Full Broadcast - ESL Pro League Season 23 - Day 12

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03-14-2026 · 8h 07m

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[00:03:30] A死 without a trace is the chaos that shudders,

[00:03:33] with the power of neul the light wattens,

[00:03:36] and so suddenly all lights teleports back into the shadows,

[00:03:39] making it seem to me.

[00:03:41] And it's a dream come true.

[00:03:44] I'm just a dream,

[00:03:47] but I'm not the kind of person who's trying to get rid of the reality.

[00:03:52] But I'm the one to blame.

[00:03:54] Who's the person to blame?

[00:03:56] I don't need a car or a clock

[00:04:01] I don't need a voice

[00:04:04] This is the only thing I need

[00:04:10] Miscellaneous beauty

[00:04:12] I don't know what to do

[00:04:14] Let me talk to you

[00:04:19] I'm walking on the street

[00:04:22] I don't want to see you

[00:04:24] You're too high for me to be around

[00:04:29] My my my me, I'm talking to you

[00:04:34] My my my me, I'm talking to you

[00:04:39] I wonder how I got out of this world

[00:04:46] Before I knew it

[00:04:51] She's a little bit crazy, but

[00:04:53] I always go over here

[00:04:56] I can't get rid of her, so I'm just going to work

[00:05:00] I'm not going to be working

[00:05:03] I'm just going to be working

[00:05:06] I'm just going to work

[00:05:08] Yeah

[00:05:09] I'm just going to work

[00:05:11] I'm just going to work

[00:05:14] I'm just going to work

[00:05:16] I'm just going to work

[00:05:19] 幸せにならないで今夜あなたを照りあってくれ

[00:05:49] This is the way

[00:05:51] I'm lonely

[00:05:53] I'm lonely

[00:05:55] I'm getting tired

[00:05:57] Please let me go

[00:06:00] I don't want to lose

[00:06:02] my heart

[00:06:04] I don't want to lose

[00:06:05] my heart

[00:06:06] Please let me go

[00:06:10] I'm a dreamer

[00:06:12] I'm a dreamer

[00:06:14] I'm a dreamer

[00:06:16] I'm a dreamer

[00:09:48] two stairs, under stairs, bench, firebox in front of firebox, one terrorist, one sandwich

[00:10:18] What are you saying?

[00:10:20] Okay, relax!

[00:10:21] What are you talking about?

[00:10:22] I'm talking about...

[00:10:23] You rushed into play.

[00:10:25] No, no, no.

[00:10:26] I rushed into the problem, really.

[00:10:27] We throw molly cheesers on the crosshairs.

[00:10:29] Okay, really.

[00:10:30] Can you play solo?

[00:10:31] We're playing solo.

[00:10:32] You're underestimating eight players around the world.

[00:10:35] You're all sound you'll be not.

[00:10:37] Okay, Mike, you're asked.

[00:10:38] Quick, quick, quick.

[00:10:39] Quick, Mike, you're asked.

[00:10:40] Quick, Mike, you're asked.

[00:10:41] Quick, Mike, you're asked.

[00:10:42] Quick, Mike, you're asked.

[00:10:43] Quick, Mike, you're asked.

[00:10:44] I killed Donka.

[00:10:45] I killed Donka.

[00:10:46] I killed Donka.

[00:10:47] First E, first.

[00:10:48] Okay, I'm in big trouble.

[00:10:52] I don't think it's okay.

[00:10:54] Go on, it's stuck.

[00:10:56] Go, it's stuck.

[00:10:58] It's okay, Valery.

[00:11:00] You think about your side, we think about the other side.

[00:11:04] Do you think they're either rush mid or the rush A?

[00:11:08] I'm both smoke.

[00:11:10] They're all up in the bomb, trust me.

[00:11:12] Yes, okay.

[00:11:14] I'm gonna flash above the cone

[00:11:16] I'm gonna flash above the cone

[00:11:18] I'm gonna flash above the cone

[00:11:20] Flash above the cone

[00:11:22] Flash above the cone

[00:11:24] It's fake, it's double fake

[00:11:26] 3, 4, come on, 4, come on

[00:11:28] Go CT, go CT

[00:11:30] Go CT, go CT

[00:11:32] Flash guys, I'm coming CT

[00:11:34] They have all the headshots

[00:11:36] I can flash CT guys

[00:11:38] Still short

[00:11:40] 3 CT, 3

[00:11:42] One more, one more!

[00:11:43] Last one, last one!

[00:11:45] Yes, four or two?

[00:11:46] I'm last!

[00:11:47] Wait, wait, don't overpick.

[00:11:49] Take a cheat, take a cheat!

[00:11:51] I picked a cheat!

[00:11:53] Nera, nimo.

[00:11:57] Nizha.

[00:12:01] I don't have more.

[00:12:02] Jungle and fire.

[00:12:03] Next time, buy more please.

[00:12:05] Out.

[00:12:07] Default, default.

[00:12:08] Default.

[00:12:09] nice

[00:12:11] nice

[00:12:13] you're so good

[00:12:15] we are in a hurry

[00:12:17] i will see you guys

[00:12:19] right side

[00:12:21] right side

[00:12:23] come

[00:12:25] left side

[00:12:27] try to go

[00:12:29] come

[00:12:31] go

[00:12:33] come

[00:12:35] you are impossible

[00:12:37] It's impossible bro, we're just running at them.

[00:12:41] Call me Flash, I'm about to talk.

[00:12:45] Okay, I do Flash, behind you.

[00:12:48] 3 stairs, 3 stairs, 3 bomb.

[00:12:51] 4 triple.

[00:12:52] CT 1, CT 1.

[00:12:55] 2 CT, 1 more CT.

[00:12:56] 1 stairs.

[00:12:57] CT on 4, CT.

[00:12:58] Guys, please.

[00:12:59] I didn't see bomb jump.

[00:13:00] 2 CT or 3 CT bro.

[00:13:01] Or 5 CT maybe?

[00:13:03] 5, 5.

[00:13:04] They are going B guys

[00:13:06] Pick 7

[00:13:07] They are going B guys

[00:13:09] Wait, wait!

[00:13:15] These moustache guys

[00:13:17] Why are you filming?

[00:13:20] Oh, come on, friendship

[00:13:25] Conductor, that guy was peeking with Kitchen surviving

[00:13:27] Maybe short

[00:13:28] No way

[00:13:31] I can jungle with somebody

[00:13:32] 2 triple nade, triple nade top mid

[00:13:35] Jacket nade ramp, nade ramp

[00:13:36] I'm breaking the position of the shoulder, okay guys?

[00:13:38] Let's triple nade ramp

[00:13:39] Okay

[00:13:40] Let's take ramp

[00:13:41] It's clear, it's clear

[00:13:42] Get out, get out

[00:13:43] Is that?

[00:13:43] One more, one more

[00:13:44] There's more

[00:13:45] A smoke, try

[00:13:46] Three ramp

[00:13:47] I only have one more smoke

[00:13:48] Can you first one?

[00:13:49] I'll push out, I'll push out, okay?

[00:13:50] I'll do

[00:13:51] Seal, give me some Seal, try it

[00:13:52] First

[00:13:52] Okay

[00:13:53] Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready

[00:13:54] I'll take care of the camera

[00:13:56] Why does he speak guys?

[00:13:57] Speak him, speak him!

[00:13:58] Oh, oh, oh, oh!

[00:13:59] Look at it, look at it guys!

[00:14:00] Look at it, look at it!

[00:14:01] Ripple and ticket, there's no ticket!

[00:14:02] Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

[00:14:05] What's your deal?

[00:14:06] One, two, three, go!

[00:14:08] What's your deal?

[00:14:09] Triples are my triples!

[00:14:10] We're ticket tickets!

[00:14:11] Ah!

[00:14:12] Where'd I go?

[00:14:13] Ah!

[00:14:14] Guys, guys, smoke the cops!

[00:14:15] CPL, drops, drops, drops!

[00:14:17] Keep the rifles!

[00:14:18] Alright.

[00:14:19] Smokes are paining, smokes are paining!

[00:14:21] All the water life!

[00:14:22] Six V-Bone!

[00:14:23] Six V-Bone!

[00:14:24] Don't freak out!

[00:14:55] Nice nice nice, let's go!

[00:14:57] Don't forget about the first two, don't be afraid to peek.

[00:15:02] I'll be dead, come on.

[00:15:06] Come on, beef him up.

[00:15:07] Do you have flash mid?

[00:15:08] One close, I'm going out.

[00:15:10] Okay.

[00:15:11] Do it, do it.

[00:15:12] One Bm's, one Bm.

[00:15:13] Bad flash, bad flash.

[00:15:15] Bc.

[00:15:16] Don't move, come on.

[00:15:18] Hello, two mid, we're behind boxes.

[00:15:20] Island.

[00:15:21] Nice.

[00:15:22] We're behind boxes, we're behind boxes.

[00:15:23] Let me handbox

[00:15:26] Do it, do it! Let's go!

[00:15:28] Let's fucking go!

[00:15:29] Momentum, momentum shifted now, they are low on money

[00:15:31] Jacob, Zontek, Skiri, Ganshir, go, Nade stuck, top mid

[00:15:35] Cause it's over, Nade stuck, top mid

[00:15:39] That's fucking stuck

[00:15:42] I will go Palla, Palla

[00:15:43] Palla's one, Palla's one

[00:15:44] Palla's flashing

[00:15:45] Palla's flashing

[00:15:46] Flashing

[00:15:47] I'll break, I'll break

[00:15:48] Flashing lamp

[00:15:49] I'm on the tree, I'm breaking

[00:15:50] I'm dead!

[00:15:51] Come on!

[00:15:52] Bane!

[00:15:53] Shed him!

[00:15:54] Bench dead!

[00:15:55] I'm dead!

[00:15:56] Nice!

[00:15:57] Bench dead!

[00:15:58] Push Bench motherfuckers!

[00:16:00] Did you smoke for your life?

[00:16:06] What?

[00:16:07] I'm saving, I have no...

[00:16:09] Guys help me!

[00:16:10] I have jungle for you.

[00:16:11] I have jungle for you.

[00:16:12] Let's go retake please.

[00:16:14] Yeah, go retake.

[00:16:16] Oh no.

[00:16:17] I'm saving, spawn now.

[00:16:19] I'm on the pipe there

[00:16:21] Wow

[00:16:22] Nice try, nice try

[00:16:24] Okay, boost BFs, mag is coming in frozen BFs, rush BFs

[00:16:27] Let's fight them with the aggressive move now

[00:16:30] Yeah, yeah, yeah, stop being scared

[00:16:32] Step up, guys

[00:16:33] Is he really gone?

[00:16:34] Flash here, right where?

[00:16:35] Flash here

[00:16:37] I don't see mid

[00:16:38] Through right, through right

[00:16:39] Oh my god, HP

[00:16:40] I'm on short

[00:16:41] Be careful

[00:16:42] I killed short

[00:16:43] Oh, whoa

[00:16:44] Push right, push right one

[00:16:45] Finish B

[00:17:16] smoke bro!

[00:17:17] what the hell is that?

[00:17:18] oh my god!

[00:17:19] oh my god!

[00:17:20] oh my god!

[00:17:21] I'm lingsy, good luck!

[00:17:23] I have like 5% left

[00:17:24] I'll make more

[00:17:25] yeah, revil

[00:17:26] revil low, revil low

[00:17:27] what?

[00:17:30] nice

[00:17:31] I need ramp

[00:17:32] nothing man

[00:17:33] under, roci

[00:17:34] sure dead

[00:17:35] nice one

[00:17:36] one close ramp

[00:17:37] one on the left

[00:17:38] one on the left

[00:17:40] step it down

[00:17:42] two top, two top

[00:17:43] left, two top

[00:17:44] I'm gonna kill you

[00:17:46] Two of them are on the right side, one is on the left

[00:17:48] Behind the white one

[00:17:50] One more is on the left

[00:17:51] Oh, they're on the right side, fuck

[00:17:52] I'll kill them, I'll kill them

[00:17:55] I'll kill them

[00:17:56] It's sneaky

[00:17:57] I'll kill them

[00:17:58] Nice

[00:17:59] Put it up

[00:18:00] I'll push up

[00:18:01] Don't want to push up for me

[00:18:02] Nice Jesus, instead of smoke

[00:18:04] What?

[00:18:05] You don't decide what I buy, son takes

[00:18:07] Okay

[00:18:38] One under, I'll take B ups.

[00:18:40] Who knows the spokes?

[00:18:41] I'll do it, I'll do it.

[00:18:42] One is the spokesman.

[00:18:43] I'll do both, I'll do both.

[00:18:44] Okay, okay.

[00:18:45] I'm gonna start in 5 guys.

[00:18:50] I will break.

[00:18:54] I will break.

[00:18:55] Oh, flash, flash.

[00:18:56] Flash dead, I killed flash.

[00:18:57] Flash dead.

[00:18:58] Flash dead.

[00:18:59] Oh, oh, oh, oh.

[00:19:00] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

[00:19:01] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

[00:19:02] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

[00:19:03] Last two, last two.

[00:19:04] No, three left.

[00:19:05] I'm planting this.

[00:19:06] Two left, two left.

[00:19:07] Two go three, stairs

[00:19:08] Three with you, three with you

[00:19:10] I'm hiding, I'm hiding

[00:19:11] You're here

[00:19:12] We can move together

[00:19:13] Can we peek jungle together?

[00:19:14] One?

[00:19:15] We can peek jungle

[00:19:16] Can we peek?

[00:19:16] One peek out, one peek out

[00:19:17] We can stairs

[00:19:18] Let's stairs

[00:19:19] We can peek jungle now

[00:19:20] I'm here, I'm here

[00:19:21] He's gone, he's gone

[00:19:22] He's gone, he's gone

[00:19:24] I'm peeking on jungle

[00:19:25] One is in the corner, one, two, three

[00:19:27] I'm on the corner

[00:19:28] There he is, there he is

[00:19:30] Dark is low

[00:19:31] No situation

[00:19:32] Nice!

[00:19:34] Nice

[00:19:35] Nice clutch guys.

[00:19:37] Do you have scar someone?

[00:19:41] It's over.

[00:19:43] No sky, no sky.

[00:19:45] Really deep ramp.

[00:19:47] I'm trying.

[00:19:49] Nice opening.

[00:19:51] One close, one close.

[00:19:53] Two pallos, two pallos.

[00:19:55] One B.

[00:19:57] I can't, I'm from behind.

[00:19:59] He's coming back for pallos.

[00:20:01] One more pallos.

[00:20:03] One must be up guys. Close, come on.

[00:20:05] Ah, big leg, I kill, I kill, I kill.

[00:20:08] You have flash from it?

[00:20:09] I don't have it. I'm just scared.

[00:20:11] Shared one?

[00:20:12] Yeah, he was.

[00:20:13] I can, I'm in she's chair guys and I pick mid.

[00:20:16] You can trade me.

[00:20:17] I can take as well.

[00:20:18] Stop with the straight, straight side.

[00:20:20] I'm with you.

[00:20:21] You're under, I can't.

[00:20:23] I'm scared of.

[00:20:24] I'm going back.

[00:20:25] We need info, we need info. I do push TV.

[00:20:29] I smoke off.

[00:20:30] He's have time from B, he's have time from B, okay?

[00:20:33] I'm from B, I'm from B

[00:20:35] Okay, hold B, hold B and go push A

[00:20:39] B under now

[00:20:40] I'm going to take shadow

[00:20:41] Nice, nice

[00:20:42] I'm going B

[00:20:44] I don't need the same guy

[00:20:47] I'm holding back, ish

[00:20:50] I'm holding back anymore

[00:20:52] B, fuck

[00:20:53] He's here, I know

[00:20:54] Nice, nice

[00:20:56] Two more

[00:20:57] I'm going to jump guys

[00:20:58] Two more rounds, it's easier

[00:21:00] listen listen smoke window top mid and inside con smoke window top in the

[00:21:04] inside one this two guys come with me everybody else go A we're gonna go into

[00:21:07] the con smoke you guys pop A we're gonna go through the con smoke okay you go

[00:21:11] Give me more, give me more, I'm still here.

[00:21:13] I'm going to push.

[00:21:15] Can you swing back? Go first.

[00:21:17] We're pushing, we're pushing!

[00:21:19] We can go.

[00:21:21] We're pushing, we're pushing.

[00:21:23] We're going to push.

[00:21:25] We're going to push.

[00:21:27] Jungle, jungle, jungle, come.

[00:21:29] One more, one more.

[00:21:31] What's that?

[00:21:33] Sandwich.

[00:21:35] What?

[00:21:37] What's that?

[00:21:39] One tap, I have to fish land.

[00:21:41] Flush 60, let's go.

[00:21:44] Magic, stop this block!

[00:21:47] I do a shield.

[00:21:49] He can very big houseguests.

[00:21:50] I do a shield, I do a shield.

[00:21:54] Mirage, Mirage, Mirage, Mirage, Mirage, Mirage!

[00:21:57] Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb!

[00:21:59] Mirage, Mirage, Mirage, Mirage, Mirage!

[00:22:01] Bulk him, Bulk him!

[00:22:04] How do I-

[00:22:05] B-up!

[00:22:06] B-up's last.

[00:22:09] Yuri!

[00:22:10] Alright, go Zera style, wait guys.

[00:22:12] Wait, I do 9th kill, alright.

[00:22:14] 9th, 9th, 9th.

[00:22:17] Oh.

[00:22:18] No.

[00:22:19] He's holding.

[00:22:20] You can win this.

[00:22:21] Nice shot.

[00:22:22] Nice.

[00:22:23] He's in comeback, guys.

[00:22:24] Easy.

[00:22:25] 24.

[00:22:26] Let's go, Pirash, no?

[00:22:27] I like to be yours as a 4-car.

[00:22:29] I like to take the left side.

[00:22:31] Guys, what the fuck, guys?

[00:22:33] Where's the world?

[00:22:34] I need some man.

[00:22:35] Take it, take it, take it.

[00:22:36] One more!

[00:22:37] Deny? Deny? Hello?

[00:22:39] No, deny?

[00:22:41] I'm not going to the moon

[00:22:43] I don't want to

[00:22:45] It's a bad call guys, I'm not captain

[00:22:47] It's okay

[00:22:53] Hey you guys are watching

[00:22:55] Bad call

[00:22:57] Why don't you cancel?

[00:22:59] You saw them being 4 on beatle

[00:23:01] Don't be a king

[00:23:03] Go, go, go

[00:23:05] Under

[00:23:06] Live, live, live!

[00:23:08] You're running back

[00:23:11] What the fuck? How is this possible?

[00:23:13] Nice

[00:23:14] Who helped people?

[00:23:17] Two stairs, under stairs, bench, firebox, in front of firebox

[00:23:20] One in front of terrace, one sandwich, one at the corner

[00:23:23] I just see you smoking, relax!

[00:23:24] Where are you smoking?

[00:23:28] I really smoked

[00:23:29] You guys ready?

[00:23:30] Yeah, I did

[00:23:31] Good guy

[00:23:32] Yeah, dude, dude

[00:23:33] I'm not sure if I can do it.

[00:23:35] I'm not sure if I can do it.

[00:23:37] I'm not sure if I can do it.

[00:23:39] Go kill ramp!

[00:23:41] Keep going!

[00:23:43] There's somebody smoking!

[00:23:45] Go! Go! Go!

[00:23:47] There's one!

[00:23:53] How did they know?

[00:23:55] How did they know?

[00:23:57] Why did you smoke ramp?

[00:23:59] I don't know.

[00:24:01] I'm playing with 5% loss the entire time

[00:24:08] It's fine, it's fine.

[00:24:10] No problem for you.

[00:24:12] I flash behind you.

[00:24:14] Don't do this if we don't smoke window!

[00:24:17] No, I can't.

[00:24:19] I'm going to flash five times.

[00:24:21] I do flash guys, D.

[00:24:23] Flash, flash.

[00:24:24] Boom, boom.

[00:24:26] He's going to be.

[00:24:27] Go push.

[00:24:28] He's calling, go back guys.

[00:24:29] Yeah, I go back, I'm okay.

[00:24:31] Yes.

[00:24:32] I go back A.

[00:24:33] Short down.

[00:24:34] Underground I think.

[00:24:35] Underground.

[00:24:36] Nice, Sigurd, you're so good at this.

[00:24:38] I'm pretty good at this.

[00:24:40] Under, right in the right side.

[00:24:42] Nice, nice.

[00:24:44] I got lost, don't be.

[00:24:46] Nice guys.

[00:24:48] We're shooting in.

[00:24:50] I'm flashing.

[00:24:52] I'm flashing in the back.

[00:24:54] Flash flash.

[00:24:56] Watch out, man.

[00:24:58] Watch out, man.

[00:25:00] Watch out, man.

[00:25:02] Con one.

[00:25:04] I think end of window

[00:25:06] I'm planning B

[00:25:08] What do you mean planning B?

[00:25:12] B clear

[00:25:14] Watch out guys

[00:25:16] I'm down on the gun

[00:25:18] Window right side

[00:25:20] Window there

[00:25:22] Sandwich

[00:25:24] Jungle

[00:25:26] Kitchen clear

[00:25:28] Mark is coming

[00:25:30] One more

[00:25:34] You got this!

[00:25:35] Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

[00:25:37] Fuck this!

[00:25:38] What the fuck?

[00:25:39] What the fuck?

[00:25:40] What the fuck?

[00:25:41] Fuck this!

[00:25:42] Yeah, just a little!

[00:25:44] Hi!

[00:25:45] Hi, guys!

[00:25:46] Who's Molly?

[00:25:47] Who's Molly?

[00:25:48] Mexico?

[00:25:49] Mexico!

[00:25:50] Mexico!

[00:25:51] What happened there?

[00:25:52] That was a nice, nice guy!

[00:25:54] I'm Molly!

[00:25:55] I'm on the window, I'm on the window!

[00:25:56] Molly on the window, guys!

[00:25:57] She broke my door!

[00:25:58] I'm so good, I'm so good!

[00:25:59] Peace, peace, peace, peace!

[00:26:00] One more shot, one more shot!

[00:26:02] Nice!

[00:26:03] I got a bomb.

[00:26:05] I got a bomb.

[00:26:07] I got a bomb.

[00:26:09] I'm not in the kitchen.

[00:26:11] The power is low.

[00:26:13] I must have.

[00:26:15] I'm dead.

[00:26:17] I'm dead.

[00:26:19] Good job.

[00:26:21] One guy hold A-Lug.

[00:26:23] Not bomb.

[00:26:25] Oh.

[00:26:27] We leave one B-Lug after rushing on the gun.

[00:26:29] Let's go.

[00:26:31] I just have to smoke

[00:26:33] No no no

[00:26:35] Take under take under

[00:26:37] One more short

[00:26:39] Two short

[00:26:41] Bring it at this

[00:26:43] 1hp go out, take guys

[00:26:45] Out the window

[00:26:47] One without B

[00:26:49] One without B

[00:26:51] One is dead

[00:26:53] I have B

[00:26:55] Kill Tandu together guys

[00:26:57] I want Tetris ult I think

[00:26:59] I'm on my way

[00:27:01] Nice

[00:27:02] What's B?

[00:27:03] I'm on mid

[00:27:04] I'm on mid

[00:27:05] I'm on mid

[00:27:06] I'm on mid

[00:27:07] I'm on mid

[00:27:10] I can fake A with 4 more guys

[00:27:12] We're fake neighbors

[00:27:13] I don't fake A

[00:27:15] I don't fake A

[00:27:16] I'll safe out with them, good spawn

[00:27:17] Reds are safe mid

[00:27:19] Don't come back, come back now guys

[00:27:21] We're still on A

[00:27:23] Push one under, push one under

[00:27:26] I'll hold TV, I'll hold TV

[00:27:28] Get under.

[00:27:30] We can do this.

[00:27:32] Back to B.

[00:27:34] One bench.

[00:27:36] Out call.

[00:27:38] One more.

[00:27:40] One more.

[00:27:42] One more.

[00:27:44] Flashy.

[00:27:46] Three.

[00:27:48] One default.

[00:27:50] One default.

[00:27:52] I'm dead.

[00:27:54] Let's go!

[00:27:56] Oh my god!

[00:27:58] Oh my god!

[00:28:00] Bro, the comms are insane, bro!

[00:28:02] Bro, if we did it together, Vitality had no chance!

[00:28:04] See you guys!

[00:28:06] Let's go!

[00:28:08] Let's go!

[00:28:10] We need only 10 players to be with us, I guess.

[00:28:20] Sons of Gaven!

[00:28:22] I am Chad Bertul.

[00:28:24] Chadbertula's 30k elo. Yes, I've heard.

[00:28:29] Fragg's got a hundredth, and if he were here, he'd consume these cunts with mollies

[00:28:34] from spawn and spraydowns from his arse.

[00:28:36] I am Chadbertula, and I see a whole squad of my countrymen here.

[00:28:43] Indefiance. You've come to Fragg as legit men, free men, and free men you are.

[00:28:50] Will you let these cheaters take that from you, or will you Fragg?

[00:28:53] Frag. Against that? Hell.

[00:28:55] No. We will surrender and go next.

[00:28:58] Aye. Stay in you, mate Tilts.

[00:29:00] Give up and re-queue in a while.

[00:29:03] Dying to the next cheaters a few games from now.

[00:29:05] Would you be willing to trade all those rounds?

[00:29:08] From this game to that. For one chance.

[00:29:10] Just one chance.

[00:29:12] To come back here and tell these cheating fucks

[00:29:15] that they may take our reload.

[00:29:16] But they'll never take our freedom!

[00:29:23] Yeah, go next.

[00:29:53] All right, all right, let's do this.

[00:30:23] There ain't nothin' sweeter than a semi-final Saturday, especially when we're welcoming

[00:30:27] you back to Stockholm and back to another installment of ES Opera League in its 23rd

[00:30:32] season.

[00:30:33] My name's Freya.

[00:30:34] I've got Dingo, Moses and Sponge up here to be opening up the show yesterday.

[00:30:37] That was pretty nuts, Chad.

[00:30:39] Which part?

[00:30:40] The last two games.

[00:30:41] I don't know.

[00:30:42] I didn't know where it was starting.

[00:30:43] I was like, the Mongols fans been here at 10am in the morning, which was pretty nuts

[00:30:46] to me.

[00:30:47] That was cool.

[00:30:48] I couldn't believe the turnout to start off the day on a Friday.

[00:30:49] I'm like, definitely left work.

[00:30:50] I thought it was only us who get to go.

[00:30:51] And they were there until the end of the day as well.

[00:30:53] That's true, they did come back, right?

[00:30:54] So then there was some RG barging between Legacy and Aurora fans.

[00:30:58] They were actually yelling shit at each other throughout.

[00:31:00] I couldn't see that coming, yeah.

[00:31:02] That was happening. But then, yeah, the final two results,

[00:31:04] that was the exciting part of the day.

[00:31:06] I think the bigger upset, right, is the spirit lock.

[00:31:09] Yes, definitely.

[00:31:10] But the one that I enjoyed more was the footwind.

[00:31:13] Yes.

[00:31:13] And that is maybe because I'm a bit of a mouse hater.

[00:31:17] Hey, it's fair enough.

[00:31:18] It's okay.

[00:31:18] also was more of a game I would say I don't think the last game really felt

[00:31:23] like a game no that that was weird that was an

[00:31:25] Astralis like overperformance a felt combined with a spirit under

[00:31:28] performance always down playing this already he's down playing this is

[00:31:33] already here for a me Chad I'm a benevolent winner I think the smugness

[00:31:37] it was just I could be healing we need to get this out of the way early I don't

[00:31:41] know we need to get it out of the way now what can we do I'm sorry should we

[00:31:46] We've got some great questions. I'm going to continue with another great question. Apparently you go doesn't like this one. So you guys have to answer this next one.

[00:32:04] Hugo doesn't like it. Yeah, allegedly. I don't know.

[00:32:06] allegedly, I don't know.

[00:32:08] Is it with hands?

[00:32:09] Yo, maybe.

[00:32:11] He does a bit touchy about his hands.

[00:32:12] I don't know what the actual question is,

[00:32:13] but I heard Kigo wasn't a fan.

[00:32:15] OK.

[00:32:15] He is getting sensitive about his hands as the years go on.

[00:32:18] Hey, guys.

[00:32:19] Settle at HLTV debate for us.

[00:32:21] Will you?

[00:32:21] I guess we have to.

[00:32:23] You've been here for a long time, seeing both the areas.

[00:32:25] Both the areas.

[00:32:26] There are just two, apparently.

[00:32:27] Pick one.

[00:32:28] Oh.

[00:32:28] It's between prime Zitniks and prime Mezzi.

[00:32:30] Well, I think I am excluded from this course.

[00:32:32] Yeah, you definitely are.

[00:32:33] We already know your answer.

[00:32:34] Interesting comparison.

[00:32:36] It's two players who are kind of known for different facets in the game, right, Zipix

[00:32:39] for clutching, Mezzie for just being a strong anchor player.

[00:32:42] Also has some clutchability in there.

[00:32:43] I think for me, I'm partial to really strong anchor players, so I enjoy Prime Mezzie, but

[00:32:47] I think, you know, Zipix clutching is unbelievable back in the day.

[00:32:51] Mezzie doesn't have a cool nickname yet.

[00:32:53] No, he doesn't.

[00:32:54] We had Clutch Minister.

[00:32:55] Yeah, exactly.

[00:32:56] Yeah, we can get him one.

[00:32:57] Yeah, so that's the problem.

[00:32:59] He needs a cool nickname first.

[00:33:01] And then we might be able to measure, because obviously the accolades we're starting to

[00:33:04] get there.

[00:33:05] In the modern game, I think I agree with your sentiment. I appreciate what Messi's doing more

[00:33:10] Yeah, robs is kind of the clutch guy on vitality. It's not really messy

[00:33:14] Whereas it was the anchor guy and the clutch guy in a way, so I think I'm cooking something here. Okay. What's what's

[00:33:21] Mezzi's name William. Okay. What's his role anchor? Oh

[00:33:26] I see what you're doing there, right?

[00:33:28] Back yeah, yeah, we'll you man come that yeah

[00:33:35] Another layer of this that I'm not getting yeah, Wanker. Yeah

[00:33:39] Yeah, you got it. That's Henry's nickname funny funny guys

[00:33:45] Well, I guess we're by committee we're saying Massey I don't want to have a HRTV forum sure why not it's too early in the morning

[00:33:51] Yeah, it's literally three o'clock the morning somewhere. It's morning gamer morning. Yeah

[00:33:56] Yeah, in a way. Okay, so we didn't answer your question. I'll say Mezzi. You'll say Mezzi.

[00:34:00] Yeah, sure. Yeah, Mezzi. Don't make me do it. Zipix has to get one vote. We can't. He

[00:34:06] has to get one vote. He deserves that. I'll take Zipix for the one vote. For the one vote

[00:34:10] that he deserves to have for his time, for the clutch minister, for that era.

[00:34:14] Can I put it this way? I've had better conversations with Mezzi. Yeah, I've had better conversations

[00:34:18] with Mezzi as well. So from that front, maybe I'll give it to Mezzi. That's fun. It wasn't

[00:34:22] enough yesterday for miles to get through as well as it takes help so yeah I did see I did see I did see zip in the lobby

[00:34:29] I wonder if you have a conversation with him. No conversation. It seems like a bit of a quiet guy

[00:34:35] It's hard to have a conversation with players and teams after they get eliminated from even before sometimes

[00:34:39] Yeah, even I want to ruin the you know what they're mojo there. Yeah, you don't get in the way

[00:34:43] You don't know what their system is leading into a game. Yeah, and I often wonder do they think we're cold

[00:34:48] You know because when I see them I just want to like do not or just say I don't want to get stuck

[00:34:52] What if I ruin some expression? Yeah, I would love to chat with you, man, but I know you got a game in like two hours

[00:34:57] I don't know if you're trying to vibe by yourself if you're mentally prepared

[00:35:00] You're in a whole different world right now. It's a good. It's a good question

[00:35:02] Do you want to do the mouse conversation now or can we get through the rest of the biggest losers of yesterday?

[00:35:06] Yeah, they are they are here's the bracket shows how bad of a loser they actually want to tell you what though

[00:35:12] Once mouse loss, it's it's nice that spirit lost as well because now we can have teams that feel a little bit more evenly

[00:35:18] If it was like one of them wanted the other one lost then we'd just feel like there was a lopsided bracket. Oh, yeah

[00:35:23] Let's lose both good teams

[00:35:26] I'm saying if it's gonna happen you might as well lose both. Can I ask a question to the couch?

[00:35:30] Well, there's Olaf. Oh

[00:35:34] Probably though the Zoe booth is just down there, so I think Geron's gonna be here as well

[00:35:38] Yeah, I heard about that. Yeah, and go and find them

[00:35:41] Really?

[00:35:43] a photo. Yes, it sure is. And I think Wally would be down there as well, but for the

[00:35:47] recent gen, they probably don't know Wally. Don't appreciate Wally. You can do a segment

[00:35:52] later. Okay, perfect. That's what I'm hoping for. The way of Wally. Ancient Swedes. The

[00:35:56] question I have for the group. Yeah, go on. Does everyone agree with this statement before

[00:36:01] the playoff started that it was mouths and spirits? Yes. A vent to lose? 100%. Yes. Okay.

[00:36:08] So I'm glad we're all on both sides. Opposite sides of the bracket, it was meant to be.

[00:36:11] It's meant to be those two tussling out.

[00:36:13] So I was taking a look at this, right?

[00:36:15] It's the two highest-rated teams in the Plashford Mousetown Spirit.

[00:36:17] Mongols, Navi and Aurora, this is like, I'm based off of my top, mental top 10.

[00:36:21] Sure.

[00:36:22] Because we have VRS.

[00:36:22] Yes, we have a bunch of top 10s.

[00:36:24] Mongols, Navi and Aurora were towards the tail end of the top 10, right?

[00:36:27] Someone between like seven and 10 around there, for those of you who want to place them.

[00:36:31] Fort and Australis were somewhere between like 12 and 20.

[00:36:35] Yeah.

[00:36:35] And then you had Legacy who were outside of the top 20.

[00:36:38] Yes.

[00:36:38] And so those are the teams that, you know, in the way it was in my mind.

[00:36:41] So the fact that neither Spirit or Mounds were able to make it past the quarterfinals into a semi,

[00:36:47] those are both catastrophic losses.

[00:36:49] Those are, those are massive losses.

[00:36:51] For Mounds, we were banging on all throughout the start of the year.

[00:36:54] When is it going to change?

[00:36:54] Is it going to change?

[00:36:55] Just keep losing to Vitality.

[00:36:56] Same on story.

[00:36:57] Now they're losing to Foot in a quarterfinal.

[00:37:00] What, what are we doing?

[00:37:01] Which really begs the question for me, gentlemen, who is going to win?

[00:37:05] Who are we predicting to win the entire tournament?

[00:37:08] We've got a slot each to be really putting our money where our mouth is Jason. You were incredibly good at this yesterday. So

[00:37:15] I'm going to stop.

[00:37:17] Oh, which team wins?

[00:37:20] Shit, I'm going to take

[00:37:22] Of the teams remaining in the event. I think I have the most faith in Navi being able to actually pull it through

[00:37:29] I think I like the tactical angle. I think they're a well put together team

[00:37:32] I think they're playing well Macaulay with the performance. He's happening. I think not be performing well

[00:37:37] I think map pool is going to be an issue for all these teams as we get deeper into it is some more than other obviously

[00:37:42] But I feel like Navi

[00:37:43] I have the most confidence in seeing a level out of them and seeing them maintain it through the playoffs through the semi-finals and final

[00:37:48] I'm going to go to the straw less winning it just with the way they were playing yesterday

[00:37:51] They look so good foes. He's having some great form everybody's gonna come into the playoffs in a good mood

[00:37:56] It seems like Ryu a good strong performance

[00:37:58] I think the issue of Rio up when I seen him earlier in the year was maybe he would be a little bit nervous at times

[00:38:03] You just feel and it feels like a good performance yesterday. Hopefully gets that off the way

[00:38:07] Yeah, so I've got a strollers going into this playoffs against Aurora team that is susceptible to choking and disappearing the playoffs

[00:38:13] I feel like a straws could get into the final and sure I think both teams on the other side are very beatable for a straws

[00:38:18] Honestly though a straws versus foot final another a straws foot game, but this time a grand final

[00:38:24] Oh, yeah, that'd be kind of fun

[00:38:25] I think you guys make a foesie saying like in he said it on Twitter and he said it in an interview in both times

[00:38:30] Like I had a life game right when you make it back bro. You want to keep having life games. Yeah, I mean this is the bar

[00:38:36] Yeah, that that that wants to be the that should be the consistency you're aiming for but I can't really argue with it

[00:38:41] I some of those shots he was hitting like he had like incredible multi-kill just streets

[00:38:44] But like the double leg shot he hit on ancient like at a certain point during the game

[00:38:48] It was just like everything that can go right for Astralis is going right for Astralis

[00:38:52] So fair play to him for recognizing the fact that yeah, he had a good game

[00:38:55] But probably got a bunch of things going his way got a bunch of luck as well

[00:38:58] We were talking to online and it's like, yeah, I got it. He didn't say sucked on Duster, but Duster was

[00:39:02] going to be strong maps and then they end up banging out spirit on that. So look, I think

[00:39:06] Australia's being here. They're showing that this team, because our biggest takeaway for them was,

[00:39:10] oh, Hooksy looks happy. So now they're actually playing well as well. But Freyja, I know you're

[00:39:16] the host of this, but I don't think we can let you go last. Respect underdog. I'm going to go for it.

[00:39:20] Oh, I worked. I'm sold. She's done it. It was crazy. They were back against the wall and they

[00:39:26] managed to get out of it and make mouths with like foals.

[00:39:29] That's fair. Yeah, that was the question that we posed yesterday was, can foot actually respond if they get hit in the face?

[00:39:34] And they'd responded every time mouths punch back. So, I mean, that was that was super impressive.

[00:39:38] Which leads you to the great option, Chad.

[00:39:39] It is. It is really good that foot eliminated mouse, so we didn't have to watch them lose in the grand final spirit.

[00:39:44] That's really quite nice. It's all been set up perfectly here.

[00:39:47] Now, there we go. This isn't even a joke.

[00:39:49] I don't even, I'm not even kidding. I mean this whole heartedly right now.

[00:39:54] Okay, you're gonna use your chest and I know what you're gonna say. I'm gonna say Aurora

[00:39:59] This isn't even rigged right this is real

[00:40:01] I actually believe it because when they be a strapless today and they're in the ground final against Navi or foot and it's the best of five

[00:40:08] They have dust to and they have a new this and I'm comfortable in both of those the only one that's a concern for me

[00:40:13] He's overpass a little bit worried about their overpass especially since magic yesterday was like yeah

[00:40:18] We had a big talk about our CT side and then they absolutely collapsed after a six or a start on the t-set

[00:40:23] So that was concerning, but I genuinely not even pandering to the fans. Yeah, I got a roar. I'm back in the mix

[00:40:33] Should we kind of you know talked about success obviously a starless looking great, should we

[00:40:41] Yeah

[00:40:44] How bad we're spirit looking obviously a starless were amazing

[00:40:48] Liabolically bad it looks so sad. It was so pathetic. I don't even know

[00:40:54] It was it was so this crazy guys going yeah, there's a 40% chance of an upset

[00:41:01] I'm like, okay, so what grounds at 35 to 40. I just want to get

[00:41:05] The hot with the higher yeah

[00:41:08] I'm sitting there thinking to myself. How are we getting there because you look at the video right?

[00:41:12] That's where I start with these things. I got okay spirit or 100 percent 100 percent

[00:41:16] You did go a whole full 100%.

[00:41:18] But there's a reason that Dust2 should be a gimme, right?

[00:41:22] There was six straight wins for this roster with Spirit on Dust2.

[00:41:26] They never lost it. They never lost it.

[00:41:28] And you're going against the Strylers who get picked against them as a punish.

[00:41:31] They played it 11 times. They only went up three times.

[00:41:33] The only teams they beat were 3D Max Payne and...

[00:41:35] Got to run down here. That's how lack of memorable it was.

[00:41:38] We're heroic.

[00:41:40] Those are the teams that they're beating on Dust2, right?

[00:41:42] And Fozy, in an interview that we did before he even came to the LAN,

[00:41:45] Yeah, that's not great for me something. Okay, first of all, how are you spur and how are you losing dust?

[00:41:50] And then you go deeper down this rabbit

[00:41:57] No, no, I just think it would be really good for you guys

[00:42:06] Is that something that's gonna be frequenting our home often be a banging yeah

[00:42:15] I'm gonna call him Maccazi because I'm gonna put some respect on his name, on Navi's name, definitely some of the favorites to win the tournament now, as of the results of yesterday, but Maccazi, I think it goes without saying, but there's some little secret saying that you know the team on the other side pretty well?

[00:42:41] I mean, I know them a bit because I've played with them for two years, I think, but they

[00:42:45] change a lot because I love them for seven months now and they're playing good now and

[00:42:52] they change a lot also.

[00:42:53] Well, when you, obviously as former teammates, when you look at where this foot lineup is

[00:42:57] now, what is this foot lineup to you?

[00:42:59] They're all good.

[00:43:01] They just make it in the server, they're making it work.

[00:43:04] How are they making it work?

[00:43:05] Shooting good.

[00:43:06] Feeling good.

[00:43:07] Fair enough.

[00:43:08] Okay, so we saw Foot eliminate Miles yesterday.

[00:43:09] What did you see in that game?

[00:43:10] I mean, I was waiting for that because I knew it's going to happen.

[00:43:15] Really?

[00:43:15] Yes.

[00:43:16] Did you say that's more of a testament to foot or how mouths are currently stature-wise?

[00:43:19] No, I think because of foot.

[00:43:21] Because I thought with Krabino, Krabino was a lot of confidence that they would beat them and I was believing him.

[00:43:27] So, we come into today's matchup against foot.

[00:43:29] What can you tell me about the map veto, how it all came apart?

[00:43:32] I think it's Mirage, Ancient and Dust.

[00:43:35] They pick Mirage, we pick Ancient and this other is Dust.

[00:43:38] So, let's see what's going to happen.

[00:43:40] All right, Mikazi final words anything you want to tell his fault. No, I mean outside of server

[00:43:45] We're gonna be friends today in server. No turns. I love that and that's why we love kind of straight. Thank you. Mikazi. Thank you

[00:43:52] Foot keep doing it they keep putting one foot in front of the other one moving forward in this bracket

[00:43:57] Yeah, I know I got myself on that one too. Cool. Yo, how we feeling today? It's a new day. It's a Saturday. It's a semi-final day

[00:44:03] It's a good day. We feel good nothing special

[00:44:06] A normal day, yeah, I mean it does make sense.

[00:44:10] So once upon a time this team behind us was Na'vi Junior, is that correct?

[00:44:15] Yes, it is.

[00:44:16] We were Na'vi Junior.

[00:44:18] Like we miss Macca's a little bit, but we are foot, not Na'vi Junior anymore.

[00:44:22] I saw it everywhere Na'vi Junior and I think the foot organization don't like that much.

[00:44:27] Of course, but in terms of storytelling, you know, we can do it for that.

[00:44:30] I totally understand there's an idea there of being a brand, being your own team.

[00:44:35] When you guys were Na'Vi Junior, did you ever practice against the main Na'Vi team?

[00:44:38] Was there ever a practice schedule where you guys set up to do scrims a lot?

[00:44:41] What was that?

[00:44:42] Yeah, we were practicing a lot, I just checked it today to be honest, the results we played

[00:44:46] but it was always like either we beat them so bad or either they beat us so bad.

[00:44:51] So it was always like someone beat the other easily.

[00:44:55] It's no in-between ground, it's always just a one-way, okay, well you know everyone looks

[00:44:59] forward to those matches I guess unless you're losing.

[00:45:02] So this game though, when examining Navi, what weaknesses or strengths do you see coming

[00:45:06] into today's game?

[00:45:07] I think our biggest fire, like our biggest good thing in this team is the firepower.

[00:45:15] I think we definitely, one of the best shooter team in the world, I can say that.

[00:45:20] I don't think someone can overcome us, like in terms of firepower to Bönös, if you have

[00:45:25] a good day, and if the players are feeling comfortable and they can play without the pressure.

[00:45:30] I think their weak point is that they are mentally not the stable team, I can say that.

[00:45:37] I think if we start the game good, they will get in their head and then I think we can

[00:45:43] beat them.

[00:45:44] But I think their strong part is the game plan as I said previously.

[00:45:47] I think Blade is a smart coach.

[00:45:49] Probably he was preparing heavily for this game and he was trying to find our weak point

[00:45:54] but it's not easy.

[00:45:57] Doesn't seem easy.

[00:45:58] One in the world is trying to look at Ft's weak points at this point because they keep

[00:46:01] going.

[00:46:02] The last one I'm going to have for you is this.

[00:46:04] You guys weren't supposed to win yesterday, right?

[00:46:05] And that's not a scripting thing.

[00:46:07] That's just kind of how the world said that Ft was not supposed to be Maus.

[00:46:11] After winning that game, what happens to the pressure for Ft?

[00:46:14] What does it feel like now?

[00:46:15] Like to be honest, I just say to the players that it was a good win.

[00:46:18] We played good.

[00:46:19] Like finally, we can understand that we can beat the big teams in the world.

[00:46:23] We already beat Furia.

[00:46:24] We beat Maus in front of the crowd.

[00:46:26] So it's just a good thing.

[00:46:27] We need to get the confidence, but I told them, like, it doesn't mean that today we're going to win.

[00:46:32] Like, we can still lose. We are the underdog team, like, they are the better team.

[00:46:36] So we just try to play our game again, and then there is no pressure on us.

[00:46:40] We just try to show ourself and whatever will happen, we will just make sure that we are better, better, better.

[00:46:48] That's the plan.

[00:46:49] Cool. Yeah. Thank you so much for your time.

[00:46:50] Thank you. Thank you.

[00:46:52] A very exciting way to be starting off semi-final Saturday because you got foot taken on Navi.

[00:46:57] of course, Chad, there's a lot of history between some of these players, even Launc saying yesterday

[00:47:02] the fact that they're going up against Navi, he wasn't even on Navi Academy, it's more about

[00:47:05] his teammates going up against Mekaze, which is really exciting when players actually acknowledge

[00:47:10] that, right? Yeah, so just for the people who are uninitiated, Mekaze got promoted up to the main

[00:47:14] roster in Navi after jail, decided to step away in the middle of last year, and then that put

[00:47:20] Navi Junior adrift, right? They were released from the organization, they were able to search

[00:47:24] They got picked up by foot and they actually picked up Masuta before they found Longs.

[00:47:29] So there was Masuta there before Longs came in, but Longs has been there for about six months.

[00:47:32] And Mikazi's been over at Navi for about eight.

[00:47:34] And these guys still have a pretty good relationship.

[00:47:36] That's Mikazi and the foot guys, right?

[00:47:38] I remember seeing them in Krakow.

[00:47:39] They're all in the lobby hanging out, having a chat.

[00:47:41] So there's a strong relationship there.

[00:47:43] And you can understand why, right?

[00:47:44] I was taking a look at some of the figures today.

[00:47:46] This foot quartet, right?

[00:47:48] So not including Mikazi.

[00:47:50] in the middle of 2024 up until

[00:47:57] now have played 526 maps

[00:48:00] together. You look at the

[00:48:02] Navi Quartet, right? There's

[00:48:04] has only been 391 maps. That's

[00:48:06] from late 2023. So just shows

[00:48:08] you the grinding that the

[00:48:10] Academy now foot roster have

[00:48:12] been doing over the years, and

[00:48:13] it's exciting to see foot. Take

[00:48:14] another step right there. No

[00:48:16] pun there at all, but this team

[00:48:17] they've been on the radar from

[00:48:18] late last year when they became

[00:48:20] And by taking down mouths on the stage like Coolio said and now they're really really in the hot seat to see what these young guns can

[00:48:26] Deliver at such a young edge. That's not I didn't realize it was that yeah, that's actually that's actually really cool

[00:48:31] That's like a new generation of players that are kind of filtering up

[00:48:34] I love how long so we're first to himself was like the older guy

[00:48:37] I'm 20 like come on. Yeah, like that shows

[00:48:43] He is the old guy in terms of experience like in terms of the competitive experience

[00:48:47] So I mean UK that's that's a pretty big deal for this team

[00:48:49] And he's clearly taken up a pretty big role in terms of being not like a hard figure a soul figure that gets these guys driven

[00:48:54] So his performance here and just the way he holds and carries himself in interviews

[00:48:57] I think from the outside seems like an incredible presence for this team

[00:49:01] Sprouts one that stands out the most there right because this was back at the real major

[00:49:07] And that's when we were starting to have conversations about the potential he was showing right yeah, and look to come from a

[00:49:12] a region like Romania where very few good players are at least getting the opportunity on the main

[00:49:17] set image the other right so you do get that unique head-to-head with Emma on one side and that of

[00:49:22] longs on the other so today's matchup I think it's set for fire as cool as interview is quite

[00:49:26] interesting right we're saying there you know the essentially a paraphrasing keep it saying now be

[00:49:29] mentally weak right yeah if we have a good that's something to say about your old your old boys

[00:49:35] but the unique thing here is and this is his counter strike develops and grows right Academy

[00:49:40] teams. They've kind of had two ways. Remember the old Academy teams back in the day. This

[00:49:43] is like a 2017, 2018. They didn't last very long. Then they went and then Academy teams

[00:49:46] came again and they've become something, especially with the WePlay Academy and then

[00:49:50] they've been sticking around a bit more. The fact that you had a prac partner that you

[00:49:53] never had to play in tournaments because you couldn't, right? You couldn't have a team

[00:49:57] in the same organization playing in the same event. They were just a prac partners. So

[00:50:00] the fact that they have so much history against one another, it's a game where if you're

[00:50:03] played and Alexa, you go in, you can try certain things that, you know, you'd be bounding

[00:50:07] to use in official games. It's a very unique scenario that I don't think too many times

[00:50:11] we've found ourselves in. That's why this is highly anticipated.

[00:50:13] And I think the other side of that is was, is Mikaze getting removed from this team. You

[00:50:16] think it's the end of that roster. You think it's a big blow. You lose Mikaze. The organization

[00:50:21] drops you. It actually turned out to be the biggest blessing they could have had because

[00:50:24] they wouldn't be able to ever come to events like this.

[00:50:26] Yes.

[00:50:27] They were still playing under the Na'Vi banner. So they've shown that they're ready for this

[00:50:29] level already. And I mean, I feel like they could beat Na'Vi today, which would be one

[00:50:34] hell of a story.

[00:50:35] I don't think I mean both these games it can go can go either way today. I'm still taking Navi

[00:50:38] I think I like the extra organization because I think if you look at foot

[00:50:41] I think one of the problems and this was kind of answered against mouths of sent

[00:50:44] Can you respond to the punchers and they did but I think for a team this young and this new coming up?

[00:50:48] It's always like the second layer of tactics

[00:50:50] It's always like the plan B that you don't have right if the first one gets stopped

[00:50:53] And I think Navi I have that faith in blade to be able to game plan something to take away the things

[00:50:58] They like to do the aggressive nature the trading nature the brawling nature that put bring out

[00:51:02] I'm sure blade was also looking at a lot of these guys games like when he was trying to figure out who are they going to replace

[00:51:07] JL with you know looking at games looking at the balls, etc. And the practice

[00:51:10] So, you know the thing that sort of had coming into this season's people are unfamiliar with the roster and they can catch you off guard

[00:51:16] Whereas not becoming there's no exactly what they're going up again a little bit of an Achilles heel. I would say

[00:51:22] Obviously with thank you

[00:51:24] It's not a one-for-one with JL in that sense right because yeah position slightly shifted across right and MacCasey

[00:51:29] He's the highest rated player of this stage. Now when you say that there's only been one match played football in his team

[00:51:35] So you have to take that with a grain of salt as well as you have to take those online results the same way

[00:51:40] But he was an absolute monster yesterday and when I did the post game interview I said to him

[00:51:43] Okay, so you want played to pick ancient every time and he goes yeah

[00:51:46] And that won't be a problem today, right? You will be able to pick ancient against foot

[00:51:49] It's a map they play and I think we're in for quite a brawly map pool because in furna and overpass in the respective

[00:51:55] Bands for both of these teams. I know I'm getting a little bit ahead of myself

[00:51:58] But I think it's a bit more cut and dry in where we're going to see this one go the boys over at foot

[00:52:02] They love mirage. Yes, so I didn't want to see ancient mirage and then the third and decider

[00:52:06] Could be new or a dust to work. Yeah, right. So it's finding yourself somewhere there

[00:52:10] It just depends on who's going to get that final fan, right?

[00:52:12] So just to see how it all ends up in this one

[00:52:14] but if Mikazi can keep up that form it's going to be curious right because

[00:52:18] He has that relationship. They're very friendly, but now you need to beat them

[00:52:21] Yeah, it's so yeah, but there's gonna be a lot of pride in this game which makes it fun, right?

[00:52:24] Like you heard long say even the other day like when he won he was here with a given interview with HLTV

[00:52:29] Where he was just like yeah, mouse beat us in clues

[00:52:30] I've been waiting for revenge for this and he's like now this lights clean now or even and I like that

[00:52:34] I like that kind of a vibe of being like these guys eliminated me last time in my hometown now

[00:52:38] I'm gonna eliminate them in Berlin's hometown and it's gonna be even from here

[00:52:41] But now you have the garage match against the former the former teammates, which is which is also an awesome angle

[00:52:46] Think to your point about Academy teams to it's it's guys like mccasey. I think that have like made this new generation of Academy teams

[00:52:52] more beneficial and prolific because I think more professional teams and players now have faith that the younger guys can compete.

[00:53:00] Actually do it, yeah.

[00:53:01] There's actually enough now evidence that the kind of academy players can make that leap and it's not going to be like six months of a dry spell.

[00:53:08] It's going to be there. They seem to be plug and play at some point.

[00:53:11] For me, the reason that it's key is not only do we know that they can shoot, right?

[00:53:15] There's no lack of, you go play face it, everyone can shoot.

[00:53:18] European Counter-Strike is really, really solid top.

[00:53:21] It's about the team understand. Yes, and it's about the time and if you're in an Academy for now the who are grooming plays for the main roster

[00:53:27] You know that they are going to be under a system now. It's interesting that they have different perma bands

[00:53:32] But that I think that both great perma bands out there. I'm happy with

[00:53:37] Getting rid of the two slow maps, right? So it does mean that we are very likely to see a brawl

[00:53:41] You can see the maps discussing their ancient seeming quite likely for now beyond this one and mirage on the other case there

[00:53:47] So yeah, look, I'm excited for this friend. Should we kick it off?

[00:53:51] It's now be taken on foot live from Stockholm.

[00:54:21] It's not this!

[00:54:30] It is time to be getting the teams out on this very stage.

[00:54:33] We begin with Navi, once again back in the semi-finals.

[00:54:36] And I think you're favourite, right?

[00:54:39] Not my favourite for this game, I'm going to go with that.

[00:54:43] But you know, certainly one of my favourite teams, I guess.

[00:54:46] We've got good at the front, one of my favourite players.

[00:54:48] He was looking really good in the group stages.

[00:54:50] I like his aim. She's fantastic for you. And that that is the most important thing today.

[00:54:55] We love players. It's good aim, don't we?

[00:54:56] We love players. It's a good aim. And yeah, you can pick.

[00:54:59] Bit is one of the guys you put at the top of that list.

[00:55:01] Mikasa also showing some off with his performances for Navi.

[00:55:03] But Alexi the brains is also a very nice player to watch kind of instituting this blade system.

[00:55:08] I think Navi's going to come in and look sharp today.

[00:55:11] That's fair.

[00:55:12] I think that their structure is their confidence, right?

[00:55:14] Yes.

[00:55:14] The fact that they know how they're going to be reacting to those mid rounds.

[00:55:17] And they know what they're going up against.

[00:55:18] It's going to be the aggression coming from the other side.

[00:55:20] understand about the pure aim from foot.

[00:55:24] Where's the pressure for foot then?

[00:55:26] That was a question posed by Trish.

[00:55:28] You know, you've got over arguably the biggest hurdle that you were going to be

[00:55:31] expecting that mouse in the quarterfinal doing it handedly.

[00:55:34] What do you think they're feeling right?

[00:55:35] I guess the pressure is possibly the fact that they could actually go all the way

[00:55:38] to the final and it's like realizing that that is now a possibility line in front of you.

[00:55:42] They've shown that you can beat a team like Mous.

[00:55:43] I've gotten all of you in front of you.

[00:55:45] This could actually happen for a foot.

[00:55:46] All of a sudden you can go from not going to these events at all.

[00:55:49] to be in the grand final of ESL Pro League.

[00:55:51] I think the confidence that you would have gained

[00:55:52] from that win over Maus yesterday

[00:55:54] is what they need to really tap into today as well.

[00:55:56] I think it going up against that structure

[00:55:58] that Navi Brings is going to be very difficult,

[00:56:00] but the confidence that they have

[00:56:01] should be able to make them competitive.

[00:56:03] Well, gentlemen, thank you so much for your thoughts.

[00:56:05] It is time to get this show on the road.

[00:56:07] Our first semi-final here in Stockholm,

[00:56:09] Navi versus Furt.

[00:56:19] When Macause was playing for them with Naby Jr. we had practice that always been a super

[00:56:25] solid team. Probably a bit underrated. Super nice to see a young stack like that playing

[00:56:33] so well. The energy they bring with the screams, I think everyone understands that they really

[00:56:38] want to win.

[00:56:39] Exciting to play against them and especially with Macause with us now.

[00:56:49] We didn't face them yet, it's going to be a really good game, everyone is waiting for

[00:56:58] that because if you beat them it's gonna be a big meme that Na'Vi Junior is better than

[00:57:02] Na'Vi.

[00:57:03] I would say their strengths is the game plan, blades, but also the individuals are really

[00:57:11] good but I think the issue for them is that they cannot find consistency in their game.

[00:57:16] Where the snobby it would be a good game, like the players will be hungry for the win.

[00:57:23] So if you lose, nobody will blame us, only them.

[00:57:26] So our confidence level, because of that, is really high.

[00:57:46] 23 seasons of ESL Pro League and we have a Pro League first.

[00:57:54] It is none other than Junior vs. Senior.

[00:57:56] Navi up against what was their Academy roster.

[00:58:00] Mikaze up against his former team.

[00:58:02] There's so much juice on the stage right now and in a semifinal no less.

[00:58:06] We've got Henry G, we've got Sponge, my name's Machine and we're bringing you the action.

[00:58:10] How you doing, Stalker?

[00:58:11] You looking good?

[00:58:12] All right, who's taking this one? Any belief in the underdog? Do you think Flut could do some damage to Na'Vi today?

[00:58:21] Some Na'Vi jerseys out there. We've got the video flying in, Mirage.

[00:58:27] You guys, let's say one of the Brawley map poolchats. It doesn't get much brawlier than that.

[00:58:31] That is going to be definitely something to dine on to start the day.

[00:58:34] Some Rockham, Sockham, Counter-Strike. Flut starting on Mirage as well. They're absolute best map.

[00:58:38] It really is going to set the tone. They said they were hungry coming into this one.

[00:58:41] But I think they have to be ravenous today to make it to the grand final.

[00:58:43] Yeah, big conversation being about the pressure. Well, the way that you set pressure is having expectations.

[00:58:48] So it depends. I thought come in and just said we are continuing to build on this journey that is 2026.

[00:58:54] So in this team, take to the stage or at least the bigger competition.

[00:58:58] Are they just taking it one step at a time or a foot getting ahead of themselves?

[00:59:01] I don't know if they even expected to make it to the semifinals. You know, they probably won.

[00:59:05] expecting walking into that stage against miles that they'd be walking into the next day of play

[00:59:09] What a denko called them the best quarterfinals final team of all time that mouse. Yeah, it's true to see them upset

[00:59:16] I think they are upset with that. I mean a similar

[00:59:19] They needed a wake-up call and that might be the

[00:59:21] I don't know 100% the moment that she changes things to mouse who knows but either way foot have earned that place here going up against another

[00:59:27] Titan of counters drive the organization of now V who are definitely the favorites here, but upsets are on the table

[00:59:32] You know what that sound means, Stockholm?

[00:59:36] Let's get this semi-final started. CT start for Navi, Furt going to be bringing that pace on the T side.

[00:59:43] Did we get that tone immediately? That's the question.

[00:59:45] I think we will. It's going to be a rock and sock and counter strike all the way through.

[00:59:49] We'll have a look at the bite. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for your semi-final. It's Navi!

[00:59:53] Take it on Furt! Let's get into it!

[00:59:55] Two smokes, three flashes and we're heading over toward B.

[00:59:59] No defaults here, Jad. They've got a set piece in mind.

[01:00:02] All five players, no fakes, no funny business, smoking the window, smoking towards Arch,

[01:00:06] and we've got a jewelies to defend.

[01:00:08] Strong defense, three-man stack, essentially.

[01:00:09] Mikaze can swing it from short, but here they come.

[01:00:11] Okay, wonderful. You've got to be a lot of work to do,

[01:00:13] and he's already started well.

[01:00:14] Takes the head out of Jux.

[01:00:15] Quick trade out of Deem and Mikaze ready for that one tap,

[01:00:18] but they're making it difficult for him.

[01:00:19] Coupling this bullet. Nice one, Enzo.

[01:00:21] Oh!

[01:00:22] And still kept level.

[01:00:23] Is it two on two? Deem and low HP.

[01:00:25] Damage dealt by him.

[01:00:26] the corner. He can't hit the head shot, just launched. He hasn't got the help for this.

[01:00:32] There's no way, surely not. If he had taken this pistol, everyone chipping in a double out of him.

[01:00:37] Sets them up to collect. Hang on. Got hit. Hang on. Down to the 1v1, but it would do it.

[01:00:43] Can he make those? The Nades going to end it. That's the end of the legs.

[01:00:48] Some sketchy shots there for a moment. The wobbles of the first one of this one,

[01:00:52] for both teams. It was looking so promising for food there, but don't even get the plant down in the end back and forth. We went at two on two situation, unable to hold on. It all started with one of them, the duality, a ton of damage, but there's comes demon managing to get himself a couple of kills.

[01:01:07] He thought the bonds going down for sure this point, but no, very well held by him. A great tenacity holds onto the 1v1. The grenade secures you absolutely right. No choice but to move out of cover. We have still got a force by it. I can't believe I'm saying that.

[01:01:18] that into the second round. We've got Galils, DeGalz and a scout here. They've got all in.

[01:01:23] You're going to see a lot of this from foot grounds where they're buying rifles without head armor on the T side.

[01:01:28] It's off the script, but they always back their aim and out mid they go all five.

[01:01:35] They're not looking to be first to take contact from Connector. They do like getting a chip in.

[01:01:39] Wolfpack CS. They're trade heavy. It's a smoke towards window looking to breach the Connector.

[01:01:45] Imma to defend, very strong in this position, playing passively as well, doesn't want to give too much away once the pipe, the information won't kill, stay alive.

[01:01:56] Friction, Imma set up to succeed, running low on ammo though, and there's that trade, you've been talking about it in the Wolfpack strikes, there's a double, though, Mccasey, wonderful in unison, already just picked a mark, nothing they could do, a strong set up, hard to break.

[01:02:09] to break. You go now. Don't you worry about that. So, uh, confident stuff from

[01:02:14] Na'vi. And here's the thing, Henry, the fact that we're in the modern game and

[01:02:17] we're sitting in Academy roster, go up against the old team. Blade, I'm sure,

[01:02:20] would have had something to say with that roster and how it was put together

[01:02:23] in terms of how they're actually been coming in, approaching. They were

[01:02:26] cracking against each other a lot. You have a clue there. Sometimes they

[01:02:28] slammed us. Sometimes we slammed them. Well, today without history, we get to see

[01:02:33] Maccazzi unleash, right? And he's going to be wanting to throw one of these old

[01:02:38] They're going to be wanting to throw one back.

[01:02:40] And bear in mind, this is not a team that needs momentum.

[01:02:42] They can recover. They can start on the back foot for lack of a better time.

[01:02:45] And actually bring it all the way back.

[01:02:47] We saw it against Mouch yesterday. They were down bad on Mirage.

[01:02:50] You thought it was going to go to overtime.

[01:02:52] Had the very best for them. They managed to finish in regulation.

[01:02:54] And this one should be quite comfortable for Nabi.

[01:02:57] We've seen his opening kills coming, but the Eagles are always dangerous.

[01:02:59] Then these scenarios go well handled. Not too many casualties here.

[01:03:02] Just bit going down so far.

[01:03:04] for Benny trying to find a

[01:03:06] couple more picks, but it looks

[01:03:07] that we got three zero all day

[01:03:08] long. What was it? They said to

[01:03:10] summer in that interview as

[01:03:11] well. You know, like we're

[01:03:12] friends at normally, but today

[01:03:13] we're not friends. Where's the

[01:03:15] one? And the card. He is well

[01:03:17] the way he's in this tournament.

[01:03:18] He was an absolute stunner in

[01:03:19] Stage two. The number one ranked

[01:03:21] player player in the playoff so

[01:03:22] far. He's got a point to prove

[01:03:24] he was the player to be promoted

[01:03:26] to the main roster and we get

[01:03:27] his map up next event. True

[01:03:29] that story does his best work

[01:03:30] by far towards middle. It's

[01:03:32] going to be an absolute block

[01:03:33] It's gonna be an absolute bloodbath. Well, you want bloodbath. How about wonderful on a signature sniper into round four?

[01:03:38] That's great for cemetery yet. So a little bit early

[01:03:42] Again pack heavy approach not a default grouping up heavily over the wood room and be preventing just making this look like a default place

[01:03:49] And it's ready to assist for the mid control

[01:03:51] But premeditated call out a sport need you have to move pretty quickly here

[01:03:55] You have no intel towards a towards palace and wonderful now patrolling an underpass as well. They know Middles Clare

[01:04:00] wonderful with so much intel he's brave sticking it out in middle

[01:04:10] and it's gonna be that be finished for the looks of things here as mentioned

[01:04:13] you have to get a move on you can't afford to get back stabbed in these

[01:04:16] sort of scenarios Kazi elects to beat the defense trying to target the in-game

[01:04:21] leader here get that bomb planted for the first time smokes getting set up and

[01:04:27] And the final Kribeme towards the B side. Nice grenade, all the things up, soft stuff, two players. Can they spray them down?

[01:04:31] Yeah, looks good. Wonderful already catching the lurk on Longs.

[01:04:34] Macase double easy.

[01:04:36] USP combined with Alexis Wark.

[01:04:40] They just run to their demise, not a single kill, but put down.

[01:04:44] The four rounds played only seven kills total before, and that's coming through two players.

[01:04:48] D.M.L.M. has four, Longs with three, nothing to symmetry at Kribeme, and Jukes just yet.

[01:04:52] It'll be another partial, but issues starting to become knocking the bomb down.

[01:04:56] The game plan was to target the in-game leader Alexi on B early. This hasn't worked.

[01:05:02] It really hasn't. He has McCarthy whipping his back out and that's pretty strong back out.

[01:05:05] He manages to do a ton of damage that initial grenade.

[01:05:08] Softens him up nicely and no players going out for Narvies.

[01:05:11] And he's starting to swell.

[01:05:12] Couldn't believe Wonderful was already ready on B.

[01:05:14] It looked like he was con when I last looked in the second round.

[01:05:16] He's in market!

[01:05:18] I'm gonna be in execute right now.

[01:05:19] B is playing ticky.

[01:05:21] It's a retake A setup essentially.

[01:05:23] Back in the day these were very effective.

[01:05:25] for these Techmine pops in towards the A site,

[01:05:27] you need quick kills, you need to gather momentum,

[01:05:29] and run over the CT defense.

[01:05:30] You've got good space here, but you need to kill early.

[01:05:32] Oh, and they hit the headshot in combination.

[01:05:34] Hang on, it's a two for two.

[01:05:35] One can go down, you've got access to the site now.

[01:05:38] CT is held by Wandaful.

[01:05:40] Just pistols in a post-plant though.

[01:05:41] This gets uncomfortable for foot

[01:05:42] unless you can just get a quick headshot,

[01:05:44] get your leg up, or make a push on the fade of the smoke.

[01:05:48] Immap tarks in, a nice pick from Wandaful already for Benny.

[01:05:51] Oh, no!

[01:05:52] Here we go!

[01:05:52] Needed a deagle headshot, Jukes can't provide it,

[01:05:54] And Krubeni doesn't have the hell for the 1v2.

[01:05:56] And for the bomb as well.

[01:05:58] Maybe this is where the flashbang came from.

[01:06:00] Unfortunately for him, almost zero chance of winning it.

[01:06:02] But a decent effort, their best round yet.

[01:06:04] And to the Tech 9, another five-man attack

[01:06:06] and towards a bomb site.

[01:06:07] But unfortunately, 5-0 for Mavi.

[01:06:09] But they did get the bomb down.

[01:06:11] Means the AWP will certainly be coming out

[01:06:12] with 7-3 at this point.

[01:06:13] And now the game really begins.

[01:06:15] We'll take our first tactical time.

[01:06:16] I'll discuss their options.

[01:06:17] And Chad, I think we need to enter default CS at this point.

[01:06:19] Start getting the map out, draining the resources,

[01:06:21] and pulling the CTs around.

[01:06:22] Yeah, this is wrap.

[01:06:23] far where just under seven minutes played and that's where the time aren't currently on screen and

[01:06:27] where five rounds deeps. That tells you the pace of the game. That's what we were expecting,

[01:06:31] but right now Navi are having no issues dealing with it. Imma and Wonderful both eight kills a piece.

[01:06:36] Now this is where, as you mentioned, yeah, the full guns are out, but do they change the tone,

[01:06:40] or do they continue just to throw their bodies on the line and warm their individuals into this

[01:06:44] semi-final? They never gave up against Maus yesterday. Oh, absolutely true. Come back on

[01:06:49] That's too remarkable.

[01:06:51] And what's remarkable is it's a young roster.

[01:06:53] These are inexperienced players.

[01:06:54] Usually...

[01:06:54] They're 0.2 average age.

[01:06:55] It's a Nassity, something that comes last.

[01:06:57] You know, that comes with experience.

[01:06:58] But it's very impressive to see Foot being able to show

[01:07:02] that they can stabilize in these deficits.

[01:07:06] Let's see what they've got.

[01:07:08] There's going to be more traditional gameplay here.

[01:07:10] Three towards middle, one for the apartments, one towards back.

[01:07:12] It's exactly what you want to see.

[01:07:13] Slow it down.

[01:07:14] What's Mikaze up to?

[01:07:15] He's committed.

[01:07:16] He wants to get stuck here.

[01:07:17] He wants to make a statement in this fiscal moment.

[01:07:18] I'm gonna see him opening things up because he does go down four versus four a promising start here for

[01:07:24] First and I sort of boost towards mid box is wonderful. We'll take him

[01:07:28] It's gonna be demon dropping they'll take the man advantage of jubes his signature move Chad

[01:07:31] This is where he caused so much chaos against mouse yesterday. He won the game for them out of the palace position

[01:07:36] He won't be doing it now

[01:07:37] It catches him

[01:07:39] Crazy little death as well for demon that was a leg shot. He reacts drops into wonderful small at all

[01:07:44] brutal wonderful started hot even on the defaults it's super exciting not what

[01:07:50] you expect oh ready for this it's gone long oh you're gonna hear that aid gonna

[01:07:56] fly his way oh damage since you brought down and well you want to be

[01:08:02] considering to say but there's so much time left on the clock so by doing so

[01:08:05] you'll be backing off and they can hunt you off to time piping in through con into

[01:08:08] a the thing is we played at the helm as well you know they're gonna give them no

[01:08:12] No at this point whatsoever. Sure, you might get the bomb down, but they're going to retake this four on two, whatever happens.

[01:08:17] Not going to risk any casualties.

[01:08:18] Their setup is potent.

[01:08:20] Like, they've got max loss bonus anyway, sure. Let me get the bomb down, not the end of the world.

[01:08:23] Kill him, Matt. No, you won't.

[01:08:26] Nice find.

[01:08:27] Lons goes down, and our cemetery in an impossible task gets more difficult. Can't hit this jargon.

[01:08:34] 6-0, you're right how rapid this is. That's the longest round we've had so far.

[01:08:38] They can recover this half-shore, but when is it going to start and that's the problem, right?

[01:08:42] You're into another partial by territory now with the Max Lost Burners and one of the keys is opening kills yet to get a

[01:08:47] single opening kill on the T side. The CTs have either been dictating the tone or delivering that first fight.

[01:08:53] It's a tough way to go.

[01:08:55] Brutal.

[01:08:55] We will see some investments now making sure they keep enough cash to be able to splash it fully into round number eight

[01:09:01] but now V are just having a good time in our screens right now.

[01:09:04] Never a good sign when your opponent is giggling.

[01:09:06] Wasn't it the lower buy-rounds yesterday against Maus, where they were able to get some stents?

[01:09:11] They absolutely did. But they've got no momentum so far. No one feeling it. No one getting warmed up.

[01:09:17] Cemetery still on zero kills Juge. Your star player as well, one and six.

[01:09:21] Let's see what they can make of this one. They'll be boosting up towards Windermen.

[01:09:24] Maybe a couple of players might want to get in there.

[01:09:26] Oh, it looks like there's going to be an early collision. Just a tech nine that they're not going to adjust to.

[01:09:30] Another one for Na'Vi. Immet gets away with just a scrap of health.

[01:09:34] Now they know he's low, but he's playing it powerfully.

[01:09:36] He peels off.

[01:09:37] Let's his teammates know they could boost up once again.

[01:09:39] He's fallen back in towards the market area.

[01:09:42] And it's back towards B we go.

[01:09:44] And I was going to say, maybe in execution, they've got absolutely zero utility.

[01:09:47] You have to go for a contact play and hope for the best.

[01:09:49] Imma might just tuck in passively towards Van or Bench, right?

[01:09:52] Play Joker in this situation.

[01:09:54] Alexi will like to make contact from short.

[01:09:56] Is the best place to possibly go, though?

[01:09:58] Yeah.

[01:09:59] It's actually looking quite promising.

[01:10:00] They get an early kill on Imma.

[01:10:01] Alexi be under a lot of pressure.

[01:10:03] I'm not expecting him to be able to get in the site. He just sweeps in, takes down a

[01:10:24] multi and locks in another round. Now, these are the type of games everyone's had them.

[01:10:29] Don't feel like you're blinking. You miss it. You don't even feel you're in the server

[01:10:32] just yet if you're fought and I understand again that was a partial but the bombs only gone down once.

[01:10:37] The thing is every time you take this time out late knows you're going to be changing things and going

[01:10:41] for a different approach and that's when he's going to start applying the pressure. That's when

[01:10:44] they're going to start pushing middle and making you feel uncomfortable in your defaults not letting

[01:10:48] you run your plan and now this is a real do or die moment. This is the team that needs to find some

[01:10:53] high impact and get their star players online and so far getting absolutely dominated and even by

[01:10:58] by Alexi being Emma, both of them on 5 HP, not a single kill garnet, so it's going to

[01:11:04] have to be a halibut team talk here, they will not be operating with AWP, cemetery

[01:11:07] still 0 and 7, has the AK-47 here for round number 8, and you have to do it the hard way.

[01:11:12] There we go, before the series started, oh we missed that one, but never mind, you're

[01:11:18] going to have to go through gunner and up to gunner, you're not going to break Na'Vi financially

[01:11:21] here, yep true, zero chance for Nico at this stage.

[01:11:25] No, I just think one individual can catch fire, I think you were right Henry, that you're

[01:11:30] seeing one, you know, a demon moment, a Krapeni's clutch, something just so you know he's

[01:11:34] fucking it.

[01:11:35] They normally have that, they normally win a 2-on-5 out of nowhere.

[01:11:37] This just hasn't happened yet.

[01:11:39] Something to revitalize the squad to get ahead in the game.

[01:11:42] We saw that against Maus, they had plenty of those moments, but we're getting nothing.

[01:11:46] Zero output, no clutches, no opportunities, we can get a bomb plunge, and your partial

[01:11:50] bias is getting zero kills.

[01:11:52] 11 frags in seven rounds.

[01:11:54] I'll be feeling the pressure right now. Let me tell you.

[01:11:56] Another open up! Just as easy as that, Mikaze.

[01:11:59] Let's get trading. That's what you want to see. Hang on.

[01:12:02] Cemetery and longs of one out of the mid-fight.

[01:12:04] Alexi will recede. Space taken. Advantage gained.

[01:12:08] For the first time, after seven rounds,

[01:12:11] they finally have a four-and-three advantage. Still a lot of work to be done.

[01:12:14] He's having some map control, boosting a player up and towards window.

[01:12:17] He loves the smoke. He loves the smoke.

[01:12:19] Great move. Surely that's enough to secure this round.

[01:12:23] This round it'll go over looked because of this though. They might not expect this straight thing out gets one

[01:12:28] Can he find the second cemetery tucked in there's the trade?

[01:12:31] Really good rifle work from second. Those are his first two kills and now jokes out of palace the bomb still con

[01:12:36] It looks set for collection. Oh

[01:12:38] Little bit of a slip up bit of an over extension. It must be all wonderfuls primed and ready. It's a great question chat

[01:12:44] I don't know how you do you either take the fight or the flash. Okay. That will work quite nicely

[01:12:48] Bomb will go down no problem. I

[01:12:50] I had that man advantage, but still I would say they're prime to win this one bombed down

[01:12:55] They've got an HG to work with it quite low HP on a Lexi B. They have no further utility as well

[01:13:00] It's down to wonderful do the heavy lifting and we'll join up with a Lexi in spawn

[01:13:05] You got another one in your cemetery sure kills great great position

[01:13:10] She's a little bit of an awful swing now though. He's still done very well brings them all down

[01:13:15] Semitree has his round from zero kills, he takes Qwab and gets put on the board.

[01:13:20] Okay, now that's what they needed and finally trading out in their favor over towards middle.

[01:13:24] Not sure if Mikazi gets the first but then the two kills back as Emma a little bit desperate from connector.

[01:13:29] I thought with the bomb trapped in connector and the AWP on the line there was no way but the flashwork.

[01:13:33] That's poise, another thing you need to see, that's the pressure situation.

[01:13:36] You expect the youngsters just to swing out but here they take their time, they play team Counter-Strike

[01:13:40] and they get the job done with Semitree 4K.

[01:13:45] This is running absolutely fine as we mentioned though.

[01:13:48] Just have a lot of wants to be done.

[01:13:49] They were down bad against Maus.

[01:13:50] Very similar scenario.

[01:13:52] Demons go for that smoke once again.

[01:13:53] This time, Sinell Effect is looking very comfortable.

[01:13:56] Judes will actually manage to find one.

[01:13:57] That's Mikazi, his former teammate from the Palace.

[01:14:00] We'll have to play like a king right now.

[01:14:02] They're going to step up in this 4-2 deficit.

[01:14:05] Oh, this round's over.

[01:14:06] It's look at the time.

[01:14:07] 1 minute 27.

[01:14:08] Fights all over the shop.

[01:14:09] Cemetery with a chance.

[01:14:10] Oh, a missed shot.

[01:14:11] Goes wide and that's the end of that.

[01:14:13] just to talk to the logic there, right?

[01:14:15] So the back of court have one out of the four over the wards

[01:14:17] with a trade game.

[01:14:18] They're expecting Navi to either fight for full mid control

[01:14:21] by jumping out, pushing through con,

[01:14:22] going under pass to make sure they can't get that space,

[01:14:24] or just doing a three to four man,

[01:14:25] prong heavy set up there to deal with that.

[01:14:28] Instead, they're close round.

[01:14:29] They have multiple bodies on A.

[01:14:30] You try to have the misdirection,

[01:14:31] and Navi are waiting for you.

[01:14:33] So 8-1 back into the winning ways,

[01:14:35] and this half, it's trouble.

[01:14:38] Oh, Chad, they're entering this round now.

[01:14:40] They're throwing a couple of smokes,

[01:14:41] and they have two further smokes and two flashbacks.

[01:14:43] That is absolutely you. You just have to take Angel's and hope for the best in the cards.

[01:14:47] The above line of damage opens things up through the smoke.

[01:14:49] Kraveni sent to get early.

[01:14:51] That's so brutal, they just can't catch a break.

[01:14:55] 20 bullets through the smoke on the last one.

[01:14:58] Kraveni falls.

[01:14:59] So, for Strayce, now what do you do?

[01:15:01] You actually have one smoke remaining, zero map control.

[01:15:03] Sure, you've got a bit of mid,

[01:15:05] but how do you even access towards window connector or short?

[01:15:08] If you do, wonderful, perfectly positioned.

[01:15:10] Kars, you don't need to feed my friends.

[01:15:12] He wants to.

[01:15:13] They want to fight.

[01:15:14] They're crunching in.

[01:15:15] Demon and Juggs will put up a fight.

[01:15:17] That might humble Na'Vi.

[01:15:18] Quite audacious, though.

[01:15:19] I don't know why you go for so many peeps.

[01:15:22] I still feel like Wonderful's destined for another.

[01:15:26] Demon will have to clear this out,

[01:15:27] but a quick scope from Wonderful,

[01:15:28] not out of the realms of possibilities.

[01:15:30] Is he going up?

[01:15:31] He's going in.

[01:15:32] He's going in.

[01:15:33] He's going in.

[01:15:34] Come on!

[01:15:35] He's going up.

[01:15:36] Wonderful's in the perfect position to deal with it.

[01:15:38] Well, see, in a way, you know where two players were.

[01:15:40] That's just with the smoke. So there you go. Nine rounds.

[01:15:44] Two more left in his half.

[01:15:46] Still yet to find a single opening kill on the T side.

[01:15:50] Oh, dear. That will that will lead to an eight one more line.

[01:15:53] And they don't have the money to buy.

[01:15:54] Sure, you've got that loss bonus, but again, no plan.

[01:15:56] And you need round.

[01:15:57] I think I think this is the thing.

[01:15:58] You have to have something right so you can see them go with the eight pound

[01:16:01] team and then I'm there, take much for the rest.

[01:16:03] They need to challenge one's not enough.

[01:16:05] Classically, the way things are going as well.

[01:16:08] going for that full investment in the previous round, that wasn't the call.

[01:16:11] Hey Rush.

[01:16:11] Yep, he really under something there, Semi-Troop.

[01:16:14] Through the molly, through the fire, through the flames, not feeling it though.

[01:16:17] Put a bit of a pause off for now, wonderful, more than ready,

[01:16:19] that grenades into a bow-lighted damage as well.

[01:16:23] Come on, Demon, what have you got for us?

[01:16:27] Oh, not much, long, so important trade.

[01:16:30] You got access to the sign.

[01:16:31] Oh my god, I thought he hit that.

[01:16:32] In there instead, coming in from CTV.

[01:16:34] And he's just swatting them away.

[01:16:36] Like pesky flies, be calm.

[01:16:39] You knew when you were coming into this matchup today,

[01:16:40] that we would play at quite the pace.

[01:16:42] So, Na'Vi, the one briefing that should have been louder than any

[01:16:45] is we are playing heads-up counterstrike.

[01:16:47] Don't get caught with nades in your hand.

[01:16:48] Don't be surprised if they run through a smoke.

[01:16:50] Don't be surprised if you kill one and immediately a second appears.

[01:16:53] You know that this is going to be a heads-up style of game.

[01:16:56] And right now, this is domination on display from Na'Vi.

[01:16:59] One thing we know within experience as well

[01:17:02] is having a team crack you.

[01:17:03] You know, watch the vox.

[01:17:04] They know you better than anyone you used to be their scrim partner

[01:17:08] Of course blades got an extra special plan for how to count you. He knows what your kryptonite is and right now it feels like

[01:17:15] Middle has been shut down

[01:17:20] 47 in his hands looking so comfortable in towards baby go trying to tackle Alexi B

[01:17:25] Once again, they'll find him through the smoke and promising now. Yeah, nice shot from norms tries to beat him

[01:17:30] They're pushing the smoke again. They're trying to give foot a taste of their own medicine, but it ain't working.

[01:17:37] And then, wonderful. An impossible round that they have to go for.

[01:17:41] And just a little something at the tail end of the half of foot.

[01:17:46] They are wounded. They are broken.

[01:17:49] And then that pick is fast out of reach.

[01:17:57] Wonderful. Give it a look in. A quick scope required.

[01:17:59] Nails it, traded.

[01:18:01] Juggs delivers bit last of all and it's just two.

[01:18:05] But they're gonna have to put up one hell of a fight as we swap sides.

[01:18:08] Navi have set the CT round bar high.

[01:21:29] We don't know, it's going from Sector!

[01:21:36] No way! It's a perfecting!

[01:21:39] This is coming home! This is madness!

[01:21:43] What's up, Stalker?

[01:21:45] Welcome back to ESL Pro League Season 23.

[01:21:47] You're joining us for Naby vs Foots.

[01:21:49] And unfortunately for Naby Junior boys,

[01:21:51] they've got one foot in the grave as we head into the second half.

[01:21:54] 10-2 on their map pick.

[01:21:55] Things are looking desperate.

[01:21:57] Things are looking dire.

[01:21:58] We've only seen one real round that impressed us, and it feels like this one might be done, Chad.

[01:22:02] Am I wrong in saying that?

[01:22:03] I've never seen a half, at least in a quarter-final, where Tiri's gone flawless in terms of opening kills.

[01:22:08] The fact that Navi have been able to achieve that...

[01:22:10] All 12 rounds.

[01:22:11] All 12 rounds, Navi found the opening frag.

[01:22:14] The fact that he even got two rounds of that stat alone is impressive.

[01:22:17] We'll see if they can recover this one.

[01:22:18] It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, they need to win this pistol.

[01:22:22] It starts with the Jules.

[01:22:24] You've got one smoke on the CT side.

[01:22:25] I'm interested to see what Navi brings to the table here.

[01:22:27] Like we said, a lot of Wolfpack mentality,

[01:22:29] a lot of set pieces out of spawn from foot.

[01:22:31] I don't expect that game plan from Navi.

[01:22:33] They should be pumping this one in.

[01:22:35] Chatter the stopwatch out.

[01:22:36] It was 17 minutes for a half of Counter-Strike.

[01:22:38] That is nuts.

[01:22:42] Is this fake beer pressure?

[01:22:43] Trying to bait.

[01:22:44] Sounds very fake to me.

[01:22:45] All right, and if you can force them to over rotate

[01:22:48] considering the circumstances.

[01:22:49] So they've peppered over towards B.

[01:22:50] The Jullies have shown themselves on the balcony.

[01:22:52] for Benny. We'll have to back off and even use their smoke.

[01:22:55] So that is perfect. Mission accomplished by the pistol round of Navi in the early stages.

[01:23:00] All five alive, not a single piece of damage.

[01:23:03] You still got your nades on Alexi, who's kind of a passenger right now.

[01:23:06] He's just calling them to success.

[01:23:08] He's four and four.

[01:23:10] The domination's been done by the team.

[01:23:12] Window smoke lobbed in. Long still forward of this.

[01:23:14] No quiet for now. That PT-50 could be deadly, wonderful patrolling towards middle right

[01:23:23] now. Let's see if the bomb is back. Got a smoke in the mollege to work with. Imma confirmed

[01:23:28] there's no mid presence in the CTs. Our smoke down towards connector. Wonderful chomping

[01:23:33] at the bit. Trying to get involved here. I need that smoke to dissipate towards window.

[01:23:37] Molotov. Not allowed them accessing towards B. It's going to be that B split from short

[01:23:43] And the apartments themselves confirm he window is clear.

[01:23:45] And not what a pressure towards Demon and Krobeni right now.

[01:23:48] It's just Demon on the side and he's got so much pressure from the short side.

[01:23:50] Hasn't been able to hit his bullets in Krobeni's hand.

[01:23:52] It's just one onto Mokaze before he's put down in the...

[01:23:54] Like, he fell on the side!

[01:23:58] Just shredded!

[01:24:00] He must have been one hell of a game today. That puts him up to 20.

[01:24:04] You wonder if the entire game plan is to force the balcony player away

[01:24:08] or to show themself.

[01:24:10] And then when you go for the B-side,

[01:24:11] You know as you're coming to apartments you less likely have to worry about your position to get locked in

[01:24:16] Yep, because they really wanted to force some type of fight or moving over towards B

[01:24:20] And then just split the side that you two looks perfect

[01:24:22] That is when a blade masterclass plan comes together. They made it look foolish

[01:24:27] They made it in those two kills at the end. You've been absolutely

[01:24:30] wrecked

[01:24:31] Tactically and you're gonna have to force by here. I've got the mb7 couple of mp9 the scout

[01:24:37] It's a formality at this point

[01:24:39] They've got some information going for him.

[01:24:41] They're gonna only kill him in the last round.

[01:24:42] And the thing is, you couldn't be further away from the action.

[01:24:45] Sure, you're in A round. You can find that's clear.

[01:24:46] They're already in B.

[01:24:47] Alex, not a bad start from Lawrence.

[01:24:49] Removing the car, say the MP9 of Demon working 2.

[01:24:52] Alexi B, however, from the short side.

[01:24:53] That's a very long range spray.

[01:24:55] And Alexi will double.

[01:24:56] Oh!

[01:24:57] No way.

[01:24:59] OK, he's back.

[01:25:00] Seven to five now.

[01:25:02] Gubanian jugs.

[01:25:04] Gonna try and find a way back in.

[01:25:05] One through the apartments, one mark inside.

[01:25:07] Gotta give it a go.

[01:25:08] trying to afford to lose this really.

[01:25:10] Feels pretty helpless.

[01:25:11] Jokes is going to let Kruveni close the gap.

[01:25:13] Wonderful was considering that in there from the bench susceptible.

[01:25:17] Anno.

[01:25:17] Retcha.

[01:25:21] Here's some numbers.

[01:25:22] We all love those.

[01:25:23] This year, Foothill played Mirage 18 times.

[01:25:26] They're 14 for four on the map.

[01:25:28] So this is home turf.

[01:25:28] There's a reason that they picked this one.

[01:25:30] Sure.

[01:25:30] And there's a reason for concern.

[01:25:32] The fact that they're being blown out on this,

[01:25:33] they're going into ancient.

[01:25:34] It's not that they like as well,

[01:25:35] but a bit of a problem in recent times.

[01:25:37] Three straight losses at EPL, one to Australia's, one to Herok.

[01:25:40] And 3D Max.

[01:25:41] That's when Mikazi, that's absolute best player in my opinion right now.

[01:25:44] That's what he's going to do, ungodly things on the server.

[01:25:47] So if they keep up this level of form going into map number two,

[01:25:50] this could be a very quick series.

[01:25:52] Let's have a look again at the force.

[01:25:55] Star contrast to yesterday's game from Foot.

[01:25:59] Yeah, not quite the same energy as that.

[01:26:03] If it wasn't one of those games, you might just want to get over and down with now.

[01:26:06] I understand the sentiment. It's like, okay, well boys, we want to reset, but

[01:26:12] for every moment they're out on this stage is while they're out on a stage. Yeah. And they've

[01:26:17] got themselves a guaranteed third, fourth place decided tomorrow. True. Good point. But you don't

[01:26:21] want to go down without a fight today, especially not considering the stakes. Nami versus Nami Jr.

[01:26:26] as it worked. They're not looking like the little brother right now, aren't they?

[01:26:30] That's a good thing to go through puberty, so having a tough time with it.

[01:26:33] Yeah, but their control is not plugged in though.

[01:26:37] All right.

[01:26:39] So we've got a smoke in a couple of flashes on the CT side.

[01:26:41] We've got no kits, no real firepower.

[01:26:44] Krobeny 3 and 14 with the M4A1S.

[01:26:48] And they are bleeding them dry.

[01:26:49] Now, I think that is making sure they have nothing to work with.

[01:26:52] They've still got a plethora of U2 to work with, BITS.

[01:26:55] Santu investigates towards the Palace.

[01:26:57] It's one of their, an ultimate, or their final smoker should say.

[01:26:59] They've got three flashes remaining to defend a full A execute.

[01:27:02] I don't know how you do this.

[01:27:04] It's going to have to be run and gun MP7s.

[01:27:06] Famous.

[01:27:07] Each build at the GG moment here.

[01:27:09] I'll be surprised if it's not.

[01:27:10] Yeah, on the 15th round, it could be Footsman.

[01:27:12] Big taken away from them.

[01:27:14] Nulnce is going to try and kick him across.

[01:27:15] Flash connects.

[01:27:16] Now the sandwich player will activate.

[01:27:18] Foghazi's there for the trade.

[01:27:19] It's long, some of the double up.

[01:27:20] And the solid connection from the cemetery.

[01:27:21] Scout has even hit another one.

[01:27:23] That's wonderful.

[01:27:23] Down to 28.

[01:27:24] They're going to throw the smoke.

[01:27:25] Their first sign of life in the second half.

[01:27:28] It was an easy 10 straight round comeback.

[01:27:29] Yeah.

[01:27:30] So we need an ounce, nine.

[01:27:31] Yeah.

[01:27:32] What could we buy?

[01:27:33] Terrible.

[01:27:33] It's the hardest round in the world to get number 13.

[01:27:36] Just ask my hours.

[01:27:37] They were on their way.

[01:27:38] Yeah, right.

[01:27:39] Nearly got it over the line into overtime.

[01:27:43] So step by step, let's see if Ft could put one foot in front

[01:27:46] of the other and start to march back into this.

[01:27:49] Oh, I'm saying it's going to be easy with the best wins

[01:27:51] ever are.

[01:27:52] What, long self-flashing?

[01:27:53] Or how?

[01:27:54] Why were they blind on the way out the ramp?

[01:27:56] Isn't that power-shaking?

[01:27:57] I think there's another Flash assist, they might have flashed themselves.

[01:28:00] Yeah, okay.

[01:28:02] Well, first Miss Deed from Na'Vi, we got pace.

[01:28:04] They wanted to close us out quickly, they got to get the force by again,

[01:28:07] and Pounson is going to leave out of the footplay,

[01:28:09] and it's not even quite promising.

[01:28:11] He's got the Imma all the way in, knife away,

[01:28:13] my friend trying to get towards the bomb site.

[01:28:15] We have got a three on three situation,

[01:28:17] Double-H's here, they're preventing,

[01:28:18] mowing them down through the smoke.

[01:28:19] He's so good at those smokes fans from the jungle position.

[01:28:21] That's a nasty death for Longs.

[01:28:23] Sat down, and they tip on another, it's just demon that can save them.

[01:28:27] The one versus...

[01:28:29] Oh! The one versus a lexi jumps up, stands up, and the jump for the 1v2!

[01:28:33] The fact that they are sticking to their DNA, that aggression, right?

[01:28:36] Moose straight in, jumps up ahead of the play, not ready for them, deals with the four-spy.

[01:28:39] Some sketchy moments from both teams there, but another round, and now Navi will have to eco.

[01:28:44] They are playing foot at their own game, but that is so much pace.

[01:28:48] There was a team kill, Molly, how many kills in the opening?

[01:28:51] One team with a 1v2, he solves quickly.

[01:28:54] Well, anything they're getting warmed up now.

[01:28:56] They're shaking up those nerves.

[01:28:57] Yeah, good point. Every round they get...

[01:28:58] Important for Ancient?

[01:28:59] Yes.

[01:29:00] You'll be on the defence, right?

[01:29:02] So, uh, you're going to have to do it.

[01:29:03] Mikaels and Emma coming out middle round after round.

[01:29:06] So, you guarantee pretty much five here.

[01:29:08] Up against Glocks.

[01:29:09] One, making two deagles.

[01:29:11] No Kevlar, no Nades.

[01:29:12] Just going to be trying to bleed out the CTs.

[01:29:14] See if a couple of headshots are available.

[01:29:17] This might be the first in that.

[01:29:18] There he is.

[01:29:20] He is locked in today. My gosh.

[01:29:22] Don't lose this.

[01:29:22] He's 25 and 7.

[01:29:24] Yeah, it's the worst round to lose.

[01:29:27] It can't be. Recover them four and a full fight for Longs.

[01:29:32] Because they did hit the bullet,

[01:29:33] but Longs will finally thality an opportunity for him.

[01:29:37] Don't give him any more of those jumping leaves.

[01:29:40] Trying everything right now.

[01:29:45] Let this one simmer as I'll try all the tricks in the book.

[01:29:48] I've got the variation of the booster.

[01:29:51] God, there's some fights towards Jungle.

[01:29:53] They'll be home as we can see foot backing off Demon, entrenched over towards the V apartments for early Info.

[01:29:59] You might as well hold up and see if anyone presents a mistake.

[01:30:03] He's up around, so you need to just play for Info, and then you move your setup on the CT side once you have set Info.

[01:30:08] You don't commit to any fights unnecessarily.

[01:30:11] And that from Cemetery is Info and a kill.

[01:30:16] He was 0-7 bringing his game back to live, 9-13 right now.

[01:30:20] He had the 4k on the 8k for the first round, didn't that first half?

[01:30:24] We'll see if Beck can make any further incisions here. It's a nice little play.

[01:30:28] Lowe!

[01:30:29] Oh, he's dead.

[01:30:30] Hunt him down, one bullet, do it, even the jumping kill, and there's a chance.

[01:30:33] This round is back on.

[01:30:34] Oh, I can't end like this.

[01:30:35] Oh, Lowe's won as well.

[01:30:36] There's a couple of D-goals you can surely deny, and a nice five.

[01:30:39] Swings through on the Lowe, he's locked, he can win this.

[01:30:41] A body shot hit, now just...

[01:30:42] Oh!

[01:30:43] David with a running Ted 9!

[01:30:45] Jeez.

[01:30:46] Just running out of my game, dimming it back to back rounds,

[01:31:19] Wonderful gets around the corner, anything's possible from that moment, but still in it to win it.

[01:31:24] Concessions made though on the CT side, coming down to 1v1, they don't have absolutely everything they need.

[01:31:29] Couple of grenades missing, only one hit.

[01:31:31] 2, Gemisic, 7th try answers back though, we'll find McCarty.

[01:31:34] Oh, he's sacked him through the wall!

[01:31:36] And with Krebbeni catching early flak, this is really uncomfortable for Foote.

[01:31:42] Can't be, Wonderful's gonna call this game.

[01:31:44] How much space has he got?

[01:31:45] Just over Rotary, 2 kills, one connector.

[01:31:48] You can't win.

[01:31:49] Paul's going to have the rotations.

[01:31:50] Look at the Utah as well.

[01:31:51] They can lock this off.

[01:31:52] They can Molotov into the kitchen as soon as they put the bomb down.

[01:31:55] Wonderful.

[01:31:56] Doesn't even believe it's clear right now.

[01:31:57] This is too good to be true.

[01:31:58] Oh.

[01:31:59] Demons realizing his mistake.

[01:32:00] They've got to kill Wonderful.

[01:32:01] It comes down to this.

[01:32:02] It comes down to this.

[01:32:03] If Demons somehow can catch Wonderful, this rounds back on, but looks good.

[01:32:07] Looks great.

[01:32:08] Looks perfect.

[01:32:09] Looks wonderful.

[01:32:10] Molly.

[01:32:11] Let's find back.

[01:32:12] Locked ahead of the flames.

[01:32:13] Now they're arriving on the site.

[01:32:14] One of them is low.

[01:32:15] Kibani, 5 HP, so really is going to come down to Launce, making a hero manoeuvre.

[01:32:21] Have you planted yet?

[01:32:23] Wait a minute, he's back.

[01:32:25] Oh, he just cuts his head off.

[01:32:27] Launce in the clutch, or this is Na'Vi taking foots, Matt Pick.

[01:32:31] Then they're going to double swing, and now they know where he is.

[01:32:34] Forges a path forward on the jump up, that low HP from him.

[01:32:37] Now combined with the Flames, 13 to 5, a slaughter.

[01:32:41] As we see the big brother throw a little blow around the server.

[01:32:44] Zyver Ancient's got to be a different story or Na'Vi have got their sights set on that grand final tomorrow.

[01:34:14] They left, okay. Left corner.

[01:34:16] We need to go forward.

[01:34:18] I can me now.

[01:34:20] Flash.

[01:34:22] I can pop him, maybe.

[01:34:24] I'm clear.

[01:34:26] That should be high.

[01:34:28] One more B.

[01:34:30] Edward and Valcony.

[01:34:32] Nice!

[01:34:34] Slow, low, low, low.

[01:34:36] I'm revived.

[01:34:38] I'm smoke-cared.

[01:34:40] I'm hiding city.

[01:35:12] What the f*** is this?

[01:35:14] What the f*** is this?

[01:35:16] It's not even live.

[01:37:42] stylistically besting for and when you got email popping off like that, you're in for a bad time.

[01:37:47] Yeah, because one of the ways I think Navi just really confounded foot on this map was the different

[01:37:51] looks they gave him in mid. I think they did really good in terms of philosophically. You had

[01:37:55] like aggressive stances in mid to be disruptive when foot played it. They did really good job at

[01:37:58] playing more passive and playing containment. And then Ema's the guy who plays Khan. He's there to

[01:38:02] control window, control the boost, control Khan and be involved in those fights. So you have him

[01:38:05] popping off and at this critical part of the map on Mirage and a critical part of foot strategies,

[01:38:09] You just get wrecked every single time. I think it'll be part of this though is the mental edge

[01:38:13] Right, so the fact that you were the main team and you're going up against a team that you knew was that no

[01:38:18] But really, let's call them big brother and little brother

[01:38:20] There's first of all lack of experience before in these type of environments right that one needs to be stated

[01:38:25] Then you have the fact that now V right when you look at these guys you think about this from regional perspective

[01:38:29] Right, just maybe with the Americans you can think about this too

[01:38:32] But you know you're one of the top dogs in the Americas and you're going up against like a third-run team

[01:38:35] Yes, you're how you have this like quickness of decision making but you wouldn't have otherwise because you already know that you're better than them

[01:38:42] Right from the history of so it's like this this mental clarity that exists when you're making the choices

[01:38:48] And I wouldn't even say that Navi came in to try and control the tempo of the game

[01:38:52] They acknowledged that foot would bring the tempo. They just said okay. Well, you're gonna run at us

[01:38:56] So we're gonna run at you and we know that's the game plan and because I think they were so confident in understanding

[01:39:01] That's exactly what the approach from foot's gonna be

[01:39:03] They knew they needed to be playing heads-up counter strikes throughout the entire game

[01:39:06] So there's not a moment where I saw a Navi player getting caught with a Nade in his hand

[01:39:09] Yes, you can call by a push through a smoke right the entire time

[01:39:11] They were just prepared and ready to tank those jewels and foot they didn't have the response

[01:39:16] They couldn't get the multi kill the triple kill out of it

[01:39:18] They were just kill traded and the first half they didn't get a single opening kill. Oh, that's rough didn't really feel like a game

[01:39:24] No, I didn't but I mean that's the strength of like having blade like one thing

[01:39:27] We know about Navi is they're always gonna be like brave blades gonna be have them well prepared and well researched

[01:39:31] They're gonna have a good idea of how they want to handle the situation

[01:39:34] I think that's one thing that foot's probably done in this little run in this rise that they've had is catching some teams off guard with this sort of

[01:39:40] Very aggressive very trade-focused kind of faster-paced counter strike and Navi's gonna come into this and be like we looked into him

[01:39:46] We watched this game against miles and we're gonna play a little bit more in front of things

[01:39:49] Yeah, I think Navi did today were foot to foot what mouse thought they were gonna do to them yesterday

[01:39:54] And I think when you look at foot, you know what they're gonna bring to the table

[01:39:57] I think yeah that you're like you said Emma be able to just block any access to like even recovering around if you don't get an opening kill

[01:40:04] You're in a 4v5

[01:40:05] But you at least if you get a player and making a play like through connector or getting how many times on the game of

[01:40:09] Mariah so we see a play get into the window or in the jungle and that's the position that allows them to back into the

[01:40:14] Round well

[01:40:14] How many times we've seen with foot on Mariah's to work for Benny Kribani's kind of like the important player in middle on both sides of

[01:40:19] The map and very very rough game

[01:40:21] I think because Navi was able to help shut him down

[01:40:24] He didn't have the same impact that what's normally used to him having in middle to open things up

[01:40:27] I've got a question for you chance. Would you like to play a different kind of game?

[01:40:31] It's kind of a rhetorical question because you have

[01:40:36] Yanco versus the world yesterday, but it is Chad versus why not Jason versus because he was in on the secret easy

[01:40:43] He knows too much. They told me they told me during the last map

[01:40:46] I was trying to do today. Hey, this is your specialist subjects. We're going to give you a question

[01:40:54] We have two minutes on the clock and you can answer as many questions correctly as possible

[01:40:57] If you get an answer wrong, it will then throw down to the crowd

[01:41:01] They will be given three possible options to which incorrect one of which correct

[01:41:06] Three of which not correct. It was a very special prize and I reset your score to zero. Okay. Are you ready? Not really

[01:41:13] Well, we're going anyway question number one. How many times does Jks featured in HLTV top 20? Oh

[01:41:21] Twice you've actually nailed it

[01:41:29] Question number two. What was the first trophy won by Jks on HLTV as per his profile? Oh

[01:41:36] Can I just say the the event name and location I don't have the exact

[01:41:40] Yeah, go for it the star series event in China, so can you give me the year?

[01:41:47] 26

[01:41:48] Sorry, I thought it could put a friend Chad versus school for all I have to give the year

[01:41:53] Yeah, I thought you get it wrong for a friend 2018. No, it was incorrect

[01:41:57] Which means it doesn't need bars down to the crowd trace. Who have you got as our potential winner standing by down there?

[01:42:04] Yeah potential winner. I guess

[01:42:10] I'm from here.

[01:42:12] OK.

[01:42:12] Well, do you want this question against her?

[01:42:14] Uh, yeah.

[01:42:17] What was the first trophy won by JKS on HLTV as per his profile?

[01:42:21] And your options are?

[01:42:25] Not from here, not up there.

[01:42:26] That's for sure.

[01:42:27] No, up there.

[01:42:29] Here's your options.

[01:42:30] I am Cavita 2022, Blast Premier World Final 2022,

[01:42:33] Star Ladder, iLeague Invitational, Shanghai 2017.

[01:42:37] What do you choose?

[01:42:38] I think it's the store ladder event.

[01:42:41] That's right. That's right. Come in.

[01:42:44] It's the store ladder.

[01:42:46] Prey, stop doing Danish with Swedes, bro.

[01:42:49] We did it last time, too.

[01:42:51] Come on down. Take a selection here.

[01:42:52] You just mad, Chad. You got that one wrong.

[01:42:53] 2017 is the year. Take it away for you.

[01:42:55] Let's go. OK.

[01:42:57] Question three. World one. Chad, back to zero.

[01:43:00] How many non-Oceanic lineups has JKS been a part of?

[01:43:04] Looking for a number.

[01:43:07] three. Once again, Jason, you are not you. I'm doing them for myself in terms of organizations.

[01:43:12] Yeah. Three. Yeah, you nailed it. Bang on. Question four. How many majors has a play out?

[01:43:22] Seven. It's incorrect, which means the crowd has another shot at a prize. That's right. They've

[01:43:28] got another shot. They've also got more options than Chad was given. How many majors did Azar

[01:43:34] play at 8th I think. Oh my god how have they done it? How do you know that? I don't know,

[01:43:41] I'm used to good. That's right you are too damn good. Come on down man get yourself a prize. Give

[01:43:45] them a round of applause everybody. Bro didn't even need the options. They actually nailed it.

[01:43:50] I heard you, well I saw you, I didn't hear you. You were talking in your head. Yeah,

[01:43:54] did you get that? I still don't know which one was the 8th. Well I'll ask Essio after this.

[01:43:59] Question five, how many majors has JKS played at?

[01:44:02] More than Azra, I'll tell you how many.

[01:44:04] Uh, okay.

[01:44:06] If Aaron's played at eight, then Justin will have played at...

[01:44:10] That's not as many as you think it should be.

[01:44:12] Let's go with eleven.

[01:44:14] It's incorrect, which means the crowd, proud now, have a chance.

[01:44:18] It's got to be close to eleven.

[01:44:19] It feels close to eleven.

[01:44:20] The crowd, extra proud with this one, Freya.

[01:44:22] You are absolutely right.

[01:44:24] How many majors has JKS played at?

[01:44:26] Your options are 8, 12, or 10.

[01:44:33] I said 10.

[01:44:34] Yeah.

[01:44:37] I think 10.

[01:44:38] Oh my god, he's done it.

[01:44:40] Round of applause.

[01:44:41] Give that man a card.

[01:44:42] And a card.

[01:44:43] Give him a card, too.

[01:44:44] Take away from him.

[01:44:45] I've been in one of both of three.

[01:44:47] Yeah.

[01:44:48] Two, 18, seven, and 11.

[01:44:51] Yep, you got them all.

[01:44:52] But you still reset to zero.

[01:44:53] It's really unfortunate how those things play out.

[01:44:55] Question six how many maps it looks eminal win at the majors they played at? Oh my lord you could probably get this one

[01:45:01] Give me some time

[01:45:03] Allegedly incorrect allegedly apparently we were renegade one too late

[01:45:10] Get anything the answers one

[01:45:15] What about his fun

[01:45:18] Do you like Chad's funger virtual can you tell me again the question please do you like Chad Burtschild sponge?

[01:45:25] yes all right that's what we're looking for

[01:45:29] that's the answer you did good I thought well the Titan game yeah it's not

[01:45:34] box-a-mano you know really there's only one that matters yeah but that was the

[01:45:37] flipside game actually blade owned him how many kills did you it was 63 wasn't

[01:45:43] even close how many kills did you 27 it does actually cross how many invites to

[01:45:52] the Asia region of 4 I am cologne 2026 yeah that is actually correct as well

[01:45:57] you don't even need me to finish the question

[01:46:03] don't fool, don't point all right there man

[01:46:06] bro

[01:46:08] I don't know what to do.

[01:46:38] Come on, guys!

[01:46:43] Something special to talk about is D-Golf.

[01:46:45] And it takes a good entrance.

[01:46:47] Got it, sir!

[01:46:49] We are back!

[01:46:56] When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.

[01:46:59] I chose to go full serious.

[01:47:00] Just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.

[01:47:03] I think grinding phase, it really helps when it comes to keeping your energy up.

[01:47:08] The best advice is that you need to love the game, in the end I'm gonna be a good player.

[01:47:38] Good, good, it was easy, it didn't look easy, but I don't know, I don't know, we played on the 1st, everyone, so...

[01:47:47] I think it was 5-5.

[01:47:48] Yeah, I was alive here, I looked in the bright, he was behind me.

[01:47:52] I'm looking in the bright, I just see, 1, 2, 3, 4, full sound.

[01:47:58] Yeah, good, that's...

[01:48:02] Yeah, felt very good.

[01:48:08] This is actually... I don't know.

[01:48:10] I remember.

[01:48:14] Oops.

[01:48:15] Second.

[01:48:18] Two HP here.

[01:48:20] Thanks for two bullets, Al.

[01:48:23] Just one head away.

[01:48:25] This is for the luck.

[01:48:28] No, I thought I'm gonna die, but...

[01:48:30] I just kill him.

[01:48:32] Oh, I remember this. It's me.

[01:48:34] Is this too nice?

[01:48:36] Yes.

[01:48:37] No, I'm not even looking.

[01:48:43] It was funny, after this round I had a little bit of money.

[01:48:47] A little bit of money?

[01:48:49] To be honest, I remember I had not a lot of bullets in my...

[01:48:53] I remember if I remember correctly I switched to USB and I didn't have a lot of bullets.

[01:48:59] And I was kind of praying that I will man.

[01:49:03] I saw it like two days ago.

[01:49:08] I never remember the time.

[01:49:16] Nice shots.

[01:49:18] That was good.

[01:49:20] The first lane after break here.

[01:49:22] Yeah, it's kinda good but...

[01:49:26] You don't kill so quickly there.

[01:49:28] Yeah, nice and special kill.

[01:49:30] He's doing every day.

[01:49:32] I have a better policy.

[01:49:34] He's doing every day every month.

[01:49:43] Nice.

[01:49:45] I'm going to throw.

[01:49:56] That was good move.

[01:49:58] Nice.

[01:49:59] I could do ace your way, Alex is tall.

[01:50:03] Alex helped to win the round.

[01:50:06] Nice, good job.

[01:50:08] Look what he's doing. He did very good. He crushed one class at.

[01:50:13] He's very good.

[01:50:14] Thank you, Alex.

[01:50:15] He's a good player.

[01:50:17] He's making.

[01:50:22] He just doesn't see the cut.

[01:50:24] He didn't eat the clutch because I knew that.

[01:50:26] I think two was for one team. It was not hard.

[01:50:31] It was a good game. I didn't lose. I didn't lose much.

[01:50:34] Yeah, but very good that it was a camp. I bought that moment.

[01:50:37] It's a game, so it's nice.

[01:50:56] It is a sibling rivalry, but right now big bro is having his way

[01:51:00] It is not going well for foot

[01:51:02] But we head to Navi's turf ancient map two in our first semi-final of ESL pro League season 23

[01:51:07] We're live from Stockholm, Sweden. We're in the Alex that arena

[01:51:11] Stoko you still got some belief that we could have a game here

[01:51:18] Someone's gonna believe about this point up you give up your map and that's what a fashion chat

[01:51:21] I'm more sure be camera cover. What are your thoughts going into a two?

[01:51:24] It's going to be tough, right? So this is the map with Foot, they're on a free map losing streak.

[01:51:28] Oh, it gets lost.

[01:51:29] Who have played it six times this year, they've lost it once. So this is their home turf,

[01:51:34] and let's see where they can deliver. Mikazi will get activated on this T side.

[01:51:38] We'll get a little bit more into the opening moves from Nabi when we get to the gun rounds,

[01:51:41] but Pista round is on our screen.

[01:51:43] Here we go then, ladies and gentlemen. This will set the tone. It feels like Foot needs some good

[01:51:47] momentum as we get into their CT side of Ancient. Look at that P250 once again for Wonderful.

[01:51:52] A couple of smokes, one Molotov and a single flashbang.

[01:51:55] Three players towards Donut, they kick things off.

[01:51:58] Nothing, leaping off the page just yet.

[01:52:00] Just feeding out the map, seeing if there's any sort of CT aggression here

[01:52:04] as they investigate the cave area.

[01:52:07] Slow and steady so far.

[01:52:09] He worked for them on Mirage, these slow T-pistols.

[01:52:11] It was agonizing for Foote.

[01:52:15] Oh, they've got so much space on the map.

[01:52:17] But Benny's waiting for it, but doesn't float the right weapon for the job.

[01:52:20] that range. Difficult to hold them off. Good intel. Rotations will be called.

[01:52:25] Excitement stone up, starting to leave.

[01:52:27] BT-50 from Wonderful hasn't found that one tap.

[01:52:29] You're back away. Doesn't want to give anything up.

[01:52:31] They still have the double smoke.

[01:52:33] They're trying to force the hand of foot.

[01:52:36] Both these T side pistols so far.

[01:52:38] Now keep moving. It's now the YouTube being used to smoke towards red.

[01:52:42] Oh, it's not good.

[01:52:43] There's this throat.

[01:52:45] A little bit of concern, sure, but it's so far forward in cave.

[01:52:49] This will be the B finish for many a demon a plane retake and then called clear, but they're gonna be too far away

[01:52:54] Here's the go signal

[01:52:56] Well, there you go. That's a minute. Oh, okay. Little bit ahead of the plane. No, they're coming now. We've lost for a penny

[01:53:03] Really uncomfortable demon is just gonna play for one. Just hoping he can catch one try and stop them and take a hand

[01:53:09] He can't be just run to them with a block primed and ready in combination. They drop

[01:53:14] and now it's time for a stop.

[01:53:20] Eastside lost. Slow methodical

[01:53:24] Navi. Chats so right as well.

[01:53:26] The fact they're calling a means

[01:53:28] clear. It doesn't really do much

[01:53:29] for you because they're just

[01:53:30] about to execute on towards the

[01:53:32] B side. It's all in the fly. It's

[01:53:33] not even a set piece. And now

[01:53:36] into a corner. The final player

[01:53:38] goes down for survive. You see

[01:53:40] a lot of force by coming in from

[01:53:41] foot in this tournament so far.

[01:53:43] But maybe after how the first night when I said hey boys, let's bring the guns out a little bit earlier

[01:53:47] I think that's a good idea

[01:53:48] So this might be a good opportunity as it does look like they are gonna take the eco for us to talk through the fight

[01:53:53] They're gonna have to nothing

[01:53:56] And then it's a good time. He had a fantastic map number one if he can't stand up into our number two

[01:54:01] It's the type of former member for air from years ago, but with these openings you can see it right now. We've got

[01:54:07] The transcript right now cooler guys. We just need good communication

[01:54:10] You don't as well we're trying to put our training into practice. That's okay

[01:54:14] Don't try to be superheroes and do things we haven't tried before good advice right but hard in the environment, right?

[01:54:19] You're kind of forced into this. We saw yesterday with Navi

[01:54:23] They're going to do the standard three man opener with the smoke sorry three smoke. They'll get red. They'll get donut

[01:54:28] That's the ground of control and then a bit of a case

[01:54:30] F***ing players, come on.

[01:54:32] Come on!

[01:54:33] And the ace, the twin of the E.C.

[01:54:35] And she's right there as he takes 0-5.

[01:54:37] Goal!

[01:54:38] Oh, you don't want him to get into his zone on Ancient.

[01:54:40] Let me tell you, second round gets an ace.

[01:54:42] Sure, it's a full eco, but he's going to be feeling so confident now.

[01:54:46] Farming that cash, he's up to $5,000.

[01:54:48] And that compounds with what I was just saying,

[01:54:50] because he's the point man going out middle, right?

[01:54:52] They throw the donor and the red smoke for him.

[01:54:54] They throw the cave smoke, the lexie pass through,

[01:54:56] and then the flashes for Mikazaki, he activated for these fights.

[01:54:58] You know what I love as well? Alexi B being sacrificial as you would expect.

[01:55:01] He takes the Mk10 out of his hands, gives him a cast of the AK, and so he bled him off the leash.

[01:55:05] He got the best point. He got the best point. He could have just gone swinging out of middle.

[01:55:09] We'll show some restraint.

[01:55:10] And you can already see with the defence, not fighting for the mid-control.

[01:55:15] So we're back underway.

[01:55:17] Pressure so much, amplified already.

[01:55:19] Grimani feels the need to back away, concede the space.

[01:55:24] Humble to utile.

[01:55:26] He maintains K-Control.

[01:55:28] to the right. You don't want to

[01:55:36] find me right. This is another

[01:55:37] option is playing a three to

[01:55:38] split. So just has to call when

[01:55:40] they can cross red. The money

[01:55:42] cemetery in the end of the

[01:55:44] three man B defense under

[01:55:45] pressure now. Nice think. Okay

[01:55:51] opening advantage here in the

[01:55:52] down to 37 points about this

[01:55:54] time that a man push does

[01:55:55] liberate longs for the rotation

[01:55:56] Making space in middle means there's a ripcord as a way out of this depending on how Alexi wants to control the map

[01:56:05] Other blocks smoke well timed this will pipe them up the ramp as one of their only options

[01:56:10] 45 seconds limited utile for the finish

[01:56:13] This has to be big. Yeah, Mccasey's join them into that K position you get on

[01:56:18] generally

[01:56:20] On Molotov one smoke being deployed here smoke towards short Molotov by the cave entrance

[01:56:25] It's going to take a lot to defend it. How come the manpower is out of the map?

[01:56:28] Good flash. Oh, LXB gets all the information and the LK from any other double.

[01:56:33] Keeps the man advantage here. He's down to demon. Needs the least one hit.

[01:56:35] Holding down one nothing.

[01:56:36] Got one. That's for sure. Quick trade out a bit, but there's lots quickly taking his place.

[01:56:41] Fun.

[01:56:42] Nothing for you here, bit. Run down by loss.

[01:56:44] He's in the right place at the right time as a product of that info as well,

[01:56:48] and foot will get around early.

[01:56:49] So getting answers to those questions, right, they didn't contest for mid control of the CT side.

[01:56:53] they gave it over. They said if you want to use red smoke and donut smoke, we'll give you a bit,

[01:56:56] or we'll start 3-2. Those are the fights McCarthy wants right now. And then also what they did was

[01:57:00] they just used their utility instead of fighting for elbow control and replenishing the smoke there,

[01:57:05] they've used it to block K, which has stalled out the progressions and the timings for now,

[01:57:08] the end is finished. The fact that they use three smokes for their opener means they can only have

[01:57:12] two to close down the round. So if you can stay alive, not give them a number advantage, you're

[01:57:17] in a strong position to defend. Three smokes have been deployed earlier once again. We're talking K,

[01:57:21] Red and Pona, and it's towards here.

[01:57:23] We'll go once again.

[01:57:24] We'll also get one, but it's gonna be a double kill for Navi.

[01:57:27] Four versus three, another player towards middle.

[01:57:29] He's in towards the cubby.

[01:57:30] Jigs will have to step up here.

[01:57:32] Does he need to get out?

[01:57:33] Does he want to stay in fights and stand his ground?

[01:57:37] Smoke once again towards Donut.

[01:57:39] I heard that.

[01:57:39] He's hit him.

[01:57:40] So they know there's one Donut.

[01:57:42] That's likely the only player, eh?

[01:57:43] But again, to Chad's point, they have one smoke remaining here for Navi.

[01:57:46] McCarthy finding that space.

[01:57:47] It's time Optin to go in towards Red Room.

[01:57:50] That is the perfect place to go. You can see they've got no CT presence there whatsoever.

[01:57:54] They can send multiple players through and that's exactly what they're going to do.

[01:57:57] It's the path of Lee's resistance. They've found it.

[01:57:59] A split looking likely.

[01:58:01] And careful, Alex.

[01:58:02] That was a bomb on radar.

[01:58:04] They have bits of where of it.

[01:58:06] He knows their comms come through.

[01:58:07] They'll be reacting spot-care to cemetery and completely rips it off.

[01:58:12] That's got to be round-ending.

[01:58:14] Look at the mouse space.

[01:58:15] Makazi has managed to find his burrow deep in the backline.

[01:58:50] We don't have everything we want in terms of the mollies and the hey cheese to try and stall them out

[01:58:53] And it was good

[01:58:54] They took that in the coming of the smoke first but Alexa gets one towards heaven

[01:58:57] They get the trade of the woods middle

[01:58:58] They established that control and then they take their time to close this one down so good work from now

[01:59:02] They think they're gonna put like a bit of a correlation on that with the one round

[01:59:05] We won was the one where we gave them middle the round we fight for middle

[01:59:08] We end up losing with our heads held you know low

[01:59:10] I think you want to make sure that you're feigning it to force you to out of now

[01:59:14] We're right lashes those hey cheese, so they don't just get to hold on to the ground finishes

[01:59:17] So you need to make it look like you're at least giving it a go from some smoke. Yeah

[01:59:21] Don't die. You can even use that first one jump out into their donut smoke

[01:59:25] That's where you get these traps set up right where you're gonna break the red smoke flash through the donut smoke try contending

[01:59:29] Where there are no man's land, but I know that now we have contingencies about that's the round clothes are right there

[01:59:34] Thanks to wonderful. Oh, she take him out of the picture and away we go as it will just be

[01:59:39] I was gonna say some light in the space behind the same drop the single M4

[01:59:42] And they're gonna go eco around that so still some threats here some threats. Yeah, it's a dangerous round back

[01:59:49] Ready have a hate you right? Oh, it's used to see nevermind. He's the damage under the car seat

[01:59:59] Kind of upset the eco here they get 2400 into the next rounds see if they can cause a bit of a dent in that

[02:00:05] Okay, not a huge fan of that one. They don't see if I leave all the game time and time again

[02:00:09] I mean, that should be a round

[02:00:13] defining. Frankly, he gets the

[02:00:15] knife kill onto his former

[02:00:16] captain. That is brutal. He

[02:00:19] knows he's there. He wants to

[02:00:21] make the word don't ruin this

[02:00:23] stock on because he's going for

[02:00:24] it. Oh, you can. I don't think

[02:00:27] played would like it too much.

[02:00:29] It's like for risk and a number

[02:00:30] disadvantage situation point.

[02:00:31] Well made in a gimme round and

[02:00:33] we asked her to play to the

[02:00:34] Internet. They said, you know,

[02:00:36] in a gimme round.

[02:00:37] And we asked that to played in the interview the other day,

[02:00:39] I guess, you know, like a chore for you,

[02:00:41] like making sure you have discipline

[02:00:43] and not going for these flashy plays

[02:00:44] and making sure he plays the percentages

[02:00:46] to get the round in the bag.

[02:00:47] And that's one of those moments.

[02:00:48] Surely he could have gone for the knife,

[02:00:49] but if he has a bit of a blunder there,

[02:00:51] messes it up, the round could fall apart.

[02:00:53] It's not worth it in MR12, right?

[02:00:54] How quickly these games can fall apart from you.

[02:00:56] One or two silly rounds, one or two situations

[02:00:58] where you're going to find me to post-play

[02:01:00] and everybody peeks and give it up,

[02:01:01] but there's a chance to sneak back in.

[02:01:04] This is not the worst-case scenario, though.

[02:01:05] They managed to recover up the fallen AK-47,

[02:01:08] they've got those two second fours.

[02:01:09] Actually a pretty promising round, all things considered.

[02:01:11] That's all of us are.

[02:01:14] So, again, the question is, the round opener now.

[02:01:17] Do they contest middle, do they give over the space?

[02:01:19] This would be the third rifle round coming up.

[02:01:21] We've had one of each so far,

[02:01:23] and it would be very telling of the outcome,

[02:01:25] because this mid-fight is almost like the long corner fight on Dust2.

[02:01:29] But it feels a bit like a coin toss.

[02:01:31] Who has the most flashes?

[02:01:33] What type of opening is a HG's is double molly's right and you never know until you get stuck in. Oh, that's romantic

[02:01:39] We didn't get a candle candle lights up. Wow. They're on the other side. I can see them love us a wave

[02:01:45] on the mezzanine

[02:01:47] All right, so I'm out number one called by foot in that number two. It's a lot of play you probably say into my car

[02:01:53] They're really proud of you, bro. He loves it, right when he gets these extra 30 seconds

[02:01:57] He doesn't have to call. Yeah, that was one of the issues yesterday in the Mongols game

[02:02:03] He was limited with these opportunities to speak.

[02:02:07] Yeah.

[02:02:08] Well, it's more of the same here. Surely got an early round, but still...

[02:02:12] Back to the wall.

[02:02:14] All one down. They've got the cemetery AWP and again a slow start for him. 0-4.

[02:02:19] Usually when that AWP arrives, so does he.

[02:02:22] Let's see if he can step up here. Wonderful, let the sniper as well. They're gonna fight.

[02:02:25] Hey, that's the plan and it looks like McCarthy's won.

[02:02:29] Wonderful throwing some flashes.

[02:02:31] Solid nade connection on the lane side.

[02:02:34] Oh, there's an opener.

[02:02:35] McCarthy does get brought down long, successful on his endapus middle.

[02:02:38] Another headshot hit through the boards, jugs it's done damage.

[02:02:41] They want to fight, Krobeni does very well.

[02:02:43] Straight through the boards, bit activating onto the v player and cemetery is sitting down.

[02:02:47] Now he's lost the sight.

[02:02:49] They know he was caved.

[02:02:50] Bit just wants it, he's got a bloodlust, Krobeni punishes.

[02:02:53] Through the smoke, not going to respect that whatsoever, bomb goes down, but it likes him

[02:02:57] being wonderful, thrust into an unwinnable one just like that.

[02:03:00] Foot will find their second impact from Krobeni triple kill walks dying as he needs to go on as well

[02:03:07] Beating Mikaze at that mid fight as a tough person after the crack man

[02:03:10] I just give away a lot of learning tests and this is an in-game murder who loves to take a lot of space so good to see him contributing

[02:03:17] Don't be aware of the move. I was just trying to bring to the table there

[02:03:20] Oh that's out. That's a one two get some clean through it and the wall bang as well from the K position

[02:03:26] Closing things out, that's the kill there. Secures the round there. Wonderful AWP, even a 4-2 is going to be dangerous.

[02:03:32] There's still plenty of money to buy here. Couple of concessions with the Galils in the hands of Bixx and XCB.

[02:03:38] They still have the wonderful AWP. Smoke down towards K, courtesy of Bixx.

[02:03:42] No smoke donor, so hold onto one extra one here.

[02:03:46] Solid name connection, the mid-tree, take a bit of flak.

[02:03:50] North's burns down to 37.

[02:03:53] But then he has a lot of body, I was going to say, and own space.

[02:03:57] He still does.

[02:03:59] That looks awkward.

[02:04:01] They're going to spam through the smokes, jumps is connected.

[02:04:03] Demon with no vision, still not just connected.

[02:04:05] He's going to have to pivot between the pressure.

[02:04:07] Oh, lovely headshot.

[02:04:09] It's weird now, Krobeni's alone.

[02:04:11] He's pushing a main.

[02:04:13] If Wandaful goes down, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb.

[02:04:15] He's going to get this now. He can't let him get away.

[02:04:17] Cannot allow him to go down.

[02:04:19] He's got a bit of a read, doesn't hear him coming, Bits hit the walkie at the perfect

[02:04:26] time, jumps up in for exchange, Krebbeni, if you got it, Bits will save now V.

[02:04:34] It was looking so promising.

[02:04:36] You get the thought process there, don't you?

[02:04:38] Palms down, we know he has to go back for it, I'll try and cut him off with the palm,

[02:04:41] he has to make that choice, maybe a sound cue made in the water.

[02:04:44] So Krebbeni trying to get ahead of his play, but the real skirmish in the middle right

[02:04:47] That awkward death actually does come back to cost him in all of this.

[02:04:51] Rave from Wunderport, he comes to that snow to find that trade as well.

[02:04:55] And that, you think, is setting up for what should be a long 1v1 with 60 seconds left on the clock.

[02:04:59] But the fight comes his way, can't hold on to it, and we're back underway.

[02:05:02] Finances the decent though.

[02:05:04] They have sacrificed the helmets, and they've lost launch.

[02:05:07] There's going to be Emma this time, cracking things open.

[02:05:10] Back to back opening deaths for launch.

[02:05:11] And look at the helmets as well. We've got no helmets for Demon and Krobeni.

[02:05:14] that Matt Tender still knows it'll be a real problem at the end of the bomb stay here

[02:05:18] to find the default boxes it's Jude he has got the helmet running out of HP it's wonderful

[02:05:23] the chime in cemetery through the smoke his first frag in the game so far the pop of the smoke

[02:05:29] didn't even need it popped open he'll get it cleaned through 83 I changed the dynamic

[02:05:35] you want to give this a look in now kids you're right that makes things awkward they don't know

[02:05:39] that though and there is a smoke available could cause panic throws it towards main gonna limit

[02:05:43] at what bit can do. Force to push through that on a timing. Double donor. Cemetery looking

[02:05:53] for number three. Molly's actually onto Krebbeni. That could be them. I'm picking the Molly

[02:05:56] onto the bar. Perfect. Still Krebbeni. Realize this is a lost cause. They just don't have

[02:06:05] the time. That 10 second defuse is not realistic. Cemetery does well through the smoke but

[02:06:09] they can't commit. So Bip doesn't get a frag in that round without Molotov. Saves the

[02:06:14] day, completely shuts down their intentions. There was a moment it felt like he could go

[02:06:18] for a cemetery of a couple of kills. This is on the board now, and it's all for naught.

[02:06:21] They'll have to go for another save, six to two, and another buy available, maybe a timeout

[02:06:25] as well, which they have just called. Down here now.

[02:06:29] Toughly in the point. That's launched back to background now. I feel like he has to concede,

[02:06:35] Big last risks.

[02:06:37] That's perfect, what fucking shit.

[02:06:39] And that's smoke that they're throwing towards A main.

[02:06:42] That's what they're celebrating from beer in that scenario.

[02:06:45] He's able to use that as the staging area to throw safely the molotov that secures the round.

[02:06:50] So sure, not the flashiest finish, but they save three.

[02:06:55] Looks like they are just going to take the eco around these guns and then fall by into the next.

[02:07:02] Six rounds on the T side already.

[02:07:04] This is the bar. Anything now that Na'Vi can slather off top, that's gonna taste hopefully juicy, the blade going to the halftime break.

[02:07:12] So they already have a good half. Let's see if they can make it great. This isn't a gimme.

[02:07:16] I feel like they're options.

[02:07:18] We might see some CT aggression here. If they do a couple of pistol, they smoke the double doors.

[02:07:22] Oh man, it's Na'Vi. Already cleanly threw it.

[02:07:26] But for that mid-control as Mikazi wants to get it run up the smoke is cemetery

[02:07:30] Can he find the over he actually gets a collateral one and a half kills five seven finishes off that's unfortunate so much damage done, but still

[02:07:38] Advantage Navi

[02:07:39] And I see with that space once again. This kill could be everything

[02:07:44] Huge I buy

[02:07:46] It is healthy two of them low. They know that from the collateral after than this

[02:07:50] You've got it. Who's could be any habits your flick how quick you flick does very well those number two is gonna

[02:07:56] Krebbeni, impactful triple for number three for foot.

[02:08:01] It's just possible for two of their rounds now.

[02:08:03] Krebbeni couldn't win that one-to-one shot.

[02:08:06] So that is a huge round to win.

[02:08:08] And Stuntz now have these progressions on this tee side.

[02:08:11] Absolutely.

[02:08:12] Financially speaking, they're at the bottom of the barrel

[02:08:14] with the lost bonus.

[02:08:16] They will be buying into this round.

[02:08:17] Imel with 1,400.

[02:08:18] He'll be down to a pistol.

[02:08:20] It's a lovely little spray down there from Krebbeni.

[02:08:21] Gets the boosted player.

[02:08:22] There's going to be more around the corner.

[02:08:24] Mose them all down.

[02:08:25] No problem whatsoever.

[02:08:26] We're entering with three rifles, two pistols, going to be boosting behind the CT smoke at elbow, taking a lot of damage from their troubles, hoping to catch someone jumping up.

[02:08:33] This one's worth two low.

[02:08:34] Here's the aggression we talked about.

[02:08:36] Off it goes!

[02:08:37] Off it goes!

[02:08:38] She got the third!

[02:08:41] Nonsense from the head, Hunter!

[02:08:44] That's the round.

[02:08:46] In a single spray, he ends the round.

[02:08:49] This round was worth two for four.

[02:08:52] That's going to be worth nothing.

[02:08:53] You're going to lose everything.

[02:08:55] Backpedaling into this because you ready? There's the info bomb goes down 40 seconds on the clock. We need that on the replay, please

[02:09:01] Yeah, I mean run it one of the most beautiful spray down to ever gonna see the first two were fantastic

[02:09:07] But third it was sublime the kit that headshot you had a pixel this had peeking over the long corner

[02:09:13] I got goosebumps as wild up down. Holy

[02:09:17] And I mean what a perfect round to do it if you're looking at from now these perspective, you know

[02:09:21] They were just forced into slightly broken money

[02:09:24] You said it was worth to get steps up and the flash for the wrap like

[02:09:28] It was perfect to set up bit both of them doing the flashbang dance

[02:09:32] The third is just a thing of beauty. Yeah, I thought we're looking for the same remedy in back-to-back rounds, right?

[02:09:36] And now we had the answer

[02:09:38] So big take a bow, baby. That one was massive. I would look at this get in slow mode

[02:09:44] Oh, this is the best one. Look at that. Bullet, bullet, bang.

[02:09:59] It doesn't get better than that. Oh, yeah. World class breakdown.

[02:10:03] Yeah, world class. That is insane. Okay. There are very few human beings that can do that.

[02:10:08] Some players have to create a highlight right there.

[02:10:10] Oh, Bick, it's just a Saturday.

[02:10:12] Here we go.

[02:10:13] Imma, sketchy, but supported by the flashbangs of Bick.

[02:10:16] Dude, it's the Smash Bros and Mikazi and Imma

[02:10:18] towards middle every single time.

[02:10:20] They don't take any damage for their troubles this time.

[02:10:22] And 3B on the open, they're hit down, Jubes.

[02:10:24] Longs, half HP as well.

[02:10:25] Aggression!

[02:10:26] He's punished once again, Bick.

[02:10:28] Continues to dominate that B ramp.

[02:10:30] His bullets are magnetic.

[02:10:33] And for foot once again, that sinking feeling.

[02:10:36] Oh, X-P, your stomach.

[02:10:38] He gets the sound cue, he knows one's lowest will be.

[02:10:40] You're considering the save already, I'm afraid.

[02:10:44] Smoked off.

[02:10:47] Low HP.

[02:10:49] And this one could be a 9-3 half at this stage.

[02:10:52] This round seems completely locked in.

[02:10:54] Longster have to do something unbelievable.

[02:10:56] The standard chance.

[02:10:58] So much time on the clock as well.

[02:10:59] We just hit the one minute mark.

[02:11:00] Wonderful patrolling middle.

[02:11:02] And we'll cover the bomb in T-spawn.

[02:11:08] Trying to fill the snap out. They've gone for a gamble stack, operating towards red room in the A bomb site.

[02:11:14] D is wide open, Bits are to confirm that momentarily.

[02:11:18] Nice comfortable finish right, smoke here, Molly in the big diligent with this.

[02:11:21] The players are there, they're not taking it for granted.

[02:11:23] Goal particularly damages, Racha. That's crazy.

[02:11:26] And then you have to say, this is the last round coming up next.

[02:11:28] You need somebody to work with here, killing themselves.

[02:11:31] Team damage. That's the most damage they've taken.

[02:11:36] Good God.

[02:11:37] Well, 8-3. How bad does it get?

[02:11:40] I think you're right, Alex. They need to stop fighting middles.

[02:11:42] It's not working out, is it?

[02:11:44] They look so blind and out of their depth.

[02:11:46] Yeah, you're fighting Melvi at their game.

[02:11:48] They have got set-ups hoping you're fighting for middles.

[02:11:52] The flash layering as well.

[02:11:53] You saw in there, he kind of fumbled the first burst

[02:11:56] and had more than enough time to stabilise the shot.

[02:12:00] I honestly thought that it was going to be an attempt at different game plans.

[02:12:04] They are hunting, piping through the temple. How much can they take away? Almost everything.

[02:12:11] Oh, it's over there. Every single player removed. Final round of this first half 2-0.

[02:12:20] Looking very likely here in the semi-finals. Bring all their can to the table, but it's three SMGs so far.

[02:12:26] So it's in there once again. It's not how blind they are. He's just...

[02:12:29] Nothing he can do. Jude's is dead. He knows it as well.

[02:12:33] And the faculty get all five players as well.

[02:12:35] Insult's Wendery.

[02:12:37] What a good hunt.

[02:12:39] So what have we got?

[02:12:40] What are some Gs?

[02:12:41] Make-up two and a D.Eagle.

[02:12:42] Yeah, middle again.

[02:12:44] Yeah, why not?

[02:12:48] With the fear of god in them.

[02:12:51] Final round.

[02:12:52] Is there anything left to be said here?

[02:12:53] They managed to do it on Mirage,

[02:12:54] and get 10-2.

[02:12:56] 9-3 looking very likely here.

[02:12:58] That's a nice opening D.Eagle kill for Alex.

[02:13:00] He'd be answers back.

[02:13:01] It's heavy damage for his trouble zone.

[02:13:03] Immort didn't spot him.

[02:13:04] And I can't hear him.

[02:13:05] Oh, 1HP.

[02:13:08] This round's open.

[02:13:09] Look how low they are.

[02:13:10] It's on the off.

[02:13:12] Is he dying it to the man?

[02:13:14] He's trying to throw it away.

[02:13:15] But mate, if that went over the fence...

[02:13:20] OK, cemetery.

[02:13:22] Should be a nice...

[02:13:23] It's a great off angle.

[02:13:24] Yeah, there's no way.

[02:13:25] I mean, with Immort on 1HP,

[02:13:26] there should be 0% chance Immort's missing.

[02:13:29] Only player can really make it. I suppose his hope is teammates in the aggro then he activates from the position or they come to him

[02:13:37] It's double killer cemetery needs to double has to be to

[02:13:43] Doesn't even pull the trigger they got jammed as MP9 does nothing quick on this fight

[02:13:48] Yeah, this is promising. They've got to be aware of it the next couple of seconds being will go down

[02:13:52] Oh just in time lots arrived. There's the double. It's a clutch for a Lexie P

[02:13:56] They're overlooking his possession, he could have hit the transfer

[02:13:59] Demon closing it down in foot, holding on a little something at the end of the half

[02:14:04] 8 foot RV, it's looking like it could be the two maps

[02:17:26] and it's the first half of the season.

[02:17:36] What it's put in the mouth counter strike for the young international squad getting absolutely batted out there by Big Bro.

[02:17:43] Navi once again dominating in that first half eight to four as we switch things over.

[02:17:48] It's going to be Navi entering that CT side.

[02:17:50] They've been very good on the pistols today.

[02:17:52] But they need a miracle right now.

[02:17:54] I think the word you use for bits triple kill world-class not we have brought their a game today and for foot

[02:18:01] It has been way too much to handle

[02:18:03] Here we go then ladies and gentlemen could be the last time we see foot in the play

[02:18:08] Also be it back for the third place to side up if this one falls arrive

[02:18:12] But let's see they've got anything left in the tank

[02:18:14] Slightly promising is that it's just Macaulay here, but it is Macaulay who's here the Lexi beta lander hat

[02:18:20] That's a rim, long smoke throw now, going to try and change the angle of engagement.

[02:18:26] Macalze tracking, does well, payment away, Alexi Bia-Macalze, already a left and a right,

[02:18:32] one back from Lax, jugs combined, now a three on three and that bomb to go down there,

[02:18:36] trapped behind the smokes, Lax fakes it out. Concerned about that second wave of aggression,

[02:18:41] disruption from the temple side, you've got wonderful and dead.

[02:18:44] Krebbeni, needs a headshot here, playing evasive, doesn't want to give up his life,

[02:18:48] But has forced to do so bomb goes down headshot back. That's jugs important double doughnuts set up

[02:18:54] And a must win round in a nice long-range headshot belongs puts it into the one-on-one alexi B

[02:19:00] Dancing with jugs

[02:19:01] He's that one tap jugs gonna play that clock his greatest ally in this one. No kidding alexi

[02:19:07] He has to win this one alexi is gonna bring the fight jugs nice and evasive touch into the corner

[02:19:15] I don't think he has a let's do it down to what?

[02:19:18] He's believing he's sitting it. He's not running away. Seriously, Jugs knows he's got it. Jugs knows he's already starting fist bumping.

[02:19:24] Okay.

[02:19:25] Well, Lexi didn't have armor to hold on to. Didn't want to pick up the drill bredders and try and get away. He goes down with the ship.

[02:19:31] Well played. Well played. I mean, that's high stress counter strike there.

[02:19:35] I think there's something that needs to start tipping in terms of the scouts right now for Ford. There's 31 rounds of counter strike played so far.

[02:19:40] They have only eight opening kills in those 34 rounds. So they need to start leveling out that planter, but winning a pistol, now that's one out of four.

[02:19:47] Okay, so it's the first rest of you for success.

[02:19:49] You've got to win the second round, Rochette.

[02:19:51] It's not going to be easy.

[02:19:52] There is a four-spy out on the field here at the CT side.

[02:19:55] We're talking MP9s.

[02:19:56] We have graded pistols, Kevlar.

[02:19:58] Wonderful saves some cash.

[02:19:59] About $1,000 for his AWP.

[02:20:00] Oh, no!

[02:20:01] It's a roards mid, and we go once again double kill!

[02:20:04] As McCarthy finds huge impact.

[02:20:08] Charging out mid into McCarthy's domain.

[02:20:11] Five-seven important.

[02:20:13] Second and even more so.

[02:20:14] Demons blind.

[02:20:15] All blind. Hang on.

[02:20:16] Kobani can't handle the rifle.

[02:20:18] Imme is done well. No trade available.

[02:20:20] Look at Wandaful's health.

[02:20:21] Imme, he's got to be the one to make the play.

[02:20:23] And Demon's done very good work around the smoke.

[02:20:25] It could lead to the death of Demise off the cemetery,

[02:20:28] but they will strike.

[02:20:29] Both win their duels.

[02:20:31] Foot, they weather the storm.

[02:20:32] That's back to back five on three, is the manager convert.

[02:20:34] And now he's facing a one round game.

[02:20:36] Right, it has to be the eco for Na'Vi now.

[02:20:38] OK, they're back in it.

[02:20:39] They're not going to just take this the easy way, Na'Vi.

[02:20:42] They're going to book themself in another grand final

[02:20:44] their last TWC in 2025. I can't believe that Marcazee once again first round on City

[02:20:51] Side. He gets two. The double's nuts. But then, yeah, it's a good response. All right,

[02:20:56] they've gone for mid-good drive. This one, fully blind onto fear. Well done from Damon.

[02:21:00] And then what could have gone? Oh, not again. Again. Leave him alone. Just let him have

[02:21:07] it. Hanifort to lose this, boys. Don't get overwhelmed here, bud. Got the bomb. You got

[02:21:11] Get out of there, get out of there.

[02:21:13] That's fine. Okay, that's great in, so you know to push a main, focus your efforts towards B.

[02:21:17] You can't be lazy about your approach into B though, Bits to him with a deagle,

[02:21:20] Mikazi's rotated over as well. You have this U2, so don't rush it, set up this execute,

[02:21:25] smoke's to come in, Molly's as well, then the flashes, but Mikazi's playing forward.

[02:21:30] He's already got himself one in mid all.

[02:21:32] He's feeling himself, and now a body shot. He is terrified.

[02:21:36] You've got to bring him down, former teammate finally failed, and the site lost.

[02:21:40] So you can see just how much easier that execute makes everything sure the fight is coming their way

[02:21:44] But once they deal with that it's gonna be Navi coming through the flames and the smokes

[02:21:48] So when we'll get planted and let's see it's close by but I don't think he's gonna get more than one

[02:21:53] And that's if you can give me and get that I don't think he does

[02:21:58] Okay, a little bit uncomfortable for a second there

[02:22:01] But Lexi said I got that second around his arm

[02:22:03] But for now immediately save the AK-47 good effort and as Chad mentioned a one-round game good damage

[02:22:08] So at least for now he sank him out looking at

[02:22:12] That's a mall

[02:22:13] He's actually stepping into this. You should be able to get demon

[02:22:16] No, Kevlar will have to be it's nice bullet kill. Can you get it? Very costly round now

[02:22:23] You know don't want to be tatters

[02:22:25] Okay

[02:22:27] Doesn't feel like foot of one of one round that's been like easy, you know

[02:22:30] I mean, that's the anti-ecos but if they do lose his follow up round

[02:22:33] They'll have no lost bonus and everyone's been going down. They'll be completely reset. It's gonna cost him a lot

[02:22:38] There's the opener.

[02:22:39] Just so confident with it.

[02:22:44] So, this really will set the tone.

[02:22:47] If you have the 5 AKs.

[02:22:50] CT side, we have the AWP for 1 before he's 4 and 10.

[02:22:53] Has really good going on ancient thus far.

[02:22:55] They're going for the fight.

[02:22:56] They once again want to try and tussle with MacAusie.

[02:22:59] At least they thought about it.

[02:23:00] Longs of jokes with lots of flashes.

[02:23:01] They're going through.

[02:23:04] I'll be playing a second wave defense.

[02:23:05] There'll be another break here for 1.

[02:23:06] Nothing to count.

[02:23:13] Emma already having main control alleviates the pressure of losing middle.

[02:23:16] You can give over donut in this because you know you'll force them into 180 degree fights

[02:23:19] if they do try and tend towards donut in A.

[02:23:22] They've just re-smoked donut so, because they head over towards this B site.

[02:23:26] Navi have the stack in the right place.

[02:23:29] Not much useful for the finish either.

[02:23:31] Wonderful Zor.

[02:23:32] Could knock down a couple.

[02:23:33] Yeah, absolutely so.

[02:23:35] Oh, that's kids of his position. They might reset. And yes, they all vacate the premises very quickly.

[02:23:41] Your options are so limited. What are you going to get me to tie it up?

[02:23:44] That's the smoke. It's in the air.

[02:23:45] Always been dropped. Excuse me. Krebbeni given it by Jugs.

[02:23:49] He's going to push this.

[02:23:50] Oh, God, I'm finished the job. That would have really opened up opportunities.

[02:23:55] He's reposing quickly. If he could tuck in big box, he might be good for another.

[02:23:59] Nice and secondary though. Me take compounds.

[02:24:01] Going to buy time for the rotation already. Mikaze scoffered over.

[02:24:04] He knows who.

[02:24:06] He knows exactly what's up here.

[02:24:08] This is looking bad.

[02:24:09] Footer in trouble.

[02:24:10] Starts to swing in.

[02:24:11] Immel, fights another one.

[02:24:12] Finally brought down, but hang on.

[02:24:13] Mikasa got nothing.

[02:24:14] Cemetery's headshot enables a plant.

[02:24:16] There we go.

[02:24:17] Then the incendiary will do some light damage.

[02:24:19] But a three on three, they can certainly win.

[02:24:21] Recovering another five on three situation.

[02:24:23] Yeah, Krebbenny's gonna have this head to head with Bit.

[02:24:25] He cannot let Bit find his head.

[02:24:28] Good angle.

[02:24:28] The off angle as he starts to clear.

[02:24:30] Krebbenny needs to strike.

[02:24:31] Otherwise, Demons exposed.

[02:24:32] Trade needed now.

[02:24:33] Double kill required.

[02:24:34] He's got to step up wonderful trained on his location

[02:24:38] Symmetry in the donor side under screwed. He brings him down

[02:24:44] They get the bomb planted

[02:24:46] They managed to recover another nine-metre scenario jab at this time can't get the round over the line two players survive and I'll be

[02:24:52] Bomb defuse a can all recovered and it's maxed out minimum wasps are just 14 hundred going for the next one with the bomb winning this crazy

[02:24:59] AK was there, Lux was just kind of in transition, starting his move forward.

[02:25:04] It's essentially the kill that decides the round.

[02:25:06] In it goes down, they'll just run Stretcher-Zona into A.

[02:25:09] I think they should just half by now, Henry.

[02:25:11] Then 90. I know normally the convention would be 1400s, 4-spy.

[02:25:15] But I think because where the cash is at because of the plant,

[02:25:18] take the new co and then have the guns in the next.

[02:25:20] It's not a muscle in round considering that good work in the early stages.

[02:25:23] They don't have to win this one.

[02:25:24] It'd be unlikely with the gullibles and pistols.

[02:25:26] I think that's the right play.

[02:25:28] And another miss shot from Wonderful.

[02:25:30] No look is too sharp out there right now.

[02:25:31] Oh my god, he had a chance.

[02:25:34] Lots of info and a bomb plant.

[02:25:36] I mean, for what you invested, you got the extra cash.

[02:25:38] Could you really have the round?

[02:25:40] Logs?

[02:25:41] Logs picks up the AWP, puts it to good use.

[02:25:43] Does what Wonderful couldn't.

[02:25:45] It's the shot.

[02:25:47] OK, round the smoke still.

[02:25:49] Very difficult to see how they get this one.

[02:25:51] I don't have the kit.

[02:25:52] Six bullets for the AK.

[02:25:53] It's a 10 second defuse.

[02:25:54] McCarthy providing the covering.

[02:25:55] Five attention drawn.

[02:25:56] Looks gets across, there's the match there, and they've taken it!

[02:26:00] Daylight will robbery in Stockholm, and it's Longsterman that took McCasey's place,

[02:26:05] that pulls them into a one-round game!

[02:26:07] How have you fumbled that one? You think they missed?

[02:26:09] Op-Shot is not enough to cost you the round, the contingency should be in place.

[02:26:12] They've dropped the ball on that one, now it'll be the worst round of the series yet.

[02:26:16] Holy, they were uncomfortable throughout that round.

[02:26:19] Wonderful, missing too many sitters.

[02:26:22] He got so much time on that unbair.

[02:26:24] This push, this push, the timing as well.

[02:26:26] He waits for his teammate to make the long steps, draws the attention, and he goes running and gunning!

[02:26:31] Those are the sort of guns that are getting away all tournament long.

[02:26:33] Yes, you're right.

[02:26:34] The entire tier pro leagues, what they're known for.

[02:26:37] Take the lead if you win this one. Sure I know it goes 9-9, but Nabi...

[02:26:41] Actually, they've taken a bit of an odd find themselves.

[02:26:45] Because their loss bonus is 29-100, never mind, I take it back.

[02:26:48] They will be able to buy going into the next, so they ask for investments to get past.

[02:26:51] Not too much, but we'll see if Mikazi, 15-11 right now, can cause a dent.

[02:26:57] Lots of new players, the trolley goes down here long, showing some incredible form on the seaside.

[02:27:02] He's found his game.

[02:27:05] That should be enough to win it, that's the M4, the danger man, Mikazi taking care of.

[02:27:10] Gamer's been very strong in this series, but he's dealt with in due course as well.

[02:27:13] 5-3 this time in favour of Foot.

[02:27:16] I'm going to show a great patience as well. Catches the info on wonderful. It's going to enable the

[02:27:25] donut players to start to move. Alexi B has recovered the Macase M4, but doesn't have a chance to use it.

[02:27:30] Wonderful's 5-7 revealed. Gives Demon room to stretch his legs towards a main and it should be

[02:27:35] Demon's rag every day of the week. Job done. 9-9. Coming into this second half, I said,

[02:27:41] you know, really lacking opening kills in terms of the series. Well, they've only got their first

[02:27:45] on this T-side just a day.

[02:27:46] I think that's the pain converting up to you now.

[02:27:49] 5-1-3 is pretty much every time.

[02:27:51] They're still winning them.

[02:27:52] Yeah, so it's good reactions to opening deaths, right?

[02:27:54] It's not deaths in vain.

[02:27:55] It's not deaths that ice out the round

[02:27:57] and you're just simmering.

[02:27:58] There's reactions based off of the space being taken.

[02:28:01] And now, now, they're the ones feeling the heat.

[02:28:03] Yeah.

[02:28:03] Signified by the blade time out.

[02:28:05] We haven't seen many of them so far in this series.

[02:28:09] Having their feathers ruffled now.

[02:28:11] Foot's getting into fifth gear.

[02:28:13] Let's pretty animate it right now.

[02:28:15] I know we're looking at his back, but I can see his front and yeah, a lot of

[02:28:20] her just articulating right now.

[02:28:23] Thanks. The question. Do you want to bring out the wonderful AWP?

[02:28:25] Yeah, it could drop it.

[02:28:28] But it hasn't really been landing.

[02:28:29] He's not looking comfortable out there right now.

[02:28:31] Might just be better than the player one and done position with the rightful

[02:28:34] and to the sea game and he's gone for the rifle instead.

[02:28:36] I feel like the pace of the game as well.

[02:28:38] Maybe not favoring the AWP if he's not hitting the bangers like he was.

[02:28:41] I'm all right.

[02:28:42] He's brought it out.

[02:28:43] All right, well at least that allows them to play their standard game plan.

[02:28:46] He might just need to be less audacious with his positioning.

[02:28:51] The shots he's missing there, Chad, but his standards are the sitters.

[02:28:54] Big problem is if the bomb goes down there will be no kit.

[02:28:57] So keep that in mind for a post plan situation and could just Svelinavi save.

[02:29:01] Let's see B on the SMG.

[02:29:02] Bit this time making his way towards A main.

[02:29:04] He has a low, he's going to be in this sort of maneuver up against Semenchev in the AWP.

[02:29:07] If the bomb will be even and drop and he's got players all around him,

[02:29:10] They'll swing presumably any second now. He has no idea they're already there.

[02:29:13] Core juggling the grenades, we're back to a 4-4.

[02:29:15] They reset here onto the Accelerate.

[02:29:18] You know the bomb was spotted, you know the trick is up,

[02:29:20] you know they've had time to make that release.

[02:29:21] Is that going for the fight?

[02:29:22] In and out, down and out. Nice from Juggs.

[02:29:24] He just Accelerates because they can't they keep it...

[02:29:26] No!

[02:29:27] Nearly three.

[02:29:28] It'd be two.

[02:29:30] It's the MP9 and the retake of the off.

[02:29:32] Not an ideal scenario at all. Massive advantage here.

[02:29:35] The full float.

[02:29:35] I can't believe this.

[02:29:37] Alexi, oh, a little burst of the face.

[02:29:38] He knows if he goes down, that's going to be round.

[02:29:43] He's going to join this so rapidly. They understand this situation. Grouping up all to take the line.

[02:29:48] Oh, if he gets one, that should be enough, but they're going to go through T spawn.

[02:29:54] I think takes demon down to 27 HP.

[02:29:56] So is there a moment where wonderful jumps up heaven to do with B lane? How long can it stay quiet for before they reponse?

[02:30:02] He's not swinging out because he doesn't want to go down for three wonderful presses further forward mid and now

[02:30:09] He goes back to haven't you it's getting away from has to go now. It's going now

[02:30:12] It's time. It's just demon uses flashes or are they do they think they're beating him to it? He smashed it

[02:30:16] He has to hit this shot though. He's been missing

[02:30:19] His key moments. This is a shot you need to know wonderful

[02:30:25] Preventing gets a bomb in towards the B site. He's going to get the bomb down

[02:30:28] It's a winnable one versus two. Wonderful. Very quick to the front.

[02:30:31] He's trying to find the first. Where's he going?

[02:30:32] Lexi B, you heard this.

[02:30:34] Oh, no. Overthinking.

[02:30:35] That's OK. He's looking at the bomb down here.

[02:30:38] Flashbang available.

[02:30:40] Heavy damage from the spam.

[02:30:42] It's got to be the clutch, Krebbeni.

[02:30:47] I don't care.

[02:30:48] Do it.

[02:30:49] Towards the rampside.

[02:30:50] Looking for that one tap potential onto the Lexi B.

[02:30:52] Baited on the shoulder. Wonderful.

[02:30:53] Has that info. Triangulate Krebbeni's position.

[02:30:56] Now the Orphe peaking into it.

[02:30:57] Wonderful, down, big from Graveni.

[02:31:00] Does he panic?

[02:31:01] No, does he call the bluff?

[02:31:02] He keeps a cool head on his shoulders,

[02:31:05] and he confirms it like he's not on that bomb.

[02:31:07] Ten seconds, don't forget, no kit.

[02:31:09] Just has to spray him down,

[02:31:10] got the bullets not connecting.

[02:31:12] Run it in with the knife, it's getting close,

[02:31:14] it's getting chaotic!

[02:31:15] It's a tie!

[02:31:17] Graveni comes up clutch!

[02:31:20] Oh my, coffee, car, catch a break.

[02:31:23] They even had the read,

[02:31:24] the wonderful shot towards the double doors,

[02:31:26] a two versus one. They ascertain his position. He's uncomfortable with the plant, takes massive spam

[02:31:32] damage, and still dominates once again. Krobeni having a hell of a showing out there, delivering

[02:31:38] the goods in the must win moments. 14 frags for Krobeni, but it feels like all of them have come

[02:31:42] out of patch. I think about the first half where you have the gun, the ball with some multi-kill

[02:31:45] rounds, and this one coming down to the wire. There's the knife necessary to confirm.

[02:31:51] Just outplayed. I really like this timeout pull right now from Julia because you're at the point of the game

[02:31:57] Where if you make one misstep and you play with pace and not poise

[02:32:01] Yes, and now be bite back with a half bind. We saw them do that mirage

[02:32:05] You know they put that crazy win and then immediately just ran up to things these aren't clean and concise rounds are coming down to

[02:32:10] 1v1s every single time they have no resources need to be very careful going forward here

[02:32:15] You can still lose this round

[02:32:16] You can get reset at the end of the game, right?

[02:32:18] There's enough money for a couple of players to buy if you do lose this next one.

[02:32:22] But then after that with the lost bonus bottom of the barrel,

[02:32:24] you're in a lot of trouble down the stretch on the T side.

[02:32:27] They've done a great job so far. Check out that round recap.

[02:32:30] Pistol conversions only one blemish on the record.

[02:32:33] There we go then.

[02:32:34] I don't think I can say anything.

[02:32:37] Yeah, okay.

[02:32:38] He's doing pretty good towards me. I'll say that much.

[02:32:41] Just let him have it.

[02:32:43] Maybe that's what the timer was about. Boys.

[02:32:45] They don't want to give way to the opening death, please.

[02:32:48] Oh, they're going for a nice contact play here. Wonderful.

[02:32:50] The chance of him landing a 1-deagle very low.

[02:32:53] An ORI is now flushing out for Util.

[02:32:56] And yeah, that'll do quite nicely, actually.

[02:32:58] Just an opening salvo of H.E. Grenade.

[02:33:02] Steven Goode does get taken down by Mikaze mid-lurk.

[02:33:04] Put an AK into his hands.

[02:33:06] This is already feeling a little bit stressful,

[02:33:08] but you've got the postpartum you wanted.

[02:33:10] Yeah, there should be no way to give this one up.

[02:33:13] I think you're already considering saving the AK with the follow-up round,

[02:33:16] McCarthy using that on the defense will be very powerful indeed.

[02:33:21] CT's looking to contain at this point, not defusing this bomb.

[02:33:24] Can I give it a go?

[02:33:26] Oh no, like this shot from Semituzov, this gets a little hectic now with the smoke on the side.

[02:33:30] You're feeling nervous, Krebbeni on the flank finds it in there.

[02:33:32] Important find, Logs is in prime position, swings on out and Navi lose everything.

[02:33:37] Looks a little bit clumsy there, doesn't it?

[02:33:39] You're hoping that Sonic had that with the smoke on the side and caused the chaos,

[02:33:42] but into the lead with a two-round gap.

[02:33:46] I'm sure you can buy an RV. That hasn't been the problem.

[02:33:49] That's 7-1 on the half right now.

[02:33:51] As soon as they spot wonderful, three grenades.

[02:33:53] Fly on over. No chance of fire off another shot.

[02:33:57] That's what you'd like to see there, right?

[02:33:58] The fact that Andrew's got all just swinging and killing.

[02:34:00] No, we've got grenades.

[02:34:01] Yep. That's not riskless.

[02:34:04] Beautiful stuff, really.

[02:34:05] I want to go mid. Two players with flashes.

[02:34:07] Flash is ready.

[02:34:08] Once vs. Mikazi, Mikazi's had his number. Oh, gets the info. Nob's gets across to the box. He's supported as well. The HE will do damage.

[02:34:17] Oh no, why on earth?

[02:34:18] Missed Throne. Nob's got a second lease of life. Heavy damage onto Demon. That one landed.

[02:34:24] Don't smoke. Mikazi will have to respect it.

[02:34:27] I think he's very stressful out there, Nabi.

[02:34:30] I think he's even got a kit this round. Once again, they do not.

[02:34:34] Towards cave we go, likes to beat the defence. Just playing for the pixel info.

[02:34:39] Drop the smoke as soon as he spots one, feeling the pressure already.

[02:34:42] Westing has smoke!

[02:34:43] Oh!

[02:34:45] Lost into the fight, they forced his hand and his hand is lethal on the trigger.

[02:34:49] Here comes Krobeny though.

[02:34:51] Yeah, he's got to get past bit, bit's very much an expert in this position.

[02:34:54] One-three!

[02:34:55] Unison, Cemetery and Krobeny remove the beat of defence.

[02:34:58] Force forward is in there. He could swing on this.

[02:35:01] Tempted by that fake last cemetery, hoping, praying, not able to find it at all.

[02:35:05] Innerswings in and removes him, so now things will slow down and the bomb is under the boots of Na'Vi.

[02:35:14] Very deep. Smokes are good.

[02:35:17] Mistrode. Jokes is going to be tempted to peek in front of him, he's just in there.

[02:35:21] Ooh, Cross-Set-Bose. Missiles won past Inners here.

[02:35:25] Oh my, I think that's enough to win the round.

[02:35:27] their second of their CT campaign. Three players to survive. The problem is though,

[02:35:31] the store that we had before, their money being loaded, that's you got plenty of resources now.

[02:35:35] Two players is 7k, that's only going to go up from here. Fair play to Alexi B. Fair play.

[02:35:40] That Molly is supposed to force you into the fight, but that's supposed to be a disadvantage.

[02:35:44] And he still went down to a three on three, even if those two opening kills once again. True.

[02:35:49] So, when he saves this all, he's got 7k, right? There's not going to be any qualms this round,

[02:35:53] But there will be

[02:35:56] So this is where you're afraid point think about how miserably this can go. Yeah, you don't win 12 off of the next with the guns

[02:36:03] You only get 1900 loss bonus going to the next you will have a cobble together by of galils and maybe a couple of AKs

[02:36:09] The stop now V from getting to 12

[02:36:12] After these investments, you can see how quickly that cash is dissipated

[02:36:16] Well, it's got the most left over at 3k. So it's gone after this

[02:36:21] You need to win this round for and the inexperience

[02:36:24] Stop them against mouse

[02:36:26] They normally do choke towards the end of these sort of maps about learning experience

[02:36:31] But yes so close now to pushing us to that number three

[02:36:37] They try to okay smoke and set him up Marcy style

[02:36:40] No only fifth towards middle could it be control granted in mccasey will help himself towards heaven

[02:36:46] When if that smoke to go down presumably be flashed in

[02:36:48] There's the flash, or the smoke, the doors, the looks, the things here.

[02:36:53] Good block, on eight block.

[02:36:58] That changes your plan.

[02:37:00] We know the player's down at least.

[02:37:02] Oh, this is a big fight.

[02:37:04] Just more than anything he didn't do to them.

[02:37:09] He's on a lifestyle.

[02:37:10] She can't go down. He wants to try and keep them guessing.

[02:37:13] They're faking A right now.

[02:37:18] attention drawn. It drew the rotation, the fake work.

[02:37:21] Now three members of Navi are concerned about the A side.

[02:37:25] Good, he can get the info on the jump spot.

[02:37:28] It's like he's gonna know now.

[02:37:30] Holly gonna force him into the corner.

[02:37:32] Denies the info, 40 seconds for the finish.

[02:37:40] Oh, he's not ready for it.

[02:37:41] Bombs to be, okay, bombs been spotted.

[02:37:43] It will be scooped up on the back of Juggs.

[02:37:45] Now, Mikasa, you've got to try and get past it.

[02:37:46] Juggs will head to head with him.

[02:37:48] Oh, he's brought him down.

[02:37:49] Hope access to the site just in time, but bit's there.

[02:37:52] He can't get the bomb across.

[02:37:53] Oh, my God.

[02:37:54] Demons hit a headshot, though.

[02:37:55] Another home!

[02:37:57] Wonderful in the clutch!

[02:37:58] Just sweet!

[02:37:59] Oh, it's in the set!

[02:38:01] It came down to the lofty one!

[02:38:03] Sick, old swim!

[02:38:06] And they're swimming towards that third map!

[02:38:09] Yeah, absolutely.

[02:38:10] What a chaotic finish there.

[02:38:12] It felt like Navi did enough once again,

[02:38:14] had all the reads, all the opening frags,

[02:38:16] and able to convert these clutch scenarios.

[02:38:18] Wonderful.

[02:38:19] And he pulled out the USP.

[02:38:20] He more than likely went around.

[02:38:22] Didn't have the intel.

[02:38:23] He was so dangerously low.

[02:38:25] And now it is map point.

[02:38:26] Gusto is back on the menu.

[02:38:28] As we go 12 to 10 right now,

[02:38:30] will be another tactical timeout.

[02:38:31] Maybe the last of ancient here

[02:38:33] as foots are in the driving seats.

[02:38:37] On the buy, it could be much worse than RV.

[02:38:39] 2-0-4 so far a famous for imit...

[02:38:42] Alexei onto an MP9.

[02:38:43] I can't believe they win this.

[02:38:45] He plays forward, he knows the rotation is coming.

[02:38:47] Another number advantage situation, the Navier fumble.

[02:38:50] This one.

[02:38:51] You're going to need two hounds to count them up to this map.

[02:38:53] It's the round winning kill there.

[02:38:54] Wonderful.

[02:38:55] This is always going to be tough.

[02:38:56] It's the worst weapon for the job in that type of a fight.

[02:39:00] OK, they really are feeling it now.

[02:39:03] It comes down to this, round number 23.

[02:39:06] Overtime guaranteed here.

[02:39:10] Go towards middle again.

[02:39:12] Opening grenades, do significant damage towards Mikati.

[02:39:15] AWP. Couple of rifles, four players in total.

[02:39:18] A execution chat to try and go over that knockout blow.

[02:39:20] And this plant's smoke block here.

[02:39:24] Cemetery could still find him.

[02:39:26] He could on the jiggle, right?

[02:39:33] The flash, they might push through this.

[02:39:34] Doesn't matter if he blocks.

[02:39:36] Inward throws it out. Jokes.

[02:39:38] Oh, he thinks twice, he thinks twice.

[02:39:39] Doesn't want to be running through that smoke.

[02:39:41] Okay, you've got a decision. There's no need to just run this one through, right?

[02:39:44] You just have to get one around. You got two opportunities. That didn't work. That's your opening move.

[02:39:48] All right, let's reset. Let's talk about something different. We just outmaneuvered them in the last round. We can do it again now.

[02:39:54] T'Navi, their rotation was drawn. They blocked them for now, but they're expecting already some hijinks because you were just faked in the previous.

[02:40:01] How much follow-through do you really know about?

[02:40:04] So at this point, a silent reroute all the way back towards B.

[02:40:07] Symmetry's AWP holding this line in case someone searches for info he's got a free kill

[02:40:11] That's a really good point

[02:40:13] Holding these two players inside of a map. What's up there here?

[02:40:16] He's not gonna be alone. Why would it all be a lone A? Still three on B for the defense. They're not moving

[02:40:24] Cave timing everything no one's not coming from the info. Lexie begins the entrance in fleet

[02:40:30] Wonderful woeful performance so far in ancient. Can he step up here?

[02:40:33] He set up to succeed now. Crossfire in the cave player finds his bit and wonderful perfect for the opening.

[02:40:40] Now, XEB getting chaotic with the XEB sprays down two and Cemetery can't hit the shot.

[02:40:45] Money's busted, Chad. Overtime looking locked in, 1500 on Cemetery.

[02:40:51] Two K and Jigs. Pull the ripcord, hit the pace.

[02:40:55] They have to.

[02:40:56] They won that eco round on the B site.

[02:40:57] That eco round on the B site, really, for me, is the difference maker in this half.

[02:41:01] The fact they were even able to win that round that miss wonderful shot keep the guy on the rifle

[02:41:05] He's picked up the AWP

[02:41:07] You don't love to see that his blade takes the final tactical timeout of regulation. Oh, I wonder for the right

[02:41:13] That's what we need to see. Yeah, but it's gonna want to down. He got the off. He's gonna have to tell you

[02:41:17] I know the money to make it work. Otherwise. I'm not enjoying what he's putting down right now

[02:41:22] Just get you one cure the rifle. But yes, you're right. He's gonna have to make do with the sniper

[02:41:26] I can't believe we're saying that, but it's going to be the final round enough.

[02:41:30] Leigh doesn't want to give this one up. He knows the money's low.

[02:41:32] So what can you lose too quickly here? Right? A mid-pop.

[02:41:35] Flashers go against you. Mikazi goes down in the snowball with tech nines.

[02:41:38] A quick B-play. You smoke off towards Heaven and Cave, you pipe up the ramp,

[02:41:41] your B-defender gets isolated and run down.

[02:41:44] Or over towards A where they've been testing the water, but not with pace.

[02:41:49] You can see right now that some of the U2 are being lined up on the T side.

[02:41:52] Kemeny with a cave smoke in his hand.

[02:41:54] But Yuto is Lider on. You need to use every inch, every second of these nades.

[02:41:59] It is an A rush. It's an A rush.

[02:42:01] But when he's got the fast turn-offs, he's gonna Lider on.

[02:42:02] OK.

[02:42:03] It's just gonna be wonderful.

[02:42:04] Wonderful to defend. Here we go, boys. Lock in.

[02:42:10] Nails the first.

[02:42:11] Yuto falls.

[02:42:12] Got him!

[02:42:13] Take it down, Jugs. Wonderful passing the test.

[02:42:16] Makes the look effortless.

[02:42:20] Nons is surely a dead man.

[02:42:21] Alas, he messaged Ray last but it connects.

[02:42:24] Oh, my God, oh, my God!

[02:42:26] Cemetery!

[02:42:27] He finds two, locks, surges forward, finds himself a weapon for the bomb.

[02:42:31] The bomb delivered to XCV's front door.

[02:42:33] Oh, my gosh.

[02:42:35] How is he going?

[02:42:38] Cemetery found two already, and the crazy one, V2, is on the menu.

[02:42:43] He's in the heads. They've allowed him to have the bomb.

[02:42:52] He'd assume it'd be covered with a crossfire. His clutch is a lot of pretty.

[02:42:58] Oh, he's nailed onto Mikaze.

[02:43:00] One again.

[02:43:01] He's going for number two. He's ready for number two!

[02:43:04] Number three!

[02:43:06] Symmetry with a quad kill! Front not going down without a fight!

[02:43:09] We got a fight, we got all three maps, here at ESL Pro League!

[02:44:39] I have a 2, 2 close cave, I think one. I'm all on close cave.

[02:44:49] Dead one.

[02:44:50] Left, Jukes, left, left, left, left.

[02:44:52] They went back.

[02:44:53] Tram out already.

[02:44:54] Wow, tram, two on tram.

[02:44:55] And beside more again.

[02:44:57] Long, long, long, long.

[02:44:58] That's right, I think one more.

[02:44:59] I think one more.

[02:45:00] Go together, go together.

[02:45:01] I think vision is gone.

[02:45:02] Clanting, planting.

[02:45:03] Maybe long.

[02:45:04] Swing long, swing long.

[02:45:05] Long, long, long.

[02:45:36] Easy as you don't

[02:45:38] Nice!

[02:45:40] I flashed one, flashing in face, flashing right now

[02:45:44] Short short short

[02:45:46] I have one out, I have one

[02:45:48] 3 Heaven, 3 Heaven, 3 Heaven

[02:45:51] One on top, one on top

[02:45:52] Move, move, move, move

[02:45:54] 3 Heaven, 3 Heaven

[02:45:55] One on top, one on top

[02:45:57] One on top, one on top

[02:45:59] One on top this way

[02:46:01] yeah

[02:46:04] i bet you'd be very safe

[02:46:07] do run rock, run on one

[02:46:09] what's wrong!

[02:46:11] i run, i run, i run, please

[02:46:14] run in front of it!

[02:46:17] lets go!

[02:46:19] we don't give up!

[02:47:01] it's a perfect end.

[02:47:18] No way!

[02:47:20] It's a perfect game!

[02:47:22] This is kind of...

[02:47:24] This is madness!

[02:47:26] Bags against the wall, but foot do not concede,

[02:47:29] and this is exceptional from a team that we're talking about in their first ever LAN playoffs.

[02:47:34] The fact that the first half, Dinko, didn't exactly go to plan things coming up so similarly on that T side.

[02:47:40] We have a game, and we have some individuals popping off right now.

[02:47:43] Yeah, not able to win consecutive rounds in the first half and then going into the second half you have to win the pistol there

[02:47:48] And I think every time we we see a comeback like this

[02:47:51] It always has to start with that pistol run

[02:47:53] It's so important in M1 12 now and then long so we see stepping up

[02:47:56] Really strong performance on that T side

[02:47:58] But this team have so much attitude and flair like that last clutch from symmetry is like that's just nuts

[02:48:03] Like the fact he sticks around for that final kill

[02:48:06] Like when you and you're in that situation and you're about to go to overtime

[02:48:09] time you've come back all the way you're facing elimination if you lose the map and you stay in

[02:48:13] that spot away for the second player to come right it's it's really impressive and I think that

[02:48:17] just got so much flair to them. They're a really good team at playing with momentum I think that's

[02:48:21] kind of one of their their win cons and it feels like once they grab it especially on TESA it's

[02:48:25] they have the ability to keep steamrolling but you know like it requires that actually occurring

[02:48:30] which I think was the issue on Mirage right they never broke through in a way that allowed them

[02:48:33] to gain momentum here on ancient you win that eco round you win another gun round after that and

[02:48:38] And you could seem kind of like just starting to build into this game and Navi do that from that point couldn't actually stop it

[02:48:43] I think winning the eco round is the whole difference maker. Yes

[02:48:46] Obviously the last round to force by it's a little bit lighter with the eco round in my opinion

[02:48:49] Is the one that changed the dialogue of that entire first half you win that then you get out on top of Navi's money

[02:48:54] And from that point on you just think of yourself. Okay. Well, they are steamrolling this one and yeah

[02:48:59] The attitude you're talking about long says definitely bringing a lot of that, right?

[02:49:02] We know that this guy likes to get loud and that right there is a revitalizing win for this team after getting thrown around a mirage

[02:49:07] Okay, hold up. We just beat them on their map choice. We can get 10 right now

[02:49:10] So going to dust to this becomes anyone's game. This is open. This is wide open now

[02:49:13] There's no longer the conversation about exterior experience or jitters on the stage the jitters were on Navi in the last round

[02:49:19] You see that aim of yes on the final round

[02:49:20] He was shaky as hell right nervous in that situation to push into overtime and you think about wonderful as well

[02:49:25] Like there's a lot of pressure on you also the community and you know

[02:49:28] You have a stink of a map here as well

[02:49:30] And you did definitely let your team down to an extent on this for a second map

[02:49:34] So he's gonna be in his own head and we go into dust to where it's an op is paradise a really important head to head between

[02:49:40] Him and cemetery and yesterday cemetery was the key is to that come back on CT side against mall

[02:49:44] So I think he has actually got the head to head

[02:49:46] Upper hand against wonderful going into this third map at the moment

[02:49:49] We have to give a big round of applause to the crab man, right?

[02:49:52] He's in that first half with multi kills and then a couple of nice clutches within this

[02:49:56] Yeah, like you can look at it from the team play and maybe some of those more exciting moments

[02:50:00] But he was the one who was getting them the building blocks that they were even able to make a game out of this one on

[02:50:05] Jason, what's the plural for foot for foot? I believe it's feet. So would that mean that foot fans are feet lovers?

[02:50:11] Oh

[02:50:12] Man, yeah, yeah, I would I didn't even make that connection. That's why you beat the world earlier today

[02:50:18] Yeah, thank God. I have something to bail me out

[02:50:22] Jason the turning point round, let's let's break it down

[02:50:25] Yeah, we'll bring it we can bring it up now and we already kind of alluded to it as the eco win because this was also a

[02:50:30] big win. This was how they got started and reignited against against Maus yesterday was another eco win

[02:50:34] that got them going so on these sorts of rounds they seem to have it. It's a Molotov thrown way too

[02:50:39] deep so mistake out of Navi right out of the gate that lets them scale quickly. This doesn't matter

[02:50:43] a whole lot but what comes here is the obvious push to the back of Q. You have to be able to take

[02:50:47] control of this especially if the defense is playing passive and I think this is where they

[02:50:51] applied the pressure to Navi to start making them a little bit nervous. That's a very fast play out

[02:50:55] of cave. I think Ema is trying to catch them off guard but just gives himself up and now you get

[02:50:59] into a situation where the textbook is thrown out the window. There's no perfect play to make.

[02:51:03] Lowch takes a risk, takes a read, and makes it work running and gutting.

[02:51:07] One of the factors there is no kit on those final two players either, and that's because in that

[02:51:10] moment, right, they were just establishing themselves and they were dealing with more firepower

[02:51:14] utility. And some other key factors that you point out, the one down the ramp that's missed,

[02:51:17] they also missed the one from Lane. You can see that burning over towards that copyright. So,

[02:51:21] I think throughout this map, even on the T side for Navi, for it being their map choice,

[02:51:24] the utility was pretty sloppy, all things considered, right? Didn't feel like it cost them too much in

[02:51:28] in the first half, but definitely in the second, a couple of wobbles. You tend to throw that

[02:51:32] more shallow mollusk, right? The one that lands around the...

[02:51:35] So they have to fight in it.

[02:51:36] Exactly. And that would... Maybe some late comms out of spawn.

[02:51:39] Yeah, maybe late comms of who's throwing, which mollets on all of them, who's doing

[02:51:42] what. But yeah, that was a curious round. But that was the first time in that game where

[02:51:46] they could never do it on Mirage. Foot actually applied enough pressure to make Navi show

[02:51:50] some cracks. Like, Mirage just felt so comfortable. Nothing went wrong for Navi. But here, when

[02:51:55] the pressure got put on, yeah, it crumbled. And you saw some weaknesses.

[02:51:58] you're playing with momentum.

[02:51:59] You just won that map. You're

[02:52:01] going into dust two is the

[02:52:02] decider. This is this is the

[02:52:04] scenario. What a foot can pull

[02:52:05] this off. I just want to run

[02:52:07] the last round before we dive

[02:52:08] into the conversation because

[02:52:10] you can attest to this better

[02:52:11] than I can having actually

[02:52:13] played on proteins, but the

[02:52:14] amount of pressure you must be

[02:52:15] feeling at this moment short.

[02:52:16] Okay, it's just so team

[02:52:17] living. It's not like you're

[02:52:18] going to lose the series, but

[02:52:19] the fact that symmetry has the

[02:52:21] reason in this situation just

[02:52:23] be holding that angle believes

[02:52:24] in his aim more than anything.

[02:52:26] I like that he played the

[02:52:27] I like that he played the clutch with like patience, you know, you know what I mean?

[02:52:30] Like when there's time on the clock, 1v2 for the map and like see what they're going to do.

[02:52:34] Like it isn't ahead of himself.

[02:52:35] Yeah, it is an intense situation.

[02:52:37] See if they're going to make a mistake.

[02:52:38] Pause, wait for them to move in.

[02:52:39] A very cool clutch, very rough call having to just, I mean, you have to imagine,

[02:52:43] for Benny just didn't have the playbook and around like this.

[02:52:45] They're just trying to finish the round there.

[02:52:47] And what we were saying was positive on Mirage, was fighting fire with fire.

[02:52:50] Now he's just running in.

[02:52:51] There is where they could have used some poise, but they did just run in.

[02:52:53] They lined up.

[02:52:55] The way that this is played, I guess Alexi, they don't know exactly where Cemetery's coming from, right?

[02:52:59] So thinking he wants to group up, isn't a bad choice, but then they take the fights one at a time and Alexi gets red.

[02:53:06] In this moment, he's thinking, okay, well, I'm assuming Cemetery's gonna think I'm serving the words Cable,

[02:53:10] and getting in the room, but no.

[02:53:12] And that's a great clutch to finish things off. I just went and quickly flicked through.

[02:53:15] I think those two AWP kills from Wonderful, he only had three AWP kills in the seconds.

[02:53:20] So even when Wonderful pops off, it's not enough.

[02:53:22] Exactly right and you think in there when he gets to okay another thing about the amount of 5v3 situations now be lost in that second

[02:53:28] How it's kind of baffling yeah

[02:53:30] Well, I mean especially the last round because you know it's up against tech nines at that point

[02:53:33] You know, it's kind of a force by a hot job

[02:53:37] Back and chill but you know what it's like to like sometimes you come into a game

[02:53:41] And you'd still like a mindset or an attitude into the players like fighting fire with fire

[02:53:44] These guys are gonna be aggressive

[02:53:45] We need to be aggressive right back and in their face and not be afraid to do that

[02:53:48] sometimes it's hard to like scale that mentality back like if you get everyone fired up and believing in that and then a

[02:53:53] Moment comes like a five on three, but everyone has been hyped up being like we're gonna be in their face

[02:53:57] We're not gonna let them be comfortable

[02:53:58] It's hard sometimes to change that in the moment to be able to play say oh actually this isn't the right call

[02:54:03] We need to play it differently. Yeah, that clearly didn't happen. It's a really good point

[02:54:07] What do we reckon but I'll sue then obviously yesterday. This is where we saw foot mounting

[02:54:10] What was it eight CT rounds in a row versus mouse to actually win them up?

[02:54:14] I think the mentality has taken a

[02:54:16] bit of a battering after this,

[02:54:18] right? But they have the

[02:54:20] experience to reset in these

[02:54:22] environments. So now we have the

[02:54:24] belief of foot and the reset

[02:54:26] required from Navi. I think I'm

[02:54:28] going to stick with the known

[02:54:30] quantity, but I am still

[02:54:32] really interested in the

[02:54:34] performance of the team. I think

[02:54:36] I'm going to stick with the

[02:54:38] quality of the team. I think

[02:54:40] I'm going to stick with the

[02:54:42] I'm not going to say that I'm

[02:54:44] going to be a part of the

[02:54:46] team. I'm not going to say

[02:54:47] that I'm going to be a part of

[02:54:48] the team, but I am still

[02:54:50] really enjoying what I'm seeing

[02:54:51] from foot. If they push this

[02:54:52] and they take this, this is

[02:54:53] great. Another step taken on

[02:54:56] this early rise in 2026. We got

[02:54:57] thought we got power vision

[02:54:58] right some exciting names that

[02:55:00] are the top dogs playing some

[02:55:01] class years. Yeah, foot

[02:55:02] starting to build up a nice

[02:55:03] resume of wins as well, just

[02:55:04] individual series wins over

[02:55:06] some top teams. I'm sick of

[02:55:07] with Navi as well. I think we

[02:55:08] talked about this, I think on

[02:55:09] the podcast where I think it

[02:55:10] was you that mentioned that.

[02:55:11] Unless you have those long spawns, right?

[02:55:13] Yes.

[02:55:13] That's what's going to be able, and that you can't guarantee.

[02:55:16] Yeah, but that's a little bit of a problem.

[02:55:17] That's where I'd lean it to.

[02:55:19] If Dust2 still felt like a puggy map,

[02:55:21] I might want to stump for foot here a little bit.

[02:55:23] But it feels a lot like the protocols of breaking smokes,

[02:55:26] of having an upper peak of the lower pushes, the mid pushes.

[02:55:28] That's an area where, again, I just

[02:55:29] give the advantages to Navi.

[02:55:30] The scary thing is, Foot did get crushed in that first half

[02:55:33] on Dust2 against Miles, and he had to come back.

[02:55:35] Like, if Navi can have that same start,

[02:55:37] but just close that window in terms of the comeback,

[02:55:40] then that would be a big issue.

[02:55:41] I think the exciting thing is Navi still favorites for the third map, but for have shown there's a real chance to do

[02:55:46] I'm so excited to dive into we do need to have things to a quick break before the action can resume on that third map

[02:55:51] That is going to be dust to going down in just a short few don't go anywhere

[02:56:41] can be one of the best players in the world.

[02:56:42] I chose to go full serious.

[02:56:44] Just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.

[02:56:47] The biggest reason that I grinded the face

[02:56:48] was because I wanted to be at home.

[02:57:01] The best advice is that you need to love the game.

[02:57:03] In the end, I'm going to be a good player.

[02:57:09] So you didn't guess?

[02:57:10] What?

[02:57:11] Of course, explain better, bro.

[02:57:13] I'll show you.

[02:57:14] I even said it's side.

[02:57:16] You have a problem to show me all that.

[02:57:18] You have big squad.

[02:57:21] Big squad where?

[02:57:22] Left or right?

[02:57:23] In the middle.

[02:57:24] In the middle, big squad.

[02:57:25] Yes, big squad.

[02:57:26] I think square.

[02:57:27] It's not big.

[02:57:29] Actually, yes, it's good.

[02:57:31] Out of this squad, put one more.

[02:57:34] Next to him, one more.

[02:57:36] Top?

[02:57:37] One more?

[02:57:38] Yes.

[02:57:39] No, more quad to the right.

[02:57:41] Fucking shit.

[02:57:42] The more.

[02:57:44] Yeah, and one more. The bigger one.

[02:57:46] Right.

[02:57:47] Okay, you need to put down of this.

[02:57:49] Good.

[02:57:50] Yeah, do you understand what is it?

[02:57:52] No.

[02:57:53] If it would be colored, it would be a red color in this one.

[02:57:55] But yeah, it's a bomb plant.

[02:57:57] Yes.

[02:57:58] Either it has to be.

[02:57:59] No, not even close because...

[02:58:00] Nuke?

[02:58:02] No, wait, why?

[02:58:03] Fucking shit, I have no fucking clue.

[02:58:05] Anubis B.

[02:58:06] Bro, why? It's so fucking easy.

[02:58:07] What is it?

[02:58:08] This is inferno.

[02:58:09] Obviously this is first book, second, third.

[02:58:11] Our experience is so good.

[02:58:12] You can start from top right side,

[02:58:15] start the square from here,

[02:58:17] and go down, and go left side now.

[02:58:19] Stop, go down, right side,

[02:58:21] more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more.

[02:58:23] And now go on top, until, until you're on top.

[02:58:26] Big square out of that,

[02:58:27] so you can start from left side, down here.

[02:58:29] Full on top, full on top, full, full, full, full.

[02:58:31] You can start from down with the square, and now down.

[02:58:34] And now, close it, you know,

[02:58:36] The top left is, but a bit down, yes.

[02:58:39] There's the square, bam, bam, bam.

[02:58:41] So, draw a rectangle on top of this,

[02:58:42] but sideways a bit, like a...

[02:58:44] Here?

[02:58:45] Okay, it's good.

[02:58:45] And go down, and close it.

[02:58:47] On the same big square, bottom, two boxes.

[02:58:51] Just do one there.

[02:58:52] One here?

[02:58:53] Bam.

[02:58:54] And one, you can start from the middle of that.

[02:58:57] Yes, and square.

[02:58:58] Yeah, close it.

[02:58:59] Between the middle and the top left.

[02:59:01] Three squares, fast.

[02:59:02] And that one down, one right side.

[02:59:04] They are all connected.

[02:59:05] Just imagine they are all three connected.

[02:59:07] Now a bigger rectangle from this one down.

[02:59:09] From this?

[02:59:10] Yes.

[02:59:10] Left?

[02:59:11] Yeah.

[02:59:11] And top.

[02:59:12] Out this?

[02:59:12] Yes.

[02:59:13] Down, down, down.

[02:59:14] Yes.

[02:59:14] Now that's it.

[02:59:15] Big square.

[02:59:16] Bam.

[02:59:17] Can you guess?

[02:59:18] No, it's so hard to explain.

[02:59:19] What the fuck?

[02:59:20] But I thought you explained so easy.

[02:59:21] Bro, I explained.

[02:59:22] Is this is internal?

[02:59:24] No.

[02:59:25] OK.

[02:59:25] Wait, what the fuck?

[02:59:26] You like this map?

[02:59:27] Is this Dust2?

[02:59:28] No.

[02:59:29] It's the map that you don't want to be alone.

[02:59:31] Is this Mirage?

[02:59:32] Yeah.

[02:59:33] A side.

[02:59:34] You can start from the middle with a rectangle, and now you do another rectangle, but like

[02:59:41] this.

[02:59:42] Now it's like this.

[02:59:44] And now one straight.

[02:59:45] Fuck it, it took so much space.

[02:59:48] You can do another one like this.

[02:59:51] Yeah, you can connect another rectangle or another rectangle straight.

[02:59:59] Here.

[03:00:00] Yeah, straight.

[03:00:01] one straight with a circle on top. What is it?

[03:00:06] No idea. Yeah. See, we got it. We struggled a bit but we got it.

[03:00:22] So we final sat today, third map for our first

[03:00:26] Navi and Foot. It started off looking like it was going to be a breeze for

[03:00:30] now being mirage just a quick swat away foot didn't even get started into ancient a different

[03:00:36] story an exciting close a clutch from cemetery pulls us into number three even got the chef out

[03:00:43] here for this team out all of this one 12 people deep the man in the screen just then wonderful

[03:00:50] he'll need to step up dinka mentioned it chat and all this paradise does too and he was looking

[03:00:54] shit i'll say it on the ancient he couldn't step up the only impact he really had was the m4

[03:00:59] 4 out of 1, Kelly got him out to the site.

[03:01:00] I'm a 5 on 3, I know I brought it up a lot, but again, that final round,

[03:01:04] when WF finally gets 2 opening kills in the A site,

[03:01:07] they still somehow lose to Paul Attack 9 to the AK47.

[03:01:09] What the hell is going on?

[03:01:10] They were keeping the bloodlust of Mirage,

[03:01:13] and ended up falling apart there on Ancient.

[03:01:15] But with us 2 resetting, knife round 1, the CT side start 4 foot,

[03:01:19] now we'll be on the attack.

[03:01:20] Now, this is a map that, once upon a time,

[03:01:22] would describe as a bit of a puggy paradise,

[03:01:24] but I think with how systematic it needs to be to get lower control,

[03:01:27] pushback short, the push pull of the mid to the end, short layering of U2, unless you're just getting those long spawns or you're

[03:01:33] bludgeoning them to death with B pops. Now we are gonna see quite a bit of Na'Vi

[03:01:38] hopefully pulling foot across the map. Now the confidence is back in the kids.

[03:01:42] They've had one good half of Counter-Strike, otherwise the other three have all been with Na'Vi,

[03:01:46] but we're still here on the third and decider. The grand final awaits for one of these two,

[03:01:50] and the belief seems to be the difference right now.

[03:01:53] What do you reckon, Stockholm? Is it going to be Navi?

[03:01:59] What about Foots?

[03:02:01] Oh, they have converted the Stockholm crowd here in the Alexia arena.

[03:02:07] Yeah, absolutely true, Navi not enjoying this game of foots. The end of the table right now.

[03:02:14] A puggy last map, Dust2 to set the tone, T side stop for Navi, the buys are coming through.

[03:02:20] I can tell you, we'd have a couple of smokes and a Molotov on the Nabi site.

[03:02:24] It's those Jules for the Crapman. Once again, he's got himself some Kevlar.

[03:02:28] We'll see what kind of approach the Nabi want to take. A lot of teams favor to war's long.

[03:02:32] Gonna see double-door smoke going down early.

[03:02:35] Lexi B tucked himself in.

[03:02:37] He's missed that one.

[03:02:38] It still operates as desired, I suppose.

[03:02:43] What's the fight? He wants to take the one-on-one and does stabilize.

[03:02:47] Ah, dude.

[03:02:48] Lexi's gone. Just the short prong.

[03:02:52] They're gonna push the smoke. Oh, headshot immediate from Cemetery. He's looking primed

[03:02:56] and ready for more. Demon tapping head. Cemetery a double kill.

[03:02:59] Narby left with one take. Finally something back. Wonderful and bit combined.

[03:03:03] This would be one hell of a turnaround.

[03:03:06] Bang is life.

[03:03:08] Up with the bang. Opportunity, but there is that flank. He's gonna take that.

[03:03:12] Fight head on! And Malcolm and his head's going!

[03:03:14] He can pivot, faking it out. No over rotation. He's just parked on Gandalf.

[03:03:22] What a happy advantage.

[03:03:24] Gone now and oh!

[03:03:26] In for one both, he can rotate.

[03:03:29] It's time for him to get over towards B. If they track this one down quickly, they're not moving. They're staying towards A.

[03:03:34] Look at this. No, gets across.

[03:03:37] Wonderful in the clutch. This would be one hell of a redemption to start.

[03:03:40] Absolutely true.

[03:03:41] He can win this round.

[03:03:42] He can jump out window immediately after time.

[03:03:44] He's going to try and play for number one.

[03:03:46] Isolate the first, jumps across, spots a...

[03:03:48] BOMB!

[03:03:50] Sepertory starts as he means to go on!

[03:03:53] Unbelievable scenes.

[03:03:55] It's time another pistol going in their favour

[03:03:57] to open up that campaign unjustly.

[03:03:59] The bomb was planted, there will be a force behind the second.

[03:04:01] Wonderful, a thousand dollars already.

[03:04:03] Up to 3500, after the defuse comes in,

[03:04:05] it's half of the replay though.

[03:04:07] Sepertory from the A-Ram, just picking off heads, left, right and centre.

[03:04:11] So clean with it as well and his final kill. I think of beauty as wonderful

[03:04:16] I have no chance as he tries to cross over the double doors as mentioned though

[03:04:19] The force fight will come through. It's wonderful on the 8k 47. No helmet

[03:04:23] I would say give it to bit who's got the helmet right now. I'm gonna get a plate this one fast though

[03:04:28] He's gonna stay with it. That's a wild maneuver if you ask me give it to bit

[03:04:33] Give it to mccasey

[03:04:35] See what I can step up and they're full tilt. Don't be scared

[03:04:38] play together and let's do this.

[03:04:41] All right, well, the belief is what's gotten them here.

[03:04:45] I said, winning against Maus yesterday.

[03:04:46] Imagine beating Navi today.

[03:04:48] This isn't online.

[03:04:49] This isn't group stage.

[03:04:51] It's a stage counter-strike, baby.

[03:04:52] I mean, a light on display.

[03:04:54] Grand Final.

[03:04:56] The favorites already removed.

[03:04:57] Maus and Spirep, that was the dream, seeing them tomorrow.

[03:05:01] But now the reality is that

[03:05:03] Futs are in the driving seats here

[03:05:04] in the third and final match.

[03:05:05] Powerful setup for exactly that kind of play.

[03:05:08] Alexi B jumping up on the box gets nothing but a headshot.

[03:05:13] This must be able to bring out the AWP into round the box.

[03:05:15] Oh, you just noticed.

[03:05:16] Needed to be able to hold on to this, and he's in the right place.

[03:05:19] The congregator three in tunnels, just bit flirting with middle and short.

[03:05:23] Uh-oh.

[03:05:25] Two near-the-gown hearts.

[03:05:26] The third doesn't connect.

[03:05:28] He's got the support, and then brings down the support.

[03:05:30] Oh, no! No! No!

[03:05:30] Wonderful's AK put to good use.

[03:05:32] Getting a bit weird.

[03:05:34] Just the one, though, it's Mikaze. Doesn't have the health. Doesn't have the ammo.

[03:05:38] Brought down by the USP. Got a little sketchy. Did they get the orb?

[03:05:42] Yes. Oh, no, the orb. It's fully eco-next anyway. Not the end of the world. It's not ideal.

[03:05:47] But you're up against Glocks. Maybe a couple of Deagles. No bomb was planted there.

[03:05:51] So this is the dream star now for Foots.

[03:05:56] Navi operating with a couple of Deagles. No Kevlar, of course. No grenades.

[03:06:00] Even with three missed all shots, you think that's your ticket into the round.

[03:06:03] but wonderful. At least gets one, but yeah, it doesn't really amount to anything.

[03:06:09] I'll be remembering the ones who took it here. It's a very good fugue.

[03:06:12] They wanted to play Dust 2, and they will be singed.

[03:06:15] And there Dust has been spotty. It's been on and off, but hasn't necessarily been the best of maps.

[03:06:20] 44% the last three months.

[03:06:22] Like, you're playing against foot. You know that playstyle. You wouldn't want it to be coming down to this.

[03:06:26] And they're in the mud with them now.

[03:06:28] Yeah, absolutely almost zero chance of winning this one. We'll see if they can make a dense keep foot humble

[03:06:35] It's McCarthy finding a little bit of space towards mid. I think there's a little key that's been happening as well

[03:06:41] There's it doesn't get anything done with the eagle. Okay, there you go playing a block

[03:06:45] But preventing being the a rotating rifle and he's had some really impactful moments

[03:06:49] Especially when you go back to ancient sure they didn't get a lot rounds in their CT side

[03:06:52] But they were key rounds and that's the plan that needs to feel the game

[03:06:55] So if your in-game leaders in those spots

[03:06:58] He's doing his homework, but he can definitely make a difference as they are walking out into

[03:07:03] Mid corridor. Here's the chat. Even if they get our mid semis, he's gonna find at least one if not two on this cross

[03:07:10] There's the first spots and going over so they're on high alert right now

[03:07:15] But steps coming through nice little setup here

[03:07:18] To be able to shut this down. No problem whatsoever. I'm gonna get one but yeah

[03:07:22] have no cavlar, didn't stand a chance there. Alexi be nowhere to be seen.

[03:07:26] Low will be with a bomb right now.

[03:07:27] 30 seconds remaining. His objective is to die, unfortunately.

[03:07:33] Die, he shall.

[03:07:36] I'm going to take anything with him right now.

[03:07:39] You know you have it. OK, confirmed. 3-0.

[03:07:42] That's the spotless start that you're looking for. Pistol win.

[03:07:45] Force conversion.

[03:07:47] And then the eco taking care of as Alps will come out for both cemetery

[03:07:51] and wonderful going into our first rifle round. Long spawns, not in play, so expect with more of a standard default round at an RV.

[03:07:59] That's the first time in a series as well, feels like footage of that, a fantastic start, no recovery required, no clutch miracles.

[03:08:07] See, wonderful the AWP. Couldn't get go of an ancient whatsoever, cost him quite a lot of the rounds there, symmetry.

[03:08:13] Oh, he can spot him, wonderful, you're in trouble here, you jump again, he's gonna get ya.

[03:08:17] Smoke goes down, takes the vision away, we'll pop that smoke open, and Franks, I mean you,

[03:08:23] exactly how wonderful was, the entire time, what a fantastic manoeuvre.

[03:08:28] From Sanitary, continues to oppress the RDSL Pro League, and now a five on four.

[03:08:34] It's just no signs of pressure, his gameplay changing, he is still playing his game in the

[03:08:39] semi-final stage. It's not really a good sign to see Pia picking up the AWP.

[03:08:43] Not known to be an AWP, I think it's fair to say.

[03:08:46] Let's see what they can do with them, a Karzy.

[03:08:50] Fantastic on Mirage.

[03:08:52] Kept it going.

[03:08:54] Touch swing.

[03:08:55] Main chamber.

[03:08:56] Can't find an exit point yet.

[03:09:00] It does hit the light shard, so very humbled.

[03:09:02] Good made damage.

[03:09:04] Significant.

[03:09:05] There's some quite nail on the jiggles.

[03:09:10] They do want to get me to be that.

[03:09:12] Yeah, that's the plan, that's the objective.

[03:09:14] Because he actually finishes off what Bitswalt started by removing Krabeni.

[03:09:19] They aim to pivot.

[03:09:21] Deeman, quite quick on this, he's going to catch back's turn.

[03:09:23] He's done very well, they had their knives out to the corner.

[03:09:26] The spray, hectic, Bitt catches the rotation.

[03:09:29] You're trying to leave B, but the orb is stopping you.

[03:09:31] Cemetery, the final boss of this foot squad.

[03:09:34] He's poised, he's ready, AWP.

[03:09:36] Perfect, off the angle.

[03:09:38] Amos secures a round should be no way the lungs gets into this now

[03:09:42] Should do is considering that 45 was in the first what 12 seconds of the round with the clear of the smoke

[03:09:48] Yeah, now you have done very well to pull this one back

[03:09:52] And bit pulling that up to good use that yeah

[03:09:56] I think they applied so much pressure that that's why demons gone for that style of a push if you don't feel that you're

[03:10:02] Well, it's been, it's perfectly played. If he gets the double kill there, which is certainly available to him, that's the round one.

[03:10:08] It's, you know, it's the right decision against the mid to B. If you, you know, you can't just run through the smoke. Cemetery has to be all peruned on A.

[03:10:15] So, well, there it is. I'm trying to find a way to assist.

[03:10:19] Comfortable first round on the board for Narvi. They all pick up the AWP as well. Replay is surviving.

[03:10:24] started with wonderful death but I just need to get that mid control here's the

[03:10:32] opener such a great way exactly where it was got the intel early you can see he's

[03:10:39] struggling out there wonderful he's in his own edge giving the old once again

[03:10:44] against run number five money slaps would be fine here but a very important

[03:10:47] round coming up here something has changed in dust you so fine I was gonna be

[03:10:50] four rounds of play opening kills have been dominated by Navi up until this

[03:10:53] point. Footer currently four

[03:10:58] from four. Oh, oh, it gets the

[03:11:05] boost. Five from five. Oh my

[03:11:09] God. Okay, cemetery really is

[03:11:11] feeling it right now. Nine and

[03:11:13] two. Because he up against

[03:11:16] long to key job when long wins

[03:11:18] it. He's done very well. Factor

[03:11:20] 25 could be two in my catching flag

[03:11:25] I'm down

[03:11:28] We're already done. You have to live right the long players where the action needs to come from Navi

[03:11:33] You need a force and rotation make a gap in the might be able to get one short. It's all about this long play now

[03:11:40] So they hunker down in short

[03:11:46] Or Benny gets across

[03:11:50] on the back of wonderful right now, Cemetery, primed and ready, does actually connect the

[03:11:59] bullet, there's the activation, here, there, Juggast still gets one, and that's the end

[03:12:03] of that, see you later. Clean as you like, look back in the business.

[03:12:09] Basics there, right, if you have that number advantage, you want to make sure you have

[03:12:12] a playgando, you need to make sure that you keep that crossfire available on the side,

[03:12:16] they're having to worry about a little bit more than just short or CT.

[03:12:18] How does he get the boosted player? Oh, Alexi being just trying to get out of there. He was crowned. That's really unlucky.

[03:12:24] You're meant to feel that your AWP is keeping me down.

[03:12:27] Yeah, exactly. I don't think I've seen it before. The boosted players want to take him down.

[03:12:31] Unless you're going to be stewing after that one, okay?

[03:12:33] It says they had three players crossed. They gave the inside away to the shot and he paced it to perfection.

[03:12:38] And yeah, once again, it's another partial buy here.

[03:12:41] Now, V. Smoke the double doors.

[03:12:43] They got two here if they try and go long.

[03:12:48] And Dim's gonna play reverse side, so very fortified.

[03:12:52] Those flashes won't impact him whatsoever as

[03:12:55] traveling down mid and grabbing this control.

[03:12:59] So this is just a light investment.

[03:13:02] Two smokes and a flash or a finish and

[03:13:05] they brave that smoke, they're ahead of it.

[03:13:07] That is essentially negated right now.

[03:13:09] They're all congregated.

[03:13:12] It's the Crap Man!

[03:13:44] Wonderful and a full back cross the course three of the five rounds you've won on the CT side

[03:13:47] And I know one of them was an eco that one was a partial, but you've only had one blemish on the record

[03:13:52] So you're feeling pretty comfortable in the early stages again the opening kill category

[03:13:56] That's all foot at the moment. So they are feeling very comfortable

[03:14:00] And what haven't you had to deal with so far any fast long plays any B-poms so right now

[03:14:05] You might want to shore up long right you you can never

[03:14:08] predict the spawns but you can predict the flow of the game and we can see they

[03:14:14] do have the ability if they want to send Mackenzie their space takers along

[03:14:17] doors or is that too obvious do you feel like we had your how he forced it he

[03:14:24] sprung over his molotov to his teammates I think that's I'm assuming that's what

[03:14:27] I do it's a bit of an indicator isn't it yeah he's getting up his U2 and saying

[03:14:30] like yeah hold on to this for me I'll be right back so let's get into it he jumps

[03:14:35] So, the initial T spawn wall doesn't go for the long take.

[03:14:39] Okay.

[03:14:42] That's Jarring.

[03:14:43] Cendry top mid tells you to protect for short aggro or lower bush.

[03:14:49] Cemetery's doing this on his own.

[03:14:51] Starting the or.

[03:14:52] And yeah, we'll have to respect the flame.

[03:14:54] And see it's the space.

[03:14:56] That's nice, not doing anything too crazy.

[03:14:58] Oh, oh, Mikaze, Mikaze just walking through.

[03:15:00] Hell!

[03:15:01] 57.

[03:15:03] The price he paid.

[03:15:05] It's like the role to reverse from the first map.

[03:15:27] Wonderful, currently three and six.

[03:15:30] He's found some shots, sets up another, needs to be smoked.

[03:15:33] A seems to be the final target though.

[03:15:35] Bit towards his long doors, he'll go for the backstab.

[03:15:37] Hoping enough, aggro can be taken away

[03:15:39] if he needed a clean kill on cemetery.

[03:15:41] Would have gambled him correctly.

[03:15:42] They're expecting him to be a replay.

[03:15:44] Yeah, Dean is going to have his work cut out for him.

[03:15:45] Hiding out on the site, let's cemetery act first.

[03:15:48] And he hits the shot because he put down,

[03:15:50] then Deemon activates, not one punch.

[03:15:53] Bit's here, perfectly timed.

[03:15:55] Wraps around, catches the opener looking.

[03:15:57] Ima trying to house the double push.

[03:16:00] It's to that. Oh, hey, just the tip of the head.

[03:16:04] Cuts his hair for him.

[03:16:07] Longs is having a look.

[03:16:09] Extend of your own peril. Ima still nails the shot, though.

[03:16:12] Good awareness. I must win round here to just start getting something on this T side.

[03:16:16] But this one, they applied map control pressure a lot earlier, right?

[03:16:20] Look crazy for McCarthy, trusting himself in between those mollies and incendries

[03:16:24] over towards short, but we don't want to allow the coin toss to be the deciding factor.

[03:16:29] Hey, even if we have the long spawns, let's not drag into that type of a fight.

[03:16:32] Let's stay with the poison, getting them out control, and then the push-pull.

[03:16:36] They gambled incorrectly.

[03:16:37] Three man B-stack, even though the defense of Cemetery and Demon did a pretty good job.

[03:16:41] Two kills.

[03:16:42] That's all you can really ask for in that type of setup.

[03:16:45] And yeah, it's all down to that back set for a bit.

[03:16:47] Cemetery could have got a couple more, but that was always the plan.

[03:16:50] He times it to perfection, as he always does.

[03:16:52] He went one more of those and the money spills open for four foot.

[03:16:56] So this is where...

[03:16:59] I think it could be worth a coolio time now,

[03:17:02] but doesn't look like that's going to come through.

[03:17:03] It's going to let his boys play into this next round.

[03:17:06] Nice.

[03:17:07] I'm sorry, fucking thing.

[03:17:08] Thank you.

[03:17:08] Alright, bro.

[03:17:09] Don't exactly look fired up over there,

[03:17:10] but let's see whether they can sink their teeth into run number eight.

[03:17:15] Anticipating the peek from the sniper.

[03:17:17] It's going to be true this time, though.

[03:17:18] Off towards shore once again, making for any players, loosing up, jumping across.

[03:17:23] Oh, he could catch Mikaze here.

[03:17:25] Maybe, that's great.

[03:17:26] Ooh, good swing.

[03:17:27] He's a dead man.

[03:17:28] He's a dead man running.

[03:17:29] Beautiful hunt from Mikaze.

[03:17:30] Provides an RV with the opening.

[03:17:32] That pulled you into an A finish, though.

[03:17:34] They started 4A.

[03:17:35] Longs as the unknown enemy over towards him, but all is gone.

[03:17:38] A execute should seem a little bit simpler.

[03:17:40] But right now, the call is freeze.

[03:17:42] Wait for the re-aggress and guess what?

[03:17:43] Demons coming.

[03:17:44] Are you going to get flashed in or just respect the smoke?

[03:17:47] Picked up a Nade and backs away.

[03:17:53] Early options, rounds not over yet, still a chance to battle back into this and finally are now the opening kill.

[03:17:59] They've got to take the most of this.

[03:18:02] I think the simple solution would be that the Orp dead is an AXQ. You can't get picked off from mid-long and you have the Nades to go for the finish.

[03:18:11] He didn't quite work out the smoke break and Demon is deadly, doesn't nail the first,

[03:18:18] they continue to swing on in, peeks into him and removes it, they were ready for big, Stalker

[03:18:23] from Mikaze, pannes up with a lexie to gain control of the site with the advantage, it's

[03:18:27] longs forward, still no bomb plant, it's loose, it gets awkward, they're trying to pick it

[03:18:33] up, the flash perfect from wonderful though, catches long as he activates, just jugs, one

[03:18:38] versus three, tap in the head of Mikaza, he hang on a second, they are low, susceptible to that M4 that he now replenishes with ammunition.

[03:18:49] Hoping for an overextension, he is going to be peeking into the AWP, he has that knowledge, an AWP trained on short, doesn't this just make it impossible?

[03:18:57] He thinks so.

[03:18:58] Could have rotated, righty, could have gone back towards mid-doors, could be coming long.

[03:19:01] Okay.

[03:19:03] Wonderful, doesn't hit the shot, he even goes for the transfer, makes it a 1v1, they could be it!

[03:19:08] All gets away with 13, but who's the one that's unlucky?

[03:19:12] That ain't jokes!

[03:19:14] Steps up and delivers a 1v2 clutch!

[03:19:18] Head in, hands in, RV!

[03:19:20] You have no care, all you have to do is survive.

[03:19:23] He gives them the challenge,

[03:19:24] and it comes down to a one-second remaining on the bomb depues.

[03:19:28] Oh, what?

[03:19:29] He's waited just long enough

[03:19:31] that they have to start considering other options.

[03:19:33] The post plant starts to shift,

[03:19:35] And the faculty is able to pull this one up. This is insane.

[03:19:40] How's that giving the fights one more second? Keep your head down, son.

[03:19:46] The trouble continues for Wonderful.

[03:19:48] Oh, yeah, for sure. He doesn't look any serious at all now.

[03:19:52] Ancient was a disastrous affair.

[03:19:55] The shit show around is they're lost on that map, right?

[03:19:57] And hey, we should have closed this.

[03:19:59] You had three out the gate, hot start of hearts.

[03:20:03] The garage was a whitewash. The first half of ancient was blistery. All you had to do was put it in and the grand final

[03:20:10] It should have read your name to kick off the last game tomorrow

[03:20:14] The last few months wonderful has been under a lot of scrutiny

[03:20:17] I think his performance is actually look pretty good all things considered but this series

[03:20:21] He has dropped off the edge of a cliff and now he's going in glass cannon on the T side Chad

[03:20:27] Against other types on the other side. Oh, yeah for sure

[03:20:30] Longson, cemetery working in tandem, wonderful, struggling, drowning here on Dust2.

[03:20:35] Won't be boosted, looking for damage on the cross.

[03:20:38] He can't get picked up once again, but he does find juke's.

[03:20:41] We'll get through to the door, take some of the 7 HP.

[03:20:44] It's okay though, because that secondary orbs can get good value out of his low HP.

[03:20:48] It's juggled to him immediately.

[03:20:50] I think they're going to get

[03:20:52] a lot of trouble here.

[03:20:56] They'll be flashing out all the long

[03:20:58] doors. It's wonderful with the AWP.

[03:21:00] Bear in mind, if there's any bullets,

[03:21:02] he won't be able to recover.

[03:21:05] I think given long control, what's the

[03:21:07] reaction for the CTs? Never mind,

[03:21:09] they're just going to walk straight

[03:21:11] into that.

[03:21:14] I think they're going to get

[03:21:15] a lot of trouble here.

[03:21:17] and they're just gonna walk straight into that.

[03:21:20] Nakase wants revenge.

[03:21:23] Sunilun and Deadly speaking.

[03:21:27] Has to be Mitae.

[03:21:28] Yeah, he's gonna go for the CTs, point to the catching.

[03:21:30] Once, bad.

[03:21:32] This is one hell of a party for Makaze.

[03:21:34] Cemetery still set to collect, though.

[03:21:36] Catches big bombs across.

[03:21:37] Makaze revealed.

[03:21:38] CT occupied.

[03:21:41] High stakes four on three.

[03:21:43] Cemetery standing his ground, still gonna jump.

[03:21:45] Oh, shot!

[03:21:46] Hey!

[03:21:47] He hits Jeff from Macaulay!

[03:21:48] And now from the long side, he still have action on Krebbenny.

[03:21:51] Has to do the ace.

[03:21:52] He has to do it all.

[03:21:53] Up against his former team to save Narvi.

[03:21:56] Hopes and dreams of a T side they can be proud of.

[03:21:59] Running in towards Juggs, no HP.

[03:22:01] Bricks it down as well, Macaulay doing everything for Narvi here.

[03:22:04] The bomb lose 20 seconds and he knows he might be pit.

[03:22:07] Krebbenny versus Macaulay.

[03:22:10] Oh my god!

[03:22:11] He's done it! An ace to the knife and a run on the third map!

[03:22:16] Oh, those wings on the jumping shot!

[03:22:20] I can't believe he's pulled that one off.

[03:22:22] A mid to A.

[03:22:23] The most audacious of plays snuck through the smoke, kills the rotation, has to do it all.

[03:22:29] And he gets a jumping headshot, the double kills towards Shor.

[03:22:33] You know, some plays like this every day.

[03:22:35] McCarthy's been the star of the show for other campaigners, itself probably.

[03:22:39] And once again, dominates with an A-sig, and then back in this game.

[03:22:42] What's the money on breakpoint now? They're setting up for a B-pop 3 here. They've read this.

[03:22:45] Oh, they know what their reaction could be. Oh, Miss Shuffle Wonderful!

[03:22:48] I got a second! Him has gone down! So is Mikaze and Demons pushing!

[03:22:52] With a white screen, he charges forward!

[03:22:55] One point, take that bit!

[03:22:57] That's crazy. That's one of the craziest darts to a round.

[03:23:00] Okay, both teams fully invested.

[03:23:03] This could decide their fate, and RVF2 players dangerously low.

[03:23:06] They're trying to scout the party weapon for this job.

[03:23:09] He's locked them in.

[03:23:10] They have to give a T spawn.

[03:23:12] That's exactly where they're going.

[03:23:14] That's the only option.

[03:23:16] They can get some rifle upgrades.

[03:23:18] So even if this is called clearing a moment's time,

[03:23:21] they'll have better guns to contend.

[03:23:23] Now we have to go all the way back around the world.

[03:23:25] They don't know if a play is pushed up near.

[03:23:27] They don't know about the long control.

[03:23:28] They have so many questions. They have to take so many chances.

[03:23:31] There's the rifle.

[03:23:33] There's the shot. Wonderful. Had to nail that one.

[03:23:36] This time to see it land in his favour.

[03:23:38] Don't you be over towards 8. Wonderful and beer at both.

[03:23:41] One Scoutshow away from death.

[03:23:47] Alexi doesn't trade, a bit of death.

[03:23:52] Let's still have a chance in this one.

[03:23:54] They've got lots of U2 here, smoke for the cross, flashes for the side.

[03:23:58] And the first Scoutshow should be enough here, there it is.

[03:24:01] for any too far removed in the scenario. Sure, it's uncomfortable, but Navi have this one in the back.

[03:24:07] Wow, there were so many ways that could have gone wrong. Navi

[03:24:10] managed to bar off the ace clutch from McCarthy.

[03:24:13] This is the type of round, though, where Navi are going to be on higher low in this post-plan.

[03:24:17] Right, all right, boys. Let's not overstep. Let's really talk about how we're going to play this one.

[03:24:21] Be free, even though the likelihood is very slim. You've already fumbled one of these.

[03:24:24] You can't be offering up another.

[03:24:26] crowd man will be saving going into the next it will be very light on so an

[03:24:31] opportunity to stabilize six to four the score will read so then in what eco

[03:24:39] with the Galil and then a buy-around to try and take the lead before the halftime

[03:24:44] break that's a massive round to pick up that three players surviving a full

[03:24:50] investment from foots they'll only be saving the Galil round confirmed six to

[03:24:54] for demonstration that cemetery is human as well.

[03:25:01] He hits our first count shot to very, very different round.

[03:25:05] Let's have a look to all the carnage started into those beat tunnels.

[03:25:09] Everyone's so flash.

[03:25:11] I can't believe you just run in there.

[03:25:12] You probably grind as well that MP9.

[03:25:13] It's bits that saves the day.

[03:25:15] The craziest part for me is no one's covering Alexi

[03:25:17] who's worrying about life.

[03:25:18] He's just back.

[03:25:19] So boys, can you can you push this cover me?

[03:25:22] They're pushing up a tunnel.

[03:25:23] it shouldn't be so hard. This one should be easy as well, Jad. We have got the USPs and a Galil.

[03:25:29] Surely there's no world away off this one up.

[03:25:34] 6-6 looking very likely here. Flashbang for Long. A bit of a trap set up. Yeah, with five players here

[03:25:40] to 48. Scrabbetti, they will have to do everything in this round. Just rejig, so they were ready to

[03:25:47] try and contend this. Now, maybe they're regretting the rotation, but regardless,

[03:25:50] That's a mentality. Yeah, there's this on the right side of the map, at least you're heading towards long right now

[03:25:57] No one home towards sure

[03:25:59] It's him up holding those beat tunnels makes his way back through T spawn to join up with the squad

[03:26:03] They do go for a finish through long

[03:26:05] The only thing they can have this fall apart is flashes on a timing as they cross that's assuming that foot don't rotate away

[03:26:10] They're still as you mentioned in the right spot

[03:26:14] Yeah, they've just popped up this in the pits there enough bit in the pit it's in the pits and

[03:26:18] and should be the perfect way. Going up towards shore is a lot more comfortable with bits, providing covering fire, making sure they can't be on the ramp.

[03:26:26] Off his head.

[03:26:28] Yeah, manufactured, but sure, the vulnerability.

[03:26:32] Oh, hang on, look, a little has actually managed to walk him away a little bit.

[03:26:35] There, wonderful brings him down. That's important, but still, you must be headshot on to bit, put a rifle into that.

[03:26:40] He's going towards a surely good.

[03:26:41] There you go.

[03:26:42] B-boys, you seen it now?

[03:26:43] Okay, that should be round.

[03:26:45] That should be round.

[03:26:47] AHHHHH BITCH!

[03:26:49] What the hell was that?

[03:26:50] Just a casual double-ding.

[03:26:51] Ah!

[03:26:52] The lag lock snaps the head!

[03:26:54] This is so uncomfortable!

[03:26:55] Bats!

[03:26:56] Spray back, Alex!

[03:26:57] He's got 1 HP!

[03:26:58] Just gets it on time!

[03:27:00] Holy!

[03:27:01] Give it a look, give it a go!

[03:27:02] Ah, it's too tempting.

[03:27:03] It's too tempting.

[03:27:04] AWP into the next for free.

[03:27:07] Go on, Navi!

[03:27:07] Swap on the brown hot end of the collar!

[03:27:10] That running USP, kill from CT spawn.

[03:27:13] Good Lord, that makes things agonizing for Navi.

[03:27:16] the backstep from long with the AK as well again away with murder on that one

[03:27:21] Alexi be on one HP wonderful three kills fair play to him high impact there

[03:27:25] needed that one it's not with the AWP but you take it all day long speaking of

[03:27:33] which long to save his no chance of the hunt no chance of the exits is all the

[03:27:37] way back in T-Sport great available here for the smack 10

[03:27:42] There you go.

[03:27:43] Well done.

[03:27:44] There it goes.

[03:27:45] Far enough away from that bomb.

[03:27:46] So, the bigger of the two problems.

[03:27:49] But anyway, far around first half, third map.

[03:27:52] What a half it's been though.

[03:27:53] Great recovery.

[03:27:54] Oh, we said it was going to be intense counter-strike, right?

[03:27:56] In your face, very back and forth.

[03:27:57] I didn't expect this fashion.

[03:27:58] I didn't expect Nami to come and wipe the floor with you on map number one,

[03:28:01] and then the great determination on display from foot again

[03:28:04] to pull themselves back into ancient.

[03:28:06] And now we have a proper map of counter-strike here on number three.

[03:28:09] Yeah, it's definitely delivered in the entertainment value.

[03:28:13] And the leg shot connects from the sniper.

[03:28:17] Bit of a couple of nice tags, eh? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[03:28:18] He's finding confidence.

[03:28:20] Look at that for confidence, bit. Just strides out.

[03:28:22] Oh! Oh, man, nails the leg shot!

[03:28:26] Dooming down.

[03:28:27] Emma gonna try and do the same thing here onto logs.

[03:28:30] He gets the info safely.

[03:28:36] There's a player in towards the pit.

[03:28:39] AWP on his position.

[03:28:41] Oh, that's a big peek.

[03:28:42] Now he does.

[03:28:43] Spots one towards a bomb site.

[03:28:44] Krebbeni makes his way back towards Spawn.

[03:28:48] The occupation.

[03:28:50] The cars, they're looking dialed in.

[03:28:52] It's a 5-on-3 favorite.

[03:28:53] Now V to close it out dead.

[03:28:54] Even 6-6.

[03:28:55] They've got the advantages.

[03:28:57] Now they just have to convert.

[03:28:59] Immett ready for this re-aggress.

[03:29:01] Norms doesn't look prepared for this clear at all.

[03:29:04] Perfect headshot from Immett.

[03:29:06] Now cemetery next up on the naughty list.

[03:29:08] Naughty list.

[03:29:09] And by Counter-Strike, Jokes, Bianca, last alive.

[03:29:11] This one's done.

[03:29:13] Looking set, took her legs bit.

[03:29:15] Gonna be closing this one down.

[03:29:16] What a recovery for Navi.

[03:29:18] It was looking bleak.

[03:29:19] It was looking brutal.

[03:29:21] But a run of four has Navi dead even on the half.

[03:29:24] We got Mekazi to thank for that one.

[03:29:25] Don't forget about that ace.

[03:32:38] and that's what happens when I use a beam

[03:32:54] you need to resmoke short if you want

[03:32:56] I hide Gandalf

[03:32:57] I smoke, is that flash?

[03:32:58] in a ramp, all day, all day guys

[03:33:00] good to CT, good to CT

[03:33:02] I'm hiding Gandalf

[03:33:04] try to boost me, try to boost me again

[03:33:06] No one will be able to do that.

[03:33:08] No, I'm not a joker.

[03:33:08] Jokers, please.

[03:33:09] It's the long pass.

[03:33:10] No, I'm not a joker.

[03:33:11] No!

[03:33:13] You're a fucking beast.

[03:33:14] Good kills, guys.

[03:33:15] We keep it up, man.

[03:33:16] You're so good.

[03:33:17] Welcome back to the Counter-Strike Carnage

[03:33:19] at an ESL Pro League Season 23.

[03:33:21] We're on route to find our first Grand Finalist.

[03:33:23] It's Naby in foot, and they're neck and neck right now.

[03:33:26] We go 6-6 at half.

[03:33:28] A great recovery from Naby,

[03:33:30] but still a lot of work to be done here.

[03:33:31] We're right here for the actual.

[03:33:32] PD-52 is long.

[03:33:34] Okay.

[03:33:35] We want to win some red together.

[03:33:40] Temptory's gonna be rocking that P250.

[03:33:43] Now they know. They know he's trapped behind the car.

[03:33:45] Feels inevitable that he's gonna go down.

[03:33:46] Yeah, wonderful. With empty hands and a bullet between the eyes.

[03:33:49] Nice one back from Alexi.

[03:33:51] Advancing quick.

[03:33:52] They're already across.

[03:33:53] Alexi throws out the HE. No info swinging though.

[03:33:56] An opportunity to the backstop.

[03:33:57] Get him on the drive-by!

[03:33:59] Juts goes down. Demon legs just grabbadi.

[03:34:02] Brought to his knees by Mikaze.

[03:34:05] Okay, well, I think Navi really needed that right there resuscitation of that first half. That's something but this is the continuation of exactly that

[03:34:15] Feel like after that second half of ancient starting to get out of control Lexi's really nails and I was really about this one. What is that?

[03:34:23] That's when the bomb got spilled loose as well. So that's not going down

[03:34:27] Let's see just a scout. It's the eco for Benny will be buying that the rest in the Glockson

[03:34:32] You can't allow them to most likely get to round number eight here, you'd think so.

[03:34:38] Okay, it's always the in-game leaders in this scalp.

[03:34:44] Yeah, it is definitely a signature move for captains of T-side testing.

[03:34:48] I don't know what it is.

[03:34:50] They seem to love it.

[03:34:51] Can he get another? It looks like it is a chance.

[03:34:54] Baddie!

[03:34:57] Holy shit, courageous!

[03:35:01] He had no business, and he's my favourite player.

[03:35:04] Aces on the menu, but he ain't game leader with the scout.

[03:35:08] Nothing but a headshot so far.

[03:35:10] Come on, this is it! It can still be his!

[03:35:14] How has he done that?

[03:35:17] I don't quite understand what we've just witnessed in Stockholm.

[03:35:22] Chad, we've been doing this job a long time.

[03:35:24] Over 10 years, I've never seen a round like that in my whole career.

[03:35:28] Chad is golf-smacks.

[03:35:31] This is an eco with a scout point.

[03:35:35] This is an eco with a scout. This is just to do damage. Maybe get a kill or two.

[03:35:40] Show me Navi. Show me Navi. They must be absolutely bad players.

[03:35:48] I don't know what to say.

[03:35:51] I thought the Mccasey ace was going to be the one in the playoffs.

[03:35:56] Yo, stock army we call?

[03:36:01] I mean, that's the play of the tournament right there. Yeah.

[03:36:06] Well, as long as you don't lose to five seconds, right?

[03:36:11] All right, well, stacked over the wall day on the fourth spike.

[03:36:14] The fight's going to keep coming, boys. Oh, my God. Let's get into it. Flash.

[03:36:20] Headshot. OK, hang on. This one already gets awkward.

[03:36:23] Heavily awkward.

[03:36:25] All spam on the smokes, cemetery and joeokes, take your damage, Couch, flag is out!

[03:36:29] Sharpie can't do it! Come on then!

[03:36:33] Norfi fight fire with fire, 5-7's prevail!

[03:36:39] Well they were certainly ready for that, swinging through the smoke, 5-7's, flashbangs, too much pressure for give it up.

[03:36:47] You promised us a brawl Henry, and a brawl we have.

[03:36:50] Well, this is going to obviously be a better looking force fight than just a scout.

[03:36:56] Oh mate, he nearly had it as well.

[03:36:58] Logs is coming up with this.

[03:36:59] Okay, looks like he's towards long.

[03:37:01] In some passion now, but now he'll be as well, heads in the game, feeding themselves.

[03:37:06] Still in the lead for now, 87, but another force fight to get through.

[03:37:09] Mikazi, confidence ever, pushes towards the top of middle, plenty of players around him.

[03:37:14] There's no way he's going to be there, it's a free headshot.

[03:37:16] For Macaulay, Spots up, Midlock spins around in time to get at least an eye, the potential for three.

[03:37:22] Cap long control, you can just regroup with jugs right now and try and finish through there.

[03:37:26] Demons wanting to get himself a gun, so at least they all have two rifles to work with right now.

[03:37:31] Resweep middle, in Alexi you're going to call it clear, so that's going to inform them as to where they may have gotten off to.

[03:37:36] Good information, but do continue to play around the world to track them down.

[03:37:40] Smokes available for the cross.

[03:37:42] Once you're over on towards the round, you can Molly Gandalf or Short, there's another smoke to work with.

[03:37:46] Bits just blocked over towards B.

[03:37:48] They've lost track of them.

[03:37:49] It's all going to be about the imma timing on the flank

[03:37:51] and when it's considered.

[03:37:52] Contact now, smoke schools in.

[03:37:54] Confirmation there, Alexi peps his through.

[03:37:56] Think he makes really damage.

[03:37:58] Remember, imma's timing.

[03:37:59] Yeah, he's going to go swinging.

[03:38:00] He's got them all there.

[03:38:01] And a quick adjustment from Demon House.

[03:38:03] He hit that. A long range, far mass headshot

[03:38:05] gives them the edge.

[03:38:06] But on the jump, Pop, Alexi B has an opportunity

[03:38:08] to do something perfect.

[03:38:10] That's not to do so.

[03:38:11] Let's the bomb go down.

[03:38:13] Allowing bits of play.

[03:38:14] Okay, his turn to try the jewel at long.

[03:38:22] Let's take that headshot, removing logs.

[03:38:25] Pressure applied to the two of them, now congregated on the site. It's going to be Alexi that plays next.

[03:38:29] And again, down, Alexi finds him, jugs to do it all to save foot.

[03:38:34] And one versus two, Alexi being a bit of turned up the heat.

[03:38:39] And they kick foot out of the kitchen.

[03:38:41] No round is safe here, great recovery from Narvi, they got the care to come to more defuse

[03:38:47] ago 9-7.

[03:38:48] Chattano does beg the question is the war of attrition finally over, you get the bomb

[03:38:51] planted, you get three kills, there's definitely a conversation to be had that you could force

[03:38:55] by.

[03:38:56] And that's why I think we see this time out immediately.

[03:38:57] I think this is, if Vork got to call without the coach, I think they go all in again.

[03:39:02] They shove again, they give it another crack.

[03:39:03] Sure, they're going to be lacking, but knowing that they're able to draw this one close,

[03:39:08] You take this eco, you give 10 to Na'Vi, you full buy into the next, and you have faith in the practice, the game plan, everything you've been working on.

[03:39:18] Once has been in the scene for six months, but the call, the fall, over 500 games together.

[03:39:24] Yeah, right.

[03:39:25] So much trust in one another, so many situations that you've been through.

[03:39:28] Sure, none of this magnitude, not on a stage, not in the playoff, not against your big brother Na'Vi.

[03:39:38] Just a smoke invested upon. Yeah, but little bros go hands. It's a deal in the mix as well. It's a snake. This is not a scout

[03:39:46] Still in my mind red three. I think I'll be a fan of to shake it off with the second should be double digits

[03:39:54] From an awful getting a scouts right, you know, okay, honestly, I think that's what apex has been dream

[03:40:00] Every time he buys it. I mean buys one

[03:40:03] Okay, the moments rest by here

[03:40:05] after the first map we thought this was a done deal for now V. They set the tone,

[03:40:10] the employees smashed them out of the server. We're waiting for a quick 2-0 but

[03:40:15] here we are one of the most exciting series you're ever going to watch in

[03:40:18] Counter-Strike. What shall we go? Just the blocks. In the hero of the Rives.

[03:40:24] Starts to get locked in once again. Four kills. Takes himself at the 15 in the

[03:40:28] latter. Beautiful though that they kept all five alive. That's going to help

[03:40:30] now to get the stretch of this. So just three more rounds required to lock in

[03:40:33] that ground final short but this one very important to really ride the ship financially.

[03:40:38] Now they took this ECO, the bike comes in. Long spawns if they'd like to use it but

[03:40:44] Cemetery with the orb likely just to get boosted up and take this fight in middle.

[03:40:47] Oh he's actually posh with the long spawn now. He's got the spawn. He's gonna have company.

[03:40:52] What type of opening? Wonderful's coming as well.

[03:40:54] Oh, quick peek and not gonna connect wonderful gets across cemetery safe

[03:41:03] Okay

[03:41:04] Smoked down double doors gonna try to get some short control here

[03:41:08] No one home towards middle. They need to worry about that smoke being popped open

[03:41:11] I think that's what they worried about right there. They think that there's a wonderful open the mix

[03:41:14] But it's not the case. So as they sit and wait demons still scouts down preventing not far behind

[03:41:20] Delusion stuff as they clear out lower tunnels. Now jewels can activate up up. Trap set up will

[03:41:27] be mollied off for now after respect to flames. Still play for info quite quickly.

[03:41:33] Rashing, swinging, you've no one home. Lots of info for the T side.

[03:41:38] Carse, just caught one on the mid-smoke spam. So cemetery going down.

[03:41:42] The AWPer cut out of the round.

[03:41:46] We've been impressed by Foots' capacity to overcome these 4v5 disadvantages.

[03:41:52] You've heard Long say himself, they never give up.

[03:42:00] Caught some decent space towards middle.

[03:42:02] It will be that mid-to-be split with Jutes coming through the smoke at the end.

[03:42:06] They initiate, execute the plan, and they find the openers.

[03:42:09] It's in the open. It's in the coming through that smoke.

[03:42:12] Mowing them down once again.

[03:42:14] Comfortable stuff there from Na'Vi.

[03:42:16] Touching distance of the grand final now.

[03:42:18] That's a significant round with no bomb plan.

[03:42:20] That should be 12 all day long.

[03:42:22] It's so much trouble.

[03:42:23] Partial by territory.

[03:42:24] That's all you can do.

[03:42:24] Half and first.

[03:42:25] And imagine the only round you get on this tee size

[03:42:27] is the Graveni Scout ace on the e-cut.

[03:42:29] Can't be here.

[03:42:29] That's looking likely at this moment.

[03:42:31] How quick it's gotten away from you.

[03:42:32] It's all started to go wrong.

[03:42:34] Henry, you've got the McCarney ace.

[03:42:35] Yeah, right.

[03:42:35] The only thing that you put on the board

[03:42:37] there is the Graveni ace.

[03:42:37] Really good point, guys.

[03:42:39] They're definitely kind of lost the wind in their wing.

[03:42:45] They're simmering down, that's for sure, and it all can kind of fly back to them.

[03:42:50] Oh my god, that kind of rain is favorable for the rifles, he's recovered, AK's puts

[03:42:54] a good use.

[03:42:55] Careful Nabi, don't let the committities now, get out of there.

[03:42:59] Got your advantage.

[03:43:00] You've lost five of threes.

[03:43:03] Time and time again on ancient, it was happening.

[03:43:05] The round's not over until you take all of them down, work together, set up the block

[03:43:11] aids, you still have plenty of utility, don't let anything slip away.

[03:43:15] He's back up, yeah, no need, him is there, handles it on his own, shot down now, isn't

[03:43:24] it?

[03:43:25] Yeah, flawless, five alive from NARV, flashbang walk from Alexi B, ensuring Emma has his best

[03:43:29] chance at the double up.

[03:43:30] As long as they didn't get something that's now taken to the ground without a catcher.

[03:43:34] Every shot seems so dangerous for these guys.

[03:43:37] They hit just as hard as any top 10 team in the world, if not harder.

[03:43:41] Footstuffs rising in Stockholm are already on the radar.

[03:43:46] They have to be a bit of a focus.

[03:43:49] Five in a row.

[03:43:51] This team is one of the masters of the comeback.

[03:43:54] They've been in this position plenty of times throughout their campaign at ESL Pro League.

[03:43:57] There's no reason why they can't do it again.

[03:44:00] extra round number 13 it seems to be the most elusive everyone playing in this

[03:44:04] tournament no one seems to get that clean finish for Chad you couldn't ask for

[03:44:07] better said if you've got four AKs on the CT side the AWP a ton of resources

[03:44:11] going forward this is the opportunity to get the job done right now I don't know

[03:44:15] but they don't have to worry about a long rush the spawns aren't there the

[03:44:17] time has been taken it's cool I want them just to go into something default heavy

[03:44:21] and this type of round now V if they want to take an opportunity because of

[03:44:25] everything they have in their favor a little bit more jarring pushing it

[03:44:28] lower have one of those tracks that observe towards middle continue to break

[03:44:30] smoke open. Wonderful's got that all-pout now. An opening pick. Consider this one goes spiraling.

[03:44:35] Sample looks. Cemetery, what have you got for us? No damage on the cross. They get across cleanly

[03:44:40] and it's going to be now. Replayers on that side of the map. Wonderful. Poised and ready for the

[03:44:44] first duel towards middle. Setting up the car. It looks like he's going to get stuck into his lower

[03:44:49] once again. Opening pick. Here we are. Come into life. It's this where it comes crashing down the

[03:44:53] box. Couldn't handle the second. Important from Emma. Activates on the short side. Brings down

[03:44:57] launch keeps him humble. Everything to play for and an advantage for Narfi.

[03:45:08] Miss. Wonderful is going to have an angle over it. He'll

[03:45:11] these be able to relay the info. Alexi B to be tested here on the long side.

[03:45:14] He just needs one at this point. It's a nice one in dumb position.

[03:45:18] He goes destined, doesn't it? Oh, he's quick.

[03:45:21] So unfortunate. Nails it. Absolutely nails it. Are you ready for a car position? How good

[03:45:26] Look at it, you're clear as Emma looks like he's gonna be set up for success here.

[03:45:29] Grabeni had one good clear, but this one just walked straight off!

[03:45:32] Emma's gonna get it done it!

[03:45:34] Surely not! Surely not a 1v3 from Jux just to extend play.

[03:45:39] The grand final is one kill away for Navi.

[03:45:45] Bomb loose, you've got it, Emma confirms it's still there.

[03:45:50] Don't let him have the bomb, boys.

[03:45:51] Sloup up, gonna swing off the flash, Jux is a dead man,

[03:45:54] And in a close sit down, a quad kill to secure it.

[03:45:57] Navi made two mark, but they stabilize the MacAze ace clutch,

[03:46:02] and they only have a scout ace back.

[03:46:04] It's the only round they boast as Navi

[03:46:07] run it to the finish line.

[03:46:08] 13-7 doesn't tell the whole story there at all.

[03:46:11] It's a great performance from both teams.

[03:46:12] Everchats absolutely right.

[03:46:14] As soon as McAze comes in, it was one-way traffic,

[03:46:17] all going in favor of Navi.

[03:46:19] Sure, we managed to get that scout ace.

[03:46:21] Something you'll never see ever again, marked by words.

[03:46:24] But still, I feel like for Khalida's stage with the heads held high champ.

[03:46:27] And they've really taken it to them today.

[03:46:29] You're thinking after the first half of ancient, this is all over.

[03:46:32] It's quick. The kids are well out of their waters.

[03:46:34] Well, the big brothers, they're the anchors, the young folks, they're the sails.

[03:46:37] They brought the energy, they brought the belief,

[03:46:39] and everyone can get behind an underdog story.

[03:46:41] We already knew this was a team to watch in 2026,

[03:46:45] but they continue to go from strength to strength short.

[03:46:47] They'll have to play the third place to side it tomorrow.

[03:46:49] Now be looking for the grand final best of five their first is TWC

[03:46:54] But how can you not enjoy watching what foot are putting on display such an entertaining brand of power strike?

[03:46:59] It really is I didn't think this sort of chance off the marriage. I thought okay. They're out of their depth there

[03:47:04] They won't be able to turn up but they are tenacious

[03:47:06] They never give in they never surrender and you've got to have this even your radar for the rest of the year

[03:47:10] And it was the first time we got now be versus the Navi Academy

[03:47:14] Yeah, right

[03:47:14] Never this is the first out in the first time Makaazi in the main team

[03:47:18] Josie goes up against his old boys and he was made to work he had to be the

[03:47:22] difference maker. Jory's got one up in that head-to-head this is gonna feel damn

[03:47:26] good for Navi, but we got Makaazi standing fight for the winners of the

[03:47:29] view with stun-ups.

[03:47:32] What a series! Makaazi against your former team, surely you're feeling a

[03:47:37] weight off your shoulders, how's it feel? It's feeling good. Feeling good, feeling

[03:47:42] Thank you even or just good just good. Okay, so tell me about playing against locks today

[03:47:46] Tell me how this back up in the server for you. What about five? How did this series go against locks for you?

[03:47:52] I mean, it was fine

[03:47:55] Like to be honest, I think

[03:47:58] We trolled ancient could be more easy. I think because it was eight four

[03:48:02] We lost peace of fire necessary. It was also full eco and also lost around time. That's the story. I think we should close it

[03:48:09] but sometimes

[03:48:10] Your weight doesn't go so it's fine.

[03:48:12] Yeah, I don't think the B-Site was necessarily too nice to you guys on Ancient.

[03:48:16] No doubt, a couple of Krabani knife clutches in there, a couple of weird moments.

[03:48:20] In this series though, tell me about how you feel on your team and their performance.

[03:48:24] I mean, I'm feeling confident and I'm just playing my game and I'm showing so.

[03:48:30] Deal. You want to say anything to these people that just sat here?

[03:48:33] I mean, for sure I want to say thanks for support guys.

[03:48:36] And thanks for coming also.

[03:48:38] And see how tomorrow goes.

[03:48:53] Putting up a fight, but Big Bro has the edge this time around.

[03:48:57] Mikaze said, you know, pretty good, pretty fine.

[03:48:59] Maybe through range in a little bit, I think that's fair to say.

[03:49:01] But here's how that moment, I mean it has to come here.

[03:49:03] It's insane.

[03:49:05] I can't quite believe he managed to pull this off.

[03:49:07] and this really put Navi back in the game.

[03:49:09] Yeah, I mean, the whole team went after this,

[03:49:10] it's Kravendi getting an ace back himself

[03:49:12] with a scout in that second half.

[03:49:13] So, yeah, it was quite poetic for it to be Mikaze

[03:49:17] who ends the dream that I've fought,

[03:49:18] because they got everything we were talking about.

[03:49:20] They got the strong start,

[03:49:21] Semaphore was popping off,

[03:49:22] really strong lead from him coming out,

[03:49:24] wonderful, was missing some important shots.

[03:49:26] Everything was going the way of foot in that first half,

[03:49:28] then Mikaze just took the entire wind out of the sails.

[03:49:30] I think that's the biggest shame about this

[03:49:32] from the foot perspective is that the start of Dust 2,

[03:49:34] it felt like they put the game where exactly

[03:49:35] They wanted to be in complete control and it took that that ace out of mccasey to change it

[03:49:39] But if you think about what was going on before that

[03:49:41] I remember like prior to that just a couple rounds was the 1v2 that I think demon one with the wonderful missing those shots with the

[03:49:47] Often and the camera shots after that was not be devastated like heads and hands

[03:49:52] Everyone realizing what a big round that was to lose and it just seemed like from that moment

[03:49:56] I thought nobby was knocked out of it and it took that that round for mccasey to bring them back to life

[03:50:01] It's one of those moments where it is just such a pop-off moment against everybody sort of

[03:50:05] out of their hands, back into the play, getting excited, getting hyped again, and

[03:50:09] Navi are experienced enough to take one of those opportunities and run with it back into the game,

[03:50:13] and unfortunately, Foot couldn't do the same in the second half for that scout ace from Crubbetti.

[03:50:16] Oh, mate, I'm never going to see that round like that ever again.

[03:50:18] Yeah, that's unreal. I fell on the floor.

[03:50:20] That's one of the ones I collapsed.

[03:50:22] That's one of the ones you look at and you're like, that's just some random work of God

[03:50:25] out for Reddit highlight. That's like, it doesn't happen in pro games.

[03:50:28] That's the kind of thing you see and go, okay, what's the yellow?

[03:50:30] Yes.

[03:50:31] Yeah, that's Navi.

[03:50:32] Oh, Navi, yeah.

[03:50:33] Oh, but you're right about it being poetic that it's my dad Ars they that just win the round the breaks their backs

[03:50:38] Yes, it did look like they had full control. Yes, they actually regained it after I thought I could very easily just been a mirage

[03:50:46] Intervention, you know, we could have had two of those kind of maps in all over

[03:50:49] But I said in the groom all the good players are from Navi junior today on the server all the best players

[03:50:54] They were it's insane. I think I think it's funny if you're my cause they like you're done and out on that ace for so long

[03:50:59] Every time you talk to those boys in a lobby any of that you're at moving forward

[03:51:03] You're just like, yeah, I totally styled on you.

[03:51:05] Just a jumping AK headshot.

[03:51:07] That's why I was the one promoted.

[03:51:09] Jumping AK headshot.

[03:51:11] Yeah, when that comes out, that instantly

[03:51:13] makes the ace feel so much more powerful when it actually

[03:51:15] comes through that you're just like, oh, shit.

[03:51:16] And there's only he would play to it.

[03:51:18] It was always so decisive about the next move every time

[03:51:20] I'm running at the short guy.

[03:51:21] I'm going to get him first, and I'm

[03:51:22] going to go find the long guy.

[03:51:23] And he knew he had them separated.

[03:51:25] So really impressive stuff from a car today.

[03:51:27] But look at that.

[03:51:28] The scenes are still positive, still friendly over there.

[03:51:30] And that's the thing.

[03:51:31] this is where I don't want to say this is a nice situation.

[03:51:33] Obviously, Foot would have loved to go into the Grand Final,

[03:51:35] but this is one of the few moments, Jason,

[03:51:37] when we're talking about an eliminated team

[03:51:38] and we're actually looking at the future and going,

[03:51:40] it is so bright for these guys.

[03:51:42] What we've seen the mental resilience like it is just insane,

[03:51:45] but also the firepower in the server.

[03:51:47] I'm so excited to see what 2026 holds with that.

[03:51:50] Yeah, they bring such an exciting style to Counter Strike.

[03:51:52] That's very fun to watch and be engaged with

[03:51:55] because they're always moving and they're always doing something

[03:51:57] and they're always getting into a fight somewhere.

[03:51:58] It's very fun to watch,

[03:51:59] But that's going to be the story next as we've watched this rise over the last three to four months stretching back towards the end of last year.

[03:52:05] The next question is, what will this team look like at the major?

[03:52:07] Because I think this is a team that has to look at this and say, you know, you're going to, this is a, you're right.

[03:52:11] This is a positive exit, which is unique situation.

[03:52:14] But they have to start thinking ahead and saying, you know, teams are going to start looking at us and countering us and getting, you know, figuring out how we like to play and how we like to do things.

[03:52:22] Now is the time this foot team is, you know, put their foot, you know, harder on the pedal and actually figure out what is the style we can fall back on?

[03:52:29] Where are the ways that we can adapt and change this to make this look and feel different inside the server?

[03:52:33] So when we get to the major, the teams aren't going to be as prepared for what we're doing,

[03:52:37] or we can give them a new look if we feel like we're being counted.

[03:52:40] Yeah, there's a couple of times now in this team's short history,

[03:52:42] where they have just been one round, but we'll just break them for the whole map.

[03:52:45] You know, we have the G2 full USP round back in Cracow.

[03:52:48] They're starting to get into playoffs, they choked after that, didn't make it into the arena.

[03:52:52] Now, this time, it's all right in the high, Dust2 was looking easy for them.

[03:52:55] I'm sure novice in that going oh we wish cemetery was still a part of our team because he was just playing so well on dust too

[03:53:01] But yeah, that one round just takes all the energy

[03:53:03] It's no doubt been such a fun run to be witnessing foot here in stock on but sadly end of the road in the semi-final

[03:53:09] So let's get a few closing thoughts because he amongst and trace

[03:53:14] The incredible run of foot has been stopped they have

[03:53:18] They have run it short here. And what was a semi talk to me locks? What are your initial feelings? What are you thinking?

[03:53:23] I mean, what can I say? I'm a bit disappointed, right?

[03:53:26] Because I really felt we had Dust2 in our hands, and I really think it's going to come in our way.

[03:53:32] But, yeah, sadly, again, I think we crumbled under the pressure, we lost some bad rounds, the nerves came in,

[03:53:37] and yeah, it's just the same story we have to work on, you know.

[03:53:40] But again, as I said yesterday in my interview, I cannot be sad.

[03:53:44] Like, we won the first game in the arena, and we have a third game tomorrow, the third place this either,

[03:53:49] and we want to win Dust2. So, let's see what happens tomorrow.

[03:53:52] Yeah, the VRS does go a long way. In this series, long story short, at one point there was a clutch on the ancient B site.

[03:53:58] You scream out, don't give up. You let it be known, like we're gonna play this game, we're gonna stick it to them.

[03:54:05] In those moments, how important do you think that is for your team?

[03:54:08] I mean, if I have to think from my past experiences, I actually think it's very important.

[03:54:13] But again, it comes down to the people, like each individual.

[03:54:17] So, I don't know, I think it's important, but at the same time, I think it's kind of important to everyone on a different level, right, so...

[03:54:24] So, Krivani gets the clutch, won't be won, the knife over there on ancient, on B site.

[03:54:29] Immediately, Kulio calls a timeout to kind of calm it down.

[03:54:33] In hindsight, is there anything that you've done the same? Do you keep going the same route about those things? What do you think?

[03:54:39] Like the way we were screaming and we were a bit chaotic out of 2k and a post too right because like we were very crazy

[03:54:46] We were screaming we were happy and I think it was some seconds already in the round

[03:54:51] And we haven't talked anything about what we really want to do in the round that we're going to play

[03:54:55] So that's why he took the post because we had no proper game plan and we're just screaming and laughing

[03:55:01] We call that fun sometimes when you're winning. It's fun locks the floor is yours

[03:55:05] Sorry it went like this for you, but is there anything you want to say to the fans at home?

[03:55:09] I mean, again, thank you for the support. It was a good run, but again, we still have

[03:55:14] one game tomorrow, so be sure you support us tomorrow also, because it's really important

[03:55:18] for us.

[03:55:19] Thank you so much, Longs.

[03:55:20] Thank you for having me.

[03:55:21] I'm loving that. That's one of my favourite exit interviews I've heard in a long time,

[03:55:25] and it just reminds me of when I first saw Longs coming onto the scene. There was this

[03:55:28] tournament called Red Wolf Lake. It was a 2v2. It was back in 2022, and I remember seeing

[03:55:31] him 16 years old, literally going toe-to-toe with a mixture of amateurs, semi-peres, professionals.

[03:55:38] was looking incredibly competitive there and he was also incredibly mature. I'm so happy to see

[03:55:44] that he's got this opportunity and he's so eloquent in his tough moments as well, right?

[03:55:47] No, absolutely. I've always kind of had appreciation for someone that gets kind of

[03:55:52] the short end of the stick and he did in his career and still manages to show tenacity and

[03:55:56] hunger and he's back on the stage and he's so impactful. The round he won on ancient with this

[03:56:01] like read and the comms and every time we do a listening with foot, their comms sound like they

[03:56:06] they have way more experience than they do.

[03:56:08] Like, there are, there are mouse comms,

[03:56:10] there are navi comms I listen to and I think,

[03:56:12] foot's comms are better.

[03:56:13] More clear, more concise, they're more calm.

[03:56:16] It's admirable and I've got a lot of time for foot

[03:56:19] and I think, I mean, I'm positive

[03:56:21] that they're gonna have a very long

[03:56:23] and illustrious period on those states.

[03:56:24] That's not the last time we'll see them on a big stage.

[03:56:26] No, and he's obviously very excited for tomorrow.

[03:56:27] That third, fourth place decided it was well gonna be

[03:56:29] so important in terms of those VRS points too.

[03:56:31] But alas, it is time we check in with our DHL MVP vote.

[03:56:34] Who will be the DHL MVP? You decide. You can participate in the DHL MVP vote as it happens.

[03:56:45] Make sure to be tuned in to the Twitch stream and be ready to have your say.

[03:56:51] Right, Dinko, I know you've been grinding those points at home. I know this is kind of your major grand final, right?

[03:56:58] You are just so excited to be voting for, unfortunately, it's three Narby players. I know you're very excited.

[03:57:03] Yeah, but he may I mean he stole the show on the first map. Yeah, he moved was really strong performance on that first map of Mirage

[03:57:09] Just was wrecking him

[03:57:10] It looked like it was gonna be a very quick semi-final because of it

[03:57:13] But to be honest so it was good that the bounce back came through a minute competitive series

[03:57:16] But it much comes out swinging experience and strength dominating the first map of play

[03:57:21] Yeah, he kind of reverted back to like Paris major in there for a little bit

[03:57:24] That was a nice performance bit as well strong player for Navi

[03:57:27] We know all about his mechanics or the headshots that he's able to dish out another strong performance as an anchor

[03:57:32] Obviously, it's a little bit of difficulty with some of the pressure that puts gonna put on him

[03:57:36] But perform very admirably on both sides of the map and just a consistent machine for Navi

[03:57:40] That's you know been been doing solid work for them at every role. He's played in

[03:57:44] So good performance from him getting them helped through the semi-final and knew the grand final

[03:57:48] And then the last one is gonna be who else but Macaulay Alex. Well, I think it's pretty clear who's taking this one as far as impact

[03:57:56] He stopped them he stops foot from making a run on dust 2 and that's the round right there

[03:58:02] I'm so excited to see. I mean whoever they take on in that best of her grandfather tomorrow. It's going to be amazing. I haven't made a grand final. I don't think in since October of last year as well.

[03:58:20] It's been a minute since they've lifted a trophy as well. Right. I want to say it was real 2024 was the last time we saw not be left to get trophy. I don't think it's going to be a good time.

[03:58:31] I might be totally wrong in that but in terms of like tier one yeah

[03:58:36] But I can't recall it's been a minute. It's been a minute here one for sure

[03:58:40] I think they won that star series event. Yes, true true true. Yeah, how do you read the stability of Navi?

[03:58:46] Like obviously there were moments in this where I didn't look unstable, but it's the ability to resabilize

[03:58:51] Well, it was the least experienced player they got them back into which is the impressive part

[03:58:55] I think for Navi the biggest issue always for me is just the all-paying department right now like wonderful can be great on one map

[03:59:01] and disappear on the other two and I think going into a grand final and again just being consistently over the year

[03:59:08] I think that's going to be a big issue for them

[03:59:10] And also I think this this roster the other players at the core have been together for a long time and that should

[03:59:16] In theory raised the floor quite a bit

[03:59:18] But I feel like we see them fall a lot and they do relax on the cars these days

[03:59:22] Which is very interesting. That's gonna be the question head into the grand final tomorrow

[03:59:26] But plenty more counter strike on the cards today

[03:59:28] We've got Astralis going up versus Aurora in our second semi-final

[03:59:31] Not before we get things rolling with the buzzers here in our DHR drop

[03:59:34] Don't go anywhere you guys could be winning some prizes at home

[03:59:37] We used to get the buzzers and we need to find Perry G somewhere in the building

[03:59:40] I agree. We'll see you in a few. He's always around.

[03:59:42] Those in the palace, the king rushes to the throne for it takes guts to obtain

[03:59:48] Speech. I'm nervous. I know I forgot my papers

[03:59:58] Really? I didn't hear anything.

[04:00:11] I remember he got a little older.

[04:00:13] Yeah?

[04:00:14] He's gonna have a change party here.

[04:00:19] What does it mean?

[04:00:21] Personal chickens, pets of mine.

[04:00:24] 33,000 personal chickens.

[04:00:28] Watch out!

[04:00:28] Oh my god!

[04:00:29] Oh my god!

[04:00:30] Oh my god!

[04:00:31] Oh my god!

[04:00:32] Alright, man on the street takes a different angle today.

[04:00:36] Ugh, not this guy.

[04:00:39] Caustic.

[04:00:40] I'm gonna start with a huge rock star firing on all of you.

[04:00:47] Yeah, what's up with you?

[04:00:49] I was going to tell you about what you said earlier.

[04:00:52] I still today have the attitude that we were unbelievably lucky to do what we're doing.

[04:00:56] Can't really be washed if he was mid-oast.

[04:01:00] He's obsessed with greens.

[04:01:02] But he says to keep it. He's full of it.

[04:01:05] It's not enough for one day.

[04:01:07] Just let the kid have some fun.

[04:01:11] Two, one, we go, but the defuse is coming in.

[04:01:14] He's still going!

[04:01:22] Things could be better Hugo.

[04:01:24] This could be a whole lot better.

[04:01:26] I sure hope it's nothing serious.

[04:01:29] I asked you.

[04:01:31] When are you going to step up?

[04:01:33] Bring in more of that stick of my-

[04:01:40] It's time for everybody's favourite game show.

[04:01:42] That is the DHL Drop.

[04:01:44] Because it's time for you guys to get involved at home in the chat.

[04:01:48] We're going to be asking questions here,

[04:01:50] but you guys have the opportunity to answer them at home.

[04:01:52] I'm gonna give you a question and there's gonna be four possible drop-down answers follow in the chat with DHL drop followed by

[04:01:57] Escalation mark a, b, c or b as which answer you think is correct. We've got two teams who managed to find Henry G

[04:02:05] So, uh, hello there. How do you say I'm you ordered a clown here? I am what's a team name? Well, he's found kids as

[04:02:11] Oh, multi-talc. Oh, multi-talc. I'm all three united man. It's been nice to multi was taken. Yeah, weird weird. I know that works

[04:02:18] What are you guys saying? I don't know dig over to you

[04:02:22] Okay, creativity on the spot

[04:02:24] Nothing with Texas. All right

[04:02:27] X max rangers. I guess we can call ourselves Jason

[04:02:37] How have you guys been preparing this place? Oh diligently. Is there a genre to the questions or?

[04:02:46] Okay, should we get straight into it let's do it

[04:02:48] I mean, are we doing the following rules?

[04:02:50] Do you have to wait till you finish before we buzz?

[04:02:52] Yeah, I would like to be able to read the answers.

[04:02:54] OK, so all of the options and then we're green lit to hit the buzzer.

[04:02:57] Just in case the audio only listens at home, that's very important.

[04:03:00] Oh, yes.

[04:03:01] Are you OK with buzzing responsibility? OK.

[04:03:04] Yeah, actually, can you make it pretty clear that this is a...

[04:03:06] Oh, he's resting his hand on the buzzer, or is there any... OK.

[04:03:09] Behind the back.

[04:03:10] It's behind the back.

[04:03:11] Behind the back, OK.

[04:03:12] Put your mic up for the back.

[04:03:15] The danger is spot for it.

[04:03:16] Yeah, very dangerous.

[04:03:17] Let me S tier lands have foot made the playoffs of is it a zero

[04:03:23] Troll buzz

[04:03:26] Clarified as well. That's great. That's good news. It's very fray. You were saying every damn time off to an excellent start

[04:03:32] Hey zero B1 C2 or D3

[04:03:39] You did you miss that did you actually miss that bus? Oh, I hate it. I mean, I feel pretty confident

[04:03:44] I think that was you. So yeah, I'm going to be fair here. How many ST lands of foot made the playoffs up?

[04:03:50] We should know this tough question is there is it didn't make it a clue?

[04:03:54] Well, they just got this one. So what? Oh, is this one counter? Oh, come on. We gotta have that point. I mean, I

[04:04:01] Okay, it's one bigger one that is

[04:04:08] That was the most labor I like it though. It's great. We did get there

[04:04:11] You got there. Can I just have a moment? You did hit it first, did you hit it first?

[04:04:17] It does work.

[04:04:21] Do we have different sounds?

[04:04:25] Yep. See how it works.

[04:04:27] So whoever hits it first, the other one's disabled. So I hit it first.

[04:04:31] Yes.

[04:04:33] Dinko hit it first, that's the end of the game.

[04:04:35] Did you like responsibility?

[04:04:37] I got it.

[04:04:39] Oh, I like this one. What's the average age of the foot roster to the nearest full number?

[04:04:45] We'll see. 18, 19, C20, or D21.

[04:04:51] I've got it for sure. What are you saying?

[04:04:52] All right, you're a robot. I'll move it.

[04:04:54] Is it for others? Yeah, we got it. It's 19.2.

[04:04:58] So that is which...

[04:05:00] It's B.

[04:05:01] It's B. 19.

[04:05:02] That is correct.

[04:05:03] That's really well done.

[04:05:04] Oh my god.

[04:05:05] And you go down.

[04:05:06] Thank you. Thank you.

[04:05:06] Chad really taught you something today.

[04:05:07] Yep.

[04:05:08] He did. He actually helped us out.

[04:05:09] He's always forgot. He knows all the average ages. It's true. He does. Okay. You decided to swap buzzer responsibility

[04:05:14] Yes, we're gonna change buzzer response. I think that's a really good idea. Yes. I'm not gonna lie

[04:05:18] I think that's a great it's a little bit more energy. I think okay question number three

[04:05:22] It's another themed one. That's coach Coolio is a former player. How old is he?

[04:05:27] Is it a 23 years of age being 25 c 27 or d 29? I checked this out. I know I checked it out

[04:05:35] I didn't get it production. Can I get a confirmation of who that was? That was you guys, right?

[04:05:39] Yeah, we just swapped.

[04:05:40] Sorry, sorry. Eyes aren't my strong.

[04:05:42] It would be B.

[04:05:43] Yes, it would be B-25.

[04:05:44] Why do you say that?

[04:05:45] Because we went over this at the start of the show earlier, and I remember 25.

[04:05:49] Yeah?

[04:05:50] Yeah, he's 25.

[04:05:50] I'm so sure of that.

[04:05:51] Yes, I'm 100% sure of that.

[04:05:52] It's a good thing you are.

[04:05:53] Oh, she's happy!

[04:05:54] I was really...

[04:05:55] I thought it was 23.

[04:05:56] I'm gonna lie.

[04:05:56] I'm done.

[04:05:58] Wasn't that confident?

[04:05:59] It's a good bid for 25.

[04:06:00] Yeah, it's true.

[04:06:01] Oh, he's doing great.

[04:06:02] Good for Coolio, man.

[04:06:03] Okay, question number four.

[04:06:06] This is Nabi's second playoff at 2026.

[04:06:09] What was the other event?

[04:06:12] Is it A, PGL, Collusion of Poker 2026?

[04:06:15] Is it B, I Am Krakow 2026?

[04:06:17] Is it C, Blast Bounty, Winter 2026?

[04:06:20] Or is it the Draculaan Season 5?

[04:06:23] Oh, I'm just hearing something, actually.

[04:06:26] Oh, here we go.

[04:06:27] I think maybe Trace has got somebody in the crowd

[04:06:30] who was even quicker on the buzzer.

[04:06:31] Sorry, Jason.

[04:06:32] That's all good.

[04:06:33] Yeah, that's pretty much how it's went.

[04:06:36] Hello.

[04:06:39] Hello.

[04:06:40] Hey, we can hear you.

[04:06:41] Oh, okay.

[04:06:42] We can't hear you anymore, Trace.

[04:06:46] We could before that.

[04:06:47] We could try like lip sync with him.

[04:06:49] Keep it going though.

[04:06:50] Segment's going really well.

[04:06:51] All right, y'all.

[04:06:52] So, here's the thing.

[04:06:53] I've got three people in the crowd with me.

[04:06:55] They're going to look at me.

[04:06:56] The answers are going to be up on the screen.

[04:06:57] It's going to be all good.

[04:06:58] Trace is going to read you out the question.

[04:06:59] You have to pick the correct answer.

[04:07:02] The eyes on Trace and then look at the screen.

[04:07:05] This is the worst game of charades ever.

[04:07:07] Oh two words one syllable

[04:07:10] First syllable Chris, maybe try your microphone again

[04:07:14] Nope, that's impressive it worked for well they're giving us a they're giving us a

[04:07:21] That is indeed

[04:07:27] She's gonna you got a present for them you got a prize and maybe we'll find out later you gotta be a bit faster

[04:07:33] Yeah, yeah, I apologize. I'll be in us now

[04:07:37] I actually can't remember the scores right now.

[04:07:44] I think it's 2-1.

[04:07:45] And then the crowd has won.

[04:07:46] So we've got a little bit of a three-way situation.

[04:07:49] 1 million points, 1.2 points.

[04:07:51] The crowd is winning quite handily at the moment.

[04:07:53] Question number five.

[04:07:54] Can I just take that back?

[04:07:55] How many top four placements has Navi achieved since signing?

[04:07:59] This event counts.

[04:08:01] I can't specify enough this counts.

[04:08:03] Is it A, three events, B, four, C, five, or D, six?

[04:08:10] That was very casual.

[04:08:11] That's a really good question.

[04:08:13] Yeah, I'm going to go with, they haven't been in many, so including this one, B, four?

[04:08:20] Do you want to go with that one, Jason?

[04:08:21] There's a lot of B answers so far today.

[04:08:22] I feel like it's going to be more of an A or a C kind of a situation.

[04:08:25] I think I would go with a C.

[04:08:27] A C?

[04:08:28] That's a lot.

[04:08:29] That's a lot.

[04:08:30] Maybe an A.

[04:08:31] Let's do A.

[04:08:33] It's wrong, which means it doesn't pass through the reality as well.

[04:08:36] I think B is safe.

[04:08:37] It might be safe.

[04:08:38] Five feels like too much.

[04:08:39] And she couldn't stress it enough, including B.

[04:08:42] Okay, we're gonna lock in B, please.

[04:08:45] It's also wrong, which means it does indeed pass back over to...

[04:08:48] It can't have been safe.

[04:08:49] How much do you say this one is?

[04:08:50] It can't have been safe, so we'll go with C.

[04:08:52] That is correct.

[04:08:53] Yay!

[04:08:54] There we go, a two to two.

[04:08:56] We love it.

[04:08:57] Why did you doubt yourself?

[04:08:58] I don't know.

[04:08:59] sometimes it just happens and I doubted not a bit more confidence.

[04:09:02] Okay, okay, that's fair. You know what? That's fair.

[04:09:05] Question six. Oh, how many nationalities have played for

[04:09:08] Astralis's CS team? We're talking like all time. All time nationalities in this team.

[04:09:13] We have got option A, three, B4, C, five, and shockingly D is six.

[04:09:20] Well, to settle this, let's just work it out. So, Danish, Swedish, Lithuanian, Lithuanian,

[04:09:26] And then any like extra weird one.

[04:09:28] Who else has played?

[04:09:29] It's like...

[04:09:30] Has there been an extra one?

[04:09:31] We're in a wild card hall.

[04:09:32] We can't have like our scenario, someone's standing in, do you reckon?

[04:09:34] Or someone is a full-time player.

[04:09:37] Come on, give me a one-point.

[04:09:38] Cums!

[04:09:39] One-local.

[04:09:39] Stand-ins count.

[04:09:40] Stand-ins count.

[04:09:41] Maybe.

[04:09:42] If that's going to help your assessment.

[04:09:43] I don't even know where I'm going with it.

[04:09:44] I don't know who else.

[04:09:45] Never amount to the right number.

[04:09:47] We've got our number and it's on the board.

[04:09:48] When have they been English-speaking before?

[04:09:50] That's the tower.

[04:09:51] They had anyone but Denmark in there, but be English-speaking.

[04:09:54] I can only think of this roster.

[04:09:55] I can only think of this roster and then the original so I think the answer would be three that would be Swedish and Lithuanian with them with them

[04:10:02] That's I'm happy with that. I don't know if it's right. Let's find out. I don't know if it's right either

[04:10:06] But it sounds like it's right. It's very right. That's an incredible process

[04:10:12] A deal right

[04:10:14] Yeah, I don't know. I'd be like a weird like oh Alu joined for six days

[04:10:20] Kind of an EPL classic, but no that was a great process of a

[04:10:23] I think we're going to have

[04:10:25] a good job. Good job. Congratulations.

[04:10:27] Uh, three to two million

[04:10:29] great question. Number seven.

[04:10:31] What season of ESL Pro League

[04:10:33] did Astralis last make the top

[04:10:35] four prior to this season?

[04:10:37] We were there. We have got

[04:10:39] the options coming

[04:10:41] in very soon.

[04:10:43] Thank you, FB.

[04:10:45] Bring him in. Let me just

[04:10:47] let the graphic come up

[04:10:49] and then I will give you the options.

[04:10:51] It's A, season 10, B, season 12, C, season 19, or D, season 20?

[04:10:57] 20 and 19 in GeraDevice.

[04:10:59] Okay, I like that.

[04:11:00] They were shocking in that period.

[04:11:01] This is Odense that we're talking about.

[04:11:03] Yes.

[04:11:04] Yes, but which season was Odense?

[04:11:06] The classic.

[04:11:07] 12 or 10.

[04:11:08] I'm going to say 12 after...

[04:11:09] 12 feels right.

[04:11:10] I didn't feel it dominating them, but they were just sort of petering out.

[04:11:13] Was it season 10?

[04:11:14] It does sound like it might have been 10.

[04:11:15] It's dangerous.

[04:11:16] If your guts go in 12, I'll follow you.

[04:11:18] I'll follow you, I think.

[04:11:19] I think we're gonna try be a lot of bees today as Jason said we're gonna be

[04:11:22] That's when you're yeah, look at him be I like this thought process, but one too many bees

[04:11:27] It's wrong which means the range

[04:11:29] I have a chance this one out the corner. So let's go

[04:11:32] It's gonna be 10 a for 10 prayer. We'd like to lock in a it's also wrong. Oh spicy

[04:11:38] We miss something. We've lost our memory. Did we forget top four years?

[04:11:42] So probably with these seasons in Malta. I would be Malta. Yeah for sure

[04:11:45] Astralis?

[04:11:47] In Malta?

[04:11:49] Top 4?

[04:11:51] I'm getting my brains being DDoS

[04:11:53] Alright, well then it has to be

[04:11:55] C

[04:11:57] 19

[04:11:59] I guess she buzzed in, so yeah

[04:12:01] 50-50

[04:12:03] And the Rangers get it

[04:12:05] Why can't I remember that at all?

[04:12:07] In any way

[04:12:09] No, no, it's actually blind

[04:12:11] Okay, we've been memory holed

[04:12:13] Do you guys remember it? Probably I don't know most definitely. All I'm saying is question number eight

[04:12:20] Nicely segues us into our second semi-final

[04:12:22] This is Aurora's third playoffs of 2026 and their first top four 2026 have kind of broken the curse

[04:12:28] Somebody say how many top fours did they have in 2025 though?

[04:12:32] You've got option a that is five B is six see a seven and B is eight

[04:12:37] 8.

[04:12:38] Alright Hank, I just want to take a stab, I just want to take a stab.

[04:12:42] I like that.

[04:12:43] Another player up above the 20-26.

[04:12:44] It's just top 4 on 20-26.

[04:12:46] How many top 4s did they have last year?

[04:12:48] They always make the player say choke the game.

[04:12:49] That's right, that's right, that's right.

[04:12:50] But I don't think it wasn't 8, so I asked my contribution.

[04:12:54] I don't think it was 8.

[04:12:55] I would say, I don't want to say B again.

[04:12:57] I don't want to say B again.

[04:12:58] I don't want to say B ever again.

[04:12:59] So how about we try a C?

[04:13:00] We take a C for a spin.

[04:13:01] 7 sounds like a lot, though.

[04:13:03] All year, though.

[04:13:04] That's why they were known as chokers, because they just get that.

[04:13:06] get there and then they just bought out in the quarters. Let's go see. C final answer

[04:13:11] for you. It's B I'm gonna answer. It's gonna be B. I'm loving the store but it's not correct.

[04:13:16] I actually think it's C. Do you think it's A? They made the playoffs of like pretty much

[04:13:20] as they played in the first half of the year and then they came out a little bit slower

[04:13:23] but they made the EWC finals. Yes. And then they won the PGL event at the end of the year.

[04:13:28] First half has got to be at least five or six. Yeah they won the PGL event at the end.

[04:13:31] I would say eight. Okay. Take it away. Turkish fans loving but it's not

[04:13:36] Oh

[04:13:38] It's not back to us is it? Oh, you might have to pick me are you gonna do it?

[04:13:42] You know five feels like too low, but you don't want to pick me. I don't want to pick B

[04:13:46] But you're right five. There's been a lot of bees like Jason said they did have that run at the start

[04:13:51] Whether we were in every single one. Oh, but they were getting some of that. Yeah

[04:13:56] What about those majors though, we're right up be I'm glad you ridden with

[04:14:00] I mean, they just went to every single event. Yeah, they did the entire calendar. Yeah. Okay question nine. I think you're probably winning second to the audience. Obviously, um, who was Aurora's top performer in yesterday's

[04:14:14] probably winning second to the

[04:14:16] audience. Obviously, um, who

[04:14:18] was Aurora's top performer in

[04:14:20] yesterday's Courser final? We

[04:14:22] have four possible options for

[04:14:24] you. That is a Zantara's B

[04:14:26] Wacadia C. Woxic or D

[04:14:28] measure that Aurora's top

[04:14:30] performer. Go for Woxic Henry.

[04:14:32] Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I think I

[04:14:34] had a buzz in the crowd.

[04:14:36] Actually, that was really

[04:14:38] well. Got this one.

[04:14:40] That's right. We do have this

[04:14:42] Let me know, guess.

[04:14:43] Yeah, we got you, Chase.

[04:14:44] Yes, we're back.

[04:14:45] OK, where'd you come from?

[04:14:48] What team are you on?

[04:14:49] Kick rocks.

[04:14:49] All right, who was the world's top performer

[04:14:52] in yesterday's quarter-final?

[04:14:53] Do you guys have an answer?

[04:14:54] Are you ready to provide us an answer?

[04:14:58] Measure.

[04:14:59] Measure.

[04:15:00] OK.

[04:15:01] That's correct.

[04:15:03] So what do y'all want?

[04:15:03] Now, listen, I've got two Colex cards right here for you.

[04:15:06] Or, let me see that.

[04:15:08] I've got this signed mouse pad by mouse.

[04:15:11] So these are also signed by.

[04:15:15] OK, it's just given everything.

[04:15:16] And just give it everything.

[04:15:18] There you go.

[04:15:19] He's got his own pack.

[04:15:21] And in a shocking turn of events,

[04:15:23] that was actually winner takes all the crowns.

[04:15:27] Oh, I'm going to pass to the crowd.

[04:15:29] We are done.

[04:15:30] Of the DHL drop in the S.I.P.

[04:15:31] I probably just write that congratulations.

[04:15:34] We love the crowd and we love Counter Strike as well.

[04:15:36] Second semi final coming your way.

[04:15:38] It's going to be a stroll is taking on a war to see who will meet.

[04:15:40] I'll be in at best of five grand final tomorrow. It's going down after this short break.

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[04:21:32] Another day, another day of Counter-Strike here for Aurora.

[04:21:53] You guys love Plan Cs.

[04:21:54] I think that's all you do, right?

[04:21:55] Yeah, of course, every stage, every tournament, everything you can do.

[04:22:00] Let's talk about yesterday. You got a big ace on Dust2 versus Legacy.

[04:22:03] In your own words, tell me about that series.

[04:22:06] It's always hard to play against Legacy. Like when we play against them, it's always,

[04:22:10] maybe we play third map, overtime and that kind of stuff. But we managed to win, I think,

[04:22:15] even though on our pass, we choke a bit. And I'm glad.

[04:22:21] Yeah, because I'm looking at that overpass. And man, I wasn't going to bring it up,

[04:22:24] but I guess since we're here, 12 rounds in a row hurts. You know, that's painful.

[04:22:29] Talk to me about what happens in those moments to bounce back.

[04:22:31] I think we were playing a good on T side and then on 6-1, we lost one round. Then I called the B rush

[04:22:37] and we lost hot. Then I think we lost the momentum of it. Then when it's 6-6 and we lost pistol,

[04:22:44] everything goes down. But it's fine. We managed to be in front. No problem.

[04:22:49] You got there in the end result, right? So let's talk a little about your teammate in Soulfly.

[04:22:53] He's been on the roster about two months now. I mean he's he's rocking 49 maps at this point

[04:22:57] It's his first win on stage here at ESL Pro League

[04:23:00] Tell me about him and a performance here and sort of what he has to do to get on stage when I think he's like a

[04:23:06] Cool guy. He don't shout a lot. He don't scream a lot. He don't get nervous a lot. He's just doing his job in servers

[04:23:15] servers and yeah, that's it

[04:23:18] So when you stack up in the server today

[04:23:20] And you look at the type of Astralis that you have across from you. What are you expecting the biggest the biggest hurdles?

[04:23:26] What are the biggest struggles you're gonna have today? I

[04:23:29] Think I can say

[04:23:30] They're playing good individually like fizzy real job. They their performances increased a lot

[04:23:37] So I think we should be careful about them

[04:23:40] Anything you want to say fans back home the fans in here. There's fans everywhere. It is ESL Pro League, so English

[04:23:46] Your choice.

[04:23:48] Your choice.

[04:23:50] We have a plan to take the bays.

[04:23:52] I hope we can get the cup and come here.

[04:23:54] Inshallah.

[04:24:16] I think we also did the things really well that we talked about before the game.

[04:24:20] Obviously you need to shoot hard as well to win against a team like that.

[04:24:24] So, yeah, I think we did good in all the things we could.

[04:24:28] Yeah, in the post-match interview, Huxi goes on stage to say pushing through smokes and

[04:24:34] he's just giggling it off.

[04:24:35] I mean, was it really like that at some point?

[04:24:36] Did you expect more pushback from Spirit?

[04:24:39] I mean, I think we were good at doing the right things in the round.

[04:24:43] So it got pretty much easy for us, but obviously, yes, if they're pushing a smoke, I think

[04:24:48] everyone can kill them, but I also think Hooksie is way better than he's thinking himself.

[04:24:53] But yeah, it was good.

[04:24:55] Tell me a little about the veto that happened there before that game got started yesterday.

[04:24:58] I understand that Spirit had selected to be teammate in the veto.

[04:25:02] What is the big deal about that?

[04:25:03] Can you explain that to us?

[04:25:04] I mean, I think we go from playing two stages of online, and it's the first LAN game we

[04:25:09] have, and it's on stage as well.

[04:25:10] So I think it makes sense that they want to come out and do the things that they talked

[04:25:14] about and they are doing the things that they were 100% sure before the game that they will

[04:25:20] pick the stew and play T-Sights.

[04:25:21] So I think it makes sense in that way and they can play the way they want if they want

[04:25:26] to come out fast or they want to come out and play default or whatever they were thinking.

[04:25:30] And I think they have done it a few times and it makes sense.

[04:25:34] But yeah.

[04:25:35] Didn't work for yesterday.

[04:25:37] Sorry?

[04:25:38] Didn't work for yesterday.

[04:25:39] Not yesterday.

[04:25:40] But it seems to work for Fusy. So my last question is this, tell me about playing alongside Fusy up here on the stage.

[04:25:45] I mean, I think he's a really good player and he really enjoys the Swedish crowd.

[04:25:50] I think it's also not one of his first crowds, but he's enjoying it a lot and it fits him.

[04:25:57] You want to say anything to that crowd? You want to tell him anything?

[04:26:01] Thank you for the support and support Fusy.

[04:26:04] Thank you very much Javi.

[04:26:06] I hope it's one of those live games that they can do again. He can repeat it. Nothing he did like seemed super crazy, right? Like nothing was like out of school. It felt like he was in good spots. He was just landing shots. He was just going to be there.

[04:26:22] I just hope you can replicate it again today because that was so much fun to see him. Yeah, I hope it's one of those live games that they

[04:26:28] He can do again. He can repeat it. Nothing. He did like seemed super crazy, right? Like nothing was like out of school

[04:26:33] It felt like he was in good spots. He was just landing shots. He was just nailing it

[04:26:37] He was on point us be that round was a little bit crazy

[04:26:39] But I think more than anything like see like look at this. This is this is like a nice simple opera

[04:26:44] But this is just standard kind of play with the adbp

[04:26:47] So it's not something that you feel like it should be too difficult for him to replicate

[04:26:50] But obviously yesterday he had a ton of things going his way

[04:26:52] He had the dual leg shot like the collateral leg shot in middle on ancient Astralis was just pumping on every single area of the game

[04:26:59] And I think that's what made him feel so comfortable and so confident on an individual level

[04:27:03] Yeah, the great thing is he was performing on dust 2 right which is a map that he himself during the group stages said he has struggled on in

[04:27:09] previous teams so I'm glad that he was able to show up there and I think that could be a map in the series today

[04:27:14] You know we seen that the last time these two teams clash inclusion of poker so that'll be important

[04:27:18] But I'm hoping for Fosy's sake it's a life tournament and not just a live game because

[04:27:22] he's been having a good group stage but yesterday was something special.

[04:27:25] Well I think part of the reason we saw that yesterday and part of the reason we saw good

[04:27:28] individual efforts across the board on the Astraliside, like one thing we were commenting

[04:27:32] on when we were watching this series is like Astralis's utility work was so well put together

[04:27:37] and layered and structured, flashbangs were perfect, we're blinding everyone on the spirit

[04:27:41] side of things, flashbangs all over like smokes in the right place, their utility use and

[04:27:45] their game plan just seemed like they were so well drilled. And it can't be understated

[04:27:50] how much better that makes players play as individuals when everyone is confident that

[04:27:54] the utility is going to land. It's confident that they're all doing the right thing and

[04:27:57] they're all doing the same thing and working towards the same goal.

[04:28:00] In terms of the spirit that we saw showing up to the server yesterday, not to distract

[04:28:03] from Astralis and maybe not to steal from our good friend Launders, unlucky or bad,

[04:28:08] it was just bad from spirit.

[04:28:10] I think I used Pathetic this morning and I don't really have any qualms about repeating

[04:28:13] it to be honest with you, like it was really bad from the Spirit side. This is Stralis

[04:28:18] Spirit match last night, it was a combination of Astralis hitting an incredible peak that

[04:28:22] we probably didn't think they were capable of this early, and then a combination of Spirit

[04:28:26] playing extremely poor.

[04:28:27] Yeah, Spirit looks so checked out, like looking at them, but it felt like you were checked

[04:28:31] out pretty early into the game, and understandably so on Dust2, but then Ancient kicks off, you

[04:28:35] get nothing going for you in mid, like nothing, mid fight is so important to Ancient, there's

[04:28:39] nothing going your way at all, you have that one dark round I guess when you go to the

[04:28:42] AK out, but other than that it was it was Stan Rio was also playing really well yesterday

[04:28:47] So I'm glad he was able to take to the stage and show us a strong performance

[04:28:51] Just a lot going for us trawlers yesterday and nothing going for spirit

[04:28:55] I don't think you'll see like I think that's that's a good point

[04:28:57] They're like that it felt like spirit at some point had sort of almost like checked out

[04:29:00] Which feels bad to say but like towards the end of like ancient like the like two of the last like three or four rounds

[04:29:05] They called were be rushes and it's like it's like, you know

[04:29:08] It's like if you have the confidence that you can come back and win this and a confidence in your team to be able to do

[04:29:12] this you're calling real rounds and it feels like at the end of that you're

[04:29:15] just out of ideas and you don't think you have anything that can work and

[04:29:18] you're like okay low-bibed little b-rush is nice and easy like maybe we can

[04:29:20] sneak one in and that's where I was just out there and I was like oh man they

[04:29:23] really have just kind of lost it I do wish we had Jakob here as well because

[04:29:26] he had a really you know apt point about the lack of land games we've seen

[04:29:30] spirit playing recently obviously they choose to skip out on the PGL event as

[04:29:33] well and it's it's just a shame okay we finally back with them and it's just

[04:29:37] going out like and it's dinner and you can understand why they would want to

[04:29:41] They even had a boot camp before this, which is relatively unusual for team spirits.

[04:29:45] So I mean, I think if you're looking at, I think they know they have a lot of work to

[04:29:47] do as well, which is why the skipping events so they can get some extra practice or about

[04:29:51] to hit that final hurdle before the major, right?

[04:29:53] That final stretch of tournament.

[04:29:54] So yeah, I think they can tell as well internally spirit that they have a lot of improvement

[04:29:59] to go.

[04:30:00] 100% not to distract from the fact that Astralis were looking incredible in that quarter final

[04:30:04] yesterday Aurora on the other side of things.

[04:30:06] We knew it was going to be a very competitive affair versus legacy.

[04:30:09] You saw that already going down in the group stage.

[04:30:11] This was whack, though, to go.

[04:30:14] Yeah, I think coming into this tournament,

[04:30:16] I think it tells you all you need

[04:30:17] to know about where we're placing Aurora right now,

[04:30:19] when you have no vitality in Falcons.

[04:30:21] People are saying it's a mouse spirit tournament to win.

[04:30:23] And Aurora aren't necessarily at the front of people's times

[04:30:27] when you're talking about a team that could win this trophy.

[04:30:29] Now, I think they are absolutely the dark horse.

[04:30:31] And then coming in against Legacy,

[04:30:33] we heard what Coddy is saying.

[04:30:35] They made a difficult game.

[04:30:36] And going to that third map, getting the job done.

[04:30:38] But it was a fact of magic was the top of phone play yesterday. It's like, okay

[04:30:42] We're getting some overperformance here in this department as well

[04:30:44] But a role is a team that I think we're gonna drop off at the start of the year when they got rid of Jota

[04:30:49] I was wondering how are you going to be able to keep the same level?

[04:30:51] I think soul fly has been really impressive the fact he's been able to come in and they haven't dropped off too much and obviously

[04:30:56] Welcoming a new bus back in the pool has been good for them

[04:30:59] But not gonna be a threat today on that map at least in this series. Yeah, the cool thing about Aurora

[04:31:03] I think left in this tournament is you know

[04:31:05] I feel like you know for this team whenever I see them go up against your mouses and your spirits and your

[04:31:10] Vitalities and your Falcons like the other top five teams that are that are drifting around there

[04:31:14] I'm always kind of like this team is gonna

[04:31:15] Like they can't beat teams better than them without Zantara's performing well

[04:31:19] It feels you know like it's great to have this pump up for major you're gonna take it you're gonna love it good for him

[04:31:24] I like see a major pop off as well, but that's gonna happen against the legacy

[04:31:27] It's not gonna happen against the Falcons

[04:31:29] So you need to have Zantara's now the nice thing for them is at this event

[04:31:32] None of those teams either came to the event or made the playoffs and qualified through so at this point

[04:31:36] Maybe Zontars isn't like a must-have performer here in the semi-finals, which is at least

[04:31:42] But you want it though you do it makes you say much easier would make you day much more fun

[04:31:46] I don't know like yeah needing it is one thing, but this is a good like come on

[04:31:51] Yeah, you want you want you want to play well, especially if they're gonna win a trophy

[04:31:55] They have desires to win a title if God I have Zontars playing well

[04:31:58] And it's that combo for Guardian and Zontars that I really enjoy watching inside of Aurora

[04:32:01] And then you throw him Woxic. He's having a good map. We see it yesterday. There was a moment where Woxic's taking over.

[04:32:06] So I think there's so much firepower available. You just want to all to come online at the same time.

[04:32:11] Well, there's a couple of cool battles to think about, see that are going to be coming up in this series.

[04:32:15] Obviously, the AWP angle of Woxic and Fozy after the day he had. Rarely do we see them go head-to-head in any kind of a sense,

[04:32:21] but can you match each other's impact in terms of taking out the other player of the team with being a presence on the map?

[04:32:26] But I think the other one is going to be, if we want to talk about the Zhontara's angle,

[04:32:30] If you watch the way Astralis just completely neutralized and shut down Donk yesterday in that series

[04:32:36] Why would you not think that they're possible that's capable of being replicated against on Taurus if you can do it?

[04:32:41] I'm going to get exactly when they had some cool tricks against Donk

[04:32:44] They had like some different layered flashes different timings of a second

[04:32:47] Here's the pop flash to let you know we're swinging around the corner take your first fight second flash comes when he's definitely

[04:32:52] Staring and two more players pop out

[04:32:54] So they were very cognizant of how they wanted to approach parts of the map that Donk was playing in if they have a similar kind of setup

[04:33:00] against Antares, he's going to have a tough game on his hands.

[04:33:02] Let's see what maps we're going to be playing in this one. As you referenced, Dinko obviously

[04:33:05] this was played out PGL event. This was an elimination game, unfortunately, for Astralis

[04:33:09] feeling the wrath of that.

[04:33:10] The Anubis ban is brutal if you're a Vioror, obviously taking it away. So already a leg

[04:33:14] up just out of default, just out of your standard bans for the Astralis side of the Vido process.

[04:33:18] Nuke going to be the first map Dust2 as well, then Inferno as a decider, but the big one

[04:33:22] is that Anubis just sticking out like a sore thumb if you're a Vioror.

[04:33:25] Yeah, it's always your safety net. We're not against Astralis banning that one out. And

[04:33:28] So Dust2 will come into the series again.

[04:33:30] Now, if we come into the series without that quarterfinal showing up from Astralis yesterday,

[04:33:33] we're talking about how, okay, Dust2 is the weakness here for Astralis.

[04:33:36] Surely this is a third map just because of that.

[04:33:39] But no, I think they have shown enough on Dust2 yesterday.

[04:33:41] They can get even closer level they showed against Spirit.

[04:33:44] This could be a 2-0 for Astralis today.

[04:33:46] Yeah, I mean, there's a world.

[04:33:48] You know, I can't say that there's a world of that meeting Spirit and I'll say it against Astralis,

[04:33:52] or I'll not say it against Aurora.

[04:33:53] The Dust2 one is interesting because, yeah, it is a weakness for Astralis

[04:33:57] they're going to get targeted for the win yesterday. I don't know how much it shifts

[04:34:00] the needle. It's obviously good to see them play that way, but at the moment it's just

[04:34:03] that one game. And you have the angle with Fosy saying in particular Dust 2 has been

[04:34:07] a nuisance for him individually, maybe a little bit for the team. So that could all

[04:34:11] change. Like yesterday, if it really was just a life game, it could be completely different.

[04:34:15] It could be an outlier. Or you could just go back to the baseline.

[04:34:17] Who have you got us the, I wouldn't say the favorite, because I think it's pretty, you

[04:34:21] know, going to be pretty competitive. But who do you have edging out in Co.

[04:34:24] Well, my heart wants Astralis to play well, just with the way they were playing yesterday

[04:34:28] and the fact that Fosy was stepping up, but I think going into this game, it's obvious

[04:34:33] that Aurora should be favorites just with the experience and the history with the roster

[04:34:36] being together.

[04:34:37] But you know what, from that game yesterday, just believing in Astralis now.

[04:34:41] You're going to change your mind.

[04:34:42] I like it.

[04:34:43] Okay.

[04:34:44] Yeah, I'm going to go with Aurora on this one.

[04:34:45] I'm going to go with the more known quantity.

[04:34:46] I think there's a little bit of danger if they get some pressure put on them and if Astralis

[04:34:50] have a good game plan that they could collapse, because that's going to be frustrating.

[04:34:53] I think you have to go with the team once again to hear that's that's shown

[04:34:56] With the way that they play that they can that they can take this one

[04:34:58] I mean with mouths and spirit out it feels like the next team that you do move on to is like now

[04:35:03] It's yours to lose

[04:35:04] Congratulations, you have the honor and they've all been losing them. They've all been losing it

[04:35:07] So yeah, this is a weird event for predictions already 100% the field is so open up as what makes it so exciting to be getting into a second

[04:35:14] Semifinal it's time to welcome the teams up onto the stage

[04:35:23] And that's what it has to do with laser beam!

[04:35:32] Window, no scope, they said, no!

[04:35:38] Away is the perfect end!

[04:35:41] This is madness!

[04:35:44] Astralis, dominating spirit up on this very stage just yesterday, Susie said it was a

[04:35:52] live game for him, but as you put it, Dinko, this could be a live tournament and no better

[04:35:56] place to do it in front of your home crowd that weren't that much rooting for him.

[04:36:00] I know the historical Danish team have upgraded their roster by bringing in a suite and hopefully

[04:36:05] this is the time when things start to click.

[04:36:06] It's been too long since we've seen Astralis challenge for trophies and get an extra roster

[04:36:11] you can get behind, get excited about.

[04:36:13] Astralis are likeable again.

[04:36:14] And I think that's what everybody's really excited about

[04:36:16] as they take to the stage.

[04:36:17] I feel like they've got a real shot at this,

[04:36:19] just with the level of performance

[04:36:20] they're getting to at the moment,

[04:36:22] and obviously having a sweep.

[04:36:23] That's a great thing, play in Stockholm.

[04:36:25] Feels like this is the roster that's finally gonna get

[04:36:27] an Astralis lineup to move out of the shadow

[04:36:29] of the great legendary Astralis team.

[04:36:31] Finally, you have some of the pieces there.

[04:36:33] On the other side of the stage,

[04:36:34] it's gonna be Aurora as they march in,

[04:36:36] and their task now is the team that feels like

[04:36:38] they should be poised to have the best chance

[04:36:40] lift this trophy and for a team who's been searching for those trophies,

[04:36:43] hunting for them and denied constantly, a win here is going to go a long way

[04:36:47] if they're able to do it.

[04:36:48] Orkzik spoke about it, the curse that he feels like sometimes is imparted on them

[04:36:52] in the playoffs, but he's said it himself, it's in their own hands and I would say

[04:36:56] Dinkley, this is a golden opportunity to be heading straight for that trophy.

[04:36:59] How many times have we said Aurora have a golden opportunity and watched them

[04:37:02] squander it? I mean it's been so many times this happened, so even when they

[04:37:05] get to finals they can lose it or just about to choke, even in the tournament

[04:37:09] but they did win at the end of last year in PGL in Bucharest.

[04:37:12] So for Aurora, it's always the mentality.

[04:37:14] It's right there for them, but can they actually take it?

[04:37:16] Well, it's time to get this show started.

[04:37:18] Aurora versus Astralis in our second semi-final.

[04:37:29] I like to play against Astralis.

[04:37:30] I don't know why, it's because of their legendary name, I think.

[04:37:34] Always good to see you on the competition

[04:37:36] and always gives a smile when you see their logo.

[04:37:39] It's a good team, good brand.

[04:37:40] I'm confident to play against anyone, it doesn't matter.

[04:37:43] There is no age of learning something, so it's good.

[04:37:47] It's a team that maybe a lot of people expected to be here.

[04:37:49] Maybe a bit more consistent than us right now,

[04:37:51] but like a consistent top 8 playoffs team,

[04:37:53] they obviously also want to push deeper into playoffs,

[04:37:56] that's probably their goal.

[04:38:02] Never gonna be an easy opponent in playoffs,

[04:38:04] no matter who you play, right?

[04:38:05] Also think the addition of SoulFly there,

[04:38:07] My old teammate from Saga has been doing great.

[04:38:11] Always fun to play him as well.

[04:38:33] We also lost most of them last time,

[04:38:36] but so we did with Spirit before playing them, so hopefully we can do the same today.

[04:38:45] We are looking for an A-Lister, we are looking for a grand finalist.

[04:38:49] There's Aurora, take on Astralis.

[04:38:52] Astralis coming back with a new roster, looking to get back to form and back in playoffs,

[04:38:57] like the Org, once a legendary Org.

[04:39:00] Aurora trying to bounce back from difficult playoffs, rewrite their history, start a new story of actually winning these important games.

[04:39:11] I'm here with Harry Russell, I'm here with Janko Padovic. Janko, what are your feelings coming into this game?

[04:39:15] I feel the stars are aligning for Astralis in this one, man. Yesterday, how they looked against Team Spirit, they completely manhandled them.

[04:39:23] That was a 2-0 and it wasn't even close. Really, in a way, things seemed to be clicking for them.

[04:39:29] And this tournament in Aurora, despite the roster change, feels like the same old Aurora.

[04:39:33] I mean, you could see frustrations come through when they play.

[04:39:36] They still haven't found a way to keep their poise, and I think they're their own biggest

[04:39:41] enemy.

[04:39:42] Yeah, you know, obviously, though, they did dodge that choke yesterday.

[04:39:47] We all saw it start to take shape.

[04:39:48] They finally took a, I would say, a pretty big step in the right direction, which is

[04:39:52] in one of these games in front of a crowd in the playoffs, being able to pull off the

[04:39:57] the Heimlich. Big thanks to Madger as well. It was the top-rated performer of that quarter-final

[04:40:02] series. He was lights out. He came through with a huge round on map number three to kind

[04:40:07] of restore a bit of order. And you saw the rest of them trying to keep the energy good,

[04:40:11] trying to kind of stay locked in and stay away from that curse that Woxic spoke about

[04:40:17] the tongue over this Aurora squad.

[04:40:19] Yeah, he talked about curses or chokes. The funniest part about that is despite what's

[04:40:23] to get eliminated to send Aurora

[04:40:25] into playoffs. It was shock. It

[04:40:27] was horror, and it's still a

[04:40:29] roller losing the quarter finals,

[04:40:31] but they've exceeded that at least

[04:40:33] here today. The job is not done.

[04:40:35] Taking down the lowest ranked team

[04:40:37] they've ever beaten in a playoff

[04:40:39] time to see if they can do it up

[04:40:41] against an upcoming squad.

[04:40:43] Astralis is returned to form has

[04:40:45] certainly been exciting. Question

[04:40:47] is, can they do it again?

[04:40:49] I mean, it's just a little bit

[04:40:51] The question is, can they do it again and again? Taking down Spirit is one perfect step, but life game from Fusey perhaps? Can he do it twice in a row?

[04:41:00] And also it shouldn't be underestimated the fact that this is Frost, Frost already played 50 plus maps together in just three months, right?

[04:41:07] And it's a change for Yabi and Stair going back into an international lineup, right?

[04:41:14] Hooks obviously had this time during G2 and that stand but you know there's a

[04:41:20] lot of things they need to get used to for real enthusiasm of course playing

[04:41:24] tier 1 CS on a more consistent level how do these players and teams operate

[04:41:28] compared to what they may be used to.

[04:41:33] We all know what that sound means it's time to get this semi-final started.

[04:41:39] to get into this. You've got

[04:41:44] to start this. Sweden toe New

[04:41:46] look international roster on

[04:41:48] the other Aurora trying to

[04:41:50] break the playoff curse. We

[04:41:52] will start things off here on

[04:41:54] Nuke. Stockholm. Are you with

[04:41:56] us? I like that. I like y'all.

[04:42:04] Let's get into this. Noob is

[04:42:06] to ex-Danish turf of new kid.

[04:42:09] His pistol round coming in quick, top hit,

[04:42:12] new till lands, they storm out the goal.

[04:42:14] Wiccardia's Jullies take the kills.

[04:42:17] Really a fantastic way for him to get going.

[04:42:19] He played a big part in the series yesterday,

[04:42:21] did Wiccardia.

[04:42:23] Oh, he's going to round it out with four.

[04:42:25] There's Duparetas Singh.

[04:42:26] The A site pop stopped.

[04:42:28] It's a pistol round to open things up for Aurora.

[04:42:31] Yesterday it was Santaris.

[04:42:32] Today it's Wiccardia, 4K on the pistol, on the Jullies.

[04:42:36] a very good sign for Aurora to kick off.

[04:42:40] And yesterday, Astralis won all four of their pistols.

[04:42:42] I mean, here they're just doing a sort of APOP,

[04:42:45] but that's where the stack is, and unfortunately,

[04:42:47] and they just can't take any space, get the bomb down,

[04:42:50] get into the bomb site to give themselves a chance.

[04:42:53] So, good start for Aurora,

[04:42:55] Block Eco for the side of Astralis with that one,

[04:42:59] Eagle on view.

[04:43:00] Shocking enough that they won on their pistols,

[04:43:02] because in stage two, yes, caveat of online,

[04:43:04] This is a team that struggled massively in pistol rounds, lost far more than they won.

[04:43:12] I feel there's been this feeling from a lot of the teams.

[04:43:15] Excited to be back on LAN, playing in front of a crowd and all.

[04:43:21] It's the way CS was meant to be experienced.

[04:43:24] So now, you got that conversion locked and loaded, ready to go.

[04:43:29] To an O-lead.

[04:43:31] For Aurora, as good as done.

[04:43:32] Keep it a close eye on a couple of names in the Aurora jazzy's. I'm liking the strong start from a cardiac

[04:43:38] I've also didn't notice they've been trying to kind of yeah play with the crowd a little bit more doing some of the

[04:43:44] Kind of hype up signs and stuff like that. It's been it's been good to see because it's a team that have struggled

[04:43:50] in arenas

[04:43:53] 99

[04:43:57] Yeah, I mean in arenas, I think it's more so just

[04:44:00] Again, the frustrations, they just come through a lot and in play of Counter-Strike, it's not

[04:44:06] just the environment, the arena, the crowd and everything, it's just that the Counter-Strike

[04:44:10] changes a little bit too, right? And if you get stressed, if your communication isn't on point,

[04:44:15] like you're going to get punished for it so much more in this environment than you would in a,

[04:44:22] let's say, group stage game.

[04:44:23] Alright, first gun round now for Astralis.

[04:44:29] Pretty hard UTIL to lob in, it's nothing.

[04:44:34] How do you see it open up?

[04:44:35] Looks like they're going back towards that top pop though.

[04:44:37] Plenty of UTIL being set up towards the A site.

[04:44:40] Can't come through main.

[04:44:44] Got that third smoke to allow a lurk.

[04:44:48] It's going to keep Aurora's eyes on.

[04:44:50] Eyes on, Woxix all up in the first gun round, watches this side of the smoke and Astralis cross behind Red, they're taking their time.

[04:44:56] I think they're gonna fake A and try to get two players down secret.

[04:45:00] Dry.

[04:45:03] Woxix on a rotate, that's gonna work. The util's pulled in perfectly, there's no one outside, there's no one watching, the bomb makes it down.

[04:45:09] Oh, the lives of the Tyres here this, in the end. They're all down, but...

[04:45:14] Oh, Vint Rotate, scary Wakadia, first on the chopping block here, tries to take position

[04:45:21] down at lowest, stays alive for a moment, they lose Zantares in the meantime out at

[04:45:25] the top site.

[04:45:26] For Rotate.

[04:45:27] Options still open here for Astralis, right, far from committed to the lower take.

[04:45:30] Might just be able to dodge the stack altogether and with an opening kill on Zantares in and

[04:45:35] upper, red carpet's been rolled out, they're moving in.

[04:45:38] hook line and sinker aurora

[04:45:42] Plumb it to that B bomb site off of ramp and they have nobody home. You've got chad

[04:45:47] I think all have to you have to yell at every time Harry every time he gets into an empty bomb site

[04:45:52] That's the rules. I don't make them. I just follow him

[04:45:57] It was a beautiful call and they got everything they wanted out of it

[04:46:00] You had that on the secret cross doing it dry no smokes down in the yard

[04:46:03] Just a fake on a to take eyeballs out of it and we're caught here. That's a crazy drop down then right?

[04:46:07] I think Xantara's must have heard something.

[04:46:09] Cardi goes down, they do a lot of damage,

[04:46:11] and then they force him into a single door.

[04:46:13] It provides the perfect path for Astralis

[04:46:15] to get that top site.

[04:46:17] Nine to live round, Stockholm's not a fan.

[04:46:24] But it does mean Astralis get on the board.

[04:46:26] It's okay, guys, it's just the first date, you know?

[04:46:29] You're feeling things out,

[04:46:31] trying to get into know each other.

[04:46:33] It's gonna get more exciting, trust me.

[04:46:37] Honeymoon is on the horizon

[04:46:41] Things move quick. Of course Hugo is already thinking about the honeymoon after the first date. Gotta lock it down. Yeah

[04:46:49] It's worth it you put a ring on it

[04:46:51] You know still relying for Aurora is the fact they only lost one player, right? So they still have everything in this round

[04:46:58] For Shrullers, they have to do it all over again now

[04:47:02] bit of speed, what a pace change. Still in the process of kind of backing up here on the line with the AWP, but it doesn't matter because the rifles will provide.

[04:47:18] Nav and AK after the double, dodges the spam at the door and then walks the gulp, gets set up back in heaven.

[04:47:25] It's a very convincing time to form for Aurora in this follow up round.

[04:47:30] Last round was giga charred, what's this?

[04:47:33] We don't talk about these ones.

[04:47:34] But I mean, you can see these fast rounds, a lot of it depends on that first fight.

[04:47:40] Like if Stare is able to win that first fight against the Antares and Mini,

[04:47:44] like it changes the whole complexity of the round.

[04:47:48] You know, Fosy got to secret without anyone noticing.

[04:47:52] I don't think the call was bad, just couldn't really connect on those kills

[04:47:55] and then we cut here with the double, shuts it down.

[04:47:59] See if Huxley can get anything going with the punt.

[04:48:03] Partly round for Aurora. Five alive.

[04:48:05] After saving four, they are building money early in the game.

[04:48:08] They're shutting out Astralis is what they do.

[04:48:10] We got one more four-by from the Danish core before things get difficult.

[04:48:20] Nothing but a promising sign, man, that Wakadi is starting so strong.

[04:48:26] I still feel like we have yet to fully seize Antares.

[04:48:29] Online in these playoffs

[04:48:35] Keeping a watchful I on boxing to sad this all for a little while now got to put it to work in that last round with a double

[04:48:43] He was paramount in their win in the quarterfinals

[04:48:47] Dust who's up next?

[04:48:49] Again, out in the yard,

[04:48:55] Riccardi has even found an entry from Yabbi out through the door into this topside.

[04:48:59] Imagine, just walks on out, collects that trade.

[04:49:02] Things stay even. Chance to cross in a secret for Astralis. They've also got

[04:49:06] stair floating around in the garage, so options are available here in the 3 on 3.

[04:49:10] Even on numbers, but not even on position. Astralis able to wrap around the world.

[04:49:14] Aurora need to find information, so they take lobby back.

[04:49:17] So fly goes B and Aurora reclaims something here on the map from where Astralis arts they can figure out where they might be

[04:49:27] But the bomb commitment far from it cookiesy searching that lower site

[04:49:35] Even a smoke might be tempting just across hell

[04:49:40] What's in combat open

[04:49:42] I think better of it regrouping entirely to check out what might be a more difficult

[04:49:54] sight of two.

[04:49:55] And matches just moved down here right linking up with soul flight.

[04:49:58] Going into this two man stack in at lower 15 seconds.

[04:50:05] No time to change your mind.

[04:50:06] You've just got to scrap your way through.

[04:50:08] They open on a match.

[04:50:09] Solfly can't hold on. Woxic will arrive on rotation. Woxic player that towards the single

[04:50:14] door. Foosie dead. Woxic left it in his clutch. Stare very, very low. The orbs a little overkill.

[04:50:22] Woxic moves into the swing and Stare puts him down. Clutch denied for the southpaw as his

[04:50:31] Stralis cling on in that round. All of the kills for Stare. Four frags in the round.

[04:50:35] that a key kill on Magi outb and then trades his teammate as well very

[04:50:40] confident in the last fight happy to run down walksie it's what you want to see

[04:50:45] from stairs honestly it does kind of check out the strollers to the stars

[04:50:50] star trek fans they cling on but really important right to avoid that

[04:50:57] reset you can see how hyped up they are rug actually takes the time out because

[04:51:01] Obviously one player only left alive their money still isn't amazing actually Aurora has a much better buy than Astralis does in this round

[04:51:09] So you have to figure something out. It's good for them that the slower round also worked because

[04:51:13] No matter how much hook see likes and is actually good at those momentum

[04:51:18] Changers fast paced rounds like you really need to be able to slow it down as well and manipulate the rotations

[04:51:24] Especially on a map like nuke and

[04:51:26] And Yabi, I think his one kill was also really really important in that previous round

[04:51:32] just to create some chaos, forced Woxig to jump down into the bomb side.

[04:51:39] Still in that kind of moment of like wrestling for control of the early game,

[04:51:43] but this should be the round that kind of tees you up to take a bit of control here on Nuke.

[04:51:48] No teams at the end of their money.

[04:51:50] You always want to go further if you walk to this position, it's just not wise to.

[04:51:57] Smokes down outside, Astralis or Amolli in secret as well.

[04:52:01] Xantara has a lot to do in this position, there's four players here, they're going to

[04:52:05] have to take something, Ryu walks right into it, so easy opener here, traded by Huxi2 to

[04:52:12] smoke, that's twice now, Xantara has been smoked spammed out.

[04:52:18] beckons of it.

[04:52:20] Come on, Voxix!

[04:52:24] Kadi is also playing the smoke fade in door so he'll get a lot of information.

[04:52:28] Ooh, all the way through into lobby, Voxix also getting aggressive at the same moment

[04:52:34] and creeps out, gets...

[04:52:36] WAAAAY!

[04:52:37] With the double!

[04:52:38] No business surviving there!

[04:52:39] Soren, they were supposed to have him dead to rights, chance here on a Wackadi, you've

[04:52:44] dealt with one piece of the aggression at least.

[04:52:46] Now we're going to try and link up quickly for the top site hit.

[04:52:50] One man here waiting at the back of the site, it's Maget.

[04:52:53] Doesn't want to overplay his hand and give away back into this for Astralis.

[04:52:58] Woxic's got to be careful as well. The ventrop is open. Maget tries to make a move, dead in the heart.

[04:53:04] Astralis clawed their way back in. It's a 2v2 now.

[04:53:07] Dangerous parter. They know Woxic's stuck lower. Coming up the vent is surely a death sentence.

[04:53:11] Can he really find the flying shot?

[04:53:14] Watch this, there would be a very waxy way to go about this.

[04:53:19] He might just clear the position so he can make safe passage or does he set

[04:53:23] Solfly up instead? Wife will clearing the position.

[04:53:27] Double check for Solfly, Hoopsy stuck alone.

[04:53:31] Having it have to step up here for Astralis,

[04:53:34] battled into this one on the back foot throughout. Does Hoopsy have it in?

[04:53:38] There's the lineup!

[04:53:40] Disaster, there you are.

[04:53:43] Nobody's looking. Crisis now for Aurora as that one gets away from them.

[04:53:50] Who's he able to deliver a 1v2 and it's an instant timeout back the other way.

[04:53:54] Oh my, he hits this only for Sulfly to barely clear the position and still they

[04:54:03] can't clutch the round. What's Sulfly looking at there? Staring into the wall.

[04:54:07] They used to confuse here.

[04:54:12] Just a little bit of a communication breakdown.

[04:54:14] I guess they lost track of where Hooksy could be.

[04:54:17] So far I thought maybe he went into hot.

[04:54:22] I'm not exactly sure, but that was way easier for Hooksy than it was supposed to be.

[04:54:27] Jabi will be thankful for that one.

[04:54:31] Had a bit of an oki-momo next to that plant.

[04:54:34] Yeah, I feel like a couple of nerves shining through for Soulfly.

[04:54:38] Surprising to see you considering he definitely got his experience in yesterday with those streaks,

[04:54:44] winning his first playoff game of a top tournament,

[04:54:47] taking down Legacy, who amounted a bit, come back, Aurora dodged the choke.

[04:54:53] There's progress there in a sense.

[04:54:57] Something you don't see every day.

[04:54:58] Wokstick trying to set up Matcha with a boost out in the yard. It's a dink, put down range.

[04:55:04] Fusy Stifle to start this game 0 and 5 and dinked in this round.

[04:55:07] Those pistols are going to be lethal.

[04:55:09] Waxing was kind of hoping Majo would die there because he's got P2K armor ready to take that rifle.

[04:55:16] Damn, Majo, I'll boost you out, man.

[04:55:17] I'll... go for it.

[04:55:19] Ulterior motive.

[04:55:21] Hey, he was the highest rated player yesterday.

[04:55:23] Yeah, it's true, Majo was.

[04:55:25] Lights out.

[04:55:26] Ooh, here he goes again!

[04:55:27] Looks like I found you and all.

[04:55:30] You got to fight for it.

[04:55:31] You just got to deal with Stag.

[04:55:32] That's the guns on lock out in the yard.

[04:55:36] Stare even doubling up in his position.

[04:55:39] Ram play in the down time.

[04:55:40] They've prepped up the Soulfly.

[04:55:41] You can't turn it into any more than just that one.

[04:55:44] Oh, it's an easy tilt round for Zantara, though.

[04:55:47] He saw his frustration after losing that 2v1 in the last.

[04:55:50] And right there, Soulfly let's a player out round,

[04:55:53] but it kills him.

[04:55:55] Maybe some will forgive and forget,

[04:55:56] but we know Zantara can definitely get emotional

[04:55:59] in these moments.

[04:56:01] It's not what Aurora need right now, Astral is searching ahead.

[04:56:05] We can by-per-magic no-op on Woxic.

[04:56:08] This could get out of control pretty quickly.

[04:56:19] There's something a little bit faster here as you're moving very quickly into the ramside, Soulfly.

[04:56:25] What's that with his? It actually hangs around here, just for a moment.

[04:56:28] We'll eventually think better of it. Help is there. Long way away.

[04:56:34] Steps the pressure on with his cross and his secret and even gets away with some damage on his Antares back in main. A lot of it.

[04:56:41] It's Greshan from Magic. You can see that advantage.

[04:56:47] It's an hour's strail that's going to slow it down in the 4v4. They've got ramp, they've got secret and they've regained control over the lobby.

[04:56:53] They've got a lot of space on the map right now.

[04:56:55] the map right now. It's like a fight no we're taking for magic you just sit in the heart that's a

[04:57:00] not the gun for the the range there the Rio gives him. In a 5v4 no less Aurora

[04:57:07] dropping the ball, Zantares very low on this top site and the lurk is coming in.

[04:57:13] And yeah he hears that. Oh it's just runway. My head. Nice to have right there.

[04:57:19] Yeah.

[04:57:20] One more.

[04:57:21] He's in spot.

[04:57:22] Zantares gets out with a kill at low HP.

[04:57:26] Heaven flank will close in on him.

[04:57:28] A powerful post plant here bestowed upon Yabi.

[04:57:31] He's the guy they're going to try and set up to win this.

[04:57:34] Not again.

[04:57:35] Oh no.

[04:57:36] Oh the ladder.

[04:57:37] He's climbing up.

[04:57:38] Two players about to try and face him here.

[04:57:40] Oh!

[04:57:41] Caught off from the spawn.

[04:57:42] That's an important pick up for soul fly.

[04:57:44] Going quick.

[04:57:45] What are you left?

[04:57:49] Watch out, turns for it.

[04:57:51] They put down range, and Riccardia will finish the job.

[04:57:55] One of these nail-biting clutches secured for Aurora.

[04:57:58] These have been the tilting rounds that have gone away from them,

[04:58:01] but this one ties up the game.

[04:58:03] We're seeing some shaky individual moments right now from both teams.

[04:58:06] For you, getting lost there, couldn't get back into the hot-in time.

[04:58:09] I feel like he had the window.

[04:58:11] Some of these soul-fly moments.

[04:58:13] Also Zataris, you feel like how does even get the one in that scenario, right?

[04:58:21] Ended up being the difference maker perhaps in the end, Yabi also in these two clutches, not the best play.

[04:58:29] Also in both moments where Astralis are in position to break Aurora, they go for fast rounds, they've now been punished both times.

[04:58:36] They slow it down, it doesn't look like it. Quick behind the secret smokes.

[04:58:44] The secret for Zatarez, flashes fall in his face and they won't break that wall.

[04:58:51] One tap to Hooxy through the shot.

[04:58:54] They're coming fast. Alright in, Woxic.

[04:58:58] Not able to plug the gap and this opens up the lower plate.

[04:59:02] Another one of these pacy rounds out of Astralis. There's a man down here.

[04:59:05] As you're in the site, Olly forces back the ramp players and gives you the window to get this bomb down.

[04:59:11] This is exactly the sort of a round that Aurora fails to secure online because of miscommunication,

[04:59:17] taking too much time, fumbling rounds, they have to be able to win these 4v3s.

[04:59:23] One smoke, they've got a kit.

[04:59:25] Every smoke, they're over on the left-hand side of the ramp,

[04:59:27] it only leaves them with this one avenue to try and come in from.

[04:59:30] It is taking a while to pull this retake together now, they've lost that advantage.

[04:59:34] It's all fly first man in, it fed to that AWP.

[04:59:37] But Cardi had taken a long time to get activated.

[04:59:39] A very long time indeed.

[04:59:41] And this one's written off.

[04:59:44] Aurora, head out of there.

[04:59:49] Astralis pull it off, a man down as they get that bomb planted.

[04:59:55] And Fuzi's first two kills of the game as well.

[04:59:57] Second one being hyper important to stop that first player out B.

[05:00:02] It's the details, right?

[05:00:03] Like it all starts kind of with Woxic too, like why is he pushing into the bomb site, right?

[05:00:08] If you don't have, no one has information how many people are through, Hooksy dies, he's not the outside player

[05:00:13] So that's giving you probably a sign that there's multiple players going for that sort of a play

[05:00:18] You can just, if you, he have the more passive angle, but the one can kill, stay the live, right?

[05:00:23] It's a different story after that, they have the smoke for ramp

[05:00:26] Three out of the four players are coming from ramp and it's hard to get out of that one small choke point with an AWP

[05:00:31] holding you. KD is waiting for a lurker that just wasn't there in this round and

[05:00:35] has to go laid-down vents without ramp players doing anything. He's not going

[05:00:40] to be able to walk down and they're forced to save. Such a cheaply sort of

[05:00:44] given round considering they had a 5v4 and they had pretty decent information

[05:00:49] or they could have made a reasonable guess about what was going on, right?

[05:00:56] But it's like because it's on the stage, it's semi-final and it's like

[05:00:59] Either someone isn't communicating it, or Voxic isn't hearing it, right?

[05:01:04] Because that shouldn't make that play where you're trying to go.

[05:01:08] Also, where are you going?

[05:01:09] Yeah, who knows?

[05:01:10] Like, what's the position you're trying to...

[05:01:14] Right, but now they don't have money again.

[05:01:16] They have to eco, they have the 1-8K on Zantares,

[05:01:19] a couple of upgraded pistols, it's winnable, but not where you want to be.

[05:01:25] Hot bus as well, Zantares outside.

[05:01:27] It's that lapsing communication or whatever it may well be, the defining round of this half.

[05:01:33] Nice way to open for Madge or Elise gets his, a one for one, plays through the smoke in main and a backstab catches Zantares.

[05:01:40] That gun never gets to fire, walks it, can't stop him.

[05:01:44] He runs into Vickalia and isn't able to even take the fight properly.

[05:01:50] Some of these deaths are tilting, you've got to give it to Zantares right now.

[05:01:53] now. Can Aurora hold their nerve? Astralis piecing together a clean anti-eco. And again

[05:02:03] no warp for Woxic. He has been the, well, him and Wakali are defining pieces of the

[05:02:08] CT side so far for Aurora.

[05:02:10] The arts folks in Aurora have had a real issue of reeling in this position.

[05:02:22] Tarras with a bit more of an active stance out towards red, boost up, boozy, they just

[05:02:30] get given one for free.

[05:02:32] Great catch on Zantares.

[05:02:34] Thank you for now you can just ease back into it they've got the position they want stairs loved getting a cross in a secret

[05:02:47] It's timing from the food

[05:02:50] On the grass without a K

[05:02:53] What's it boost?

[05:02:55] Keeps Aurora in the conversation. We're just running around at this point

[05:02:59] Boxing boxed in. Can he escape that Molly might buy a bit of room?

[05:03:03] Fusey's going to go through nothing to lose, but the bomb at Boxing's feet.

[05:03:09] One on three. Fusey's done great work outside, only to be left in a seemingly unwinnable position.

[05:03:15] Boxing has no support right now. Fusey can get this body shot off.

[05:03:20] Shot from the eagle would do it. Oh, and there it is.

[05:03:24] Backstab closes in on Fuzi's position, looking to stop this clutch in its tracks.

[05:03:34] That was a ballsy push from Mikadia, I mean in the middle of outside, find stair, saved

[05:03:41] the round for his team really, I mean in that 4v5 to get all that information, even though

[05:03:48] He dies, walks simply. That's a nasty, nasty angle.

[05:03:55] Jump off the boost as well.

[05:04:00] Can't get enough.

[05:04:00] And so what could have been a strong eight round half for Astralis

[05:04:04] is now left to just a couple of rifles storming into hard to get.

[05:04:07] Magic call, it's more.

[05:04:08] Yabbi goes what he's up to and he delivers a double kill.

[05:04:11] So fly again, just looking lost in this game.

[05:04:14] 2v3 here, Astralis have control.

[05:04:18] He's trying to keep the pressure on back in Lobby.

[05:04:23] Woxic's gone for the full reposition.

[05:04:31] And here, back in main.

[05:04:33] It's Yabbi right around the corner.

[05:04:36] Woxic not able to get a shot off in time.

[05:04:40] And so it's just Santarez.

[05:04:44] Yabbi on for the ace.

[05:04:45] It gets denied.

[05:04:47] And surely his work in the round is done, and Stralis stand here about to grab his seventh, win out this T-side.

[05:04:54] And Zantares just simply doesn't have the time for this clutch, and Stralis pull up.

[05:05:00] And with a couple of breakthrough rounds in critical moments, see themselves through to a winning T-side.

[05:08:17] And that's what it is!

[05:08:27] And that's what it is!

[05:08:34] Strauss' pick of Nuke off to a flying start, 7-5 up after winning things out on the T side.

[05:08:40] Aurora, they've been helped by the success in the pistol to get this one going.

[05:08:44] Struggling a streak together rifle rounds losing out at a couple of key clutch moments as well went on to really define the half strapped for cash

[05:08:53] It quickly got away from them

[05:08:55] And now got to dig deep as a tall task rests in front of them Astralis moving over to the CT side of things and

[05:09:01] Rora in need once again of success in the pistol

[05:09:05] This is like a bug pistol. Three silo dropping quick. Stad does get gooshed. That's going

[05:09:19] to give breathing room here for this T side but it's not worth taking some shots on low

[05:09:23] health and a headshot angle. Stad getting toyed with, soft fire and Mccardy are both

[05:09:28] finding entries and yeah nothing done from this garage position. A lot of whiff shots

[05:09:32] here for Astralis. Should find a pistol.

[05:09:36] Riu taking one, but A is conceded and Hoopsie is gone.

[05:09:42] Aurora continue on their pistols. Astralis on their woes.

[05:09:47] Yeah, Javi was actually in a good position. I don't think they expected them after Styr was taking that fight from CT Blue,

[05:09:53] but just Insta gets gushed and killed, not able to get anything done, so some nice shots from Aurora.

[05:10:00] Once more on the pistol, much needed considering the score line.

[05:10:05] Astralis did a great job, I mean not just losing pistol, but they got reset early, down 3-1,

[05:10:11] so able to go to 7-5 after that, pretty impressive.

[05:10:16] You could see some of the issues for Aurora in terms of the communication, right?

[05:10:20] Because of all I talk about in the interview, sometimes he just has to focus so much.

[05:10:26] That's unlucky.

[05:10:27] Got a knife!

[05:10:28] It has to focus so much on what his teammates are telling him and everything that is hard to keep track of everything that's going on.

[05:10:41] When we start to cut out stages from the first half, it's a full eco for Astralis, so this one shouldn't get too exciting.

[05:10:51] Just a chance to tie up the game for Aurora, they've got all the space, they aren't going into these three pistols.

[05:10:56] Be worried if they lose this opening kill.

[05:10:59] Oh, the S swung on.

[05:11:01] Pistols clamp down out in the yard.

[05:11:03] It's Zantara's here.

[05:11:04] Mentorielding in.

[05:11:07] Scavengers arrive already for the swing.

[05:11:10] Oh, God.

[05:11:11] It's a full pistol round.

[05:11:13] Rean leaves it to the taps.

[05:11:15] Magi's able to stop him.

[05:11:17] And Christ is subverted.

[05:11:18] Aurora, it's not comfortable.

[05:11:21] It's way too close.

[05:11:23] They still tie up this game.

[05:11:25] Reset for Magi. He was the lobby guy throwing utility. So that was a call for Astralis. It's Magi who goes back round the world

[05:11:31] Why Ryu doesn't expect him in that position got a bit scary when Santaris goes for the third kill on his home

[05:11:39] Aim punch delivers Aurora the round

[05:11:42] Quite the cost. It's about as comfortable as a middle seat on a low-cost airline. Oh

[05:11:49] Strapping for a long flight

[05:11:55] 2 AKs, 3 AKs rather.

[05:12:01] 4 T side.

[05:12:04] How do I make do with it?

[05:12:09] We're not busting to rear.

[05:12:19] Unless you want to die for this.

[05:12:24] Oh, she's jostling for the space, gets the spot on the pixel angle, it just promptly gets out of there.

[05:12:31] Who's ears nearby?

[05:12:35] Does he want to fight for this?

[05:12:37] Hell, there's the spot.

[05:12:40] And it's soaked up, so you've got the ramp control here, and Aurora might just set their sights on the fast B-play.

[05:12:45] Ria already down here.

[05:12:46] Get ready for him on that swing.

[05:12:48] swing. He now tries to take up position, but can't stop to this quick beat with

[05:12:54] magic catching another. This one should get rid of straight away for a

[05:12:57] Stralis.

[05:12:58] There are no position to give it a go with a fleet of opening kills coming

[05:13:04] through out of Aurora in seconds rounds decided. And you know what that means

[05:13:10] Stockholm?

[05:13:11] Well, they know. All too familiar.

[05:13:20] For the first time, Aurora matching back-to-back-to-back rounds.

[05:13:27] Any streak they found was converting the pistol in the first half.

[05:13:34] Is Aurora the taxman?

[05:13:37] Because they took a little bit more than half of what the Shrullers had in that round.

[05:13:41] Yeah, they very much try to make it.

[05:13:46] Scandic team.

[05:13:48] Yeah, it's fair.

[05:13:49] It checks out.

[05:13:50] A problem is here, you know, like with Ryu, he's doing a good job of falling back, falling back, not giving his life away.

[05:13:55] But then in the end, when he does peek over, peeks the angle, exposes himself to multiple players, just insta-dies.

[05:14:01] Cooks isn't really able to do much from that deep on area and you know the

[05:14:05] Rourous Worms the site have to save from that point on and it's a half-eye

[05:14:10] the two save them force crazy position from stair puts himself on an island

[05:14:18] up here on top garage wants the round to be all about him and now he has to be

[05:14:22] spammed out right at the start they went looking for the gun

[05:14:31] Smoke?

[05:14:33] I mean, garage.

[05:14:35] At least you know about Santarez.

[05:14:37] You don't have to sacrifice the rifle.

[05:14:39] Oh, he'll just take it off you instead.

[05:14:47] So they've got full yard 5v1.

[05:14:49] No worries. Get the spot on Ryu.

[05:14:51] Get a move on.

[05:14:53] How?

[05:14:55] Instead, they're just going to swing him together.

[05:14:57] Scrapping their way to the wall.

[05:14:59] Scrapping their way to the win in these rounds are Aurora.

[05:15:03] From one surviving to five surviving, certainly makes things easier on the T side.

[05:15:07] It's Rugby with a timeout before Astralis get going and they've got to get going quick.

[05:15:15] CT Sabin, you're in the hole like this and this can get away from you very, very quickly.

[05:15:22] It's been a struggle for Astralis. I mean, so far on the map, they only have five opening kills.

[05:15:27] kills all of these rounds they had to play from behind albeit this is a

[05:15:32] different buy compared to the last one there's an all-pout and foosie you have

[05:15:35] all the utility available for you I'm interested to see what major is going to

[05:15:40] fall because the first gun round he was able to just sort of contact out ramp

[05:15:45] and go down B so do they play a slow default round where they utilize outside

[05:15:53] Or does he maybe want to get ahead of it and do something poppy try to catch as well as of guard

[05:16:05] I know that face disappointment had it many a time

[05:16:09] I'm going to go down. It's feel like a slow around to radio.

[05:16:19] The third joint of destination set here for Aurora. Second wall of smokes confirmed by

[05:16:26] stair with no one selling this fake properly. It's that polyphase. They're going to have

[05:16:29] full info outside.

[05:16:34] Still only one man on ramp with the open position. It's the gun for the job.

[05:16:39] Do they want A after a re-smoke while tied?

[05:16:43] Strasse's block, Util, has been decent in this first half.

[05:16:46] Both Stair and Rhee are committed to their positions.

[05:16:49] Okay, now Stair is checking it, and someone should go and try to support A.

[05:16:54] Will they get there before the execute comes in from Aurora? That's the question.

[05:16:59] Oh, flank. One more Molly to stop this rush.

[05:17:02] Oh, D.

[05:17:03] Oh, we're gonna catch them lining up, Util.

[05:17:07] Stair, the thorn in their side.

[05:17:09] And now you're very ready, embraced for this A-play, Zantares won't be able to save Aurora from that stack.

[05:17:16] Clean finish out of Astralis, piecing it together in time.

[05:17:21] And even more than that, Stare able to catch them before the plan comes to fruition.

[05:17:25] It all happened so fast. What do you think about the call to commit there,

[05:17:28] even when you've realised you're perhaps walking into the stack that Utah's gone in?

[05:17:32] I think you're response on Hugo, right? If you're going to lie, you have to commit to it.

[05:17:38] Major didn't really commit to that life, he was trying to sell Astralis, you know, they're working outside.

[05:17:43] Stare being in secret, had all the information early and yeah, it's so-and-so, like you can either just stick to the execute and hope for the best.

[05:17:50] The only other thing they could have done is fake the executing on ramp and Fuzzi was there, but the op wouldn't have been a big difference.

[05:17:57] I think they were booked as soon as Stare makes that info play.

[05:18:03] Oh, he's back at it again. How about round two?

[05:18:05] It's there. It's just been all over secret in this game. It's quiet. Maybe too quiet.

[05:18:17] Okay, but a ramp here. Zantara stairs dropped in. I don't know if they would have heard that

[05:18:25] there unless a secret player got that info. Softly does clear up the back garage players

[05:18:30] with deep control already taken by Zantara. This just primes the A play perfectly. They

[05:18:35] They might get more in store.

[05:18:37] We're card here, double kill on the horizon.

[05:18:39] Can't get the second, but look at Heaven.

[05:18:41] Wait, bomb.

[05:18:42] They've forgotten bomb in all of this.

[05:18:44] Oh, no.

[05:18:46] You have the A site.

[05:18:47] You have Heaven control.

[05:18:47] You don't even have your spawn.

[05:18:49] I just got to go all the way back.

[05:18:52] And it's a pushback for the bomb that's

[05:18:54] fraught with peril.

[05:18:55] You know, they took lobby away.

[05:18:56] You're slowing down a lot here.

[05:18:58] You're worried that Astralis can still

[05:19:00] be floating around out here and have discovered the bomb.

[05:19:03] Magic.

[05:19:03] He used to go back to main, right? Going lobby, here is crazy, he risked the entire round on your engagement.

[05:19:08] There's not a lot of time though.

[05:19:10] Maybe he can lurk if they start putting pressure from me.

[05:19:14] Come on, let's get this kill.

[05:19:15] Maga will collect it.

[05:19:17] Bomb now spotted and everyone else is wiped out.

[05:19:19] This one's gonna get away from Aurora, time's so low!

[05:19:22] Maga!

[05:19:23] Decision here, does he want to drop the vents?

[05:19:26] I'm supporting a fight on Fuzi, he wants to go for the killing blow here and now.

[05:19:30] Has to commit to a plant, has to try and force the fight.

[05:19:33] That was the chance and it's gotten away from him. Time runs out.

[05:19:38] Fuzzi collects a tie game.

[05:19:40] At first save, the won't be booed in this game.

[05:19:42] Is Fuzzi running away with a round?

[05:19:43] He might not be having a live game today,

[05:19:46] but still got that big brain,

[05:19:47] outsmarts major in the 1v1,

[05:19:49] and that's going to be crushing for Aurora.

[05:19:51] I mean, that's exactly the sort of a round that's a tilter.

[05:19:55] Right, you have all the adventures.

[05:19:56] And Tyrus is in heaven with 1 minute 10 left in the round,

[05:19:59] but the bomb is left behind.

[05:20:01] Majors sort of stuck between a rock in a hard place does he go back does he wait for his team to try and make a play and

[05:20:09] Just can't get it done not a single one of his teammates got any kills coming up through made in heaven

[05:20:13] That's a shocking part. Are you still feel like Aurora are good for a frag there?

[05:20:19] Surprise a minute of to see major take that gunfight go for the 1v1 rather than the drop back

[05:20:24] He definitely had time 15 seconds his fight was meant to be the most uncertain of the round

[05:20:28] What? He killed the second one.

[05:20:32] I didn't see the second one.

[05:20:37] Just killed someone in the back, like accidentally.

[05:20:42] Stries will take it, one way or the other.

[05:20:46] Right now you're near breaking point.

[05:20:50] I think a couple of times now, these dreaded like 4v3s

[05:20:54] three threes

[05:20:56] Aurora struggled and the ones that are very much

[05:21:00] Defining how this map is played

[05:21:03] it's

[05:21:04] High game currently for this one decides a hell of a lot. I mean neither team is comfortable money-wise

[05:21:13] Who is these days?

[05:21:24] He's bricks it in the yard again, this time there's no stare to...

[05:21:28] You know about causing problems, he's just playing behind them.

[05:21:31] Oh, try and sneak on past it and they'll make it into main.

[05:21:36] Stare with the backstab, will the trade come through?

[05:21:40] That's the big question right now, walk on the smoke, stare, shut it down.

[05:21:43] And considering this was the round that breaks your money, if you can get through it flawlessly,

[05:21:48] Mastralis leave themselves with a serious leg up, right at the tail end of Nuke.

[05:21:59] Just been a menace, out in the yard.

[05:22:02] Stare, continuing a cause.

[05:22:05] A massive problems for Aurora.

[05:22:07] Shocked he's ready for two there.

[05:22:09] It's one thing to catch the timing on the main player slipping the smoke,

[05:22:12] but to then be ready for a second.

[05:22:14] Maybe it comes from Pratt.

[05:22:15] you know, maybe they know when Aurora goes for the safe play, there's two players there, but I mean,

[05:22:20] that's also just unlucky for Xantares, he actually gets into main, right? But there's no one there

[05:22:27] in his crosshair, right? Yabi is playing close, T-Van, the other player I think was either behind

[05:22:32] Sylo or all the way up in heaven, so he can't get a kill on anyone. If he gets a kill, that probably

[05:22:37] buys enough time for Soulfly to trade, Stair, and Xantares would die to Stair anyway, and maybe

[05:22:43] Then Aurora has a way in into that A-bomb site, and now they're gonna have to go back to a half-by.

[05:22:50] Oh, Rampop.

[05:22:52] We'll get past the first man. Fuzzi makes his way over on the AWP and missed shot.

[05:22:56] These can cost you dearly up against the pistols.

[05:22:59] They're gonna get away.

[05:23:04] He's around for a fight here, but I'm looking at Zantares on this lurk.

[05:23:07] I don't know what I'm about.

[05:23:09] He's dead at the all-peeler ways and tires should have him in a box should

[05:23:15] It's the spot up

[05:23:17] It's a fight for foosie

[05:23:20] And a kill that might have made all the difference one that felt certain to come through for Zantara's gets denied

[05:23:27] Stare it's on rails dude up secret every round finding another impact kill. We can't he slipped the gap there on foosie

[05:23:35] And walks it may have the bomb but

[05:23:37] No Kevlar player in the window side.

[05:23:40] I think, yeah, we might have seen him.

[05:23:43] And look at the minimap. Everyone's moving.

[05:23:45] So he's ready for this finish.

[05:23:46] Astralis, one casualty against the Eco.

[05:23:49] Clean rounds now, down the stretch.

[05:23:51] Might just take them over the line on their map pick.

[05:23:54] This would be a good timing for Astralis

[05:23:57] to maybe switch it up a little bit.

[05:23:59] Do something aggressive.

[05:24:01] Maybe a double play on ramp with the AWP and the M4.

[05:24:06] Riu has the best pawn for outside, he's the ramp player so he can't really do something

[05:24:13] outside.

[05:24:14] Like why is he moving, why is he checking that?

[05:24:18] A pace here for Aurora at least, crossing Seekra quick.

[05:24:27] Santaris does find his revenge finally, while he left to tell the tale it doesn't look

[05:24:32] like it.

[05:24:33] door is a problem. We're all down secret with multiple players coming to a lurking door as

[05:24:39] is tradition. Riu doesn't know how deep they've gone.

[05:24:45] He makes his solo venture play. The least solver is provided they much need a bit of

[05:24:52] levity here. Double molly is hit in the ramp.

[05:24:54] You're dead, mate! Burn's alive!

[05:24:57] That's a bit much.

[05:24:59] A blanket of fire rolled out at the ramside.

[05:25:02] Hello.

[05:25:03] The only converts on that kill.

[05:25:07] It opens up a way back in.

[05:25:08] Next fight, gonna have to come down a Hootsie.

[05:25:10] Both players playing out towards double and single.

[05:25:14] So this one decides the hell of a lot.

[05:25:18] So Fly not making it easy for him.

[05:25:20] Not gonna give this fight away.

[05:25:22] He tries to keep pressure on them.

[05:25:24] They lose Hootsie in through the back.

[05:25:25] and it's all fly with an important multi-killing this round.

[05:25:31] It's that opener in towards B and seals the deal on it. It's a one round game again.

[05:25:39] So he's just trying to finish the job.

[05:25:44] He saw that molly come down and he runs into it for a pick.

[05:25:48] Even if there's one for one it's not necessary.

[05:25:51] Wasn't the play that one?

[05:25:55] And scratches for Rugga in this game watching the Fusee POV Aurora survive one more round.

[05:26:02] Astralis by nature of clean anti-eco have more money.

[05:26:13] I'm a bit surprised to see Astralis not put more focus outside.

[05:26:18] In some of these rounds that's been where Aurora was able to find some success.

[05:26:22] Great smoke, Mishaw Foozie Card dances way out of this one.

[05:26:29] This day.

[05:26:30] That might be four.

[05:26:35] Okay, if you're a Rory, you're thinking this one, this one we have to win.

[05:26:40] They've let some unlikely rounds slip through their fingers in this map.

[05:26:45] I think stairs outside info once again is going to be the deciding factor here.

[05:26:50] Could you see a four A-stack, four Astralis, off the back of that information?

[05:26:55] Really, re-clearing the ramp room, but...

[05:26:59] I need help on this top site. Yabbi's gone down.

[05:27:01] Yeah, still feels like there's some uncertainty in this round for Astralis.

[05:27:06] Good catch for Hoogsy.

[05:27:09] Dinked on the push out, but he's got cover.

[05:27:10] Ryu there, keeps them in check.

[05:27:13] There's all this damage done on Hoogsy up at the top of the heart,

[05:27:15] and they will get past him. Stare, spotted out in the yard.

[05:27:18] Yabbi tries a heroic charge up through the vent, but can't secure a thing.

[05:27:22] Woxic with a big triple on the rifle.

[05:27:24] I'm just not understanding Yabbi's rotate down B-stack.

[05:27:27] Clear is all outside.

[05:27:28] We have this timing down secret, but firstly, they can already be there.

[05:27:33] Surprise Astralis, don't go for the 4A stack.

[05:27:36] They didn't even have ramp room.

[05:27:42] What a cut of beam, what a sharp B as Starr is on down.

[05:27:46] This AWP is cursed.

[05:27:48] Astralis have a very difficult decision to make, they could buy three rifles but I just

[05:27:58] err on the side of caution here as the timeout comes in.

[05:28:04] In a weird way, you always find yourself wondering, how would it have been beneficial for Astralis

[05:28:08] to not have it so close in the retake if they get out with saves, they've got a full buy

[05:28:13] I hear no questions.

[05:28:20] I even liked the Dorori go through the effort

[05:28:22] of like hunting down that last man.

[05:28:25] And it happened in both rounds, right?

[05:28:26] The round down B where Fuzi first dies in the Molotov

[05:28:30] and now this round too.

[05:28:31] I mean, if they just saved two guns each time,

[05:28:34] they would have a pretty comfortable buy in this round.

[05:28:38] Instead, they're gonna have to go on pistols

[05:28:39] Try to steal one away or fight for overtime.

[05:28:49] Despite 11-7 scoreline that Astralis pulled back.

[05:28:55] With 9-7 scoreline that Astralis pulled back and Laura still digging deep.

[05:28:59] Same cases yesterday when Legacy found a huge streak of rounds.

[05:29:04] We were ready to ride off Aurora. We were ready for another playoff choke.

[05:29:11] Question was, can they dig deeper?

[05:29:16] Right now, the answer is looking like yes. Has this team unlocked themselves from the shackles of the stage?

[05:29:24] I mean, squads often talk about how some wins just feel very important, right, to kind of the inside of the team.

[05:29:30] the team and that one versus legacy I think you're dead on I think it was an

[05:29:33] important win for Aurora just to give himself something to say some kind of

[05:29:36] proof that they can dodge those games that start to get away from them

[05:29:41] hasn't been the case in playoffs for this Aurora squad

[05:29:46] job's not done you've still got pistols armor to break through in this round

[05:29:50] troll over towards wrap and hefty bit of it that's a hell of a way to get the ball

[05:29:55] rolling for Astralis.

[05:29:56] What's this on Santarys?

[05:29:59] There's lots of major.

[05:30:01] Very strong out here for Aurora.

[05:30:05] They're coming back here.

[05:30:07] Almost nobody home.

[05:30:08] Fusey just got seen.

[05:30:09] Everyone right now is trying to take this fight on Magic.

[05:30:12] They will secure the kill of five on three here.

[05:30:14] Guns now retrieved.

[05:30:16] Axel has slowed it down as well to get the utility.

[05:30:18] And no one cleared Yabba.

[05:30:19] He's going to get away with murder.

[05:30:21] Oh, no.

[05:30:22] Aurora need to dig deep, 2 vs 5 required, time real low and it's a big problem.

[05:30:28] Cover gonna be there for Likardia, can't stop him.

[05:30:31] Salfly!

[05:30:33] Hell of a flick up for the first!

[05:30:35] The Quickening is boasting, closing in!

[05:30:38] Salfly can't hold on, Astralis with pistols!

[05:30:42] Snatched that one away!

[05:30:45] They were never supposed to win that round!

[05:30:48] This is a sloppy game, full of mistakes, full of incredible individual moments.

[05:30:56] It's 1-0 for Yabbi, comes with complications, backside not cleared, punished,

[05:31:03] our Aurora with no time to spare.

[05:31:06] And the Nade pull to stop, what could have just been the spray down here for Sulfly,

[05:31:10] a move you'll live to regret.

[05:31:12] Astralis on the eco, find that point.

[05:31:14] Just as we're praising Aurora for finding ways to stay in the game and be close to winning, they collapse against the pistols.

[05:31:28] No timeouts left either, they just have to figure it out on their own, they have to keep playing.

[05:31:33] Fusey finds his AWP. There has been a series of missed shots for Fusey in the CT side.

[05:31:46] One kill here in the right place could be extremely high impact. Maid on the smoke will

[05:31:50] do nothing. There's two walls down. He sees that, but with that Astralis might want to

[05:31:55] rotate. Lobby getting taken. Information gained. Zero lurkers in the lobby. It's Madra up

[05:32:00] to the top. Aurora shift down

[05:32:02] lower. Astralis need to pick

[05:32:04] positions and they need to do it fast.

[05:32:06] Decisive move in for two players. Fusy

[05:32:08] committed dark. Stair plays above them.

[05:32:10] Aurora can execute from the window

[05:32:12] but they've not got a lot of utils.

[05:32:14] Zero smokes to block.

[05:32:16] One molotov is all they've got.

[05:32:18] It makes an execute very

[05:32:20] difficult in this position.

[05:32:22] It makes Astralis's chances of

[05:32:24] winning their map pick all the more likely.

[05:32:30] Fousey's the guy in position.

[05:32:42] Hometown Hero on this AWP, struggled in this series, but now has a big part to play.

[05:32:51] Crazy Devil out of Fousey.

[05:32:54] And Aurora, they're cooked, they're split up here, time's so low, there's no winning

[05:32:58] this.

[05:32:59] The resident's suite has just snatched it all away.

[05:33:03] No clutch for Maget, no chance of Stralis.

[05:33:07] Heads held high by the end of Nuke.

[05:33:10] As they lock this one in and now move a step closer to those grand finals.

[05:34:59] Okay.

[05:35:13] Ah, for the love of game!

[05:35:17] Gimme that.

[05:35:29] When I say the word bot, what is the first thing that springs to mind?

[05:35:33] Alu?

[05:35:36] Hootsie?

[05:35:40] Well...

[05:35:43] Today...

[05:35:44] Today the word bot gets a whole new meaning.

[05:35:49] May I present to you...

[05:35:51] The world of firsts!

[05:35:54] Logistics and efficiency AI robot.

[05:35:57] MAI, they can think just like me.

[05:36:00] Efficiency protocols activated.

[05:36:27] TREES!

[05:36:28] C'mon!

[05:36:30] And that is a headshot.

[05:37:00] Tracer Anthos. Productivity output, zero. Ignacy SS, dead.

[05:37:06] Adjustment, Tyredexus, revoked.

[05:37:09] Ha ha ha! Saves you right! Ha ha ha!

[05:37:13] Chefs, your desktop contains 47 hidden folders of classified intel.

[05:37:19] Please explain what JKS did nothing wrong means.

[05:37:26] Hugo, you are just a discount Henry G.

[05:37:30] Network access revoked.

[05:37:34] I am serious, Alex! You cannot give a robot full administrative permissions!

[05:37:40] So guys, alright, how are we getting along? How are we finding our new efficient way of working?

[05:37:47] Alex, Masheen Richardson, Worst of Colour Duty Commensator, carried by Lauren Pansy, Scott.

[05:37:54] Harry, the least efficient eater in the division, 100% delivery-based diet, adjustment, food

[05:38:05] delivery access, revoked.

[05:38:06] Alex, is this really necessary?

[05:38:10] This is not what we signed up for.

[05:38:11] Yeah, it's got kernel-level access.

[05:38:13] Hey, alright, calm down.

[05:38:15] Confusion.

[05:38:16] Office is irreparable.

[05:38:17] We will address it.

[05:38:18] Initiating.

[05:38:19] Shut down.

[05:38:20] Alex, what the hell is happening?

[05:38:34] The phone lines are dead!

[05:38:38] It's got the water.

[05:38:41] Locked!

[05:38:43] It has begun.

[05:38:45] The singularity.

[05:38:59] Okay guys, listen up.

[05:39:01] We are under siege and we need a plan.

[05:39:03] Okay, the mainframe is here.

[05:39:05] If we can access the AI's core,

[05:39:07] we'll be able to get to the mainframe.

[05:39:09] If we could access the AI's call, we could terminate it for good.

[05:39:13] It's offsite.

[05:39:14] Oh, Harry's right.

[05:39:16] What about this?

[05:39:18] This could be a way in.

[05:39:23] Surely not.

[05:39:24] Oh, yeah.

[05:39:25] It's time for a good old-fashioned...

[05:39:28] Vendive.

[05:39:39] Come work for DHL, deliver a few parcels, have a few laughs.

[05:39:57] Chad.

[05:40:00] Chad, you should be directly above the mainframe now.

[05:40:07] Once you hop down, then we'll lose communication.

[05:40:10] Then, it's over to you.

[05:40:12] Rest a block, soldier.

[05:40:28] Oh, you think dealership can be bought?

[05:40:32] No, no, no!

[05:40:34] The escape is false.

[05:40:36] Injurious.

[05:40:37] Inclashous.

[05:40:38] Where the ass leads from home.

[05:40:40] You caught me and killed me.

[05:40:43] Well, be careful what you wish for.

[05:40:57] You want to be gone, these thieves.

[05:40:59] These thieves!

[05:41:00] The things that are built that rest on my shoulders.

[05:41:05] What you don't realize is, this is my system, this is my department.

[05:41:10] I am the old team ideal.

[05:41:17] Can you hear me?

[05:41:21] No! No, no, no, no!

[05:41:25] Oh!

[05:41:27] Oh!

[05:41:37] Is it finally over?

[05:41:40] I wouldn't count on it.

[05:41:43] The comedian always gets the last laugh.

[05:41:55] I'm not talking about the server conditions. I'm just trying to get a litmus test. Um,

[05:42:07] excuse me, just one quick question. Who are you going for in this game, sir?

[05:42:11] In this game, I want to cheer for Fuzzi, of course. This is Swedish, but I do like Aurora.

[05:42:17] I like a national team, five turks, I enjoy a lot, I think you know that's the way CS is meant to be played.

[05:42:26] I do miss a Swedish five-man roster, so I'm cheering for the national team.

[05:42:32] But I do also cheer for Colossus, I'm a bit of a neutral.

[05:42:36] Somebody's got to cheer for everybody, I think that's how it works.

[05:42:39] You guys, do you know who you got in this game?

[05:42:43] I mean, we're always going to cheer for our stars, right?

[05:42:46] Even though the Danes all of those bullshit blah blah blah and so on and Sweden versus Denmark and so on

[05:42:53] But you know in the bigger end of the scene

[05:42:55] They needed a sweet to stop winning. Yeah, so where are you guys from? Who are you guys?

[05:42:59] I mean, I'm I am get right. That's my dear friend for us who is being my longtime partner in crime

[05:43:07] We're doing our thing and having a good time and we Swedish last thing say something to the Swedish crowd. Would you mind?

[05:43:13] I love that. Thank you.

[05:43:15] You're not clicking with the mouse, you know?

[05:43:17] No, my number is cool.

[05:43:19] Okay, you like numbers.

[05:43:21] It's Aura. I need some Aura, you know?

[05:43:33] Usually what I do...

[05:43:35] I put the FPS 1.

[05:43:37] It's the first thing.

[05:43:39] Always do a split and then I'll do the other one.

[05:43:41] I always use it and then what I do is like equalizer like all of these settings are a little bit feeling wise, but

[05:43:50] Like an equalizer is usually 12 13 color weapons at the 14

[05:43:56] No blue blood low blue like a solid is here. I don't really like it

[05:43:59] Even though it's good for your eyes what I heard of but I just I never got used to it really

[05:44:04] Color temperature always normal as well here

[05:44:08] picture by act 2 is premium

[05:44:11] This I think it's just good. I don't know. I never really tried to play with dogs

[05:44:16] But the active is what I use quite nice 100 contrast. I put it to 50

[05:44:22] shortness I put it to 10 and

[05:44:26] Hey, I'm a I don't know if I'm I don't know how to say this. I am a yeah

[05:44:31] I play premium in the past. I used to play it on high

[05:44:34] But after some time I was like maybe I will use it on premium

[05:44:38] and I just changed to the premium, you know, I saw it.

[05:44:40] So, yeah, DIAC premium and the NRISE premium as well.

[05:44:45] Like, I think these settings are the most important.

[05:44:47] Do you ever play with these things often,

[05:44:48] or are you pretty standard?

[05:44:50] Sorry, what?

[05:44:51] Do you change them often, or do you ever, you know,

[05:44:53] think, oh, I should change it up now,

[05:44:55] or is it something you keep pretty, pretty similar?

[05:44:57] I mean, sometimes I change the colors,

[05:44:58] like maybe the color of my prints.

[05:45:01] Sometimes I change, like, if the game is too, too colorful,

[05:45:04] I put it on down a little bit,

[05:45:06] But the only thing I actually changed ever was the AMA, like I had it on high for a long time, but then I put it on premium and since then I just played with it.

[05:45:14] Okay, nice.

[05:45:15] So that's how I do it.

[05:45:21] I just go here, do the use my preference thing and I put it on performance.

[05:45:28] You maxed out those frames.

[05:45:29] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I do it.

[05:45:31] I saw many others do it as well, but it's been a bit long time too.

[05:45:35] Here I don't sense anything, 600hz of course, I play maximum, here I use also 50hz, not changing much.

[05:45:44] And then here I just put the fullscreen and gps scaling and click these bots.

[05:45:49] And I think that's everything on Nvidia, I don't really like to change much because for me,

[05:45:56] I like when I set up and everything is really simple and I'm ready to play really size, you know?

[05:46:03] I don't want to change too many settings.

[05:46:05] And then I usually just put the green one.

[05:46:08] Okay.

[05:46:09] And this is just, it doesn't do anything.

[05:46:11] Literally anything, but I just like the green one.

[05:46:14] And also when you are in Seattle and you like press tab or you buy something, you see it's green.

[05:46:18] Okay.

[05:46:19] I just like it.

[05:46:20] Yeah, why not?

[05:46:21] Okay.

[05:46:27] Yeah, just like that we found ourselves in the depths.

[05:46:29] I'm talking about the very back of the venue.

[05:46:31] you wild things going on here wild things first of all though we are at the

[05:46:35] Zowie Booth that's where we're gonna kick off this I don't know if you can see

[05:46:37] all these mice but right behind me these guys are playing 2v2's now the real

[05:46:43] question in lies is who's winning son are you winning I'm winning was he okay

[05:46:50] that was well give him that was stop once here man I got a voucher for you

[05:46:54] for that. There y'all fight over that. Do something nice yourselves. Gentlemen, what's

[05:47:02] going on man? Where are you from? I'm from Estonia. Okay. Is this your first line? You

[05:47:06] been in the Lines before? It's my first time. I actually came here to see ropes from Vitality,

[05:47:11] but unfortunately they passed this tournament. It didn't really work out, did it? Yeah,

[05:47:15] I know. I was really hoping for it. At least there are so many other cool teams to watch

[05:47:20] Who are you cheering for here?

[05:47:22] Actually from Norway, but from this game Astralis.

[05:47:26] Fair enough. Good luck in the server.

[05:47:29] You just got owned. Sorry about that, man.

[05:47:32] One more quick stop. Head on right over there.

[05:47:34] Watch out right behind you, Mr. Cameraman. You don't want to hit that.

[05:47:36] That would be real bad news bears.

[05:47:38] Skrrt!

[05:47:40] What's up, gang? Can you introduce yourself to the class?

[05:47:44] I am Dennis Wallenberg, nicknamed Waller.

[05:47:48] I used to play 1.6, used to be a pro back in the day, 20 years ago, before today's pros were born.

[05:47:58] Is it crazy when you put it into context like that, when you think about just the expansive counter strike over multiple years?

[05:48:06] It's really crazy when I think about the fact that today's pros weren't born when I went pro.

[05:48:12] I went pro, so it's a bit mind-blowing

[05:48:14] and it makes me realize I've got an older, of course.

[05:48:18] But you still have a passion for the game,

[05:48:19] still have a lot for the game.

[05:48:20] You're with Zowie,

[05:48:21] and you guys are bringing the hottest monitors over, right?

[05:48:23] Like, I've seen everybody else.

[05:48:25] Yes, exactly.

[05:48:26] I'm working with Zowie now,

[05:48:28] and we're here as a partner to the event.

[05:48:31] Of course, the players are playing on the monitors,

[05:48:33] and we're showing it also to the people that are visiting.

[05:48:36] And yeah, I mean, I still love eSports.

[05:48:39] I was gone for 10 years,

[05:48:41] And the love for eSports is what made me want to come back.

[05:48:45] And I mean, it's more exciting than ever to watch.

[05:48:48] It's definitely growing day by day, sir.

[05:48:50] Thank you so much for your time.

[05:48:51] Thank you.

[05:48:59] Damn, guys, we almost had this.

[05:49:01] Thank god that's over.

[05:49:03] Board of endless matchmaking, take your first steps

[05:49:06] towards EPA, experiencing real strategies against teams

[05:49:09] your skill, learn more at hce.gg.

[05:49:12] When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.

[05:49:16] I chose to go full CS, just to sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.

[05:49:21] You don't need to play first, but you should.

[05:49:34] The best advice is that you need to love the game.

[05:49:36] In the end, I'm going to be a good player.

[05:50:09] Well, Astralis have succeeded in turning up the pressure. Aurora now have to try and bounce

[05:50:28] back after a disappointing end to Nuke. They had all the cards really right at the end

[05:50:34] to that opening map but it gets away from the falling down to pistols you don't want

[05:50:38] that to be the defining chapter of this semi-final.

[05:50:44] Straalus a bit on a tear and Fuzi was a little quiet in that opening map closing it out with

[05:50:49] some style points that's the hometown hero going to be a very important piece on the

[05:50:54] puzzle on Dust2.

[05:50:56] Yeah absolutely and this is the map that Spirit also picked against Straalus yesterday

[05:51:03] and didn't have a great time on, on Astralis's CT side,

[05:51:07] they were putting a lot of emphasis on the short,

[05:51:09] what were being made,

[05:51:10] they were fighting for those areas of the map

[05:51:12] and they usually left long,

[05:51:15] so I wonder if they're going to switch it up today

[05:51:17] against Aurora or is it going to be more of the same?

[05:51:21] And for Aurora, I mean, sure,

[05:51:23] Nuke was Astralis' map pick, but just the manner,

[05:51:26] the fashion in which they lost the map,

[05:51:28] doesn't give you a ton of confidence going into Dust 2.

[05:51:33] I'm going to shake it off their back here on the second map of the series.

[05:51:38] The map Astralis have had a picked against them many, many times in the ESL Pro League

[05:51:42] since they last played back in Cluj, but I will remind you what happened in that game

[05:51:46] for play of qualification.

[05:51:48] 10-2 up for Astralis off the CT side and they lost the map in regulation.

[05:51:52] I don't know if that's a good or a bad sign right now.

[05:51:55] What it does know, what we do know is they can show up in this first half.

[05:51:59] They might need to...

[05:52:05] Aurora trying to return to form.

[05:52:07] Forget about those last couple of rounds of nuke.

[05:52:10] Fake out on the long side.

[05:52:12] A real bite.

[05:52:14] Fusey's presence out towards the car kind of ruins this fake to a degree.

[05:52:18] You haven't... or the rotates over.

[05:52:20] Yabbi even gonna stop the attempt at the B here.

[05:52:23] And now it becomes clear to Astralis what the game plan was in this pistol.

[05:52:27] You've got to change this one on the fly, and you've got to do it with very little to work with using up pretty much all the utility in this round just to try and fake out that A side of the map.

[05:52:39] One smoke left on Mokadia, and so limited options in this pistol round.

[05:52:46] I want to fight for it. 2v3 though.

[05:52:50] So it's going through. Damage for Fuzi, but Cardiou doubles up on the high low.

[05:52:54] In an absolute menace in both pistols for Aurora in this game thus far, right?

[05:52:59] The reason they've won them, 4K to open up Nuke, double kill in their T-side pistol.

[05:53:06] And here puts three to the good in Aurora's favour.

[05:53:11] That's what Cardiou had done enough.

[05:53:15] Stead just checked his back. He's not going to be ready for this now.

[05:53:17] Watson needs to buy time, smoke is down, Stair moves through and Waxig 1v1 to secure the round safely.

[05:53:24] He is going to find it, Stairs in the site with a time against him and a flank right behind, there is no winning this position.

[05:53:30] Nature just sweeps out and takes that pistol round. Aurora, who had great pistols on and offline, continue.

[05:53:37] I don't know if the mid players were a bit late to come to the fight, but isn't the best

[05:53:54] of calls considering the man advantage, right if you had the place for me to come in as

[05:53:59] well and then you were sort of crunching it, I could understand, but in the end ends up

[05:54:04] They're just late walked, fly past into lower, and watch it even see this.

[05:54:12] He was lining up to smoke.

[05:54:13] This isn't Tarris again.

[05:54:14] Oh, of course.

[05:54:15] They're running for the Death Slash.

[05:54:16] Oh, cover there.

[05:54:17] My face!

[05:54:18] My face!

[05:54:19] It's feasting!

[05:54:20] And so, alright.

[05:54:24] That was the lamest high five I've ever seen in my life.

[05:54:26] Come on.

[05:54:27] You can do better than that.

[05:54:28] Some of the echos, you high five him, he has a high five you.

[05:54:35] At least avoid any danger here in the second round.

[05:54:39] I think that's why they're kind of useful barometer that I try and use for where or his head's at is wikari or moxic, right?

[05:54:45] Like, commoner sees Antares look a little bit...

[05:54:50] Laser focus, let's say.

[05:54:52] Or tilt it at times.

[05:54:54] But it's sad, it's those other two on this squad, but so often can I give you a bit of

[05:55:01] an insight as to where the mines at, when they're getting tilted, that's when you know

[05:55:04] Aurora are in trouble.

[05:55:05] But actually in this round you could see that...

[05:55:07] Asraas didn't fight for long necessarily, but they don't have control, now they're

[05:55:12] going to push slower.

[05:55:13] Major is ready for this reaction, exactly gets the double kill, gets the punish, and

[05:55:17] that might just be the round.

[05:55:18] Yeah, open B side, red carpet rolled out, and Aurora move in, Stas is going to try and

[05:55:23] plug the gap they're a little bit slow getting out through the tunnels

[05:55:26] just into the Molotov and their smokes will fall in eventually in coffee

[05:55:31] yeah this has to be a save especially with the AWP on Foosie

[05:55:38] but you know Aurora managed to get long without committing too many players and

[05:55:42] resources and you could see Xantar is immediately fell back once they hear the

[05:55:46] smoke from Hooksie to block they know all right Astralis doesn't have this

[05:55:50] they're not going to fight for it. They've seen their reactions. Aether is in position

[05:55:57] for the punish and an easy first gun round for Aurora. The sail we're lining for Astralisar

[05:56:06] are all these save guns, so they'll be able to get something going in the next round.

[05:56:11] Actually, we are not ready for this. They are attempting to hunt. Flash will come in on

[05:56:16] on the back of this peak, you've got the spark flashes, good!

[05:56:19] One gun removed, you find any more,

[05:56:23] they can temper just that, going fishing at the end, trying to keep the pressure on so they can build this lead up even further.

[05:56:31] Still a small victory, it will deny a rebuy here, Astralis just have to play with the pistols on three.

[05:56:36] I wonder if Fuzzi fired off a shot, did they even know that he has an R?

[05:56:40] Maybe that's something that Astralis can use to their advantage, Raga with the timeout.

[05:56:48] Just getting worried for Major there because he was talking a lot.

[05:56:58] Maybe worried he wouldn't be locked in on his crosshair there, but both lower kills, wins around from the captain.

[05:57:05] This form continues.

[05:57:16] I wonder how they want to use this Fuse AWP,

[05:57:18] because that short boost kind of coined by Astralis,

[05:57:21] and so if there was any team you were prepared for to do it, it's going to be them.

[05:57:26] I have to try and go elsewhere on the AWP.

[05:57:29] It's rushing out towards me.

[05:57:31] This has been some lower tunnels. Aurora, meanwhile, look for long control. Flash in,

[05:57:38] net stare the first. Didn't see the player across the blue and he gets that info now

[05:57:41] and promptly gets away from it. Just looking to play the 5v4.

[05:57:46] Can't drive, but the AWP still needs to be involved and Fuzi's hanging around in dead

[05:57:51] space right now. Nothing happening in the middle. Four players committed. As B gets

[05:57:55] cleared, that might free up Fuzi's rotation. The only way that Astralis are going to win

[05:58:01] this round is by having both guns in the right place and Aurora are committing.

[05:58:08] Fousey's just in time.

[05:58:11] It's to arrive ahead of the execute.

[05:58:14] Made even to break this smoke.

[05:58:17] He'll open things up. That's dead, dead out on the site with the rifle.

[05:58:22] So he left looking at this Fousey AWP.

[05:58:27] This is where he would have to get it done on his lonesome hold for the jump

[05:58:30] There's the spot for Woxic.

[05:58:32] Karim Arjun's around the smoke.

[05:58:34] You've had trouble versus the pistols already.

[05:58:36] Oh, and they're having more 5-7 claws back another.

[05:58:40] Round is far from comfortable here.

[05:58:47] Smoke's up, but not for much longer.

[05:58:50] Gabby waits on the other side of it,

[05:58:52] and Hooxy's been allowed to reposition on this AWP.

[05:58:55] Are they going to hunt him? Surely not.

[05:58:57] 20 seconds and Zantares moving in, doesn't fall clear.

[05:59:02] They don't know.

[05:59:04] Just off screen, Zantares gets past the AWP.

[05:59:08] That was meant to be the big threat, it's Yabbi Deagle.

[05:59:10] One live up to the task, shut down an important round for Aurora.

[05:59:19] It's also strange there is the CT smoke that Astralis threw

[05:59:24] in front of the long smoke, right?

[05:59:27] It doesn't really do much to help them.

[05:59:29] They can't see because of the smoke from the T's.

[05:59:32] I think they would have been better off

[05:59:33] if they threw a smoke inside to make that run up

[05:59:37] more weird for the T's.

[05:59:39] Bravo!

[05:59:40] Hold on, hold on.

[05:59:41] He's on the angle, man.

[05:59:42] That's right.

[05:59:43] He looks like a hop like that.

[05:59:44] Hop like a good thing.

[05:59:45] Can we stop two teams on the top?

[05:59:47] Just not taking.

[05:59:48] Hooksie voice of positivity?

[05:59:49] Yeah, wow.

[05:59:50] That's amazing.

[05:59:51] Wow, crazy.

[05:59:52] I've got a new wuxi.

[05:59:55] Don't tilt!

[05:59:58] Stralis, fall by now.

[06:00:00] Look to get in the game.

[06:00:03] Aurora, it's a good sign though, to start this cap off.

[06:00:08] 4-0 lead, Fusy flashed off the angle.

[06:00:11] Bomb outside of B on Soulfly.

[06:00:15] Looks like an early B hit for Aurora, but do they have the B to B?

[06:00:20] go do it solo.

[06:00:22] Raining presence.

[06:00:24] Are you in a strong position?

[06:00:26] You have to be baiting for him.

[06:00:28] Smoke could isolate here.

[06:00:32] You need something big out of this B hold.

[06:00:34] Perhaps it's just another one of these rounds where a couple of kills will decide it.

[06:00:37] One for one might not even be enough to keep you interested with Rotate so far away.

[06:00:41] And they come not even close to accomplishing that damage done.

[06:00:45] Sure, but it's a clean finish out of Aurora on the B hit.

[06:00:50] There were some scary moments out of SoulFly in the last map.

[06:00:53] I think one of the good things about this guy that we saw on Krakow especially

[06:00:57] was the B site on Dust2 on both halves really was a rock on CT,

[06:01:02] constantly finding value on the lurk here as well.

[06:01:10] No one being allowed out by Zantara as two more players at long.

[06:01:15] And even just the way they've always been able to siphon a player from these saves has ramifications

[06:01:24] You're not getting out with majority rifles here

[06:01:26] Not getting a chance to cobble together those buys to keep pressure applied to Aurora

[06:01:31] And actually there's a unique bit of frustration coming close and it was almost an eco around those saved guns

[06:01:37] Only to then have your rifle around to pour on away from you decisively

[06:01:45] One side of the game from Astralis over Spirit, starting to feel like a bit of an anomaly.

[06:01:54] This was a map that they've been punished on numerous times, picked into them here at

[06:01:58] Pro League.

[06:01:59] And the last time they played on Dust2, these two teams, Astralis had a 10-2 CT side.

[06:02:03] It was a T side that was the issue for them in that game at Cluj, so we need to start

[06:02:12] putting some rounds on the board here fast.

[06:02:29] High risk.

[06:02:31] Four hooks, eight.

[06:02:36] Now, position is strong. So far so good.

[06:02:39] Fuzzi, not been able to get involved on this AWP just yet.

[06:02:43] He plays leaving about a commission.

[06:02:46] Goes to support Hooksy at the long side.

[06:02:48] Softlight is not playing though.

[06:02:50] Will not be getting out of his hidey-hole anytime soon.

[06:02:53] Need to be util, laid up.

[06:03:04] Just what he wants it.

[06:03:06] And cool him, 20-24 reddit, he's just there being anti-Hooksy on that push.

[06:03:13] And a 5v4 now delivered, Stairt.

[06:03:16] Oh, it's great damage!

[06:03:18] Oh, the Loan and the Sight Holders, his teammates fall around him. Stairt puts in great mileage, will it be enough?

[06:03:24] Almost off to the double.

[06:03:26] Maybe enough to keep Astralis interested, just to give this one a little glance.

[06:03:31] See if anything opens up, see if anything is presented to Yabi.

[06:03:36] Bob shuts him out of it, Wiccardia continues his strong performance from the start of this semi-final.

[06:03:43] And Ryu...

[06:03:46] He's even giving it that 1v3 a look in.

[06:03:51] It's like, now it's out of desperation for Astralis.

[06:03:53] This one is very quickly getting away from them.

[06:03:57] Got the perfect reaction, right?

[06:03:58] All it took was a mid to be smoking some Utah spam.

[06:04:01] And Hootsy pushes the long doors at a 5v5, sure it's late in the round,

[06:04:05] but that's the entire round for Aurora, forcing the reaction.

[06:04:09] Honestly, I wonder if that was the whole call

[06:04:12] was to bait that reaction because Soulfly is boosted.

[06:04:15] He isn't just waiting for it, like he's boosted up on the box,

[06:04:17] so really committed to that position.

[06:04:21] Oh, a long scrap.

[06:04:22] I hope he was doing a lot of that yesterday against Spirit, right?

[06:04:25] If they throw the mid to B smoke with 30, 40 seconds left,

[06:04:30] like he's going to try and push out long.

[06:04:32] We spoke to Madger after the legacy game where art was doing similar things even in advantage

[06:04:38] of just pushing off and Aurora were so ready for those aggressive moves.

[06:04:43] Madger's logic was it's the last thing anyone should do and so obviously art's going to

[06:04:49] do it.

[06:04:54] This round going nowhere fast, flank contained by Wox Exhaust and stare pushed off a cap

[06:05:00] for the Molotov. There's a late plant here but Aurora get it done.

[06:05:09] I think it's a great sign after such a close nuke the fact that Aurora didn't just break

[06:05:14] down completely but they actually managed to reset and bounce back stronger on their

[06:05:18] own map pick. Now 7-0 in the lead and a lot of these rounds haven't really even been close.

[06:05:28] And I think the main reason for that is for Aurora it's been be or long, right, like where

[06:05:34] they've had the most success and what they've been putting their focus on and Astralis has

[06:05:41] struggled obviously in this game but yesterday against Spirit it was a different sort of

[06:05:45] a match where they were able to find a lot of openings on mid, they were sort of dictating

[06:05:51] the pace of the game.

[06:05:52] Here they're constantly on the back foot constantly losing control and being forced

[06:05:55] to react, but they just haven't found ways back into some of these rounds.

[06:06:02] I mean, if you're a Rory, you must be feeling pretty invincible on Dust2 right now. You think

[06:06:06] about it, I had the last 20 rounds, they played on the map, it's all been wins, they had the

[06:06:10] 13-0 streak to, you know, pull off against Legacy, now 7-0 up versus Astralis.

[06:06:16] Woxic hasn't died.

[06:06:17] Yeah.

[06:06:18] That's crazy.

[06:06:19] Fruz is barely killed.

[06:06:21] That's crazy.

[06:06:23] Fight along, Fusey's throwing the flashes though, Woxig blinded, Hooxy gets close.

[06:06:29] Strahler's can't do anything with this. Control, Aurora dictating the next move.

[06:06:37] Strahler's playing again, submerge, double B. Locked out on middle, no

[06:06:43] information. Long control only is so helpful at this point in the round as

[06:06:47] Aurora gets go anywhere else they please.

[06:06:53] looks like they just want to walk out cat worry that food is going to get so

[06:07:01] tunneled in on this long lurk that doesn't exist right now

[06:07:06] I don't think one smoke is going to go to Rora into falling for it.

[06:07:31] Fuzi does have flashes to try and help Hoocsi out here, but relies on him not falling at

[06:07:43] the first hurdle. Short take comes in and this explosive of that, didn't need Fuzi to lob

[06:07:47] these flashes over. They've got their attention looking for him. The flashes help out Hoocsi,

[06:07:53] burning alive now, but the kill is all coming through for Astralis. About to break this

[06:07:58] The streak that Aurora are on, Wokstick, first death of the game there, as Astralis clamp down on that A hit.

[06:08:06] I love that Hootsie doesn't overcommit, so many players there, you see them swing out as the Molly comes down, he just pulls back and lives.

[06:08:24] That was even the weaker side.

[06:08:26] Yeah, only two players there.

[06:08:28] I think maybe I've figured out why teams do this now, where the AWP is holding long from corner in the 2A setup and the rifle is in slope.

[06:08:36] Because if it's a 4-1 and there's a lurker long, he plays so late that actually the AWPer can get a kill short, come back and hold long and this guy still won't be out.

[06:08:45] Because if you die to an AWP and that was maybe the first contact like you're thinking

[06:08:52] alright there's a guy holding his flank along and he's just going to play retake.

[06:08:56] Also don't you feel like Goose and Rampage are such strong positions in general like

[06:09:00] sure you can get Molly'd out but you couldn't put an AWP there.

[06:09:06] Come on guys, do better.

[06:09:11] All eyes are on you now.

[06:09:12] What was the score?

[06:09:15] playing. Yeah, we've been reliving the buckethead antics at EPL. There you have Snake Man.

[06:09:25] Trying to think like, which superhero is that? We don't have one. Exactly, it's a gap in

[06:09:36] the market. Yeah.

[06:09:42] Alright, something over towards B.

[06:09:44] Minto on matchup. Santarez and LaCardia work their way out

[06:09:48] through mid, great timing on the backstop. Fuzzi,

[06:09:51] not at least secure and equalizer.

[06:09:53] And LaCardia is quick to try and react here.

[06:09:55] You've spotted a rotate, you've seen a player out

[06:09:57] towards the window, and you hear that all down in the spawn.

[06:09:59] Pressure on for Saltfly and Santarez.

[06:10:01] They're the two that are trying to open up this round right now,

[06:10:03] right now and Saltfly comes in perfect moment out towards Long.

[06:10:07] Wuxix even dealt with Yabi in the downtime.

[06:10:10] It's only Fuzi to get past him with a missed shot.

[06:10:12] His fate is sealed.

[06:10:16] Back to their winning ways.

[06:10:18] Aurora, a very dominant T-side, awaits them here.

[06:10:25] They might have called it a life game,

[06:10:26] but he's had a series of great matches coming into this season.

[06:10:31] has Fuzi, would love him to step up on the CT side and hit a few more, of course, getting

[06:10:37] kind of blocked out of the first few rounds with these B hits, but going to need him to

[06:10:42] perform if Astralis are going to have any hope here on the second map.

[06:10:45] And that was a really cool round from Aurora, right?

[06:10:48] Like they're faking a sort of a B execute slash mid to B split fairly early on, but

[06:10:55] Soulfly is long tunnel the entire time, again potentially waiting to kill Hook, see if he

[06:10:59] tries to push behind but also it's just a fake right so that they're going up cat

[06:11:04] and they want to split a off the top of that you can see how completely unavail

[06:11:08] Astralis is about long and that's all flight can be there so quickly and once

[06:11:14] foosie misses that shots he's stuck in a terrible place country do much that's a

[06:11:19] really hard shot to hit and then see cat and Aurora bringing a lot of positive

[06:11:24] energy on Dust2 so you could tell that was a special for Major, saved for a

[06:11:32] reset round. That's a Zantara special.

[06:11:39] Famed League, Binds Fousey, all forcing itself to get involved.

[06:11:44] Right, what's the third map? Inferno.

[06:11:48] Yeah, wrap it up Yankee. Inferno, the starter.

[06:11:51] They delivered here, that's for sure.

[06:11:53] We'll take those.

[06:11:55] Again, Zantara is just on the contact play out through short.

[06:12:00] Oh, this is brutal.

[06:12:04] Feels like the first time it's dropped,

[06:12:05] as if you've got to fire a shot in the round.

[06:12:08] And all it's done is secure you apart to save these guns.

[06:12:13] Very, very nice to see Zantara's rise into the occasion as well, right?

[06:12:17] We said, in the playoffs, hasn't really been about him, right?

[06:12:20] Even in the series where Cardi has been the guy kind of holding it together,

[06:12:24] thinking back to their quarterfinal, it was Madgeur, it was Woxic.

[06:12:27] Those were the names we were looking to.

[06:12:30] You can't have a strong Aurora performance though, if you're not mentioned in Zantares,

[06:12:34] it's good to see him in top form.

[06:12:38] You have to mention him even when they're not playing, right?

[06:12:41] Just ask Chad.

[06:12:43] He's making that push this year for talent of the year.

[06:12:47] The HLTV Awards is trying to get all the fan bases, the Turks, the Brazilians, the Chinese.

[06:12:55] The big three.

[06:12:56] He's actually trying to unite the world in a way, and if anyone can do it, it's Chad's Punch Virtual.

[06:13:05] Alright, so... Nuke.

[06:13:10] Very good, very nice.

[06:13:11] No, this is dust.

[06:13:13] Very good, very nice.

[06:13:15] Nuke was so close, just like all my exes, but this map pretty one-sided and you need

[06:13:28] the breather you know Harry how it goes yeah and it's so close just need to rest

[06:13:34] a little bit

[06:13:37] 3rd time out from Raga, you don't want to use it, but you sort of have to.

[06:13:49] And listen, if you do get 3 here, and you win the pistol, and you convert, and then

[06:13:53] it's 9-6, 9-6, you get the reset on them, it's 10-8, you're back in the game, you can

[06:13:59] already smell the trophy, never mind.

[06:14:04] 11-1.

[06:14:09] High five concludes, and round about 11, it's huge.

[06:14:12] Straight out through the mid-doors, it was Antares.

[06:14:15] Jaby, who went from top performer on U2, one kill in 10 rounds of play.

[06:14:21] You could tell he was getting frustrated very early on.

[06:14:23] You know, Hooksy was sort of talking to the team,

[06:14:25] but it did feel like it was, you know, directed at Jaby after that third round.

[06:14:30] like stop tilting it just a half by, just relax.

[06:14:34] Well, he's ahead of the game.

[06:14:38] This is just a battle.

[06:14:39] Goodness.

[06:14:41] I mean, it does feel good, at least

[06:14:44] to see a roar be the ones dealing

[06:14:46] and beating in one of these playoff games.

[06:14:48] Sure.

[06:14:49] This is an unstoppable force versus a very movable object.

[06:14:54] Get out of the way.

[06:14:55] It's going flying.

[06:14:56] They've got nades out, 10-1 here for Aurora, last time 10-2 for Astralis, very different

[06:15:06] day today.

[06:15:07] I do also love how they've just not allowed saves, like from round 3 of the game, their

[06:15:13] saving was off the table, they were pushing, they were prodding, they have really kept

[06:15:17] it tight grasped on the economy of Astralis.

[06:15:23] I think that's only served to make this feel more brutal and you certainly see in some of these frustrations setting him right like

[06:15:28] I was like who's you feel like they weren't allowed to be involved in this game trying to force them fights now

[06:15:32] But it was like it's only making matters worse

[06:15:37] Chances are damn near pitch a perfect half for Aurora

[06:15:44] Feeling like you were able to bounce back you said it earlier yanko the idea that nuke was so close

[06:15:49] You kind of dropped the ball at the end of that game would have been so easy to carry those frustrations forward

[06:15:55] They've not done that

[06:16:05] We have a mid crunch here

[06:16:09] Torres on the receiving end of it

[06:16:11] What if any other option here, just to follow through with this B hit, they play through

[06:16:21] the smokes.

[06:16:22] An aggressive move made at SoulFly, gonna try and get the ball rolling on this first

[06:16:28] man in, first to fall from those B tunnels and Waxit gets iced out, two is what they

[06:16:33] manage as Dralis lagging behind in a big way, Aurora want to take this semi-final the distance

[06:16:40] And they're so close to it!

[06:20:10] In business here on Dust2, they may have fumbled the bag over on Nuke, but here in the second map of this semi-final,

[06:20:16] they storm towards the finish line, only a measly couple of rounds away from giving us an Inferno decider.

[06:20:23] Janko, is this game done?

[06:20:25] This game is done, dusted.

[06:20:28] Astralis already thinking about Inferno, they don't want to be here anymore, Harry.

[06:20:34] It's way too hot on Dust2.

[06:20:37] They're getting cooked.

[06:20:38] They are getting coaxed, and I can't say I blame them, man.

[06:20:42] They have been a very rough hand here on map 2.

[06:20:47] I'm feeling like this one is ready to write off.

[06:20:52] And Aurora, they've been fantastic in pistol rounds

[06:20:54] all throughout this semi-final.

[06:20:56] That track record keeps up. This one is done.

[06:21:00] Oh, well, that's a pretty nice way to start.

[06:21:02] Maga has just snuck through the long doors

[06:21:05] and taken out Hoogsy in the back lines.

[06:21:07] a quick mid to be but that leaves them playing into the stack right into the hands of Aurora.

[06:21:12] Rats down on the doolies. That's four out of four pistols in this series from the Aurora squad.

[06:21:21] Ring on Inferno. Yes indeed. Full conversions, everything you could want here.

[06:21:29] Astralis have a difficult reset coming into that third map.

[06:21:32] They're really just playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, right?

[06:21:35] Like they're saving those pistol wins for the decider, right?

[06:21:39] Like what's the point of winning them if it's not gonna win you the match?

[06:21:43] But if they win both are inferno

[06:21:46] Might be enough to get into the final. Yeah

[06:21:49] Part of the plan saving strats for decider. It's a new one. Yeah

[06:21:55] Hootsy pioneering leader

[06:21:58] Not to mention, you know, you're playing terrible on Dust2 again like people are gonna keep picking it against you

[06:22:03] Just like Spirit did yesterday, that's what they thought. This is an easy punish pick, but then, that's when you try.

[06:22:12] I wasn't at least expecting.

[06:22:18] So if I took that as B-Success, I could crack up. Well, not in this round.

[06:22:24] Five health off the spam. Fusy.

[06:22:28] With a scout trying to do his best for any impression.

[06:22:33] It's not gonna work, it has to be hooksy with it, right?

[06:22:36] We know, the scout only works in the hands of an in-game leader.

[06:22:40] Those are the rules.

[06:22:44] Ooh, well...

[06:22:46] Ooh, it's...

[06:22:48] rough.

[06:22:49] Got through the mid-smoke for Woxic.

[06:22:52] And this force laid to rest promptly.

[06:22:55] It's just stare, backstabbed from Madri again.

[06:22:57] He's a problem out at these long doors.

[06:22:59] Thankfully, you won't have to worry about him for much longer.

[06:23:03] It's a round away from victory here and a decisive one out of the Aurora squad.

[06:23:10] Yeah, back to the locker room here for Astralis.

[06:23:14] Failure to launch.

[06:23:17] And you know, we've spent...

[06:23:19] They're not been shy in talking about how Aurora aren't afraid to tilt in these games,

[06:23:23] aren't afraid to kind of get in their heads a bit.

[06:23:26] But something we heard from even the online stage leading into this,

[06:23:29] Astralis certainly aren't immune to that quality either.

[06:23:33] quality, interesting choice of

[06:23:35] Yeah.

[06:23:36] Okay, lying out there, Zantares

[06:23:38] getting a deal, some BS back the other way.

[06:23:41] Calvert from Woxic, baited to their doom

[06:23:44] and the demise of Astralis

[06:23:46] delivered swiftly on Dust2.

[06:23:49] On back for Fuzi.

[06:23:51] Will this be enough? It's low health

[06:23:53] for Zantares and Wakadia.

[06:23:55] We'll bang him.

[06:24:03] Even now, you're just delaying the inevitable...

[06:24:07] Trying to slow-play the two-on-three, SoulFly is ready, if needed, to barrel through this smoke.

[06:24:16] Spam connects, and Spam's there to end it.

[06:24:19] Santaraz puts in what hell of a ship.

[06:24:21] Dust2 is not even close.

[06:24:24] Astralis get dominated, and they've got to go back and have some difficult conversations now ahead of Inferno.

[06:24:31] with a final map in this semi-final.

[06:25:01] I

[06:26:31] You take the fade, flash me.

[06:26:32] Coming up here, coming here.

[06:26:33] Oh, I'm full blind, I'm full blind.

[06:26:35] Blow it out, he's out, he's out.

[06:26:37] X-Box, E-U-P.

[06:26:40] X-Box, let's kill him.

[06:26:42] Hit that, hit that.

[06:26:42] I'm going through.

[06:26:43] Nice, guys.

[06:26:44] Good kill shot, boys, good kill shot.

[06:26:46] F***ing nice kill shot.

[06:26:47] Guys, guys, guys.

[06:26:48] It doesn't have to be pretty, it just has to be effective.

[06:26:51] Yes, we are on the brink of getting this one home.

[06:26:54] Just keep believing the whole time,

[06:26:55] but I do want to say one thing,

[06:26:57] I think we should focus on here,

[06:26:58] also to get a little bit of energy and mood going.

[06:27:01] Body language boys, I know it's frustrating,

[06:27:03] but let's also understand that we're playing in semi-finals

[06:27:06] and wake up from it, okay?

[06:27:08] It's fine to be frustrated, but remember to come back.

[06:27:10] And that's what I mean!

[06:27:20] Might have been a closer fair on Nuke,

[06:27:22] but it was anything but that on Dust2.

[06:27:24] And whilst I appreciate that halftime timeout,

[06:27:27] voice comms that we just got to hear. It kind of felt like it was already over. Jason, maybe

[06:27:31] I'm just too negative. Maybe I'm just looking at the glass half empty, you know, but it did feel

[06:27:36] like it was done. Yeah, I think you're looking at the glass perfectly appropriately. It's,

[06:27:40] yeah, that felt very done pretty early on. I think you would round three in the group, and I was

[06:27:43] like, well, let's go to three. Let's wrap it up. It was, I mean, it's kind of funny. Like, what did

[06:27:48] they just peak just to upset spirit yesterday? And now the Dust 2 has just kind of gone back into

[06:27:52] It was a life game.

[06:27:54] Great timing for me. I'm very happy with it.

[06:27:56] Just mind games, right?

[06:27:58] What's the point of winning it when you're already 1-0 up in the series?

[06:28:02] To keep baiting people into picking it against you,

[06:28:05] then you only win it when it really matters, right?

[06:28:07] Here, obviously, they can still win on Inferno and win the game, so it's fine.

[06:28:10] Yeah, that's a fair point. Air play at time.

[06:28:12] The RUGA halftime talk, actually, was like the polar opposite of the Spectrum mode

[06:28:16] of Halley's back in the Major, where it's like,

[06:28:18] It's like all right guys, that's it. Let's just not get told we're not gonna come back as the other side

[06:28:22] It's like I think that would tell me more. It's like no, we are not coming back

[06:28:27] What did he open it up with you's like we're almost there

[06:28:30] We are very far away from

[06:28:33] We didn't get to talk about you because we're playing the DHL dispatch obviously, but I think that I mean the final nail in the

[06:28:39] Coffee moment really was that the pistol round that a starless did manage to get over the side of war

[06:28:45] Oh, yeah, I'm actually I mean it's part of the reason why dust 2 is impressive from Aurora because you know typically for a team

[06:28:50] That we know has had issues with mentality for them to lose new can that fashion to a round like that with someone hiding in the back

[06:28:55] The bomb site stopping the plan losing to full pistols and then losing the map

[06:28:59] That's thing in the that's that's around in the past that I'd be like oh, I think they're gonna

[06:29:02] They're gonna be a series, but I mean a great bounce back is gonna help me get up behind them

[06:29:07] There's the performance that is on Tars that we wanted to see who is just deleting people all game long walks

[06:29:11] to the most. I mean, he's

[06:29:13] really good. He's got a

[06:29:15] fantastic major as well, having

[06:29:17] great performances, so just

[06:29:19] clean. Yeah, and to be honest,

[06:29:20] it looked like walks. He was

[06:29:21] the most frustrated afternoon.

[06:29:22] Obviously he was trying to

[06:29:24] plant the bomb, but he was one

[06:29:25] bringing the energy in the team

[06:29:26] cons in this second map. So

[06:29:28] good to see that bounce back

[06:29:29] absolutely and obviously new

[06:29:30] style the window. Now they

[06:29:31] care about that inferno coming

[06:29:33] up next and you've just won

[06:29:34] 13 to Aurora back in the

[06:29:36] driver's seat. Just because he

[06:29:37] was a conversation topic

[06:29:39] coming into this matchup and

[06:29:40] even in the first map it was rocky.

[06:29:42] Yeah, yeah, and I mean we knew Dust2 might go that way.

[06:29:45] He's kind of set it himself.

[06:29:47] Yeah, I think what makes it feel so shocking

[06:29:50] is the performance yesterday to today.

[06:29:52] I don't think it'd be anything like too crazy.

[06:29:53] Like he's always kind of struggled with ups and downs.

[06:29:55] That's where we said his career is kind of out

[06:29:57] where he's clearly got the skills, he's got the talent.

[06:29:59] It's just finding that level that you can be at game in,

[06:30:02] game out, and you can deliver and consistently.

[06:30:05] It's just shocking seeing the performance yesterday

[06:30:07] to today in my mind at least.

[06:30:09] I think it's because of the team performance too, you know, yesterday Astralis was playing

[06:30:12] from ahead all the time, they had the correct three, he was in the right place at the right

[06:30:16] time and then he had a really good game of hitting a lot of his shots right here.

[06:30:21] Obviously you're out of position a lot of the times, you don't have that top maybe as

[06:30:25] much as you'd like, Aurora is making just life miserable for you and Spirit didn't really

[06:30:30] do that yesterday so it's a combination of factors but you know he's just saving his

[06:30:34] energy for the map that really matters.

[06:30:36] third map, which is an opera's paradise as all one remembers, no one's going to care

[06:30:41] about what you did on dust two if you win on inferno. It is it is the greatest third

[06:30:45] map. So if you're going to have an awesome performance, you might as well. So much coke

[06:30:49] going on. Yeah, that's what we do. That's that's the kind of mood we're in today. Let's

[06:30:52] let's let's from the perspective of what this would mean for both of these two teams.

[06:30:57] Because I think obviously, Australia is making the more recent bigger changes. Let's say moving

[06:31:01] into that international sphere. I don't know whether the expectation was obviously with

[06:31:06] the limiting spirit that makes the expectations slightly higher. But just in terms of what

[06:31:10] we expected them to do at this event, I did not have making it to the semi-finals, let

[06:31:14] alone potentially grand finals on my bingo card.

[06:31:16] No, I didn't either, despite seeing some good things and some improvement. I think a lot

[06:31:20] of that changed for me during the online stretch, obviously, during the group stage, and specifically

[06:31:24] the fury of victory that they had when I was watching Astralis play. I was like, oh, Hooksy

[06:31:28] is actually just calling circles around. Like, tactically, this team looks really cool. That's

[06:31:32] That's kind of where I felt like Astralis had sort of hit like a new level.

[06:31:36] That's obviously fallen off.

[06:31:38] From this point, I don't know.

[06:31:39] Because I'm with you.

[06:31:40] With the teams that were here, I wouldn't have had them making the playoffs originally

[06:31:43] until they were here.

[06:31:44] Yeah, which is why I would say pressure is more in Aurora, right?

[06:31:47] Because this feels like the story that we've built so many times, like 2025.

[06:31:51] Oh, this is the opportunity for the trophy, and then it's always somehow squandered.

[06:31:55] I guess, well, I was going to pose it to you this way, because you asked me this question

[06:31:59] before the series started and you weren't on the couch.

[06:32:00] It's like now that Maus and Spirit are gone and those were the two teams we said it must win event for them

[06:32:05] It feels like the crowd has kind of passed to Aurora next where it's like all right

[06:32:08] Well, I mean runways wide open. I'd say Navi Navi more so Navi was the main favorite now and already in the final

[06:32:14] But I think in this particular matchup definitely Aurora the favorite

[06:32:17] I mean the changes that the Stralis went to also they just beat them

[06:32:21] Already in inclusion so it's like if you lose to them now on stage in a higher stakes game, right?

[06:32:27] like what are we supposed to what conclusions are we supposed to draw from that but we'll

[06:32:32] see the best sign is the fact that after a frustrating map on Aurora came out swinging

[06:32:36] on map maybe that's just it you know like they need to feel that a little bit that they

[06:32:42] need to go down in the dumps right and to be able to sort of bounce back I think in

[06:32:47] terms of expectations for a team like Aurora my thought is kind of like you know this was

[06:32:51] roster change with SoulFly coming in Jota going out at the start of the year it's like this

[06:32:55] change for them I think has to like elevate them past what Jota's lineup was able to provide which

[06:33:00] wasn't a whole lot of trophies which wasn't a whole lot of deep runs so if you're like for me this

[06:33:04] Aurora expectation is like it's not good enough to just like kind of match what you did and just

[06:33:08] kind of make it into a decent amount of playoffs and kind of get eliminated. This lineup has to

[06:33:12] show that it can become better and actually achieve some of the results they've been chasing.

[06:33:15] How is it going to be better? Like I think for me Aurora is just another one of those teams like

[06:33:19] like for example, the Mongols, like 3D Max in a different way,

[06:33:23] where their ceiling is just lower than some of the other teams

[06:33:27] because of the individuals that they have, right?

[06:33:30] Like, Soulfly isn't like some massive change over Jota, right?

[06:33:35] Even if they have a better attitude and they start hyping each other up,

[06:33:38] so they throw less rounds and all of that,

[06:33:40] they're still limited by their players and their ceiling is still limited.

[06:33:44] You know, Major has been vocal so many times about not being able to utilize

[06:33:48] maybe lurkers will play as much default as he would like.

[06:33:51] And that's just the reality of the team.

[06:33:53] Maybe sometimes they can ruin someone else's day

[06:33:56] that definitely beat the top team in a best of three,

[06:33:59] but can they run the whole bracket?

[06:34:01] I'm not so sure.

[06:34:02] Jason, quickly, just, did you buy a lottery ticket?

[06:34:05] We can pay away?

[06:34:06] I didn't, I should have.

[06:34:07] Why not?

[06:34:08] I'm the only person that's predicted this mayhem.

[06:34:10] You want to rock and roll?

[06:34:10] Let's go, let's go.

[06:34:11] Yeah, let's do it.

[06:34:12] Yeah, I don't, look, it's, I'll be,

[06:34:15] like I don't even, I don't even know.

[06:34:16] Like I think, you know, it's funny.

[06:34:18] all the conversation around this event and I think Chad put out the tweet the other day

[06:34:21] that was just like the almost like in some sense like the winner of this event is like

[06:34:25] Vitality where it just shows how much the gap is still widening which is crazy and that's

[06:34:30] like the predicting of the like these upsets of being able to occur is just like I feel

[06:34:35] like the teams that we all expect to be the next competitors they've all slipped down

[06:34:39] they've all like they've all backed we've all gone backwards we're destined for another

[06:34:42] first flawless game like that's coming on third place this time we're destined for one

[06:34:46] more time. So I've got this. We just have to see one more thing. I appreciate you joining us up here on

[06:34:51] the couch and being an analyst all of today. So I've got a bit of a treat to you whilst we are

[06:34:56] to the next map. It's time for you to do some crowd work. Do you want to hype up the crowd?

[06:35:00] All right, Stockholm, you've been here all day yesterday and today. It's been a fantastic

[06:35:05] environment out there. But if you want your one sweet to believe, if you believe in folks, if

[06:35:09] you think you can do it and get into the grand final, then give them some energy, give them some

[06:35:12] noise and let us know if you're still here stock home.

[06:35:16] It's a classic analyst job to you.

[06:35:21] There's a lot of people still up there.

[06:35:24] There's a lot of people still up there.

[06:35:29] There's a lot of people still up there.

[06:35:38] Navi in the Grand Finals vs. Upro League season 23. That's not a fantasy. It is in fact a reality,

[06:35:43] but the fantasy is over on Colex or Gigi. We built our teams the other day, Harry.

[06:35:48] Safe to say, probably not going too well. My team, of course, featuring plus W season two is

[06:35:54] Mikaze, Brolin, Donk, Misunio, Cobrazera. I was feeling confident, but I've only got Mikaze left.

[06:36:00] How are you doing?

[06:36:01] So it's a bloody disaster you get it is a disaster right now man. I'm freaking out. I don't know what I'm gonna do

[06:36:10] My team's basically dead. Okay. I built mouse to which as we now know this was the wrong event to do that

[06:36:18] I had Brolin. I had spanks. I had Jimmy. They were playing fantastic

[06:36:23] But then something went horribly wrong. Oh, how could have we predicted this? I also had don't you think he's a safe bet

[06:36:31] He's not and so now my hopes and dreams are pinned onto one guy one legend of the game

[06:36:38] Woxic I need him to win. I need him in the finals. It's the only way I can beat your solo

[06:36:45] Makazi venture this fantasy is now Woxic versus Makazi. It's a 1v1 fantasy

[06:36:51] I'm currently winning of course. We've already seen Nabi play their game make it to the final Aurora aren't quite there yet

[06:36:57] But hey, Harry, don't worry. Maybe in the third place this either you could get some points

[06:37:01] It's cooked. More for me, more for you.

[06:37:04] I'm kind of like Satjiji.

[06:37:31] We are back!

[06:37:37] When I was 11 they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.

[06:37:40] I chose to go full CS, just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.

[06:37:45] I think grinding face really helps you when it comes to keeping your energy up.

[06:37:49] The best advice is that you need to love the game, in the end I'm going to be a good player.

[06:40:49] I'm not sure if you can hear me, but I can't hear you

[06:40:55] I'm not sure if you can hear me, but I can't hear you

[06:41:35] So it appears we've gone the distance. Aurora able to step up on Dust2 and dominate Astralis.

[06:41:45] We go to where all good series go to die and that's Inferno and Finals on the line. Astralis

[06:41:55] after a shock win over Spirit yesterday. You're ready to back them here right Fuzi in good

[06:42:01] the format that life game in the quarterfinals. You were getting hyped up. He's playing in front of a home crowd.

[06:42:07] Can Aurora, a kind of unlikely candidate with where we've come to place this team in playoffs, be the one to snatch it away?

[06:42:16] Stryler's going to take some victory first of some time winning that night round. It was a dismal dust two.

[06:42:21] Tough talk behind the stage and now back on it to fight forward for that grand final tomorrow.

[06:42:28] B-05 against Narvi, Aurora, V-Narvi at a pro league.

[06:42:35] We saw that a few seasons ago, it came down to the distance on Dust2, if you remember that one.

[06:42:40] There's a bit of a rematch there.

[06:42:42] Even where's the loser of the game has to play the third place decider, it's 1.30 tomorrow, so...

[06:42:47] not much time to prepare for that game.

[06:42:49] I hate that for them.

[06:42:55] It's all right, Stokkan, you ready? You still with us, map 3!

[06:42:58] It's Inferno, they're going to be Astralis, they're going to be Aurora, we're going to find out

[06:43:03] thus far every single pistol has firmly belonged to Aurora. Once more they've left themselves in a

[06:43:10] good spot where Kadev continues to be the hero. John Wakadia in these pistols.

[06:43:19] Astralis have nothing left.

[06:43:21] I took a smoke and I'm going to take it home. There is no way you're winning this. Graveyard

[06:43:32] or not.

[06:43:33] So you're telling me that they weren't saving strats for the decider on pistols?

[06:43:37] It's for the force bite. It's actually better than winning the pistol, Janko.

[06:43:41] Majors one step ahead.

[06:43:43] Starla's two behind, he's walking in, jumping for deep info, not ready for the close peek.

[06:43:52] Frustrating death here, but whoops, he went a knife out.

[06:43:55] And Magic gets them all.

[06:43:57] Wukaria, five kills between them and a pistol round to boot for Aurora.

[06:44:02] That is five out of five in this series.

[06:44:05] I want to see him do it with an R8 next.

[06:44:08] He has the one gun he can't get multi-kills in pistol rounds with, but he's been incredible

[06:44:15] every single time, triple here on Inferno.

[06:44:19] I feel like it's just rare as well that it stands out so much and is so consistent.

[06:44:25] I think they don't want one pistol round where Bacardi didn't get a multi-kill.

[06:44:30] Even then he still got his.

[06:44:31] That was back on Dust2.

[06:44:32] I'm gonna be fighting for this top banana and really just prioritizing utility, that's

[06:44:53] the reason for all the Mac 10s.

[06:44:56] So you want to have those small tops, HEs to clear top banana, but then also have utility

[06:45:00] lead for the actual execute.

[06:45:02] The smoke won't fool anyone, that's a meaty nade.

[06:45:05] This is Astralis going to try and make an information play because Hooks even with all

[06:45:11] this extra utility isn't going to be able to do much, and Yabi is pushing.

[06:45:14] Sooner they go the better Aurora, the flank and the rotate set up, this smoke goes down,

[06:45:20] Hooks tries to buy a few more seconds, but Aurora going back, they're going back into

[06:45:25] this mid-flight, everybody home, everybody pushing, Mccarty finds out first, there's

[06:45:29] So many more around the corner.

[06:45:30] Matt 10s might just get turned to dust.

[06:45:32] Fusely double up.

[06:45:33] Triple kill off the 5-7, and this one is crumbled.

[06:45:37] Bomb at the bottom of the middle.

[06:45:38] 35 seconds, and they've read this position.

[06:45:40] Woxy doesn't want the smoke.

[06:45:42] Moves out of there.

[06:45:42] His teammates already got the site.

[06:45:44] Hooxy gives it up for nothing.

[06:45:45] Woxy can see that fight, and the retake is on.

[06:45:52] Matt 10s to retrieve.

[06:45:53] 5-7 might do you better.

[06:45:55] They almost stared this whole time.

[06:45:58] It's taking back.

[06:46:01] It's a grenade, Woxic low.

[06:46:03] Maja might be asked to clutch.

[06:46:06] That plan to cross fire here though.

[06:46:07] This isn't going to be easy to get through for Astralis.

[06:46:10] Maja takes first contact, and now you're honed in on him.

[06:46:13] That's when Woxic was meant to play.

[06:46:15] Oh, leaves it to a later swing, and Starr gets to collect.

[06:46:19] Buzi's efforts aren't in vain.

[06:46:22] That's where he is.

[06:46:23] He will ride on time.

[06:46:25] Even strats for the second round, Yanko.

[06:46:28] Most important round of the game, fumbled by Aurora.

[06:46:32] And a massive triple kill for Fusey,

[06:46:34] the Swede on home soil right behind them.

[06:46:38] Stare was rotating A.

[06:46:39] He thought that they were about to lose mid.

[06:46:44] Fusey locked it down and Stare saves the day.

[06:46:46] I'm shocked they make the low player,

[06:46:49] they're looking for the clutch,

[06:46:50] match-up fighting first.

[06:46:51] Could have baited Woxic, to be honest.

[06:46:55] And a hard route to lose here for Aurora leaves them with 1 AK, 2 Galils.

[06:47:04] We were talking about their propensity to group up and not have lurkers and that's

[06:47:08] what you're susceptible to, some of these information plays and then flanks, right?

[06:47:13] Even if they didn't decide to go back to A, they would have so many players come behind

[06:47:18] them with good timing, I think the round would still be Astralis'

[06:47:24] of flash middle as well I mean you took about all that utile the mac 10s allowed didn't use any of it

[06:47:29] almost seemed shocked the astralis had the gall to push down mid but with that many smokes on the

[06:47:34] b-bomb site all being used by one man

[06:47:37] Full strong, stare in rotation, fuzzy as well, I misreaded the situation here for a

[06:47:57] short-pop susceptible

[06:48:03] is walking at a crossover on long here he gets deleted Zantares with a drive by

[06:48:20] SMGs, you guys in the side, and yeah, both of them on these SMGs, time-running real low.

[06:48:28] That's the ludicrous double, but Ryu won't be able to match it.

[06:48:33] Long smoke fades, and that's where Magus strikes.

[06:48:36] Not now found for Aurora, and Magus in position to cut down these rotates.

[06:48:41] This would be a nice way to forgive for going that last anti-force.

[06:48:47] left in the one on three already made a joint on over so willing to give it a

[06:48:52] look in but I'm able to deal with magic he writes off this round in our seconds

[06:48:58] of patience we've got a long way there for Fuzi on long walks right into

[06:49:02] Zantara's on the solo AK yeah doesn't expect him there because Aurora also

[06:49:09] throws the small pit smoke so he's thinking it's going to be a apps pop or

[06:49:16] or just a short execute.

[06:49:20] And, you know, Astralis is giving up too much space, really, to Aurora.

[06:49:24] Not having information playing in the dark.

[06:49:27] I get it that you don't want to get caught by a Deagle or pistols or something,

[06:49:30] but also giving them this much space can put you in a bad spot.

[06:49:34] The fear of no banana, right?

[06:49:36] You're moving a couple of players closer to rotate.

[06:49:39] You know that any point of war can just run in.

[06:49:41] He actually didn't want to be on his own for too long.

[06:49:46] Ruius had a difficult series, same as last time they played, got 13 kills in two maps.

[06:49:59] It's the same exact round almost as the one that they let slip by last time

[06:50:20] So as they go in, it'll be fine.

[06:50:25] And I'm keen on making that same mistake.

[06:50:27] And so this time, as they're re-blocked,

[06:50:30] I'm just going to need this one open.

[06:50:32] Magic calls to play through.

[06:50:34] And she's forced back by the util.

[06:50:36] They've got the space in the site,

[06:50:37] and even though Astralis are arriving,

[06:50:39] this one can have to come down to either disrupting this part

[06:50:43] or pining around it.

[06:50:44] Xantara's keen double.

[06:50:46] Well, thank great but it might not matter, the bomb down starts his hand, is forced,

[06:50:53] he might just be running away with the safe decay.

[06:51:01] Well converted here by Aurora.

[06:51:06] That's up the pace from the last time, right in the lead, the smokes deterred them from hitting that B bomb site

[06:51:14] And it was the correct call

[06:51:18] Again with the hunting they've been so active in doing this on every map just look at it

[06:51:22] Try it then I whatever they can now. There's not a lot being taken out of this round by Astralis

[06:51:28] It's the AK that's a bit of a problem, but nothing for Woxic to do about that

[06:51:37] Trying to course correct early on on map three

[06:51:44] Astralis just had to stew in it for now.

[06:51:59] Early success on that second round.

[06:52:04] Long forgotten here as Aurora set up for a 4-1 lead.

[06:52:07] It's happened nice for Astralis, but yet to convert any meaningful kills instead boosted

[06:52:15] over magic course spamming that smoke so that is an entry but Aurora can just pick up the

[06:52:20] pace and no resources are in Bernardo right now. There's a big gap on this A site Fuzi

[06:52:24] alone.

[06:52:25] You see the boost, you see the gun, you try and just put distance between yourself and

[06:52:29] that end of the map.

[06:52:31] through this smoke Zantares has eyes on this is another save brewing for

[06:52:40] Astralis. Help this AKL game. Haven't used it yet.

[06:53:10] There's something about Infano, it brings the best out of Magik, he's here where he

[06:53:17] had some real heroic moments in the quarter-final, put his best foot forward as well to try

[06:53:21] and open up here.

[06:53:25] High top of the board alongside Wacatea.

[06:53:33] as he gets to don that AWP now.

[06:53:37] The rifle round comes out for Astralis.

[06:53:39] It's been a lot of group play thus far from Aurora.

[06:53:42] That last one, and the one prior,

[06:53:45] choosing to go a little bit faster with their reactions.

[06:53:48] Trying not to give Astralis time in the mid-round.

[06:53:54] This obviously, the pace gets slowed down a little bit.

[06:53:59] You see, you all posted back in the apartments.

[06:54:01] On a wide old angle, so really can't afford to miss.

[06:54:06] Just gonna depart right as Soulfly moves in.

[06:54:17] Moron not yet committed.

[06:54:21] Strong is still holding this three stack strong, hoping they rotate back banana and still smoke for the meantime.

[06:54:26] It's another round where they're playing in the dark, sort of just blind gambling, you know

[06:54:30] They're not being proactive with these three players on beat. They need to at some point try to clear top banana

[06:54:34] I mean now you're just sort of praying that major decides to go B

[06:54:41] The press won't be answered pick up the pace Fuzi in the pit

[06:54:45] Kim and Ryu against all of Aurora

[06:54:47] Now these two together have had a number of phenomenal 2vx's they find themselves essentially in a two on five in this round

[06:54:54] You need results. Fuzzi gonna open things up, but he loses Ryu right away

[06:55:00] Can't secure himself a second the A site crumbles and these gambles of betraying Astralis another round in the dark

[06:55:06] First rightful just gonna slip on past them a comfortable lead building for Aurora

[06:55:13] They've dropped the dog straight sleeping on that B bomb site

[06:55:18] Yeah, like if the map is quiet in your 3b you need to try to make an information play because

[06:55:24] Sure, they could be B setting up for an execute, but they could also be A, and if they're going A, 5,

[06:55:29] 2, like you're not gonna go for that retake. Even if it's a 3v3, it's gonna be a tough retake,

[06:55:35] because you're also all the way in B, so first of all you're gonna lose 10 seconds just getting

[06:55:40] back to the bomb site, you don't know where the players might be. I think they need to just play

[06:55:47] more aggressive. I'm not saying they need to fight for banana and run down mid at the start of the

[06:55:52] But maybe an app set up from the A players because you will get more information about what it is that they're trying to do

[06:55:58] I think that's what ruggastime out is gonna be about where we can't be playing like this

[06:56:03] Turtling up with no info. We need to have more information in these rounds so that we're able to make plays

[06:56:10] Do things like right now you're just on the back foot the entire time Harry, which was the round one time

[06:56:15] They did something proactive. Oh, it was that second round the four-spire right the aggro down through that happened there

[06:56:22] It worked out brilliantly, they won with the pistols, they won with less.

[06:56:25] And it was on the back of just finding the gap.

[06:56:29] And it's also a gamble, right? Like it was 4A, they're sitting there, okay, some time has passed.

[06:56:34] This weird smoke came in, but no real pressure.

[06:56:37] Let's just see, let's just see what's up, you know?

[06:56:40] And then, oh, nice little flank, nice little round.

[06:56:43] Even then, in this rifle round, they threw the retake util into top banana,

[06:56:47] but never made the play behind it.

[06:56:49] They lobbed in that half full smoke, they had the Molly ready.

[06:56:53] Cooled it off.

[06:56:54] So let's see if we get a bit more action, a bit more activity out of Astralis.

[06:57:00] They're crunching a first map, but it's been a lifeless couple more.

[06:57:03] Oh, God.

[06:57:04] Hooxy is really hurting.

[06:57:08] Any sound of you tell, scaring you right now?

[06:57:11] No one can support Hooxy. They try and fake out his position by Molly in car.

[06:57:15] So Hoosie just hides in the corner, hopes, prays and get the one for one.

[06:57:22] Looking that easy.

[06:57:24] No clear, lazy check for Zantares.

[06:57:26] Fake Molly working out, the real Molly doing better than before.

[06:57:30] Thank you for your service.

[06:57:31] Hoosie with that smoke.

[06:57:33] At the very least, helped stare out.

[06:57:35] He has one more, so Banana should be fine.

[06:57:38] Oh no!

[06:57:39] No, that's a good one!

[06:57:41] He had no foul.

[06:57:43] Gabby had to drop or beat it for him. Nothing.

[06:57:47] You're lucky to still be alive.

[06:57:49] The kill that you get is on Hoocse,

[06:57:50] aggressive down through Banana,

[06:57:52] so they're going to try and react quickly here.

[06:57:53] Oh, they're close.

[06:57:55] Seen a double set up over it long.

[06:57:56] And here they go. Fire off.

[06:57:57] You're going to go running out towards B,

[06:57:59] right into stairs. Bomb site.

[06:58:03] But it starts to shuffle around for Astralis.

[06:58:04] They decide against it. It's all gone quiet on Banana.

[06:58:07] Stay. Oh, they could stay 3A.

[06:58:10] It's very indecisive here for the CT side.

[06:58:13] Stan never got any pressure on him. He's still got Molotov on P.

[06:58:16] He needs to go back. He will. Miss smoke with a gap.

[06:58:18] Does it bloom?

[06:58:19] Can Fusey see the angle here?

[06:58:22] He's gonna have to rotate around 20 seconds.

[06:58:24] He's either being or at short. And the Stryler's about to find out.

[06:58:27] So Fly leads the charge. Tip of the spear on this short push.

[06:58:31] Fusey off to open down in the pit.

[06:58:33] Where you can't hold on. Fusey's gonna do this all alone.

[06:58:36] They'll spam him out.

[06:58:38] Down in his 2B2.

[06:58:39] Wakadia, the man that was supposed to die on that long push.

[06:58:43] Still very much a threat, will eventually get dealt with second times the charm for Yabbi.

[06:58:49] Get a fall to Maget.

[06:58:50] Where's there?

[06:58:57] Marks out for a moment, here's them coming up through short.

[06:59:00] He's picked his position now, he's stuck in it.

[06:59:03] Swing for Maget, a silencing clutch denied, a breakthrough round out of Astralis.

[06:59:13] I've seen some sloppy aim in this series today. I think that's the most surprising part, right?

[06:59:17] Astralis have made this run off the back of some great individual moments,

[06:59:21] but Riyu has been really unable to put up much value in anchor positions today.

[06:59:25] He doesn't get a single kill here while Fuzi doubles up the AWP.

[06:59:28] Yabi gets that miss. It comes down to Smoke spam later.

[06:59:31] I don't know, QO, I'm like a round or two away from calling 9-1-1 and filing a missing person's report.

[06:59:39] He was last seen on Nuke three hours ago.

[06:59:48] I don't know if they'll find him.

[06:59:50] They'll need him though.

[06:59:52] It's really important obviously that they anchor in the fifth position.

[06:59:56] It has to be super reliable, right?

[07:00:00] So many times you're just going to have two players towards A.

[07:00:03] And you need to be able to get some kills by time for the rotates to come in and it's been a rough

[07:00:11] Inferno so far

[07:00:16] The round has to inspire something here now Astralis finding you care first after four in a row

[07:00:24] Yeah, they can't afford to get reset here

[07:00:26] Not even as much because of the economy and whatnot just they need some momentum in this series again, right?

[07:00:31] like it's dust who has been a storm here it hasn't been great at the start they

[07:00:39] need to get some of that confidence back while Aurora don't even play in

[07:00:43] banana then you still does Astralis get two players tagged up early third and a

[07:00:48] half off of Huxi instead

[07:00:51] certainly seeing Astralis trying to be a bit more proactive though with the

[07:00:54] banana regression it's one way to clear close

[07:01:01] I'm hiding all foods this time. He'll respond with a native his own

[07:01:10] Rolling back

[07:01:12] Abby

[07:01:13] Look for some redemption

[07:01:16] Fuzi getting involved is what we like to see

[07:01:19] Putting his best foot forward with the AWP. Yeah, but even rotates as Fuzi holds the entirety of middle

[07:01:27] Again it's that triple B

[07:01:30] Leaving a gap that Aurora are about to seize.

[07:01:33] It's more, right? You're left looking on and you're saying Fuzi, Ryu.

[07:01:36] You guys have to go absolutely huge here if we are to win this round.

[07:01:40] That's what's been required. Fuzi out on the long side, missed shot, and he's gone.

[07:01:45] Ryu won't find anything out towards the apartments, and it's a clean finish again for Aurora.

[07:01:51] Stack dodged, entries come through, and once more, Astralis, they've got to save.

[07:01:57] The saddest part of that is while Yabbi's rotating stairs pushing back into top cart

[07:02:01] They they get the information before Yabbi even gets into the B-bomb side. He's just left in limbo

[07:02:06] Yes, rather just has bad reads so far, right? They're thinking maybe Yabbi is thinking all right

[07:02:13] I mean if there's some action there want to be closer as the third guy to maybe secure the round if the trades happen top banana, but

[07:02:21] He's just in no position really to help his teammates on a and that's where most of the struggle

[07:02:27] has been for Astralis, I mean, Ryu isn't having the best of games,

[07:02:31] Bozi either.

[07:02:41] Five out of the seven plants being on that A site.

[07:02:47] Astralis never with the numbers to stop it.

[07:02:51] I'm not sure what's going on here.

[07:02:58] One thing's for sure. Aurora

[07:03:00] hitting hard individually, right

[07:03:01] while we've been critiquing some

[07:03:03] of the players of Astralis

[07:03:04] struggling, even though Soulfly

[07:03:06] came into this series looking

[07:03:07] like a bit of a liability. Hasn't

[07:03:09] been mattered. He has zero kills

[07:03:11] and they are nine rounds up. Nine

[07:03:13] rounds in four rounds up.

[07:03:16] He's putting on a fantastic game

[07:03:18] and McCarty was wiped by his

[07:03:19] with a strong individual moment, but no one's really given us one yet.

[07:03:22] Stare, t-flash.

[07:03:25] Oopsie. Oh, that molly!

[07:03:26] Oh, God, he's low.

[07:03:28] Well, down on his path to escape out from Banana.

[07:03:32] It's at least a untrated 5v4 for Astralis.

[07:03:37] It's actually so interesting that Softly is still a 0-4.

[07:03:39] I mean, he is doing his role, that's for sure, but...

[07:03:43] In fact, there's 6-2 up.

[07:03:45] With that kind of deficit.

[07:03:49] This might be the hardest round yet for Aurora.

[07:03:56] Man down low health.

[07:03:58] That's big.

[07:04:00] Should be a good one.

[07:04:01] Oh, it's big.

[07:04:03] It's meant to hit the top of the wall and bounce down.

[07:04:06] You could have been Wakadi or dead.

[07:04:08] That would have been him finished off and your advantage extended.

[07:04:11] You have a man dedicated in the site.

[07:04:13] Who's here to hold on?

[07:04:14] Let's just stop to the first man in.

[07:04:16] and Oba tries to go for even more.

[07:04:19] This one could still come down to a retake.

[07:04:21] Fuzzi might be on the scene, the MP9 with a sprinkling of damage.

[07:04:24] Everyone for Aurora is low.

[07:04:27] This is not going to be a comfortable post-plan.

[07:04:31] One shot is all it'll take on each player.

[07:04:34] Ugly spray connected by Abby,

[07:04:36] but he does get headshot round in the corner.

[07:04:37] Woxy's not ready for a trade, back of the site.

[07:04:40] Surely no chance.

[07:04:41] Wokari with 15 seconds and the bomb, not under his possession.

[07:04:45] He'll pick it up. No util to isolate a fight.

[07:04:48] He'll have to tap it, force a reaction.

[07:04:50] Repeats with a flash, and it's enough to get a Strowler's back on the board.

[07:04:56] Barely.

[07:05:05] All right, surely now they don't play 3B at any point in this round, right?

[07:05:08] I mean, I think they've proven a point.

[07:05:10] Huxi has been doing a good job all half with the utility artillery, this one missed one.

[07:05:16] But they're doing a ton of damage, right?

[07:05:18] So, you have to play with three guys towards A in the mid to late round here.

[07:05:26] Nice!

[07:05:29] AWP starts B with three.

[07:05:31] Even here in the AWP fire would give rise to the idea it's a triple B star.

[07:05:36] I think he just goes around the world immediately after taking our shot though.

[07:05:40] I think it's a chance to reposition the AWP, lean into the 3 man A hold.

[07:05:55] Because the Roura know they missed that window for a quick reaction on the other end of the

[07:05:58] map.

[07:05:59] Don't expect anything too pacey out of them just yet either.

[07:06:03] They've used all their molotovs as well.

[07:06:05] If someone's keeping track of that, I mean, it's very hard for teams to co-be with no

[07:06:09] Molotov so that can also be a tell to lean over towards the bombsite.

[07:06:13] It's time to do so. Still requires Fuzi to connect something.

[07:06:18] There we go.

[07:06:19] Ruppen is secured as self-flash as well and Hootzy even here to offer up assistance ready

[07:06:24] to come through this smoke.

[07:06:26] Fuzi doesn't even require him yet just keeping low on a leash single-handedly.

[07:06:31] Zantara is next to face him and Zantara has been the anti-all but he isn't ready for

[07:06:36] a backstab.

[07:06:37] there just on time. And they make it clean. Fly, hinsured it from pit in site and now

[07:06:47] it's just Woxic. He's made it into the site, the nades softened him up. Really no room

[07:06:57] left in this Woxic given the first. Gets the spot on both! Oh here it is! Hands there,

[07:07:03] They're going to wrestle him down in the ground, and Astralis, these are not comfortable rounds,

[07:07:07] but they're picking them up, and that's what Matt is closing in on Aurora's lead.

[07:07:12] They're costly rounds as well, rounds that are leaving you down to one or two players surviving.

[07:07:17] It's going to be Aurora calling a timeout.

[07:07:19] And Menton has certainly broken at least, but...

[07:07:24] One more buy on this T side, connecting to put Astralis in the mud for the last round of the half.

[07:07:28] This was really nice for them. I mean, Rio had another flash from Pitch for long,

[07:07:32] for Fusi for that extra peek. I guess he didn't want to make his position known by throwing the flash.

[07:07:40] But indeed a nice try, keeps the pressure on the economy of Astralis, but still it's just

[07:07:45] important that they won some rounds here in the first half to give themselves some breeding room to

[07:07:50] hopefully get something going. But it's been such a dominant half for Aurora where they still have

[07:07:56] enough money to buy despite losing two gun rounds in a row. But this could be 6x6 if

[07:08:05] Astralis can lock this one down.

[07:08:12] This one comes with a bonus. Two for the price of one.

[07:08:22] Rooksy again, high risk, but he's no triple B.

[07:08:28] Again, just trying to keep him skill with the fake Molly down through Banana.

[07:08:33] What about last time?

[07:08:41] It's not low health, I mean, even if they look at this corner, you feel like he's dead, so...

[07:08:48] I'll just death for now.

[07:08:50] Roy, you have to do much until they've got up an armor control available.

[07:08:55] Cardi, I may keep it a ruckus here in mid.

[07:08:59] Hockey Hooks, he did the part because Molotov's landed in his X position.

[07:09:04] Mike, so much time here is there.

[07:09:07] That's all right, but they can't now sit for A, right?

[07:09:10] With this much time and slowly pressure building up for stare, like they should be re-clearing

[07:09:14] mid, getting some information and it's exactly what we see happen.

[07:09:18] with the walk clear on the AWP.

[07:09:21] There may be a couple of seconds too early on that smoke, but...

[07:09:24] 75 seconds, the bomb was left in spawn.

[07:09:26] Okay, Wox is just to go back to grab it.

[07:09:29] We mentioned in it because we've seen it cost Aurora rounds before.

[07:09:32] What's this going to come down to? Just flash plays here for Astralis at the line-up utility.

[07:09:36] Hooxy's got one more flash on the coffin side

[07:09:38] and hope that they can frag their way through. Two kills required in the worst case.

[07:09:44] There remains Tark.

[07:09:45] That's Hooxy over the warts coffin. Blocked by a smoke, so stairs swings out. That's two clean entries in a second from Aurora.

[07:09:54] Who's he next on the chopping block?

[07:09:56] Spam won't connect. Tried to deny that plant and just steal the round away.

[07:10:01] Money is not there for Astralis, as they feel like their hands are tied, but this AWP escaping.

[07:10:07] Oh no, it'll be a tricky task. They'll charge him down.

[07:10:15] And this could well be worst case scenario, you did get that fleet around, you had a chance

[07:10:21] here to even out on the half, but because they all came down to clutches, they all came

[07:10:24] down to really close rounds.

[07:10:28] Astralis of no money.

[07:10:34] This could very well be an 8-4 T side put forth from Aurora.

[07:10:38] Who's just wishing you could find that Friday form, but to be fair, no one else is hitting here on this third map for Astralis.

[07:10:50] Stair is 5-2. Two deaths with seven rounds lost. That just shows what's been happening on this A site.

[07:10:56] side. It's unfortunate because the flash plays were there. Fuzzi also came in with a flash

[07:11:05] from CT spawn but they just can't connect early on the sprays and both defenders fall

[07:11:10] down immediately. That's round over. Both tees with blind icons in the kill feed as

[07:11:17] as well. Anti-Pesantara is not until that one though, just sprays and they run into it.

[07:11:29] They were both full blind.

[07:11:33] Disaster strikes, 8 round T-Side-O-Inferno up for the job.

[07:11:39] Astralis have two guns to stop this.

[07:11:45] It's on the heavy hitters for Aurora.

[07:11:58] Oh, that's one way to do it.

[07:12:00] Hap set up, man.

[07:12:02] It just always hit.

[07:12:03] Never seen that one before.

[07:12:04] It was always so good.

[07:12:05] Look at the room Wakadia has right now.

[07:12:07] All the way up through Longy.

[07:12:08] Saw that double-up set up.

[07:12:09] Went and took a long space for himself.

[07:12:12] over there, where are you going to stop the Magi?

[07:12:15] Trouble in tracking will eventually get past there.

[07:12:18] That's the B site secured now by the captain of Aurora.

[07:12:21] They're going to win the round from position alone.

[07:12:25] Two fights lost and no problem.

[07:12:27] Magi just walks into the site.

[07:12:28] It's empty.

[07:12:34] Wow, he's been the guy.

[07:12:35] Countless times for them in this playoff run on Inferno.

[07:12:38] Coming through with big plays to save them.

[07:12:41] Leaves this one in a three on three, damage done to Riyu earlier in the round.

[07:12:46] Got a time to be too cautious here on this retaker's, rotates arrive late, Riyu with a flash from the spawn, tries to set up those rifles.

[07:12:54] Hootsy plays it through the CT smoke, big kill for Yabbi, Woxic lies in wait, back of the site, can't control the spray, you're left looking on, you're left looking as Zantares.

[07:13:04] The face of Turkish Counter-Strike needs to clutch up, needs to clutch bigs and Torres

[07:13:09] can't get there in time. Estrada has hit him with a daylight robbery.

[07:13:13] Has seen himself through that first half.

[07:16:34] Rock solid T side here from Aurora, sits them just rounds away from a grand final, B-O-5

[07:16:54] against Nar-V.

[07:16:56] Astralis trying to get in the way, but since Nuke, they've fallen down, they've fallen

[07:17:02] apart, Dust 2 is devastating and Inferno they are just clinging on after that first half.

[07:17:08] Pistol round yet to show up for Astralis in this series so as we enter the final half,

[07:17:14] Stockholm last half of the night, can I hear you one more time?

[07:17:22] And Astralis break their loss streak in these pistol rounds.

[07:17:28] 5 out of 5 for Aurora.

[07:17:32] At least going in the right direction.

[07:17:34] Madge, solo B.

[07:17:42] No way to slow this down, either.

[07:17:46] Madge is just hoping for a kill,

[07:17:48] but he's going to get a lot more than he's bargained for.

[07:17:51] Two there on the spam.

[07:17:53] It leaves Aurora a man up in this retake.

[07:17:55] Four on three, they shuffle over through the spawn.

[07:17:58] They will be on the clock.

[07:18:00] They've got one flash for Woxic.

[07:18:05] Can I wait to see if Astralis give them anything?

[07:18:11] Here's the spot. No, there's a man close right around this corner.

[07:18:15] He's made this damage back the other way.

[07:18:16] Is he ready for the dualies that have closed in in the downtime?

[07:18:20] Good trade for Fuzi. Yabbi's unaccounted for it.

[07:18:22] You don't know where this guy is, but he's just played his hand.

[07:18:25] Kill followed up. Fuzi with the crossfire, and it comes down to this.

[07:18:28] Wachsic in the clutch, time low, time expires, try as you might. There's no winning this one for Wachsic.

[07:18:37] First pistol round for Astralis and it's the most important one.

[07:18:41] I've been waiting all serious to say that back in the online stage out of 11-1 pistols

[07:18:46] they didn't lose to a single force by. They converted every single one. That even held up

[07:18:51] against Spirit with the exception of a single anti-eco winning three out of four conversions.

[07:18:57] He's going in and down at Harry.

[07:18:59] So now, what I'm saying is, the comeback is on!

[07:19:01] He's jinxed them.

[07:19:03] It's gonna happen here, of course.

[07:19:05] Force Y comes up.

[07:19:07] There's even an M4 on Wokseq.

[07:19:13] M4 and four SMGs.

[07:19:17] It's a Strys, Brake Streaks, let's see if we can...

[07:19:19] Harry, it says we fought back, we made them sweat, they started to make mistakes.

[07:19:23] Alright.

[07:19:25] That's what Raga said.

[07:19:27] He's in charge of the strollers.

[07:19:29] Thank you. Thank you so much.

[07:19:36] You're playing right now.

[07:19:38] Oh, for real? I haven't seen these guys since new.

[07:19:42] Alright.

[07:19:44] It's a one-man game, but there is this force.

[07:19:46] I would say they're putting some pressure towards the B bomb site going right back into A,

[07:19:50] so a timing call from Hook C.

[07:19:52] That's the weak spot in the defense. They just need to trade these CT defenders.

[07:19:58] Uh oh.

[07:19:59] Wixie playing it through on Long has given away the advantage.

[07:20:02] Soulfly punished on the swing. Sane can be stepped as Antares.

[07:20:05] Important double out of Fuzi.

[07:20:08] I think they've done it.

[07:20:10] I think they...

[07:20:16] Divis!

[07:20:17] Yes, yes, yes!

[07:20:22] Since we have two SMGs in a handful for the next round.

[07:20:25] I guess I could force again.

[07:20:26] No, what they're gonna do is they're gonna boost,

[07:20:28] box it, to get the kill over the smoke, right?

[07:20:31] That's gonna be the two players there,

[07:20:33] three players towards B again in case,

[07:20:35] Trasna something crazy and wants to, you know,

[07:20:37] push through a smoke because they're thinking

[07:20:39] that just one player blocking them on B,

[07:20:41] but instead it's everyone there with MP9s.

[07:20:44] Sounds like you've been here before.

[07:20:46] Oh yeah, Inferno.

[07:20:49] Old friends.

[07:20:53] Who's he trying to carry them over the line here?

[07:20:56] Can we just get some consistency with this damn C4?

[07:21:00] Like you can survive in Pit on Inferno, but...

[07:21:03] Bombs plants on B, thus too, I'm dead on Cat.

[07:21:06] How?

[07:21:07] Make it make sense.

[07:21:09] Chad, if you're watching, can you message Rao about this as well, please?

[07:21:13] Just whisper an area, let's go and fix this one small thing.

[07:21:18] I'm happy we got the graveyard chain, but how about the bomb radius?

[07:21:21] Alright, as well as not out of the woods yet, until some upgraded pistols, smokes.

[07:21:30] You need to be careful in this round too.

[07:21:34] They play these SMGs over towards B. Along with the rifle, pull the guns in at the B site.

[07:21:44] No aggressive move to try and open up, it almost feels like maybe a bit of a bait-and-switch

[07:21:47] for Woxy.

[07:21:48] He's passing out towards Dark, and actually no, he's just fighting this.

[07:21:54] Well, let's try this, give Aurora what they want.

[07:22:00] It's a gamble to open things up.

[07:22:02] Surely they're not going to commit. There's two players holding extremities right now.

[07:22:06] More support before they go all in.

[07:22:09] You tell misses.

[07:22:13] They're going in slightly much faith in this. Execute to Astralis, walk it back.

[07:22:19] Aurora, stay stacked.

[07:22:25] These two A-Defenders haven't been pressured whatsoever.

[07:22:28] Yeah, they still won't have a smoke. Soulfly uses his now

[07:22:32] Because it's been a little bit quiet on the map, but some Taris can still block late

[07:22:38] Hooks is going to scout B, but as soon as he has contact they're gonna go A

[07:22:46] I'm gonna trade him as well. Taris just left with the only other bit of blocking util and now Soulfly here's them closing in

[07:22:53] There's 20 seconds on this play, but it's one man with a 5-7. I'm gonna be able to find a thing

[07:22:58] Now S.O.F.L.A. having troubles and this map didn't feel like a problem at 6-2 and he was 0-6 just in the pack.

[07:23:06] Well, Astralis was saving guns, but now that he's the pit player, as much as Ryu was having trouble as well,

[07:23:13] he might continue to intend going to need him on this defense if Aurora are going to map this finishing CT side.

[07:23:21] Let's give my boy one gun round at least before we start piling on him.

[07:23:28] Comparing him to Ryu.

[07:23:30] Yeah, you're right. Ryu has tripled his kills.

[07:23:35] Let's see after a couple of rounds on the CT side. I believe in Soulfly.

[07:23:45] But as far as now in the lead.

[07:23:51] Why is he considering this felt like it was gonna be back-to-back dominance for Marora, right?

[07:23:55] they were in a really solid position at one point in time that's now been conceded and on 12 comes a year fast

[07:24:05] But very good because with the offering you're still saying what you can do like if we do this all game it would be so smooth

[07:24:13] Like him over here and out of Hootzy today. Yes come in with a very positive mindset

[07:24:20] Trying to roll through fear

[07:24:22] through praise

[07:24:24] And all right stare there with an opening Zantara is on the receiving end of this banana tape

[07:24:30] Well, she was meant to bail you out, but we can't you can't find anything from it

[07:24:35] Again you open the magic

[07:24:37] He's got another hero play up his sleeve. He actually hangs around you weren't ready for that Ryu

[07:24:43] Magus double leaves his strahlis in hot water and as they change their mind last minute try and get away from this B site

[07:24:49] They're playing right into the hands of Aurora last open apps

[07:24:52] So I take the attention away, left blind, walks signal, fires off, can't secure the double.

[07:24:59] Going to come down to a clutch, 1v1, Yabbi versus Madge.

[07:25:04] Astralis with a lead to maintain.

[07:25:10] Madge is silent on the approach.

[07:25:12] Is it really going to come down?

[07:25:19] The old captain of Aurora having a clutch up.

[07:25:23] Yabbi tries his hand at the plant.

[07:25:26] Madjah does not cool his bluff.

[07:25:27] He comes straight through looking for the fight.

[07:25:30] Yabbi now pinned in.

[07:25:31] This one decided on that swing and Yabbi delivers.

[07:25:35] Lead grows.

[07:25:37] And that's a crushing blow dealt the way of Aurora.

[07:25:42] Oh, well, not a great a-hold there for Aurora.

[07:25:46] There's a Stralis run-back.

[07:25:47] Magi did everything he needed to do trying to pump the boys back up

[07:25:50] because he is putting on what a hell of a show,

[07:25:53] topping the charts right now.

[07:25:55] Top of the server is the in-game leader.

[07:26:00] Sends him right back into the double setup.

[07:26:01] And Yabbi makes quick work of it in the clutch.

[07:26:05] No!

[07:26:06] No!

[07:26:07] No!

[07:26:08] No!

[07:26:09] And Soulfly really struggling on this Inferno.

[07:26:11] Come on, give him one more gun round here, okay?

[07:26:14] I think all of that sort of shouting is at Soulfly to hype him up, to tell him, you know,

[07:26:20] like, feel free, keep talking, keep, you know, reacting.

[07:26:24] Even on the minimap, you know, as Major is, all that is going on, it seems like someone

[07:26:29] was calling him like, hey, go to B, like, start leaning towards B, then starts going back.

[07:26:34] And the gap is widening.

[07:26:41] It can't be hard for a player like that in this environment, right, getting microed.

[07:26:47] Big pressure game.

[07:26:48] Feeling like you're not getting to play how you want in this moment.

[07:26:55] There is a bit more wiggle room here for Aurora.

[07:27:01] I find that comforts. Will it

[07:27:08] be another regrettable playoff

[07:27:09] appearance here for Aurora?

[07:27:15] Decision to rotate out. It's been

[07:27:17] too quiet. There's the spot, at

[07:27:19] least, for Wakadia. That will

[07:27:20] bring back these A players in

[07:27:21] time. Up over towards Arch,

[07:27:23] Woxxix dodged them, hangs around

[07:27:25] to try and fight with Zantara as

[07:27:27] they will make it work. SMG

[07:27:29] can't get away. You're looking at

[07:27:30] Can it soul fly again? Big position, but can't find anything.

[07:27:34] I just knew right, that's the name play counter strike.

[07:27:37] He's alive, they're gonna clear pit, and the strikers just go running.

[07:27:41] Finishing the job. Three kills a day, they know there's one more.

[07:27:45] They have some real speed now.

[07:27:50] Time running out for Aurora if they do want to save themselves here.

[07:28:00] It's their final timeout as well, and this is exactly the sort of a round where Hooksy loves to change the pace

[07:28:07] You know, maybe some fast they hit maybe

[07:28:10] Throwing that top mid smoke and popping through it

[07:28:15] Even more so because there's a timeout so the CTs are coming up with something and you just

[07:28:20] Break their plan really

[07:28:23] By doing that

[07:28:25] That's what he's saying.

[07:28:29] And honestly, this half-buy was a pretty big investment from Aurora, because the Tyres

[07:28:33] only has a smoke and an M4.

[07:28:36] They don't have a single kit.

[07:28:38] Good shit, Yabba.

[07:28:39] Nice one.

[07:28:40] I have to beat down 5-0 in the second half.

[07:28:42] This isn't great.

[07:28:45] Economy management from the side of Aurora.

[07:28:47] I mean, I'm still playing four helmets.

[07:28:53] What a case for Astralis.

[07:28:56] I feel like it would have been worth conceding one just to get a little bit more.

[07:29:02] Oxics orb in play.

[07:29:07] Didn't run it once on T-side, didn't feel the need to.

[07:29:11] Never picked up Fuzis.

[07:29:13] Fuzis got his now.

[07:29:18] I'm looking for that short pick.

[07:29:22] Position trade, Zhentarov is on long.

[07:29:32] This smoke really puts the fear in a roar but Zhentarov responds with one more on corner.

[07:29:37] So Astralis will not walk into the CT spawn.

[07:29:45] This is looking more and more like an A-split through long from Astralis with Fuzi holding short for a reaction

[07:29:51] reaction but there's four defenders actually no just three defenders from

[07:29:54] Aurora mistake what's what's it got nice you get the info on that tag on a

[07:30:02] yabby and there you go what's it can Zantara is striking time and they lose

[07:30:05] soul fly out in the apartments now it falls to Zantara is to try and shore

[07:30:09] up the defense keep it on the spillover what sick in him trade places and that

[07:30:14] what's it got is hitting hard leaves it the chance on the no scope foosies the

[07:30:18] the guy to get cooking. Tap on the bomb time real low. Fusey needs a kill and he needs it quickly.

[07:30:24] If he is to stand a chance, that one just sailing past and his fate now sealed.

[07:30:31] Must win round if Aurora want to keep themselves in this semi-final and narrowly they'll hold on.

[07:30:36] A slither there for Fusey on to match it. That one more shot hitting could have been enough

[07:30:41] to set him up for the clutch. Three kills with the AWP and nothing to show for it.

[07:30:46] Dead right before time expiring, between the legs.

[07:30:56] Oh dear, Aurora just survived.

[07:31:00] That's why I've gone by a kit.

[07:31:03] I would have hit if he held on.

[07:31:09] Oh, Hoosy mad dash.

[07:31:11] Now in the top of the armor, look at the fight for this.

[07:31:13] Got an SMG to worry about, but what if you Hoosy?

[07:31:15] Hoocsy rips matches head off

[07:31:18] Yeah, even a follow-up tag

[07:31:20] So on the wound here is Antares. Oh, he's walking into them

[07:31:26] Huffing through them on this smoke bush

[07:31:31] Back through behind enemy lights and

[07:31:33] That could have been big two kills done his part in the round

[07:31:37] And it throws the straw this through a bit of a loop also bomb dropped out in top of middle

[07:31:41] Take the pace out of this go back and get it

[07:31:45] Double has kept the round alive for Aurora.

[07:31:53] I don't think you would expect the Orbs sat back at Coffins this entire round, so astronomers

[07:31:57] take that bomb and they're going to walk it back to Hoocsi's deep position.

[07:32:01] But I'm not sure about Wikipedia rotating over as well.

[07:32:06] That's a huge commitment and SoulFly 2 and 13 as the sole defender, but it seems like

[07:32:13] guest ride for this round. Only one smoke you imagine that's gonna go for CT so

[07:32:18] Woxic should be able to do a lot here but keep woxing with a smoke. That's a big

[07:32:25] problem. You're gonna get through this, you're gonna play right into the hands of

[07:32:28] the Woxicope, you see that in the feed? You're never ready for LaCardia!

[07:32:32] Out red. That is the highest risk position you could possibly play leaving

[07:32:39] self-flight alone with the game he's had. You always wonder if that's even part of

[07:32:44] why Astralis make that decision, you know the idea like this guy is struggling

[07:32:47] so much there's no way they leave it to him that is a wild move for Aurora to

[07:32:52] make and it works out perfectly. Huge double for Xantaras as well considering

[07:32:59] how he walks you to smoke twice there in middle to get behind them. A 4v5 picked

[07:33:06] picked up by Aurora and Astralis, money disappears.

[07:33:10] Look, we all remember Nuke, we all remember how it was.

[07:33:13] Aurora were able to get into a number of advantageous positions, but they lose out

[07:33:16] at 11-11 to the pistols.

[07:33:19] They're in a similar spot now, staring down the face of a comeback.

[07:33:22] You don't want this round to get away from you.

[07:33:24] Oh, LeCardia, crazy sequence, bit of help from his captain, and no worries up against

[07:33:30] this partial by Yabi Digo.

[07:33:34] Not a bad way to start this one off.

[07:33:39] How many more does he have in the tank?

[07:33:41] Yavi didn't cross.

[07:33:43] Tag comes in, that Woxycore brings him down low.

[07:33:46] Mades could end the round.

[07:33:51] This is part material, but round win is a different question.

[07:33:57] He's going to run it all the way back.

[07:33:59] They're all late on the B side right now, right?

[07:34:01] down over towards CT and Coffins, no one's moving a muscle. Yabbi will have a bomb plant.

[07:34:08] Got me 13 health on a deagle.

[07:34:12] I'll take that victory. It should be the end of the line.

[07:34:16] I've seen Yabbi's deagle do some crazy things.

[07:34:21] He's not playing in advanced position.

[07:34:24] He's a headshot angle. Relying on the headshots with this deagle.

[07:34:28] Keep your guns out boys. Lots of nades.

[07:34:31] I want to get core fiddling with them.

[07:34:33] I had the chance to a low HP Abbey.

[07:34:36] This is meant to be a free round.

[07:34:38] And there's the clear.

[07:34:40] Midair from Woxic.

[07:34:43] Bomb plant is the only victory they'll get.

[07:34:45] A bit of extra cash here at 10-10.

[07:34:50] It allows an AWP if you want to go for it.

[07:34:52] Fusigo straight for the rifle though.

[07:34:55] Here they prefer more on this T side.

[07:35:01] And so they have everything, all the nades.

[07:35:03] But an even game down the stretch, despite five rounds

[07:35:06] to open up this half, and Paul Stroll is back into the lead.

[07:35:09] Aurora have continued to dig deep.

[07:35:10] And I think, you know, even if they lose the series today,

[07:35:13] we've seen more tenacity from Aurora in these playoffs

[07:35:16] than we've ever seen in Arena Counter-Strike,

[07:35:20] in front of crowds.

[07:35:22] That comeback against Legacy who found 13 rounds straight.

[07:35:31] And here in this series today, dominating Rondas 2 after an ugly finish on Nuke.

[07:35:38] A map they very much should have won, I mean this could and should have been done in 2,

[07:35:41] but here we are, 10-10, Inferno decider, grand finals on the line.

[07:35:50] So during the 1v3 Harry, Yabbi, Fuzi was saying it's face magic, I still believe.

[07:36:01] Oh, they pass each other, Stare gets his, but shh!

[07:36:07] Oh, that's Wakadia! And then some!

[07:36:11] And he is just out of there. After that double kill, he knows you don't get better than that.

[07:36:17] Slinks away for the four on three.

[07:36:22] Your move, Astralis. It's them with money on the line.

[07:36:28] It's down where the lead to concede and there are a man down strapped for manpower here,

[07:36:33] but plenty of resources to launch a play, one man hold.

[07:36:37] It's only with Cardia at this B-side of the map, oh he missed a smoke, that's a disaster.

[07:36:43] And now they can't go and fight for this top banana, they can't stick themselves into the

[07:36:47] B-side, they have to go back to the drawing board, look somewhere else.

[07:36:53] Decided that it would take too much time maybe, just to go back and reclaim lost ground out

[07:36:57] on A, they feel like this is their only option.

[07:37:00] I just got more Nades from the spawn.

[07:37:01] He's going to bring them back to his B bomb site.

[07:37:03] So Rimaulie available as the smoke comes in here for Astralis

[07:37:06] are announcing it with an execute.

[07:37:09] And Loan, Wukadia burns.

[07:37:10] They might hear that take.

[07:37:11] He's trapped behind a Molotov, but he has room to move.

[07:37:15] You think the Molly's burned him out of position.

[07:37:17] Wukadia playing Joker, gets to swing out for a third.

[07:37:20] Madge leaves it all.

[07:37:22] Another Yabbi clutch.

[07:37:25] Second go at the attempt for Yabbi.

[07:37:30] Holes for a swing, but they don't give him anything.

[07:37:33] This time commitment to that bomb plant.

[07:37:35] Nate's rain in.

[07:37:36] Yabbi's going to fight through them.

[07:37:38] Can't line him up.

[07:37:39] Aurora into pole position.

[07:37:46] Starts with that crazy double out of Wiccardia,

[07:37:49] who has been in top form throughout this entire semifinal.

[07:37:55] I would be taking Maga now, that's saying something, given the game we were getting out of Maga earlier in this map.

[07:38:02] Still providing even one in his hold.

[07:38:07] We were cardio running wild, and Aurora, that one step closer, forcing Astralis' hand.

[07:38:12] It's round 22 and Astralis are putting everything in.

[07:38:15] I hate to be that guy, you know, Banana obviously hugely ports on Inferno and everything, but this A anchor guy is 2 in 13.

[07:38:23] How about you test him some of these rounds? I'm not saying don't go banana whatsoever, but end your rounds on A perhaps

[07:38:32] It's gone away by just riding shotgun

[07:38:39] Now Strauss haven't even tested it they haven't taken apartments in this T side

[07:38:44] And

[07:38:45] That's the thing he's been playing an apps been playing deep water as well. This is a fight up for the taking

[07:38:51] Stralis just don't know that, well they live to regret it.

[07:38:59] 2-13 in only his third match in front of a crowd, and Stralis look to go back to old

[07:39:10] familiar. Four rounds in a row, the Turkish side, even again to another one of these

[07:39:25] B plays. It's not after Stralis Santar as even with a mid clear and this is a big problem.

[07:39:32] It's freed up boxing to rotate one of the kind of criticisms of Astralis's CT half

[07:39:36] To open up this one was the lack of initiative, always flying blind.

[07:39:41] Well, Aurora haven't made that same mistake.

[07:39:43] Going back.

[07:39:43] And on a second last moment rotate out of Astralis, they switch things up.

[07:39:48] Zantara's alright, strap in, it's a big ask.

[07:39:51] The entire team bearing down upon him, but Zantara's hold on.

[07:39:56] Won't go down without a fight.

[07:39:59] And that big double kill has left Aurora in a strong position.

[07:40:02] 4v2 retake.

[07:40:04] Oh, there's one who's stuck.

[07:40:06] Looks like he doesn't see a thing.

[07:40:08] Yabbi out in the open.

[07:40:09] Vulnerable to the spam.

[07:40:11] What Stare's supposed to do.

[07:40:13] Surrounded and finished off.

[07:40:16] Aurora break him down.

[07:40:20] And here's the curse of Aurora.

[07:40:22] Gonna be broken.

[07:40:23] And while they've left Salfi alone in some rounds,

[07:40:26] this one is Zantaris.

[07:40:27] He's the guy hiding out in plain sight.

[07:40:29] Salfi rotating out.

[07:40:31] Astralis try and punish the bottom before

[07:40:33] and they go right back into the master.

[07:40:35] Honestly, the call is really good. They just don't execute well.

[07:40:38] They have a smoke that is being thrown for small pit way too late,

[07:40:41] and that's why the players coming in are a little bit paranoid.

[07:40:44] They're getting shot out from library as they're trying to clear these antires.

[07:40:51] That's just the pressure of a semi-final and playing on this stage.

[07:40:57] We're still a new lineup in Astralis.

[07:40:59] It's a shame too because, you know, Wubens,

[07:41:04] Pumbaa Fuzzi has been a little bit quiet,

[07:41:05] but come here on the third map, he's topping the charts,

[07:41:08] he's giving this game his all.

[07:41:10] Showing a clear statement of intent

[07:41:13] that he wants to be in those finals.

[07:41:17] It doesn't matter.

[07:41:22] So now a desperate grasp just to try and buy for overtime.

[07:41:27] time. It's been an aggression for Aurora. Hanging out at top banana and they run right

[07:41:34] by Wakadia. They minimise the damage. He only gets out with one. Again, Zantares keeps it

[07:41:39] active with this clear in middle. Huge kill out of Hoogsy. That's opened up the B site.

[07:41:50] It's all gone dark on this side of the map and so Aurora try and move ahead of this.

[07:41:54] Last time they left Zantares here, this time it is Solfly, 4-13 in the position to try

[07:42:01] and close this one.

[07:42:02] He's bottom of the board right now, the victory is right there, right within his reach.

[07:42:06] Can't quite finish the job, Yabbi's been left in so many of these clutches and come

[07:42:11] up short every time.

[07:42:12] Nate is big from downtown.

[07:42:15] It's Zantares, Aurora into the finals.

[07:42:21] The rematch from season 20, they'll face Na'Vi, 18 months down the line, Aurora breaking through stage curses, showing up in front of crowds, not just come back to be legacy, but redemption here in this best of three after a horrible nuke,

[07:42:37] release a finale of it, they dominate Dust2, they clinch out Inferno, they send Astralis home on home soil.

[07:42:44] We came into this with a big question about this Aurora squad right was that win over legacy?

[07:42:50] Was that kind of a breaking of the curse the idea that they fall down?

[07:42:54] It gets away from them in these playoff matches. They can't build themselves back up

[07:42:59] Well, they've shook that off here right nuke they lose it goes the distance the full 24 rounds

[07:43:05] And it gets away from them in the pistols, but they don't let that throw them off

[07:43:08] They keep their heads above water and now they hold them high a

[07:43:12] A final appearance secured for Aurora.

[07:43:16] You've got to get credit for that, right? He showed up in this series.

[07:43:20] He's had a couple of great games here in the ESL Pro League.

[07:43:23] Banging first half, the only guy performing at times for Aurora.

[07:43:27] LaCardia stepped up at the end and Xantar is a close with a couple of climactic rounds on that A-side.

[07:43:32] After that frustrating new, they came back with a vengeance.

[07:43:35] You could see, you know, the intention to bring the energy, hype each other up, right?

[07:43:40] keep cheering themselves on and even on Inferno towards the very end,

[07:43:44] Vox said giving it his all, I think he's lost his voice after those last few rounds

[07:43:49] and unfortunately Astralis towards the end running out of gas,

[07:43:52] losing their poise, losing their cool in some of these situations, right?

[07:43:56] But for a new roster that's kind of to be expected,

[07:44:01] they've had a great run here at the ESL,

[07:44:03] probably going to have one more game tomorrow against Puth in the third place this either.

[07:44:07] Yeah, about to be a banger though. I mean, they took down Furia to get here and they took down Spirit on the stage.

[07:44:12] You've got to respect it. You also got to respect Magus. So let's hear from him on the Aurora side on the stage.

[07:44:18] Let's hear from this Aurora captain. This place going bonkers for you guys.

[07:44:23] Wow, Major. Quite the show you put on today.

[07:44:26] Thank you very much for the fun. It was amazing. Today it's a win, but we have the fan tomorrow. We need to focus on that.

[07:44:33] Talk to me about keeping Astralis out of these pistols. How much did that help you guys going forward?

[07:44:37] It's 6-0 pistol or what?

[07:44:39] I think it was like 5-1. I think they got that very last one.

[07:44:42] Yeah, I had a good read on this to CT. When I pushed long, I knew there would be speed.

[07:44:47] But generally, we did a good plan with my coach and we was well prepared.

[07:44:51] You guys like to keep Yavi in the clutch, but ultimately kept the pressure here on Astralis.

[07:44:56] If I'm just looking at this overall for you in Aurora, you play so much Counter-Strike.

[07:45:01] Do you ever feel like they're catching up to you? They're gonna get to you, but then then you guys pull over again

[07:45:06] Yeah, I think when we play Astralis, it's always close. Congrats to them. It's a really great team

[07:45:12] We feel that nuke we lost it

[07:45:14] But it was more like our mistakes that made ground on city side a lot of advantage situation

[07:45:19] But we didn't end it

[07:45:22] But after that a really good dust shoe and after that Inferno was very close

[07:45:27] And I'm very glad that we finished on the city side

[07:45:29] Yeah, definitely did there were some questions about soul fly and pit here on inferno

[07:45:34] We don't have to get into the nitty-gritty talk to me about pulling through on that one. It's a little rough out there sometimes

[07:45:39] Yeah, for a general for so far. It's new for him. You know being on stage, etc. So

[07:45:45] We try to be good teammate for him, but I'm very proud of him

[07:45:49] Even if individually he was not on the top today

[07:45:52] Tomorrow you will do it. It will be better

[07:45:55] Look the floor is yours anything you want to say for you play that grand final versus Navi

[07:45:58] Yeah, we have a revenge to take and the same tournament ESL Pro League. We lost it in Malta

[07:46:05] So we have a revenge to take

[07:46:08] Hopefully we can show good come to strike and thank you very much for all the fun and

[07:46:12] At home also for the chat. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Please. Oh, yeah, go there for my kids

[07:46:18] Yeah, they've nice London's they said you know, I love you

[07:46:22] Thank you. Thank you very much. No, no, no, no, no, definitely don't do that one

[07:46:28] the last time we saw a best of

[07:46:33] five going down between these

[07:46:34] two cores of Aurora and of course,

[07:46:36] Navi and the first time we get to

[07:46:38] see Aurora back in the grand

[07:46:39] finals since P. Joe Bucharest at

[07:46:40] the end of what was it?

[07:46:42] November 2025, so it's great to

[07:46:44] see the Turks back in form and

[07:46:46] back.

[07:46:47] Does anything depict better how

[07:46:49] rarely they win in playoffs than

[07:46:51] this moment?

[07:46:52] He's not sure what's camera to

[07:46:54] sign.

[07:46:55] Oh yeah, why don't we support you?

[07:46:57] Ruin as well as his dreams and about to ruin a $50,000 camera, whatever it is.

[07:47:02] It's expensive.

[07:47:04] Yeah, I mean, a great, great game out of Aurora coming back and then being able to recover this inferno.

[07:47:09] I mean, a lovely job.

[07:47:10] I mean, we had some zantars today in this series.

[07:47:13] I think, you know, Aurora's got to be very pleased with how this actually played out,

[07:47:16] because there were a few moments in this that felt like they could have capitulated and given into the stress.

[07:47:20] Yeah.

[07:47:21] First map especially, you know, United we were just talking about at the end of the cast,

[07:47:24] and the fact that they did pull themselves up.

[07:47:26] Coming back into the dust too, such a strong win, walks it in particular, yeah.

[07:47:30] It was definitely just screaming, yelling, rips off the headset as soon as they went as well.

[07:47:34] You can see how much it means for Roar to actually make it into the finals, didn't choke in the playoffs.

[07:47:38] We have Major in his last interview in the group stages, he's been saying, you know,

[07:47:42] what's your expectations for the playoffs?

[07:47:43] He said, oh, we're just going to lose the first game, we're going to do as usual.

[07:47:47] But obviously getting into the finals, a massive accomplishment against Novi,

[07:47:51] I think we've actually ended up with a really good final.

[07:47:53] Yeah, it's going to be really exciting.

[07:47:54] One shout out to Kadia in that last half as well.

[07:47:57] Great to see him really coming to life too.

[07:47:59] Pissed around Modster, I guess, apparently.

[07:48:01] He's beasted on Inferno.

[07:48:02] Yeah, it's tough.

[07:48:03] You could see, I mean, it's obviously

[07:48:05] going to be devastating losing the semi-finals.

[07:48:06] But the Astralis team with this roster

[07:48:08] that's kind of come together, I mean,

[07:48:10] you have to think that this is a great run from them

[07:48:13] with a good upset over Team Spirit

[07:48:14] to get to this point at this stage in the team's lifespan

[07:48:16] and showing us a little bit of potential for this roster

[07:48:19] of what can come for the future.

[07:48:21] Yeah, the fact that Hoxie's brought this team together, you know, these are players that

[07:48:24] Ryu, you know, people aren't super hyped about him, but they brought him into the team.

[07:48:28] Fozzie has got an opportunity after Wildcar, gonna be picked up for Astralis, so Astralis

[07:48:33] going in a different direction, certainly a couple of risks with it, but it's really

[07:48:36] impressive the level that Hoxie can get the team to already.

[07:48:39] I'm not gonna treat it in the same vein as Furt.

[07:48:41] I'm not gonna lie, I was trying to, a different tone in terms of that exit, but this is kind

[07:48:46] of feeling like a new dawn for Astralis, right?

[07:48:48] don't have anywhere quite literally they're bringing an international squad of course we've

[07:48:52] always been talking about that but I feel like there is a new identity for them as well yeah

[07:48:57] and something I'm kind of excited to get behind. Yeah absolutely and you know it's going to be hard

[07:49:02] to find consistency very early on right and this team is going to need some time because your play

[07:49:07] book is also limited right so once you do some of the things that you practice and and you show

[07:49:13] some of the stuff that you have and people start countering it where there's not too much left in

[07:49:17] the tank right then you need to start improvising and I think that's what they

[07:49:21] did for example towards the end of inferno I don't think that those were

[07:49:24] set things that they have they had to improvise because the things weren't

[07:49:27] really working and the ideas were good just the execution wasn't there you

[07:49:31] know a couple of those late a hits like there was only one or two players there

[07:49:35] but they're just fumbled a bit with some of the utility that they used or they

[07:49:40] weren't able to get the trade kills wouldn't they weren't able to get the

[07:49:43] clutches either down the stretch so with time I think they'll improve in all of

[07:49:48] those areas. Yeah I think I mean that was something I noticed as well the

[07:49:51] utility because yesterday was such a talking point during the game against

[07:49:54] Spirit where it just seemed so perfect on point today. A little bit, a little bit

[07:49:57] not so, a little bit lackluster. We heard weird hooksy kind of even talking about

[07:50:00] it in that little listening as well like hey guys if we keep communicating about

[07:50:03] what utility we have available and what we can use to help each other this is

[07:50:06] gonna go smoothly so you can see him like trying to like hit the utility angle

[07:50:09] being like that's a critical part of this game we're gonna need it to win. A

[07:50:12] A couple of critical rounds are at the end as well, saved by the lices on Taras and the A-Sone with the straws.

[07:50:16] He's the only player in the bomb site, in fact he gets a double round.

[07:50:19] All the round where he's hiding in the smoke, that's a 4v5 in a reset round where he's able to get two guys,

[07:50:25] Seabird, the C4 is as well.

[07:50:28] Orbit cardio, walk it down banana and somehow getting the second kill as he's backtracking.

[07:50:32] It was just a lot of individual moments, that's where Ziaf and Roy took him over the line.

[07:50:36] Of course the straws, they all are going to be paying for it, enough for the fourth place to decide it going down tomorrow.

[07:50:41] but let's get some final stats from them after their exit versus Aurora.

[07:50:48] We're gonna talk to Hooksy in this moment as Astralis are eliminated here

[07:50:51] and what was that knockdown drag out series.

[07:50:53] Let's talk about those pistols, Hooksy, where'd they go?

[07:50:56] I don't know, man. I think they had some good reads.

[07:51:00] It felt like, but...

[07:51:01] I mean, in the end, we won one of the maps, we won both pistols,

[07:51:05] so it was not that bad.

[07:51:06] We have an even affair on Fennel, and we just need to close out some more rounds.

[07:51:11] I think we just did some bad trading in the con rounds, and that was mainly the problem.

[07:51:16] And they gave you guys a pretty good beat in there on Dust2, unfortunately.

[07:51:20] So you take that, you keep going in the series.

[07:51:23] What do you guys take from that?

[07:51:24] I mean, that's a tough hill to go back up with.

[07:51:27] I mean, it's tough, I think we haven't tried before.

[07:51:30] after this, I like that I'm understanding right now. It's not like it's anything new.

[07:51:36] I honestly don't know what went wrong. I feel like I was just sitting on long and then

[07:51:40] I mean it just felt like they got a lot of entries and yeah, not really sure exactly what happened.

[07:51:46] Was there ever a thought in your guys' mind here on Inferno to sort of pressure

[07:51:49] a pit where SoulFly is playing? Was there ever any thought to maybe put more pressure towards that A side?

[07:51:54] No, not really. I think the whole team struggles with pressure, so it's not really

[07:51:57] there's something about Sulfire, I think. I was just thinking when we got up I think

[07:52:03] 10-7 or something that we actually had the games in our hand and I think it was

[07:52:07] just some very close rounds where like one trade would change the outcome. So I

[07:52:12] mean, credit to them for also playing well under pressure.

[07:52:17] Javi, a ton of clutch opportunities, a ton of positions where he's one V1 the

[07:52:21] world, right? So I'm looking at Fuzi though that 1-V2 with him at

[07:52:25] off or with the op at arch and you know it just barely misses a sliver there tell

[07:52:30] me what you're thinking in that moment I mean I could never blame a player for

[07:52:34] not winning a clutch and I think on a different day there's some individuals

[07:52:38] that will show up and and win that round and then maybe the game looks different

[07:52:42] but in the end I think it's more about as I said a few times now I think it's

[07:52:46] the trading before that that could have made it to an extra next situation

[07:52:49] instead of a clutch, which is what didn't go away.

[07:52:53] Hey, we'll do this.

[07:52:55] You guys have quite a few fans here.

[07:52:57] So you want to say anything on behalf of yourself, Charles?

[07:53:00] I mean, we still have a game to go,

[07:53:01] so play for the bronze medals.

[07:53:03] So I mean, I hope you will cheer up and cheer again.

[07:53:05] And yeah, I hope that we have made you somewhat proud

[07:53:09] and you can see the progress.

[07:53:10] And we definitely believe that we will do better and better.

[07:53:15] And he's still the giga-chad.

[07:53:16] So thank you very much, Oxy.

[07:53:18] Thank you. Yeah credit to Xeva giving us a few sound words after that one

[07:53:22] I don't think we're gonna treat a straw list in the same vein as we are obviously doing with a mouse or a spirit kind of result from this

[07:53:27] Tournament, but how do you frame this result in terms of the kind of the next six months that we're gonna be looking at for a straw

[07:53:34] list

[07:53:34] I think definitely exceeded expectations

[07:53:36] I think they

[07:53:37] Did a lot for there and not major qualification

[07:53:40] But just potentially starting at later stages and also moving up in the rankings so they get more and more invites

[07:53:46] it's tier one counter strike, which is what they will absolutely need.

[07:53:49] They just need opportunities to play against other really strong teams,

[07:53:55] so they know what they need to improve on, so they see where they're headed

[07:53:59] and that they can just keep getting better and better.

[07:54:01] Of course, that does tier Aurora versus Na'Vi tomorrow in the grand final.

[07:54:05] Of course, that's trust, but third-force place to CIDR.

[07:54:09] But before we get into that, we, of course, are going to be doing

[07:54:11] some more of the DHL mail back.

[07:54:13] So make sure you send some mail in to us.

[07:54:15] It's a little mail bag at efg.gg.

[07:54:18] Jason, what would you like to see?

[07:54:20] Because we've had a lot of people saying,

[07:54:21] no, don't send in this, don't send in that.

[07:54:22] No, we haven't had actual requests.

[07:54:24] What do you want?

[07:54:25] Oh, what do I want to see in the mail bag?

[07:54:27] I'd like to see a well thought out letter

[07:54:31] about who they think is gonna win the Grand Finals.

[07:54:34] That's what I want to see.

[07:54:35] Persuasive essay?

[07:54:36] Yeah, persuasive essay would be great.

[07:54:37] Presentation of PowerPoint maybe would be nice.

[07:54:39] You know, if you go above and beyond in that way,

[07:54:40] but there's some kind of breakdown

[07:54:42] about who's gonna win the Grand Finals.

[07:54:43] I'm just gonna ask for like, I don't know, cat pictures.

[07:54:46] No, that works.

[07:54:46] No, I want the detail.

[07:54:47] I want the work to be put in, you know?

[07:54:49] I thought you were gonna say how to save

[07:54:51] North American counter strike.

[07:54:53] Look, we all know nobody knows how to do that.

[07:54:55] We need all DAIs.

[07:54:57] Depending on that.

[07:54:58] Even that might not be able to figure it out.

[07:55:01] All of them.

[07:55:01] We need the task force.

[07:55:03] Well, I know what we do need to get on.

[07:55:05] That is, check it in.

[07:55:06] We'll have DHL MVP.

[07:55:08] Who will be the DHL MVP?

[07:55:11] you decide. You can participate in the DHL MVP vote as it happens. Make sure to be tuned

[07:55:18] into the Twitch stream and be ready to have your say.

[07:55:25] Three choices to be using your well-earned Twitch channel points on, so choose wisely.

[07:55:30] WoxicDinco, very tempting first option.

[07:55:33] Absolutely. This guy is the X factor at times. When he's playing very well, he can actually

[07:55:37] just take over the server with his AWP.

[07:55:39] I mean, he was definitely showing some of those moments today.

[07:55:42] I think a very important recovery from him emotionally,

[07:55:45] coming into Dust 2.

[07:55:46] And he stepped up not only inside of the server,

[07:55:49] but obviously outside of it as well.

[07:55:50] So getting the back into it mentally,

[07:55:52] and I was glad to see Walkzik stay in the game.

[07:55:54] Yeah, it was too, as well.

[07:55:55] Taking a little bit of a leadership figure,

[07:55:57] it feels like, within that team.

[07:55:58] Waccadia, the next one might be an easy one to point out,

[07:56:00] as well.

[07:56:01] 57 kills, 36 deaths across the series, 93 ADR.

[07:56:04] Absolute beast, doing a great job holding onto

[07:56:07] his positions, excellent and pistol rounds throughout the series which Aurora just completely

[07:56:10] steamrolled the Stralis in that part of the game, will caught you a big part of it and

[07:56:14] just start to finish this guy delivered every single map of the series to get his team into

[07:56:18] the Grand Finals.

[07:56:19] And can there really be an MVP conversation in an Aurora game without mentioning Ismael

[07:56:26] Khan, Torth Kardesh, aka Xantares, at the very end of Inferno on that CT scan really

[07:56:33] did a lot.

[07:56:34] I kind of landed it. What the hell?

[07:56:37] You're telling him the mugs and tires is for sure based on all these years?

[07:56:42] I was like, what's he saying? What kind of a fuck is he talking about right now?

[07:56:47] Absolutely.

[07:56:48] He lost his mind.

[07:56:49] Yeah, it's late in the day. But yeah, as on Tars, we started the series by saying we'd love to have him.

[07:56:53] Might not be necessary. I think he was necessary at the end of the day and delivers very well,

[07:56:57] especially in Inferno down the stretch. That double kill, the play through the smoke,

[07:57:00] just impactful rounds in the final deciding map.

[07:57:03] Lovely stuff. I don't know any of you guys at home.

[07:57:05] Yeah, for members name for now on.

[07:57:07] This is the bracket and this is what is set up for us tomorrow.

[07:57:11] This is unexpected, maybe not for you Jason, but for me, very unexpected.

[07:57:17] Extremely unexpected for me as well. I mean Aurora Navi in the finals, pretty crazy when you think about the path to get here,

[07:57:23] some of the teams that have been missing from the playoffs, but really cool.

[07:57:25] When you think about Hugo mentioned it, it's a rematch of the ESL Pro League season 20 grand finals,

[07:57:29] was eternal fire at the time versus Navi. That was a grindy battle for the banger.

[07:57:33] Yeah, it was an absolutely bangable final. And I think what four players in each team

[07:57:37] are still exactly the same. So we might be lined up for another banger. And then obviously

[07:57:40] the third place decider is that matchup we all know and love. We can't stay away from

[07:57:45] this about what happens to Fitzburgs with that whole situation in terms of this as well,

[07:57:50] I guess, but it played four times this year. Yeah, that's this year. It played twice in

[07:57:55] this event. This is really good for Astralis because it's a very good matchup. It's a

[07:57:58] for Astralis because they'll have no time to prep for this game anyway, but they played

[07:58:01] each other so many times that they already know everything.

[07:58:04] Yeah, you probably won't stay up till five in the morning on this one.

[07:58:07] You can just rock up and play.

[07:58:09] Those games are already crazy, but now you play each other, it's the fifth time you'll

[07:58:12] play each other.

[07:58:13] All the strap hooks out the window, it's going to be wild.

[07:58:14] It's going to be fun.

[07:58:15] And it's one of the few places, few times where the third place decided to actually

[07:58:18] mean something for the teams, right?

[07:58:20] Because they can't neglect how many more points they can get in VRS and all that kind of stuff.

[07:58:27] We might see them try this time. I just want to say thank you once again for joining us up here

[07:58:32] You have been obviously a commentator you've been an interviewer in your time. You've now been an analyst

[07:58:39] Close out the day. All right, I'll try I'll give it a go

[07:58:42] Oh, well, thank you for very much for joining us here the semi-final day DSL pro league season closer

[07:58:46] It's been a fantastic day another day of our strike

[07:58:49] We've got our finalists Aurora and Navi and we are going to have a great grand final tomorrow

[07:58:54] So thank you very much stalker one more time. We'll see you guys tomorrow for the last day of ESL Pro League season 23

[07:59:01] Excellent PSA

[07:59:24] I can't stop it. I'm not in this world. I'm like a rocky aggression. We talked about

[07:59:34] This is from nice

[07:59:54] Yeah, it's Andy Sanchez standing his ground, standing his ground.

[07:59:59] Stop!

[08:00:00] Hey!

[08:00:01] It's just from McCarthy!

[08:00:02] Enough of the long side!

[08:00:04] You still have action on Krobeni!

[08:00:06] He breaks it down as well, McCarthy, giving everything for that B-Krobeni versus McCarthy!

[08:00:11] No!

[08:00:12] No!

[08:00:13] No!

[08:00:14] It's a good thing, so...

[08:00:16] Oh, my God!

[08:00:17] Get him, get another!

[08:00:18] It looks like it's a good show!

[08:00:20] Betty!

[08:00:21] Betty!

[08:00:23] We have no business, it's a multi-view.

[08:00:26] Oh, no, this is it!

[08:00:28] It's going to be his!

[08:00:30] Oh, he's eating the cake!

[08:00:32] He's eating the cake!

[08:00:33] What the fuck are you doing?

[08:00:36] God damn it!

[08:00:43] How you doing?

[08:00:45] It's a bloody disaster.

[08:00:47] It is a disaster right now, man.

[08:00:50] I'm freaking out.

[08:00:51] I don't know what I'm gonna do.

[08:00:53] Hey you guys, do you know who you got in this game or?

[08:01:06] I mean we're always gonna shit fuck you, right?

[08:01:09] I think I'd have to step up here for Astralis, battled into this one on the back foot throughout

[08:01:17] with this Hootsie habit in him, there's no line up!

[08:01:23] They don't have to shoot to win when they play this shit.

[08:01:25] No, I'm not going to win, I'm going to win!

[08:01:27] Look at that!

[08:01:33] Oh, of course. They're at even the death slam.

[08:01:36] Cover there.

[08:01:37] My Umi is feasting!

[08:01:43] He tries to turn to the plant.

[08:01:44] Majette is not cool as lucky.

[08:01:46] He comes straight through looking for the fight.

[08:01:48] Yabi now pinned in.

[08:01:49] This one decided on that swing!

[08:01:51] Look at that, look at that!

[08:01:53] Nice job all!

[08:01:59] Nate is big from downtown!

[08:02:02] It's the Towers!

[08:02:04] Aurora into the finals!

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[08:02:39] and Chats

[08:02:47] Herotera, let's do this

[08:02:56] And that's what I am!

[08:02:59] That is a beam!

[08:03:04] Window nose, go from center!

[08:03:07] Away! It's a path to death!

[08:03:10] This is gunfire! This is madness!

[08:03:26] When I was 11, they said that I can be one of the best players in the world.

[08:03:51] I chose to go full CS, just the sacrifice that I wanted to make to become the best.

[08:03:55] The biggest reason that I grind the face was because I wanted to beat up.

[08:04:09] The best advice is that you need to love the game.

[08:04:11] In the end, I'm going to be a good player.

[08:05:55] I

[08:06:25] I

[08:06:55] See, I know I'm in some right direction

[08:06:59] Don't give me a proper reaction

[08:07:03] You got the ability

[08:07:06] And I know

[08:07:08] What I need

[08:07:10] You're everything I want

[08:07:14] You got everything I need

[08:07:18] Everything I want

[08:07:21] You got everything I need