the east of the bunch!
And with two kills deep, the orb now lost, it seems to have fallen into place.
Yuri and Cacerato could just maintain his crossfire moham down upon arrival.
And just like that we find another full 24 round game.
map 1 24 do we needed bonus rounds that's what furior are fighting for mara
calling the time out to try and get this done in regulation so this is still
gonna be a buy but not the best stuff blitz has already invested into a
galil because they need the nades so you only with 3.9 so likely to see him go
galil and utility as well 9 10 after that little investment cannot buy
himself an AWP and if techno dropped one I don't think you would have
enough for head armor. So now it's about striking the balance between U2 and fire power.
Two Galils, prioritize the U2.
If past two of the three tests, Furia, three match points from Mongols now one.
Furiah fighting off. Elimination.
Eh, Moldo aggressive again. See if you can catch anybody. It's... look at this. This is
the call from Mara. Four players through second mid.
And all heading through apps. Now that doesn't have to be the finish. They could take Boiler,
they could just be seeing if they find a jewel here.
This type of half wall smoke coming out from Blitz is just to actually deny Furiah
information they might feel okay well we still have top banana control but it's
to deny how many players are on the other side so the setup as it stands it's
very psych-centric no one in pit Yuri's actually doubled up on the site
fallen rotating over or he was maybe just picking up you two heading back
over to the kingdom now delayed by the incendiary they're wrapping sure I
think this is gonna come as a surprise it's such a good call from Mara just
Yuri in case you're out to win a position to really voice concerns
Molotov can lend a hand from library.
They're throwin' Nathan already for this.
An explosion!
But Molotov and K-Sorato connecting Lethal from K-Sorato.
Triple kill!
Sprays him down.
Mongols, this one collapses.
A convincing overtime secure.
Three match points from Mongols,
and they cannot break through.
Okay.
Well, they've worked hard to get themselves here.
There's been a game with a lot of twists and turns.
I thought they were caught off.
It felt like it was just 0-100, but Keisarato, he's so comfortable.
It's here from his POV, they almost lined up for him, he nearly got 2.
The fact he's able to pick out in that position we know is heavily spammable.
That is a great round there from Keisarato.
Tamongos have had their chances, that's squandered now.
So look for the first to 16.
12.5k, money will no longer be a problem or a conversation.
So bullet and holes control has been taken leaving banana to that second wave Molo on
the wall.
We'll need to be able to flash him off.
You also have your kinder on the jump spot so setting up a bit of a trap here.
putting faith in your kinder to get the information then he can swing in.
Neither orb connecting their opening bullet. It's a very quick pivot up mid.
Kinders cheating over, Molotow has full banana control to be 4 on A to defend this again.
Go Brasera, these entries have been pretty consistent.
Starting his charge, blocked by Moto.
What's this?
Push from your kinder!
Comes on in!
Comes alive!
Triple kill!
Backstab!
Point peeks!
Over extends into the york, but is the damage done?
Is there a way back in for MZenio?
And 9-10, the angle good, and the headshot provided.
K-Sorato again on 8, good for 1.
Alright, 9-10. You don't have the time this time for a crazy 1v3.
Not at all.
You got 15 seconds. Molo is heading back towards B, so if you could quickly find Yuri and then Keisarado, maybe you could get that bomb down. There's one!
What is it?!
Oh, it has its cost there towards the general vicinity of Yuri. Not gonna be able to find it.
Different universe, perhaps? That's an instant headshot. God, they are putting Furia through their paces every single one of these rounds.
some more convincing than others but that one's going to feel good for Furia.
So that's what? Four consecutive rounds for Furia if you include regulation.
I wonder now if we get Mongols actually trying to buy for this banana control
against your kinder and fallen. They've been giving it over to them in the last couple
just letting them have it. They've also been getting spammed through the smokes at the bottom.
Might want to try and give them some early jewels and well no, not to be the case.
It's the same car Molly, exchange of flames, dip and under smoke and Molo here again.
Stop middle, nobody spams, nobody gives up.
The fact that they are creeping up mid.
Keisarato on the jiggle.
Head of this, they've got the control.
Yep, he's got a chance of a perfect angle for it, no flash connects.
The bomb delivered to him, and a multi-kill again from Keisarato.
Just multi-s on multi's, and he's all too easy to track.
It's Mazzinho, who's somehow adjusted into both.
How's he got two? How is this still a conversation?
Bombs in no man's land. How do you get past Molo-Doy's AWP?
Nine turns on the rifle. That makes sense.
Put some Xenia with that low HP.
Retreating the bomb, the hard bomb.
Perfect setup for Molo-Doy.
Just two rounds in a row.
Well, make it three rounds in a row,
where an individual has essentially won that round on their lonesome.
Okay, sir, I want some to keep coming.
Yeah, please well, this is the individuals really making a statement now and that was one of the concerns
One of the conversation points about fury up their players not getting the necessary output
Well, they're awake now
I think I've seen what the Mongols have been doing throughout this series gone well
We can do that too so many crazy moments
All right, so Mara has taken his bonus time out and a bit of an emergency meeting.
You don't want to be going into the swap of sites with zero T-Rounds.
That's for sure considering the line show the work was done by these T-Sites.
So they need to get activated here and now they don't really have an answer banana or
At least they haven't been able to present one and that is making the game seem pretty one-dimensional if you're furia trying to read the Mongols
It's just been a lot of these a plays
Even then you saw a miss smoke
Just keep lining up not able to trade their way out of this surely now they have to try and contest us and banana control
What are the only hopes they do
Let's just have a rough game, eat some nade, 30 HP before he even gets go intact, tucked on logs.
And your kinder will finish the job! Always dead, tech knows a dead man, tucked on the corner, trying to blend him by hand.
Your kinder's gonna find him.
Force forward by the flame, 9-10 at least, 1.
Hoping for Molotov to overextend, but he is gonna stick on the right.
He's hoping for Cobrazera, just a waltz on in, trying to be baited in by the half-war jump spot, and it works!
Fioria, what a CT side resuscitation!
Right now, I'm Zinnia, he might get a 1v1 against Fioria, he will have known that Ash was just thrown, so if he can get this fight, 9-10 can head back.
He takes him down out of the round, they're so segregated though.
9-10 scavenging with the bomb on his back, Fallen anticipates that.
Oh, 9-10's got to go safe route.
He might see him in the window room, it depends on where Fallen hangs around.
They're not gonna catch him now. He's passed the line of sight
That's a good read of the game here from Gabriel Toledo
Looks like 910 is about to deliver the package to Fallen's front door. Yeah, this will do it
for a flawless CT hall
to extend the series
To make nuke look like almost a certainty and no chance from Zinnia now. What's he meant to do jump up?
He's gonna run through this smoke. You've only got 12 seconds to do so son and this one is over 15 to 12
We're gonna swap sides
And I think got smiling down quite fondly on fall and today that 1v5
It shouldn't have been this hard with all things considered the type of rounds they've also seen a fury of fumble
But they are in full control right now just one of the next three T side of rounds and that'll be that
So, Mongols have three match points. If you're in now with three map points, they'll make better use of them than the Mongols did.
Our 9-10 was such a suffocating force in the first half on the orb. I'm not sure if you can keep that up into the second time of asking.
I don't know what to do with this, but I'm not sure what to do with this.
Upon that smoke fade, it looks like Molotov is going to be flashed in for a peek.
910 ready to receive, half wall or...
Oh, it looks good for it. Just off the gap.
Can you look close?
You can do Will's try and swing for the trade though.
It's all about the sequence.
Okay, 910 on tomorrow, do an immediate trade.
They want Blitz.
They are running at him and immediately the cavalry starts to counter.
Oh man!
It's all too little, too late.
The side is theirs.
Just about across, but Tecno catches him.
3 on 3, all to play for Mongols.
A retake you have to go for.
He's calling for it. HG first to break the smoke, babycatch Kcerato.
If all in trouble, 3HB for Tecno, now we'll go for the plant, and the main from Yuri actually does finish what Kcerato started.
Just the two of them fall and hit his. Nuk is calling Furia their first opportunity to close, and now sees the opportunity. This series is not done.
Not done yet, and what a map that was. Inferno delivered in buckets and spades.
The types around the counter strike that we saw in that fall on 1v5 and 910 1v3 some eco victories
I haven't seen again on that in a long time guys down there in the desk. What an absolute bomb burner
Big names Mongols and Furia featured in many a conversation about contenders about deep runs about playoffs that heavy
God just secured himself a ticket to
Neither of which are in the conversation Furia and Mongols just fighting to not be the first team eliminated
Yeah, to contrast this, last time these two teams went toe-to-toe as in Chengdu in the quarterfinals.
Right!
So, uh, a lot has changed.
In a short amount of time with those upset losses, Nifrown was won by Furia.
They've elected to start on the CT side of the third and deciding map.
And he kind of up, taking some liberties.
He came in massive down the stretch.
But it won't be ready for this.
Oh, it doesn't get the, uh, profit from his surprise.
Coming forward's way.
Now the Uri's here as well, forward in front of the stretch,
They've got the cross-airs in the right place. They still do collapse.
It's worked out wonderfully for Furia.
Mongols, see you later.
Sent back to spawn is 9-10.
You can just got yard pivot covered.
He's going to just try and actually punch in the code.
He's kind of a goat, isn't he, 9-10?
Yeah, he actually has managed to get everyone extra cash. Fair play. Fair play.
Binks a lot out of what was supposed to just be a very quick fury around.
He gets that kill. I'm thinking he wins it.
I think he wins it. If anything's possible.
Yeah, they're just stacking up in my mind. And that was even after the Falcons game.
If people weren't tuned in for that, that one also had some kooky counter today.
It's been fun stuff. It has been a lot of fun.
There's everybody swarming ramp to deal with this.
But you know about this plant, it's going to facilitate a much juicier looking second round force.
Variation of the smoke walls will we get to see in a round like this?
Oh, there's a obvious screen heavily favouring Furia.
Let's see if the Mongols can keep their mental in it.
There's a gap on the first smoke, I believe.
Yeah, it was misthrown. So I was able to get past and down secret noisy about it.
There is already a rotation case around it down here.
This is the Mongols congregating in Lobby.
Now we are seeing five unique maps out of the Mongols and they're two series played so far.
And the reason that's important is 2026 is them starting off the season with CobraZera in place of controllers.
it was in place of Senzu. And KopaZero has looked more than serviceable.
The blocks make out towards door and almost out of nades, looking for the disparity between
the two teams. That's what Keisaratu was hoping for and says nothing else is here. High alert
for the topside defence of your kinder, Yuri. Amas, tickles the toes, profits on the second
burst, but now you can, Denise, to track that clean. Does so. Four-spy with nothing to report.
Nothing positive, anyway.
And it had a lot to lose in this one, right, with the Molotov AWP coming into the plate.
Not something you always see in the second round, but the fact that they're able to keep
all five alive and stunt any of the progressions of the Mongols, we're talking two rounds of
play with just one kill. So, now it'll be the eco, and I'm sure, I'm not sure.
Not sure anymore.
Oh, no. After the maps we've seen.
I'm not sure anymore, guys.
anything is possible no actually I am sure oh yeah there's a reason these
things are things they're not beliefs that they're just back roots right so
because it's supposed to be easy for the people with armor and guns there you go
it's in here's gone Kevlar everyone else has got pistol upgrade so always an
idea the kevlar is cheaper than a deagle but you can't shoot with kevlar you
could throw it at them weigh them down
just the game plan really gonna be try and bully the big man actually in
trouble gonna have to get out so conceits the space he's done very well to not
give up a kill all your kinder takes two of them and turns his tail that
cost him his life. Fury good trade and no way she's here.
Cobra still on silo.
No, he's not. I was gonna say, with that fight, that could
be the all sucking warehouse because everyone else is
towards ramps. So
but they are I mean, it seems clear that the fury account
have just talked about like, let's not play with too much
respect. What are we here from sit on the way into inferno
he wanted all that jazz. Yes, right. And actually, we did
get some theatrics. So
They are listening to the coach, no doubt about that.
Those rifle rounds, and again, will they really just try and poorly fall in on ramp if nothing
else works?
I don't think that's going to be enough to go across the line.
He's chosen a great round to start Seeker, hasn't he?
Yeah, he has.
So denial of information.
Someone's gonna fight you very shortly, so boys, you're gonna be in the open-taken fights.
Yep, they're in the open for your kinder to collect, and now you're all so distracted and so worried that you're just gonna run into Case Serato.
Hello.
Free frag. Thank you very much, says Case Serato. Falling ready for the fight, and actually even the farmast as well, but there should be it.
You know info on both of them, you know Missy is behind red
And case Serato, oh, we actually got him before burning
Give us a cover zero one v three
He's heading for that head-on collision and he's to get that bomb out behind T red
But as in if it's clear is good. He he does get to isolate these fights
Jump up maybe
Can I swing it?
Oh, we pre-aimed if he was on top.
You can't do not a leg to jump up.
And so first gun round, pass as well as pistol and conversions.
That's a lovely start for the Furious CT side.
They're sleeping under a blanket of cash right now.
So even with the three cash, did you see my little more?
Yeah, it was felt late as well.
The smokes were not far from starting to fade
as they started the progression.
win down to the sails right now but we sort of have a poor half of Mirage and
then still bring the map back and win it 13 to 11 so good point three to four
rounds is gonna be more than enough for the mongols to work with if that's
anything to go off same smoke wall again
early on the smoke break and that's gonna be there yeah how exposed are
They very much so scope still makes up for it
Finds that trade onto the senior the spray not quite connecting from K Serato as you dipping vents
That's what Cobra's there is hoping to punish. Oh
Ready for you. Oh, thank you. Just meant to attack those still goes down to the dig of Cobra. I'm bullet needs a reload
They're the op still in play go and have a health since risky against the all
Dips back up
Just under the sideline
Carouser will be very close to this.
Fallen might catch you on the timing.
Not even looking.
Okay.
You know that's two different players, because the M4 was stolen from K-Sorato.
Not at all.
Oh, the timing!
Oh!
Referral Vengeance saves him!
Wow, okay.
Oh, 9-10 in another clutch.
Is he gonna get another plant?
No, look at Yuri, okay.
Oh, no, Yuri, excuse me, is it falling down here?
Not looking the right way.
No, not at all.
Uh, so he might get another plant.
Yep, looks like he's making a case.
Another 9-10-1v3?
That'll be quick on this, though.
They know he has to punch in the code.
They should be able to take space quite quickly.
Molotow down ramp, Yuri down vent.
Okay.
Finds a bit of cover, gets swung on, and yeah Yuri's good for it.
It's restrained for 9-10, probably starts to feel like he could pull that one across
the line, but...
Furia prevailed.
Okay, 5-0 spotless start.
Most casualties in a round is this one and the previous.
Otherwise, it's been relatively spotless.
Crazy timing.
Just a comprehensive gazing time.
When you're doing this, it's falling out.
Well, I'm committed to this.
If I die, they'll know where he is.
But 9-10, thinking he had a chance in that.
And I would believe it with the shots he's been hitting.
He's going to bring out the AWP now on the T side.
It's going to be a maratackle time-out.
Are you happy to keep them?
Let them keep flowing with the game plan.
I can see Spirit and Na'Vi have taken to their seats.
That's coming up next.
Sometimes the hardest round to win is the first.
Blitz, the head of the eternal timing, you're kind of maybe working with him here, is he
going to track him?
Yeah, he's got the whole team as well.
Hello!
Oh, the assume is clear!
That's so naughty!
This master of mischief, you're kind of, gets away with murder.
He's even hit a little drive by Dink on to Cobra's there, there, and hello!
Blitz has been spotted out by Fallen and brought to his knees.
Five alive for Furia.
How frustrating!
Mara gonna hit that emergency meeting there it is this is rapid isn't and you can do is getting away with everything
This might be the resuscitator or the start to 2026 for furia. Truly you take a look at bounty
They were a little bit ropey sloppy and then even to kick things off here with the loss against foot who sure put g2 through their
Paces and they're still alive in that lower bracket, but furia haven't looked like the same team
We saw who were closing 2025 if having the Mongols come and slap you around a bit and make you lose a couple of really bad rounds
is the key point to get you awake and so be it. Remember, the winner of this will play
the loser of that other game I just practiced so it's going to be a tough run.
Like the brilliance of your kinder's play is that he heard Blitz cross secret and used
that not to chase Blitz but to know that they're going to be expecting it clear.
That teammate literally just walked past those smokes so knives are out to tensions
elsewhere, and he profits.
Getting absolutely dominated now.
I like this aggressive parting from Blitz.
The Kinders have their number, but maybe on the reload, if he's a bit careful, not careful
with his ammo.
Blitz.
This is your kinder.
Again, your kinder's name in the feed.
This is 0 and 7.
He's feasting on them right now.
They're flowing now, right?
It looks to me like Furio playing off of each other, the comms are there.
This is more like the team we know and love.
Yeah, the one we saw make deep playoff runs and lift trophies.
So 7-0 on the plate, 2v3 goes 2v2.
Big shot from Mazzinho.
This push from Keisarado could be the unraveling because they have so much time, maybe they
try and use that, not realizing that Keisarado has continued to push the issue.
It does look like the bomb is just walking into the topside.
He is in but Yuri up in the heavens. This is the Fangs of Fury to close this one down
And K Sarato's timing does looks like it's gonna be rewarded as he continues his crawl and Xenia is not gonna be able to spot him
Molly heaven now they can plan
Yuri won't reveal his position
K Sarato elects to go squeak. Teno has to stay on the side because of the plant. He's got the flank. It's brilliant
Oh, he doesn't know. K Sarato considers it not quite deep enough
big headshot provided Mongols their first rounds just one click of the mouse away
just Yuri to find info flows you know where he is and it's Mazzinho with impact
that's four kills in the round that's what we've grown to expect from Mazzinho
he finally fills the feed Mongols get something going and Zinho was actually
very impactful in the CT half of Mirage for those who missed it this is right
here is Boots trying to take the chance but then it's the Cobra Zero
a trade. Mzinho hits this bang up and that's what starts the conversation. Now it's tough
for Tecno right? Mollie's heaven plants back side which means he doesn't have to worry about
anything because we know that Mzinho has the hot control but what would become difficult
is if Mzinho goes down and Tecno's stuck back a side but plenty of money don't you
worry about that if you're in with a buy and Mollie will have a couple of shots
of whistle buy. Same smoke wall. They are persistent with the approach. Not seeing
diagonals. No top main waterfall. And he can be already down here. Someone concerned
about a vent drop you can see. He was just acknowledging that possibility. And Fallon
Let's just spam out Mazzinho into radio.
Oh, I think I got the worst for the blitz, it's just paring to peek.
Techno accelerates, knows he's got to make a play, got to do something to try and claw back the numbers.
Oh, he got dinged for 20 damage.
Oh, not bad! Jumps into him and beats out the jewel!
The kinder's got him dead to right if he does try and advance on his own.
Just a pixel-spotted Techno does try and draw attention to B as they try and slip into Yuri's bomb site.
Okay, Serato and Yuri, you've got the two of them.
Safe as houses, surely.
You'd think so.
Maybe not, not with 9-10 hitting headies like that.
Catches him with an 8-out, spots out another, no trade immediate.
Wow, Yuri!
He makes it look so calm.
So composed as he just sends them back to spawn with only that one round to boast.
All of those watching this.
Yeah, you'd have to miss the orb shot.
And he won't.
Alright!
Domination, station, 7-1.
to get going. He didn't have
a great showing on inferno,
either the in game leader. It's
one of these things that I will
give to leaders when they have
a new team is that there's a
bit more micro management has
to go on, but with the key
positions that Blitz plays it.
There's less forgivable right.
He's calling himself into impactful
positions and just not finding
the impact. Well, they can buy
by three AKs, Mach 10, and then take nine.
So smoke ball again, ramp push.
Yeah, and your kinder's gonna have a...
Take nine and four!
Oh, both on the floor!
That's a difference!
That's a difference maker!
The CTs bring the fight, and Mongols feast.
Okay, so Moldor you'd expect him to be playing a Rotator position, right?
Heaven Hell, maybe over towards Elbow and Ramp,
but currently, it's like he wants to slip it down the vent.
So he's actually gonna try and contend for this one.
I can't really fathom away it unless he just hides and they go hunting thinking he's
saving his spawn or something but he's completely cut off now he's actually looking for a way
out.
Yeah, it's all fine then.
Fine that alright.
So not only do they get themselves round 2, they'll get the AWP for free for 9-10.
So Yuri can drop two guns here, he's got 11k.
So Fallen and K-Strader can be hooked up.
But they decided to change the tone of the rounds, right?
This is Furia saying let's do a lobby crunch and punish.
And they're the ones who are on the receiving end of that.
So likely just to sit and go back into their more standard procedure rounds.
Because they've been winning those out with ease.
Sometimes you try and change the tone.
I'm 10 spotted on the silos.
We're narrowly missing out on the info from CobraZera up on silo.
K-Serato however did start down secret.
Skeptical timing.
Oh, really good timing.
Oh, that's well. That was very well.
Yakinda and K-Serato combined to shut down the secret walk.
And Xenia and Blitz are gone, now quick molly towards the vent, nothing to force and flush out.
Yeah they can't even really quickly surge anywhere we use the bombers down.
That's great you got space but you need to pick this up right, you need to group up.
I know that Mongols seem to like to string things out but...
Oh wait, they can't...
They've fallen to the lobby control right, so...
Yeah, we've got...
Oh, hold up.
He's back to turn, fallen back to turn.
9-10 nails it, still costs him everything.
Important trade provided by your kinder.
Cobra running that bomb in.
Gonna try and find this elevated angle on heart.
Begin to burn it through.
Oh no, enough of a distraction!
Cobra can't hack it!
Yuri, once again!
They come in, he leaves with a multitude of kills.
Eighth round now for Furia.
There's a couple of ways in which that could have gone wrong.
Not gonna happen, and rather quickly,
This is starting to look a little too dominant. Yeah, Mara agrees. That's it, right? I said three or four rounds. I think I'm
being a little bit
Generous, but that's because this has been an odd series in patches
Now the bomb going down again lost bonus in play
They will be able to get out another gunner, but if they do salvage four and then they win the CT pistol
right that caveat comes with winning the CT pistol or winning the force and
Mara
Have a single have a reaction like that in some time
It's a bit of a meltdown, but again, still two more before we get to the halftime break. They can salvage this
They haven't really had too much success with their
secret smokes at all. At all, right? Even when Blitz has gotten across, it feels like it's cost them more than they've gained.
And if it's the same variation again, I'm gonna, boy, it is the same variation.
I'm just questioning why not go for a different variant, like force your
kin to the beam or pass it, it feels like he has a bit of a runway,
it actually changes the tunnel of the fight.
Spot splits on the front side.
He's happy to take the duel.
When's the engagement?
Put his aim looking rough today.
9-10 nearly had an opportunity on there, retreating to Kendo. They are going to push Kcerato, where
is the ball? Oh, good for 9-10. Kcerato overwhelmed. Looking good. Oh my god, back and forth. He
falls quickly into a one-on-one. Mazinho, last seen hut.
He knows it's the ramp player, right? Fallen last alive, so immediately you're going
to calculate that. He's worried about a potential ramp push. Fallen's down towards
be. They did all that with the bomb outside Lobby. So he's got to go back and pick that up.
He was impactful in an earlier round. One of the two that the Mongols have so far.
And Zinho can pick up another one. Let's get in them ever closer.
Filling a little bit of relief with this tee half. It's 45 seconds.
Is he going ramp to B or ramp to Heaven? Let's find out because that is going to
determine if Fallon's in the right place or not. His biggest problem right now for
Mazzinho is he doesn't have a smoke or a molly so he can't block a choke point or
plant in the smoke. So maybe Faye can hope Fallon gives him the sound cue. If he fakes
then Fallon will be able to get closer and deny on the replant. I feel he has to
stick it. Alright risk required 18 seconds. Mazzinho hasn't got time to
do dilly-dally that's about the last corner he has to clear and so goes for
the commit. Fallen's in the right place.
Mazzini has no idea so many different angles of approach. Swings to the doors open!
So does Fallen! Clutch is up not for the first time in this series.
Captain of Furia continues to deliver and now Mongols a maximum of three
available. Okay, that was great trade work by both teams there, but Fallen. Sitting in
the vent, waiting for Emzinho to make the play. And if he doesn't give away a sound cue, right,
if you have no idea, you have absolutely no idea where he could be. The only information
you have is it's the ramp player. So just trying to solve that puzzle in real time.
time. Will this be the most
time and a half yet? Yes it will.
Just two rounds. All that the
Mongols are going to get to take into the next.
This is GG for Molodoy starting off with an
April 1 round. That's a nice difference maker
you're kind of this time. Not able to
best Blitz. Molodoy, he's going to have
to hit quite a flick.
Yep. No worries for Molodoy.
That splits his first opening kill.
He's was zero and six before this round.
Surely they have zero and six given you something he hasn't before.
And techno.
I'm worried you're exposed to the tiny pixel.
You're on my stack, dropping onto heart with a nice kill advantage now.
Numbers dictate that 10 looms mongols.
You've got to try and find a way out of this.
Molly's going to force K Serato, he'll sway one out, gets away with the lineage.
What a privilege.
And a chunky nape to return the favor.
Perfect position from Yuri, trade by 9-10 is important to just keep the dialogue afloat.
Looking good for K Serato, one more bullet will do it, fight for head.
And blitz, you got the open up.
Your first, what about your first clutch?
What about a one versus three when your team need three and it's caught from the backstabber,
Monador. That is brutal. The outlooks bleak. Mongols, they are in jeopardy. Elimination beckons.
They've got to turn it around in this final half.
I
I
I
I
I
I
Baby, can you feel it kind of dry?
I'm ready to move all the night, yeah
Try and lose myself on the night shift
Out of sight, yeah
Taking off control can't feel it
I'm body's moving closer if it will
Try and lose myself on the night shift
Yeah
I'm moving closer, is it real?
Can't lose myself on the night shift
Out of sight, yeah
Baby, can't you feel we can't try?
I'm ready to move for the night, yeah
Can't lose myself on the night shift
Out of sight, yeah
Taking all the control, can't move it a bit
I'm body's moving closer, is it real or not?
Trying to look myself on the night shift, outside here
I'm smoking vents
Yes
And one door, door dead
Nice
I smoke left
Here I will flash you
Okay okay
I'm not going in, wait, hot, hot, hot
When he flashed, when he flashed you flashed
No, okay
I flashed, be careful
They molotov flashed
Flash, flash
Default!
Default, default, default
Default
Nice
Nice
Oh, please
The most convincing half we've seen in this series
and it is for elimination
Mongols are on the brink
So close to closing in 2-3 opportunities on Inferno to take this and eliminate Furia now on the third
They're in a deep pit a bit of despair
It's gonna have to be one perfect CT side and has to be starting on this pistol
And it's gonna be a top play dosing a blown open like this
He fall and smoke off man is a model for top hot and flashes
Technical events go peek on out draws attention to himself. They have support from heaven as well never mind
Bodies are dropping, case are after when you're kind of really broken through.
They kick down the door, and the bomb's already being planted.
It's falling into place a little too easy.
The Mongolian's lacking any firepower in this one.
Mordor is even hunting, he might catch Blitz with his knife out.
Oh, a bleak death for Blitz and a rough series, a rough half at least.
the
seats is 12 death and 11th
for fury. Surely that is it. We
may as well spend this time
reflecting that first half
your kinder was phenomenal
outside. He was seven and two in
terms of opening exchanges. He
was just an absolute beast. He
put a leash on Blitz and his
movements outside. And that
compact that we had on the
way in from the break there.
I think that's more like it.
It was calm. Right. Obviously
when you're winning in the
mindset, but after the weight Mirage went and the rounds we saw in Inferno, all of that for this is probably what Furia are asking themselves right now.
But if this series is what it takes to get that form back that we are accustomed to in the late stages of 2025, then I'm all here for it because their battles through the lower bracket will be tough.
Spirit versus Navi up next, loser that will take on Furia and that actually puts more hype on that matchup, right?
Knowing, okay, you win that game, you're in the playoffs, but also, if you lose, you have to take on a Furia who have been put through their paces
and the individual's all now starting to show some form.
Your kid was 21-7.
Yeah, you had an incredible half.
Zenio's hit a nice head shot.
Got a feel for the kid, don't you? He's had some really impactful moments throughout this series.
9-10 also was a monster on Inferno. It feels like that performance was wasted.
27 frags from 910 on inferno
Well in the absence of a pistol you would take a second round version you're exposed. What a shot
He's playing this like a young man's game your kindable trade
Cobre Zera what you got? Oh a very a fraction of a second to click on the trigger doesn't quite find the precision
There's blitz though swings open the doors and profits
to keep him with the advantage
and yeah techno just couldn't
quite find their head couldn't
track a Serato on the elevation.
That's that's forced by dealt
with has to be the forced by
again more of the same. And I
think the Mongols have resided
himself to the outcome. This is
one of those where during that
two minute break. The scoreline
of such a bleak scoreline two
rounds to your name. You start
replaying inferno. Don't you
know you're running through
your head hum those three
opportunities you had to close
There's three opportunities you had to close it out. You couldn't hack it
It's also the nonsense that you pulled off as well, right? You're not gonna be able to do that every time
So it's definitely not
Real's wasted. Yeah, it's not replicable gameplay and when those moments happen. That's when you have to capitalize
Cool to see Kcerato's approach. It does feel exploitable. His barrel pokes out, but
He starts withholding onto Lobby
alone
Not gonna overcook it as he kind of striding around in yard. He's got so much room to stretch his legs
Smart way on to Mazzini. Oh, mom goals just four of them left or this is gonna be time to pack the suitcases
This is the option right you lose outside you go for lobby control. It's very obvious. You've SMG's and one and four
910
Looks like he's close enough to do something but not really right this elevation
He could even get killed by your kinders if he haven't.
They're in no hurry.
Not reboosting, so that can at least remove the threat without 9-10.
I mean, blindsided.
9-10's starting to work.
He might get caught after all.
Oh, he does.
Let's be able to find your kinder, though.
And Techno's going to have us worked out for him for the main side.
No!
Your kinder's just having such a good game.
24 frags, D.
Mongols eliminated and it is cutthroat out here.
Nuke a quick trip, 15 rounds.
All it takes, Furia survive here in Krakow.
Yeah, the Mongols, they will be sent packing.
They've come to Krakow, they've played five maps,
two of them at 13, two blowout losses.
Kobra is here, steps into the roster for 20-26.
This is their first event, their first.
Spirit did struggle versus Astralis. Sure, you know, they still end up closing it out, but there were opportunities for Astralis in that head-to-head.
I wonder if that big one-sided record could change here in Krakow.
Well, that's the goal. It's been a while since Nabi have taken down Spirit, but you know the last time they did, Harry.
It was Katavita 2025 in this exact match to make it to the playoffs. They defeated Spirit 2-1.
Of course, since that 0.4 in a row for Team Spirit, but a new spirit looking at us today.
Harvey on the T side of Mirage. Classic map. Who doesn't like Mirage?
I'm gonna get handed a B-pop here to open things up, but Magix just ran through straight away.
and he's quelled bit with the ace. Unreal start to this series, bad to be a banger I'm sure.
he comes through swinging and bit steals all the glory.
Bombplots are nigh, no problem for bits.
He's got every single entry, every single trade.
Bit in good form is a great sign for Nabi's chances today.
Scraped into the top 20 last year.
Narvi looking for a lot more in 26.
They always love to wait for a major.
Does Blade?
But they always delivered the major as we've learned.
Question is, can Narvi
drag that momentum into a new year?
Online didn't do them well back online in their third match of the season.
I'm looking to make it a play-offs.
Don can be seven now.
It's catching on!
I don't like it.
No? You want the Deagle?
Yeah.
It's fair.
I think you're hoping that the lace in the pistol round goes a good way towards kind of pumping you up, if you know what I mean.
I feel like they hit that much harder in the games where it is in his element.
And even with that Dust2 up next, you know, I think the winner of the Paravision from
Navi's impressive, they've made that a real home map for themselves.
And it took Donk dragging Spirit over the line to take down Astralis and make him
mention to start off this stage. So knowing what Navi are like with preparation, with
Blade behind them, definitely does feel like a perfect storm. I feel like we're setting
it up early, the potential for Navi to break back on this streak. This streak, since Katavita
2024 is 10 matches for Spirit, two matches for Narvi.
It's not a rivalry, Spirit kicked their ass.
But no time like a playoff qualification to fight back.
someone else I think I'm gonna be keeping on in this one as well as shiro seen a
couple of rough maps for a min. Yeah he struggled yesterday the other day against
Astralis definitely wasn't the shiro we expect not a group stages and in the
game where we had so many highlight moments from players like Tanea, Magix held
his own, definitely won the orb of spirit showing up in good form this
this evening. A lot of damage on the ramp. Shirou doing more, but he can't finish a kill.
It's Donk with low players and MP7 transferring for two. Can't quite hit that third. They clear
out to near. Good check from Navi. Full stack in this bomb site. RID. And Magik's no Kevlar,
just a P250. Should be assuredly for Navi in this third.
And everyone's just ready to react to the moment they know where he is.
Magics is certainly dead.
I need to break it to you.
This isn't going to be some crazy P-251B3.
You can drag it out, try and make them die with a bomb, keep them in the site.
You've got to kill while they're running away using that info, hooks his head up top.
And one more do.
It's what we'd call a good eco in the biz.
his business.
Harry.
Ah, yeah.
I was confused.
Mm, thought so.
Alright, so we have this by coming in now for spirit, all for Shiro.
I want him to start strong, man.
You know, I think one of the things that was so impressive about him throughout 2025 was
it was clear he kind of recognized, you know, if they are to succeed, a lot of it is
to come from him.
And Shiro really bet that challenge head on.
Had some fantastic games in there.
But since this change,
the shakeup of the Spirit Squad have had some quieter games from him, and it's not the kind of energy he's looking to start the year with.
Lacing is one of the top players last year, one of the top AWPers.
Right now he doesn't have wonderful to worry about on the side for Na'Vi.
four rifles and back to ramp it's been lurking in palace seven and zero and
RV show face the middle but shiro start today
to near ready to block this will be annoying for Navi but they have the
HEs to break in if they still want to commit to this move there's the info
for to near reposition quick as Navi come to a charging chasing into this side
Yes, Stutter on the step, but Donk out here towards the stairs.
Shiro still looking downrange, that Orp will deliver a second, that's more like it.
Now with the support of Donk, RV just down of these two and Shiro's playing it forward, looking for a little bit more.
Ends up giving away one.
Shouldn't fully come unraveled though, it's just Alexi left in this clutch and Donk there to put a stop to it.
No weirdness.
Spirit get on the board early and it's a nice double up out of Shiro on that orb
Don't just lusts for the kill there runs him down as soon as he gets info his team aren't even there to play
You'd call it a risky move for most players
It's simply done to close out that three on one spirit no hassle on this A site
Shiro double donk the same spirit on the board
That orb is in play here for Navi
I've always got to worry about Donk going underpass right, getting aggressive up middle.
These mid takes are going to be a lot more careful for an RV.
Lots of flashes used to get wonderful behind the boxes.
never a certainty against the team spirit CT side. So cross your T's and dot your eyes.
B hit for Navi.
Magic's hoping to buy some time for Donk to come and save him, but it's Ima playing entry
in with the hat-trick.
Three kills deep on Ima as he's the tip of the spear.
They try to close in and bit his ripping off heads
The shiro it's a lonely task at the end of the round. They're just gonna try and get out with this AWP
Let's go to that
Won't be a problem. Now they are not coming for it. They're also not giving him a way back in
That's essentially a 4v4 a rifle is round both wonderful lost in mid and shiro on the A side as
as Navi battle their way through the rifles of B. Nice triple for Ema, trading donk for 1.
You can't blame for Tanea to get flashed out and try and add chaos to that round.
It was the only way Spirit were going to get back in. Shira was too far.
I mean man, if you're a Navi fan, you're liking the start right now out of B and Ema.
Trennacle.
Either one of them in their own right, you know, capable of stepping up and taking control over games.
the games, the fact that you're getting fantastic mileage out of the two of them is a big threat
for Team Spirit. Such a threat in fact that Halley's gonna cool in this first pause early.
Not liking the way that this game has opened up. I mean the good reason
money in an awkward spot for Spirit, they can cobble a buy together around this save,
but you're running the risk of really losing control early on of Mirage.
I can't turn into a bit of a Na'Vi reunion man, we've got JL on the desk, simple and
electronic playing in BC game, the actual Na'Vi roster as well, looking to go to playoffs.
to set this thing as it is.
Mirage has been the most successful map
that Navi have taken over Spirit in a few times.
They've won.
So it was 10 to 2 in series.
Break it down to maps, it's 8 to 21.
Favorite of Spirit. Sounds worse, doesn't it?
That sounds worse.
But Mirage being picked up three times.
There'll be no time like this one to try and make that stat a little bit prettier, taking
advantage of a new look team spirit.
Yeah, now I'll be a bit down on changes early on in 2025, moving Mikazi into the squad.
And so, for these guys it was just a matter of going away over the break and looking to
add to the playbook, looking to refine, switch things up.
You're not accommodating any new faces, any new players.
And hey, Macaulay's already being one nemesis in Sway.
Why not look for another?
And the ramp hits here coming in.
The bomb is in, but there's still two players far out of the play for Na'Vi that have
time to waste 40 seconds getting into this site. Tamir, pressured and taken down to the
wall. Donk is here. That bomb has decided it wants nothing to do with it and so Navi
with two players in the apartments hit the eject.
Let's show our hero and that's going to let these rifles close in. Chase on a bit is
good. Ema there to sideline them. Problem. Rotated magics and now they've lost the
B control.
All saving.
You were hoping that those two would roll out the red carpet for this to bomb just
to move in clean through the apartments with magics making it there on good timing.
And now the rest of the boys arriving here, this one stops dead for Navi.
Yeah, I'm not sure what the original play was because Bill was backing up before those ramp players even got out.
I think he realized, you know, about 40 seconds.
This is probably not happening.
And so called that rotate out, but they got the entry, they had the smokes down.
Can't say which would have been better.
At least they get out with guns here, doon RV.
Something's gone wrong, that's for sure. Blade calls in Attack on this T side.
And Wonderful's AWP has been out, but it has not really been put to use yet in this game.
And around like this where money is starting to get caught into question it might be time
to give wonderful the room to work it.
Asher has already had his impact, finding that one for one on B at least more time for Team Spirit.
Do it.
Good need onto dongs just to open up this round.
or you're gonna find him looking to push and prop through the connector.
Easy does it on the mid control right now. You've
gone a nice little foothold here.
Two players up in Palace, that's the thing I'm paying some attention to right now.
It's the idea.
I see it. Did he drop his gun?
What? We've seen that a little bit.
Crazy entry out of nowhere.
And there's the second man, Mikazi playing off of him.
Shiro, another swing and a miss.
Someone's gonna cost him. Spam comes through.
Shiro, this plays, this five on two.
Give one away.
Spirit aren't really in any type of position to give this one a whirl.
They're gonna be left saving these guns again.
It's just another round slips on by.
Just caught off guard by the pace out of Narvi there.
running a player out of Palace almost felt like a random timing.
Narvi found the perfect gap, bit, great game so far,
and a clinical entry to open up this round again for Narvi.
Like the idea of having Mikazi there with him, right?
It puts you in a pretty strong position
because you see Bit coming out through Palace,
you see him kind of going through, you know, lurk attempt
and you don't really think much of it.
Even if you fell there, you might have overlooked Mikazi
as the second man looking to prod in a little bit later.
Instead, he gets the kill.
And then when everyone's so tunnel visioned on bit,
Mikaz is just allowed to strike down the line.
Nice change for Narvi.
Alexi knew he'd die there, but he just took the orb and ran away with it,
making sure the spirit couldn't pick it back up.
So they get out with nothing,
and a couple of guns, Shiro,
he wants the orb, it'll have to be armless.
And a lot of timeouts early in this game
To be expected in a battle of the brains like this, so many untangibles, so many details
that only these players and coaches can comprehend right now.
I mean, it's hard for even extremely, you know, tenured captains to call from the back foot
And that's certainly where spirit are.
Someone like Magix.
New to the situation.
Hallie just weighing in because this is a tricky task ahead of them.
They keep ending up in a spot, you know, with the Browns, they win just being one and done.
And you end up foregoing it.
So smooth for Doc.
That move up, Cat.
A quick jump.
Hit every hop.
It's like in that new movement change.
I would no hesitation a 5v4 found over EMA.
They've had good utile to make his life miserable down there in Khan.
So just change a direction out of Donk.
Trying to force a bit of respect out here in middle.
Even at RB I've often looked for the space.
They haven't really looked to do much with it in this round. Wonderful on that AWP
Returns the 4v4 to Narvi and once again they might just look to slink on out for mid
And this area of the map be nothing more than a question mark to spirit
Yeah, be hit to bin brusel
And so yeah spirit don't have that info in the middle
They're definitely feeling some paranoia, but they've got donk tucked in a bench with magics baiting for him
He's good, sure, but you've got Yutel here trying to displace him, they're not going
contact either with smokes coming out now, so that's all going to start to rain on in.
Magic's taking the first, Donk's springing out now from Benzside, doubles up, and that
leaves it just on wonderful time running low.
That's a convincing way to start, but goes no further.
Shiro thanks him for the AWP, then they thank Donk for the big triple to bring them
back into the CT side just I think we're just so lucky to be able to watch
Donk play this game if you're a fan of Counter-Strike you've got to be a fan
of his POV in these rounds it's marvelous jiggle onto Alexi peek out on the
other side instant double headshot wonderful containment but you can't
stop spirit in that round putting navi's money in the dirt to a case keep missing
this window smoke is that to keep spirit in middle it has delayed them for a
second is not be explode again into a weakened site to need just one D-dab by
mccasey careful boys donk is here shiro's analysis presence and donk waits
for another fight.
Two players back in CT, Ten's done big damage to him, you're going to worry about Donk
down here and Connector, Imaginex actually takes some liberties pushing around that smoke.
Trying to chase Donk down is Ima.
He just swats him aside and once again you're left looking at wonderful in the clutch.
Doesn't have his AWP instead could have back his aim on the rifle
Hoping that if he goes quiet long enough spirit rotate away give him a tiny bit more breathing room
But that won't happen
Reposition from shiro and he's ready for that fight gap starts to close now and they're out of this danger zone on the CT side
With a chance to still remain competitive in this first half spirit of getting dreamy rounds right now double from donk
double from shiro consistently on these a hits some really nice entries but keep in mind that was a
3v5 quickly traded back by team spirit after the deagle and macaza connects
and magics he may be you know putting himself in all those chopper positions those ugly spots
jumpy the abs not the most fun spots to be in but he's always active he doesn't shy away from
of fights and sometimes that's what spirit needs. A bit of a distraction to draw you away from the
firepower. So magic still in these few games of spirit has individually held his own.
Course leaving is still the big question but makes it a lot easier.
The more firepower you bring to the table. Spirit coming back from this slow start to the map.
RV on eco.
Because RV have frequently been looking for this mid control, this time Spirit have had it all around.
They're going to start to get suspicious about what the rest of the map has in store.
There's no way this could get interesting surely.
Resmoked now at 45 seconds. That's a big problem. You just flash on through it.
Magics cut down these pistols nice and easily and now the rest of the spirit
here so an impossible task just got even harder all right they've tied this one
up at five all we said we wanted to see a bit more from Shiro while he's risen
up towards top of the board alongside Donk and Magics
Real test here for Navi, surprise to not see a timeout but they've already used a lot early
in this match. Three have been called across both teams. So Navi trusting in the call coming
into another important right for round. Tenea, one and eight on this A site. Navi come to
test it. Back again to this double setup in through
palace. This time two guys ramp as well to try and pounce upon this A-play. It's quicker.
Gotta be ready for the Shiro walk out here at jungle and the smokes will come in and lock him
out of the round. Here's the steps. Only one kill to his name in this game right now. That's a
big one on the Mikaze. Just to slow the roll out onto this A-site. It's traded back,
sure, but now the Rotates arrive for spirit. Riding forward, that's ugly shots down
under, Shirou gets a hit one and he won't, Ima collects another double and Navi
posts up in that A site and let the kills come to them. Felt like that was coming
up and just as we've had 5 E3 lost by Navi, we've had the same thing go back
the other way. Coppola defensive kills the spirit. Navi trade quickly, take good
positions and spirit float back into the bombsite.
I'll be keeping it fairly simple on this C-Side I will say. Very sight heavy,
avoiding middle, not letting Donk get up the guts in this position. This is the most aggressive
Donka's been a mid it feels like the exception of that cat jump he is out in the open right now flash to under
perfection and donk recovers
Dodges the slam back through con like he was never here
This one could end up serving as a bit of a
Reason as to why you've largely been avoiding me. You've been down a contested but have it often looked for the space
only trying to knock them off the angles to leave spirit flying blind they've
given don't confide in a chance of this five on four thanks to the flash he
delivered it and they know what they're up against right re-nading under after
killing Ema realizing because he might be in this position it's classic for
Navi to see a double-layer lurk don't is he gonna jump out like to think
There's a limit, the NAVE BREAK, Donk does another in.
Third killer of the round before Alexey finds that trade.
He set up Spirit for a sixth.
Yeah, they set him up with the chances.
He delivers them the advantages.
All the util in this round purpose built just to try and get Donk as involved as possible
in the final of this first half.
So now you see if three is enough.
because Alexi's wrestled one back. Wonderful's going out into the B site in the downtime.
Bonn is back as well. And the eight seconds left though with the player in the apartments.
Magics should be primed to deny this. Wonderful's privy to the idea that apartments might maintain
that nasty surprise. It actually comes out looking for that fight. Still isn't able to take it.
And that leaves it on Alexi B. One on three needs the ace if he wants to pull this off.
Bonn planted wide for him on that swing out. Magics now been found.
They don't have a smoke for the bomb but one shot would end this and Taneer's gonna deliver it tight half
As Dong starts hitting hard and Spirit do all they can to keep him involved
Now V might have started strong but will 6 be enough?
I can't kill you, I can't kill you
One second, Zaz.
I'm right, I'm right, one second.
I'm planting his son, Zaz.
Keep going out.
Last one.
Last one, Zaz.
He's dead, he's dead.
I think I'm gonna...
I have win.
That's the NAVI that were high energy dialed in.
That's the NAVI from the opening couple of rounds here on Mirage.
Question now is, does that energy keep up?
Spirit able to level out on this half
Now they're going to get tough. A little flash play to try and start things off. Bit the man who aced that first pistol round is the first to fall here.
Good tab back for Ema, but Spirit are closing in.
They're gonna have to give up the sight here. There's no kit right now for Navi, so losing space is a big problem.
Look at Spirit charging to spawn. They have no reflash, but Navi do. Looking to cause chaos again. Anti-flash coming back.
Blinded and wonderful. Doubles up. This retake is on.
Shirro Magix. Still two heavy hitters in this one for spirit.
And play for a bit more room out towards Jungle.
Magix got to win this quickly.
They're on that defuse and wonderful.
On the dual burrat is just a delight to watch throughout that pistol.
Started with the flash play out of the spawn.
There to stop any weirdness in the clutch.
Naveen out. Take both the pistols here.
On their map pick of Mirage.
Yeah, it looked like Wonderful looked into the flash. It also looked like Shiro did the same. He was the anti-flash player, so as Spirit are looking away, they look back in.
They pay the price. No trade. Wonderful goes on to win the round.
It was a half that started strong for Narvin. Second might just be the same.
Two Galil was on this force by Spirit. They wanted to go right there. That smoke makes them think again.
Bit plays up close. Donk, no helmet on this Galil either. It might just tear through him.
You really got to win these opening fights though. Rotates are very, very far away.
Good kill for Bear down here in Sandwich. You'd like to think he's done his part.
now take shape out towards the spawn but the shot is a miss from wonderful.
Cell bomb dropped out here towards Tetris, bit of a slowdown for Spirit and once these smokes
fade there's no getting them back. I wonder if they expected that stairs Molly to burn sandwich,
no one even looking there, Zotic just falls on Bit's head. So a big double to set the tone
against this force by Spirit but lie on Justinia. Great shot, Orp just removed like that.
What's Teneir up to?
Bomb taken.
Back around the world, he has the drop on them right now.
If he were to commit, he would have had an open sight.
Gonna get cheeky with it.
So often the teams just remain in the site and choose to call the bluff.
Navi have done exactly that.
Teneir, later the better as they re-clear, he walks back out.
Getting a little nervous now, good space game because he gets eyes on in time.
timing felt really awkward for Tanera as he comes out palace both players are covered by boxes
because Navi didn't know he snuck that bomb out of there
I see he's got a galil spirit only a pistols this feels like Navi 9
The other team is going to have
to do the same thing. I'm
going to put it down. It's
causing whittles. Donk down.
He's good, but that's a bit
much. It's trapped ahead by the
Molly forced into two players.
Open that you know, they see
donk over towards B. Maybe they
overlook the idea that the
rest are about to come out a
often rolling with the pack.
Look into. Be the explosive
entry piece, but it hasn't
spawn. Ajax has tapped one back in response, but there are those rotates we talk about.
Navi never moved a muscle.
Yeah, question on who can be more impactful on the CT side, Chura or Wonderful. I don't
feel like it's going to be that hard to beat.
Chura had a couple of multi kills, mainly coming off of the rifles, if anything.
And across the board, Navi, feeling reliable, it's a top heavy side for Spirit.
Zontex still only one kill.
Usually you look at him and you think, well, CT sides, if this was the stat line from a T-sided star, he could go on a recover, but we've seen some woeful T-sides already from Zontex here, so I don't know if he's got this in him.
The spear must dig deep.
This is Navi's map pick.
And even now you're working with some serious limitations in this spy round.
You've only got one smoke to work with.
Well, yeah, I guess for the stairs in this A place, you'll be able to do a proper rollout
here.
But you've got nothing left for the post-plot, no way to lock Navi out of a retake shutdown
CT, drop the plethora of the magics to throw on in to try and kickstart this round.
Teneir meant to be the leader of that pack, gets struck from it straight away, spam connects
on Alexi, don't give chase immediately upon hearing those tags, untaken, bomb now planted,
down to the retake for Narvi, that's going to go a long way, kill on a magics, leaves
you a man up.
Spong getting taken back here. Very important. Wonderful going to flash Makazi here. They need these fights, Donk.
Forced to reposition into the flash every time by Navi. They combine and get a double out of Makazi.
Shiro, a miss, a miss, and a round loss as he must run away. Navi won't allow it. Tag, and that will be it for Shiro in this round.
Navi onto 10. Beautiful combination. The Molly to force Donk into the flashbang.
Macaulay just eats him for breakfast.
I mean Macaulay played that so well. I did the temptations there.
When the flash goes off, you almost just want to go for the swing,
but you hear the instant reaction from Donkey. He heard him burning.
He knew he was blind, and so he just delays it by a couple of seconds.
Small detail, but it makes a world of difference.
Could have well walked into the spray if you were too eager.
Final timeout for Halley's.
Once again, Spirit end up with a similar feeling to how Mirage started.
It's gone wrong for Spirit. Very wrong indeed.
They were 5-2 down. They still recovered the half.
A second start, just as slow, if not worse.
Four rounds in a row for Navi off this half.
With a couple of criminally quiet players, it feels hard to get back in.
Remember Mrs. The Window Break? They don't have mid-info right now. Donk's taking that space.
It's a good holly, but Donk doesn't hang about.
He's back in his pocket here at top mid. Spirit come to join him.
Wonderful bit on A.
And Navi fine with the silence, don't go searching for information.
They were a little bit paranoid about mid, but that paranoia fades away somewhat with
wonderful going on these timing checks out from CT.
Now you see them when they just smoke in the window, they start to feel like okay,
they definitely didn't get up through connector, there was no one trying to run the gauntlet
down here through middle. Short of con. Now if you know that, the question is which one.
I can like the former right now, but leaving their options open with magics floating around in con.
What are this going to depend on the first contact? And Donk will open as he often does.
Mikaazi in at the bench though. And time being bought for these rotates.
Bombs trying to get out of there. Link back up with magics who was that last resort.
the extra bit to the game plan, leaving a second option open.
Donk here just wasting time cutting resources
while Shiro locks down the other end of the map.
Okay, Donk and Shiro combine for all five.
It's a beautiful bit of deathmatching for Donk on B,
but meanwhile, Shiro wins the round,
saving Magix's life and then trading him
towards the jungle.
That's a high impact double on rifle.
If either of those kills don't come through for Shiro,
The round is lost despite Donk's best efforts.
So Donk gets the numbers, but Shiro gets the round.
And that is a crazy call to bail out onto Magix.
You often see those con-luckers,
but you rarely see the opportunity to actually escape from a play like that.
Just a good realization as well that they were being given
a lot of respect around middle.
You know, we saw the Nabi set up,
They even had that mid-paranoia from earlier on. It wasn't really an area
They were fighting for and so it left that option open for spirit
It's picked his moment very carefully here knowing that this round decides you know whether or not you can
Comfortably put Mirage to bed or if we start weighing up the possibility of a comeback because Navi are all in
If you want to make this one an easy to forget about map never even get yourself worried never get yourself worked up
This is the round to win. You just smashed that money right here
Without it, some of you talk about 10-6, come back.
Swing round.
Donk up to 20 now.
Getting the vibe they didn't like, just how little of a grasp they had in middle in that last round.
So this time, Wonderful gets posted on the AWP.
Not the most hyper-involved mid-hold you could have, but it's no longer a big grey area like
it was in the last.
Ema, wonderful, both on the edge, both waiting.
Bit backs up his AWPer.
Gotta be good back up, cause you've got Donk coming your way, miss shot from wonderful
and that allows magics just to sideline him through the lower tunnels.
Ema now tries to take up this hollow ground of the connector, but in this spray it closes in, shiro!
From underneath!
This one's passed them by in an instant, all in on that battle for middle.
I can actually save, still not guaranteed.
Oh, it might be low.
No, he's made at least, and so I think, see, chance of the kill on his way out the door.
Still a little bit from later.
This is still a big problem, man.
Spirit, two in a row now.
This is what Navi were hoping to avoid. We saw this around punctuated with a timeout
Hoping that if they clamped out on middle after giving it away in the last few that would
Stop spirit in their tracks and it hasn't now the worst-case scenarios arrived your money is broken
This game should be about to close up even more suddenly what felt like a comfortable lead with four in a row on the half
Flip back the other way
I mean, they have to set up right, but Misha from the orb donk deals with the dink.
No kills come through for Na'Vi, and Spirit have the numbers to trade out. It's broken money now.
This Ema is given the M4 at least.
Top performer of Na'Vi.
There's some fighting chants in middle, but for how long?
Danger of making risky plays like this is if you die, you lose the gun and your team don't get it back. Donk sees it with the flash, puts him down low.
Alexi might have to just take that gun out of his hands.
Him a-boosting for under.
Nobody home. Spirit spread thin right now.
And Donk just walks down the gut, he knows that's the one gun in play.
And he's put it worse for wear.
Does he check the window or does he walk into this boost?
Donk avoids danger, for now.
Team's starting to get involved over at Rampen.
Alright, Alexi's revenge.
Gonna deal with Donk.
Pistols now come swinging and Ema's caught another back.
This is not around that Narvi was supposed to win.
They've made it competitive. Can they do more to near with a big multi-kill?
But a bit of a quiet game from him, but not there, not when they needed someone to stand and deliver.
Oh, was that an impact here? The natives just bonked the stairs player.
Zontik's eye test looking questionable now, seeing his POV there.
There's a player on his screen in the molly. Zontik isn't even looking at him.
1-14, not his day.
And short of donk gets desecrated, but his entire team storm out of A
And avoid any anti-eco shenanigans.
Another robot out for one default gloss.
And Ema, getting involved up mid again.
If one thing's a bit apparent in these rounds, you know, one of the things we used to say about Donk is
he could be incredibly self-sufficient.
This version of Spirit do a lot more to try and set him up for success.
Just like every one of these peaks punctuated with a flash, they'll put a lot of resources
and they're trying to make it as easy as possible for him to find his impact.
Hell, that was even the kind of strat they banked on to give them a way in in the first half.
Looking like an A-Play here. A lot of Utils been burnt through for Navi.
Smoking over towards the rampside.
Still a smoke for wonderful as well, and as this clock continues to tick on down, could
prove punishing.
Shiro has put the fear in them about middle.
Pick on him.
Pick on him.
Akazi.
And here's the exec rolling out from Team Spirit.
He's forced back by the flashes and they're starting to take some ground.
Na'Vi know it's coming. Clock is low.
Donk found his entry. Bit force has swung off the molly.
It's up to the captain to save them. He can't.
Donk triple headshot. Like it's nothing.
Tap, tap, tap. Good night.
Na'Vi knocked out 10 rounds to Team Spirit.
We were talking about this game potentially being locked up by Na'Vi at 10-6.
Spirit saved themselves.
And check this from Donk.
Cause he just goes on a tag.
25 and 13.
You know, a party, you hit tab, you don't even believe this is happening.
You know, there's a guy on the enemy team with one kill.
Thinking how is this game tied up?
And then Roshanx approaching 30, Tanigura steal that one away, Kong dead on the drop
down.
There's no holding on to this site. It gets run through by the SMGs.
And even though you've found a couple of killers, you just can't win this round.
Shirro's giving them an orb. That's awkward, but I don't think it is going to necessarily entice you back in,
except for the bomb. It's really late on the bomb.
I feel like they actually should go for this.
Xontik's one kill alive in this.
Donk dead. You've got a 2v2.
I think in a lot of spots, Na'Vi would look to save here,
but in a game that's going the distance, in a game that's got all tied up from the lead for Na'Vi,
They can't look at a situation like this and not consider it.
Sontex, are you ready? Let's go.
Second found AWP coming up and bit questioning this round.
He'll run away with that AWP.
Crikey.
Comes the spirit falling out of the apartment's mid-air shots for Teneir.
As Donk is shut down in the air.
And even though they give Na'Vi an orb, they give them nothing more.
This is still 11 rounds of Spirit, this is still a streak of 5.
They've outdone what you were able to accomplish, heading into this second half.
So Na'Vi gonna burn this final time out.
Longstead first, but he is just smiling his way through these rounds, even when he's
not alive.
Trust in the team to finish the job.
I wonder if it's because Zondik's got his second kill.
Yeah, you know, I'm laughing it off.
Maybe the most impactful second kill, you're going to see it a while.
Yeah, it just stops our retake from even manifesting.
Great resilience for Team Spirit.
And to call a B rush like that such a ballsy move, Magic's just selling mid and four
players jumping out of apps but Na'Vi is the last thing they're expecting it's
audacious it's just two players in the site far from stacked far from armed
this is it Na'Vi have got to wake back up
This one.
Four blind, good catch for Mikazi.
Good flash on Emo.
Oh, but look at the pace getting picked up again.
Don't correct, I died! He still gets the kill!
One bullet.
One to four.
On the line, would love to catch one, hopping in.
Instead, the next contact taken by Emo.
They've got him out here trapped by the molly on shore,
but he just braves his way through it.
And now his teammates play into the site as well lose email out on show
Oh, there's a follow-up on a wonderful. Don't let this get away from you now V
This was supposed to be their charts to course correct
The mccasey now stands in the site alone bit in behind him and not played out through the market yet
mccasey facing off
Against two hard-hitting opponents here
Swing out low health
Karzy cleans up and he will equalize this one doesn't fumble doesn't crumble
Navi still in with a shot of closing this in red 2v4 and then a couple of taps even the field and Navi frees
Stay cool
Macarzy triple he has had some impactful kills in this game the pistol the retake on CT in this half
And now that triple there
To break this streak of spirit. It's a great round one that you're likely happy about
But it's come late in the day and it won't be enough if it stands in isolation
Too close to call
Both teams low on money and so this round this is the one that very likely decides the outcome of Mirage
I can fall in it
I'll be done by, but they are forced back into the fight. Molotov from Magix burns out
Ema and Donk. Deals with him with ease. 5v4. Spirit breathe. RV clamoring for info, clamoring
for an answer. Case to be made for a gamble here, right?
We talk about the money being in a weird spot. You're a man down already. Such a scary
cool to make Spirit of Hitness B site fearlessly all half. Could they possibly call it again,
forcing Na'Vi to save their guns for that final round of reg?
Hey, windows closing. If you wanted to change your mind on where you placed this stack,
this is the only chance you're gonna have to do so. These strikes of info you're collecting,
the one kill from Mikazi. Not enough. As Donk head on the swivel, deals with that
only good for the one
because he's giving them a reason to believe
Navi want to try this now
they were looking dedicated to the gamble
to the save that they risk it all
on this retake
Shiro might have to 1v1 wonderful
and he has to win this to close out the round
it's Tima still considering whether it's worth it
Navi getting set up bomb down
Shiro waits on the line
flank is in as well revealed
Shiro can't see him
is he just getting distracted for wonderful to move in
a wonderful to move in. Take the line, miss shot either which way, Shiro instead focuses
forward and deals with the big threat, Mikazi two kills deep. Might have saved them last
time but no chance to do so here. And head for the hills, Spirit giving chase. If they
can remove these guns, this is all Navi really up to fall back on if you want to open
the next. Wonderful's got to survive here. And he's going to get out with it at least,
but still Spirit arrive. Map point after a streak to start this second half. Navi sitting
on 10 for what felt like an eternity. Spirit still find a way through. This was 10-6. This
felt as good as done. Spirit got one round. They were on the brink of economy being
broken. And now they've just strung together some of the most insane B hits. Donk's
entries. A thing of beauty.
This is why the save is important. It allows you to come through with
final chance of dragging this into extra time.
Four fights.
He's going to make a play. Now through con, looking for a lower fight. On the other
side of this smoke is the big problem. The big man, Donk, waits, and he's actually
going hunting for this on the smoke. He plays right through it.
catch that to watch short as well don't tear in them limb from limb and now to
near ugly don'ts gonna do it alone knows about this man under palace hold
your horses this is what you're worried about
back turn no idea don't shut down and clutch denied we'll run this one back in
extra time. Donk 31 kills, Zontics 2. What the hell is going on here for Team Spirit?
They still drag this all the way. Navi survive. This game deserves extra rounds.
Some blood-curdling moments from Donk. Navi's mental, impressive, resilient,
and Makazi has been the MVP of this CT side.
Can he keep it together?
All right.
Slowest stuff from Spirit.
Flash just trying to tee up Donk for any type of a peek through mid, but he's not being given anything for Na'Vi it seems to be the
Decision to just deal with him later in the round
They like the way that 3v1 fell by the one of us doing something
He's felt so uninvolved in this CT side it started quite nice
He was in good positions on a spirit we're testing him, but it's been so many be hits wonderful
It's not what a chance to fire this open so in the first round of overtime picking shiro on ramp is a relief
Put himself in the place to succeed.
Laugh E5, E4.
And where do you think Spirit are gonna go?
Mikazi knows. He doesn't even play short. He backs up into the B site.
This is a lurk again for Magix. It might be a backdoor, but right now,
Spirit running into B.
On call with someone on the bench.
Doesn't stop Mikazi from dealing with him, however, Son takes from nowhere.
Triple this kills.
He kills, but he's all alone here.
They're running him down!
Zontics followers!
Triple the board, hero!
Triple's his kill count there with a 4k.
To bring the first one in for Spirit in OT.
I was out of nowhere. I think Navi realized the magics was on the big flank.
He was all the way around.
They could have rushed the bomb, taken down Zontics, cleaned that up.
Bish bashed for Zontics, lined him up.
No time like overtime to step up.
That one really hurts, Fnavi.
Very much feels like the idea there is, look, it's the guy with two kills and the bomber alone.
Let's just kill him. We win the round.
You're thinking this guy...
Uuugh!
You're thinking he's done nothing, okay?
No way he wins this!
And then of course he wins it.
Small twists and turns.
In this east side, Magix, boosting Shiro gets plucked off.
In his aggression, finally all the way up middle.
It's been pretty tempered.
Breaking that smoke, pulling back, not really committing.
Now does it for a 5v4.
What did Navi do when they have the advantage?
So often it's been donk entries.
Wonderful still tries to utilize his AWP.
Another head-to-head connects over Shiro.
I mean, he's at least been solid there, you know, in these last couple.
They put a dispatch of Shiro relatively easily.
And Ima B, are you ready for this?
Uncle have to be.
Alexi out towards Shiro, we gotta help him straight away, and there's Ima with the catch.
He just gets to cross on out and so this one gets away from spirit magics falls and they never recover from that
Good catch for Alexi no crazies on takes multi kill here Navi restore a bit of normality to this one
Well, I wonderful have more kills in these couple of rounds and he did in regulation
On the CT side at least.
Best thing Shiro continuously.
And Navi finally realized that this B site is the problem, it's the point of attack for spirit.
So many B pops in this game, but their top performer in the bomb site able to deal with Don Kazima.
I don't know what to do with him.
Nice, nice, guys, let's go.
Very good.
On the floor jumps out, all puppets are ladder.
More grassy bumpers.
more he's trying to be involved right and he has felt like a difference maker in
this OT. It's a good to see wonderful just continuing to try and ride this high
he's had some solid rounds once we've hit extra time. Spiro be careful with the
short position the mccassey has been pretty aggressive in this half.
Aslee if you're up away from the action you've gone for a B lean and
And that makes a lot of sense with how many of these spirit rounds have ended on this side of the map.
Oh, look at this. You're gonna drop in. This is crazy from Alexi.
Punish onto Dom.
Yeah, we saw that one coming, didn't ya?
Disrespect from the captain of Narby, and he goes on for more.
Alexi B, throwing caution to the wind.
Sometimes that's what it takes to bestomkin these head-to-head.
Try and give him too much respect, too much room.
Give them room to work and you end up regretting it so, so many times.
Alexi in form! Alexi on for the ace!
Shut down at the arrival of the fifth, but he's done his part and then some!
The captain!
Wernher is throwing it all away on that window push and it gets them everything!
He just drops in on Donk with nades out and that's...
Donk says that's why I don't like nades. That's why I keep my gun out.
But the last thing you could possibly expect
Alexi Beast
Crash's spirit party
Four kills to find the advantage into overtime now we go back to the T side. This was even Hobbs in regulation
if you thought wonderful was reactivated reanimated in this game now Alexey
surely the same both him and magix 18 kills apiece
I trust in here, because not being ever really looked to do a lot with this mid control
in regulation. That's changing in this first round of their T side campaign and over time
they've to springboard this into a split. Doesn't have to deal with this many a time
yet in this game. He's always ready, always cut out for it, he'll deliver his double and
you'd like to think done is part in the round. Zontik seven kills deep, Lloyd's
being wonderful and he'll collect that double kill on the con push. If it makes this
interesting miss shot from the AWP is gonna give him room but with 10 seconds left time is the problem
and magic knows that just hiding away in middle didn't matter whether shiro hit the shot or not the
round was too far gone when dong is getting you two and a dink in connector there's no excuse to
not win the round at that point son takes only deals in multi kills apparently comes up with a
And a couple more, as Navier just forced to swing into his spray, no time, took so long
to get that mid control and Spirit just surrender middle entirely, stacked up in the jungle, 4-1
by the way, just gambling that they wouldn't hit the B bomb site because Navier never did
in regulation, it was all about these A executes, these midfakes.
So Magix reads him like a book and Spirit take the first, need a flawless half to
win in this reg in this half of overtime
well zon takes the coupon collector because if it ain't a two for one he ain't
buying he interested
and there must be a lot of frustration for Navi because they can see what we're
all seem they get to these good positions so many times it is just one guy
ruining your round double under again because the ante as they walk in be
execute but no commitment surely this is a lexity feigning popping up his chest
shiro it's gonna cap on that smoke donks considering everything else but
in the window, barely takes a bullet, right? You feel like you have to convert this now.
Even just delivered you a 5v4. Don Q has been an absolute menace. Get straight away.
Sontics plays it forward to reclaim that advantage.
Breathing a little easier with Don Kata, the pitcher, and they're going to try and end
this one over at B. It's where Shiro finds himself with the orc. Now he's had some swings
and misses across this series and far from a lights out start here in Krakow.
If there was a time for him to deliver, it's now.
Zontec is too far away. Shiro has to hit the shots. First connects, they cross in. Shiro avoids the flashes.
Zontec's double from out of nowhere. Triple kill in the round. He had one kill, 20 rounds deep.
And Zontec is looking to save the day. Shiro missed, shouldn't be a problem as the pistol whip finds map point for Spirit.
Piles are on the line right now and Team Spirit are a round away from Navi's map pick being collected.
The output from Zontix over the last five, six rounds has been
firstly entirely unpredictable. He was nowhere to be found in this game. It literally was a 5v4 up until
round 24.
And as we've hit the overtime, he has been good for countless multi-kills.
He didn't expect this. You thought it was the guy 33 and 22,
donk, he'd be the one ruining it. But actually, Xonxix might even be taking the
cake as we've hit the overtime. You got 10 kills in six rounds of play.
He got his second kill in round 21
You almost just can't believe it, you know, you thought it was there the floor was the big problem
I know the floor is lava
Now if you feel like they're walking on calls they can't put a foot right and
Again, this stack is called by spirit as force it on the A side
Sonic's in window. Another miss at B for Navi. I feel like they wouldn't go back. Spirit
banking on that. Oh, Donk just ate that grenade. Who threw that? I can't go Navi 35 seconds.
B splits, still materializing.
Donk just...
DELETE team up.
This has been a great head-to-head for those two,
but even as the B hit comes in, they're picked off from behind.
Navi don't make it into the site.
It's too little, and it's too late.
Donk triple.
36 kills as Magic's toys with his prey.
And it is just a moment
that's about to be over for McCarthy.
He does not have the time to win this.
Donk sends them packing.
Navi still can't beat this team.
And even Mirage,
that has done them well in the past,
Comes up in favour of Spirit, one map away from the Plales, Donk is delivering here in Krakow.
Incredible form from Spirit, and no snow only Donk, of course, showing off of this first map of Morage.
Now this is the time to try and upset for Spirit and just power on through.
They're able to turn heads on Mirage, Donk, dropping over 30 kills, Zontics with the recovery
of a lifetime in overtime after a, well let's say, pretty woeful game, somehow ends up becoming
a massive talking point with his 10 kills in OT.
This goes to show you if a couple more guys start stepping up, Spirit become a whole
different beast while Donk is dropping numbers like that.
Na'Vi, this has been a struggle, some head to head, provably in this track record versus Spirit.
You're wondering, with the new Luke squad, would that be their chance to upset?
Well, if they don't do it here on Dust2, they aren't doing it at all.
It looks like it could go very wrong. We might need another bit ace in this pistol.
There is no blocking util anywhere near this site and Spirit are about to storm in.
Alright, Bit.
Ace in the pistol, back on Mirage. Just the one here.
Makazi bought down low as well. Can't extract any more value. Donk hounds him down. Two kills deep and now on to those dual barrettas.
A lot of teams save in these positions but I still like to see Navi go for it. A bit of chaos with a good flashbang.
You never know what's possible in a pistol. Door smoke comes in. Alexi ready with a flash. Magics up close.
the smoke and caught early on
the smoke spab. And so. The
dream start to this retake
Shirro finds another. They'll
come hunting for a Lexi who
does take two women to the
grave. Scary there for a
second, but Shirro's got it
locking key and spirit. Take
wins for Na'Vi in the past over this team. It was actually the best map they've had in this very one-sided head-to-head.
But Dust2, they've only won once out of the five times played. To give them something, they've had a lot of close games over times, double digits, all the chances.
But you can see the same about that previous map. The victor, still spirit.
Na'Vi may be kicking themselves. They got so close.
I found myself wondering, does Magix believe in Donkmaw or the new MP7?
Why pick one?
He's been buying this a lot.
Have the rest of spirit.
Get rid of the times.
No MP5s.
Wonderful, and Alexi on this side, with Santic's Liking Tunnels.
The option to run into a trap is always available, and in fact it looks like a port of call.
They're gonna go back and join him, and this actually will leave Navi with a way in here.
Going into the stack, Bits gonna hear the footsteps up through middle, but Nakazi hung
out to dry, shot in the back, Ima does what he can, and what he can's quite a lot, but
only two kills found, needs even more.
Nades rain in, and Zontik's chest swipes him away.
Played out through the tunnels, this one quickly forgotten about, it's chance there
and nothing more than that.
Nice, the spirit can freeze there with that deep CT smoke and get the Nade in.
Sontex doesn't run the gun there coming out tunnels
and you don't hear it when you're spectating, but the deafening effect of those grenades
when you're in game is very annoying.
So Sontex punishes and spirit, no problems getting rid of that V-stack.
Ema was the one guy who could take down Donk on that previous map fairly consistently.
5 out of 15 fights coming up for HEMA.
Still got 2 for 1 for Donk, but...
What's the most common engagement?
Just a deagle for now though, push back on RV.
Spirit take the site quickly, and by the time they get there it's too late for Alexa to do anything about it.
Jump up to 9.
Spirit 3 and 0 starts. Simple stuff.
Too long, Xontix is even aiming for the body shot there. Like...
MP9 just spraying him down.
He's gonna finish and he'll get it.
Xontix already out-fragging his regulation.
One of the questions you might have had is if Zontics played like he did in OT in the rest of the game
Oh, would it have gone OT in the first place? Unlikely try and answer that here on dust too much better beginning
Sure, I want to warp what does he want to play a pistol?
Orbs out for both squads
Doc had long spawn he won't take it still gonna go lower even with long spawn that's dedication to the craft
solo tunnels. At least helped as well by shiro scoping up mid and just keeping a
watchful eye on players crossing whether or not they made it into lower. This is
a dangerous setup these days because you see so commonly teams like spirit
and Falcons do this setup where they flash from lower into upper to let
Sonic's pick B. But at least Navi are doing it together.
He's looking like a pretty clean execute coming out here for Spirit 4 players up on Cat.
Sonic's on his lurk.
And ooh, eyes on the orb of Wonderful.
They made Navi push you with these mid smokes down.
No tunnels control, this is just going to be the A follow through, Magic's on a mid-lurk,
but it's the wonderful AWP watching this cross that got to keep a watchful eye on Trey, he's
already made it into the site, he could be deeper than they're ready for, nearly catches
them with nades out, wonderful, it's the turn to try and deal with him, Alexi got
to fight forward, him and Ema side by side, Tania holds it down and there's that really
late backstab from Zontics. It's the last thing you're expecting. It's used to rip this round
away.
Dude, the mistake actually benefits Teneir there. He was going to nade Wandafore and
maybe kill him with that, but it explodes on the box and then Alexi can't see him coming
up ramp because of the HE. Teneir goes off for a multi, but I love how he crept under
the scope there. We saw from Wandafore's POV waiting for a fight. Teneir got very
deep.
right clicks. It doesn't even matter. So Donk dead first, still bringing the hype as his
team get him over the line. And just a quick round, pressure on the mid to B and straight
out cats. Spirit looking dangerous to start on this map. And short, Na'Vi with only one
Dust2 win over Spirit historically, but keep in mind they beat Paravision on this map
yesterday. It was close but they took it 13-11. That's a legit win right now with Paravision's
That's too far.
Spirit say not us though.
Mario, that is just a massacre out here.
Oh, magic!
104 the whole team did.
Zontik's there to collect another multi-kill round from him.
Vibes.
Right now, gotta be good for Spirit.
Even one on Zontik's.
The goats, apparently.
Unreal.
In the last 11 rounds to play,
play, he's at more impact than Donk. Yeah sure. For those who missed it, he went 2 and 17 in regulation
on Mirage. And then what was it, 10 and 5 in overtime? Yeah. Donk just staring it down.
Trying to see how they're feeling and not too good right now.
0-5, she's getting shaken around R-Navi, can feel very constricting on the CT side of
Dust2, you are strung out.
You're lucky if you've got one teammate to play off.
Pop on the cards for team spirit. They're good spawns to go for it, but they don't take the space straight away
They'll lay it by a second
And I do like that idea if you were committed a couple of players there long looking for a fight
Usually it's the tell the flashbangs, you know the push out to kind of signal that approach
Alexi was nading the Molly so as he pulls his gun back out
That's when they smoke and they go on a later timing. They just completely catch them off. God is nothing
He could have done
Really nice way of gaming the expectation there from Na'Vi.
Just feel like you're being read like a book here.
5-0, 5-4, sheer a weight in middle controlling half the map.
Any re-aggression will be punished.
Any setup to take back can't walk from middle will be denied and so Spirit can just shift
their way into this bombsite.
I always think you're expecting like more layers to this for spirit, but it really is just go long and then commit long
walking in silently
Not forced to peek by this Molotov
But as his teammates you tell this keeps Ema trapped out in the open
He thought you could leave through short shiro's just revealed the trump card
Ema
Dead and Zoncik's a headshot put down range seals the deal on a strong
on the tea side already for spirit six and oh flawless sure it's got the trap
it's no getting out of here not easily dead as ontex runs him down I like it's
just happened like the wildest wildest couple of rounds man I like how you
said you know how you would expect there to be more to it right but I think the
one thing that's good from these few magic tea side halves is sometimes he
find you just keep it basic right like just spam beatbox on the Raj tea side after showing some
utility mid there were times in this old spirit where it felt like they were just walking around
and there was no they were run out of time yeah they weren't pretty sure what the goal was no I think
you know and likely that was you know maybe a reason for this magic's taking a more stripped back
approach the idea of and he said this himself and it was like we have don't and I know it's
It's all a bit of a meme with Magix, I don't think he can take him too seriously.
But I think there's probably a grain of truth in there.
You draw attention to this last map as well.
Some of the resources they're using for Donk on the CT side, they're nading for him.
They're flashing for him a lot more.
He's getting set up in his early round, which is, you know, you always got a bit of help,
but not as much as you would expect with the numbers he put up.
He definitely feels like he's being set up to succeed more in this team.
Because he's so unbelievably blind.
Blind poly, native, dead. There is no where to go in this site.
Zontics, go on lad.
There it is!
12-1 from a guy who went 2 and 17.
I can't believe this.
There he is.
And he looks exactly the same.
Yeah.
Zontics at 1 kill, looks glum.
Zontics 12-1, still looks kinda glum.
7 mil.
Brutal.
And yeah, Blade just hemorrhaging timeouts because
Navi have not been close in a single one of these rounds.
The pistol was a 1v1 ever since.
Spirit have had at least three alive.
I say 1v1, it was exit kills.
Hello, Dong did the heavy lifting on map 1.
It's on Six Magics and Shirose.
Don't worry, bud. We've got it from here.
And our V is just crumbling.
They simply cannot beat this team.
They've had that number all last year, and even with a new roster,
I look at it keep this head to head extremely one-sided. Oh, okay. That's one thing they had
wonderful the shiro
Couple of pics down the end of
The overtime on the CT side one of the four found this fight
He'll do it again
Is there more in store? Oh my god, I'm scared!
It's all screening, ploded!
Of course, Donk, the peak is perfection. As Magix appears on his screen, that's when he swings out X-Box.
And they just walk out cats, silent through the smoke. That's rude.
That is just bad stuff from Team Spirit and it's what you want to see now
You have no idea next he's gonna die in rotation
To a position he didn't even think he had to worry about now that double for me
But does make this one a bit more interesting. It's only son takes left, but if there ever was a man for the job
It's on ticks off of the back of that stellar OT
He's 13 and 1. He's as close to a mortal as you can get as you really have this clutch in him.
Repositions out on a Gandalf, tucked into the corner. Navi close in on the site and surely they piece together where he's gotten to.
to. It's looks unbothered. It's
the swing and they will deal
with him. It's clear comes in
and the clutch is denied. Pre
fire needed that had to be in
that corner for Navi to win
the round. Back on show would
have been very scary and that
comes down to a couple of
seconds of a diffuse first
kill for Zontics would have
won the round. Not going to
happen. Navi get in the
game despite spirit. Really
nice call to just walk out
cat. They caught Alexi
watching the mid-to-v smoke but it's Ema surprise surprise in the goose a
double kill dropping donk and setting Navi up for the 2v1 got to build off of
this can't be a flash in the pan here for Navi
Shiro awaits a peek in mid, no one's giving him anything.
Wonderful has to be vigilant about Cowork even though no one's up just yet.
With mid smoked, Navi don't know.
But what we've seen Spirit do already, Navi must be prepared for anything.
Wonderful committed position.
A death without a kill might sell his team.
Get a second chance, Doc, locked.
on the clock. And Spirit mid to B, that's what Navi are hoping they have two players in position.
While they get handed that play they're hoping for so much. Spirit kind of
going with the idea these corridor smokes come out out towards middle.
Neutralized one. Is there intent to play with it? Magics, one, two, Zontics can't
trade the double up in me gonna force them into the play-up through cat or
here on the line and wonderful relish in the opportunity to get involved on his
orb clips so the top of dogs he sees there's a swing at dog only clipping
had to do it the second time around wonderful stops him and so now V at
least it starts to deliver a bit of a streak here two in a row
That's they're hoping for five on the half, and they've got to do it all in back-to-back
fashion.
Yeah, that'd be a victory in and of itself, wouldn't it, with how this game began.
Nice assist from Mikazi there to help Ima on the mid-play.
in that position from the door of the round.
I'm wonderful, he's hit his shots, he's been allowed to fire!
I need long set up for Navi.
No one that you hold forever.
Spirit take a measured approach to this one.
I'm jumping the gun, not looking for that fast cat control, even though they've started strong towards Long, they see the Utile, they hear it as well.
And so they take all the pace out of this round.
See, there's a lot of Utile for the captain of Na'vi, Alexey with double molly and smokes.
And a bit of a bait right between him and Imer again, he's just playing out towards Goose.
Think a party might think if Alexi's been dropped all this utility. Surely that means he's here alone
It's also just gonna try and make life very uncomfortable for spirit if they come up cat right crossing into goose getting into the side
Might be difficult if there are two mollies in your way
One comes in the flock
He's buying as much time as he can and with spirit setting up for an a split Alexi's utile
Paramount here and buying those valuable few seconds wonderful tries to pick his poison
Here's a mouth long going back to the car to help his team who play forward play aggressive look for the fight on shorts
Made punishing to all of spirit
Ema only gonna make it out with one they don't pun through yet
They wait for to near on this flank at long and he doesn't give the results 15
I'm running very low now. We're don't finished off. It's got his ontics to square it away, and he can't do it
It's just playing on the extremities here to try and punish rotates.
But all that hinge on his team actually getting through the short hold and they don't
Great call here that comes off of the timehouse as well for Navi wonder if blade made that made that call for the CT side just spamming
Util on short blocking the initial plan of spirit right when they think it can't be more Nate here another smoke another molly
The nade, the flash has set him up for one more, and wonderful continues to connect when allowed.
So great utile. And Navi are fighting for five. Oops.
This long corner smoke.
Oh, red.
Oh!
Gonna break this?
Uh-oh.
That's what Shirou wants.
Not quite on the line, they've done right under wonderful.
I don't know, who's luckier?
Or who's unluckier?
Oh, they hear the shuffling around as well.
They might just take the space.
Gonna try and drive this one home.
You hear them shuffling the utils,
shuffling the first steps as the setup gets rejigged for Navi.
Spice, see that?
There's a red carpet.
Okay.
Don't make sure it's very red indeed.
Two entries, blood spilled, Navi.
I've looked it on as the A site has crumbled before their very eyes.
So spirit they send it right back to sender here.
They say, oh, you block us when you know we're short.
How about if you don't know they walk the entire way down middle into a without making a step and wonderful even hits one.
But it is obviously not enough.
Quick trades with donk double entry.
Everyone had a position.
It's not V shuffling and CT spawn.
I do like, you know, Magics is calling us a very, it's interesting, isn't it?
Balsy and unique moves, and it's more akin to like what you'd see in a pug.
The idea of, you know, it's all crouched down, walk up short, the orb just won't
see us, because we're so tiny.
They've crept under it a few times.
Terrest win.
Just so Balsy to continue on these cat bites, it's been every round.
Okay, listen, if you come back site, guys, I'm gonna...
You have all this brain power going towards trying to shut this down.
Magic's just saying, guys, let's shift.
Let's crouch down, Catwalk.
This has been a very exciting series.
And the spirit that have...
Giving us reason to believe.
Crazy status.
There's 24 and 9 in the overtime and the beginning here on Dust2.
After a 2 and 17 start.
It's just unreal comeback.
Navi play for cat now.
Wonderful here.
It's just such a common utile dump position expecting mollies and flashes.
Can he do anything to stop it?
Ajax and Donk side by side.
The peak of the buddy system.
Ajax gets that molly in for wonderful burn.
There is a response, Navi, keeping wonderful in position.
And magic runs through.
FU!
That's what he says!
MAGICS!
THE BUTCHER!
BORIS DROPS IN!
And just like that, Na'Vi eviscerated.
Fall W through a molly.
He doesn't give a damn.
Like, this is, you know, this is Na'Vi.
One of the top squads.
Filming some of the most tactical minds in CS.
They just get him run at!
What can you do?
And it's got board awaited around and he thinks they'll never expect this.
And that's been the gameplay of the spirit. Never let them know your next move.
They tear through Nalvi on Dust 2. It's not even close.
That just rounds away from locking in a playoff appearance with this new spirit roster.
I
9-3 half, Dust 2 all but in the bag and Magix ended it with the craziest of rounds.
So crazy, he himself couldn't even believe it.
He was like, he wasn't the one pushing the buttons, the guy that just did that.
Yeah, he made that choice, right? He listened to the voices and well they were right.
Full running on that second kill. Halley says, calm down, job not done.
But how do you call your way out of this, Navi?
Just a despicable T-Sci from Team Spirit here on Dust2.
It's a Spirit at the dunk that was in the finals last year, unable to defend his title from the year prior.
Canavito, where we first got to know him.
Let's see how he finds Krakow as he's just rounds away from locking in a playoff appearance.
Navi getting situated, shuffling Utah over to the captain.
It would be a very different T side to the one that we just watched.
I would think so.
I don't think Blade's letting you run through mollies.
Shiro on pistols, he got three last time, but they're coming from lower.
That smoke grants him a bit of cover.
Navi actually don't commit, but Shiro knows that.
He goes back to the site.
It's an air tucked in a car.
have long and that's no surprise to Team Spirit can they stop them is the question
Magics really feeling amped up after the final round of that first half baiting them into Taneer
and they'll go quiet and that good night is Taneer shuts down the long push by
that for Ima is dealt with it straight away Alexi's been hard to try there he has
the bomb all the utile and he's the one guy crossing on the smoke team and
nowhere near him failure to launch for RV on this second map I can barely blame
them with some of the rounds we're getting out of spirit but sounds like
that don't make it any easier no bomb plant no conversation it's an eco
around here for Narfi. I do think this spirit squad must just be a very... I shall not
Second that's a nice opening even a dink down range on a shiro
I'm just going be in they don't believe it. They've seen them up cow walk. That's good. It's on takes a loan here
Top of the board right now for team spirit if you can believe it and he's gonna look to stay there shutting down the be here forcing it
Oh plan shiro gets gone on in time
So the excitement off that initial D quickly dissipates
Yank you ain't getting that
sure stays on the SMG some money on his way out there won't be many rounds to
wield the author spirit keep this up if you want to use an AWP in this second
half you've got to earn it
Jicks picks and chooses his battle very carefully there waits till one man's
wide and then just fixates on wonderful for the final kill across the board
every single player has delivered here for spirit in the second map everyone has lifted each other up
finding success in their role in their position
and never really run into an obstacle presented by navi
three CT rounds in the middle of the half and that might be all navi get here on dust 2
I'm only back this short set up at least, but Magic's here with support at Utah, so
Play to send them in for an aggressive move. It's a nightmare. Oh, it's in here
Didn't necessarily have to try and get away then but
You had a Molly up in front of you. You were fine. You were getting out
Miss calculation pull back you listen just a little miscalculation on that one
I don't think it is. Okay, dunk dead in middle. Can't control the spray to finish bit. Put
some low. Sontik's alone. He has a T-Bolly and his famed A1S, but peering into middle right
now, even though Magix is confirming this, Sontik's fixated on the wrong position.
Avi can walk through the smoke and they will into that B site.
Might just get shot in the back here. I've got to reposition in time at least,
to catch him on these swings.
Zontics, he'll resist, chipping away.
Mavi, it's all fading a black now.
Zontics on a 10.
From a ice cold start, he is here, rising above it all
on the second map.
He wants playoffs here and now, 20 and 4.
He has flipped his regulation KD back from Mirage
from Mirage and then added to it 2 and 17 in 24 rounds and now 24 here on Dust2.
Have you seen anything like it?
And he hasn't even put up the best highlight of the map.
That's magics.
Sick quad kill in defense of a site he didn't even own.
Team Spirit have come to play a crack-off.
This is a statement win
An RV knocked out cold
Just stunned in this match aren't they and it hurts because mirage was so close so many
Opportunities many a chance to close it out, but here on dust
You know you gave a lot to that last map and there's just nothing left in the tank
I still think you're coming to terms with the fact that even got away from you
Dust too, feeling like a fever dream for Navi.
They are sweating the bed right now.
Just trying to get it out of their system.
Shirro hit that, Posoda's bit. Donk waits in mid.
Azontics is in that B bomb site. How sweet can we make it?
Donk first.
Head straight away. Might need even more mileage out of Azontics here.
There's a limit, right? There's a limit.
a limit. He's got players
splitting in from all sides.
On-tank!
Really gave him a run for their money.
And he's got this one open,
three on three. Now Spirit are out of position.
But if you're prepared to throw caution to the wind
and some of the rounds they have,
and this might be another one of them.
A lot of squads are looking to save here,
but you've got such a lead.
You're not afraid about looking for a way in,
pressing any advantage you can find.
Your mind flips you thinking about the highlighter this three-on-three could be the round that just locks in those playoffs here and now
And who are they to deny if it falls right into their lap?
Spirit dominating RV. It's not even close of the miss it out
Just to defend their title last year
They lock in a playoff appearance here with the new look spirit squad and all the signs of feeling mighty positive right now
Yes, some ego calling, some vibe calling from Magic, some basic calling at times, but sending a message.
To get into a second series here on the B-Stream, Viim Krakow set to begin.
Foot looking to add another upset to their resume.
It's G2 on the other side of the server, and we're kicking things off on Mirage.
Oh, it will be a T side start here for footy sports.
We'll see what G2 have on the defense.
Footy sports heading over towards the A bomb site for a simple pistol round tip.
Just an A execute.
And actually not even too big of an execute.
Just one smoke, one Molotov to chuck out from Kravine.
And you can get G2 rotating pretty quick to deal with this, but Matt says taking
a lot of damage out towards CT. He's gonna have to drop back. Opening kill goes the way
of Hunter.
Who's through CT? Oh, Malji really needed to take that one. Mattis was setting you up
for a golden shot. Heavy guard coming through, at least getting one back. Some pious also
stepping up here for G2, but footy sports have done well to get themselves into an
equilibrium. A 2v2 post plant situation, but the advantage once again, starting with
G2, as they step up into this retake, these 8 bombsite post plants were a real
problem for foot east boys and they're looking to try and force paint out in the
pistol they're unable to do it and hunter again another individual route for him
kicking things off here for G2. He had this little smirk on his face starting
out really really well. Might still be the smoke on the execute I think that's
up towards Palace he's just taking blind shots at the angle and is able to nab
ahead but another great sequence from Hunter to recover a tough situation for
the squad. Pistol round goes the way of G2 and that's an area of the game
that foot had over Fury yesterday I think they won all four pistol rounds
in the two maps that they played against Furia.
Obviously not a benefit they're gonna have here today,
very early on ripped away from them.
So G2 gets the nice start,
Saul gets to sit back in that chair and relax,
check out the notes while his team goes up against the low buy.
Oh, we do have a keyboard issue right now,
so we'll get that one resolved as quickly as possible.
Let's think back to some of those weaknesses yesterday,
you have on the T side for Fuddy's sports.
It felt like they were getting into the A site consistently.
It was G2 were just able to figure it out, right?
We said, I'm sorry, rather Fury were able to figure out
a lot of those retakes.
And that's a big reason as to why they come back
started happening from Fury or CT side.
But also that was how they won.
They figured out the A bomb site.
They had a lot of different looks towards that A site
and they were able to find a recipe.
So I wouldn't be surprised if we see a heavy game plan
towards the A bomb site today,
you came from foot east ports.
Yeah, they really did kind of enjoy hitting the extremities.
I think it's going to be fun to watch how they're
able to kind of progress throughout the half as well,
calling against this team.
So we'll see if they can get some success on the board.
It's a tough 1v2 clutch that Cemetery loses in the pistol,
and he's the one with keyboard issues
after the fact as well.
So maybe not draw one and one together,
but it's there in the world.
We're still so early on into this.
One thing I was going to bring up
as we got into the map earlier is
One of the cool thing about this foot team is another one of those squads kind of rising through the ranks where the interview they gave is just like, actually, you know, a lot of our players had a lot of offers.
We this team could have blown up.
A lot of players could have chosen to go elsewhere, join a different team, join a different lineup, but they all chose to stick together, consciously saying, right, we've had this time together, these two to three years where we've worked together and we're not in a place where we can try and capitalize on that.
So giving themselves this year to see what they can actually do, see what kind of a team they put together here.
And so far in the early going it's it's looking good as they're sitting want to know when I am crack off stage to up against
G2 down one after the pistol yeah round two force by instrument away here
We got colegals coming out of a scalp for preventing and a deal for demon
Gonna go out heavy through middle
Demon the solo player playing in the underpass. They just gonna try to hit a timing walking up con
I mean the way there's they're walking down mid at the moment makes me feel that way
That smoke is going to change their plans, so it gets stalled out as the defensive smoke is deployed.
Addis has vision up on short. They're going to come right through that smoke, so yeah, they do want to be aggressive.
We're going to spray down through Conn. It's going to be tubes taking some pyres away, Mattis.
A little peek down in this mid-accessive fright to keep things even here. 4v4.
In a reposition from earlier in middle, they'll go and send DEMON through underpass.
The rest gathering outside of the apartment to B.
So Demon's gonna be a little bit of a fake. He's got smoke flash. He's just put the smoke top prompt
He wants to show like they're gonna be moving up short to keep the attention of Mattis towards catwalk
Well as three teammates with rifles walk in the B halls
It's a double setup though with heavy God and a nice long-range crossfire. That's gonna be tough to break through
Yeah, it's a strong position for heavy God
We'll see what Mattis gets called back to try and help out. It could be a window of opportunity here for Demon to climb through
Mattis got the information alerts heavy God to the oncoming B hit
35 seconds heavy ball, which might be in a war, could walk too much about it, and then symmetry as well following up
So Matt, this is going to peek out here from mark get on Hunter's side
Another double kill Hunter doing great work across these first two rounds here for G2
Another double kill and a really smart one as he's got safety gets the kill and survived
The ball flat gets the dink, tons of damage, but that's like he never expected easy kill from mobs
But that's all hunter, stalling it out keeping attention in that direction staying alive and letting mobs activate on the flank
Another brilliant round from the G2 IGL. Huge hand in the good start of a 2-0.
I wonder, they didn't get a bomb plant, but do they still force with three kills?
Do they want to get it? How crazy is this team?
Well, I think we're about to find out, Jason, so...
Surely they don't force by it.
No, it's gonna be Deagles. I like that.
Maybe, just maybe. They're crazy on the Deagles, though.
Jason, we'll have to wait and see. Five Deagles across the board, everybody's getting to go.
it just gets one you know we're fine yeah so he's not going to that logic does
actually work yeah it is sound somebody needs three well it's all easy and
breezy here for G2 and you know this is what we're talking about for eSports can
they recover to the game you know if they don't get a good start yesterday
against here it wasn't a clean start to the game is pretty back and forth they
won that fourth by award. None of these rounds have gone their way this time. So G2 are going
to have a comfortable 3-0 start. I think keep everybody up here. The damage inflicted to
the economy of the last couple rounds will start to be recovered. And that is the case.
So G2 are going to be very happy. Flawless round here. Everybody stays alive. Flawless
victory. Exactly. Here's the money going as well. So let's see what G2 can do as
they continue on the CT side and some footies points to start figuring out some
some solutions.
I figured out some solutions and even just testing their game plan, right?
Probably haven't felt like they've gotten into it with the force behind the second.
Now the first gun around comes in, so you've got all the nades.
You could possibly need all the smokes and mollies, 5 AK-47s for a foot's T side.
Insert a window smoke, base of catwalk smoke as well.
Gonna activate them to cross over towards the boxes.
Molotov will keep them away.
Double-lating towards window.
G2's been playing it pretty active, pretty frisky, but nobody's home in this round.
But it is mid control.
here at the moment dumping tons of utilities and never let middle be a
comfortable part of the map for foot but it backfires.
For Benny, buyers forward. So that's Matt's out of there and an advantage for
footy sports as they play into middle. We'll again leave demon on his own
prowling towards the apartments. Choll of juice to make sure no one pushes
through T spawn and the rest can stay committed to mid.
very passive setup at the B bomb site Hunter shifts it over he's gonna pick up
that part of the puzzle Madison's gone down you still have heavy got committed
to ladder room so they needed a body over towards that B bomb site here comes
the attack it's coming up short the defense is in the right place sure is
some pious oh my god
and you really see him at all so juice and symmetry at least getting a couple
kills back here launch important frag but all falls to malls to try and
clutch this up her be a 1v3 and he pulls out his deagle his trusty
I'm not able to get the job done this time and footy sports do get on the board. Yeah, but that's I mean
That's so close. I actually don't even mind that whatsoever from G2
I think that's a really really cool fight that they manufactured having two players over at the B bombsite pushing towards short
They had a very clear read of where foot was going to attack into it and the trades and the fights
Just don't all go their way
But that's a nice trap set up coming through that con smoke and being prepared for that battle
It had gone south very quickly, but first run on the board for foot
Thankfully, all that money was built up because you got plenty of cash, however, this time
the instant smoke is a little bit delayed and Hunter gets caught with a peek.
5 and 2 for Hunter, but he's going to sit this round out, 5 on 4 for foot.
They rotate back around through T spawn, readjust to the A bomb site, other side of the map.
Again, a heavy game plan towards the A-Bomb site as we predicted it.
We'll see if those boys find some success here.
They've got one player up in Palace.
All the remaining players are going to go through the ramp.
Here's the execute.
M4 is going to be in front of it.
Sumpias comes up for the plate as well.
Here he comes to the AWP.
Malph speaks up, gets called by the Flash and Sumpias to that first kill.
And the second is right here from Sumpias, shutting down the attack out towards the
site.
minute on the clock, it's still a 3v3.
Footy Sports doing a good job at least keeping this fight going,
but Sampias is killing everything!
Nearly the ace from the back of triple,
but Jukes could still win this.
He's got to figure out where the last two remaining players are.
He has a good idea, but no one from G2
is giving him this chance.
Jukes now walks towards CT.
No peek, and G2 realized their strength
is the numbers that they've got still up.
That heavy guard with discipline
realizes it's a good time to peek out.
But it's awesome, Pius, in this round.
Four kills in the back of triple.
Yeah, I really, I really love watching this on Pius in this G2 jersey
because he has come back alive in CS2.
He started out so slow, felt like he couldn't get a feel for the game.
In this G2 roster, you're starting to see more rounds like this.
More rounds like this that remind you how much of a danger he was at the end of CSGO.
Now he's starting to put it together here in this roster.
That's a brilliant quad kill.
Keeps them going, keeps them trucking, keeps them in the lead
with plenty of cash to play with.
Round six of four to one lead for G2.
And these rounds that I mean these these kind of low by-devil rounds that that would have come up with a couple of times in this half
Haven't really had a whole lot of success haven't even gotten a couple kills here or there
Nothing really to talk about they haven't done much to limit the economic growth of G2 in these rounds
Corvette is ready up the cat he's gonna take that fight against Matt's nature loses it no matters can turn his attention
up towards the apartments as they anticipate a B-split and it's stalled out by utility.
So this round is done.
The audience boys not going to win this one and it's pretty frustrating for them.
They're not able to get anything going on this T-side in terms of stringing consistent
rounds together.
We're looking at G2 not going 5-1 up into game.
Yeah, where yesterday I felt like it was Furia who couldn't find opening kills against
Foot right now.
It's Foot who in the initial engagements is just really struggling.
That is a lovely flashbang.
However, with Matta still here, you don't have to go aside until that D comes in.
All right, now we've got some space to work with two on three. Dude, Hunter's getting dropped below two. He's five HP.
Perhaps he called this one a little bit too early.
Two's putting that bomb down in the site, gets off the spot.
All three men in G2 Plus coming in from the same side.
So this could end up being a foot Eastports round because Symmetra's now got an M4 to play with.
Play towards bench. That Molotov isn't going to force him out into the open.
He can maintain his spot and the eagle needed.
But there we go that'll work out instead and my dog footy sports attract us into a 1v1 and once again
It will be some place to deliver the goods here for G2 that comes away too close at the end
But some pious recovery. That's an insane recovery in the round for foot to get the bomb plan to get four kills
All that work that G2 had done to have such a clean slate to build up money now their economy is right on the edge
So I'm biased to save the off, but that money is on the verge of being broken so timeout called by foot
They realize the opportunity they've just created for themselves
They have a chance right now to break the economy the money of G2 and close the gap on the scoreboard make things a lot easier
The huge round for foot coming in so this time out is where they talk over. What's your what's your favorite tactics?
Get you around what's what's the what's the highest percentage round win strategy?
You can call at this point because this round is worth multiple nothing is working towards the people
I'm sorry right so you'd imagine we're gonna see I don't know there's needles look pretty good
True but uh, you know the initial attack up through cat. They're not really getting the beast potential going the mid portion of their attack
Just getting g2 who seems to really have a focus on
Eliminating that mid portion of the attack of shutting it down up harassing it of making it really uncomfortable and then dealing with the extremity a little bit later
All right, let's see what for these boys have decided to call coming to this one.
We've got Duke setting towards Palace.
Lots more to stop middle of his Kribeddy.
Symmetry joining him.
Lach's this time being the man to be sent forward in the underpass.
He's gonna hold on that B potion.
Alang's just hanging out quiet at the moment to some pies.
Clears out the apartments with the scope.
Nothing crazy from Jitsu or we've seen previously in other rounds where there were
you know four in middle and no one playing B2 pushed up on cat.
This is more standard, more defaults. One player playing ladder room.
That's Mattis. One player in jungle and window. That's Hunter.
Then you have the short player and heavy god. So those three kind of work
together in tandem a little bit of a defensive triangle to try and keep
control of window room and con.
Altomp doesn't give any sound ticks or information over to him.
There's a window smoke and flashouts at G2 right now, calling that mid control for Flick is underway.
Heavy God, waiting, biding his time, and in the meantime, Jukes has lost a lot of his health as they cross into the open.
They line up and he only gets to one, but it's the distraction instead of for Madison.
It's beautiful! He'll face off that low HP and get a dink off as well, so nothing longs can do here.
And the last shot really stops any chances of this 1v3 happening in time, also against involves.
Just out from window, secures another round here for G2.
And really, there's nothing to worry about at the moment for G2.
No, that's great. I mean, what a great, incredible sequence from Madis, who does great work up in Ladder Room as well.
Just keeping track of the spacing, they're breaking open the smoke to make sure that Conn isn't being attacked whatsoever.
he's just lying in way but again another you know a little bit of a trap from G2
another emphasis towards the middle of the map that has just been such a nuisance
this time it's the spam coming through from the A bomb site does incredible
damage to the short players that just as they turn the corner but Mattis is
there for a nice easy cleanup working with heavy gun back to mostly pistols we
go AK-47 on Perbini the Lilan locks Perbini's down the opening that's
Hunter who's gone down over in Khan but do you have the weapons still to
actually overcome this you've given yourself a man advantage now you need
close it out. We're just gonna hit a timing at the A bomb site. Five on four, readjust a couple
of players from middle back to A and it's a five-man attack, a set piece with utility.
All just gonna wait. Cross out towards him, gets caught out of position and so Lanks is
easily taking some space here for foot east boys and it just builds and it builds more and
more. Sampias is being the recoverer of these rounds and once again he's doing it.
Redemption from supplies out towards CT. Let's see if we can get another one going. Yeah, there is time for this
Oh my god, give him a pixel of supplies will slice you open
He's gonna continue to move any switched up to the D. Go and how he's waiting for heavy God to arrive
They have a smoke for palace as well. Have you got can deploy that smoke and actually take away that part?
No one's moving they're not moving in on this
It doesn't look like they're gonna be able to actually get the most of this opportunity
utilities landing towards the site they need to get on the deep use but
supplies dead immediately and time is gone.
Sampias does very well to make you think that G2 have a chance coming back into
that retake does damage to the opponent but it will be for these sports getting
to celebrate another round of victory. I think it clicked in for Sampias and
heavy god just a little bit too late they could actually go for that. You
know I think when you're in that two versus five I think heavy gods brain
is already like all right we're gonna say I'm gonna be here in jungle to
support Sampias so he can back away but once he gets that third kill
They're like, oh, we can actually go for it.
I didn't expect you to do that.
Never in a position to actually fully commit to it, right?
Like, have you got never actually entered the bomb site
and tried to clear out any positions?
The whole idea was like, oh, great.
You got us three kills.
Let me smoke the bomb and we'll see if we get lucky.
Right, right.
It's just unfortunate the way Sumpias
is able to give you those three kills,
but they come so late in the post-plant
that you can't put together a solid retake.
Another thing that's unfortunate about that
is that Sumpias loses the AWP as well, right?
So you don't have enough for it in this next round.
We've seen how impactful it can be.
So G2, they've got enough to keep a rifle here on Heavy God, obviously, he saves it over, but everybody else, they've got some money in the bank, so your buy is coming in the next round, not this one.
I like this from G2 though, they're playing with the lead that they have, right? 6-2, you have a 4-round lead, you could force by here, but if that goes the other direction, if you're to lose that, then all of a sudden you're probably looking at like 6-4, 6-5?
Not 6-7 though.
Not 6-7? Not yet at least?
Benny, losing a lot of his health early on here.
I mean, if you're footy spoils, does it count around that you just cannot afford to lose?
Well, this is like the other round of how it digles, right, where you've actually opened
up an opportunity for yourself to have the easier time to close the gap on the scoreboard.
So yeah, if you can capitalize on that.
This is the chance the first time they put themselves in a good position economically.
Now they need to capitalize here.
Well it's off in towards window room, Heavy God's gonna boost up, just misses the angle.
As long as it's lit away from it, con.
Under heavy pressure, this is gonna be a pinch towards that A bomb site.
Foot happy to let that smoke fade.
Oh, I like that they're setting Heavy God up to try and use this one rifle.
He's done very well to finish off Kerbetti, who was just taking damage consistently to start this round.
That was a chance for the supplies 5-7, but it's the MOLP P250 that does scalar work!
Two towards ramp and Ilya, third up towards stairs, but it's all about after now.
comes out of the ninja boxes and takes tubes away and then heavy car with the
rifle. I said they couldn't afford to lose around like that footy sports but
they get devastated. Just a bunch of players in ratty positions and I think
the moment kind of got ahead of foot there. I think they you know that killed
towards middle towards con the peak from window from heavy God. I think that
got things started way earlier than they were ready ready for and then it
just got disorganized. You have to call time right here. Yeah we're seeing
some of the inexperience kind of fall apart in the chaotic moments. That's
I mean great shooting for mobs. That's why you can always afford a p250 right there
Especially involves his hands like that that was filthy. There was a world in which you got that third kill Jason
I know
$300 and he takes out two fully kitted out AK-47 some nasty work for mobs close up towards ramp and G2 come out on top
7 to 2 and that's that second opportunity that foot created for themselves has been wasted has been shoved to the side by G2 and
Now they have complete control of the map. Well now the other issue is there's just
Desperation will start to seep in for footy sports, you don't have enough to get a good buy here
But you're gonna throw everything you've got at it at least. Yeah
Look at it. Just look at it. AK-47 for Krebbeni and Galeel for Lowns
Okay, they're playing for playing for the kind of end of the half right now
So they're seeing if they have a couple pieces that can create the opportunities that can steal around the way
But the most part looking for the last two rounds of this half
Sympias misses the shot with the AWP. Nature do decent damage, chunks down
louncs. One of the be very much more aggressive but with that spot from
Sympias they've had to slow down.
Hunter heard that. His keen ear really just strikes but Krebbetti will fight
him off so it's a good opening here for foodies boys problem is if taking so much
damage on board yeah I think Hunter wants to have that peak back that sound
cue like he just got real okay so by us he'll get you the equalizer yeah you
real he definitely won't know here's the push into Palace as well mulch the
matters taking a really important part of map here G2 just marching gathering
information they can stop the flight they can start shrinking this map is
heavy God it's reliable you'll hold short off with utility and bullets and
This will force Fuddy's force to look elsewhere, and that is Mattis waiting on default boxes.
And because you've seen Malph's push so far up through Palace, he can't get to the site in time to stop this plant from happening.
And I have to imagine they're going to be aware of the possibility.
They've taken over the 8 bombsite, they've got one, but they haven't found Malph's who's been there and has been a nuisance for them a number of times.
So they're going to be heads on a swivel wondering where he's gone to.
I think a ramp is going to be something that has the alarm bells ringing.
Yeah, eventually. They're pushing towards CT.
Demon not feeling comfortable to maintain his position there.
Here comes the swing of the challenge here from heavy God hasn't been able to make it work for Malphs
It's on the perfect timing slips on out that symmetry dad
He's gonna try and help his team and oh gets his come back out just in time as Malphs finds that second every killer
It's not Krupp any waiting in Palace. It would take a monstrous 1v3 and the time is on his side
He may be alone
But he's got a teammate in the clock and there's the deep use being stuck and the shuffle supplies
But the denial of the deep use it will be footy sports to pull off the round and Krupp any with the 1v3 clutch
That's exactly what that buy was for right a couple of pieces just to win you the round if the opportunity presents itself
And boy did it Corbini takes complete control the IGL getting an all-important third round on the board for foot
That's a lovely clutch in a 1v3
And another hard fought round win for foot
Well, this is that opening you said Hunter wanted to get back
Strolls on in, Kroberty has the opening kill and he's the man to close as well. He does absolutely everything required.
Incredible round here from Kroberty.
Yeah, opening kill, the entry into the A bomb site and the two kills in the 1B2 to stop the defuse.
Just a huge round.
There's so many moments you think are going to be the spine snapping one here for footy sports in this first half,
but they have shown tenacity to stay in it. They've still got a chance to get five rounds out of this half.
Oh, unfortunately for them they've lost preventing early on so supplies get in the opening kill over the top of con hunter
You're gonna do it again. Oh my lord. Nobody has eyes on this. Nobody. I love this place. Oh
Here we go against longs there is able to hold on and then he goes and gets a secondary kill as well
So it doubles up despite being a one HP. Oh, but the bomb is a problem
They said look how far away that is. Okay, and long says one HP so they've taken over this bomb site
But you know G2 is gonna be just as confused. They're gonna at a certain point
They'd be like where the hell did everyone go right?
Bomb is gonna go get recovered seven to three fifty seconds on the clock
And where do you go back to as long as like now I got to move around the map all over again with one health
You're just gonna come out of palace down into the site
He will fight against matters so that's the advantage now starting with food e-sports
And that's the frustrating death you take if you're mad at us because you're just like what the hell are these guys doing?
And you're like, why did they pause? Why did they reset?
Yeah, why did they leave the bombsite just to come back to why are they now splitting the a bomb set?
Well, you know, the ball has been dropped at top middle the entire time
But regardless G2 need to stop it. What a shot from some pious
Jigs is going to get rid of him in response and it puts it on heavy guard to clutch up. Can he do it with the 1v2?
Here's that plant going down on triple.
There's the chance to isolate it into a 1v1 fight,
but demon downrange able to capitalize on the opportunity.
And footy sports really coming back into this first half now
and answering the questions we posed at the start of the day.
Exactly.
We wanted if they could come back and do a game.
If they could get punched in the face,
remain standing and still fight back.
And they indeed have.
This is excellent from Foot.
These past two rounds that they put together,
absolutely beautiful.
And now you're starting to see some of that courage
show up where they're going for some initial plays. They're going for those opening plays.
They're finding the duels they're looking for. This is great.
Yeah, Grit worked from Launcse in that round as well. He really is the playmaker. They get some of that round victory.
Here they go through short. It's Launcse the man I was just mentioning at the front of the charge.
There's no speed towards this people offside. Kamats has hold on. He's in the middle of the site.
He can be cleared out. No issue. A demon to follow up through the apartments as well.
So G2 completely crumbled at the end of his half.
And now you're looking at 3-5-7s trying to get the job done.
Oh, great call from Kravini as well.
The first time I think he sensed that he really has them on this low autonomy and it's a fast round.
Even some pies trying to get creative through the smoke ain't gonna do anything.
Foot, they're gonna get a fifth round in this half.
A brilliant recovery right at the end to win three rounds in a row.
Shocking G2.
Seven to five half in the favor of the favorites.
But this game is closed all the way through and we'll be right back.
Welcome back to the Intel Extreme Masters crack-off, we have got footy sports having to fight their
way back into a game.
Not getting the strong stars that they had against Furia, we wondered would they be
able to get back into a game if that happened and they have proven yes is the answer to
that question.
And I just love this team man, I'm really starting to enjoy watching them because
Because every sort of test we give them, they pass at the moment.
Yeah, they've stepped up pretty much every time we've wanted to see if they can deliver
a little bit more.
Then really cool to watch.
Now, I guess we have to ask, can you step up and actually close out this map?
It is your pick in the series Dust2IsNext, where G2 wanted to take things.
And a three-round run to close the first half has put foot within striking distance.
Pistor round can take them the lead.
Pals, push, oh, for Betty, okay, good start.
also finding success here from the ramp and he's going to go out again for a follow-up headshot.
Just not really getting this chance. They're going to run him down. His teammates got him.
And really, so far, Footy Sports can be very happy about this. Pissing on. You've got Hunter
having to step up. It would be special if he was able to win that close, but unable to do it.
Look at Footy Sports standing up, celebrating, and yelling across the other way because they
know they've got the momentum. They've got the wind in their sails at the moment.
Yeah. I think G2 got real well. Tunnel vision on the player inside the bomb site because they
They need to clear amount to take the space but juke's did such a good job of just dancing back and forth and not actually
Committing to any fights stays alive allows his teammate over and jungle to help him out
Cutting down a couple players as they try and close the gap that's cemetery who gets a nice kill to keep them protected
And G2 just never got the kill that allowed them to step forward in that pistol round
Lovely work from foot one round away from tying things up
I'm for all m4s in this round knowing without a plant without a whole lot of kills unlikely
to be any super dangerous rifles in play.
You know the next round is gonna have AK-47 so wanting to be prepared for without too
many SMGs.
And Kraveni's gonna go for a little bit of a look at his underpass and he finds everything.
I don't really know how he's alive.
but you know what might be something to do with everybody from
having lost yeah that's unfortunate all right we're gonna get a little chill
round so I gave Jason can you believe it I think it's just really cool man those
last three rounds are crazy from foot they just they just grabbed control
that's very nice yeah this is a it's gonna be fun but I mean this is a
chance for G2 at least in a round like this hunters probably barking out some
orders kind of reminded them a few things around they know is eventually
You just get a fall away from them.
Pistol is out.
Longson, cemetery handle business.
Full house between the two of them, all five kills.
And we're tied.
Longson's our highlight player yesterday
in their series against Furia.
Had a number of big moments, big plays,
and another performance like that today.
Alongside Krobeni, those are the two players
that have spearheaded this comeback.
But we often talk about Deven.
Hasn't really been required today, or maybe not required.
He's definitely been required.
Just think of when he's shown up.
That's the other side of things.
for footy sports it's showing that they've got some depth to their squad. I think I think part of it
Demon yesterday against Furia most of his performance was on the CT side anchoring that B bomb site
that's where we saw him so I think the second half you know we have a chance to see if Demon can
step up again but he was excellent on the defense. We'll push up to his top middle here from
Kerbeni to do mobs that is his victim he'll retreat back into the connector. Kerbeni was a
a heat-seeking missile there. He knew Malzah was there that entire time. Malzah didn't
seem to have any indication or idea that anyone would aggress. He had no support.
And no flares to cast out. So right now it looks like floaty sports. They give me the
ones playing with every advantage. Momentum on the side, opening kill.
Look how proactive they're being. They're waiting for the smoke to fit because they
want to push in and clear out Palace. Yeah, they give us so much confidence right now
as well.
It looks current Benny, right? As the IGL. I mean, he's just running around the
map playing Counter Strike. He's just running around the map even like, what can we
we do here. What is there to do with the eight? Oh, we clear out palace. Okay. You stick around.
I'm going to leave. I'll go find something else to do. You stay in palace. It's a great
place to be. And whatever move that he takes, he's getting more and more information, helping
him call this as well and adjust his defenses. Right now, G2 with 45 seconds left start
to make their way up through cat. And they're going to be walking into a setup all demon
and lungs together on the site. It's a very scary duo to try and go up against.
It's a very passive setup as well. Playing with the man advantage. I like the philosophy.
I think it crossed Demon first and actually they crossed him out. No problem
So lounges is now the player committed to the back of the site
He's got one pick symmetry's made his rotation and to help him out and then launch as well off the back wall
So it's all on matter so one before they know exactly where he is
So he no longer has an element of surprise. He doesn't really have time either. Yeah, 15 seconds on the block
The launch just domes him and even though Demon goes down alone
It's long stepping up in his stead
What's he saying right now? Is he saying like no sweat you guys you guys are no no issues. This is too easy. I
Would say so I mean right now. I see who would be right to Jason
This is this is crazy to see the turn around for footy sports and G2 getting a taste of the team that have been upsetting everyone
Well, they got to be careful because the way that the way that the foot's trying to get loud in between rounds
And we just saw Krebbeni is just a round where he just played running around the map
They're gonna be the ones getting frisky and proactive and being the ones dictating all the action the CT side
It's like you know mobs is gonna get pushed up in and taken out like that G2's gonna be playing on the sorry the back foot this entire half
So that's really I know I said it wasn't gonna do it today that one was an escape. You know what I like them
Yeah, I don't think I don't know why you're apologizing well here. We go smoke's flying into as the A bomb site
Jews could apply on the stairway and G2 have actually forced them back at least it doesn't matter because troops still takes one through a broken
Smoke and maybe God falls by the way side so right now. We're looking at G2
really just getting destroyed to the lineup of two they just eclipse one
another and there's absolutely nothing G2 can do they're getting destroyed they're
getting pushed out of the server right now oh I know this is this is I this
happened so fast this happens to have a flash actually yeah that's what took
control this game and now just hit this point where they're snowballing and G2
has got to be shook this is now what six in a row going back to the first half
seven in a row going back to the first half yeah this is crazy stuff crazy
stuff coming off some food well for G2 they've been stunned perhaps done locked
hopefully this time I'll unlock the plan an idea a way to get back into it hey
let their coach so I'll have a sight and AWP has come to the server for some
pious and in that first half he was hitting yeah it was it was one of the
sparks for G2 so maybe it can do it again I'll be it now on the T side
gonna be a little bit harder to string like some kind of crazy multi-kill
together and this is just tapping away so you can find information a double kill
lines up just so fortunate actually the execute came in a perfect moment it was
exactly what G2 wanted forced everyone from the defense away but took so much
damage through the smokes as they cross in right out towards top middle it's
gonna be some pie searching for that opening
Steps up on the top of the boxes.
Missed.
Here.
Over.
Fire.
Fire.
They rescued him.
He came from out of Launc's.
And that's when Pius getting stopped.
So that's the AWP we just talked about.
It's a shining light.
It's gone.
Well, and the play was called for some Pius to do exactly that, right?
They didn't insta-smoke window.
They only insta-smoke back pat.
They wanted to get him to position jump up.
And it goes the other direction.
So you can load it crazy my friend, but thankfully Sametri's here with the AWP closes the gap shuts down that choke point
Can choose to hold on get smoked out here goes heavy car through Palace
You're always gonna make things a little bit uncomfortable here for heavy cars so
We'll be able to continue to push out just yet. It allows a readjustment of the defense
This attack is still lined up to head to the A bomb site.
One con, one ramp, one in Palace, just waiting for their moment.
Someone's A going to have to be the instigator.
At the moment, they're just praying for a mistake, hoping it's going to be Foot who
walks into a crosshair who gives them the signal to move forward, but it's just so
passive but is really playing to not lose a player before the bomb gets planted
Symmetry retreating demon up through shores could be Matt's caught by him and
things continue to just get worse here for G2 15 seconds on the clock
Spots heavy going to from Palace but all of us in there's already gone so it
doesn't really matter at all for these boys shutting G2 out of the server
Shedding the amount of mirage. This is so impressive to see and it feels like we're just gonna be heading into dust to a foodie sports
Having a map advantage at this point because that was a timeout that was after a timeout from G2
Yeah, they they look they look a little bit deep right now
They look shook. Krabini is playing Krabini is playing so well
This was him yesterday as well just being a force over in middle now
This is something his impact so far in this half is something that I expect over time with foot is gonna less
Teams are going to notice this trend of him being highly aggressive, going for a lot of
piques.
He'll get neutralized eventually.
But at the moment, while this is still kind of a surprise to some of these teams, he's
maximizing how much impact he's able to have on the server, doing a really, really good
job.
Yeah, you're going to make the most of that when you're at the event like FACL, right?
And coming in as one of the teams, many would overlook.
You're going to be putting preparation into the bigger opponents, the bigger names.
And so these sports, the kind of squad that could just catch you off guard and
really show you what it's all about.
I'm right now taking some big names. I mean, this is fantastic for footy sports too. Some of the names that they've defeated here in Cracov, your fury yesterday is going to be great for their VRS points.
And win versus G2 is going to be the same. So, you know, for footy sports, a big performance in Cracov where you get some upset victories just helps the rest of your year.
You know, your major qualification.
Oh yeah, the VRS that flies off some of these wins is incredible. The win over Furia is obviously a huge boost. You had another one from G2 and Futs laughing.
Yeah, stacking points and I mean that was something they really missed out on you last year
No, the rare opportunities that they did get they looked really solid
But yeah, they didn't get a whole lot of chances to play at top events
So that's going to change going into 2026 a little careful. Yeah, see me get to the position
It's a little bit of an awkward spot for them. The tech 9 is gonna overrun and luckily lunks is just
Unbelievable isn't he there's a 3k out for a short 2x is there to help him
I just did a response if you take one kill
There's like two other players filling that gap instantly here for footy sports. There's just no opportunity for G2 to get into this
Won't be fought for a heavy guard. They're running at him. There's no mercy whatsoever. It allows us to shitting on them
There's no other way to put it
Ridiculous oh my god, and he's letting me know after every single round 25 kills for locks so far in this game
What a beast shocking G2 here on Mirage
as a quad kill in the round and G2 just have no ideas quiet during this time
out saws the one speaking coach trying to reinvigorate this squad puts some
energy into it come up with an idea where clearly his players are stumped
ops gonna come back for some pious and another really good crack at it for G2
with a full buy fist bumps are out but they need a complete complete change
of how this game is gone. This was 7-2 at the favor of G2 at one point in this game.
Now 9 rounds in a row for FOOT.
Longest bringing the passion and the frags to the server as we go into round 19.
FOOT East Boards in search of map points.
This could be a more comprehensive victory than they even got against Fury on Mirage
yesterday I went to all rounds of regulation despite having a 10 to half in
their favor let's see if they can close out against G2 now this is G2's last
chance to get Hunter into the window perfect hunter oh could get both but
really nice play low HP damage don't take for Ben he's on 10 left so that's a
lot of space opportunity there for Hunter but he gets shut down straight away
by preventing. A lot of HG grenades just wasted and dumped out the window and I don't think any of
them really did any significant damage over to Mata sitting at 84. Find some safety from the
explosions. Finally a little bit of positivity going for GT on this T side where you get the
open and kill even though it's traded though. You've created a gap, you've created a weakness
that you can try to exploit. Some mob slides into connector, Mata is still ready to jump up
in towards window at a moment's notice as soon as his teammates can take some attention away.
Well, Jigs knows what's coming at him.
He knows just around that corner of the rifle.
I didn't expect AWP though, because he walks right in,
and supplies.
Span, you're happy to take that kill.
30 seconds on the clock.
Symmetry knows that AWP couldn't have gotten far.
And is waiting for the opportunity to trade it out.
But Symmetry is, my god, I did not even
see him on Symmetry's POV.
So he's gone, and now it's just demon.
That's a good round from G2 in the end.
That four player staying up, and that's a must win for them.
they've taken that step at least?
Well they've stopped the bleeding, right?
Well maybe that's too much.
Well they put it back there, maybe that's too much.
Yeah, they've just stopped this run
that's going on at the moment.
So can they actually turn it back?
Now because they'd had such a lead earlier,
they're not too far away.
It's not like they're getting blown out
in terms of the scoreboard,
just blown out in terms of that 9-0 run from foot.
But she too, a real chance now to come back into this.
A little bit of success on the T side
can hunter help build into it.
That's a great round to get out of a timeout
your coach is the one primarily making the call so he's giving you he's giving you a lifeline here
and you need to capitalize on it as g2
nothing fast in this rounds no one wanted to give anything up too easy too early
For Benny's thinking of running around being a menace in middle for most of this half, it's
time to chill, make sure they can't actually read what play I'm going to be bringing out.
Beautiful nade down on the Mattis to 52 HP.
And G2's still yet to make their first move on the map just now sliding into that
mid control.
45 seconds, G2 positioning themselves well for this beast, but Asimuchu taking out first
the rifle, then revealed and it slowncks looking to line them up, bomb is down, had to go for
the reload end up getting caught by some pies with demon. Oh, he's been pretty rough on this
people on site. This entire map in again, a bit of a misfire, but his teammates in this
and anything symmetry with just unbelievable shots in the AWP great composure. And longs
is just so fired up today.
Kravetti said that lounges is the energy guy and we've seen it all game today. He's
keeping them fired up and man, so where his teammate cemetery with a brilliant double
kill with the AWP. They're all picking up some of the slack. When someone makes a mistake,
they've got a teammate primed and ready to pick up the pieces.
It's got you nearly falling out of your seat in this kind of game. This is fantastic work
for food eSports. 12-2-8 up right now. Look at it. Try and close it out.
And just remember to start. G2 was just controlling the game. It was so rough for
foot esports to kick things off your
mirage, but their ability to come back
into it, lounge being on the turning
point alongside preventing both of those
players willing to get in the mix, willing
to get dirty and make the plays, but
not looking like it's going to close out
on this round as Molz and Supplies open up
with two openers. Yeah, you've gotten
yourself to this point. Now you just
got to figure out how to win. They're
going to come right through the smoke.
Supplies, they're running into them now.
They know. Supplies backs away. One
has made it into ladder room though.
That's a little bit awkward. Demon, he's
at a quiet map, but this is a chance
for great impact. The impressive, even more impressive, to see footy sports pull off a 3v5 to close the map.
Now they have plugged the gap straight away and layered with defences to try and prevent
G2 fulfilling comfortable rounding that corner just yet to the B site. The latter of flash
tremendous as a loud hunter, a really important kill in this round and there should be no way
in which G2 luck this one slide now. Yeah, I like the way they're just being patient. They
control the middle of the map, they have eyes everywhere, some pyos doing a really good
job holding angles with the AWP and they're just like, we can just chill here, we'll wait for
for somebody to peek into things.
Eventually the solution is going to prevent itself
and it has at the B bomb site.
So bomb raiding, rotating through on the back of Mattis
and G2 is going to get their ninth round.
Now the biggest issue that Foot has
that's going to stop them from winning this game
is the money.
That's what they have to be the most cognizant of.
So a save here is smart.
Demon's going to need a drop from a teammate.
Longs has the AWP to pass over to Cemetery.
But if G2 keep putting rounds on the board
towards the end of this,
that like 1210 I want to say 1211 happened for bid it's going to be a
situation where foot depending on how they choose to save might not have cash
to fight with so if they mess up in the economy game foot can still be in
trouble and we can still have overtime on the cards
I mean, we seen that versus Fury yesterday?
Yeah, it was very close to overs, I'm 13-11 win for foot.
And that was another thing we were asking for these sports today.
Like if they get up and they get ahead, can they close without it coming back, coming
against them?
Yeah, this is a little bit of deja vu from yesterday, isn't it?
They had this similar kind of thing where they had a lead, Furia came back, brought it
to 12-11, and eventually lost in that final round.
That's just two rounds, right, from G2, and there's an opportunity after this timeout
that we do see FuddySports disclose it.
But this is where it starts to also affect your decision-making inside the server where
you realize you need to be a little bit careful.
If you have a round where you get just obliterated in middle, kind of like how
we saw in the previous round, if you're all of a sudden sitting in a 3 and 5,
Do you really want to position those weapons to try and win the round if it's your entire
economy on the line, or are you going to back away and just kind of save and play for the
later stages?
Now you have to start making those decisions, and again, that's an area where it targets
the inexperience of a team and an inexperience of the players, making decisions that don't
min-max the percentages of winning in different scenarios.
This is one of the ones that the players takes a little bit longer to get used to,
so we'll see the decision-making here.
12-9, round 22.
G2 need three more in a row to force overtime.
Or foot add yet another incredible map onto their resume?
I think if you're G2, you're noticing that demons having a tough time over to the B site.
Yeah.
You're heading there right now, but the difference is there's no actually playing in the people
on site.
You've got the AWP instead.
Offsymmetry is just what the answer was, market.
Fucking class here.
And there's the kill on maths.
So it's a free one.
Demons then called over.
can Dmitre deliver? He's again down with nothing. His teammate's been doing very well in his stead on this B bomb site
They've got to do it again and cemetery is just opening things up trying to keep his team on the B bomb site and make this happen
For the close. It's not hunter sprinting his way back up here looking to save G2
But it's Krebbeni from the A site that closes up Mirage. This footy sports team are delivering upset after upset
say yesterday they claim the lies of fury up now they're looking for g2 as well and they caught mirage
under their belt once more yeah such an impressive victory for foot on the opening map of this series
and we were wondering i was wondering is you picked mirage now comfort map for you but a good map for
g2 was ran out of ideas ran out of it felt like you know energy and did the desire to be the
instigators on the map it was foot who got stronger as the game went on so that makes things a
little bit weird here coming into dust two g2's map pick in this series ancient as a third
map decider if G2 can get us there. They've got to stop foot first and they're starting on the T side.
And that's got to be the conversation G2 had as well coming out of that break is make sure that we
get Dust 2 under our belt. This is a map we have to be confident on. It's our map pick.
We know G2 have had some great results on this map in the past. They're getting ready for a B
execution. It's got so much utility available for it. And foot hasn't spotted anything in middle.
So I'm wondering when Launck starts shifting over. Looks like he's going to be smoked off.
Jukes is calling him over now. Yeah, which it's just got to go huge
You know a lot of big moments against the furious side on this people on site yesterday a real reliable source of multi kills
We've got lunch in the window alongside it and it's not landing too much this time
There's the post room Mattis and heavy call with the two openers and that jukes peaks while reloading and so his life is
Cast aside g2 get into the people on site. No kills from foody sports interesting idea
I guess defensive smoke put at the front of the platform
They wanted to try and funnel the attack to the right towards car towards double door for the flash and the aggression that was going to come in through the door
I guess that was the plan it obviously didn't work didn't come close to it and a nice easy pistol for G2
So starting off the same way my gosh did which is a pistol on victory for the G2 side
Yeah, I got a feel got a feel pretty good. You know, you need a really strong start
You need to run with it this time if you're G2
Just put Mirage the back of your head and it's not just a pistol on victory. It's all five players currently alive
I mean of all three maps that we have in this series
This is the most one-sided in terms of win rates for the team G2 taking this map at a 67% win rate
45% for foot you take from that whatever you will because we did see foot just demolish fury on this
Yeah, we've got that recency bias going on right now. Yeah, 13. I think six or is the scoreline 13-7 against fury
So yeah, they've got some game on this jokes was particularly strong in that match against fury
We'll see how this one continues now that the pistol round is over.
It wasn't so hot kicking off this pistol round though.
No one was for Fluttersports, despite having numbers towards that side of the map, you know,
it was a little surprising to see him come away with nothing.
It's one of those, those kind of like heavy b-hits on pistol rounds is like, if you don't
get the first kill of CT, you're in so much trouble, like you just have to have that
first frag.
No, Cabendi's going up towards top middle, he's not alone though, he's got some
assistance in the form of utility. Now it's not a flash, it is an HE grenade that's going
up from the Womps. So from forward, have you got handling the pressure supplies, able to
come through and make sure that there's trans given effectively and a lot of damage done
to G2?
Once again though, G2 is just so lucky to get away with this, it feels that Nade with
a swing on top of it felt like a perfect play. Molotov in hand of one of the G2 players
and the two guys from foot still couldn't get the kill. Still couldn't get the double
kill even though it was there for him. But that was on a knife's edge. I could
could have easily teetered in the other direction,
and we can be looking at a strong mid-round for foot.
It's not to be done.
That's an alternate reality.
Two-nothing for G2.
See little smiles.
I think someone on G2 is trying to have
a little shouting in return.
Yeah, I need to bring some energy.
Yeah, trying to match that.
He called that slouch.
Yeah.
Summon that's heavy God being the one
to get a little bit of energy in the G2 side of things.
Second round forced up from the CT side,
So we should see a relatively easy clean sheet in the third as G2 will be going up against mostly USPs.
Here Benny, running up towards top middle with that scout.
Attempting opening, not getting the chance though.
So here we'll pull away, leave demon in the lower tunnels.
Now if you're demon, you're gonna be thinking about your performance from Mirage just a little bit.
Hoping that you're gonna have a much better showing here on Dust2.
Not the Deagle in the lower tunnels, and it's going much better for him here.
A tough fight to take at the Deagle close corner combat while the Mk10 is jumping and
spraying at you.
So Hunter, take that kill away in G2 with the first couple of frags here and they just
extend upon it, really not getting worrying at any point here for G2.
Yeah, handling business, just getting the job done.
Matt is looking for that follow up push.
Jokes hasn't committed to it quite yet, so they're just going to come hunting
down.
around and just be a nuisance.
4 on 1, and the bomb is making its way up A.
Now, we've touched so much on the upset factor
and some of the intangibles around this foot team
and kind of their rise that they've had over the recent times.
Oh, lovely shot.
You want to talk about something a little bit more tangible
that you can get your hands around.
The VRS, obviously, in that match that footbeat fury
yesterday, they gained 66 VRS points.
Now, here against G2, the forecast
is that they would gain an additional 35 if they win this.
And what pleasure would that put them in the VRS ranking?
After beating Furia, they're currently 15 in the VRS ranking.
If they win this, they'd move up to 13.
So they've gained some ground in the VRS quite a bit
these past few days, and then a chance
to gain a little bit more here.
You know, if their upsets continue as well,
they could find themselves cracking the top 10
in the VRS ranking, which is so impressive from 30 sports.
And what's exciting about that is
then we're going to see more events coming up as well.
A lot more.
The invite bubble for a few more of the events
in the next coming months before the major in Cologne.
and we'll get a really good sense of what this team is working with in 2026.
So fun to watch this team's rise at the moment.
They're in a 0-3 hole here on Dust2 and map 2 of this series,
but now they get the guns out.
We get to see what their Dust2 is made up against G2.
Ooh.
Ooh.
Yeah, some sharp shooting with a scout.
I mean, now we're getting into the buy round, though.
Kobenny has earned an AK-47,
He plays with the AK. He doesn't drop it over. He keeps it in his own hands.
Put a dollar in the kitty.
And some glasses.
Take a look how fast Madis is. He's got mobs alongside of him and that ends up being another killer here for G2.
Starting a little bit like Mirage, isn't it?
G2 getting some early success here. We're gonna have to see footy sports.
Have to come back into it.
Boys, it's time to save. Get the hell out of middle. What are we doing?
Everyone run away.
way. You don't want to be here anymore. Don't lose me off. That round very well might have
had a strategy called Q by G2, but when Sampias gets the mid pick, it's kind of like the protocol
just becomes you get a lot more freedom as an individual. You get that mid pick, you
see the B player challenge into the bomb site because he's saying, okay, they lost
one player, one player less. I have potentially a 1B1. I'm going to go find what I have.
You see someone scale up catwalk as fast as possible because again, you know that
Death is gonna force some rotations for some people to be out of position both those lurks find the battle
They were looking for and then it just unleashes chaos on the map
So foot can't do anything to try and recover after that kill from some pious really nice job from G2 of keeping the pressure
Yeah, it's not even so much that that has to be communicated
So something you feel right when what now opening kill happens like oh, I just just know I can take this fight
No, I can take this bait
Well works out very well for G2 and as I was saying you know
It does feel like we're getting into that same position where footy sports can have to show us that they can come back and fight hard in this map
Just like they did a mirage against fury yesterday. They got a hot start on dust, too
They're just gonna ram with it the whole way. Yeah, they did they just snowballed and do a nice quick win
That's obviously looking like it's not gonna be happening here
So, you know if you're if you're foot right now
There's no cause for panic after around like that just because you haven't even gotten to play around
You know some pious gets a pick in the first 10 second round kind of goes to hell from there
So you reset drop some weapons, and we get a run again this time to get a clean look
It's long that G2 attack in two with some good spawns a couple players out Mattis control of pint
He's got heavy God with him. He's got hunter with them and even some pies running up with the AWP
So mob's gonna be all on his own walking the plank
And we see both teams kind of descend into this moment of the current meta where long has been taken
You know, it's gonna be an extended round of exchanging utility of trying to delay this as long as possible
Cheats, you know, this CT side is starting to investigate the rest of the map and find that B halls is clear
And both teams are content to just win or lose this round on the cross decided by the utility in the execute
Oh good shot through that smoke here, have you got it?
It's a great opening, and the G2 can filter in with, once again,
a tough spot for Fuddy's boys to find themselves in as Utility is keeping them back.
They can't challenge for the site, and yeah, at this point, they're held out so far,
and for so long, they don't feel like there's any way into this round right now.
Yeah, unless someone gets you a kill like right now,
I think Demon's really the only one in position to make this round doable in any sense.
Okay, there's one, and Heavy God can't find the follow-up, and they stick around a little bit too long.
I didn't see even Krabani getting those kills as well, down from CT.
So no one really getting anything done here for footy sports and that same
Of course, it's not an option
GCO kind of feel good about they started to dust to your conversation has to be about just dusting off that mirage defeat
Just coming back in with a good reset. Obviously I start like this. So just help them
Yeah, I got to be frustrating for foot
One of the gun rounds is just a pick from some pious and then the chaos that you eventually lose into when the round goes to
Hell this one is just out positioned out towards long good utility from g2
One kill from heavy god at the worst moment and a Molotov that locks you out of a bomb site
They haven't even been able to fight for around yet
G2's been able to put him in such weird positions that they've been at such a disadvantage across the board
Reinvestment though coming in for foot. They've got money M4 is picked up for loud lounks and for Benny
Rifles gonna be picked up down the board as we get into round number six
He's giving a little glance over the line.
Yeah, he's giving a little noise on over.
So I like that from Heavy God bringing some action to the server here and out of it.
We've got symmetry back on the AWP.
Plenty of teammates now on rifles.
Demon, he's been demoted today.
He's been given a FAMAS station.
I don't know, demoted.
Definitely demoted.
Strong weapon, you know well respect from us compared to usp
Yes, it is
So much is sticking around quite a bit in lower dark
He's he's hasn't missed the timing to fall back especially with that smoke behind him, but he's really hoping it gets this one look
It's not there so gonna back away
Who kits on the flip side of things so they're gonna be more motivated to stop the attack at the point of attack rather than play
for a retake, not always the easiest thing to do on Dust2.
Middle of the map entirely controlled by G2, they've used it to gain short control and now
looking to pressure into the bomb site, mobs looking for anyone jumping up, not afraid
of the molotov whatsoever, all five players here, mobs is going to lead the way and we're
about to rock and roll.
Smokes going on down for the CT cross, and it's going to be heavy guard once again.
up towards us a bomb site followed up by mobs and footy sports have no other option but to save
is so decisive here from g2 at the start of these rounds and you were seeing a level of comfort
on dust 2 that we just didn't see on mirage well remember there's a difference too at the moment
like mirage you remember we on the CT side we saw krubenny just kind of running around being
proactive pushing palace pushing up middle finding mobs being annoying peeking underpass
throwing utility here on dust 2 g2's gotten pretty much everything they've wanted for free
Again mid control this round there was cemetery with the AWP and lower but he had to give it up to the timing
They ran out long a couple rounds ago to no resistance able to gain control that march up
So while the harassment of foot on Mirage was tough for G2 to handle. It's not really here on dust 2 quite yet
Haven't seen anyone kind of get into that flow
Lows is on zero kills right now, which is a massive difference. Yeah that that that too
He had about 28 or something on Mirage overall
But yet
So I wanted to hear if I could, see if I could hear anything, um, yeah.
Got a smoke corner I think I heard.
Okay, we got a lot, so towards the long we go.
There's the corner, smoke Dinko.
Fun note as well, demon with that FAMAS got a dink, but couldn't complete the kill, so maybe you were right all along.
Hunters got another opening. At will! They are taking control of parts of the map G2 and once again, the long is in their control.
Well, just a blistering long take. We're down to three players. They're foody's boys. Yeah, another tag on Duke, so...
Another dollar on the kitty?
Oh, really? Just looking good here. Four foody's boys. They're falling extremely flat.
And look at the way they're getting pulled around the map now, just because they're getting battered so successfully everywhere.
They're so sore and they're so cognizant of it
They feel like they have to over rotate and G2's was like well go to the other side of the map to an empty bomb site
It's got to feel real nice for G2 especially hunter in this kind of moments to call this
Although yeah, that's one way to do it
That is one way to do it all of G2's just crashed
The damage was done, so I'm not sure how well the rule set is on that.
Yeah, and they had the 5 on 3.
Or did everything crash?
Okay, interesting.
Alright, well, admins are gonna have a busy moment here.
Yeah, so we're gonna sit back and see what the verdict is.
I'm not gonna make any speculation.
That would be crazy.
But that's what we were talking about.
I thought he sports 5 that first round victory.
We'll take it
It is the only way
Wonder is like yeah, they're really really going slowly. There's people also in there JC. Yeah, I wonder why they've just stopped here
I wonder what they're doing. I wonder what they're thinking about it
Yeah, so so we'll wait and we'll wait and find out exactly what's going down as soon as we get word
We'll inform all of you but obviously players probably feeling just as confused at the moment as we are
No, I would say so.
Well, this is a good opportunity.
You can just do like a little A-stream check-in.
Yeah, how's that going?
Yeah, A-stream check-in at the moment.
It's first map of the second series.
If you don't want the spoilers, you don't have a second monitor.
This is the time to mute the stream.
Furia taking on Mongols in a elimination game.
9-4 in the favor of Furia on the first map of Mirage for the moment.
So Furia looking to bounce back versus the Mongols.
Yeah, Mongol is pretty disappointing at the moment.
Same with Furia.
Yeah, but that's fair enough.
But Furia is the one in this one.
So far.
Yeah, Mongols, I think we're all kind of...Mongols is one of those teams coming into the year
where they're kind of like an exciting team to think about and discuss, but only because
you don't really know what's coming.
Like, we're all kind of waiting to see, like, can you recover from some of these?
It's either going to be brilliant or very disappointing.
I'm gonna watch them fall down the rankings and out of contention and don't be very sad
Yeah, Mara's got a history of bringing in random Mongolian players and making them good
I'm making them sad especially not immediately all the time. Yeah, I mean, he took a bit to warm up into things
I think I think of Mongols as a whole was just like an organic growth. Yeah, it took some time to get solid
all right well and imagine it's quite a significant maybe like a power trip or
something on the g2 side just on that side see them all just go maybe someone's
doing the cable or something you know that that's how that can happen as well
interesting interesting situation I wonder if the round needs to get replayed
let's not go down that red yeah we yeah I'm not sure well we'll wait and see
Yeah, we'll wait and see.
We'll wait and see what the verdict is.
But I'm not familiar enough with the in-depth concepts
of the rulebook in that specific scenario.
And in all my years, I don't know if I've ever...
Oh, this is a crazy situation.
Now, I had a really weird one,
if I cast my mind back to it.
It was for...
Do you remember the year that Team Liquid
won the Grand Slam, of course, in 2019?
No, I seem to have forgotten that year.
All right, well, during that,
I was, I was, I was accommodating team liquid because they decided to not accept the cologne
invite.
Yeah.
And so they had to go through a qualifier with a third party and it was an online qualifier
and the prize was a cologne spot.
Yeah.
And so what we were casting in the most decisive round of fours at the time were about to
beat team liquid and knock them out.
And then one of their players ended up DCing and his everything just stopped.
He ran into a wall and then liquid were able to come back.
And that to me is the worst tech issue I've ever seen in my life, Jason, and that is what
Team Liquid won the Grand Slam.
We're going to go to a break.
When we come back, we'll have this tech issue resolved, and we'll get the action back
on the way.
Your love is like a wildfire Your love is like a wildfire
I've lost the king today, today's me and I
I'm lost in the heat, too, my son
You're alone, son of a wild man
My heart is on fire as I hold you close
You touched it's electric, the beautiful over those
I'ma take that to the way we move
This way
Lost in the river by the sea
And the waves
You're alone, it's like a wildfire
You're all for slugger, wildfire You're all for slugger, wildfire
You're alone, it's not what's fine
Now the monster king comes today, takes me high
I'm lost in the heat to myself
You're alone, it's not what's fine
Like a wildfire
Wildfire
Like a wildfire
Like a wildfire
Lost in the mornin' to cold in the flight
But love it's like a wildfire
It's not worth listening
He finds himself one of the three required, somehow still alive as another AK bullet finds him.
Kurt's noise, hoped to buy time.
Techno, where's he gone off to?
Yeah, he's gone on an adventure to ensure he can't just slink to be, I guess.
Yeah, but this is opening up some 1v1s and you've left the young gun on the site on his own.
Oh, I think he knows. If CobraZera even just oversteps an inch...
What? That's the shot he had to hit.
Uncomfortable for Yuri, goes down.
We got a tied up game, 8-4 to 9-9.
That's a very threatening round right there.
You kind of found the perfect timing, punishes Blitz in connector,
then the swarm happens, but Mazzigna again,
another impactful double.
I'm sure it's not against the gun round,
but still stopping Fury from getting back into things on their T side.
Just swings out, as you mentioned, no one covering.
Not ready for this, just so brazen.
The trade comes in, but it's too late.
Now Moldov will get the AWP.
Had a tough time with opening deaths in the first half, had four openings go against him, only one to his name.
Now they need to set him up, and hit the counter to find the opener. Rookie of the year takes down CobraZera.
As soon as that awps in his hand, disnames in the feed.
Smoke break costs them an opening, CobraZera.
Watching from the sidelines, 9-10 for the response.
Unable to connect the bullet.
These are those opening kills you really want to see Fury demonstrate an ability to convert
confidently.
I'll just move there all over towards B, which if it is a B-split is great, 9-10 gets
to take some long-range shuls if Fallen can't break through the bee apartments.
He's actually sticking around for this fight.
Kinder, head to head with Techno, Techno and 9-10, striking unison, Blitz gets an exposed
molotoy, no cover from Keisarato, it's just falling through Furious Fingers.
One tap to the back of the head of Amzinio but the bomb is under enemy control, there's
a lot more work to be done for Yuri.
I mean, he's only got 28 seconds to do it. An impossible scenario. These are some of
the least convincing T sides on Mirage. I've seen in a while from both of these
squads and you were bang on saying these are the type of rounds. If you all
forgive to the opening, you need to be able to convert, but everything just came
so easy right now intense up on B fallen doesn't have anything to push
him off the line. 9 10s. It's him next fight happens at short then
connector plays it couldn't have gone better. Right. Mongols looked at they
So we're in a 5v5 with how easy that was.
Truly.
I agree.
Counter terrorists win.
So one safe day, Kate.
Lost bonus, at least, is in play at the maxed out level
of fourth fury up.
And they're going to shove.
Fallen's already gone in with a glill, smoke double flash.
Here's that opener again.
It's great.
Just angles down, takes down CobraZero.
Tough position for him.
And he's going to have a lot to learn when playing top
tier counter strike.
Make good on the promise. You see the kill is just coming in that quick everything works out perfectly consmo fades
Well, I just to worry about sure how quick the faith
falls apart
Already out ramp 1a looks bleak
very slightly a difference maker a pace set up
Remove his forward fall and actually catches through the smoker headshot with a team you're gone
Your kinder wins his jewel and now it's their turn to have a convincing one without
very if any resistance. That's a bit of attitude there right instead of like
playing slow and just trying to work over the map they go all right hold up
what are we doing right we can shoot let's do that let's just get out a couple
of key pieces of opening utility and take some fights that's what you want to see
I think that should make you feel pretty happy if you fall them right let's just
get out there and win these drills that I understand it's not that simple
there's more layers to it but trying to move so meticulously across the map
you can see in a couple of these scenarios it has cost them all go down
on a Techno position now noted and now it's about do they really want to try and take
this away so much cash to work with for the Mongols because that's free of six straight
rounds. So you actually have more to lose than gain in the scenario if you give away
too many rifles.
Yeah, I think techno is going to be given the good graces to bring that through when
their bank account is swollen but what's that number two yeah wow since the
pistol furia that is the first gun round we've seen from the T side and it is as
you said just run out and take five fight literally run out a and out middle and
take Jaws and win them and that's all that unfolded right there but they're
still we didn't see fallen shot on to Mazzini but I think it was like through
smoke through the box headshot like not the kind of thing oh put that back in
Yeah, it's like sorry, I've just charged my phone.
No worries.
Ah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, of course.
I mean, easy for mongos to dismiss some of those kills,
not going to be easy for Furia to replicate.
Yeah, that's a very good point.
But how are you meant to be able to do that again?
And you know that mongos, because of that spree
we were just talking about have at least one more residual buy-off.
There's probably two depending on the saves.
But at least it's shown Furia, hey, let's play with a bit of confidence.
Must not be afraid to take these fights, ramp fight on their way.
Right, coming.
And missed shot from the Molotoy, or Puri doesn't go swinging for the trade.
That's gonna cost him 40 health.
CobraZera wants to swing, doesn't over commit.
I think he gets pulled back by Mizzinia.
Doesn't matter.
Forward starts punished.
Trade frag belated, but arrives.
Yeah, Mizzinia being low on A. This becomes a real problem.
Welcome back to the Intel Extreme Masters live from Krakow. Thank you for being patient
and staying with us as we resolve the tech issue. We're ready to get into the action
though as G2 vs. FOOT will rage on. We're just going to replay that round. That's the
official ruling we've been given. Yeah. The damage was done but the crash happened.
The team knows that, yeah, we're just going to replay round number six from out of the
gate. Well, please, what's helping to get that started. There are not many chances.
You don't get many opportunities in Counter-Strike to replay a round that went so badly four years, let's see how it goes.
I love that they're doing the same thing, G2 just going long, hoping for the same result.
Yeah, well, they might get it, and he got this time as the opening hunter.
Oh, he can get the build on top, he finally gets unblind.
Lots of damage done, but this round much more doable for foot.
Yeah, a lot more doable. It is an open shot after the initial engagement, so footy sports came out better after the tech issue.
It's going to be a G2 evident play out of 3v3 as they reset from long and run all the way back into middle.
Yeah, Sampai is going to control the middle of the map with that AWP.
Got to be cautious that I push from lower.
So keeping cognizant of that, making sure nobody's going to cross the double doors.
Jokes has actually pushed out of the B bomb site, going to be playing at the boxes.
So it's going to be a two man walk into the B bomb site with Hunter and Mattis.
And you just have Sampai as who's there to cut off any support
coming in to help out the B defender.
But unfortunately, that support is coming from behind on short.
and
two players down and actually ends up being a footy sports round the less some
bias can win out this one V2
it's gonna be a frustrating feeling here for G2 as they can see that first round
it will be footy sports making the most of their opportunity
yeah given a second crack at it and actually come out on top so yeah it can be a little bit
frustrating for G2 with the lead they've got that's one of those things you're just gonna have to force in the back of your mind and forget about the fact that
you know this is a rocket feel like you should unless you unless you lose 13
cents unless you lose the map yeah that's not even think about that yet
though i'm kind of thinking about it i'm not gonna lie i'm not gonna think about it a little bit
uh okay well some biases running out to as long awp ready to go here and i hope it
didn't get an opening kill that flash has kept cemetery off the corner