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Are you going to school today?
If I tell you, I will be in big trouble.
And he starts, oh, play with me, please, Johnny.
Please do it.
I need you.
At least for the little number though, it's fine.
You put us on eliminated?
Hello, guys.
Sinners here.
There's the whole team.
I don't even know where to start.
Can I sit here in the middle and kind of like,
kind of like, hop up.
All right.
I will, this is lobby.
So we're just having fun, nothing too serious.
Yes. Finally, seniors are on the major. We think I have to ask you. I thought you're
cursed, honestly. I thought you're cursed.
I thought as well, actually. I thought as well. It's either me or Max's shock that
is cursed, so we are probably not, and we have some luck on our side after six years.
I actually did a little bit of a research, and you said that qualifying for this major
didn't feel too real, because you didn't qualify yourself. It was other team qualifying
you for that. So the emotions here are a little bit different, right? But right now you're
here in a cathedral of eSports, of Counter-Strike. What's the feeling right now? What's the emotions
like?
It felt a bit like I'm living a dream, you know, that it's not real. And as you said,
I said it as well, that it kind of felt like not deserved, but we felt like I would rather
you know, qualify on LMR or whatever and just enjoy the moment with the guys and you know also
the big guy here out there just qualified us. Shout out to Blame, he's just right there. Shout out to
the big guy. So I would rather you know fight it our way but you know it still feels like
until we play I will not believe it and whenever we start the first round I'll believe that I'm
I'm on the major, I'm actually playing.
This is pretty good mindset I think.
Kiserek, another hairstyle change, what happened?
I don't know, Sabakadvi.
Did he lose a bet?
No, I was sleeping Sabakadvi with the machine and...
Why did you do that?
I didn't do that.
So his head hitbox is smaller, so it doesn't get headshotted as much?
It wouldn't work on him anyways, so it doesn't matter actually.
But I think he said something, if he makes major he will do this haircut so he just stands
it for his words.
So he already believes that he is at the major, you will believe when the first game hits.
I will ask you as well, it's been a turbulent season, rocky season.
It's been on a good trajectory, but you started the season with playing open lands and then
suddenly an S tier event, A tier event, I am Atlanta, which by the way, you did not qualify
to.
You got there because someone else dropped out and now you're at the major.
So you have one taste of the full scene in a single season.
So what's up with that?
I mean, it's nice, of course.
And I'm happy to be the one that joined the team and broke the course for Senors, basically.
You're the lucky charm.
Yes, I'm the lucky charm.
Also, I was a bit cursed last year if people don't know, like I missed the major with two
rounds online.
It was again the big guy who I gave the major.
But also I was with Favre in the team and then Favre was with the big guy now and he
gave us the major so we are very cool.
Yes, we are really cool.
Yes, I'm hoping to be the third tournament in a row like last year so it's really nice.
I will ask you before, from the coach's perspective, what's the difference?
In terms of, or like biggest surprise when you come to these big events, when you have
to prep for these bigger teams? Is it exponentially harder? Is it somewhat similar? Maybe for some
people it's actually easier to spot patterns. So as a coach, can you elaborate a little bit on that?
How does your experience with Astir van works? I mean, it's definitely easier. Like, if you look
at these matches that are played like on Astir and the matches that are played like in these
online tournaments, it's completely like different thing. Here you can even feel the flow of the
matches, you have the preparation, you know who you are facing. Like it's much better,
like especially for me, the coaches. I will ask one last question, because this is actually
thought about this on the plane here. Because of these best of ones, openers, you don't know who
you're playing in the second round for a lot, and you therefore need to prep somewhat. I see,
I see analysts here as well with you. Do you use AI somehow in your, not necessarily for preparation,
but maybe in your, let's say, training routines or whether you need to determine something,
do you actually use this tool? Because it's been a buzzword for the past year or so.
I mean, a lot of industries is a buzzword, but for me, at least for now, I don't use it because
I feel like from what we have and the system we are using, we are fine with our own experience
and with our own thinking. But I see there's a huge possibility for it in the future,
like for these patterns and so on, I believe there is a use case.
Wow, this is not an answer I expected, but I thank you, sinners.
And I wish you good luck. First major for sinners, finally, another Czech organization is here,
and yeah, lovely to see you. Let's see if we can find someone else.
All right, I got you boys over here at the Pickham Wall. I want to know exactly what you guys think
is going to happen in the Stage 1, because it's always weird. It's always a little bit crazy.
So, 3-0 is an 0-3. I feel like the easiest place to start. Who do you guys think are going 3-0 and 0-3?
3-0. Let's put us. For sure. You kind of have to, don't you? For me, it can be
Bekbun or Gemurlijum. What do you think? Does the Bekbun stand in situation have anything
to change your mind? Yeah, bro. Might make him better though. I think we're gonna go with Gemurlijum.
Yeah, good. All right, cool.
Dang, there's your three O's. Now, this is the sad one, who's getting eliminated early,
the O and three barbecue. Yeah. Okay, bro, let's see.
We can put Thunder. Okay, yeah.
Now, bro, now it's hard. There's three North American teams in there, and I just, you know,
You guys would know better than I would.
Bro, to be honest, I think...
Bro, I never doubted between game gladiators and seniors, bro.
Yeah, for me, I put a game gladiator.
Okay, 0-3?
Yeah.
Dang.
Alright, I'm going to come over here on this side with you guys.
What's next?
Let's go with the teams you think are going to advance.
So the teams that are going to be, yeah, yeah, three of them put it's three. Yeah. Yeah, we can put that. Yeah. Beach. But wait, is, yeah, yeah, yes, yes, yes. We can put so it's six. Yeah, I think.
You're right.
I'm right.
You're right.
No, it's the same.
So I think big.
Have you guys practiced against big at all?
I think no.
OK, they're kind of a mystery team.
I got them going through as well.
I'm really curious.
I think I'm 80.
Oh, some respect for the North Americans.
Finally, we got there.
Kind of the North American mix.
You're right.
Yeah, I think you're right, sure.
And can you show me one?
I'm sorry, yeah.
Whoa, for me, I would put Tyler, but I don't know what you think, but I think
liquid, no.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Bro, it's hard.
It's a great debate going on right now.
This you guys are nailing it.
Okay.
Let's go with liquid.
Let's go on.
Let's take liquid.
Little bit more confidence in that.
Let's take liquid, baby.
All right.
So this is who you got.
This is what we got going through.
So then these guys are going to get eliminated at some point along the way.
FlyQuest, LinVision, Tyler was kind of a maybe. We'll put them down there for you. NRG, Sinners,
Sharks all gone. So you guys got No Faith in Game of Gladiators.
Not the return of the legends. It's not doing anything for you, not inspiring.
I think they played two matches and I don't think they showed the really game, but maybe now they
can show, but I think they didn't have a lot of intellectuals. So I don't know because they
change. Yeah. Okay, cool. I like it. Cheers, boys. Thank you for your time. Appreciate it.
Good luck this week. Hello, Netic. Are you going to school today? Yeah, we're off to school. Is it
a bus situation or? Yeah, we just came off the bus. So now we're ready to learn. This is school.
Yeah, this is our school. Are you doing the learning or the teaching?
Bit of both. Okay, that's nice. That's good for stage one. Are you fed up of hanging out with
with these boys yet in China?
Is it nice to actually not be in China with the team?
Yeah, of course.
The food or is it the people or what is it?
It's everything and these guys as well.
Okay, that's great.
All right, for the country of New Zealand,
can you just let the people at home know
that it is indeed different from Australia
and give them three reasons why?
I mean, yeah, one, it's a different country.
Two, it's a better country.
And three, yeah, it's-
Meat pies, right, meat pies.
Meat pies are better, there's a lot of things better.
Yeah, those are the, yeah.
All right, and okay, great.
Thank you, thank you.
Do you know about this bag here?
Do you know anything about this?
I know everything about it.
What's the go to bag?
I mean, it's multi-purpose.
I can demonstrate, would you like me to demonstrate?
I would love you, I would love you to demonstrate.
Okay, so you can just wheel it around first of all.
There's one side effect or downside of it
is you get bullied a bit, farming it.
Is it your bag?
It's my bag again, all my gear is in there.
I didn't pay it around the airport.
It is it's efficient doesn't so it turns into a backpack it rolls it has a handle it has everything
That's very look at this. So you get bullied for being a fish that efficient
Yeah, so
It's been going on for two years now, but so yeah, you've never lost your gear. Have you can't have it's not been broken
How's it not I never got a sore shoulder from carrying this shit around all day
So, okay. Well, it looks like you've been in the gym a bit mate. Have you been going with Justin or Aaron or who's been taking you on your own?
Yeah, I don't know, just going to the gym with whoever wants to go, really.
Alright, who's your favourite gym buddy?
Favourite gym buddy in the team?
Fuck, I couldn't tell you, I've been going with everyone.
Is it Mog?
Oh, the day Mog gets in the gym, fuck, that's the day pigs fly mate, that's all I have to say.
Okay, alright, so thanks for the fun questions.
Let me just scoot in here, I'm going to talk to Josh.
Hi Josh.
Hi mate.
So we get a couple questions, I have a checklist that I have to go through today.
today. I already know the answer but we'll ask for the people at home. Did you boot camp?
Yeah we boot camped in Switzerland, Logitech facility. Do you know how many days? Not exactly but
roughly? About 11. 11 days and then yeah. I won't ask how practice went because it doesn't really
matter does it? I'll ask how you're feeling about you know we're in Cologne, we're in the nice hotel,
the sun's shining, big event major, Pickham's, a lot of people putting you guys zero three,
form this year has been pretty rough around the edges.
What's what's the general feeling of the camp?
I mean, it's just nice to be back playing at one event, because obviously
we kind of fell out of the circuit a little bit.
Disappointed and lost in China, but we're looking forward to like
showing ourselves here and prove you have run real.
Okay, nice.
Do you later?
I'm going to do pickups with you guys.
Now, as the leader, you get to nominate two of your teammates.
Actually, no, it can't be you and it can't be Justin, because you guys
going to be doing social. So you can you can nominate even Aaron if you'd like.
So I get to pick two people. Yeah. Yep. You could. Yeah. I'll nominate Mog and Declan.
Okay. All right. Thank you, sir. All right. We're going to keep working down the line here.
Justin, we're next to a trash can. Is this to represent me when we play face it?
No, surely not. I did see you and Declan had one pop up on Limb's channel the other day.
Did you watch it back? Was it an ancient game? I think it was an ancient game,
But that's the the game before we crashed out a little bit on the next one. So so you won a game. They lost again
Yeah, we don't know where the next one. Okay, that's fine
Yeah, we'll look at happens boys it happens, okay, so
Just I don't really have anything fun to ask you. It's good. Good next person 20
Do you speak any Portuguese? I don't early, but he's pretty good at it. You can go talk to him. Okay. Let's just try
Obligato, yo
I'm sorry that you have to put up with these guys on a weekly, daily and hourly basis.
But is there a piece of Australian language that you've been able to pick up that isn't
going to get this video taken off YouTube that you feel that you're able to share with
the class?
Maccas.
Maccas, that's it.
Yeah.
We're doing sponsorships for the biggest fast food company in the world right now.
You got anything else for us?
Yeah, but they don't teach me anything.
Oh, maybe Reckon.
Reckon?
You know Reckon?
Yeah.
Reckon?
bad one. Yeah, we need to get to the bottom of a couple things here. Now, I left the ones
from Justin, I want to bring him to you. You and Justin will play and face it for a bit,
but then you keep dogging him for your Portuguese boys. And he confided in me that really hurt
his soul. So, I don't think here's a jab. That's Justin's defense mechanism. I don't
know if you've learned that yet. You've had plenty of time to learn it. But so why you
It's a compliment. Do you even know who Yam is?
Yeah, but you know that we are roommates.
You and Justin?
Yeah, and then he comes to my bed and he starts crying and he's saying like, literal tears.
Yeah, yeah, and he starts, oh, play with me, please Johnny, please do it.
I need you. I need my confidence back.
He's right though. You know, you're setting people up. You got the youth today. You get
in the all-power. You find out how many picks you're doing at all. You can see where the
man's coming from.
just needs to use shop like just play the game we look near me all the time.
Okay. Wow. We got no,
I feel like we stored us in the guy here and I've made,
I hope I got everyone else take their badges off. Yours is on.
So hopefully Chris,
our lovely cameraman has been hotness too late now. It's too late now.
And all right, mate. Well, good luck. Thank you.
I wish you the best of luck. I hope that we get to see you in stage two.
How many? Thank you. All right. What are we doing?
Where are we starting? Oh, three or three? Oh,
So moving get we're gonna move these boys to just somewhere over here for now
These boys
They're gonna have to go here. I think and the reason for this there's very good logic behind it
every time people put us over three we do very well and
I really think this is good. Do you think this is like a scheduling thing so we can all go on the same flight?
It's also optimal to say the least I won't lie. Now we go to 3-0. Who's good in practice?
Who's good in practice? Who are the practice warriors? That's lake at all. I feel like
big should be 3-0. I just got a good feeling about big. Any thoughts or feelings about that?
No, I agree with that.
Yeah.
Beppin.
Yeah, I'm not.
Going through or not going through?
No, I'm not.
And then, do we like this?
I don't like this.
No disrespect, boys.
And, I reckon we give Tyler some love here.
Yeah.
Kind of have to, then it's letting us.
I also think liquid.
I feel like liquid just always find a way just always to make it you know no we need one more
Oh for three oh you reckon no no like it should just be there and then we'll figure out who the three hours
Hang on
Yeah, we got to move someone yeah, so someone has to go out at least if I knew the first shot match ups
Let's let's move a little bit so in the light, but that's I think
What do you want to know?
I need these things playing each other.
Who's M80 playing?
M80, Linda.
Sinner's Flight Race.
Vape, Tyloo.
MIBR Thunderdown Under.
Gamalegion, NRG.
Heroic Shark.
Bethan, Dempest, Getting Barrier.
Big Licker.
Honestly, I don't mind the M80 for you.
Is that a crazy call?
I would have gone Gamalegion, but M80.
Okay, that's good Gamalegion.
because gamblers are also very good I know. Do you like the rest of this? Do you like heroic and
heroic? What are your thoughts on heroic? Yeah I think they're pretty good. Better than...
Oh yeah I reckon this is good. This looks pretty nice but is this all?
Yeah we did it. Do you want to sign off for the camera? Yeah I think this might be a gold coin
diamond coin rather. Yeah diamond coin formula.
Thank you very much.
Hello everyone, GDC. Can I talk with you a little bit?
Of course you can. How are you?
I'm perfect. Actually, first time someone asked me that back.
That is good. No, you should get out and laugh.
Most importantly, how are you? Because home, major, well, home.
But obviously still German organization, German core.
We're here in Cathedral. So what are the feelings?
I think the feelings are incredible. I mean, we've been grinding for this chance a long time now
and in the beginning the odds were not looking so good for it. So we are even more happy that
we made it. And now the feelings are just on, we want to display very good CS and show what we've
been working on. Just try to focus on executing our stuff well and have a good time here.
I just saw someone else plugging stuff for you. You have like a personal plugin guy?
No, no, no, no, I said that I'm just a little heavy-capped regarding going under the table, I thought.
What happened?
Well, I mean, we were on a bootcamp and we were playing football as a team activity.
And I stepped on a guy's foot on accident and tore one of my outer bands.
But, uh...
Wait, you stepped on his foot and your foot broke?
Kinda.
I mean, I was walking backwards and he was suddenly behind me.
And then I just tripped and kinda ripped my band.
How serious is this? Obviously, it looks serious, but is it like...
recovery is like, we're talking about months, weeks.
I mean, it will be fine very soon, I think like the doctor said like four to six
weeks, but it depends on how fast it gets good.
And I think I'm on a good path to maybe even take it off in the tournament.
Hopefully that's good.
How do you think does it affect your preparation or maybe your play?
Is it, does it still hurt or is it kind of just annoying or is it actually
hindering you in some way?
I think it's mostly annoying.
Actually, I think in terms of, I mean, I'm very happy it's on my hands, you know.
So I'm able to sit, maybe I'm sitting a little bit different now
because I used to move my feet a lot when I play.
I didn't really know that until I had this thing.
Because when we started playing at home, I wanted to move my feet.
And I'm like, oh, shit, you know.
But other than that, I think it would be fine.
It looks like you're about to go on the mountain and ski, you know?
Yes, I'm prepping.
Everyone goes to be transformer now, so maybe that's my new name, you know.
Transformer JDC, okay. I mean, I love it. I love the positivity, you're even finding in this kind of stuff
But I heard that Topson is not feeling that well
Do you think that might affect as well the game that is about to be played?
I hope not. I hope you will be fine until tomorrow
But some things you cannot control and I think if you cannot control them you try to not think about them
so I wish them a happy recovery and
and tomorrow I think everyone will be there as good as they can be.
Absolutely lovely answer, thank you for this and I will let you set up and is everything fine actually?
It seems like you're already... Did you actually launch CS?
I haven't launched a game yet, no.
Alright, let's warm up and make sure that everything is fine, thank you for this.
Benjamin, can I talk to you for a second?
Sure.
I have a crazy stat that I just saw, the best fragging IGL by far on this tournament.
Who cares?
Who cares?
We'll see.
We'll care if we go through or you'll not care if we don't go through.
I wanted to ask about the qualification.
We spoke with Senors, obviously, you saw that, and they were really thankful about your performance
in Belgrade LAN, which you won.
Thanks to that, they qualified.
You were also on the cusp of making it, not making it very close, and you didn't play
too many ST events or big notable names throughout this career, sorry, not career, but throughout
this season.
Yeah.
How about that? Are you even ready for this position? Obviously you practice against them, but official tournaments are different beast
Yeah, I've seen people say this as well for us if we could spawn in when we created this lineup into the big tournaments
We would have loved that. Yeah, it's not like we said, oh, it's gonna be really nice playing all these tier 2
3 lands and travel the whole world and not play the good teams
So we're hoping we can play more of the good teams of course, but any change we can get to play the good teams
We'll take it of course
Like, you know, we played face only and we beat them of course all over the quarter for there
Are they a good team though?
Yeah, I think they are. I think I'm just kidding. I think they are
but yeah, I think
it was a hard grind to get to the major very small chances and we knew it from the beginning of the year and all the way through that if
We would wanted to make it. There was not
Much room for any mistakes like we couldn't lose that many games and we have not lost that many games actually this year so far
So, yeah, we're very happy. I mean, it is deserved major for you after all. So I just want to talk
about your development as an IGL. Obviously, you're leading the team right now, switching to
English, but you said something very interesting I saw today in the interview that the person who
told you a lot was actually your in-game leader in Flatic, right? Fear. And he's this younger guy,
not as much experience as you have, and you're still learning from these young players, which I
I think it's super underrated quality as an IGL. Can you elaborate a little bit on that? How this all came to be?
Maybe what he thought you specifically?
Yeah, I think I think of course when I say that he taught me a lot is because I think I knew already a lot about Counter Strike from
Beforehand, of course, also learned a lot from Glaive, for example, you know how to do with maybe more structure and stuff.
So I think I've already been always been kind of like a structured guy.
I think Danish Counter Strike in general has been very structured.
But I think what Fjord really taught me was not only something I realized when I saw IGLing,
but also when I was just a player,
to sometimes do these things that are a little bit more unexpected.
I think I was in the past, like a very pretty,
my playstyle, very pretty, like how I viewed the game,
everything had to make sense in a lot of scenarios.
You know, there's flash here, there's do the smoke here,
pressure here, like always, but I think he's very good at,
like fear is very good at going out of this like norm
of what people expect from you
and just do something that's unexpected.
So even though it might not on sense make sense,
like on paper might not make sense,
But I think people get called of guard by these kind of plays,
and it's very common for the tier 2 and tier 3 teams to make these things.
But in tier 1 it's not that common, I think.
So something that I learned a lot playing with fear,
and also in general playing in tier 2 in the last two years with Fnatic,
or how long it's been like picking Fnatic out.
Do you think that the textbook counter-strike is actually vulnerable?
Like it's so easy to read nowadays, what is correct play,
that people are just anticipating it before you even call it as Nigel?
This is getting really deep, but you seem like you're very well-spoken and you want to talk about these things.
So do you think this is actually hindering some teams that are trying to play two good CS?
I think the more you try to play good CS, the more you have to be aware of it yourself
that you're doing it because you need to make sure that you are mixing up a lot of stuff.
So I think when you're playing the good teams, they're a lot of times doing the correct things,
but they're also aware that they're doing the correct thing.
So maybe they need to do it faster, they need to make it look a little bit different.
They need to fake it on these things, but I think as long as you're aware of it, it's fine.
But I think in tier 1, they still play very pretty CS in many scenarios compared to tier 2 and 3.
I think they don't care about it down there.
I played some games where I watched Anti-Stratum, and they do this round all the time,
and sometimes there's no way to do it again, right?
And they will just do it again, and they don't care about this.
So they will just spend the same thing over and over, because it's what they're good at.
It doesn't matter for them if it looks the same like the other rounds or whatever.
So for me, I think we need to be aware of it, for sure, and we need to have a bit of balance
than maybe some of the lower tier teams in their regard.
But that's why it's so fun to play the big tournaments for me, because this is what I'm used to playing against.
I'm used to being able to watch the teams and then kind of know what to expect.
It's harder in the lower tier teams sometimes.
I remember some crazy stats one time that when I was still playing that you were one of the most...
Like you spend the most amount of time on Skybox and 2D Demo viewers.
I've seen this that you're like a we me and Keeta had uploaded
I think was 5% of the total demos uploaded on skybox because back in the days when skybox came out
You had to upload your demos and and after thinking like after half a year of something like this me and Keeta had uploaded
5% of all them was uploaded, but we were watching a lot of demos in complexity. I remember we were grinding very hard
This is still something that you are kind of fond of that you're still watching this kind of 2d demo viewers and
Because some in-game leaders, you know, they lean away from Deadmatch into just studying the game or theory-crafting with the team, working with the team.
But I honestly see you on the Deadmatch a lot, so I don't know what's the balance here for Blame It.
Yeah, I think I play a lot. I think I play a lot. I think I play opposite to this page.
I play like three, four faces every night and I play like at least one hour of this every day and we're practicing with this as well.
But I really try to watch every pro game there is because I think it's also important that I understand that other teams will also watch this.
watch this. I remember recently, I don't want to say, I guess it doesn't matter, but don't share,
don't share. Well, actually, do share. I just remember like, anyone had the same
strat on ancient where they did like some mid and B pressure, they walked out A.
And I saw now was the first team to fake it, that they did it like differently. And then they
instead of like, they did the exact same route, and then everyone expected to walk out A, but
they walked out mid instead, delayed, because everyone knows like, oh, they did like this small
thing, they need to walk out A now, because everyone was aware of it. And I saw them,
they do that. And then I realized in practice, more and more teams started to do this against us.
So it's very important for me that I'm watching all the pro games because I need to be aware that
what I'm watching the pro teams do, other teams will also watch it. So
with these big tournaments are playing and let's say Mausel do it good with a good new lineup,
it's important that I understand how they're playing and why they're doing it because I will see
the same tendencies for my opponents. So it's in the moment where many times I can see maybe some
different smokes land or understand in the moment something and I can tell it to my team without
them having to watch it. So I try to watch all the pro games on Skybox Hitch. Of course I'm just
scrolling through it quickly. I'm not sitting and watching 10 hours a day, but I will just make sure
I watch all the games, especially some teams are dominating on some maps and try to understand
why they're doing and what they're doing, because I think other teams will do the same.
I think we can turn this into a podcast very easily, but I think you just blew
mind of a lot of fans, viewers, that how in-depth really Counter Strike gets.
Thank you for that. So a lot of theory behind that. I just see that you're having a config open
with a couple of keybinds. Can you share maybe the craziest keybind that you have, the most
used one that underrated that you wish your teammates had but they don't?
Okay I don't have any special settings as you can see I only have eight settings I don't even
upload a config I just copy paste these eight settings it's my thing so I don't have any conflict but
I like the radar bind I think you have to have the radar bind you know when you walk into a smoke
zoom in make sure to see where you are that's it I don't have any special binds nothing sorry for that
I'm not think that's what you're supposed to say. Thank you for that anyway and it was
very good answer so I mean rather bind is something that pretty much all pro players use
and casuals don't. So if you're watching this, insert the radar bind into the console. Thank you.
Stage one is in full swing here at the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major with 16 games going
down yesterday. And Stiko, in true best of one fashion, that was a little bit chaos in the mix
as well, right? There are a couple of upsets and upsets is a great word because I think it upsets
a lot of pick and pickers, right? And it has to be coming from the teams from the land down under,
especially Australian teams, are making big swings, especially in these best of ones. They win
both their openers games, but also there were a couple of moments where I felt like, damn,
this team should have been doing better, and they were not. So for example, MIBR fumbled a
little bit, but then we had also some teams in a 0-2 bracket that I didn't quite expect there.
Heroic? Sinners? Yeah, and we also have a Tyloo and Gaming Gladiators in that precarious position.
Potentially the last time we see them in the server here in Cologne. But Stiko,
I want to talk about the positives. I want to talk about the teams that could potentially already
be netting their spots in stage 2. Who do you have as favourites in this qualification games?
Funnily enough, both my 3-0 picks are facing each other. So Bedboom and Gaming, sorry,
Gamer Legion are there and I'm actually thinking that this will be a little bit of an edge towards
Gamer Legion because, well, Bedboom, they have the stand-in situation and they're playing a little
bit more puggy, which is fine for stage 1 and they're going to be taking away some wins,
but it's best of one. Now we're going into best of threes where these weaknesses are quite
exposable, let's say. And for the second map, a match is going to be B8 against MAQ. I think
that is honestly a coin flip. It's going to be very close to one another. I'm pretty excited to
see that chaos. Well, let's not wait a moment longer to get things started. Let's kick it off
off of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2026.
It's day two of stage one here at the IntelliQ.
I'm glad this guy didn't scare you off.
Did you have fun yesterday?
I did once.
What about you, Yanco? Kicking off Cologne Major again.
It's nice to be back here.
Yeah, I got a bit of goosebumps, right?
Being back home, being a major again.
Kick things back.
I'm glad I'm back here.
I'm glad I'm back here.
I'm glad I'm back here.
I'm glad I'm back here.
I'm glad I'm back here.
I'm glad I'm back here.
a major again, kick things off with the bank as you would expect a couple of upsets. It's
normal for this stage, this caliber of teams and the best of ones. So yeah, excited to
see who can bounce back today.
Those pesky B01s, upsetting a lot of pick-ums as Diko just alluded to. Should we take a
look at yours and see if they're still alive because I think mine are gone. Well, they're
not totally gone. Okay, I'm going to admit something here. We did go out for a meal after
we came for rehearsals and everyone was talking about the pick-ums. I did change my game and
That day is for some reason to fly quest because of a certain certain somebody. I'm not going to incriminate who so I'm out
I'm out of the zero threes. How are you doing? I sure you were also out. Well, you see today
I'm not wearing a hat that is out of respect for all the dead pick them out there
He could say as well. Ash, that's that's your fault. I copied your pick and streamed of the day and I say that's fair enough
You want to send me an angrily written email? That's fine. That's why in K gmail.com
I'll respond to that whenever I can, that's ynkgmail.com
and you want to get a moment, I'll send you a reply to that.
I'm still alive, I really need the game legion to win
and gaming gladiators to lose, because obviously I have
that boom as making it as a 3-1-3-2 team, I think if they lose to game legion
they'll be able to do that and then
the great MAT, conundrum, right, Liquid MIBR
playing each other as well, so a lot of head-to-heads for me
so I'll need a little bit of luck as well.
I was going to say, how does MIBR look for you right now?
Yeah, OK.
I mean, not as strong, obviously, as I expected them.
I had them as 3-0, and one of the reasons
was because they were playing TDU in the first game, right?
But I think the nerves came through for what is still
a young squad, right, that only went international this year.
And then even against Tau Loo, they had a scare, right?
Like they had a big lead, couldn't really close it out,
went to OT, but then that's a good sign
that they were able to get it done. And another tough best of one, you know, I think now MBR,
if they go down to that 1-2 bracket, it depends a little bit on the opposition, you know,
like that's when the pressure really mounts. And I don't know if this young squad has enough
at the moment to deal with that pressure. I think we should talk about the 0-2 teams,
because actually brought up a really good point in the group. You're maybe heroic,
it's a little bit of a surprise to see them in that 0-2 position potentially being eliminated
today, but it's not like you haven't been in that situation before. What did you do to turn around your fate?
Well, it's happened twice before we've made it through from zero to one time. We didn't make it through. And it's
sometimes I think the main thing you need to focus on at this stage is keeping them are all up and just getting
everyone together because you are playing as a team. It's also zero to and it's sometimes it's quite hard to remember
that because you're so focused on yourself and you think in what a terrible day and the pressure and everything
is also you're very young team. I kind of want to see more from them to be honest, because Nilo's kind of been missing
completely. They've been very underwhelming. I think it's eight out of nine games have lost now, recent form. It's on
Tobias a lot now to really lift the confidence up, make a good environment. If they win, the bonus you can have is
every game you play with that you play against a team that's already lost. So there is some positive you can get out of
that. But this today is difficult one. They're very lucky that the playing against Gaming Gladiators who think the less
said about them, the better.
Maybe reevaluate your veto strategy as well feels like get leaving your opponents their best map in a best of one
Might not be the way to go. They did it twice
In both of their opening games against sharks and in vision. So yeah, I think gaming gladiators
But blessing that they're facing then they the team that's that's looked the poorest out of the field
I think it's fair to say and then
Heroic should be able to bounce back today. Let's talk about well
actually normally we kind of phrase a match of the day. I guess you want to phrase this as the
missed match of the day, actually a game from yesterday. What kind of stood out to you for
the wrong reasons, I guess? Well, this is the game we thought had the most potential. This is
kind of how things kind of went wrong for Liquid. So the rushing B here, if you want to go B,
choose because you're hoping to run into one person. You're running to two, it's a bad call,
you're running to three, it's basically the team's cheating if you play much making, so you're
for sure something weird is going on. So rushing B here, they also did a pestle round where they
with the right to three players on B.
This game was kind of a non-startage
because I mean, when you start like this in MR12,
the game is pretty much over.
And if anything's a bit of a fake,
come back at the end, I think it was 12-5 or something.
You just didn't get going in in these MR12s.
You need teams to split pistols,
have a couple of close rounds.
When this happens, it's just a nightmare.
This also feels maybe like when the prep comes back
to bite you, you know, I think it was also a reset round
if I'm not mistaken when this call came in.
So you're really trusting it.
If that's when you're calling it being down 5-1,
right on the T side and completely backfired and that's just how it is with
these set calls if you're wrong and you get the wrong read I mean it's just
gonna be a slaughter. Yeah it's gonna be a brutal for you. I just wanted to pick
your brain on an individual very quickly I'm just talking about Flamas
because obviously a game legionist kind of where he even made a name for himself
right he was kind of put on the map for everybody after that Shanghai major. What
was he like to work with because I spoke to him in the lantern he's he's so smart
like I don't think people give him credit for how smart this guy is like I
I think you're just surrounded by company that like makes other people really smart in comparison.
You're just incriminating yourself, so yeah, okay, I work with the most, but what is your...
I was referencing Jacob, I think.
I think he's a really nice guy, one of the nicest people, I think.
I've met really just really caring for everybody, never stopped talking all the time in a liftsy atmosphere.
I think one thing that stood out for me is when we were talking, and I think he was in Shanghai,
we were talking to Virtus.Pro at the time, he came to me and said,
actually, Virtus.Pro, they're interested in me, but I don't want to go because I think I'm not ready yet,
and I it's a big step up and all his players wants to play with.
He came back later. They want to talk to him. Okay, we'll give you this time.
We'll give you this trust and everything. And then I'm checking two, three months later,
he's lost all the positions and he's been benched as well.
And now he's been stuck in the bench for a but now he's back.
He's being vitality already this year standing in the bedroom.
He's changed his roles all the time as well. He's a versatile player, really young.
He's got a lot of talent as well. He's got a really bright future,
but he needs to kind of get off the bench at the moment and go into a new team.
know, it's an unfortunate situation. I think he finds himself in. Shout out for
that being promised picking him up in terms of that standard situation as well.
Speaking of individuals though, I think it's time when we talk about our all-star
rosters. Now there were no rules for this, maybe for you Ash, it was just don't
pick the entire game of legion. But for you, Yanko, who have you gone with? Who
would you build a roster of players from stage one? Yeah, I went for a mix of
experience and youth. I know Rez is gonna be your Nash's team. He thinks he's the
best player of this stage. I think it's Insani, right? And especially the way he's been playing
lately and the form that he's had, I think is a great pick for those star positions.
And then Oppers were a bit more difficult. I was in between like Klim and maybe Story.
I think Story has a higher floor, but I think Klim has a higher ceiling. So I wanted that.
I went with him. And then as the IGL snacks, the experience coming in, the calming presence,
right, you need some of that veteran presence. And also, I just love nap, man. I think, I think
his performance is a bit of a consequence of the state of liquid and how it's been for a couple
of years now, and not necessarily of how good he can still be as a player. And you want that guy
who can just be a great closer. And then, yeah, I wanted to round it out with Malbs, because people
tend to forget because of the later G2 stint, you know, how good he was initially on G2. And
and just as someone who can play the anchor roles on CT side,
like, not have too much responsibility in moving players around,
and then on T side, just be a little bit of a turret, right?
And there is some overlap, because, you know,
I would like to have him in the pack,
but then you also have Insani there, you have Snacks in the upper, obviously.
So it would be a bit map-dependent how you get him involved the most,
but this is a mix that I felt, you know, good with,
that it could mesh together and work potentially against tier one.
That's a fun one. I think you've gone for Klim as well.
That's a cool one to pick in. Why him over story?
Yeah, I think just the ceiling, right?
And he's young, like he will still get better and he'll still improve.
And if we were really like going deep with it, you know,
he has a teammate on this team as well.
So, you know, that sort of chemistry would be helpful.
But yeah, and also on the other side,
like there's not a ton of oppers at this stage where you can really be like,
Oh, this guy is going to be second tier one, isn't he?
Like, Hypex has been decent to, like, to mention him,
but I don't know, just claim ceiling sort of is why I went with him.
You've really thought about this.
Maybe you should try coaching one day.
I don't know.
Oh, good. Thank you.
This is pretty chill.
Ash, just, um, I just wanted to pick a brain in the whole, like,
Malb situation.
Remember when he got an NTG tune that was a whole conversation about,
or one day he'll kind of, uh, he'll be the next Niko, right?
Like, how did you feel about that,
putting that kind of weight on a player
when he's coming into, you know, first tier one organization, really, like, that's,
that's got to be hard for him to be dealing with.
No pressure, right?
Yeah.
So I mean, it came in kind of not as a player at all.
And that's a good thing.
Like you, you brought in as one thing.
And then, hey, you're the new Niko.
I can't think of some fair and pretty everybody.
So similar to the Flemish conversation, like it's fine.
The player changes position, but you need to suit his personality.
Like Flemish is a talker, right?
So he can play rotator roles and then have those like Malb's is more of a quiet
guy and like not necessarily as comfortable like telling other people what to do all the
time. I can't just put them in and say, okay, now I'm going to play Connector on Mirage
and you have to call every round on CT side. He's like, well, give me a break. Right. I
don't think he was, he was the 12th ranked on HLTV that year when we played anchor positions
on CT and was, you know, map control on T-Set.
Ash, who have you gone for with the strict rule that it can't just be game of legion?
Well, this is how it would start for me. So I got told, yep, we're going to make a stage
one dream team that needs to be functional in the top 10. So I thought, okay, I'll pick
game leeching them. That's easy. All five players. And Phil was like, Ash, you're so
boring. You're old. You're bald. And I'm like, hang on a minute. How about we pick even
no game leeching players or just the core? And he was like, no, look up for four. I can
change one. I thought, okay, I need to talk to some of these guys again, you know, because
I picked don't pick one of them. Could have a talk again. So I went with the best player
here. Sorry, uncle. It's I've got the eye test unfortunately. So it's going to be for
bias and then I went for hyper so I think he's been the best offer so far
Clune's been a little bit underwhelming in his first two games I'm the best of
ones but I like the way I could explain and I kind of want to pick aggressive
rifles for this team so a more passive operator is good at clutches and then PR
as my boy I think he can play like kind of all the roles a couple of poor games
from this year so far for yeah being up and down but actually these last few
events have been much better from him he's fine himself he would be the guy
that's kind of he's up and stuck it up a little bit in place of my
positions, but he's going to be
that closer and everything like
that. Um MPL, I think he's just
being like very good so fast
standing out. And then I think
him lead. I thought there's I
think boom. She's doing a great
job. Snacks is there as well. I
went with boomage here. And
again, if you have any
complaints or anything, you can
send it to my other email
account for his peers. Hotmail
that could okay. I would reply
to that whenever I'm not
busy, which unfortunately as a
coach of phase or or a game
legion. However else nowadays
as to why Rez is the best player of the state. Like it's all good talking about it. Give us some
evidence, Ash. Why? Well, I think it's a decision making. Is there along with the mechanics? And
at this stage, you kind of see one or the other. And I kind of want to highlight some rounds here.
So this is a reaction towards an apartment spot. You see very quickly, the mortar goes down,
he finds one kill, reposition to the bomb site, second cheating kill for the smoke,
you report him instantly, you're playing against that. And I kind of want to kind of break down
all fast it is. So the smoke comes in, he isolates the jewels, and it's very common for the first
first player in a partner spot to jump out towards shot position, everyone else goes
in the balcony and he just comes and notices really fast, so instantly back, spam the smoke,
check for the bottom one, kill the other guy. And then in this situation here, it's a kill
that looks like you shouldn't really have got it, but it's his movement that's really
important, you see how he's kind of crouching backwards and going back away and for Jk,
it's an easy kill, but actually you follow his cross aim, this is one bullet and suddenly
it's very difficult to get you moving from the left and now you're moving to the right
and Res is just really good with this stuff and also he can do things like this where
and just tap away. So he's really understanding how to abuse this movement, which Donk has made
really quite popular this year and made it really important. I'm so happy he's here because, you
know, in 10 years, I've never made a video, a clip like this, about Niko. So finally, like,
I'm not the biggest glazer on this desk. I know, I think, I think he's a great player for a team
like Game Legion. I wouldn't put him on a contender team, though, to when if you're talking about
about being the best teams in the world,
I think his ceiling is below that,
but I think his floor is pretty high
and as a veteran right floorer,
so in a presence on a young team,
I think he was the perfect fit.
When we're talking about improving as a player,
like obviously we always talk about the practices
and the theory, all that sort of stuff,
but mechanically, what would you recommend people doing
to just get better at mechanics?
Or is that something you were just born with?
You're just gifted with that kind of mechanical style?
I think some people,
just for some reason can pick it really fast. Like I know that PR is kind of a person. He
doesn't even need to play that much. He just kind of has the natural ability to just snap
onto people's heads. And maybe it's the simplification in his head of just I need to click on people
and just it's just more natural. Some people overthink it quite a lot, but you need to practice,
of course, be more accurate. And I think with the mechanics like watching your games back
and looking in the jewels, am I moving in the right way? Is it obviously that I should
wide peak? Should I have crouch peak? Should be shifting here? Like trying to question your
game and apply the logic to it all the time and eventually like it will come
together like you saw here with Rez is not like Crouchbeak and moving away for
the times it won't happen, it's just taking a long range of those tapping so it's lots of logic
applied in there and then the reps are just putting it in so this is why it
takes people 14 15 16 thousand hours to get really good at the game it's a lot
of knowing the angles of shadows and how to stick to us unless you're 9 10
apparently let's give you a chance to defend your case of just being a game
Elysian plays up because you've actually looked it's an MPL round as well so this is why he selected him
What's so solid about his game here?
Well, he's so far has been very good in these games
And I just want to highlight again the movement so we see here this fade in the smoke is moving what it's fade in
He sees kind of again is shifting back the other way to where he came from as he's fading in the smoke
So from Mercury, it's very difficult because you're aiming to one position and suddenly the guys moving backwards
Here's just two very clean kills to be fair like second bullet
I think for the first guy and then quick transfer delete start from a size point of view must say
however you say his name just looks like you have no chance and cleans up even with a 4k. So this is
kind of nice showing these mechanics but I think also there's another clip coming up in a second
to highlight like his initiative. So in this round it's a 4v3 rounds kind of cooked and I think they
talked about his post-match interview as well he calls like they were teammates going to save.
He comes up he sees that the player who should be holding the window who was holding the window
isn't looking there and you see the timing mercury was holding this position and there's a little gap
he goes through, he realises now he has the time in.
So he comes behind, you see Messiah very quickly,
that Gath was there and it was when he understand
he's got behind him.
Bleed the first guy, no problem.
Again, we're going to see this movement from Messiah's point of view.
It's kind of shifting, crouching backwards
and then again the understanding, pick the AWP up,
they think the AWP isn't in play anymore,
he's picked up G's AWP, he's holding this, a nice easy kill
and the impact's there from around.
They were thinking about saving and we heard him there in the interview.
Super clean, Jacob Ace to see it.
Yeah, I know.
No, he was seeding making that tweet about MPL, how he should be on the radar of better teams, you're not fooling anyone Jacob, I'll tell you that.
But yeah, when I was making my team I was considering even like, because I also really like MPL and how he's been playing.
I wanted to make, can I like mind game this and put him as the IGL and do something but there was not enough space for all these players, you know, the same team.
So yeah, he's been great and he'll have to be great today if Bates gonna go through 3-0.
three zero one hundred percent but probably you don't want to do that because
they're playing spirit yeah
in kid the pick and chan co think of the pick and you guys are you have an
opportunity to think right now because we have two games running simultaneously
from the B stream that's going to be sharks versus them vision we're going to
get to hear from koala courtesy of steco if you would rather hear from the side
of nrg we're going to be getting a few words from nitro ahead of their game
versus fly quest that's in the a stream if you choose that one we'll see you on
on the other side of this break.
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I am cologne day two alive for the B stream plenty of teams about to take to the stage
we've got ourselves chance versus lin vision start us off today and both teams managed
to pick up one win one loss we're in that one one category you know how it goes here
lin vision surprising with a big dub yesterday and looking forward to seeing what they can
do up against the South American Sharks. These teams have a couple of things in common.
They're both regional teams, obviously, China and then Brazil, and the other being they
both beat Heroic yesterday. So, you know, that's come back. What happened to the Rite,
man? They're not out yet, right? It is a brutal format. This is the thing. Stage one, stage
one, stage two, you play two bested ones in a day. If you lose both, like Rite did, well,
now you're up for elimination, right? I like to think of it like Mario with lives, right?
So surely the balloons on the back of your car that could work too. Yeah, that's probably a better way to go about it
But obviously once upon a time right I'd say three and you threw three and you have a listening about like a life situation
If you down in the zero two bucket, we got one heart left. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah
So you still do like the Dark Souls ask like I've dodged the first one I've dodged the second one
I don't know why we're doing games, but I'm saying like what games do you guys like at home?
Is it maybe I would hope it's kind of strike. That's what the visionaries like we've got
It's a lin vision on screen here today. Now we haven't seen a lot of the Chinese counter strike in the tier one events throughout this year.
The same with the Aussies. We've got funded down under versus big coming up next, but the same to be said with sharks.
They kind of left their campaign to the latest stages, right? Whereas lin vision, these boys, I think last year, them and tyloo turning heads a little bit at majors
with some good rounds and some good performances. Nothing's really changed in this team. The same complexion of players.
just the results aren't as impressive and I don't want to you know judge too quickly but yesterday just in passing it
Felt like I was seeing like almost apathy in the gameplay from the both tyloo and in vision. I can't explain it
I'm just feeling you know, I'm not it's in my waters
But it just looked like a team that didn't expect to see stage two
You know like that when it's almost like a it's said and done before you've even started to play
I like any radiators. You can't get that vibe over there yesterday. They looked pretty tough
But we've got the sharks boys on screen here. Doc, he had some good performances yesterday to kick off the major.
Now, we're talking about a bunch of major rookies in this roster for sharks.
So there's a couple of teams on that sinners as well coming a little bit later, and the nerves are going to be higher.
We saw that we say somebody like Sizi in the Bay game not hitting shots, but he normally would.
But Doc, he looked comfortable.
And I think this is the case. If you have, you know, a good pistol round or a good first rifle round,
you have players who we would talk about once upon a time who would heat up.
I think it's just a comfort zone at the major because this is your anticipation is going to equal excitement or nerves
They're essentially the same thing
It just depends on how you frame it and then how you handle it a channel exactly so we're gonna see how it's channeled here today between these two because
This one it's always a little bit strange with the best of ones on the day two is the look the stakes
No one's going home and no one's progressing
But you still want to show some better counter strike
Obviously yesterday you go 1-1 for both teams, which means you did have some success.
And as mentioned, the win for Sharks came against Heroic. The loss was against M80.
I mean, both teams, it was a win against Heroic and a loss against M80.
Which, if you think about it, like, I don't know what I'm supposed to take from that.
Am I supposed to think, I'll tell you what, my gut instinct is,
oh, so Heroic are bad, and M80 maybe have found some form ahead of the Major.
That would be my takeaway.
Yeah, I think that this is one of the scenarios when you don't have head-to-head between teams
and their regional teams that in the best of one, we talk about the pistols, the clutches,
the game over. It's just right. There's a bit of, I don't even want to call it bluff
calling, but we'll bring the positions up on screen. You saw them out. We're going
into overpass. It'll be a T side start coming out for Lin vision. So here you can see Sue's
going to be going for the water control outside of B.
It's not a glamorous job.
Well, this is the thing. You've got different players who facilitate different roles on
this T side of overpass.
I bet Zaka gets more fun.
Well, Zac is the AWPer, so he gets to go wherever the hell he wants.
And this is one of the great things about Overpass is the AWP and just how much space
that you can take over towards A with holding these lines.
But Zac is always a fun one to watch me.
Mr. West Mellon, the in-game leader.
Now, when you see the dots on the red, I'm moving out here.
Think about this man as the facilitator, setting other players up to be taking space in certain areas,
as well as looking for map control on his own to then make calls across the map.
Up next, we've got Amelia Kack.
I want to see who smokes like the mid-control.
I haven't seen a single mid control you piece of util throat right this is like our comp player here
Okay, and this is not a an easy job right normally you get dropped a second Molly you get to use that you're gonna see it
Lay it up into the next part, but I just never really think of Chinese teams at overpass
It's kind of like Aussie teams in overpass
I was very surprised when Dexter and the boys made that their map and then starry considered the sharpest
He's gonna be that main a rifle
These are gonna flick over in a moment and we get to take a look at sharks and their CT side positions
But we just saw earlier some highlights from doc you would imagine with a man putting up shots like that
He's gonna be a rifle but his koala. I I don't know how he managed that name
I'd like the name. I don't go for drop there when he starts getting vicious. Okay teeth
Rdn the Zao is silent
But he's gonna be your rotator between the sides of the fountain plays out of him as well
So you will see that yeah for people playing at home
This is from the the last five outings in 2026 with these rosters on these maps right so as the tournament progresses
You might see some differences
But coming in here is your fellow. He's gonna be your it's cake fork or fork cake
I take a fork for always forget the order of how that one goes down and
Your final man saw now. He's Argentinian and he's your all-puff
So you're gonna expect a lot of freedom from him on that CT side as well
but also CT side overpass. It is probably the most comfortable place for an AWP to run around in Rome.
It sounds like we are going to be getting into this one. All right, day two underway for the Cologne
Major. Stage one teams, Sharks and Linvision. No one's year of high expectations, but an opportunity
to put yourself one win in the way. This is the thing, right? You give yourself that extra life.
So you're your first best of three. Oh, that's where the live analogy really works. Yeah, I see you.
So, the pressure of, oh, we have to go straight sets on best of threes, or we're sent home.
No, thank you.
Maybe some teams will feel more comfortable there, but these regional teams tend to thrive in the BO1.
So, let's see how these two shape up dual-breaders for Koala and MaxSort.
You've got a flash for Gafolo.
And pistol rounds.
I know we just looked at the heat maps and saw the positions that they're playing.
So, it's going to be a little bit different on pistols, right?
It's not your standard spots that players play.
Sometimes spawns play a big role.
This is looking fakey from LinnVision.
See on the radar the bomb outside of B. It's Sue
Starry, but how fake is it? Are we talking or like you want to get spotted on long?
Is your objective to be seen that looks like they're gonna sell a full execute into the site here?
Interesting so the question is with this execute
Are they going to throw a parting that actually allows them to go into bank and then they turn this into this craziest B split you've ever seen in your life
Nice shots immediately, Doc. Just flattens Amelia. Good trade. Westmellon, puts another
on the floor. He's actually got a second follow-up onto RDN.
Now B's open.
It should be wide open. You can see Starrion calling me sewer. Just surging forward, quietly
clearing. The bomb will go down. Kuala, through connector, takes down Zaka to equalize. Retake on.
Oh, okay. Fringe. Sticky fingers there. The bomb does go down. Clock starts ticking,
Max, so this is a tough clip.
Oh, doesn't get what he was hoping for.
Good awareness on the second as well.
For these people to keep him busy.
That's going to rock the clock further.
They've got to group up.
They've got to get back onto that site.
First port of call will be starry on site.
Call me suit to swing on the contact.
OK, no chance.
Think so, especially post proposition.
A great shot.
That's the round clean as you like.
Complete success in the pistol for them vision.
It could have really been stunted there if Westmellon doesn't find that trade while going out long because it would have been called clear
No bombspot in the rotation might not have been as generous
So Lynn vision and especially Westmellon do a very good job at buying time and then for starry and sue
Well, they don't have a lot of action until the final moments. They're the insurance policy is starry locks things down
And we know this guy with the pistol never going back in the history books and retiring rpk and all that jazz
But he shoots hard now look we always talk about the CT side and the four spies
It's harder to pull off on a map by overpass.
Yeah, Emilia's not been quiet about his presence in connector, throws out his nades, throws
out a second one gifted that second Molotov to fully clear them out.
I say fully clear them out.
They are on the top of the staircase.
FP9's coming!
Looking for chaos, but they get nothing but misery.
That couldn't have gone better, right there for Lindvision, prepared for the possible
push as the other three for Sharks over towards B.
Now it's just about putting this one in.
I
Might even want to just save
Last Koala go follow and Maxwell because they're coming out of position
Just rotate it back
And then vision aren't taking this one lightly even though they've managed to garner this two-man advantage early
They're still being very diligent with their clears don't want to walk into the stack and said maybe to save but they're all gonna
Rotate over towards a to be in what looks like the right place right now
Is there a re-aggress?
It's very quiet, right? You don't have much information if you're sharks.
Yeah, and at 45 seconds, you're about starting to want to call a letter, you know, you want to get that bomb down.
I think it will likely be the A-play.
But look at Sue, I just want- If he walked into B, it's the safest path of least resistance.
He's just really faking. You can always pivot through a con.
But that's what it looks like he's going forward, gets info.
Okay, there's a setup here. You're in trouble!
Everyone spotted now.
Nailed that by the Galil. You get the info. Can we get the bomb down con? That's the question.
And I think Starry may have secured it with the kill on to Koala.
Alright, well, to follow. You are going to rotate over to B and try and deny this.
There's 10 second Starry. He's got plenty of time to waltz in and plant that bomb.
But you weren't ready for Zac up. He'll finish things off and that will be the 2-0 start.
Sharks going into the eco coming up next.
So while we're on the eco, I'd like to redress the overpass in the room.
This is one of the problems when you take a look at a lot of regional teams.
I would implore you to go look at iQuests as well.
They just have played so few.
If people are looking at the last three months on HLTV,
just because of the sheer lack of maps that have been played,
there's multiple maps in the pool for some of these squads that don't show enough data.
That was like back in your day, there were maps you didn't play,
but I thought that we'd got over that.
I think the VRS has created a new proposition.
If you're good enough like the Mongols,
you go to the bigger events and you can win against other good teams,
and continue to go to the big events and win against other good teams.
If you can't farm regionally and you can be here like Thunder down under right and I think that people
Hello, we know you're here, go on up
Imagine all right. Well steady daddy is now gonna start to farm up the eeks with the upgraded pistols
But it's looking easy again the full invention
But yeah, that's that's one of the factors right you had fly quest try to play a similar game to a different degree
They've played in Asia, I think China specifically like three or four times this season alone
But that's if you're not in the invite bubble and you have to be talking top 20
You're not gonna get the invitations to the big events
Is that I think that was the be you guys I'm having a gander at this time to set up
Oh, it's not a setup. I can see big on one side. Which would mean thunder down on the other.
Alright.
Alright, first rifle rounds.
Yeah, and we've got some very diligent util. Like, this is a straight up game plan. Don't
make no mistake. Everything that they're about to do in this gun round, LinVision, have discussed
ahead of this match.
That's the thing. When you're coming into the major, first of all, your boot camp, you're
going to have a couple of things that are pocket strats, which we like to call things
that the people at home haven't, well, I said people at home, your opponents haven't had
the opportunity to study on. You always need a few of those. The other that you can have,
especially with teams who are playing regionally or maybe they're not a lot of Counter-Strike
in recent histories, you can even change some positions, right? And with nameplate Counter-Strike,
I can always play in but overpass. It's a slow and steady map. You go through the map control,
you make sure that there's no CT forwarded in your face. And the first contact they can
get over towards A is going to be in the max or dark. I mean, it's always curious that
this jump info play, you can basically stay where you spawn if you want to be responsible
and passive on the bomb site. They just used their last two smokes, one to block monster
and one there over towards bathroom. So you two very light, Jax is starting to play for
info. Oh, she's being wall backed. It's just being wall backed. Smoke and wall, no stopping
for Amelia's bullets. And now Westman is on the far, flash through making progress. Smoke
Break for Max-Core, important claw-back kill.
Pressure on Con, Gafolo, audible, and now going to have to turn the flash,
and Frag can't handle the deagle.
Pick one from Zaka, the fact he's just going swing and loving the team play,
loving the tenacity, the ferocity we're seeing from LinVision.
Max-Core finds a second, Melia, down 17, you've got to get that bomb.
Planted, need the kill on the back of the site, Koala stands his ground strong.
Koala down, suddenly call me Sue and Starry, but where's that bomb?
Starry's got to pick it up if he goes down, doesn't matter.
You will find the Frags doesn't need to plant.
Oh, felt like that was going sharks his way, man, he's spotted everything.
They're going to be quite frustrated with that one, sharks.
That's the moment that you're hoping you're able to convert the round.
The time, sure, it's starting to tick away, but you feel like you get the necessary kill.
It's just, this four-bath frag is great, right?
Maybe this is where the heat maps need to be a little bit more than the first 30 seconds,
because Overpass tends to be much more late round.
Zaka with the D.Eagle though, in the first shot, right?
But then after that, I think he's Rambo.
Yeah, he's just running in there to get the job done.
But it was perfect as far as Gafola was...
They knew where you were.
There was a lovely immediate flash upon your retreat.
And two players swinging and chasing you down,
Zachary of course, with precision necessary
to find that immediate head shot.
Well, everyone's favourite coach, Cochie.
Cochie!
Takes the time out.
That's like a player being called player in.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Hasn't been taken yet.
No.
Kevala is though.
Kangaroo next.
Maybe that was your backup name.
They've sponged into the land.
Yeah, I thought let's go the most stereotypical and very animal-eating world.
Alright, well, let's say partial.
On overpass, it always feels like, why are we doing this?
I don't want to be, what?
It's just the partial, right?
You want to keep it threatening, but...
Hard.
You get the 3400 lost bonus next row. As long as your AWP has enough money for an AWP, which he does, right?
He's got 3k. And then...
Obviously, the details of utility, and then we can start getting into the nuance of how many defuse kits do we feel that we need.
But, uh...
Assuming this one goes LinVision's way.
They've got so many line-ups I've never seen before, they've got the LinVision original.
Starrie's got the most fun, or I'm gonna ride the slide.
Yeah, I'm gonna do the purple elephant line-up.
Is it purple or is it pink? Let me know, chat.
Maybe my purple's your pink.
Right now, steep green means go, and Shaq's making a move.
Okay. It's good to see some CT aggression, especially...
Oh, it's a financial disadvantage.
We're going to run boost long, love that.
Launching Zacker across to our escort, hold the line as they progress.
Starrion Westmellon going to be stampeding up the long side.
Other than some of the U2 lineups, it's been very standard from LinnVision, right?
Make sure you get the aim app control.
I always worry about time on overpasta.
And again, we're at 40 seconds and no contact has been found until now.
And then you know you've been spotted.
You know there's likely a CT scoped rifle.
He's only the scout on Max score here. He fired a shot
Three here flash that and good work from our DM. He was not blind this time
He is fully blind West Malin took his time a little hesitation cost him his life
Amelia
Charges in and finds RDN on the late trade Zaka not comfortable with an all-bond long has to pick up that bomb
Great bait it in. Oh zaka finds him onto koala. That is brutal still 10 seconds that bomb needs to be planted
Max score, just a scout can't hit the no scope.
They're gonna kill him, wait, what's they're gonna kill him?
They have to kill him, oh, again, again!
Back to back rounds where they just simply couldn't plant.
They're doing it the more stylish way.
Yeah, alright.
Bloody hell.
We've had a hectic start to overplant.
And they're 5-0 up.
So at this point, in most games, we would say that's more than par for the course, that
should really seal the deal.
Oh, man, if I'm shocked this game feels like it's just gone horribly wrong two rounds you feel like you probably should have had
Yeah
That's the yeah, there's that passion. That's the opposite of apathy. Let's go Amelia. Oh pace change B pop
Ooh, that's an interesting call. You could easily just get sprayed down by
That pace change is put the Lin vision boys to a grinding halt
Got the bomb four more of those please. Yeah
Exactly was responsible for the flashes there
Yeah, that was that's the worst feeling. What are you always are committing?
I but I think he won't even know that he missed through them. They're just to shoot that they got how do you spot that you?
Superhuman it's bouncing off the wall on the right. I you heard it. I did hear about it. It wasn't how it was intended to land
okay
But yeah, I mean how often do you see what a pace change be and then you just see to be anchors with m4 a4's?
unloading them. That's the thing with how standard they've been up into this point and now that you have the buffer of rounds
Going for something a little bit like that. I don't mind the call, but here it is. Okay, I'm gonna miss flashes
It's the highlight shot. Well, we'll give you that. That's the flashiest thing around so far. Pardon the pun
He might just want to say I suspect so this is overpass
It also overpass. He's the one with nine grand, but there are some players that have been spending their cash a bit more
Yeah, exactly. You give away a few too many debts in these late-round scenarios
We do have the A stream game with Moses and Dinko casting the action, that's NRG taking
off FlyQuest, that's a result that I think could go either way.
Again it's more of these regional teams who have either struggled once they've gone international
or even struggled at home.
And I think it's a bit of convincing for me yesterday when I saw how quickly they dispatched
of Sinners.
We cast a Sinners game and I was like, oh Sinners can kind of hang, you know, they've got some
shoes.
Sure.
Seeing NRG kind of smash them if I'm not mistaken, it was 13-6 on Nuke, creme with multi-kills.
It's always looking good. Yeah, it fills me with some confidence.
My question on the other hand, they also have kind of, you know, showed up in a
in a form that most people, if you look at the pick-ums anyway, underestimated them
once more. I think again, it's just the volatility, the best of ones. And
what this level of teams is so tight-knit, right? You look at top to bottom, there's
two names that are probably above everybody else in your game allegiance
and your bait. Okay. I think people might want to bring that boom into the
conversation, but with this rotating door of players that they've had, the art
Frostzorty, Flamme, Siladez, Siren 2 now, yeah, it's been all over the shop, and obviously
we know that visa issues plaguing them at times. Siren, from what I was reading last
night will now not be here.
Okay.
So, talking of pickups, just out of curiosity while we have the second is, as you speak
for the entirety of Australia, do you take it personally when you see Australian teams
in a zero?
No, no, no, no, not at all. I think it's it's fair enough in a way. Just don't be surprised if you're wrong
What happens every time? That was nice. Oh, it didn't land. Well, I look back to humboos stylish incendiary throw
And it's not gonna be a PC one this time in vision. They be learning from the previous shortcomings as a standard 3 1 1
Regression from starry dog looks like he's bought it. Yeah, nice adjustment
Yeah, because they have just a sense that dry peeps. Yeah, they haven't smoked from bathroom and they haven't mullied divider
Right, so his normal queues that he works with aren't there
So you get caught looking a bit silly
Sorry to just miss this Molly that was meant to land a fighter is now you've got a man advantage
T side overpass at this point for me. It's a group up and a finish right Amelia saying connect is great
It's it's he can activate late and I would want Sue as well to be coming through
Bathrooms as you're executing long and the timing on this isn't linear. It's not let's push long and front bathroom same time
It's let's push long and then cramp them in to bathroom
Let's see how far we can get yes, and then you move
Emilia and Sue starting to make those moves now Max core. He's he's the
AWP and he's got a lot of work to do fine Sue
Okay, and a potential second that's gonna have Amelia pause hit the brakes because he's got his head on a swivel
That's the pressure from long shows Max court in such an uncomfortable position only able to leave with one now
It's just RDN on the site. Yeah koala's committed in case there's a rotation back using the clock
It follows on the way and he's got some good nades. This round is still on. Okay
Sorry, I felt I'm again. It's 20 seconds. Yeah, just running that clock down
It's worked for them so far, but it's caught that he's got to go right for RDN here. Oh
Call out pull it out flashbangs just as story emerges and Amelia's caught koala on the rotate
It isn't easy, you know, like it still could go wrong at the drop of a hat or the drop
of a double, but the vision will pull it off again.
Yeah, they are walking a fine line, but as you mentioned, it's working, so keep walking
that tight rope.
6-1, the score will read in a moment's time as Gafollah looking to hold onto this AK-47.
I mean, this is a very good sign for LinVision when you see a very even kill distribution.
It's not the Starry Show, it's not Emilia trying to drag him through a game, it's everyone contributing.
Am I going to kill through Troubles?
Alright, that's not bad. Add one to the tally.
Right now rounds is the issue.
It is hard to see a comeback from this scoreline with LinVision on the T side, but...
Stranger things have happened.
Second tactical timeout called by the Sharks.
Do I have the button on the B stream too?
Let me see if I can see the button. Oh yeah, the fancy tablet thing.
Oh yeah, I can see it, it's near gum. I saw Stiko getting involved in a conversation on
Twitter about like, meta of coaches and baiting out timeouts or
baking out timeouts. I love it, I mean, as if we needed an extra layer, let's have one.
Why not? I don't have to do the T symbol anymore, I don't have to tell the admin, just hit the button and away we go.
Stika was talking about how, you know, occasionally there have been moments where someone's tried to call a timeout and it hasn't come through in time, you know, you're trying to rock the clock.
They use the freeze time and then you get your extra, yeah, there's a meadow within the meadow.
Let's see if Sharks can kind of recover this CT side.
It feels like it's spiraling, however.
Whatever they get is not what's passed the course.
Yeah, exactly.
It's just gonna step, oh, does he land it this time?
Yes, he landed it.
Perfect.
Sorry, down to 72, softened up for those M4s.
Ouch!
It's much more stifling with that set of mollies, because it's stuffing you so deep in the stairs.
The normal one lands a little bit more in front, and you can even path through it at times.
A lot of other teams also do the smoke and then the molly towards the entrance of Playground.
You're seeing these two deep mollies to really stifle Linn vision's progressions on their default.
And what becomes scary about that on the T side is if a CT is pushed up towards say picnic or playground fountain up close long
It doesn't give you the freedom right you're not getting the map control that you're expecting you having a fight for it
3b for sharks and Sue is just gonna be active on the short side as long space is taken
We haven't seen any CT boots anywhere near long
Seems like it's a forbidden territory at this point in time
I think right now you are essentially playing in a black box if you're sharks and you are likely to hedge your rotation
Right because it's so quiet and you're not really getting too much other than standard a protocol map control utility
You're probably either just sick of your guns and hoping you can multi kill or you're gonna start rotating heavily one side or the other
And if you're docked last round you tried a forward defense and you died so maybe once
That's one spotted there. Good info from RDN. The rotation is coming. We're gonna have an extra body here
This looks like it's set to collect 20 seconds still in vision right in that clock. There's koala and a solid shut down with
Sue down it off if you live vision. They can't pull this off. You don't have to go
You lose it all all your pennies Westman of the last of all actually very costly
Amelia doesn't have enough to buy an AK and West melon the same
I understand that there is a conversation about a drop at Zach as the orpa. They could have called that off
See just how deep that is in the choke and then the follow-up HG's.
Pretty cool.
It's a good idea, it's out of its second time out from Kochi.
Just sounds like a nickname you've given him.
I don't know the coach's name.
Oh someone just been knifed.
Westman's 78.
Poor guy.
This is different.
2 con, 2 towards V. So a bit of a changer.
It's not the 3-1-1, so they are changing the tone again.
The Lilz and Lua are those AKs?
Oh, they're hoping we get the reset again.
I mean, the jump spot again.
Gonna be not far off.
Hey, jump again!
What are you doing?
Artien is a very brave boy.
Skuttles one in to Zaka.
Stakne's not gonna have their target.
Who wants the close boards?
Good push from Doc here.
Hey, he's timed it well.
Look at the back turn of Amelia.
Oh, doesn't find the kill he would have liked.
He needs to get out.
He's gonna retreat in combination with Kavala's spam.
He's so lucky to be alive.
They're definitely warming into things now in terms of how they're connecting.
It was them just getting stripped apart and very late,
and it was players going,
oh, well, it's so late if I just win this fight, we win the round.
Now you can see the ideas flowing within these mid rounds.
It's a powerful angle for Max-Core.
You almost feel like it's it's guaranteed to find the head to head if zaka was to peek into him dry
I say that smoke smoke. He's trying to remember the lineup
It is so that nullifies this angle
Jiggle bait smoke sup smoke break and hope for a break. Zack has got him clean shot box. Got help audience here
Can't finish them off, but they're so susceptible now to just a bullet should be good for audience
Never mind. Starry takes down a teammate in unison with Artie.
Got the wrong plant, boys. Not another one of these.
No HE to stop them.
Cover. Great shot from Sue.
Sharks have had some rough goes of things here.
Yeah, and they haven't been able to find the gap to secure the information for the stacks.
Yes.
But they've never been able to go, oh, wait, we've just found the monster timing, guys.
It's definitely going to be eight.
There's been a few rounds they've been able to push out into water,
but they're only really segregating the rotation and even then it's just been one and dead so
for koala when we looked at the you know uh
Pre-match when we saw the the heat maps. Yes, where lin vision's t-side default was it was quite bad
It was just sue outside of being you know containing that most of the time if I was you know watching the skybox edge or whatever it was
If i'm shocked perhaps that is a vulnerability or you know is sue capable
Holding it all by himself. That is pretty typical. You know ropx does that often forums, uh, Chris vitality boys
This is where it comes to the point where you were addressing so in the last three months lin vision have only played overpass
Twice in 2026 in general. They've only played the map four times
So when you have so little tape it can work in your favor because you're able to do things that they haven't been able to watch
Yeah, and that's good and bad. The bad is if you're lin vision. It's like that. You've only really run in practice
So
Exactly. Yeah, so, you know, there's always that balancing act. There's the more standard
Oh no, that's the D12. No way about that.
Look, it's enabled RDN to be fully forward. He's backing away now.
So they are looking, right? They are trying to stay dynamic in the poke and prod.
But LimVision aren't giving them anything there really, just establishing that all five still alive.
This is the real game of the B defenders.
Is there enough spots for us to play where we won't just get anti-stratted?
That does not matter.
Important to apply pressure across the map on Overpass just to force out the smokes.
Because a lot of these rounds, when we've seen them execute, they haven't had to go through grey screens or anything crazy.
So you need to apply pressure.
Yeah, just that one monster tunnel rush where it kind of heated out.
And that was mainly because of the flashes.
They could have been blindspan for sure, but you're not landing your basic flushes like that. You're in a bit of strife
the seven or two
huge gap
Just it feels so comfortable for Linn vision to be sprawling out across like it looks comfortable for us
Obviously, there could be threats around any corner
But they're not going to be pressured in a moment that means they can't execute it all the space for their plan every time and here
It goes again
So it's just different variations of a executed. Oh here the leg shots of starry might be up to dunk him here good
He sorry got here on the entry path Rdn solid as a rock on the defense gets to
Soo lay long into the orb line flash supported and he's got vision back and that scores ended the round
Back of the save will be able to get away with this one
and is almost
Spired and that'll be that so third round now for sharks go back to just a four round game and
and
Amelia's spacing looks like he's so far ahead of the rest of the team because his man to trade him gets down to that nade so
It worked for the a defense to pick them apart one by one and money is gonna be a bit of a problem for the final two rounds of this half before the break
You feel like
You're in pole position if you limb vision right now the fact you've got seven T side rounds like
It's difficult to put into words how strong of a T half right it can obviously get better, but
It's very technical. It's very Cirque du Soleil.
It is. It really is. Yeah, you're not choosing the easy path here.
Max, what's wrong?
Love a bit of aggression on the AWP.
Freebie.
Not ready for that. It's Starry.
They are a percentage... this eco, right? It is just a saved AWP, so...
One of the things I always like to say, this is even just like a rule for pugs that people can use at home.
If you have a saved gun and you're the EECS, don't just run and die early.
early. Allow your saved gun to work. And that doesn't mean sending him in first to die.
Give him an opportunity to set up some picks, jump for him, create some angles.
Just as we saw Westmellet open the door for him so he catches a frag between him four
and Westmellet stands and there's anything more for Linvision here.
If they can get a couple more kills they can soften up the sharks by for the final round
of this half they don't have a lot of cash
look at him
gonna be one hell of a flash if you can nail this
Doc, blind, still good for one
how's Amelia got a block kill
and Zaka would have loved that
that would have put another body down
would have been too alive
and that could have made financial difference
last round though
so here's how the game changes swiftly
sharks do get the recovery
they do go into the halftime rate of life
and they win the CT pistol
CT pistol, the conversion, and then they're gonna eat.
Not only did I put it in the lead,
there's so much pressure on that first rifle round
if you are LinnVision, right?
That first CT gun round, if you end up collapsing there,
what was such a strong first half?
It feels all for naught,
and then you're playing from behind.
So I feel LinnVision, just for their mental,
going into the two-minute break,
could really use a competitive round tip.
So aggression has been rewarded,
Koala caught, Westmillan's flash booked him
on the short aggress.
I think it's split down the middle. 6-6 on opening frags for these teams.
I don't feel like we've seen LinVision successfully breach their site without heavy casualties.
Only two here, the rotation's miles away.
Audien and Gafolo, empty hands for Gafolo! Audien, just two.
They're in.
Absolutely didn't get a chance.
I'm gonna say through Heaven, he kinda smoked off, so now they...
Full belt, kinda feels useless at this point, he's gonna dump it anyway, might get some chip damage onto Zaka, does halve his health.
Acceptable to a wall bang if he was to go for the pot shot.
They're gonna play the bomb here, Zaka ready to play off of Starrie and then West Mellon.
Well, he's gonna end useless.
of how frustrating, flashed. Oh, he missed it.
A little bit of smoke in fight two.
Here comes the progression.
You need your rifle to find you a little bit of a roof.
Doc unable to do so.
Sat him on his arse.
Looks like that vision will successfully convert
an eighth round on the B side
before we take that halftime break.
This is best of one. That's eight.
T side overpass rounds.
The writing is on the wall for sharks.
I'll certainly be reacting if Sharks can turn this one around.
They need to turn this game on its head on the T side of Overpass.
Best of one, neither team particularly proficient on the map, but with M2D and a Best of One
brawl. It's gonna be fun. It should be. It certainly has been for the Chinese representation.
Lin's vision. Eight round T side there. Laugh in Koala sleeping. They do a lot of that.
They do. Eucalyptus. It makes them tired. Any other Koala faction here? Let me know.
The odds, Fevron, one team and understandably so. Looks like a B executed is on the menu as
it's just Sue defending that side of the map. There'll be a fast rotation from Amelia.
Starrie and Zaka are about to call a clear, so that frees up the West Mellon rotation, but they're still miles away
You're going through that smoke. You kind of have to with the flashbangs better be good Rdn throws them in sue anti flash
Need the first tap doesn't get it gap closed important from Gafola gets sue on the floor and he claws back
One but long range not bad finishing off the job is koala. Starrie's very late to this Amelia and Zaka
They need to stay up
What more than a live deny the plant round on how beautifully
Yeah, they are
Sorry got a chance
Opportunity for zacker on the way back in don't forget on the checklist or the chap checklist
It was pistol for sharks to get back into this game. That's the first of many steps looking good to do so
Here we are not gonna go down without a fight need some clean clicks here
here. In the clock, understandably made us out of that fight and walks down.
Okay, Zaka. Not winning this one, but can you take any more with you? And one, Sardin
goes down, Koala will find the final, he gets through, then the round, Gafolo gets
the two, and just a simple little B-execute there. Fortunately, right, so the setup from
L'Invision was very ace entry, right, they were pushing forward to take those fights,
set the tone, they get iced out, that short smoke, even though they get the boost and
kill over the top of it, they had lost so much space.
Right, Sue gets the first, maybe a different conversation can be had, but it's a very good
work there for Sharks to kick off the campaign.
This was almost the moment the game went completely wrong.
That would have been enough for the overpass to stand.
But now they're on track to do what Lynne visioned it.
So if they can withstand this force by, which is looking like a similar setup, two players
over towards connector ready to pounce on the progression.
Very awkward for Amelia. He is going to have to just tuck and hope he doesn't get hard cleared.
Yeah. It's got support of Starry. Here we go. Heads ahead and he wins it. Staying mobile.
Gaffolo trade from Starry. He hits it. I wasn't going to say in that situation,
you know what they're going to do with that second Molly. If Starry just takes a tick,
Maybe they look at him. I'm glad he got that trade. Otherwise, if I'm a miller, I'm feeling a little bit hard done by
You could have baited even just an audio cue to give a little bit of a hand
But also it just doesn't feel like it's the this is not an easy weapon to be trading with sue shows how hard it can look
Well, they've lost the sight yeah, that's almost round. So what was interesting little biff in towards connector is?
Oh a very tough round to get back into heaven smokers landed
They've got more utility where that came from now cotton off the rotation through short as well
And now it's just about setting up their post plant west melon
Early break.
Has a client nailed it and will put some pressure on the short side.
MaxCorp catches an MP9 bullet with his face.
And Zaka's gonna be walking on this flag.
Maybe softened up for that 5-7.
Maybe. MaxCorp goes down.
He's gonna have to do it all on his own.
A clean headshot to start.
Here's another one!
It's looking like the Zaka clutch up against Doc.
SHORRY NOT!
That's a 5-7!
The Zaka duck baby's got him nearly out of the chair.
Making some noise.
Even Westmellon yelling over the fence.
Okay, okay.
The man on a mission, one side arm versus three.
The 5'7 pound for pound, best gun in the game right there,
and you're seeing that on display.
Sharks sat on their ass, and they're way back into the game.
That's just got a whole lot harder.
This was the opening skirmish.
Love the shooting, and then Zaka left in a 1v3.
Once Sarri goes down, the first is great.
The headshot just keeps on coming.
Beautiful work from Zaka.
Doc, hit a single.
Oh, he hit one.
He hit one bullet.
Oh, we love you.
How often do you see the vision pop it off?
This is the only one who normally, you know, make too much noise about the Westman's getting involved in that. They're having a great time.
Wow. I mean, this is the opposite of what I saw from LinVision yesterday when I had a little look through the VOD.
We're seeing energy. We're seeing Pep in their step. We're seeing clutches out of Zaka.
Does Suga support this time? Yes. Westman will join it, but again, another heavy stance from LinVision over towards A.
Wow, sorry. What a beautiful forward position.
I would love an extra man to cheat over towards this B defense now.
You've got Westman lining up the electronic smoke here to try and block and funnel them right side of the pillar.
Now staying silent with this until...
Followed, lobs off a flash. That's going to help him get the short control and also secure the announcement of the presence.
So, Zacca, will play forward of Heaven.
Doesn't want to get smoked off. Now he can contribute with the rest of his team.
But it will be...
He play.
Well, this looks clunky there.
They're juggling nades, they're having a bit of a conversation right now.
They're gonna back off.
Are they just...
They're slow to piece at...
55 seconds, Zac is searching.
Oh, and spots the elbow of Doc just walking through the pipe now.
The flashes are throwing the bomb as well, so commitment guaranteed.
Well placed, Molotov tried to make things awkward, but Zac astounds his ground.
Finds two dips back.
That's the support of that MP9, Westmellon gets that fresh magazine in.
It's looking flat, isn't it?
Nothing for Sharks. Oh, Karala onto West Mello.
There's something. Starrie has already rotated in and effective.
Ten to five.
Not like that checklist after the pistol.
There's something that was on that list.
Yeah, and now it's an EK.
Yeah, so this is 11 for LinnVision.
I think that's funded down under and bigger.
Probably going to be getting the message that you will be starting soon.
Zaka from the clutch to the shutdown.
Who did that?
Who did that?
That wasn't me, I don't have the capability.
I wish you did.
Because there's the bomb.
That's the bomb, everyone.
That's the bomb, everyone.
That's the bomb, everyone.
Everyone's favourite rounds of Counter-Strike, a Glock, E.K.
Ghost in the machine?
What was that?
It was a P2 Fiddy, actually, and a Flash.
Sorry, same again.
Just moving away.
Amelia might be the man to mop up.
There says hello.
There says goodbye and this one will just be drawn out.
If you can get a kill or two of your sharks, you're going to be happy with that,
but it's tough to see them getting much more out of that.
Amelia's spammed through. There's Starrie. He joins the party.
Hadean has taken one.
The map has shrunk significantly, Sue.
They can outside V control, Zach is in water.
Starr has to support a Westmellon connector.
And shooting Jaffa is the melon.
Fishpash bash, three go down.
And we'll call that round, 11-5, just two more.
We'll answer the notes.
It's a long way back up this mountain for sharks,
So they don't even get the AWP in the hands of MaxCorp for this first rifle round.
Zac at 19 and 5.
It's going to be tough to slow him, right?
The fact that he's finding so much impact, he's going to continue to...
This is maybe not the flow state, but when you're feeling the game, you're forcing...
I'm not even forcing the fight.
So you're looking for the...
It's like your personal momentum.
Yeah, you have the...
You love it when your AWPer has ideas.
Sometimes you have to put a lid on him, but it's great to have things off it up.
You'd much rather be saying no than giving him idea.
Yeah, because then you wonder, does he have the confidence to go for that fight?
You don't want to be forcing a player, and then you almost feel responsible when he's gone for it and doesn't do it.
This is one of those things that we talk about with Counter Strike.
You can't go in and play your A-game every single match.
Sometimes you're going to be playing your B, you see your D-game,
and you still need to be able to be effective within the team.
Whether that's just being traded, staying alive, playing completely different positions,
so you're not just giving away openings. There's lots of different things that come into play.
So a minute is where they initiate this crawl and it feels like Windvision have pretty
good tabs on this to be honest with you.
Yeah, Westman is going to be forward at this and with that block smoke it's going to give
him room to get fancy.
They're not flashing through are they?
Why do they mean you got that flash out?
I think it's just Galen and here's the steps for now I'd say.
Oh no it's burning!
Still hang on one and darn it away!
A team kill!
They're into the site.
Still unnoted over towards Long.
No, he's around here somewhere.
Back is going to throw some flashes, and oh, Starry catches Caffoldo's back turn,
so Long is not an option for the post plant.
They have kids, but no smoke.
Default plant.
You total dumb truck.
Ah, the Yen tucked on the corner.
Oh, he's still so far away.
Oh my God.
Oh no, they've gone down!
It's just Doc!
I'm...
Life on time!
Zac has got to hold the defuse, he's the one with the kit,
Sue's the one that's on it,
Zac provides the cover and just in time,
it feels like that's been the theme throughout this overpass,
just in time on the T side, and now on the retakes.
Yeah, let's take some inspiration from Navier once upon a time here, Brett.
That's not just so slow, but...
Calculate him!
Ah!
Up there, at the TK, but still...
That's 12 rounds now for LinnVision.
just one more and this will be a dominant victory over sharks and but no
head-to-head history between these two we weren't quite sure how it was gonna
line up
oh star hamstrung early by the galil of max corp anything you feel you think it
out of time yeah they're gonna get out of dodge you it's a little bit of revenge
engine gets given an all. It's just another five man play. So
feels if you don't catch the timing, you're just going to be
picked apart one by one.
You're lucky to be alive if you're dark.
And the next line, you know, the fallback or being comfortable
on this map.
What do you see in the game, ladies? It just it is.
I just know that they're in a tough spot. Mentally, you win
pistol you lose the force and then you're playing from but you were already playing from behind but
you've done enough to salvage the half in a way that you're never going to be happy with the
scoreline that we saw in the first half but you did your best in the best one to bring about you
didn't just give up and now it's just it's pack roll they don't have the they don't have the
buffer to play just standard 3 1 1 map control and hopefully work into things they're trying to be
grouped up and pouncing and I don't think that's going to work for them unfortunately 30 seconds
smoked off towards monster they know it's going to be B they're pinned in the writing as you
mentioned it's on the wall 13 5 I have them to the naughty list unless rdn can somehow get that
bomb onto the site in time running it sorry they're not going to be there koala's fumbled his
movement loses his life. Starrion that AWP got a nice fight and catches RDN.
Gafolo with the form on his back and he has to hold this plant. That's got to be Amelia,
runs him down and that's round that's game 30 to 5. Zacko with a stunning performance at KD
unlike anything. 22 and 6 from the Sniper. Clutches as well. Lynn Vision they are showing
that they're here to hang and stage 2 in their sights. One wheel away now, best of three and you're in.
You wonder if this is where in the video right you address in the fact that Lynn vision just have so few maps played on
Overpass came in and maybe after there's a little bit of a surprise for sharks, but they didn't ban it
They left it in I think they thought that maybe Lynn vision would find themselves on a new just to kick things off
But a T side start and the Lynn vision got to dictate the tone and this is great
They give themselves an extra life in those best of threes they get two opportunities to try and qualify for stage two
today is just a quick I think it's a job right you come in you do the work and
now it's about finding that form going into tomorrow or even the next day of
play for sharks this one there is going to taste a whole lot different than
yesterday it was that 13 to 10 victory ever heroic which I'm sure would have
been shouting from the rooftops but now dominant losses 13 6 to m80 and this
dropping again from blin vision it's it's a tough one I can't help but feel the
map has played a large part in that as well. You saw signs of discomfort on their CT side.
I just felt like there was so much room for Linnvish and you said it best. Every time
they had a game plan of like, OK, if we get this space, if we get toilets, if we get this,
we will exec like this. Every round they wanted to do it, they could. There wasn't a disruption.
There wasn't someone behind enemy lines or getting early info and leading to a gamble.
They just kind of got what they wanted.
Well, look, neither team eliminated, neither team progressing, but up next we've got big
We get taking on Thunder down on another 1-1 game and JDC is not even getting that wheelchair
treat, but he's going to have to limp out of the van, but we're going to throw this
one to a break and we'll be back with the second game of the day here on the B Stream.
The wall in the middle of the air is crazy.
Nice switch up out of the timeout for Met-RG though, just cranking up the speed and the
pace that you attack with.
If you're flyquest, the objective now switches to overtime.
Yeah, the nice thing, I mean, look, it's never going to be in a good position when your opponent's at 12.
But the nice thing is that 5-round run at least got them close enough to where a 3-round run to 4-30 is believable.
Especially because the way NRG squeeze out another T-round is by the fast play in the middle of the change,
Well, and you hit that shot.
That shot is ridiculous.
Oh, it was literally the last second as his head was going back down again.
And then that should get the line up as well, and you've just won the round with that.
On that rotation, you always feel like you have the time, but when your mid-defense gets taken out so fast the way it did with the shot from Bro with the trade at the top con,
you kind of lose the sense and the information of that scaling of how fast they can get in towards window room and be prepared for you at the murder hole.
So a chance, perhaps the last chance for us to talk to the team here on Mirage in this best of one.
FlyQuest, they have three chances to force other time, otherwise they fall to the one and two score line in this Swiss age of the Cologne Major.
There they go.
Now again, at least FlightQuest have plenty of money built up, so we're strong by to give
us a good go to try and come back into the game again.
It's a question this time up middle from FlightQuest and it's working out.
It's got the first, the second, follows, and Nitro falls down.
We've got storage trying to hold onto this B-Priser,
and they're already out the windows.
They're already down into the site.
JKS is out of position, and he gets back just in time
from Short to get that kill on Krueg.
So Sonic steps out.
JKS has won this fight.
And OC has left the low 1v5.
So Flight twice changed the pace this time.
And NRG don't handle it.
Their reaction is to try and get out towards the B-Bomb site.
But Flight twice had enough reinforcements
of JKS coming back in on Short to make an end to that attack.
It's the correct response from NRG to pick up the pace and go towards the B bomb site with that level of aggression.
And they had the room to work with. I think they were a little bit surprised at how fast FlyQuest rotated and readjusted to close the gap.
I don't think they were expecting those fights as soon as they hit the ground at the B bomb site, but that's where they were.
Lovely shooting from in, good layer of utility in mid for that piece of aggression.
This is it really for NRG, right? You've got to buy here, no money in the next.
So this is the fight for overtime, essentially.
This light quest can do this, have a great chance to close it into the bonus rounds.
Pressure again, fast up middle, Inz gets his gun now, smoke goes down, and these last
few rounds have just been an absolute brawl.
This time now, early deaths, just early damage towards Inz.
Well, I mean, that's how it's worked on the T side for NRG.
The kind of more calculated strategic rounds have gone against them pretty emphatically.
When they've gone brawly, when they've gone just straight, fast, up middle, has been their
most success.
Look at this one, Vexi, he's pushed down through ramp.
He's got a good position early on into the route here now the question becomes for energy is do you have a game plan when you?
Don't find kills off that very very fast push down mid
So you're closing the gap because netflix moved up into the apartments as well
He's not super deep in apps, but he's got a strong position
In this stone the window room who's now just leaving the drift over to be well an aggressive ramp place
You've got early information when energy decide to if they want to go for a split
Well fly questions actually playing without Intel at the moment
They have some good advanced positions as you're mentioning, but you have no idea in the middle of the map of while they're grouping out
And what they're kind of aiming for here's the salvo of utility popping right around the 45 second mark
Everyone has shifted away from the B bomb side
But now with netics pushed because of this position now they have some true information they can act upon
Inns is coming back to the motorball and I already got bro in the window. Oh
This is gonna be tough for instance to make anything happen here
Even if he gets one kill on someone crossing, Bro should just be going back.
Bro has a chance for both, but in quick reaction, so important he finds that headshot.
44, Flyquice trying to fight on, but Nitro's arrived towards jungle.
Netic, an essential kill, but Vexai has died towards RAP.
Grim turns and fights towards CT spawn, but it's a 1v1 for the map.
Grim trying to close in.
And time just enough for it to put that bomb down for Grim.
Netic, can he save Flyquice? Can he give them one last chance?
Grimm taps out
Flash over the top and Grimm will close it for NRG
A 13-10 win for the North Americans
That first half was so strong went by a brilliant performance from Sonic
It looked like it was all collapsing in the second
But not enough from flight course as Grimm closes out the one-fee-won clutch
Yeah, really nice. I think powered by Sonic is probably the keyword there
He was a beast in that first half and you could tell they needed that kind of a performance today
lovely clutch from Grim to get him over the finish line at the end. FlyQuest, I mean it's
another one of those things where it feels like talking about them in the second half,
admirable, it's looking good, looking clean, building into the game, but in the hole they
were in in that first half, so tough to overcome. And again, all thanks to Sonic.
All those 1v1 clutches, as well from Nitro, can't forget those two right...
2 1v1s, 2 4-spy wins for NRG in this game, a couple advantage rounds that FlyQuest let's slip away,
and that's the story for them as well.
Alistair is here with me, ahead of your 1-1 game.
First of all, I want to ask you, yesterday there was a huge thunderstorm in Cologne,
but also a thunderstorm on the server.
Are you surprised how it went yesterday, and I'm not talking about the result only, but
about the way you win that one game as well?
No, not in particular. I think it might be our very strong team.
I think our preparation was really, really good.
I think me and Eddie had a really good grasp on what we wanted to do against their style.
It was just kind of to make, I just really wanted us to play the level that we can usually play at home.
That was the main goal, but obviously it is a big upset.
But at the end of the day, that's what we came here to do. That's what we wanted.
So it wasn't too surprising.
And it got closed even in that second game against B8.
I wanted to mention, I did a post-match interview with MPL and he said that it was kind of annoying and frustrating to play against you
because you were like looking for a lot of timings and playing around the smokes a lot and you know, that individualists they kind of kind of strike.
Aren't you afraid that people might pick up on that and obviously they will not underestimate you anymore?
So do you have any backup plan in your playbook to kind of play more structured CS as well?
Yeah, I mean, honestly, it might look like we're always trying to catch timings, but it's sort of always part of the plan to play like that.
where we can play adaptable, but we also have an outline of what we want to do.
So, it's good that it was annoying for them. They were obviously quite annoying for us.
I think we did not showcase the best CT side, which is unfortunate.
But we have a deep playbook and we have some experienced players,
so, you know, you can never really count us out.
Some of our young guys had a great, great performance as yesterday.
You can't always rely on that.
So is it time for the old guys on the team right now to crank it up and show what you've made of?
Yeah, I think so I think it's time for the unks to step up and show these little boys how to do it
But now honestly props to them like I'm glad they showed the level that I know they're capable of I think this guy's a limer
And this is such a early part in their career. So hopefully it's good signs to come
Thank you for this I would like to warm up and see you on the server and also text is having just good fun warming up
And so thank you for this and good luck and see you on the server
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Well, howdy folks we're back in business another cutthroat Bester one we've got thunder down under I think that's how they say it
Can you do a German accent?
Yes, and we also have Big Clan, Berlin International Gaiman Sam.
I don't know what it says on the centre of their jersey, but it's similar.
Look, G'mind Sam, I don't know what it means, but it's provocative. It gets the people going.
Look at the results as well, Chadi B. What do we make of that? Big Clan losing to Liquid? We cast that one.
And then owning Gaming Gladiators. That's a nice way for them to wash away what was a map against Liquid that they could have won.
If it wasn't for a flying Deague from Ultimate onto this map.
We had some nonsense yesterday that flying deep from ultimate was one of the two pieces nonsense the other was
On inferno with a smoke impact kill. I figured that's the best way to say a smoke impact kill
But might be the new vernacular. Yeah, I like it
It's after yesterday's play at these two teams find himself in the 1-1 bucket locking horns
These are the highest rate of plays before the matches started and look
We've got a couple of names that you're gonna see in the server right now one of them that being Griggs the AWP up for big
and the other being ASAP. Well, there's a rifler for Thunderdown under. Yeah, and we heard
Astor talking a little bit about ASAP or rather talking about just that they're younger names.
Let's go Dexter. Hand-eye coordination. Did he bring this with him or is he picking this up on
the travels? Oh, 100% that's good in the hand luggage. This team, just for everybody planned
at home, is essentially if Valve had like, if they were selling cars, right, this team would be in
in the window. Yes. Okay. This is not an organization. This is six dudes. I don't know who makes their
jerseys. Maybe it's ASAP. Um, I don't know. But this kid on screen, right? Yeah. His name's
Tyson. Yeah. He's 23. Okay. And he's a Perth boy. I mean, it's nothing to any of you. It
just means he plays with high ping in Australia. But he has essentially been since net it got
picked up, considered the next in line from this region. Now, because of the changes that
happened in FlyQuest. It destabilized things within the region. And then you have this old
core coming together with two younger names, but names we've seen in international Counter
Strike, TJP and ASAP. So they've joined exactly along your celliuses of the world, right? So
they come on in and they join the discarded core of players slowly, but surely thrown out of the
FlyQuest roster. Alistair is in-game leading and all-ping. Liaz, an anchor for FlyQuest once upon
on a time plan with JKS as a back in the day, the Renegades jersey, 100 thieves, and then
Dexter, who's done in game leading over in mouse, right, at a major, made it to the playoffs.
He got discarded for in to take over that role. Now, this team coming here taking on big,
well, actually, they're not even taking on big, winning any games, right? Everybody
had these guys 0-3 in the pigs, understandably so. They hadn't played any matches outside
of the region and still able to qualify for the major. So, I give them props there, right?
focus the same way as big right big obviously they're region EU but they've played a lot of tier
two and tier three events that's why holding out for this we're really excited to see them lock horns
against or other names at the major and then bigger names if they're able to continue the run stage
two would be a great way to see that test yeah so look the dana is what we're waiting for it's a
little bit incomplete on big but we know that these guys have players who can shoot hard fave and
yesterday was really good i think gricks is someone who he was in the heroic jersey right
once upon a time, but that didn't work out. It didn't stick. It didn't stay for long.
We all remember Tabson, obviously. We don't even need to go into the history of Tabson.
No, I mean, I think I said it yesterday, but I will say it again that there is a part of me
that just wants to see Tabson's dedication and loyalty.
Loyalty is a great word for it.
Rewarded. He has not... Make no mistake, this man has had offers in his inbox for more cash,
for an organization that was not German and he has elected every time to stay with this roster.
And I know the management over at Big, I don't talk about that anymore because every time I
used to bring it up, I'm like, Tab's going to go and in-game lead an international team.
But no, he stands the house. And he's always presented that way.
I franchise player.
So loyalty in this game, right, it can be hard to come by. And you know, what you're talking about
of them getting some good results with him sticking around, well, they brought Blaine F in,
they've given him the in-game leadership round. I didn't know if Blaine was ever going to return
because this guy, when you look at him mechanically and as a fragger, his output is massive, but when you look at his accomplishments and even just the amount of mages, it doesn't add up.
It doesn't. No, it doesn't compute.
So we'll see what, because Blamef yesterday in their second best of one, he was a monster, right? But it was gaming gladiators. They farmed them, but Blamef, I think he was angry after the initial loss to Liquid.
the liquid so inferno interesting map we haven't seen big play yet they did
double nukes so far in their best of ones we did however see thunder down under
smash MIBR in their opening game that was quite the upset right that's that
ruined everybody's pickings for sure I think that that's likely why if you're
thundered down I knew you're happy to get back on this map because you have
some confidence here in Cologne on it already and maybe if you're big you're
also look at this go how deep can the playbook for these guys really be watch
the demo you see the play we get to take a little bit of a look here at the
the positions that they're going to be playing. So, Tapsen is going to be the boiler player.
He's going to be connecting with Farben, right, and he's the place next to him,
which works out quite nicely for them. They'll be able to look at each of the screens timing
with the boiler flashes. But Tapsen, alongside of Favon, are going to be responsible for getting
the boiler and holes controlled within these early rounds. And this is an area of the map where,
if you're playing in certain places, Leaz is probably one of them. You're going to get this room
pretty easily. Leaz likes playing back here. He likes playing on the balcony. You're going to see
see that and he not coming up soon then it's your core of the team who are
working on what I would say is the most important part of the map control is
banana right to blame F with this smoke we call this one what we it could be the
magic smoke but it's a smoke that we saw the Turks throwing right and
essentially it allows and Taurus to pump behind half wall so he's gonna be
setting up JDC well they're sitting on it makes no sense crazy even with a broken
lake he's gonna be able to run up for bananas fast as everyone else but JDC
even back in the mouse days I was always so impressed with the maturity of mouse
and the way that they were taught counter strike him an exertion they taught counter strike beautifully. Yes
So JDC's and he's comms and the way he wants to take banana control and be set up by gricks and
Blame F with the different util sets. That's gonna be key
Now on the other side, they're gonna be having to take on that set up of decks down alongside a TJP as your B defenders
It's gonna leave ASAP and Alistar as your rotating pieces and then lias as I mentioned over towards pit and a
Let's get this one underway and will we see a third game with a sabbathop of the scoreboard?
You know you saw he's high-rated player, you know on the list at least sorry excuse me
But the ace is enough mate. That's it. I'd be oh if that was me
Back on the plane from ear to ear. I would be on the moon. All right
Well, some jubu red is in the mix for liaz. What is Alice's smoke going to achieve?
He's thrown a deep in our smoke, but they can just be ahead of it. Dexter's gonna take a swing
So he's locked out of flash.
He flashed back, and well, the smoke's already negated.
HE timing wants to make sure this one's down the pocket.
Over to what's brilliant, and gosh, on the head of two.
That's great damage done.
Very good output there from Dexter, but this is set up at the moment that is leering and leaning.
Oh, does he get this one in time? Does he get it in in time?
They're ahead of this.
Oh, he's in trouble. Good damage.
Bricks low, and he's hit JDC as well, jumping across, but tagged to half.
He's done so much work.
No kit. The retake is going to be on the clock. 40 seconds begins now. Alistar has the flash
to set them up on the way back in.
We're going through the smoke. Okay. Flash and go.
Oh, great tip line. T.J.P. makes up for it, picks up the slack and we've got a pistol
going Thunder down under his way. Taps has got 7 HP, has to swing. Credit, where credit
is due. Dexter leaves with two kills and a million util damage. That's not actually
the number.
over 9000 no definitely yes I think some that's key that people might not be
familiar with if you're tuning in I don't know if TJP is gonna get up to his
usual Australian land antics which is what sorry shit talking non-spongebob
yeah okay he he is a loud man he he lets you know he's essentially just like
thundered down under not having an argument six dudes at a major and being
a flagship for valve going hey guys you at home can do this too he is also
Retro he is he's doing what we used to do back in lands 15 years ago. Oh, that was a big thing
So great output there from Dexter and banana with the Utah. He's running forward for a fire against the force. They've got it surely books
Dexter's alive
I don't know blame will eventually win that war of attrition with the aggressive SMG
So an opening kill to the hero rifles. Oh that one spooned up there to JDC. They wouldn't have worked anyway
Right.
So, Flustered, Dexter giving away the opening, JDC next up the back.
Up against the A here, Blame.
Portals is there.
Oh, that's done well.
Blame, however.
Stopper.
TGP!
Wow!
Such good output.
Huge output.
The round's still on now because of that.
They're going to get both these AKs for the post plant though.
Oh wait, open plant?
Fever's exposed.
He could be dead.
Lucky to get away from ASAP spray, but the incendiary on his head and now a follow-up spam.
Neither of these guys have armor.
But this must have been the one facilitating the AK drop so this
They can't take bullets. They're gonna have to be clean with the shots
Hey chief from lias could really make a difference on the retake. No kid
On the pool side
The air spamming away as ASAP clears methodically smoke on towards the bomb will make life very threatening
Sports and nails it nice shot to Griggs just
Oh! Pivot's around in the barbed face!
That right there is sick and brave there.
Him and Tapsen, they're going to want to make a noise on the other side of the server.
The force by war is there on.
And now it's only 1400 for Thunderdown under to try again.
Now ASAP with the 5-7 coming through Obesimo, we all saw that multiple times in our little pre-match.
Thank Leads for the flashes.
We'll see what big offer up here because in the liquid game, they played their anti-eco, anti-forces very fast.
Maybe I would even say too fast. Let's see how they operate into this one.
That was part of the Ghost question as well, two hours there in the pre-match.
I was asking if that's something that they expect to not be expected if they keep it up, you know?
Sure, yeah, but this is the thing, he could get tabs in here.
Like if he sees and or rather hears him throwing these grenades, Faven's walking into a trap.
Yeah, he goes down.
Does that change the course?
Well, placed HE as well. Hang on a second.
Fought in them long. They're gonna take space long.
Tell Flash.
Okay, he keeps going on that.
He will. 5-7 connecting.
Finds the headshot.
Tapsen goes down.
Follow up onto Grit puts him low.
Locked now. What do you go?
There's 5-7s everywhere.
These pesky mosquitoes have already taken two down.
Faven and Tapsen gone.
Scylla 3v3 on A.
At the B rotation, it's not in.
They don't believe this is the finish.
TGP and Dexter still waiting as Alistair starts to probe.
Alistair is going to swing for the knockout blow.
Blamef might just save in this one, Alex, because again we're going to go back and forth with the 1400 loss,
so I know we have 45 on the clock, unless Thunderdown underrun it in, Blamef will be saving.
That came...
Yeah, genuine question here.
Oh, he's giving away his position now, so they definitely know it's the same.
I would want to turn the screws hardcore because I know who I'm up against at the same time.
You know he's gonna get three kills and yeah, we could put the mic on
Yeah, we'll be I
Don't know if he's brave enough to like I said to do what he would do in Oz with the with the shit talk
But I hope that he I hope that he does
Dexter's been emboldened to search is just there's no universe where he wins this fight
Yeah, I think I would want to run and try and take him off the time. There's only five seconds. They're not gonna get there but
Question answer
Armored five sevens, you know, you know, you're expecting bigger expected a force
Oh, he's good to do it. Yeah, okay respect. I I I respect it
You know what I like I'm just glad that Alice does not it doesn't have to be Alice there
You know sure used to be him and I you can check it. He just get he just cheered up. Yeah
You do have the boys, but then you see that like kind of all the
I know well armored five sevens armored five sevens going like going apps and being the first guy playing as faven
Is that not a bit of a booboo? Yeah, I don't like okay
Yeah, I just wanted to say it's against the philosophy of anti-force. Yeah, I don't want to be up close. That's the problem with Inferno
There's a lot of these corridors, right? So sure. We were talking about it yesterday
I don't like doing apps or short finishes versus force buys. I would hate that
I mean, you might the amount of times and I don't talking about my mediocre counter strike
But Max Evans is hiding the apps. I'm having a horrible time
They all it all it takes is you know you to overlook one of the corners or even the first got to go out
and he gets instantly killed by a 5-7 to the head.
Well, then you're just spamming away with a 5-7 and a tight choke.
Yeah, and it works for you.
And you also think about the amount of crossfires when you come up short.
They've obviously helped by removing graveyard.
Yes.
We didn't have graveyard in 1.6, thank God.
But when you're parving up, you know, the balcony,
you've got the back of the truck, you've got pit,
then once you're scaling up, you obviously have the site positions,
you have mode off, it's not smoke.
There's a lot to concern yourself with.
But definitely taking the tempo out of it this time, Pig.
and there's no secret that blame has an AK-47.
Very passive setup over towards that.
Bigger concerns are if you give up banana control to be executed, and then a waterfall.
This is where these type of rounds with pistols, it's great to be flooding out of apps.
The PC-50 could work?
Yes.
Everyone bar ASAP, having head armor here, so let's see.
Okay, this is going to be tough in this setup.
I feel like Lee has it set to succeed here.
Good weapon for it, does get his.
He dips away, baits them into ASAP, but the flashes were good.
Tampson's there, Griggs is pissed off, finds the double entry.
Big clan of breach through on the counter force.
Some good flash work.
I think Dexter and Alistar should save.
giving away this AWP and then the AK, you've got nothing to work with. Dexter takes a look, does a little bit of damage,
and that's gonna be a call-off. If you get that kill, maybe you give it a look, but right now neither of these guys have QIPS.
It's ill-advised to go for this. Just continue the force by wars.
Don't, don't full shove him, and you're gonna be okay. You're getting 1400 next round, but because of your round win, TJP already has 3.2.
He'll be able to buy himself again.
Lee has his gonna be very close. He might even just want to operate with an SMG in the position he plays,
And then something could be dropped across to ASAP, right? They could drop him in SMG as well.
What can I hear Big Clown with the same kind of trash talk, are we?
I think...
Do they have it in them?
To a degree, for sure.
If it's German trash talk, it's more like, you know...
That is a round, you should have won!
Sheesh.
I don't know all the Germans out there, watch out.
Sorry about that, yeah.
They're still be lied.
Very good.
You know what to do with?
We've been here before. Let's get it. Just like last time.
Can you ASAP again?
That's our Lister on the mic.
Keeping the energy quite light and fluffy.
I mean, it's a pretty threatening looking CT follow up, isn't it?
That's it, right? They had that bonus cash to work with.
Yeah, it's looking good.
Ally's going for an earlier warp down middle.
Oh, and he's committing for something a bit more juicy.
He gets a little jiggle out, bait.
Successful.
Work from Tapsin.
Clash for the fight.
Dexter going looking over the top.
Nice fight. Catches JDC blind.
He wants Blaine. Oh, he's found Griggs!
Straight through the smoke. Mission accomplished.
Yeah, you know that Blaine's around here somewhere as well.
He's one of the facilitators for the banana control, so post non-clear.
EKG.
On back, the other way is going to do an equal amount of damage, so Blaine...
Five armor.
That's not much he's revived.
Yeah.
And another round that's gone back and forth by the looks of things.
Unless they can claw back a 3v5.
Ah, I do love Inferno when it's forced by walls from the start.
Like, this is when Inferno gets just always going to be entertaining.
Ah, they lost and executed in the previous rounds when they were plain turtled.
ASAP can clear top middle now, but it is going to be on this B defense.
Okay, so he's called Brackets, clears, does that involve him on the rotation?
B gets the Inferno.
Okay, there's nothing top mid.
You need to block.
This is when you start using your nades.
Nice, and send the area in a gold flash to delay.
There's one another one, he should hold it, he's just dumping.
TJB swings on the second, nothing to report.
30 seconds, you gotta spam away, they're trying to direct a boost over the top of the smoke.
Faven will find the opening.
Ah, these last two days, Faven.
Oh my god, he nearly found ASAP.
I wonder through the smoke, they've got a good understanding that these guys are always moving.
They're mobile, and it doesn't look like they're going for it.
ASAP's gonna burn if he's not careful, he doesn't spread on the ascend, he's very nice on Faven,
he's brought big clan back into the round, ASAP getting out, put on 1 HP.
He's going to clear through. Oh,
Oh, he's missed. Oh, the
Tapsen hasn't nails the headshot
on to liars. And now Alice is
uncomfortable. Oh, it's still
hits it. Tapsen feels like he
did the hard work. Yeah, after
that first Mr Mali, I thought
Tapsen heating up. He knows
that could have been his round
right there. Tapsen. Okay, back
in fourth again. I almost feel like he was delaying the defuse to give TJ a little bit
more time. Hey TJ, do you know what you're going to say?
Yeah, we'll keep tapping, we'll keep tapping all that. Oh that almost went very wrong very
quickly. Alley hits the floor. Like that was the...
It's the hard one. Yeah. This was the hard one.
That's it! The one where he's just got off the bomb, you know exactly where he is.
Oops!
Big. I think they're just going to try and take a little bit of tone out of this.
If I'm Zend the coach, we almost won a 53.
They were fumble and big time there.
The cache is probably the real conversation.
So 4.3, 4.2, that's JDC and Blaine. They can definitely buy AKs.
They even could do the same, it's just going to limit the amount of utility it has, and then
Tapsen and Griggs could work on pistols and drop the utility or facilitate the utility.
I think, because it came down to a 1v1, in my opinion you should keep forcing, but apparently,
Big don't feel the same.
Maybe Zen's called off, yeah.
I don't, I've, they could have had two AKs and a Galil, plus pistols with utility.
You nearly just won a 3v5.
Look, in the moment, we'll see how it plays out.
It might be the right call, but I definitely could have justified a force by again without a doubt.
I mean, yeah, that's not what I was going to rate this fight for, Ali.
I'm not going to see that.
I think in this round, if I'm funded down under, one of the keys is making sure
that our setups are not too static, because you saw when they got executed upon on A.
Oh, he's hearing all this.
Yeah, that's a lot of info.
So, Ali's been very loud, elephant departing the bulk.
You cannot lose this one.
This is, I know there's investments, but it's essentially an eco.
So I've done it down under slip-up here.
This is a very bad round to lose.
It's JDC's flashes.
It's all this comes down to.
He's going to flash abs.
It's not for a follow-up.
He's hoping they spam or make a sound cue.
They're going to come to the flashes from JDC.
A test for this three-man A setup.
Lea's in the pit.
We'll throw out the bulk smoke.
They'll be pushing through there.
Yes, Freddy himself is back.
Nice work from Lee as the setup holds fast.
A nice change this time. I think last time around ASAP and Lee as both got caught by the flashes as they initiated A.
Actually, Lee as played first, then the flashes so they didn't knew where Lee as was.
This time, ASAP was in a spot where he didn't have to worry about and blame F.
Looking for the save.
Rizzy. He lingers around.
Oh he's ahead of that!
Oh ASAP finishes off the deal with 4 in the round and gets himself an AK for his troubles.
He's a shooer!
What's the point of having an AK if you're gonna do nothing?
Nah they were equal possible.
Sounded like they all get a read on the equivalent of AK.
Well that's he just said, I just want to have an AK if you're gonna do nothing.
Good boy.
Well he's got a D-Gone now.
Well, they're already quite competitive and that's Thunderdown under.
An awdless squad who only played in regional events.
I know their existence.
I am just surprised that we're in 2026 and they've gotten away with it and yesterday
they could have been 2-0.
They hit both Black West and Thunderdown and could have been 2-0 yesterday.
They had very competitive second matches.
They're 13-11.
They're so close.
They've been relying a lot of...
JDC on barrels. Not clearing it for some reason. Completely overlooked that possibility.
Dexter is the type of guy who takes laser beam on JDC. That's some beautiful shooting.
That was against Ali on the AWP. ASAP's got a double PG. Unable to handle it.
Okay, well the eco into the rifle seems to have paid off.
They know that
TJP is a B Defender and Lias is the pit anchor so that they just need to go through the motions right now 50 seconds each time
Yeah, there should be no way this goes wrong. He's got Lias on site. He's you know good for one
EJP would have to be supporting. I'm surprised JDC is not searching B to call it clear and then they can rotate back
He is okay, so just he was quite static a moment ago
They find Griggs off the flash
Well, they're gonna rotate they do have time, but they have to go now and
JDC should have the rotation covered so the question just becomes to thunder down under want to save this time
Would they want to give it a look and if you do rotate through CT not getting past
All right
Think saves the option here for me J. Look it. It's the full package. It's every made kit full armor a k
You'd love to bring that fruit to the next
But you will I don't think so JDC is kind of booked in here
It's in the moto
Wanted to keep on moving find a safe haven
Just you and himself up there big
Taking a look at the
Financial scenario right now for Thunderdown under they have at least three M4s
One thing I did take away from the big liquid game that we were on on nuke was on the listeners their comms just seemed so
well structured everyone was communicating
Very rigid very clean comps That's the perfect one for it
Not saying the same thing for sure
It's very important first of all for there to be intent
you got some players who are quite monitoring which is bad because you know
you do need that urgency Coach Viridian, behind the team you might have seen his
content online he also used to work as an observer doing bits and bobs.
I love it he's behind the boys taking the time out giving them a chance to take some poise is
They get together this by mention to have three M4s. There's no kid. It is limited in Utah
So this is one of those moments where you do want to take that time out just to make sure that
You have a plan because you can't play a quote-unquote standard bound but very very nice shooting from DDC there
Nice to start in apartments.
Yeah, and he's got liars up close as well.
Oh, Cali.
Ah, messy everywhere!
He needs to just back off.
I'm so inspired on the jump up against the annulise of life.
It feels inconsequential, but it does slow down boiler and halls control.
good beat on what bigger going to be bringing into the situation and with the
questions that I asked Ali in terms of taking your timings he's discussing yeah
that's part of the way we play which is good right you want your players to be
involved in to make moves but that's not taking a timing there that's just looking
at a place on the CT side this 2v4 has gone 2v3 and the bottom down round over
yeah of course seeing if Lee has can get his hands on anything better than an MP9
Oh god, Alice is going to lose his rifle.
Yeah, save him!
Please save him!
It looks like he will!
Not very!
He gets his open upgrade, okay?
Well, they need to eco.
What are the hard parts when you look at a matchup like this for...
I wonder if they just continue to play slow by favor big, because I think they're going
to be much better with their mid-round reactions and their utility in general. I think I'll
also be slightly more creative. Whereas with Underdun, it's going to rely on individuals
getting multi-kills in a lot of scenarios.
Alistair's bringing the fight. Second mid swing with flashes. And now there is a body
down there. He's got a head-to-head and he rips off the head of Thompson. Quick trade
from Faven. If the follow-up, it is only against the USP. The Lee has saved AK. He is close
spy. I don't know that Fabian could have gotten across though then not only is he dead this is
an awful lot of space here's a freebie thanks for playing there's two of the AKs you cannot pick
them up and at this point it should be round. Fabian calling halls clear, boiler clear, brackets
clear but I'm popping back to B just next to it with a USP. So many nades you could just go
conflict you know it's an eco and you know you've taken care of the two guns.
No smoke on the cross, TJP might catch a timey, he thinks it's a dink, it means there's a chance.
The Dexter could get a kill, he goes to Nade, nothing over towards Newbox, Dexter should be
dealt with here, he's gonna need dink, dink dead. Like that.
Oh, see here, another one as well, he's picked up an ache every just a mile away.
Yeah again, I think this is another safe scenario, good amount of damage being done on this eco,
big it will take the lead after four at a moment's time they've not taking any
chances but a great sign to be honest I know we can see the action but just not
to be giving anything away for free and is he gonna give it a look or is he just
looking for more damage without a kid it's hard to see a chance they get 2400
lost into the next plus the kill bonus so their CT buy isn't gonna be great I
I would like to see ASAP hold on to this.
But he's not playing scared, you know, he's not hiding out in pit and it, oh, it's gonna be a test.
They're coming, exiting CT. He needs both of these kills or he's a dead man.
No armor, no problem on the first.
Blame that for the trace, hit that first shot and oh, Blame just wins the war on Attrition.
Okay, Blame survives as well.
that you know he gets both it does a decent amount of damage to the finances
there but the fact that blame F holds on and he's doing got residual I wouldn't
say bigger sitting pretty but they're definitely not uncomfortable with what
they're limited to right now I'm sitting with the Mac 10 JDC gets himself a
drop thanks to blame F other side TJP he's got the worst of the weapons it's
gonna be a Famous only one set of head armor that is on ASAP absence Mac 10
could really do some work and this is a set call you see blame F joining them in
second middle. So there's a bit more of a plan immediately out of spawn for big
into this round.
Half of this position is known when to smoke and Lee has nailed it again.
Previously on the apps pop. This time just going for the crawl. Are they faking this
So are they committing to it?
Blames leaving with the bomb, so maybe keep your eyes on that.
We've seen a balcony smoke come into play from T stairs,
and you get the motor from, oh, OK, Alistar.
Doesn't know that Tabs are on him.
But if he takes a deep pick, there
is an AWP on Fritz waiting for him.
Now they are setting up for this A play.
Double pit, Liasing A, SAP, TJP, over towards motor.
You two very limited now.
Oh, he's missed the motor smoke.
There'll be no motor smoke here.
Taps him harding forward.
Lee has to just catch the flash,
favoring on the entry.
He's got to go down with empty hands.
Lee has needs to follow up, favoring versus Lee has,
and he's nailed it on the prefire.
Ooh, FAMAS didn't finish it off.
FAMAS revealed, still stands his ground for one,
but it's insufficient, especially now.
Griggs has caught him, my brief, next to down.
Runs to February 4th, let it work.
I say VE.
And now it's just to retain the ops up.
They stuck to that, right? Okay, we weighed out the nades, we put the early pressure on, as soon as they're over the U-Tool, we just erupt in.
It's been a long time since I asked for power for the course on Inferno. Has it been more like 6-6, like dead even?
5-6-6, yeah. I think I took a look at all of the seasons map played in the Tier 1 events. Amalgamated all the stats.
Yeah, it's a 51-53.
Things very closely.
Yeah, 6-6 or a 7-5.
I think with some teams, you can even say 4 rounds on the CT side can't be enough.
But those are the teams that are very proficient with their U2.
On the T side they know that they can get top and under control every time with good sets of triple nades or double mollies.
Just confirming what we're saved there, that was the conversation being had.
So they know that there's only so many options available to Alistair in this one and I also
enjoy the fact that we've taken another time out.
Sure it's going into a partial buy, but you have the AWP.
Last time you had two save guns, you found a couple of opening picks you weren't able
to convert and you've got those dastardly 5-7s back in the mix once more.
If they can snatch this one away, it would be hard work for Thunderdown under.
Worst case, they have a rifle round going into round number 12 before that halftime break.
Bit of a cushion for the league.
Chin up, okay? We're sending the numbers in the right directions.
We'll just start getting the trades off perfectly. It'll come though, okay? Just stay here.
That's the Chin to keep morale high.
It has been a team effort.
Up to bottom, looking relatively close.
But they're up against four straight rounds from Big who is starting to put up a little bit of momentum
Rix has been pre-aiming this boost. He knows it's a kind of favourite and
I can't believe he stayed on it. Is he really thinking about the re-peak there?
Alright, well they've done their homework Big. Yeah, but Ali is I mean fortunate to still be in the server
Wow, peeks is all towards B, peeks into Dexter, gives up, up.
TJP soliders a rock with the B.
Yeah, you cancel now.
I like the move off of the opening kill, taking the space, but you cancel now.
You don't need to hang around and give this any more.
You can still reset, you've got a bunch more U2.
Whether it's going to be like a double pump later, either way, no point running through a grey screen.
Thunder down under a stayed and a 2-2.
And here comes the second wave of util.
He's got another smoke grenade.
I throw that in and he wants to leave TJP. They're not expecting this commitment.
Here comes Big, stubborn on the B commit. TJP just a desert eagle.
I don't get anything from here. That's at all. Big have taken the side.
No, they've taken the round. There's another smoke as well.
Use it towards Coffin so CT is going to fade.
Oh, TJP does get something, and I shot him to blame.
Or posted on this, completely nullifies Lee-House, grabs it, whoa, gricks!
Dumping on him.
Okay, well, that's gonna be seven for big.
You're right, they've kind of caught fire here.
What's that, four, five now in a row?
Yeah, and you know, I was questioning whether or not they should continue the force by wars.
They went, nah, we'll take an eco.
You will give you one, and then now that we have everything,
we can actually start playing Counter-Strike the way that we practice.
That's one of the problems with getting into the force by wars. You've always had quite much weapons
You never have full utility. Yeah, it's just doing a bit of residual damage it and that means you can't play your standard rounds
So by taking an eco just put themself in a scenario where they are able to buy everything and an extra kind of asterisk as well
Which kind of justifies big plans to make you further is that a force by war would serve better
These are the boys that they'll happily level you want to fight five seven around slow
We'll do it more about like individual decision-making and and output. Yeah, right and at that point
It doesn't become about what you practice in the theory of the team
It just comes down to you know
Who's taking the risk at the right time who of the Counter Strike God smiled kindly on in that moment?
We got that top mid smoke is always an interesting one to the T side Griggs takes early peachy chip damage
TJP the same as he goes on an aggressive venture
Oh, look at pace is noisy as hell. Asap's hearing this asap
You've got work to do may favorite straight fit out all too easy. No flash no problem controls the spray
Tabs is gone, it's Gricks and Blame versus The World.
He's out 5, Blame clean as well, he's having a very good start.
On Inferno, definitely looks like a valuable asset.
Fourth under, down under.
Don't envy this for anybody, especially not the author who's ordering brought low-byte nades
and they know exactly where is the sound queues being made, but this is 5.
Unless Gricks does something out of this world.
I think he is of this world, unfortunately.
We've got a game, ladies and gentlemen. Big Clan versus Thunderdown under both teams,
One of them will be just one festive free away from stage two.
What's up?
2 down
This is off
Naps off
2 down
1 on midwalk
1 on midwalk
Molly down
Oh the guy on the
Morning apps
It's all the second mid
You need luring
Luring with all
Our first apps
Broccoli, broccoli, broccoli
Just watch that side
Everyone can chill in my car
I'm smoking
What's up?
I didn't see him
Oh they did
Your channel
No, I didn't see that
Mother!
You're the best
Broccoli?
Tortellini?
What are these calls?
Not, that's not from back in my day
I don't know what that is
Maybe they changed Diggity to Bronly, you know, sounds similar.
Either way, we are into the pistol, ladies and gentlemen, it is that one-on-one match, and we got some pace early.
Full control of the car position.
Not so good, eh?
Yeah, it's given over, right? There was nobody there, even a spot, so it's a big aren't playing to actively fight Banana.
They are playing to Snackby.
Oh, look, the decoy forced the block smoke.
That's not bad at all, it's just JDC and Griggs here.
Alright, try to get past Griggs and JDC.
Let's look at your verette as Prime to ready and he's down.
Flats nice from CJP.
They're trying to find him, they're slashing it around, they're going to cut him down!
He'll race up, puts his Karamba into JDC's careflaw.
Knifed and jumping, digged in two days and he's going to broken leg.
Life's rough for JDC right now.
Oh gosh.
Schadenfreude.
I think you have to hold on to...
I was going to say your armor, but the only one with armor is Blamef.
Evernon, Tabson, may as well look for kills.
Good point, well made. Exits, I suppose.
Yeah, do some damage, make sure they have to...
...rebuy everything, it's the armor, how they know what's damaged and what's not.
This is also great in terms of kills, give yourself a little bit of extra money for the force by coming into the next.
And that's if you want to get into those wars. Blamef with two.
Sure.
down and we've already seen them. We've already seen big operate in these four spy rounds
where they'll make sure they facilitate some of their heavy hits where the rifles were
available at the double AKs in the first half four spies. They don't have that possibility
right now, at least they haven't opted for it. So they've gone five sevens, DEagle, MP9
a scout. These are the scariest rounds I think for any small regional teams. Your Sharks,
your Lynvisions, your Tyloos, your Thunder Nan under your Flyquests. These rounds right
now they go wrong more often than not. There's lots of ways to skin a cat but it's just there's
so much variance of what a team is going to do with a 4-spy. You feel like you have the
same options you just need to consider everything as opposed to the more standard approach.
I don't know why 3MAC 10s kind of fills me with more confidence just because there are
exposed heads and simultaneously it's hard to track for a Desert Eagle or a Scout. Not
for a 5-7 though. That's why we don't like to go out first of the force. No, Faven has
demonstrated why you don't do that. Nice from Dexter at least but Blame's actually finished
them off with the H&O. That is info. Alistair spotted three.
EJP, at least. Please plan. Please plan.
Excuse me. This is the TJP.
Plan the bomb. Please plan the bomb.
It's good Molotov. At least secures that bomb.
And he had time to spray this under that under tag too, so that's cool as well I suppose.
Yeah.
They're not holding onto this, Alex. No sir.
Figure one this round.
Can't see a world where.
Alley on 28, GP.
Yeah.
Oh, this one's not going to happen.
Jay, you see a Tamsin wrap it up.
Apartments!
Especially through the smoke, when there wasn't really
any time pressure, they didn't need to go.
But this is just one of those things.
They, you know, that you want to get in Oz.
Lee has to guess that first kill.
Yeah.
It's just you're not in Oz anymore.
Toto, that's the dog.
Yeah.
I kind of like the idea that we get a spin off with the dog.
It's just too easy.
He's moving fully accurate now.
the headshot on close one-shot kill to the big as well but this is these this
level of team is part of the course of what they play against yeah so they're
not blowing them out sure but this is that this is big spread and butter these
are the teams they beat this specifically for this quality of team is
what they beat to qualify for the major so I think every man and his dog would
have big as the favourite coming into this. Something I don't know, made it stressful,
but big would be much better in the gun rounds.
Lovely, lovely from JDC.
Jondercastro. No more kill on Banana, good read of his opponent, and TJP likely another
victim here if he's gonna go for a spout. Okay, flash through the smoke. Oh, JDC's
on for the ace! A quad kill, shuts down the entirety.
Again, you've been jumping deep the knife. At least get the ace. Give yourself something to be happy with.
Now play a map against the final.
How did he immediately start talking that?
The Rico now, but he can't put that one back in the bottle.
I'll put the two Spanish back.
Oh, okay. I don't know if we can be picky with listen-ins, but that one I would like to hear.
He was just asking for accountability from his teammates.
I think it was an attitude thing or a calm thing or a something thing. That's what it felt like to me
But that was way too easy JDc nice little 4k gets himself up to 11
And it's three round gap about to become four because thunder down under they have to take the eco
Switch out to the big along finds to okay. It was thirsty for those eggs. You got to get yours
That's just tjp and ASAP who are boxed in locked out and just ready to go down
I'm surprised absin's being so shy about this
They're going to grab another and there you have it tabs and jumping back tend to confirm
Did you see bring in some energy and the game has gotten away from Thunderdown under our fifth
They are going to bring out the guns into this one, the biggest issue is the buffer that's
been built from big, everyone has plenty of cash to splash for at least one buy after
this even if they lose the round and that's not even taking into account saves.
That second round loss has haunted them to this half.
You're going to have to do it the hard way.
You're going to have to win multiple rifle rounds in a row and if I'm big I go for lots
of saves if that starts happening, I make sure that as the loss bonus builds we're still
equipped because you can win around with just one or two guns against a team like Thunderdown
and I laughed at productivity from bricks off the leash.
That's an aggressive all-blind.
What a different today, mate, huh?
Time that one perfectly.
Zephyr pops the flash from his teammate, so slightly...
Miss-timed as...
Us is looking to do it all with the U-Tilt.
Second one, the timing is good.
They have the boiler and holes controlled with the double peek.
They've also applied pressure to top mid with this long smoke that Blamer's trying to jump over for intel.
Banana control is the next step of this, but they want to secure brackets first.
Flash off, molly back, swing it in.
Very convincing.
It's very convincing. Now you've got a motosmoke and extra flashes, long players feeling pressure, there's only JDC here.
Now, you are going to have to run through a smoke.
They know that it's likely going to be B, because they've done three-quarter of it at what's long, but Blamer's actually stuffed the choke long.
So that smoke essentially achieves nothing.
Well, JDC, I love this. I love this.
He was flirting with aggression there, solo Bs.
He's blind time though. He realizes his survival integral.
He's going to be there as well. He's rotating through. They're coming back, they're coming back.
They're going to start to spam. He gets vision on TJP before ahead of the smoke.
Now JDC can activate. Get spotted though towards Newbox.
Going to make life difficult for him. They're putting out nades.
JDC, the headhunter for two.
Okay, two on three.
Bomb scooped up.
Pressure onto Dexter. Blame, F's even got an instantiary.
You pull your plant.
They're going to plant save.
OK.
Info on ruins.
He loves to see a 2v3 here for the boys.
Word.
You need it.
It feels like a necessity here for Thunderdown under.
And ASAP's trying to bring the fight plane F down.
Nice shot.
Nails the head.
On the fade, a flash for the next.
Gricks eats it, books him, and now it's up to Faven.
He gets spotted, gets beheaded by ASAP.
Lovely team play on display from Dexter and ASAP.
The comms are flew in.
and Griggs down to dext up.
Is that the start of something,
or is that just a flash in the pan?
I think I'd contain the celebrations.
I understand why he's getting loud,
but it's one of those scenarios where, as mentioned,
you need to break through multiple rifle runs.
They played that well, but again,
it meant that they had to get into the site.
We've seen that once they can be scrappy
and actions happening,
I really like the consideration of ASAP
in a lot of these duels, right?
He understood where they were coming from,
but didn't just commit to the fight.
He knew that Griggs, he didn't just stay in the open,
waiting for the re-peak,
just took each fight as it was coming to him.
So, there's been a really good couple of moments from ASAP in this map, even though they're down three rounds.
I think he's responsible for at least three or four rounds with his Maltes.
And it is the newer faces, I suppose, to the once-upon-a-time FlyQuest core,
that are the ones who are putting in the bigger shift frag-wise.
It's not a huge differential, but you can only fill in some level of impact with the kills that they're finding.
So you need another one of those, and that one wouldn't have felt like it came easy for Thunderdown under at all.
Fully strapped are big kids, four of them, Griggs has his all, full U2 and even left
over cash for quite a few of the players so this is just a real slog.
Oh they've missed their banana smoke, it's sky bald and that's out of the T side.
Griggs again with this.
He's just heard that, he's heard the singe.
Yeah, so how does he want to handle this?
hahahaha
well there's the answer
okay well
Ali looking for the pick
on to blame
he's tucked on the long side
bricks got a knee with his knee on it
open hunter pressure just everyone congregated here so
pack roll mentality
the worst case you line up or you cop a lot of
futile damage the best case is
you trade out effectively and you can overrun the site
the site. They get past Griggs. They only have 1900 loss in the next round, so essentially
they lose this round, the game goes with it. And they go back to a B execute. They just
She's one of the two smokes available to pressure A.
Blame again, ahead of that.
Exit up.
They have one smoke to execute B,
and they set up from JDC and Tabson.
They're boosted.
And they're playing actively.
They're not just holding the angle,
they're gonna move into it based on what they see.
JDC's gonna own them.
Yeah, he sets up, he's a beautiful setup.
Not bad from the headshot though.
TJP did do some damage,
but with the eight seconds on the clock,
as you have to plant now. Taps and can span him, win the round, that's gotta be game,
yep no chance. 11, 4, big plant, thundered down, I'm just trying to save those two,
Alistair and Dex to bring them through.
Pick down middle, worst case, left one for you.
Rick's gonna pick middle?
It's Rick, all but he's 8 people.
Yeah, all puns again.
Got a good spawn.
He's gonna pick down middle, run down middle.
We will lose this game if we let that round affect us for the next round, okay?
Yep.
That's the one I requested a little bit earlier on. That was after it was the force by for
them with the technology just got spanned to the smoke by JDC with the 4K.
He get your own parallelist up. Briggs just falls off the line as he sweeps. Yeah timings
everything isn't it. Pretending looking force. The same guns. Briggs is so good on this line
And he's got Blame F as well in support.
Flash is connected, still hits the shot!
Blame nearly has three on the spray.
Asap and Alistar down.
That's a missed the mic, Austin.
It could, especially if this swing from Dexter is quick.
Throw some nades, rotations on its way.
Gricks forced back.
So now they're smoked arched.
Tapsen Library will be able to at least lend a hand
and call it clear.
They can smoke off motor, they can eyesight the pit player.
Oh!
JD sees it in some shots.
It's a bang, it's favorit down to...
Whoa, Tapsen!
Lovely sequence, looking great for the hometown team
to find themselves a second win under their belt.
Yeah, that's the key, right?
You look at this, you've got MA,
they've got some German representation,
you've obviously got big.
You would love to see a team at least make it to stage three
where we have a crowd and the Germans can come and support
some of their fellow countrymen.
It looks like we might have Thunderdown under and FlyQuest
in that one-two bucket.
I don't know what the matches look like,
but that would be one to get them going toe to toe
I think they played against each other, which sounds crazy, but that's because FlyQuest were
meant to go to Chinese events and funded an underwear mainly playing in Australia.
So Dave, wouldn't say they've been dodging each other, they just have different, well,
completely different structures.
But there's also such a, you know, there is a, what you'd say is storylines converging
if they both were clash.
Oh, for sure, right?
You have your INZs, your VEX sites, up against on the other side, the DEXs, the Alices, the
Leazes there will be there's definitely some beef because once you essentially get booted off of the main Aussie team
The neck this is organizations. These are these are five guys
Yeah, you know that that's what this is and at that point a lot of people think okay
That's the end of the road for the professional counter strike career
Instead you pull yourselves up
By your bootstraps and you get yourself qualified for the major here below
playing with a good understanding of the economy that wants to be a little bit
cheeky and take them down when they don't have these AKs in hand. It's five
tech nines. They've got plenty of nades, they've got the arm up, but they just need
to make sure... they can't even get the jump going.
Never gonna be easy. I think yesterday they just showed everybody, hey these guys
can shoot and it is best to ones. It was that reminder. Yeah. But in terms of the
progression of Thunderdown under, never gonna be easy.
I'm not sure about that smoke.
There's been a couple out in there.
You two are just not on point.
Looking a bit more impromptu.
A fly and a flick.
Bricks. Nice work.
He's just wrecked him up. This is the end of Inferno, ladies and gentlemen.
Big Clan!
Gonna put themselves just one best of three away.
Thunder down under thrust to that one-two.
One best of three away from elimination.
That is convincing.
Big Clan back to their winning ways.
It was a bit of a slip-up yesterday
Felt like they could have very well pushed liquid and had that 2-0
But instead it's game of gladiators as a win and now thunder down under is their second step
I've ever got a pat on the chest right there
I think for me he had some very impactful moments
Especially in that first half had some really important kills
So he tops the scoreboard in this one for his squad
But then the second half they start to look much more comfortable
In the only time you would really find any level of concern for D
Is when they were like forced by wars going on or the economy wasn't necessarily settled
But as soon as they brought out the full gun, about everything they needed, you could just see the difference in level of rather the understanding, but individuals as well.
Right, hitting quite hard.
Knob to ace up again with a couple of nice multi-kill moments showing that prowess.
But all in all, 13-7 that felt very comfortable as poor JDC.
Oh man, they can do the handshake.
Yeah, the winner always goes to the loser, but maybe for big, we might have to make an exception for the guy.
I think the A stream second
game is still going. That's
liquid versus M I B R. But
coming up next for you on the
B stream, we have Tyler versus
sim. Sin is that's our first
game of the year. We're going to
have a little bit of a
little bit of a little bit of a
little bit of a little bit of a
little bit of a little bit of a
little bit of a little bit of a
little bit of a little bit of a
that's our first elimination
match. It's brutal format.
Someone goes home on day two of
play and the winners game game
Legion versus Bedburn will be
going on at similar times,
depending on the finish there.
But this one, yeah, again, I
just want to reiterate, I think
big as soon as they've got the
full buys, that's an easy. Yeah,
no, absolutely. I think also the
sentiment I have is with big
plan have had a bit of an
orping crisis as far as trying
to find an offer and Griggs
definitely looks comfortable
speaking of the standing fire
with Steve.
I'm here with Grix and I have to start this interview a little bit over the glaze, because
you won again 2-1 in the map pool in the Swiss system obviously.
So congratulations on that, also, Major Rookie.
How is it everything coming together?
How are you feeling with the Nob on the server?
Because you're doing pretty well as a team right now.
Thank you a lot.
I could say we're making good, a little bit maybe nervous at some moments,
but we had really good practice before, and I think we can go really far away.
I wanted to ask about this best of one hell that just happened in the past two days for you.
I think you're more comfortable in the best of three.
Is that the right assumption, especially when I look at the pool of the teams here?
I have you honestly on the upper side of it, I think you're more experienced,
and also the team is coming into a bit of a structure,
which is more easy to show in the best of three, is that right?
I also think so, but as well about best of ones,
I think it's a little bit unlikely sometimes
that, for example, we make a pistol and they make something else.
We start from 0-1, we could force 1-0-3.
And we just had rough start sometimes.
But honestly, I think we are as well ready for best of one.
But hopefully, it's ended. We will play best of three tomorrow.
And yeah, I'm just happy.
I'm happy for you as well.
about the nervousness a little bit, who is helping you the most with this?
Are you even feeling nervous?
Because you have obviously those experienced guys on the team,
Taps and Blamer, who are these guys helping you a lot throughout the game
or maybe between the matches?
I would say that everyone is helping.
We have as well insanely good staff who can try to solve every question we have.
But I think everyone, including me as well, feeling like pressure
in the ways that we want to show ourselves,
like how we practice, how we prepare for this major,
and every game is important for us.
That's why maybe sometimes we have this small pressure
or maybe don't hear each other, but I think it's fine,
because from every game we step up and we play better, better, better,
and I'm just really happy to be here.
I mean, you're clearly showing that you're playing better and better.
We'll see that in the best of three,
but that will have to wait for tomorrow,
and we'll see you after the break.
Or just try and be a lurk for the lay-round and it looks like he's he's chosen lurk
Get by the scope so Malm's actually missing the ladder room. Mischoff, Milan's easy
You may have two ults but they're not connecting. They're not landing at all. Ultimates will now for the headshot
Here's team orchard pulling it back. There's ultimate again, and it is a 3v5 that is happening right now
Now, Clem has come back over with his AWP, but he's missed the chance straight away.
And Sonny now arriving towards short, Ultimate has eyes on it all the way down short side.
It lands to short and Sonny finally finished off by NAF and Clem has nothing to do here.
He can't win this on the AWP, so he's going to start retreating and Team Laker with a
massive 3v5.
That's unbelievable, that's actually come in.
That bombsite was stacked as well.
There were three players there, one coming short quickly.
was not an easy 3 vs 5 to win. They done it with style. Everyone survived until the
tail end and the double up set up that MIBR switched into has now been what three round
wins in a row for Team Liquid against the off and clean, double up for two rounds straight
and this time both ops miss critical shots. That switch into the dual off has just it
feels sold MIBR down the river these last few rounds. Still so much money to play with
still a by coming in but this will be around they look back on and wonder how
the hell it happens
and a timeout that makes a lot of sense for MIBR if we thought they might have
been frustrated and panicked earlier a round loss like that is gonna crank it
into overdrive so a conversation to try and chill them out in a very important
around right around the corner the money for MIBR now after these round stretch
from Team Liquid 3 in a row has been brought low a very strong buy here for
the MIBR defense but cash is gone after this on four players
Flash Blight into the ramp, not going to spot anything early on, but team Liquid here
they come.
It's directs, it's simple, and it's straight towards the A site early, trying to get out
of the ramp.
See the overview on the right side of your screen just watching how those smokes land
in the site.
A couple of defenders here.
MIBI plays in front of the smokes, they're going to go into the open, and they're really doing a good job at stopping Team Liquid from getting out of the wrap, but here they come now, scaling over Tetris, it's going to be a leash, taking Breno down, Shuei's falling without anything, Venom, Zera, and LNZ, lining up a couple, they've spotted Ultimate head into a sandwich, they need a kill here, Team Liquid, and they need it now, and they just can't get it, so MIBI do a good job at holding the wolf at the door and not letting Team Liquid pass Tetris.
I'm surprised Liquid executed just as MIBR cleared a ramp. They had to have known the defenders were going to be close by
But I think MIBR said you beat us here a couple of times earlier. You've burned Brenel out a number of times
He's having a tough stretch here at the A-bomb site brings some extra bodies over
So well prepared for this and Liquid never got a kill that allowed them to take space
Every single fight they took is stuck at that same choke point right at the top of the ramp. MIBR just keep them funneled
And huge relief as they get to map point 2, MIBI at least confirming overtime at a minimum.
Oh, that was going to be ultimate. That's a great opening frag here to catch Clem.
He definitely is slowing down since he pulled out that AWP.
Yeah, and those opening kills were their way to goal at this stage of the game.
Liquid after the first day towards the bottom end of teams at finding opening kills and rounds, finding entries.
And once he slipped in towards the apartments and aggressive play forward against mobs,
against mobs is that smoke will soon fade away who is going to react faster oh
it's LNZ reacts faster as mobs is more accurate and he charges in though Venom
Zerikov both he got both the leash and mobs up in the app so that double kill
has flipped us right back to even odds again what a huge advantage just hand
right back over thinking maybe that with that push from LNZ they had shifted a
fourth player to the other side of the map they saw four defenders at the A
bombsite last round maybe that was the line of thinking another tough recovery of
around Brenno slides into the bombsite off angle doubles up this time no
utility to burn him out so he gets to make his play and he gets to close it out
13-10 MIBR shot liquid right at the tail end yeah brutal from Brenno the fact
he's out from default multiple targets right in front of him perfect accuracy
break it apart Team Liquid. Just a slow start in that second half.
Klim won some essential clutches from IPR and that was enough to give them just
that little bit of an edge that they were able to close out versus Team Liquid.
And they did need a second player to come step up with them so a shout out to
Venom Zera in that second half really climbed up the scoreboard. 21 kills for
him to join up and help MIPR sustain this victory. Tough loss for Team Liquid.
Good fight for a number of times but the T side really sketchy early on.
2 or 3 hallucinations, playing back our conversations, didn't mean to keep you waiting, give your time and dedication, I wish I were you a patient, now you've got another occasion
I hate my heart, it's sinking, it's sparkling, loving you
Don't wake me up, cause it feels so real, don't press notes
I've been sleeping on my day-night dreams, windows in the front, you're ready
I've been scared to face reality
I've been sleeping on my, I've been sleeping on my, I've been sleeping on my late night dreams
I've been loosing it for you and me, I've been scared to face reality
I've been sleeping on my, I've been sleeping on my dreams
As I hide this calling for you
My mind is never very close
See you walk towards me on occasion
But I can't touch the realisation
Heart is sinking, I'm getting stuck
With love in you
Don't wake me up cause it feels so real
Don't pray I snore
I've been sleeping on my late night dreams
Nothing goes enough on your day
I've been scared to face reality
I've been sleeping on my
I've been sleeping on my
I've been sleeping on my late night dreams
Nothing goes enough on your day
I've been scared to face reality
I've been sleeping on my
I've been sleeping on my dreams
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Big one ahead of the center today, with Tyloo on the opposite side, got Beastic over here.
Quite the career, man.
You've been rocking with the center, Shersi, or dare I say with this lineup for quite sometime.
Let's talk about some of that. This project, 1900 maps in, 1600 maps in, whatever the math
is, you've been with it for a while. You're at the major now. How do you feel?
Great, actually. It was something that this whole project was built for, to make major
and make some Czech fans proud, and we actually made it. But still, I feel like we are not
showing our best, so I would expect that we would do a bit more here. So I'm just not
happy to be there. I also want to win some games also.
You know in six years in a career and the 1900 maps played or so, how is it that there's
that rush? How do you feel the rush when you joined in the server here in Cologne this
year?
It feels very different also. We played most of the maps I played was online so this feels
like very different but I feel like since we're on IMA Clanta it feels like very same
So, I'm not feeling any difference whatsoever, and I'm not feeling that we are on a major or whatever.
It's just another game in the office.
What do you think about the Tyloo side, on the other side? Do you have experience, a lot of experience playing against Asian teams?
No, actually we are not playing any Asian teams. Usually I'm even dodging them on practices.
So, even when they are in Europe, we are not playing with them, so I'm not familiar with their game.
but we are watching a lot of demos, especially with our coach, so we know what they are doing,
we know how they play, also they are playing some tier 1 events, so we are watching,
so we kind of are prepared, but let's see how it goes.
Is there something to say in your preparation, never having played them before, in their playstyle?
Is there anything that you can, when you saw their playstyle, what did you think of it?
They like Cetrans, they like Cetrans and we need to be prepared for that in some way,
way so I feel like some anti-strattink and like expecting some stuff they like to do is like
should be should be there you're facing elimination today so this is a pretty big one is there any
message that you'd like to get out there on your own behalf on behalf of the centers before we get
this one started yeah but thank you for cheering for us guys we love the support there's a lot of
messages that we are getting even though we are not performing as we expect and I think you expect
us to do. We would leave our best here and I hope that we can make it to the stage one through Best of Trees.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
While the Major does secure some realisation of dreams and goals, it's not enough for the Sinners.
You hear Beastik there talking about the fact that they want to leave with some wins, not just
the participation throw fee and this is the cutthroat world of the Glow Major, of the majors.
A second day of play and one of these teams goes home, Jack.
It is brutal, especially in Stage 1 and Stage 2, where the best of ones are still in the mix.
But with this level of field, as we just heard, they don't play against each other.
So how are we meant to know? Obviously, Europe, they get the big thumbs up,
because that's where the best counter-strike in the world is.
He brought his laundry to work.
What's laundry to work?
There is a washing machine here, G.
There is, actually.
You just feel ice cream on it.
I wonder. Or maybe he's just got his gaming hotel slippers.
I know that some of the title players, they like the hotel slippers.
Oh, really?
Yeah, for gaming.
hate me. The whole time, flip-flop. What, because it's made out of? The walking on paper.
Parked, cooked paper. Yeah, it's not my thing. Well, how do we end up here? Anyway, yeah,
Berkeley, he's a player, and he's on Tyloo. Yeah, in-game leader, mind you. But again,
regionally speaking, these guys are on opposite sides of the world, and it's funny to hear from
PC, they're great interview with Trace, saying that they even dodged the Asian teams when they're
in Europe. Yeah, that was an interesting little game. I can understand it, right, because it's
not what you're going to be playing against regularly, and you're trying to play a different
type of counter striking EU, but here's the map pool expectation. So if you can't tell what this means,
I'll tell you, you're going to get a Dust2 ban, you're going to get an Anubis ban, right? They're
not going to be in the equation whatsoever. Now, this is where Vito theory comes into play. I would
imagine that Tyloo are going to pick Inferno, and then it's going to depend on sinners when they
look at the maps that are in the pool against Tyloo, how efficient they look on other maps,
You're gonna go, okay, what's our comfort if we're sinners and then where did they look poor one-two one thing
I'm looking at it's just the sheer quantity of matches that Tyler would've played you can see I mean what was it was like last three months?
22 mirages 15 inferno's
Contrast with sinners. There's just less official reps from the sinners
I think that there's also a quality factor with some of the teams because if you look at those mirages for Tyler
For example, let me just rattle off some names for you, right? Semper fire Khalido ground zero chingus warriors
the Huns, Rare Adam, Alter Ego, right? So it's a different kettle of fish at the same
time. It's not like sinners are playing officials against world beaters all the time, but they
are playing a higher caliber opponent and they are practicing against a higher caliber
opponent. And that for me is the key of Europe. Every time somebody from a smaller region comes,
deathmatch servers are full around the day. You can play face it pokes whenever you want
and they're full with other players who are comfortable, not professionals, just players
who shoot them hard. So your iron sharpens iron and you're always playing against a higher
caliber of player. That's the issue when you go to China. Sure, players can shoot same in Australia,
but the quality of the decision making, the type of rounds that you're up against, they're different.
So this is where it gets tough, but basically saying, hey, they expect a lot of set rounds
and a map that plays or could play into a lot of set rounds, at least set opening moves,
is something like Ancient, and it's where we saw them take on FlyQuest and probably feeling that
they could have won that game. They very well could have. FlyQuest were extremely sloppy in the
post plans and the retakes. Inferno, Tyler Pickett, and Ancient is going to be Sinners,
So a third and deciding map of no surprise the most played map for both teams
And you could have justified a potential overpass pick for sinners if you look at the stats in the map pool for Tai Lu
However, that would have meant you start on the T side. So I think something like ancient you don't care if you start on the T side of this map
It's negligible a little bit like a dust tube similar to a mirage in that way
We can take a look at how some of these players are going to be approaching the map shock is going to be
Helping with this mid can drink it's up to you to being thrown out here, right smoking off towards cave mulling towards pool
We saw Moto, this is the AWPer, have multiple moments trying the monosy pick, either where he has the best spawn, he goes out for that far shot, or they break up in the smoke so he can stop players from scaling towards heaven.
Stresson was the man making an awful lot of moves. We'll get to him, because B-stick in-game leader is going to find himself over towards the middle of the sitting arrangement. That's normally how it goes with him in the AWP.
It's like he's smoking red and he's flashing red, boy.
If you can't trust your teammates to throw the red smoke, throw it yourself. But being a B lane player and the in-game leader normally getting there late, he's not going to be looking for early fights.
really fights. Stresson will over towards middle. We know that this guy likes to make
a move. And once he gets in the back line can be quite the nuisance to get by. And
that leaves only one player. That's Kisserex. And what I was very impressed with and have
been before when we've seen the poll on our screens. He's quite, the word that comes to
mind is ratty, but that's not what I mean. I kind of feel that he plays well in the chaos
around the smokes. He has a good understanding of what he can get away with. And that's something
If you're working B lane having to extinguish playing through the heaven smoke you need to have a good intuition
I think Kisarek's got that VT side we got Mosier on screen
So he looks like he's gonna be responsible for be yeah
And look this is for me the biggest issue for B defenders and it doesn't get spoken about a lot
But it's gonna be your spawns because if you're the cave player and you're not getting a good cave spawn
It's gonna limit the type of fights that you're gonna be able to go for and that right there does play a factor
Right it limits your aggressive moves or forces you to play a little bit more spawn base
I think ancient on the CT side it could be the dust to where you could just play spawn base
Right, I feel with the way that it starts the type of fights
You could play this map that pug spawn base, but yeah, so it's mosey and mercury as your combo mercury is your cave player
I think as we move down the line here jam young is such a curious case, right?
Because this guy is such a sharp player, but sometimes he gets put in odd spots for a player like jam
Yeah, we're watching Mirage yesterday. He's the be anchor. You think yourself
Why is someone who's not as mechanically gifted as this guy somewhere you're finding a few more fights put it on a
It's gonna be part of the midcombo alongside of zero
But we are gonna get this one underway. You can hear the music. You know what this one means elimination
Nation brutal. It is brutal and for two, you know representative regions
You've got china on one side and of course, I would say check core. It's too be stick and shock
But also coach as well. Yeah, and they find the flag for the at least country. Yeah as as a org so
But you look at all the things here. There's very few that have full one nationality representation
Oh, but the odds we can't split these two as we do get underway. This is gonna be pasty out middle
They're turning this into an a split through donor
He and jam young to get by
What I think you can't
Those managed to catch jam young just on the way out. They're gonna pivot to red
Yeah, but that's where Mercury and Mosier have managed to position themselves.
Still not great fights with these USPs unless they're clean on the first clicks.
And Kiseric can swing with speed.
What's the go sign here? Just run, jump, and no instant tap! It's just flattened!
That's a lovely start for Kiseric and B-Stick.
Mercury wanted to get back to B because it was too quiet.
That block smoke worked against them.
Coolshox gonna get a lovely opportunity here.
Back's a turn. He's hoping to time this well.
see zero and G is still zeroed in on the potential elbow lurk and G might get
never mind. Pitch up and shot. Oh zero! That's not bad. We used addition taking over from
attack up. Right now this one is very unlikely he scoops this one up. I'm
the biggest problem with the bomb already down. A couple of kills that's not
shabby. It's half the bomb. Another kill won't come his way as President Burns it.
And it's a team ace for Sinners on the pistol, bringing a lot of energy early.
When they're able to get space, they're mid-round pack-rolling or even just decision-making.
They're not fed the flycross on this map, and we'll see if that continues the same
year because they got blocked with their initial plan, but they grouped up, they hit the threat,
and they stand together as a team and just mopped up the mess.
They're very well done from Sinners to get the pistol, and they should be able to get
this second.
to be an eco for Tyloo. 5-7 to 0 due to those kills, Mercury with a flash and a B-stack.
The flash is good, there's something available.
There is, absolutely. I still feel like Mach 10 is just the perfect weapon here. Shock
especially with support.
The Galilla range, P-Stick. Oh yeah, yeah, P-Stick to the right, Medtion. That was their
plan. P-Stick to the punches, Kiss-A-Rex flash and P-Stick does farm them up. That's a lot
This is very classic in terms of the energy that I'm seeing right now.
You have teams that when you go back and you do your reviews of what happens,
oh, energy was low or we're not, and then I'm not saying they're overcompensating,
but this is your last life.
It's very flash from Gissaray.
Who keeps Drawer?
I don't know. Who is this mystery Drawer?
It's going to be whoever's doing the context cam.
That's the only thing that makes sense.
Love it.
Yeah, he's a finger works. Yeah, great large illustration
Okay, well fast mid control it's a
Elbow and heaven and it's very standard haven't gotten here red smoke cave smoke mid harass you too and they're out
So being given the room to move I looed their total rub zeros taken a main control, which is a nice response
Beautiful
Flashed in my Mosier opening kill for Tyloo's first gun round.
That's what you wanted to see, we smoke from B-Stick.
Oh, swallow, saccharine.
Man, Phil's somewhat committed now as well.
Really want to hang around, Jam Young, you found the opener, you could...
Oh, dear.
He's dead.
Dunked on by Kisser-Rek, finishes off the job.
Now, G was spotted doughnut, so...
Painting a picture and this is the gap G has to address this on his own. Yeah, there's no be blame support
I'm sorry highway support. He's just gonna have to try and lock this down. Wow. Wow. Not bad at all not bad at all
It's actually gonna set zero up. He is solo a he has to be able to time this well
Because he want to spam on the plant. Maybe he will it's gonna elect for a smoke break. It'll be too late
And now he's given away his position just telegraphs. He was a man
Yeah, so now the temple player can zero in his motto. That's considering that
He's in and zero looking sharp today.
Okay, no kit winnable for Kisarek.
This would be an ace clutch.
Two kills, three for the third.
We're tracking. I don't know how he's hit that.
Takes down zero, flash out. Number two, hoping to bait Mercury.
Oh my god, he hits it! They're not expecting the stick though.
The 10 second stick from Mosia and Kisarek thinks he's owned him.
Oh, it's brutal. Mosia denies an ace clutch.
Kisserak did so much work!
Ice cold there from Mosey to stick that.
He knows that's the only way he can possibly win the round,
calls the bluff and Kisserak with some fantastic shots.
And flash work.
I mean, the mercury full blind, he just baits him in.
We're on track for our third ace of the major right there.
He did well to get a second off the ping for the first swing.
Oh, God, I just feel so rapid from Kisserak and then Mosey going,
Well, I either win it or I don't.
Now there's the 50-50, the coin toss method right there.
Stress on, could have a clash.
Oh, he does.
A single bullet expended, and it taps the head of G.
Clean off.
Wait, they didn't spot anything over this,
so you're just holding for heaven.
You have to acknowledge that there's potential
for Kiseric to have borrowed further.
I love this. This is a bit of a haymaker.
It's like, OK, you've got to jab to the body,
But we know you and Ed won't survive, your money can't be great, we're going to keep with the pace and just storm out middle again showing that it can be theirs whenever they want.
Either they were going to have a stronger buy in that regard, Mercury up to bat.
I must be AK-47, he really does have to pull the trigger first here in Eagle Bay, brutal.
Good teamwork, really good teamwork.
Yes Rex, cut the rotations, this should be round.
He's got the sound cues too.
Beautiful.
He's back, finds Zero, trade from Jam Young.
Could still be a Sinner's round.
You just go A now, right? Zero's dead, G's dead. Those are the two that could be on A.
You have to get past Jam Young, and he's nailed that first shot onto the Volcaria.
Finds himself an AK upgrade, makes things awkward for Sinners.
Now he's going to be bought by Shock. Nice shot.
Oh, yep. Same place, and same result.
He sticks the one to take him down.
Listen to that energy there.
I mean, this is a dual-die affair. You want to keep that energy. You don't want to be coming in flat
Certainly what we're seeing from sinners right now the the pace on that just straight out the gates. You're right
hasn't changed
Asian Counter-Strike in 20 years is that they will always back themselves to win the jewels that there's one thing knowing
Knowing that philosophy the other is being able to deal with that and it's clear that sinners their individuals back there ain't just as hard
I think their respect level for a team like Tyloo would be quite low.
If you're a team like a Sinners or a big, you look at the Tyloos and the Limp versions,
the flyquests of the world, who get these opportunities because of the region to go to international events,
and you watch them play and you're like, that should be us, right?
We should be the next in line to get to play.
Until a team actually cements themselves like Mongols, right?
And show, okay, now hold up, right? These guys aren't just a gimmick.
These guys are the real deal.
There's probably a lot of presentment, I'd imagine, from that next rung of European teams towards this level of squads that should have passed.
This is just a nice farm vest against the eco.
This is a lot of fine GFOs here, both tucked in towards red, and another Nade.
V-Stick takes down G and the scoreline about to read 4-1 in favour of the Sinners.
also another scenario where
Billion years gone by, we'd see a little bit of a flash
for the Chinese teams and we'd get excited.
Even with the Aussie boys, you go, oh, hold up a second, right?
We need to tell these guys a bit more serious.
This year, I don't think we can say the same.
I know that Tyler had the best of one victory over Maus,
but that was Maus with Zellex and JL.
So they haven't even had a lot of time to play together either.
together either, so how much do you really put into that win?
Okay, second rifle rounds, third technically, excuse me, first where G has an AWP, making
an A rush, you want to draw, extinguish is a hard sell, you extinguish, and it draws
out the rotation, stress for the opener.
Just like that. Mercury felt like he had to react. Xero was on his way as well and you
waltz into B. Stick, gonna try and forge a path into the site. There's no rush here.
This is an ancient master class in terms of early map pressure. I'm liking it.
He's gonna get this guy. Just on the grey screen. Moses is back to base so he just
gets to walk in for free. This is huge. Right now the call has to be
freeze for the rest of the team.
I suppose you're on the side of the head, they're not ready, well ahead of the expectations
of the CT.
Well handled.
Yeah, doesn't want to die to the AWP and actually jiggle baits and blocks, brilliant
round out of B sticks.
Safe.
Can't go too far either, the net.
It's wide.
Yeah, it's still existing isn't it, so the jam young spotted, over the ward's pocket.
Oh, the crowd's there.
Well, they know that shock still resides so they should be able to at least turtle up and your sinners
You could go for a hunt, but you don't have to
Know that the lost bonus on the other side coming into the next is towards acts it's only 2900
just a delayed reaction if people are hearing those yell yeah I heard that I
know sinners I think so yes there is without a doubt a clear conversation
that has been had overnight of energy right a requirement of energy and it's a
tough balance to strike.
And the one that they clearly identified
is a little bit of a problem.
From yesterday's play, 5-1, 4-round gap.
Actual timeout used.
Locating on the mic.
And it is quite the opposite of the start
I never had hoped for here on the opponent's pick.
You're on the CT side of ancient.
You saved that AWP on G&B, it's his turn and this is that reaction they forced, you can
see Mercury just felt like he had to try and make a play, don't want to be in cave with
the bump going down on A.
And yeah, there's the source of the yell, kiss a wreck, top of the tables with B-stick.
He's bringing the gameplay and raising the decibels.
It's one of these things.
Right now they're on a pre-map launch streak on Ancient.
Your pace ramp.
This is just Modo walking in off the flat, Mercury was spotted, where the reaction, Kisorek!
Didn't hear it!
Still a threat, Mosie's Deagle!
To 5-7, felt like a Deagle, instant headshot.
Jamia's found V-Stick and it puts Stress-Arm into an immediate 1-V-2.
This one's winnable!
Gee, behind the Molotov, bomb on the back of Stress-Arm.
And it does look like he wants to cut noise.
Disappear, not rushing the plant, he knows he's got a whole minute and 20 to work with.
What does start to become the gap is the possible cave walk back right so G making sure that you can't path through CT
Zero's gonna play for info
But he's considering what I just said now. He's okay. Has he walked out cave?
Can he go back to a then that becomes a problem for G G can get flanked red
This patient oh zero's got the clear. Okay
Well stress and trying to use the patience pace change
Didn't hate it. I like the call. It's just the trade work was much better from tyloo in the scrap
they're able to come out on top of the heat.
You know, this morning, it was fired by Modo there.
His select did not look like that information was related to him in time.
I think there's a part of it as well.
You know, when we talk about flight parts, in that scenario, he's hoping he's covered, right?
And they can't scale to that next angle until they deal with that plan,
because it's a rush, they have to go with that type of carving.
Okay, that's a good point, well made.
Okay, back into a little bit more standard.
Oh, and Modo gets the fight he wanted.
Feels like you should have had that one.
He's still accelerating with a flashbang trying to pull rotations back from middle.
Dumps his uter. It feels fakey, doesn't it?
Hmm. He's been able to have the cross.
So, smoke might shift the dialogue a little bit, but with the man disadvantaged,
this one's going to be tougher to get back into.
You didn't get the room. You're not going to be able to work within the space,
as it hasn't been provided just yet.
And because there's no CT smoke, Mosier can just report nothing's crossed.
Let's see this clamp that can happen as well, right?
So Mercury's on the jiggles towards cave.
Combine with zero and jam young in a multitude of ways, right?
All three of these players can help each other out.
And then even if G takes a shot and plays to fall back,
there can be the rotation from Mercury to assist on the slip.
G he's had a couple of these debts. You went to the bait game on Mirage yesterday.
Yeah, they lost.
That was a wild little play there from MPL.
But that bait game, they ended up losing on Mirage 13-6 and then they went on against MIBR in their 0-1 game on Nuke and that was damn close.
That was a 16-14 overtime game.
Well, they might be feeling they shouldn't even be in this position in the first place
and they start to claw back into things.
I mentioned ancient for them this year, it's not pretty.
Played 18 times, only won 8.
There were 44% winning record, it's not what you want to take.
That's a lot of info, okay.
He's going to give me a spring to action.
Yeah, there he is.
The side flash is good, but he sticks better.
He gets put down by Kisorek.
He needed that to justify it.
Takes down Mercury, and now he's so focused on one side.
He has to acknowledge the potential on the long side.
Zero coming in for this very late flag.
Jamion can start the bomb here.
Yeah, the bomb on Stress Star, and he's realizing he needs help.
They're going to worry about Heaven.
He pulls Kisorek to come help, and yeah, Heaven is a vulnerability,
but Jamion's here, and he's got perhaps a chance to spam.
Zero has a chance!
Perfect!
Teamplay on display, they smashed through the two, stress on it, kiss the wreck, you're gone.
And now the bomb's under zero's boots.
Blocked on the ramp.
Awkward round for the remaining two.
Modo and Shark, what's the pay?
Ooh!
Spots jam young, gotta dip out.
Not your fight.
Have to let the smoke fade before you can do anything, but at the same time...
Everything's covered, like you wanna go cave, G will kill you.
This just feels like a guaranteed ult frag, you'd have to like bounce your head.
He can't get away out if he misses.
It's not the end of the world 30 seconds
She on the line all back hoping on display rather unusual and orthodox round she down
The collapse from Tyloo
That was your round. He did so much team play in order to get that bomb down, make life difficult for sinners, and it doesn't matter. What a turnaround.
I'm just looking at the setup right now. So, G is wanting to play a little bit in the lip of cave, so he doesn't get flanked again, which I understand, but it's not...
It's an unorthodox angle, right? And it's also not... It doesn't feel like a great angle to him in general.
And then as he pivots down to go, okay, well, I have to play somewhere else. He can't cross back over cave.
Okay, where's the all really gonna sit he tries to say that heaven line, but it's not comfortable because of the smoke
Right there, so it's just it's all yuck
Oh, hang on stress arms out mid. He's gonna be catching flashes catch bullets. Yeah, yeah, only the one
Shock traded zero provides keeps us level of a three on three
As always we cut to kiss a wreck of the opening 20 seconds
Then you cut to kiss a wreck and he's up ramp thinking about a walk
sure he's blocked by him for now.
Mosier bought time for him to go in lend a hand to Jean Middell.
And now that ramp smoke fades and Mosier returns, going to be playing retake.
But right now, if Modo takes this line and they smoke short, like Molly Pillar,
they're able to get into B.
There's a lot of info because he got boosted.
Are they listening to me?
You want to go alongside? You know there was someone boosted on the box. You can't swing this.
Yeah, so they're in a tough spot.
Mosier has a flash at least, and they can also molly the plant and then activate.
York just escorting his teammates into the site.
Of course Mosier's going to fade. So they're actually not in a great spot now, sinners.
Spongal for the flash.
Molly was late.
Ground over.
She's going to force him out, and Sendier will make life miserable for Kisserak.
I love it. Don't give him anything. Allow your teammate to activate. Sure, you might go down on the flames right there, but G has to hold that line. He knows that, well, he thinks that you're going to swing.
Alright, seven rounds. T side, ancient sinners. They do say winners are grinners. He's looking like sinners right now.
right now. This is the best of
threes for the elimination of the
progression so there will be at least
one more map of playing in Ferno and if
you look at Sinner's map, Paul, that
appears to be quite the weakness for
them. This could just be two blowouts
either way.
Damage on their regression map, but still,
young Lord couldn't finish him off. Oh no,
it's gone from bad to worse. Zero in the
smoke, two of them in the smoke. They're
blocking each other. I have to know.
Shock's gonna work us out. Modo hits a
no scope onto G, just pushing through
the smoke but surely you overlooked this one. You're not ready for zero! Double no scope!
Kind of like a double rainbow, you never see that all too often.
Nice from Mercury, hits one of those deagle headshots. Needs a whole lot more where that
came from. Moto three kills. A funny round there. Yeah, it is a funny round, they're laughing.
There's real lack of output from a couple of the members right now on Tyloo. Mozia on two frags,
Mercury the same and his second one we just saw there with a deagle. G's only got three kills.
This Jam Young and Zero are the ones who are having the moments.
11 for Jam Young, 8 for Zero, but at the same time, when you hear that spread, it's coming off a lot of kills at all, is it?
I don't know, getting to do some combat orping.
Final round, first half.
If I made it to last point, surely that's just because they're cooked.
They're absolutely cooked! Cream Crackered!
There is no world where Tyler should not be converting this one.
Okay.
Still alive.
Oh, it's the Heady, traded by Mercury.
At least it's given them something.
Camioca goes down, doors will be smoked off.
It does stop your immediate movements, but it's not the end of the world.
Tyler still needs to re-jig and work out where the gaps are, what they need to focus on,
and it appears they've done that quite quickly.
No flashbangs, but it made it a lot better.
Another smoke here from Mosey as well.
Mercury out, so they can smoke this two more times, essentially 40 seconds worth of a grey
screen.
So this one might just simmer, an opportunity to recap right now how this one's gone.
There's been consecutive rounds for Tyler, but only in a patch of two, otherwise it's
been very spotty.
round that they won the first was Mosier sick of a 10 second defuse denying
kiss a reckon ace as they grabbed themselves the pistol they've been flying
high they brought a lot of energy into today's matchup elimination on the line
they don't want to go home without letting out a roar just a flight question
energy you found them here they give us want to go 17 seconds and wrap this one
up it looks like four on the half B sticks to try as hard as he can to make
this round of doable. If they find Moseyah, you could have time to plant. Not gonna happen.
No time. Tyloo 4. It's ancient first map with its best of three losers going home. Tyloo.
Jam Young just needs some help. Someone needs to step up.
I
Look at the rules
Whoa, whoa, whoa
You got me like crazy
That you were always fine
And I was always wrong
Crazy
Baby, what's this I don't know
Crazy
You got me like crazy
That you were always fine
And I was always wrong
Crazy
Crazy
You got me like crazy
You are just a monster of the time
And that was never good enough for me
I'm going out of my mind
I'm going brown like crazy
But I gotta head this way
What is there always to show?
You are just a monster of the world
You are just a monster of the world
You are always fine
Elimination match of day 2 of the IEM Cologne Major with a point to prove that the team
to beat Tyler on the other side of the server, not a great first half.
Updilling the Chinese fans with confidence, not the Chinese team.
Jam Young's got 12 kills, he's managed to match the output of V-Stick but get to look
at this one, it was actually in the halftime, we have Coach on the mic, okay guys good job,
really nice job, I am proud of you.
That was good Counter Strike.
That was good Counter Strike.
It was, can't argue with that, the individuals have been on full display.
I'm talking of individuals. I haven't seen a Jam Young pistol yet. He's been given a P250.
Maybe he could give Tyloo a real leg up to the second half of the play.
Flash, Pissarick, four!
G-Car track it. There's the split towards A, and Mosier's down after one.
Info on three players, if you're Tyloo.
Hectic.
I can't believe you're hanging around. You know there was another...
There was got to be two.
Yes, lovely.
There has been good.
He really has. It's actually been...
The only supporting cast of two Jam Young's out.
But then there's another one! Look at the head shot!
Sir, keeping it simple, right? Just shoot him in the head, seem to work quite nicely.
That's the strap.
Shock and stresson in the retake of Mercury has closed the door.
I have to lose this round.
You'd have to completely fumble the first three bullets of your... block.
And he won't.
Nails it.
Now shock.
Press on in an impossible clutch.
Alright, well this is the tough round, coming up next, it's going to be the likely force
by for sinners.
I don't, I don't think, uh, dejected is the word I would pick for Tyloo, uninspiring
sounds a little bit too harsh.
It feels like they've accepted their fate already.
I would look, I understand ancient, it's not a good map for them, they've had, that's
an 8 and 18 for the year.
This will we see a different look of them on inferno, but there's still a lot of the eco
So don't you have to they're going into the full usp stack Alex this the stack is running at them. It's gonna be crazy
How many you get hold down mouse one and feast that'll be the quickest round of counter strike the entire major
I think we're at right there bookmark that I think if you know, we're sorry the quickest round slowest round call this clutch
Yeah, biggest multi. All right, we can do the ultimate deep
Uh, jump and dig, and we can do this, this will be quick as round.
So note those down everyone at home.
For the, are you paying attention, Chris?
There will be a test at the end of the major, that'll be on the 22nd of June.
It's a while away.
On the break starts, questions begin.
Alright, mid-fight, donut smoke and red smoke, it's going to be a biff, it's going to be a brawl.
Preston's ahead, he was going to dip into their donut smoke and use it for safety.
And then they flash him out, and he gets it opening.
That's important considering they're light on U2 with this first rifle round by.
They're going to breach through this, yeah they're going, they're going. They will pop through this 100%.
Two early, long smoke wasn't up just yet.
Nice deep knade.
Hey, replay is softened up now a very important post plan for tyloo
The disadvantage and coming on the short side for that one tap stress on a pixel of mercury is all he needs
Not to head off good one back from G surround
He's doing
G in the clutch just mode oh
In and the or deny is what would have been another near miss one clutch from G
We started getting near 1v5 on Mirage yesterday this time the near 1v4 this one is very close as well in the diffuser
I can't inform you it is coming through don't worry about it
Damn that was close out. Well, but that's the thing right yesterday
We had some conversation the death saying okay, but yeah, geez rifle work. It's it's not been on but he's had a couple of
Very critical moments is the zoom in Wow, I've told you a pixel. Yeah
I didn't feel like you could see anything
That is a ridiculous shot at from stress and yeah
Okay, gee another little spurt of a multi
All for naught
The money on the other side is still a little bit ropey, so
Just a five-man beef plate
Wish from Mercury
Is he playing through? He's playing through the whole thing. Oh, oh my god. Oh my god. It's got nothing
shock and trouble
Nice find actually kiss a wreck debate and switch from shock and kiss a wreck they go chasing one and all you want
That's a straightening on to counter start time
Rating one has a lovely jam young pushes through gay catches a little bit of kiss a wreck expose now smoke long and go
You need your ramp players before you can really breach break. It's the anything
This is hideous nice from jamming catches them distracted now on the push though
He does it on the USP!
That's the land-hall energy.
That's the straight land-hall energy I love.
It's great. It's what you want to see.
The madder's major the most, the major's not the most.
Triple M.
Eco now for Tyloo, 11, almost a guarantee for Sinners.
Go on.
Eko now for Tyloo, 11 almost a guarantee for Sinners.
One.
Sinners must have known coming into the Major that their Inferno was going to become a bit of a weakness,
or at least a potential target. There you are, four losses on the try.
I am getting ahead of myself, but it is because we have the Eko.
I think it could be a good opportunity now to just remind everybody we do have the Bevin vs.
Gamelige and going on on the A stream as well. That is the first winners progression match.
I guess we'll call it for the Advancement to Stage 2. Nuke Ancient and Mirage,
the three maps in that series. Let's go and check it out.
One flash and a dream.
The flash was, the flash was from someone else.
The next round, the flash.
Oh, they would like his AWP, please. Could you wait a second?
I don't want you to get that, Mr. MP9.
My voice! Let's go!
I got it. Kizurak able to scoop it up in time.
Second time out right now from Tyloo.
loop, there's no king, pacing, into the notes. Not sure if they can save you here on Angel,
but this is not necessarily a sign of things to come on Inferno, just discussing the disparity
there between the two. This is a, uh, instinct scoreline so far from Sinners, haven't felt
they've been in any real worry whatsoever. This energy, let's say they win today and they win
tomorrow, this energy is the type of energy that can come back to buy you in the arse in that 2-2
game. I'm glad that they're bringing it, don't get me wrong. It's a fine line between, you know,
riding the emotion and having it control you, right? So that's tough spot, it's a sweet spot.
I'm okay, push.
Don't flash stress onto the elbow, fight.
Shot, you'll end up with a hand on the foot.
Break! Wow, nice shot.
Now I'm young with precision on display.
They look for a different way to open.
Being able to get the room down.
This is a smoke from Kisri that provides a lot of questions.
I'm tired of having to respect it.
They're walking down the round 3D max style.
Zero's timing that can be the difference maker.
Sitted it and backs off.
So even though they aren't down to man,
they don't want to try and push forward
and find that fight at least not all the way.
It's a wreck.
Cheat over with this MP9.
They gambles like this is normally an in-game leaders call.
When you see a reconfigure like this,
in-game leader tends to be making a stack call.
Just no, it's just no-do here.
Jump spot.
He has to go for the fight.
That's what he's doing.
Spot on the ramp, back coping.
Jiggle bait, beautiful.
Follow up, get cozy.
It gets a second on to zero!
Nearly had G.
At least he's here in time.
Yeah, you're right.
Unable to spam on the cross, he jumps over.
You know that bomb can go down.
I know we're all three out.
red
They'll don't stress on as well
Be three for be sticked. I'm young flanking loudly
Jesus gonna peak on our hope for the distraction from jam young steps high impact round from G and jam young
All right, so a different open there from sinners right that double cave play there
We're just trying to stop the choke point an elbow
They wanted to if they were able to do so from the upper deck. This is put their money into an odd spot. It isn't going to be
flash by. We're gonna have an MP9 for Sharco, 5 seconds to kiss the rack, the rest will be on a
promise. We'll have the M4 and Hodo the AWP so they're still able to put up a bit of a fight,
but this is Tyloo's chance right now to get back into this game. They win this and as we'll
have to eco. So an important round. This is the portal to the Perth of Ancient.
I guess I'll get through it.
Let's boost it up, flashes the ramp side to post up on a very deep line.
of having to run through grey screens.
Flash exchange for the territory.
I can still pivot back through middle, but there's just a mystery.
When he unnerds at the moment, it feels like this will be the B finish,
and there's a really strong setup here.
What's the reaction from Shark? Is there any man on site?
He has to choose to play around with your smug Mercury down.
Orp noted in cave, they'll charge up the ramp and have access to the site.
I'm gonna go on that line though, you can't cross.
Try, Mosia does, goes down to the AWP for number two.
I will kill out a Modo.
I'm going to blast it by the Sierra Road, just to reckon loading his mag jamming up should
have it.
I think you may have spotted it with your shoulder there.
Great jiggle on the low HP, Modo's ready for jamming up, this is just a tight spot.
I'm gonna kill from Modo, push them onto 12.
Earlier you compared.
It is Macca slash Afro orping energy. Yes, it is the type of fight that is willing to take our risk. I reward and a great little
multi-depth from motto. Remember the name. You've got it. I mean, you've got to have the vibrational frequency. Keep everyone on the same
frequency keep everyone on the same page another Romanian author right you
we've had our regalis we had our zealots
motors first time in the Sun
that's a jacksy one time he's probably watching oh yeah
every time we head out there close I think you pull back but motors have
one hell of a round there and it's very casual about or at least makes it look
that way they're having fun
gee smiling but holding about the tears yeah exactly you know you're right
Oh, there's so many flashes, team's over middle there, the facility's at this, so Jamion's out, he's going to take K5 and Kisserak wins it!
Another opening kill!
And onto Jamion there, there's another nice one onto Shock back, catches him pushing ramp, I think that was a bit over-exerted from Shock.
Thought he had room.
They can go very late on this retake, they have the kit on B-stick but he's coming on
the flank so if he goes down early they might have to call it off because the
kid will be lost never mind there's one right there near the bomb
I'm hoping I was so close to catching G and that would have been equal
need to try and deter or follow up
I'm not going for it
I mean I suppose you only need one
I think it's just damage like that
Just exit?
There's no way
I agree
There goes G
There's no win here but it is just I suppose yeah trying to keep as many of them down as
they can on the way out of the door
Yeah, it feels like a wasted opportunity there.
You didn't end up saving, but you didn't end up getting any done.
I understand you take down all of Tyloo, but...
It's gonna be more of the same buy, or at least similar buy as you just dealt with right there.
So for 20 round game, 12 opening kills, I've gone in the favour of Sinners.
That was another one there for Kistra.
Everyone's been intruding with opening, there's just been no one candidate for sinners.
The five Galil, he's side round.
That's right, you win. You get a 3500.
Galil, head armor, you too.
Too bad.
A single AK in the mix for this one.
I think we're communicating a lot.
What's the finish then?
It's seen as a lot as well.
I can actually hear the words.
They're thinking A execute.
That's what they were just discussing.
Okay, it's going to be smoked off and doesn't have to HG after the first.
It's this one.
It's got to time it perfectly.
Good!
Perfect!
Catches G on the walk.
Now intentions are clear.
This A split.
Mosier a murdering, kicking up a fuss. Modo, look at him go.
Of course he is.
Oh, things twice about it, gonna cost him everything. Zero will finish off what Mosier started.
Come on, planted repeat.
You might have to save him.
Say shit.
You might have to save him.
2,900 lost into the next, you won't have anything to work with.
That will be retrievable, that smoke's not gonna last for much longer.
It's gone.
Oh, dink exchanged.
The Vality for Mosier, great round from him, nice double.
Picking up the loose slack.
They're holding on, right? And at this point, as mentioned, we'll have to be the eco into the next for sinners.
We're going to get the 1900 loss, so Kisregg with this M4 is going to be their scariest piece on the field.
But alright, there was a 3v5 that quickly got traded back into...
Now, win for Tyloo.
I'm showing a bit of grit, getting down in the mud.
Came in with 5 Galils, leave with a round and 2 M4s.
Yeah, it'll be the variety too. You get small for choice here.
Timeout called the first for sinners.
On the mic.
Good at containing their emotions.
I don't know how they do it.
I respect it.
It's obviously it's a mechanism for dealing with the pressure and you know about it's the fact that you can jam youngs
Expression never changes never never change
Something I find is you know, like I want to give it like a you know a binary answer of like you know all actually
I think having emotional regulation
Equality
You know, there's so many examples of players that like an apex, you know, who's just top of the game
And yelling and feeling and emotion. Yeah, they flow.
Karagin.
Karagin, exactly. You know, some players don't necessarily, you know, they wear their heart
on their sleeve and they still frag out.
I think it's more of a balance of personalities of the whole, as opposed to just the individual.
Yeah. OK, I see. That makes sense, doesn't it? It has to work for your unit.
We've got some A smokes. It's going to be pistols, just USPs and that one Kisorek rifle.
Wait a second, the USPs have got two.
The rush is in the wrong place, but he can get here in time. He will be smoked off towards Donut. I think you still continue, eh?
Yeah, Jemim's boosted up. Modo confirms there's at least two more A.
There's no smokes remaining and we'll kiss Wreck on the flank.
Did she spot him?
A lot of talk. I think he did. He wants a double swing. He wants a double swing!
5-2-3!
Still gets one! Still gets a G.D. art!
Wreck is quick.
Have to lose to an E.Co.
You can't.
I mean, you can. You can, and you might.
Not like this for Tyloo.
I'm young and zero I mean this is the two highest performers you know 18 frags
each how they approach this they're gonna group up and walk Modo gonna be
sidelined by this he's gonna be so cool off-guard not considering that as even
one of the two options so shot her back to info for stress on and yeah I don't
know where he's going he's gonna beat them to it he's actually read it
Perfectly.
What's the USP supposed to do in a 1v2?
The first, maybe if they're not looking, then it's the 1v1.
Oh, 0-5.
That's an ace!
That's an ace from 0.
I mean, he needed to save them after those nice USP headshots.
Double dings were provided by Sinners, but this game getting close now.
The new starting to feel a little loose.
Tai Lu just need two more.
That's the third ace of the major so far.
And that was against the essentially Aka, but because of how scary it got, a very important
round.
Your map was on the line.
Well, their map was on the line.
You're still in it.
Two round game.
Does this one have overtime written all over it?
Walking down.
This wreck's ahead of the flash.
Yeah, Mosey was not ready for that.
No trade available.
Mercury unable to lend a hand, opening kill goes Sinner's way.
You're at 12-10, your map pick, best of three, an elimination series at the major.
You do not want to let this go. So how do you play this by the book?
They're being active, right? They haven't had this mid control.
They're doing a classic 2-2, like a red and a don't.
And look, I understand they're staying active and looking for info.
This would be great with the mid to late round, but you do have the advantage.
So the fact that you're probing like this seems quite risky.
However, it's informed them with all this information and they gotta be quick on the flank of B.
Moto and Shock to defend, XQ coming in.
This red gonna swing on through, catches Mercury on the backpedal.
Oh, is that collateral? Zero and Jamion both catch an AWP bullet, but they're alive for a second longer.
Going for the plant, not gonna hit the wall back.
Neither of them with the smoke span either.
Oh, Jamion gets two on the low HP!
Everyone's low.
It's all up for debate still.
Stress on nose, G's by door.
He's making them work for this frag.
Their buy is going to be rubbish if they go for this b6.
He's calling her off. They have to get out.
It's 2900 loss next round into the last round of regulation.
They can't go for it. They cannot risk the retake.
Highly taken number!
They need this one and they get away with the gun.
Sure, but Tai Lu, this is three straight rounds now.
Jam Young the hero.
Oh man, Moto can't quite believe it when he sees it.
He's going to see it now.
Actually, we're going to maybe even hear his reaction when he sees that he did damage to two.
confirmed collateral onto zero and Jamia.
One round away from Moti, those saved guns are going to go a long way.
Because of the 2,900 loss, that means that the two players who survived can
both drop M4s. And so this is a good opportunity to be much heavier equipped.
Look at it, we got four M4s in the mix here in an MP9. That save has gone a
long wait look it doesn't matter what the score is as long as you get it done
they can win this 13 to 11 it's close now Tyler we're making them work
early pressure on the lane from stress out he ready his utile chop up lock
slow well times gonna have to break and go in every nine just standing ready to
deliver and it's easy pickings for Mosier spam long down kiss a wreck down to
He was full blind next fight flashed over should go Modo blind zero swinging stress on holding the line
Impactful double kill from stress on keeps sinners with a chance to end it in regulation. Okay, he's taking a go for the late cave
Those you're considering it's so low so susceptible to that frag gonna have to try and play around this cubby
Here's them wrapping on the long side mercury on site
Here comes B stick two of them audible Modo
to be able to win the game.
So. Melinda hand with the
util. Not a fives G going to
have to play around the smoke
now. Here comes the first
fight. Can we handle it? Well,
Mosier to Modo can't win it.
No time. Oh, T secured Ty
Lou with a run to overtime.
Trusting now. Sorry, photo knows
it's right. It's about Mercury.
The final brag and look, there's
been enough time bought by Jam
cannot believe they followed through with the execute because you get blocked in
that situation you don't have to go it so early on in the round look a minute 30
they've got what we've all executed we're just gonna brute force this one has
all the bells and whistles molotovs are absolutely everywhere dressing with a
double back makes it feel doable a mercury you still have to jump on him
that's not the first time around okay well I mean that was what five in a row
Five in a row from Pailu.
Do they keep that going? Do they keep that flowing?
In fight coming and scooping into Elbow. Jam Yung's coming through, just running out of smoke.
Jam Yung can't find the orb, now stressing doubles up.
Yeah, Mercury's 5 HP.
We'd go down to a USP.
Pugs cubby.
He's kind of on his own here. The Molly's gonna make loads of reports.
Yeah, books.
Nice clawback one.
Here's him faking the steps back and forth.
I'll lose this one, Sinus.
I understand the pressure of what you were up against there,
like getting it done, winning your map at the major.
If you lose this round, you know, all that high energy that you were riding,
all that that you were putting out there, it's been very quiet for the last patch,
and understandably so.
But it's the contrast that's jarring.
As they head towards A, takes stock.
No, Curie. He has the AWP.
Does he want to just post up to CT?
Or does he want to use the smoke to block it off and then try and get over to what the big box deal with Donut?
Thank you, sir from Beastie. Now he will cover off CT with the smoke.
That's for the Donut fight, Beastie's tucked.
Only just deep enough so the bomb cannot be harassed on plant.
It has to be a successful retake for the sinners.
Ever smoke for the bomb?
He's boosted up Mercury.
The damage below gets falls for the bait.
Enables shock a bit of room to manoeuvre.
Flash catches Moser, still there's Zero on to B-Stick.
Getting uncomfortable!
Kisser right back with one.
Headshot found, both ways.
Modo's good for it.
Zero in the clutch!
Has he got another one?
Yes!
He has!
A quad kill!
He's now four from zero.
Okay, this kid is going nuts right now.
And a bunch of major rookies in the server,
giving this one a go.
Fighting for Tyloo's honor.
It's crazy to see.
We've got five major rookies on one side,
stressing kids who are at Moto Shot BC, right?
This is their first, the Europeans, okay.
Zero on the other side,
he's the replacement for Attack Art.
They've been looking for an upgrade for some time.
And he's giving it to him right now, he's zero.
in himself. They missed it almost right. Yeah that's funky.
Once you're lurch smoke reaction mode though you're going to break the smoke. G clicks down.
Unable to connect.
Nice luck get some of these wall bangs. No one's exposed to the bullets.
I'd be very impressed if sinners can pull themselves out. I think they're in the pit.
I don't think they're in the pit. I just think they feel the tightness. They feel the pressure.
Yeah, I don't think they'd like mentally dejected or out of it. This is where things get stressful
And you've already had you know near misses find yourself day two elimination match and your victory has just been
Ribbed away with a five-round run on the T side from Tyloo
Then you just won the first round of Otis are six consecutive rounds from
Lou
Closed ramp he's managed to rack up Maltese from this position before
Not only with the first round of OT, it was a 3v5.
Advantage is just disintegrating before the end of the series tries to catch the jump spot.
If you're unable to catch Kisarek, you'll tuck back in.
Oh no, still good for Ontomozie, he's so disruptive, the trade from Zero is everything.
G looking for that trade onto Kisarek, but he'll jiggle baited nicely.
Zero's found a second on the entry, so that's B open.
It's correct, trying to deal with G and no stoke for G, now attack 9, good flank distraction for 0 to fine number 3.
Look how far away Beastick is.
You see how I'm taking his sweet time.
And again, major, 10 KOT, not 12 and a half.
You have to, they're gonna go fishing there, giving it a look, stressing, starting to move in.
See?
Doesn't even feel possible with the setup.
Oh, back turn, nice fine.
B stick will trade, but there's just no time for this. He doesn't have a kid
Helpless that's how it feels sinners down again zeros it four kills once more
It's just you're upping them right now
What do we say on the half someone needs to help jam young zero's here?
Yeah, he just continues
This is two rounds in a row now and we're in the depths of ot where his kills are just coming and that right there brought up on screen
They're trouble on inferno this year
It's a comfy map for Tyloo. This one felt like it had to be a conversion for Sinners
and was looking that way almost all game long.
Trap together by Famous Heavy 1M4 and an MP9.
Only remains spotless.
Sinners just digs something out of the CT side.
Sendio on the jiggle
But throw it. Oh, it's late covers that beautiful
Beastic transfers to the second head instantaneously and he's put zero down which is a
Jam young just got wall banged. You just got wall banged on tree
She ever wanting to go through this
So jam young's taken down stress on it's not a guarantee folks another 3v5
That's all mistaken.
Not again!
It's taken down shock!
Another disadvantage!
Just...
rectify!
If anyone can win it, it's Kisserak.
You're right, you're right.
Kisserak's got this.
Jam Young doesn't seem ready yet.
All easy pickings, and now bombs loose.
Now we know...
Head of the molly!
He's just gonna peek him!
GEEEED!
That's it!
NAH!
Kisserak head in hands!
This is a must win map for sinners.
They had five map points,
and now they stare down the barrel of Tyloo with three.
We're in a vacuum, right? All that energy that was flowing early, it's dead silent out there.
They have lost some absolutely ludicrous rounds.
It's not got confused.
They have lost some... oh, absolute mess.
That's the pressure.
That's the pressure.
It's mounted now.
Just one round for Tyloo. This is 8 straight.
The putt into 15.
Incredible to see such a finacity from Tyne Lou, B-Stick wants to fight Middle, he's in
the open, he's BORKED, COVERED, B-Stick, SHOCK, OK, giving you a roster rundown as the aggressions
from the CT side are thwarted.
Oh, easy pick in some Odo reaction speed test on the fate of the smoke.
That was Mosie up, and they know he's caved, team play, there it is.
Okay, a little bit of something to remind them what they came full of.
Yeah, it's been a long time between rounds for these boys, so the fact that they're getting
that one back, your focus is, it's not gone, it just feels a little bit different.
Tyloo, they take the time out, they take their 30 seconds.
You've been two minds in this, I think if it was me I'd like to play a bit more of a standard setup.
Nothing out of the box, nothing too crazy or all in, where your round can be over within the first 15 seconds.
I think you can save that for the final round.
Because your next round is going to be more scrappy. Red is going to be your 5-7s, your Famouss, your MP9s.
the
at the city side is where both of these teams have struggled in this map
all one
listing up the AWP immediately
already across and
Got down and kiss a reckon be stick have opened up the account. It's mercury the only man currently here
Resit reveals his position deep smoke cave to deny deep the presence and yeah, the bomb is weird right now on the corner of like
Now gee it's a quick scope finds be stick they're losing this one as well if you're not careful
Just is not part of this stressors walk about three. It's a 2v3
Oh, no good for it. Catches G. Fully committed. Here comes Zero, though. You got to watch out for Zero, because he has been a hero.
A one versus three to secure it, unable to handle it.
Here's Sarek with the triple to keep the sinners in it one more time.
It's just unfortunate timing there. You're not expecting that type of a pop.
They'll all immediately boost. Then they just contact up the ramp.
They hear the footsteps stampeding up, and there's a flash that comes in, but you don't want to be hard tucked, right?
right because you're gonna get cleared so he tried to swing out but as that
happened that flash it caught B stick but it also caught the B defense so here
it is that scrappy investment in two mp9s and sorry three mp9s and two m4s
double red smoke yeah just a sign of the times I think shows you how chaotic the
comms are in freeze time
The difference in this round is just personnel. It's, it's bee-stick. It's not stressin' hanging
around middle. That really only can play in if bee-stick gets a kill or goes down, right?
That's where the info will start to percolate for Tyloo. You want to make sure you can hold
onto these last remaining smokes for as long as possible. Jam Young's just going to continue
to jump spot red. Mercury's gonna be mollied back out of position. We'll have to respect this.
Dread wants to fight. Dread does explode. It's not as quick on the draw. Dread from shock.
No, Mercury's the cave player. Do you expect the other?
Who smokes left? I'm at gambling. I like the call. Considering the circumstances,
B stick 40 seconds info from zero
Bumps just smoke ramp they're going back to a with a bomb the good call
Shocks get ready to catch any cave re-aggress zero just smoke donor
Nice smoke. He's not ready for this red
This is so weird moda's on his own with the bomb moda's on with the bomb
Mercury's just caught shock on lane clear. Modo try to back into red to join his boys. We'll slip through just in time
Now G for position MP9, now Xero has got them softened up for a Mercury, he's going to be coming to join him as well.
It's three donor on the CT side.
Oh, he's got core stress, I was looking the wrong way, now Modo's missed his shot.
Ancient was a must win map for sinners, and now on the shoulders of Beast Stick, they had five map points unable to convert.
Tyloo wrestled them to overtime.
That one's looking, that one's looking.
Oh! Zero catches a whiff and Tyloo close it down!
He gets the dirty bomb here in overtime. Zero came off massive.
Once we made it into OT, multiple 4K rounds, he had to have one of those against an eco as well, back in regulation.
But that was a tough game and Tyloo felt like they were down to the dump. Didn't feel like they were mentally in the game.
Ancient, it's been a woe for them in 2026. Sinners picked in as a punish, but they're the ones who are feeling the peril of this one.
Gee, this would have been a masterful moment.
You get these spurts of magnificent individual prowess from Tyloo players,
but this one's all about zero.
A major rookie coming up in buckets and spades when the boys needed him most.
He's a zero to hero.
Well, he's got zero as a number.
He's the one and he is secured.
That first map of the series, it was such a back and forth.
Wow, it wasn't a back and forth.
There's a total of two halves, right?
The CT side's really just not able to hold on.
There's so many rounds that could have gone, should have gone, would have gone.
And then nobody considering it in both ways, right?
Beastie coming through the smoke here in the 1v3.
No one was looking his way. Zero pivots in, 16, 14, but sinners.
All that energy that you've just put into that now,
you go into your weakness of Inferno, come on up next,
and I think that graphic tells the story.
But we just want to beat everybody in the tournament and I love that mentality from snacks
I would expect no different from a player of snacks is caliber and help his career
We've heard some of the younger players you know talking about it. What what's your goal coming into this personally?
It's like get out of stage one. It's like it's like that is not the mentality that wins you games
And now you need to have this mentality that wins you this map
To see if you can stay alive in this series and snacks has to call his squad on the T side of ancients and so often this man likes to go away
So here we go over to a da's bomb. So it gets a little bit weird calling on this map
He'll call to this a bomb site four or five rounds in a row if he feels like it's the right play to make if he feels like
He's gotten advantage there
And it doesn't flammas starting to be aggressive over towards cave
It's a little bit late to get a jump on this exec as it comes in boom
Which is gonna hear the nades
So that boom will spend a little bit of time clearing out middle making sure there's no lurkers outside to be bomb site
And then they'll readdress to retake this site no kits for the CT side no smokes either
No, at least the bomb plant secured here for the next round for Gamelige, and if nothing else, but holding down, they've got two players in tempo.
PR to turn into the wall, to dodge any flashbangs, resit, first contact, and PR swinging out.
Eventually PR could end a kill, but it's not enough to leave Gamelige to a comfortable spot, but a good shot from highpacks.
He got a second one as well, and all of a sudden it's just Flamas 1v2, tapping at a fusel, pulling highpacks into the open,
and now it's down to Snacks, waiting inside of Donut.
Flammis into the open chasing after a snacks runs away and this is his comfort
You know look just drawing the timeout drawing you around the donut
You can no longer win the round and snacks is played it perfectly
Ring around the Rosie and Rosie faces though smile as they take themselves to pay store
All right much better start obviously
And that's gonna be a good feeling for gamer legion a really important pistol for them to win just for the mentality and get
Started on the right foot where you played, you know so far back deep in a hole all of nuke
now you get to play with
The economic advantage early going on your map pick
Lovely shooting from hypex with that p250. Those are some disgusting shots to save the day. Otherwise that retake was starting to look good
Well, we know a push can do with CZ Jason. Let's go to the RC by Zed again
Our snacks quickly out of elbow. You'll play under the boxes
Good position to get here. You got boomage and flamish tip it in behind that smoke here at donut
They're gonna boost flammas on top. You'll pick just the left side and wait for the crossing members of game religion
But as he does so it's an audible dismount and I'll be met with bullets through the smoke
All it's off to hold back red room is or if they spots it knows they have control everyone's losing HP
Game religion just grouped up playing a trade game for players together in red room in the middle of the map Towson waiting over at a main
No real panic yet for Gamer Legion?
Zortay's been brought down to 10, boomage down to 11, so when they decide to move a couple players easy to clean up.
That's a good opening pick on to boomage before we can get up to any antics.
in the game religion looking to convert in this 5v4.
My desk highlighting how game religion have been very strong at 5v4 converges, it was another
reason to add on to the weirdness of map 1 right where they just had so many advantages
and so many opening kills going their way and just complete failure to convert them.
Yeah, I was mentioning I think part of it too, I think I said it during the first map
of the series, I think Boomwich and BedBoom just kind of really outplayed game religion
and pretty much in the mid-round pretty much every single time anytime there's
like a settle down mid-round they were able to kind of out call and outmaneuver
gamer legion which is another reason why I felt like that boom would come into
this map and be able to take it as well because ancient also has you know it's a
mid-round map if you're not just getting blown up and winning the round based off
like some fast mid-play the mid-round can be super effective to move around and
be mobile between the two bomb sites this time that booms not gonna sit back
on their heels. Flash and a piece of aggression coming in. Towson's going to get caught. Nade
in hand, blinded. There's another kill from Bumich. The USP's doing work, but not enough
stopping power to really secure the round.
I have PR to finish off. Flemish leaving. Magna Jazz alone, and then we'll get into the real
rounds of this game. Now, first three picked up for game of legion. Good start. It's important
that they have this lead. You know, coming out of getting banged out on Nuke, you want
to make sure you come in and just try and put that debate as quickly as possible and
reset and obviously finding three rounds in a row is going to help with that.
Here comes the buy for Bat Boomin. You're going to get the AWP out pretty early here for Zortay.
Living around 4th, AWP and Hypex's hands as well. Zortay takes his towards the A-bomb site towards
Jonah, Boomage is going to run down mid and join up with him.
No fast mid play from Gamer Legion, Res Talson and Hypex just kind of sitting back waiting
looking for pushes.
So it's a waste of P.Cal from Heaven Snacks, going to be the first victim that AWP has
found it's price straight away.
They really wanted that piece to help them take some mid control so they're going to be a little bit more nervous.
Rez and Hypex and Talson as they start moving out. Zorte repositioned for this fight.
Hypex steps into it, he goes down as well.
Up difference here in round four.
Yeah, big difference. Zorte can definitely be that. I think in the first two best of ones on Dust2
on the CT side once he caught that up out he was a real menace for all the teams that went up against him.
It's finally felled by Rez but his advantage is still held and they're gonna cross out towards heaven and try and finish on this
B bomb site, but as that is happening you're seeing Dillidae's move down the B ramp
Magnazes is going to start taking contact, but it's actually Rez who once again has chimed in with this op so he's drawing it back to the op
The op deff is on the server
He's got three and that has resurrected their chances of winning this round as PR turns back into the cave
You've got boomage dead now at the hand of PR and now it is game a legion who are winning the ridiculous rounds
I was gonna say it's game a legion given a taste of their own medicine three versus five conversion off of Rez's
AWP that sentence hasn't been uttered uttered too often
plan is lovely shot on the first
Stries to save the off picked off quad kill for Rez. He's an all-per
Small as face he's had a good time with it, but passes it back over to high pecs
I mean, that's that's an ugly round from from bedboom. I mean for as many as there were on nuke for gamer legion
It's the same kind of thing magnetizers pulls and eight out kind of steps into the open to deploy it gets picked off
The red shot over towards B ramp is wild. How much of your
Opinion or prediction knows that for winning this in a 2-0 fashion was probably kid of the fact that they would be able to continue
The momentum from map one. I think they'd be capable to continue it, but I feel like I
Think I want to see what gamer legion looks like if they hit an obstacle if that boom like clamped down a little
a little bit, like after you just get destroyed like that on the first map, it's so easy for your mental to fade away and disappear really quickly.
It's really easy for you to get like knocked off your game in the next map.
Now, the longer that this run goes on from Gamerich and the more they kind of steal themselves against that eventuality.
Now, walking through the smoke, snacks quick to react.
Flash is good as well, so Dildos has to just cower behind the wall hoping that he wasn't going to get hunted, but
PR is not going to let him get away with that one.
And then possibly move forward. Is Rifle good enough to drop Zortay?
Tell you what, it also looks like Amelieche on an individual level. Everyone looks a lot more comfortable and confident on this map stepping into fights.
Especially at PR here. 7 and 2 now with his rifle.
You're going to have a 5 and 0 lead here for Amelieche. Very different story.
I think Zortay kind of sticking around and challenging for another fight from Red Room
when he'd already provided the five on three.
Honestly, like a bad play, but just like something that wasn't necessary in any way.
Kind of overexpose yourself to the chance of getting picked off, and then all of a sudden
You see how it collapses on the other side, too.
And once the first domino falls,
everything just comes crashing down.
That first domino always thinks the fourth,
or the second, third, fourth, and fifth domino
are gonna save the day.
They're like, oh, it's fine.
It's true, you just can't trust your teammates, Jason.
Yeah, that's the lesson to learn here.
Can't ever trust them.
First time out here for BetBoo.
That's a very uplifting timeout as well.
There's some energy in the tunes.
Feel like I'm in an action movie, you know?
Yeah, I was thinking Pirates of the Caribbean.
Yeah, that's not bad. That's what came to me.
That thing has vibes. Actually, I can hear it.
There we go. That's the one.
Who's going to be Captain Jack Sparrow on the server?
At the moment, it is looking like PR, which is nice,
because the Deaths just had a long conversation about him before this map began,
about how he was going to be so critical to this team's success,
how he needed to step up in his performance,
so at least getting them started with a 7 and 2 opening here on Ancient.
5-0 lead for Gamer Legion as...
So then, as Gamer Legion and Bet, Boomer locking horns to secure the spot in Stage 2.
The first team that will be secured from Stage 1.
We, on the other hand, here on the B-Stream, are bringing you the opposite.
It is the first team to be eliminated here from the I.M. Cologne Major,
and the second day of play and Chad the writing on the wall after ancient give us a quick recap of what we witnessed and what it means
2007 scoreline fumbling that the energy was very high for sinners and it's clear that was a conversation overnight to make sure they come out today swinging
That was clear, but the pressure getting the better of them Tyloo's thank cool come and collected
But they're major rookie zero showing up with a 30 bomb
massive 4k rounds time and time again even had himself an ace in the mix short with an eco bash
that was required. We turn our attention now to Inferno, which in the last three months,
this team's sinners yet to have a win, and it's a bit more comfortable territory.
As we're going through the play-up halving and what to expect, you would have seen
shock of that pit anchor stress, and he's actually the highest rate of play-up for them on the CT side
as the rotator. That B-stick Kisarek duo over towards B, B-stick in-game leader,
is going to set this hole and on your screen right now up for the aggressive maneuvers.
Well, we did see him flourish. He was hitting some nice shots, playing around the smokes as expected,
But for Tyler, this is their map choice, right? This is somewhere which they know, Jam Young, their best player, well, this is one of the maps where he can deliver, he'll be up for the banana control.
Mozia, however, and something that I will want to point out before we get underway, Mozia is going to have to be tasked with dealing with Mota who likes to play the AWP end of apartments a lot, so how are they going to deal with that, right?
So that's one of Mosey's biggest concerns going into this, but G, on the T side as an
AWP, a lot of your role is setting up your banana space tapers, right?
Facilitating them with the flashes that are required to take the peeks, like getting that
smoke and you can see it towards half wall.
So I don't expect to see a lot of opening exchanges from G. Mercury, this guy in the
in-game leader is going to be setting them up with the question mark, smoke top middle,
certain rounds you like to pass through it, but he plays as the second, second mid player,
And that's not something too normal for in-game leaders.
They tend to be one of the banana players.
I am seeing an interesting trend.
This is the first 30 seconds, right?
Yes.
It's funny that every one of them, G, Emosia,
they've all had like one or two players
that have managed to make it to arch in 30 seconds.
There's another one from zero.
So there is something in there.
I mean, I don't know what that could be.
This is only rifle rounds, right?
So it could be cased off of a couple of things.
This could be set piece calls.
The other could be when you're seeing them a little bit more
sporadically coming into play, that Mercury there.
Maybe Jame Young said they're running forward.
They're running three down banana right and that's a reaction from Mercury to take long space because if a team is going to play heavy
Banana there has to be a gap the gap is it gonna be short long or apartments and you're gonna take your chances off of information
That's the way she flows
We're gonna get through the pistol rounds that force buys the eco is before we can get into the gunnies
And I want to talk a little bit about what you've already brought up the
Sinners and their inferno the stat popped up during ancient. It's not a map they play
All too often in fact it's about they don't want to play
I mean, you know we had them discussing the pre-match interview
It was a bee stick who talked a little bit about how Atlanta was like, you know kind of their introduction
That's why this major doesn't feel like it is more
I actually think you probably wouldn't have the same opinion after ancient. Yeah. Yeah, but those games at Atlanta
They played big names right or bigger names Astralis game of the region on inferno at
Yeah, if you go a little bit earlier in the year, right there's this games against
ecstatic
Johnny speeds those five minutes. They do have some wins on Inferno
But there's a reason that they want to shy away from it. I'm tired and half picked it
This is incredible. It's always been comfortable for the Chinese team's inferno
It's been a signature for Asian CS in general. So we'll get to see what they bring to the table today
I think that that comeback goes a long way if you're Thailand, right?
If they do end up winning the series today, there's ramifications can echo into tomorrow
to get this one started. We do
have two more best of threes
available for your viewing pleasure.
Obviously, not mentioning game
alleging versus that boom raging on
on the a stream but coming up later
we've got MAD bait and is the
second winners game on the a stream
and then any gladiators versus
heroic for the second team
eliminated. Never want to be the
first so heroic again gladiators
don't have that as their fate.
Let's see the title or Paul Sinners, but it's a competition 32 teams
Essentially 20 days of play and I did the classic
Classic era saw her walking in today. I was going to the bathroom guys. How's it going? Oops? I know the answer to that. I'm sorry
We've all been there
Happens to the best of us, but let's go to start for Tyloo and the odds favoring them understandably within the context
Yes, it is. Decided to start on the defence here.
The defence has been the weakness for both of these teams.
This could be aggression down middle. It is.
They want to try and bring the fight.
They've been spotted. G is screaming.
G is screaming.
He's relayed that information.
Jango's going to pop up out and have three frags.
Splural gets both.
Dero knows where shock is and nice shot from the USP.
He needs more and it's a whole lot more. Can't hack it.
Alright, pistol round is over unless Beastie can win a 1v4.
He's rotated in time to at least hear the bomb get planted.
I think we have the luxury we're just above where the players are and I can hear G yelling as soon as he got that spot.
We're on the CT perspective. I hear he loud yell and then he even is loud on the flash call as well.
Right. He's clearly the most emotional player on this team.
So he is made no secret of what Sinner's are up to in that one and Tyloo respond perfectly.
damn young off to that strong start two kills for him just popping his head up to
the chicken pit I'm out pivot a product of G's shout you know they
immediately pivot to react very effective start and I mean more of the
same for sinners okay we might see Tyler also start to play a little bit more
unchained maybe a little bit more aggressive now that they've bought
themselves the buffer of the ancient wind that's true you get kind of liberated
to take that slightly lower percentage manoeuvre.
I think I'll do something quite quickly towards A and a few things they've seen in the prep.
One was that Molly Shortso modo couldn't take a scout pick.
The other clearing out the top mid pocket with HE.
So they've been able to establish brackets control swiftly.
Well, I mean, it's such a perfect place for a 5-7 to put itself as well.
So that makes perfect sense, given the buy.
Looks like Zero wants to clear out trash.
Procedural, methodical, counter strike on display.
Oh, he's forgotten it.
Rap smokes.
Now in back pit, does Modo want to keep his eyes on short, or...
Try and take those long range drills in the rap.
It doesn't feel like the best place for a scout, but Modo's making it work.
Sector 1 already, thanks, jam young downs.
I...
Presses forward and finishes off the job onto G, trade from 0.
Looking to keep up that ancient form, his individual form, his pyre, he pleads and says,
I'll come back, I'll come back later!
Oh, my boys will deal with you!
Okay.
Never mind, actually.
You're in a...
Oh, that's... bad, not bad.
Not bad at all.
I think you still looking for the save, just hold on to this, give it a go into the next, but...
Something that is a bit of a worry for Sinners is Zero and Jam Young both were in very good form on
Ancient and they're the two banana control players Jam Young's the point man Zero to trade off of the space he's taking
And Zero did a lot of very good trade work on ancient. He really did
Take passage a friction time who to it is not
This is a sense of the eco coming up now.
This is so funny.
Actually, you know what?
It's bigger fish to fry.
Letting Jamion get his.
They held on to the first long graze and armour for stressing and kiss a wreck.
I've never seen that funk fieheculo.
Like the funk vehicle in Italian at the back of the van.
of the van. Oh, I didn't see it at all there. I was just, yeah, okay.
That takes a punch shot. Double nades, top banana, followed by a
rally of mollies, one to the mouth, one to the sandbag.
Don't they've taken banana control rapidly against the echo and
against the force that brackets control all flashing a fire for
kisser. Right? The timing needs to be spot on it.
Like they're gonna be committed.
It's a wreck, 5'7", and it took it late. Zero's already across from the act and just farms him up.
Double kill from him. Sure, stress on, and Modo just managed to put a couple down, but he just puts it all onto shock shoulders.
Yeah, cross of the bomb should seal the deal.
They're tight ruins here. Zero just in a ratty angle and lazy clear. Zero confirms it. Three zero guns will come out.
Now Moto has more than enough money for his AWP.
It's always important with AWPers like Moto to see what their spawns are because they're going to play off of that gut feeling that, yeah, I can win out that fight.
So he has a very good mid spawn right now. Plenty of options available to him here. He can just take that passive line in case they swing wide.
You can go deep for T stairs not expecting that to have an all which would be an astute observation of the economy so far
Or he could even try and pipe down second mid look for a pick
Just jumps across them picks back short side and he has the line so if you're lazy without you navigate
That's our spot
So they want to get Bracket's control before banana control.
That's made clear by G's presence in second mid who is setting up Osir and Mercury to
get the space and he continues to set players up with his Bracket's control.
I'm not sure the motions, Tyloo looking well drilled on Inferno so far.
Yeah, criticism that's been levied towards them in the past has always been how often do you see a tidied player
taking a fight dry without the supportive flash? We're not seeing any of that. Everything is supported, everything is intentional.
They can be said for B-Sticks when they're on brackets, but they have found cover.
Backpedaling? Does look like it.
It was just the one man of Kiserec on B-Beast. It will get there in time.
get there in time. Stress in an arch can also fast rotate, a Mercury having to mid-round
in the dying stages.
It's actually really a perfect opportunity to see the effect of that motor smoke. Stress
on will second guess it. There's time. Defense or B doesn't even need the help.
Oh, for how good of a look in the open up. Look that way on the finished bomb. It will
go down.
Nice.
down to the spam of B-stick that's a very convincing start to your CT
campaign
well picking up nades and stuff
okay well they've been able to get themselves some AK-47s for their
troubles
well there's another buy available from Tyloos so if there's a gun drop
available from Mosia so keep on the mic very early so once to get in before
for their finances a bled drive in the way that they took the bracket control and
got that space it was all very nice but then seen enough with B sticks aggression
long side thought okay we can pivot back we can play the rotation but sinners
there were a step ahead they got there with more than enough time and they
shut that one down with ease zero is gonna operate now with the Mach 10 though
I was talking about the banana control from the likes of zero and jam young
last round they were kept on a leash Mercury made the call to take the boiler
holes control first I wonder if they go back to regular scheduling which will
have jam young throw in that car Molly most likely and then zero and G there to
support
sloppy here on the finish rider feeling the time pressure which is crazy with
what we saw from Limbush earlier today right they had no issues with the time
pressure happy to be 20 seconds every round that was bizarre over the past wasn't it
Watch out. Singles down and boost.
Actually, they don't want to toss it with this. They will give over early banana control again. This can be used against you though.
Especially if there's an eruption in the rally of flashes. Moto could get run down.
I slipped off the wall, that is an involuntary dismount.
Finds a solution, but it's just going to have to pull the trigger on the first flash
and back away.
He needs help fast.
Are they committing?
He does already a CT smoke up!
This is brilliant!
Photos going to do it all!
Tyloo have booked him!
UCF confirms it.
The site is theirs.
Those nades were in the sky from spawn.
From spawn.
Okay, they're landing first oranges here. The rotation is in shock waiting for the lurk.
Because they're here so quick, the bombs just gone down, they would've just want to look.
Captain Bay by the Molotov for a moment longer.
Gee, scoped up New Box. It just feels like he's guaranteed to find shock here.
He could even find them on the re-
Yeah, they just got smoked off coffins.
They've channeled into the orb.
This is some brilliant counter-strike on display from Tyloo.
Perfect! All too easy!
stress on goes down he goes for a repeat not able to connect it with kiss a
wreck down to mercury it's just a massacre
very nice call worked out perfectly for them you can see what I'm talking about
since those flashes come in and you only have the incendiary as the awp
those that's the smokes we were talking about just being thrown from
mini pit it's the mercury one that should be for ct right so he loves that
one out with the rally of flashes
I'm just trying to get him in his solo as well.
I'm gonna be kind of upset he didn't get to play on the half wall.
I don't know if it would have affected the first flash though.
I think he was blind either way.
He's from Janya.
Swallows the double HE into incendiary, no extinguish, gets down!
Two HP.
I thought he got out!
Yep, never mind.
The Nade chases him down, beasting.
I hate so you can miss out.
Let's double kill.
Portraps is to stand it financially.
This is a gap closure of a round, but second half of ancient, the amount of 3v5s they lost.
That's a good point. Let's see if that trend is continuing into map 2, or if Sinners can
screw their heads on tight and convert a must win round.
Gonna walk into the Orc here.
Pugaddo primed and ready for this fight.
Easy, primed Mercury, stems the advantage.
Sinners can keep a perfectly clean sheet, you can scoop up those AKs.
Could be what, uh...
Guess what the doctor ordered.
Lovely.
Fallback AWPing, mode enchantment, G on repeat.
Can we keep the five? Yes they can.
Any AKs?
Look at their time, a couple of...
What?!
At least they couldn't get there to pick up the AK.
Well, they know that the money is gonna be a little bit ropey.
I had a Thai loop.
They did a lost bonus with both teams and suffering right now.
Nice shot.
After they're trying to boost in an incendiary that was never going to work out. Well
We just saw a smile
I'm young show it a little bit more all right well two galils three tech nines and
Like they're gonna have to be something poppy again. I don't even get away with that saying be play
Here I feel
Secures that no one has pushed down to bench so it does give them
A bit of a moment to relax that they're not being pressured as they're setting up for what comes next.
So, a very limited utility available here. We're talking just a handful of smokes, three mollies, and three flashes.
Like I said, I don't think they can go for that same type of a B-Play again.
They've essentially made sure that the AWP is not on the midline.
How do you get ready to just commit five players into B?
Oh, dude, he's behind that long smoke, so that's going to keep his boots planted there.
We've just got two defenders here.
Kisserx got so much work to do, and he's down to zero.
That's round.
Tyloot smashing to B.
I think they can risk the rotation in to have what happened previously happen again.
see that they've played ahead of the util so they've thrown it and they're
running with it there's a lot of different options you can have and if
you can identify what type of a defense a team like to play obviously in the
modern game everyone's a lot more dynamic but if a team is playing like a
smoke molly defense so that's the CT side they see your util in the air today
for a bears but you can catch them off guard because they'll be nades in hand
just the pace at which this came out here from 0 to 100 and that is one of
the worst scenarios to find yourself in on the seedy side of Inferno without full brackets information and without any banana information
Because at that point you're either in a 3v5 or a 2v5 and you can see how that unfolds
It's a difficult map to retake on
So if you're not being able to gamble correctly or find any early friction
Then you are just hoping that individuals will be able to deliver multis and without multis you're not retaking
5-2, 3 round gap, at least they saved those guns so they can have another buy round.
We're even allowing Modo to hold on to his money instead of dropping B-Stick at M4.
And that's so they can try and keep the AWP in this man's hands flowing.
XNCT side of Farno.
No top mid smoke for Modo to contend with, does he want to try and force the issue towards
second middle?
Flashing low, 3N is across.
AWP's position noted.
Mosey has got early. This is very quick, isn't it?
Well, because the AWP showed itself middle, right?
Moto does like to start, end of apps.
You can see Mosey, I wouldn't say he's lazy,
but he's aware that shock is less likely to be playing in that position.
Moto is quick to be there.
I think Jam Young was not ready for that reposition.
He's already gotten all the way over towards B,
taking down Jam Young and actually enabling Kisorek
to gamble over towards the A site as well.
Four CTs here, Chad.
Bin-abs, distracted, all B-stick,
feeling the pressure, and Sendier will delay and singe zero down to forty-seven.
More centric, stress on onsite.
A lot of maids.
I can dump them on towards the site.
There you go.
One and done.
Shock solid, from the pit.
Frank from B-stick does manage to convert onto G as well.
So, just Mosey up.
Looking good for Sinner's third.
He doesn't need to give him the fight, he's looking for...
A heart beat longer.
Yeah.
And Shock goes down there.
Touching his keyboard for some reason.
They...
All identified B. Long smokes come in.
This time we can wrap a little bit safer.
Or not even long smoke.
Just the idea that that long gap is a little bit more susceptible.
You can see why they might want to pipe through.
through. It just gets messy that U2 landing. Joe doesn't want to stand in the flames. So
we continue with these four spies. It's a little bit late out of spawn for a couple
of members of Tyler, which tells you this one will not be off the rip. I mean, I'm the
only one with a rifle, the rest with attack nine and the U2 to go with that.
See those? Second wave banana control. They could dump some molly's deep smoke go again.
Is that what they're lining up?
They restrict that half wall, so...
Knowing that B has been susceptible on two of these, right?
One was they got control and executed, the other was they popped from T stairs.
You can understand the call from Sinnerz to play 3B.
Ah, especially with motor opening up, that does certainly signal.
They're hanging around with 3B, they haven't got that kill and rotated away, so they're
still under the impression it will be the B finish, excuse me.
Yeah, this could actually lead to shock being completely off guard, he's just playing like
a jiggle and sendiery defend.
Ah, okay, so look.
Sinners have stayed, Tyloo have thought Sinners will rotate.
Yeah.
Oh, my B stick's taking the head off of Jam Young.
You can come around and let's have the chickens right now if you Tyloo.
players all in through the chicken pit. Deep smoke, 35 seconds. You need a miracle.
You need to run through the smoke. Oh, he goes down, but you've killed your team.
Modos there in time. Zero has a smoke for CT or Mosier, and they can also block coffins.
I'm needing it by this. No one's saying that was the perfect execution. Zero, a fun call on the
move. Oh, that was fun. It looked funny. It was fun. It is a high stress environment with the loser
to this going home, but we're still getting some entertainment in the comical department.
Okay. Well, I mean, a stabilisation from sinners, back to background.
And you can type the game now, Tyler, after we can.
Tommy puts this force by the bathroom, force by Robert,
there's more to back and forth, it's out to bed, they've come out on top of the economy.
I was quite concerned, but then I'm like, well he's in game leader, he will know that
they're on eco now, so I don't hate it.
I could see there's some logic you could find.
Yeah, there's not many left in the game, but yeah, okay.
I wasn't questioning it, but it's all good.
Okay, so five all but secure right now, Mozi, and Mekko, jam young, last three just with
No clock, er, sorry, a P250 and two clocks.
But yeah, I imagine the logic there for Beastik was that you couldn't find it and wanted to make sure the maids were thrown at the right time.
Or at least dropped.
He goes back and gets it once he knows the P250 rush.
I think if you still are able to walk over 7 on the half here, Tyler, you're not gonna be feeling too hard done by.
It's just you have a lot of space, Mosey, as God.
You haven't looked great in the gun rounds, right?
You had the pistol with the conversions, you had a couple of nice tech round or hodge-hodge scenarios as Mosia.
Max with the pizzas, you see that this one looks like a simmer out, they run into the crossfire,
that's it from sight, it takes down Mercury, and then it is just jammy-dodge-up.
They got a glock on the plate, there we go, it's any of yours.
Someone, slurp that one up.
I'll be fans of T spawn. Makes sense. Perfect sense. Someone's got to take down Vizality.
Yeah. Or do they? Will they?
I'm going to go up top mid, I'm going to go up with an Aging Haps as we've got an Aging
Fero.
It's not the same thing again!
No!
No!
What?
We're going for a boost in an incendiary, like unironically trying to boost in an incendiary.
Now look at the radar, you can see they're throwing that half-war smoke but I don't think
it's landing as they're hoping for, right?
This one you can see in front of you is CT, it's on the other side of that that there's
a T1.
It's being replenished now by another CT smoke but I guess they're hoping that the extinguish
She's gonna come into play I guess you're right, but that's not the case. I like to move
It's a cool move. It just requires there to be no incendiary behind half wall and two of you to burn to death
Yeah, that's I've never seen that just two players a hundred to zero by an incendiary on the half wall. Moses just charging
Ouch 37 to work with back of the side me sticks noted
They can see the trajectory in no where he is but stress on spending to help him out through the smoke
Taste down, Mosier. Mercury's struggling to finish his field. Does so. Pivot's into the site.
Opportunity for a bit more.
S1 able to swing through this. G needs to provide the cover and fire. Mercury gets that bomb down.
A two on three. Unimpossible. Not comfortable for G.
Back behind the new box. Low HP. You know, got Modo trained on him, but Mercury's going to try and isolate this.
Trap tap his head off, and oh, if it was an AK, it's a kill.
Picolile takes his head, or takes him down to six, but that's going to be another Sinner's round, so stabilizing and then running.
With some consecutive CT rounds of their own, and minimal casualties as well.
That's the closest Tilo have come since the first CT round of this four round run.
How much damage did Incendries do this round?
Like, this is two players who just get completely smoked by Incendries, and then who have, I think it's Mosier running through one, and then it's G getting burnt out to one.
It probably, the incendiary's that round probably did 300 plus damage.
Yeah, it was Kisarek, he's up to 336 on the utility damage front.
Alright, final rounds of the half before the break. Four glills and an AK.
625, final round, first half, second map.
Double nades?
Yep, that looks like it's gonna get something going! Kisarek's ears are ringing!
That was a 16 after the barrage.
Gets the motor not backing down from any pick, wanting to stay very active with the AWP
Just constantly a thorn in the side of Tyler, not giving them any freebies in terms of real estate
I think B's been the most susceptible, I would be surprised to see them try another A execute again
The times that we've seen it, it just hasn't been pretty
But in your head, if you're Mercury, you're thinking, well, B was easier, so they're likely
to think we're going to go B. So the mind games play into this, and that goes both ways.
Stresen is on a tight leash for that B rotation, but still gets to spot this, and Schoenck
has the other side of that smoke.
So as soon as it fades, they know nobody's through, and here comes the second wave.
Flash for the swing. Shock throws his version. And we'll swing. Perfect! Nails zero. First
man of the pack is removed. He walks away. Fade away. Modo drops into the mini pit. He's
got a perfect weapon for this kind of fight. The catch, but trade from Shock is important.
Catches an integral from Shock. On site, three kills from him and a 7-5-1. Okay, Inferno
may not be their strong suit. Tyloo's pick, but Sin is in the lead as we swap sites.
It's just me, down with your body
It's getting harder, you only need some body work
It's just me, down with your body
It's getting harder, you only need some body work
Gonna need somebody
It's a major that ends on day two for one of these two teams, Sinners and Tylo.
We're into Inferno, an impressive feat by taking Sinners down on Ancient with a comeback,
no less five on the draw to take it in OT.
We find ourselves in the second half of Inferno, except five.
This is his fast domino.
It is with the Molly down.
You've got Zero, who's gonna eat the Flash, tucked on Short.
Jamyang tiding in the smoke, but Zero's nailed to first.
First now jam young posts his nose out and stress on puts him down. He's still here. He is
Perfect you tell how that's a convincing pistol through they are nothing. He's been spotted and executed shock nails it and those is next
No, no puts him down. That's a very convincing start to this must win map
I remind you elimination at stake for sinners if they can't convert this map
I thought being down 12 7 on your map choice was gonna be the end of the story right with mirage coming up next
This becomes anybody's series if sinners can do this and they put themselves in a pole position right now
I was taking a look at ancient and now the same one in Furno opening kills have been a real problem for tyloo map number one
It was 20 to 10 and right now
They've only managed four in this map so far and one of them came on the pistol round right here and was in vain
So tyloo are having a tough time finding that initial pick also when you think about their tea rounds. They were all
Mainly with pistols all fast. They're getting brackets straw quickly against the anti-force
They got banana to draw quickly against the eco and then the rounds that one on top of that would just poppy plays to try and punish
Maybe some of the tendencies of sinners
I don't have decided not to force you so they will be bringing the rifles out into the next so number nine
There's like a certainty for sinners
Probably not me and they'll stand and bang stress on finds three on the east
weeks. Can you leave it for a bit of a late run again on Tyloo? At what point did they
start the comeback? Or if they started it all? She lack of multi kills as well. Actually,
just if she lack of frags out of Tyloo. There's only three multi kills for them in the entire
match so far and that was all the first half. The CT side, albeit, more likely to get multis
and more important than they do starting now.
They might have mid set up and they block. See the beast wants to call them through this.
They're going to pop Mercury and Zero. The multi kill is going to come in now.
They're going to chain flashes, kiss a wreck and shock to layer them in.
Mercury in zero. Good luck.
Loose vision.
And Mercury activates, gets three in the one mag.
Shut down immediately.
Sinners, they try something and it does not work.
The bonus round, given that I go like that,
again, I don't mind those type of rounds earlier.
You're going to have him some money going into the next round
for the investment, but not to get a kill.
That's going to cause some issues.
Jam young, if he goes down, that could be the frag shot.
It's looking for, and I can't get it.
So a clean sheet, they hold onto the rifles,
meaning now that take a building a bit of a buffer a cash you have to make this
one a whole lot more convincing and just like ancient sinners didn't need to take
any tactical timeouts in the first half they've been exclusively reserved for the
second with how well things were going as part of that comeback to put them in
pole position but I think I'd be liberal with these and early when you know that
you have money like this right that was a bonus get on the mic and make sure
that whether or not it's you giving the call give your team the opportunities to
avoid the choke. Yeah, and to properly identify the plan of everyone that are singing from the same hymn sheet.
Clear try and pace. Nice three handles that very well.
I really couldn't go better for them at all. I know there's such a moe down and such an unexpected
type of a move, it's very rare to see that approach.
Is that four players running second mid?
Another set round.
Interesting.
Replayers porch side.
Yeah, okay.
So G covers their apartment's leak and then you've got two players up.
Zero's anti.
Yeah, makes sense.
Mercury needs his vision.
Oh, Zero couldn't get his cross there out in time.
That is A-Open. Just Mercury on site who's been spotted by shock.
You can see his mouth moving a mile a minute.
He's a dead man walking.
Just like that.
Okay, Jam Young.
Gosh, it's that.
Not an easy 1v3 to even attempt.
We talk about Ifano and the difficulties of retakes,
especially in 1 vs 3, he realizes there's just simply no probability of him converting.
a good opportunity while he goes to the save for us to look at the right hand side of the screen so 1900 loss
Bonus that's going to be injected into everyone's bank balance. You guys can do the quick maths right there
That's going to take everybody up to around the 4k mark mercury is going to have more so you can drop an orb over towards G
If they'd like there's also going to be an extra hundred bucks. Thanks to the two kills that they got in this one
so
We'll have enough for the investment, but sinners they have reached double digits and great to see it is fine
It's just a hard hit from stressor, right?
It's not even the first play that he sees in his screen, but just...
I can see him take down 0, it makes that one look way too easy.
Time to lose second time out.
He has been equipped with the ult.
when you have a set up like that. You're in the right place. You just get rinsed.
Enough to think, okay, well how do we respond to this? It has been two rounds consecutive
now, we're sinners have essentially made a spawn call.
If it ain't broke, then fix it.
The way you overcompensate for that is aggression.
try and catch them while they're setting up before they can pull off whatever
their execute is. And again it's another pack it's just a poor one.
This is a mid smoke scubble in there. Respect to Jam Young. Surges fluidly down
banana and gets that logs control quickly. They do have some room and it
wasn't off the rip so the fact that it comes in a little bit later so it burns
more time off the clock. This is lefty's boy. Jam Young has also darted away just
to scoop up some utils. It has another smoke to stuff the choke point. This is going to
use it on the jump spot. So a lot of pressure on jam young shoulders here. Restraint on
the smoke, Mosie still close by. Now G searching. Yeah, the one's doing the B-pop.
and see how Tyloo like it near the side look at the mercuries here as well
shock cells a mercury rotates back
you got the god flash and jam young that could be enough now even mercury
cheats over through the smoke they'll walk through contact play G's found shock
on the left. Oh, brilliant! Another multi from Mercury! He strikes twice. The Modo even
catch and flak through the smoke in a one versus four with no time to win it. Just forced
to run away. Save the AK if you can. Mercury missed a multi right now.
Now it's two rounds out of the last 10 for Tyloop, and that stat line doesn't read very glamourously.
But it's the start.
It is the start.
Exactly, and it was their start, but it has been the strength of this map so far.
So if they can work into it late, just like ancient, I don't know how you get there.
What a save to the AK, that's going to be the biggest weapon they've got to take into
this round.
Tukallil's, Tec9, Mac10, they lose this one, they will have to eco, and that is Tyloo's
chance to get back in the game, they can make it just a one round game, so this round worth
two for Tyloo.
I do
Press on a beastie taking some apps control
Renaises with shock and
They were gonna be responsible for the other side
I see the nullification of the banana.
Yeah, I like the timing, though, right?
It's in at 18.
So you're keeping them at arm's length.
They can't really swing at you from there.
It's going to be an A-play.
Yeah, geez, just religiously playing anti-flashy.
Knows that they're not going to do anything dry,
or at least suspects it won't be dry.
Mercury with the re-smoke.
They're going for an HAPS pop, though.
Yeah, so action on zero.
I
Could be sticks flash from mid
Yeah
0-2
This erect trades G solid on the site can't find the follow-up though. Oh, can I go this way make motors are just tapped out mercury
It's an albistic. Oh, he wanted to find the walk instead. Just mosey a tapping heads
comfortably
As tyloo like you said worth to that's gonna be a one-round game as they're forced to take an eco
timeout as well on the Cinder side. So this one is more, at least from my standpoint of the game so far, is more just about the mental.
You can be talking about next rifle round too, where you're going to use those 30 seconds. You can extend the plan.
You also do a French timeout after this and stay in spawn to just take some of the momentum out of the game.
But a big part of this, if I'm the code 3-4 right now, is just to keep everyone locked in, because you see everyone get a bit more agitated.
But when he dies there, you know, he's just himself in the seat, it was never gonna be an easy round.
And you've been riding that rollercoaster of emotion. Damn it, it feels good when you're winning.
You got your first major, and you're taking on teams who are of your level.
Oh, well, you should have put them away on Ancient. You've been in a strong position here on Inferno.
And now you have to stomach this eco.
You're getting in your teammates' heads before they get a chance, right? Timeout call, we see it, the coach.
A couple of words of encouragement.
Hello.
This is the Encore to Jump Spark.
He is erected on his own jumping with a burst clock headshot, of course.
Really good output.
He sent the 0 and G.
They shut it down.
It's not the French approach.
No, it's quite quick, isn't it?
So that's the second round in this half that have been complete.
Shunouts from Tyloo.
That one being the Eco understandable,
but the one against that bonus
That might come back to haunt the dreams of B-Stick and the boys.
It's a high-quality camera. I feel like I'm there.
Yeah, that was...
Well, I am there, but I feel like I was right there.
I felt like I could, like, feel the texture of his mousepad.
Oh, my loot. This is your chance to level out the field.
We're not too late for something.
He's extinguishing caramel. He wants to pit.
Yeah, he's putting stuff on the line.
Oh! And he nails it on the chiggle of Kisorek!
Opening kill for Tyloo!
In order to make this on furrow a whole lot closer.
That's like they've been struggling with these opening kills.
Yeah, okay.
The last stretch, they've got four straight opening kills.
That's a change up.
So is this.
A two-man app set up, this completely rumbled stress arm.
You could see Shock went wanted to go for the swing,
but knows he can't be swinging into two.
There's a five versus three for sinners.
These roster had a golden opportunity.
7.5 half pistols, and they're starting to feel like their grip is loosening.
Yeah, it's just pit a pattern.
Okay, it's one at a time.
It's getting peeled apart.
The trade potential, very limited shot gets something on the clear G.
He's found his third.
A multi for him as Mercury takes down shock, trying to get out of dodge,
and we're all tied up.
20 and 100 loss coming into this next round of play has to be the partial.
But these are the fire starter rounds.
Right, these rounds where you know that you can take more chances.
You don't have the best weapons in the world,
But the Technite up close in your face is damn scary and on a map like Inferno if you can get the room to pop
You're able to cause a lot of strife
So while this doesn't look like the best to buy it and right now it's starting to slather on the rounds damn stick
I'll tie Luke. This is what I'm talking about the agitation the pressure
Well, this is the other side of the energy they brought into the server when they're winning
The energy has to go somewhere. Yeah, it's just such a tough thing with it the definition of pressure
It feels different to everybody, but essentially it's the stress like clouding the judgment.
Another opening kill for G and his AWP.
They're still coming. They're still coming quick.
Flash is connected, Zero loses vision, G-Car tracks, Zero still blind finds stress on, it's not looking good!
It's looking great for Tyloot!
Sinner's tech 9 and Kevlar gets you nowhere.
I can't catch Tyloo off with something poppy.
Tyloo take the lead with this one.
This would be what, the fifth?
Consecutive round, Mosier flanking Modo,
gets a free frag, V-Stick left and Jam Jam finds him okay.
We're getting dangerously close to the elimination
of sinners if they're not careful with the guns out now.
It's similar to ancient, maybe worse than ancient,
because in the last five rounds of play
they've only managed five kills.
So they're not able to be competitive.
I understand one of those was a full eco,
one of them was a partial buy,
but they're not putting Tyloo under any pressure,
any stress.
G's got 14.9K.
I know we're super late in the game,
but buys will not be a problem for them.
The bomb's not going down.
Aggression from Mercury.
Interesting, throwing yourself into the mix early
with a flash from G's,
supported as well from the second mid flag.
And Mota is not looking in the right direction.
B sticks in so much trouble.
It feels like his death is inevitable.
B-Stick will swing out, Mercury collects, 2-1, 4 within 4, but still stress on through
smokes.
He's managed to give them something.
Look at Kisserak, the background, the cam, the stress is just...
It's consuming them.
It is consuming them.
You're at your first major and you've had advantages.
You've got an opponent in front of you, you feel like you can be an opponent that you
even try and avoid in scrims.
This is an interesting setup here that, okay, Zero's now going to talk in a little bit
That blocks my will now channel them into a boiler and G
Been starting to heat up the last few I reckon he's got it. It'd be a flick into this will be a flick
They all sit on to stress on
Go on G lad. He's doing it doing a dirty max cash in the bank
Grab a day case for his boys 12 on the board and five major debutants on the shopping block
Fuck.
He's got a 10-time out, surely.
Yeah, there's one more left in the bank, I'm pretty sure.
Has to be that 30 seconds.
As soon as they didn't use them in the first half.
I don't know, I do- do I want them to have an extra 30 seconds to think about what this round has?
Ah, wait, your major is done if you lose this.
Yep, that's what I don't want them to think it-
Well, there's 30 seconds, one way or another, just save for the time here in Cologne, here we go.
So much riding on a round of counter.
Get some red down.
74 from the early damage.
It turns the favor onto Mosier and Jamion as the B Duo.
They're spotted and tagged through the wall.
G nearly provided another opening kill.
And look at Jamion caution to the wind.
Flash is perfect! The team play from Tyloo.
It's shredding Sinner's hopes and dreams.
They came to this major not looking just for the seat at the table.
They want the results at the table, and it has not been the case.
Zero to close, but no cigar, twice, and could be thrice.
Change of use, so...
Tile have that advantage, and they know what they need to do here.
Stress arms catching flak, 6 HP, here comes an aggressive move with the advantage!
Looking to end it is Mosiah, that's gotta be it!
There's nothing Modo can do.
A 0-3 exit for Sinners.
First major for all of them.
And it's gonna go down like this.
Tyloo the ones to throw the knockout blow are 2-0.
Poor class here from the Chinese.
Seven consecutive rounds.
All of them with opening kills.
They changed the time to the battle.
That first half it looks scrappy, it looks half.
It was the pistol, it was the conversion, it was a couple of pops.
You could see that energy from Sinners starting to build again.
is what we saw over on ancient, but their major journey comes to a close.
32 teams come to Cologne, only one can win, and Sinners, representing Europe,
were hoping to put up a better fight.
As you mentioned, I've made your rookies.
This is what it's all about.
This is the big leagues.
This is the most prestigious event.
You don't get bigger and better than this.
Cologne returning after 10 years as well.
These boys would have been watching back in the day, hoping to compete here once
upon a time, but that fairy tale, it doesn't even get started for sinners. Eliminated at
the hands of Tyloo here today. I lost a fly quest, I lost an energy, I lost a Tyloo.
That's the resume that sinners will take away from this one.
There's some highlights, there's some moments. You've got Voto hitting up with the orb, Kisserek
being grimy around Smoke stressing. Once he gets that room, they were able to really work
with it. The sinners story ends today. Second round is going to hold on for a second half.
It starts to kind of mark the run from Tyloo and what a run it was. I mean, you know, do
we credit Tyloo with that flawless CT run? It was a deadly run of what like eight or seven.
It was very, very dynamic with the approach. G started to heat out searching for a lot of
picks and it's like he's just taking this one in. Normally a very emotional guy. G's just
Just...
People aren't out there.
He's probably, if anything, just seeing the faces of the team he's eliminated and kind
of, you know, empathizing, if anything.
If I had to assume, she's just like, yeah, that's going to happen to a lot of teams over
the course of this major.
Yeah, and we are going to have to hear from the losers here on Elimination.
We do have Trace standing by with B-Stick.
What about that map of Inferno? Let's talk about the T-Sides.
I don't know. I feel like we just couldn't get our things going on T-Side. They either
know what we are planning to do. It felt like they have either good prep or like we were
either able to oblivious with the calls. I don't know. And we just couldn't get things
I felt like we were playing every round with disadvantage and we couldn't take space, nothing, so yeah, that's in for now.
We talked a little bit about your career up to this point, the six years leading into basically this moment right here.
How heavy are these emotions right now? I know it can't feel great, but talk to me about some of the things you're feeling.
Actually, it's even worse than not qualifying to actually be able to be here after six and a half years.
half years and I've been trying to just go 0-3 showing absolutely nothing so I
would rather not qualify to end up like this to be honest sir is there anything
you want to say on behalf of the centers from your guys way up just what I said
before thank you for following us guys thank you for believing I'm disappointed
as same as you are but I hope we're gonna bounce back from this and you'll see
us in the future.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Game and Gladiators, and Heroka and Yototo here in an elimination match, I've got Fur
joining me.
Fur, what was the breakdown of the server that led to that beating with Big?
What jumps out to you off the page with BlameF and the server and getting styled on?
Yeah, to be honest, I think we failed in the first step of the like to control outside and blaming F is a really good player
We know that he plays a lot of aggressive players and stuff and I think
We lack of some flashbangs. We lost like some
Miss communications in the server
but I think the the main point was we trying to rush things and it did like a lot of fast smokes on outside so
blaming F he had the
the information, the information about the outside, and yeah, I think we may have fucked us.
It happens like that sometimes.
Yeah, sometimes.
Happens to the best of them. Hey, there are a lot of questions around you coming into this lineup,
replacing Phelps and the Game of Gladiators project itself.
Now you guys are sitting where you are, it's a rough day.
Owen too, what are your thoughts? What can you tell me about that going into this matchup?
Well, it's only about Phelps. I don't know like the main idea because they removed them, they removed Phelps and they just told me
Oh, there's a spot to play the major but I do like Phelps and I do like his playstyle
So I do like the same playstyle as him and now there we are 0-2. Of course, it's a tough situation
We didn't want to be in this situation
But I think you have to reset
Play calm because in the practice we were doing good
We had like a lot of confidence to come to this major, but yeah, I think we need to reset and
Yeah, that's it
For you've lifted this trophy albeit ten years ago and even then you know that that's that was a major then
We're looking at a major now. How how hard of a comeback are we looking at for the game and gladiators to move forward from this point?
Yeah, of course, it's hard
O2 is not a good spot to be in but
But as I told the guys, I played two times in the stage here in Cologne,
and I won both, so I had good memories here in Cologne.
And I already had in this situation, in O2 situation,
but O2 or OOL is the same, we have to win three matches,
and I think we're going to start from now.
Anything you want to say in Portuguese to the fans at home?
Thanks for the crowd, we're in a spot that's not very good at 0-2, but we're still confident, we won't give up, we're Brazilian, we count on your support. Thank you.
Both games were close, of course. We had the lead in both of the games.
We were struggling more on the T-sides, which we were recapping when we got back to the hotel.
We were trying to make some quick fixes, if you can say it like that.
But it's best of one after all, you know? Everything can happen.
We lost one on T-ico in both games, and we ended up losing the important cross.
I mean, that brings me to the question about the Nuke game.
You guys are up 7-5, going into that second half, you lose that second pistol and it all just sort of falls there, how does that work?
I mean, we lost the pistol, then we also won the force, so some people might say it's better to lose the pistol than win the force,
because you fuck up the economy, but then if you lose the antique after, it doesn't make any sense, and then you lose our force.
So we're back to IKU and it always felt like we're playing against, they always like money against us and
We're playing some IKU's you know here and there so it's like automatically
We're playing less by runs than them and it's just a hard game
So the show out here for her row it hasn't quite been what you guys have learned up to this point
You've got your backs against the wall and a very very important match today about the game and gladiators
What do you see when you look across the aisle?
I mean we have practiced against them here and there at home
We know that, like the experience, but we are young, hungry people, so we're not overestimating
them.
We're just here to play our game now, and of course, back against the wall, but I feel
like after the talk yesterday, the pressure is not that high still.
Anything you want to say before we get this one started?
Not really.
All right, thanks man.
Good luck.
Thank you so much.
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It's a dreaded time here at IEM Cologne. Elimination on the line. Roic pulling up. Football in their
hands, much like their fate in this O2 matchup.
Yeah, a surprising team to see down here definitely, even though Roic's recent run has been certainly
one of struggles. I still think we had some expectation here at the Major against a team
that I think no one had an expectation of Gaming Gladiators also down 0-2 playing with a standard
and Old Boy back in the majors in fur and frankly disappointing results from this team in those
opening BO1s, heroic looking to rise above. Gaming Gladiators looking to survive all we
know is we're sending one of these two teams home from the end of this BO3.
Yeah and where do you kind of want to start the dialogue on this one? I've been looking
a gaming gladiators. You said there weren't really a lot of expectations on this team.
I think that's fair enough. But there are still some tenured experience names here.
Maybe you're expecting a little bit more mileage just on name value alone. And the reason I
say that is they've managed five rounds total at the major. They have two players in the
roster who have 10 total kills, only three of them above that magic number of 10 throughout
the entire event thus far. Admittedly, you know, it's two B01s and it could have just
There's been an off day yesterday, but things have got to change for Gaming Gladiators.
It's got to start now, or else their major is really in jeopardy.
Yeah, well, off day is one thing. It's certainly going to cost you.
But, you know, we already knew this team would have some trouble,
and you can say that the average player age is as high as it is at 30 across this team.
It's commendable they made it here, safe to say,
but obviously players of this experience, of this tenure,
definitely want more than going out with an absolute whimper.
And the argument you can make for heroic is at least their games were close albeit choked in in those those previous
BO ones
And safe to say they are the favorites for this matchup. I don't think you can read too hard into the veto today
It's all about heroic showing up and writing their wrongs
This is a team Harry that missed out on that last major anyway
And they were talking about the disappointment of that falling short of Budapest team that felt like they should have been there with the
the run of form we've seen highs and lows from this roster, but at the same time, yeah, lows.
That's a conversation for Harag. It's been a disappointing recent run.
It really has.
I've come off the back of a five-loss streak, gaming gladiators, or sorry, a seven-loss streak,
gaming gladiators on a five-loss streak of their own. Neither of these teams are feeling good right now.
Well, on the upside, for one of these teams, you're not getting eliminated and you're breaking a loss streak.
So maybe that can be the turn of the tide for these squads.
But yeah, it's been kind of a weird season for Heroic.
You're not really sure what to make of it, right?
You've got Chris and Helman up the squad to start it all.
There was the whole standing thing around Youngstar.
He just ended up playing the entire season, hasn't he?
And we've kind of forgotten about Alperin.
That's kind of the shocking factor as well,
because Youngstar started to look like a really dependable AWP piece on this team,
especially on CT side.
He's up there as one of the best rated players on CT side.
Nuke, which is one of the best AWPing maps in the game right now,
has been for some time. You know, there's some really strong positions we see from young
star on this AWP. So, you know, when we see heroic in a tailspin like they are, it's surprising
to see when you consider that this guy, yes, a hobby or per, but it's looking like a full
time job. And you know, when you're kind of saying tailspin, just to put a bit of context
on that, it's like, you know, kind of all their big events across the year, it's been
last place or near enough last place finishes for this heroic squad. They've really struggled
to leave any more than a dent, usually at most it's kind of a series win and that's really
about it. You know, the only times they've really made any type of a run has been more
in these tier two events, right? Looking at things such as the, I think it was CCT.
Yeah, I think one thing that they can grab onto here is we know this team is sort of
a vibes team to a degree. And a quick look at your screens. No rounds played here for
obviously quick stand-in for this roster coming in for the major last minute and yeah, not
exactly a lot of experience in this roster, only a handful of series and maps played as
of late. So I felt the expectations were pretty low anyway, even if that pressure was off.
But to flip back to Heroic, you know, this is a vibe-seam, I think, if they are able
to dispatch as quickly as everyone else has over this Brazilian roster, maybe they could
Find some confidence late in the day and pull back the sweep into the second stage.
We've definitely seen every major we see, 2-0 jokes and 0-2 recoveries.
So I don't want to completely count heroic out, but they need to show good face in this game today.
And they need to eliminate gaming gladiators simply.
Will it be simple or can the Brazilians survive against the odds
and look to make it through with at least one win under their belts?
I was starting things off on dust to map pick a heroic
Gaming gladiators that's inferno coming up a little bit later. They're looking to get
both these squads looking to kind of take a step in the right direction after a
dismal start yesterday. Any bit of aggression to kick start this pistol round in through lower
He's got Jota here backing him up door Barrett is closing in on the tunnels also pushing in top side
Come to pan out for the gaming gladiators. They lose Hennie
They lose Jota that's the double doolies lower push and they now find their way in a heroic sands
That is what I want to see from gaming gladiators today though. There are still some strong individual players
I think Luke and is definitely one of the guys on this roster to look out for he's been the only guy in the green
This year for this squad, you know play your hearts out play from the front
Don't give up, because there were games all round rather against Big on Nuke where we just saw them saving round off around six saves in the T side of Nuke.
Just felt a bit lackluster. I want to say Gaming Gladiators playing to win.
It's looking the second youngest player on the roster at 29 years old.
Basically a kid.
Rolik regroup back on Long.
Luka watching from the site.
No smoke for this cross, so a chance to punish.
So Rolik eventually will have to start running.
Oh, dangerous.
There's Luka with the spot calling for the rotates, they'll make their way over.
With no smoke here, you could just end it right here on the crossing
with a bit of help from Fur, the tabs connect.
Gaming gladiators picking up a pistol sixth round in the major for the gladiators off to the races
And well, I would say it's the most important round Harry, but the second often is
However, I don't expect to see heroic force with no bomb plant on t-side dust too. So
consider it converted
Till further notice
Hennie is so confident in that fact he's got a USP helmet so looking to bring the AWP
out quick.
control for gaming gladiators, down lower tunnels.
I'd like to think there's no lorries here with Luke in the back up, Jota, and again,
more of this aggression and through the top tunnels. It's a convincing shutdown up against
the Glock round. The guns are coming for heroic, they don't take the chance at the early
force they want to bring these rifles out straight away they're playing for their tournament lifeline after all I
Mean kind of the whole reason for the grind even existing this year for heroic
You know what would that kind of lack of results at big events the the big ones in the calendar
You know you've seen them at a lot of the Dracula and you've seen them at the Roman Imperium Cup for example
Cct is just a lot of these kind of smaller events trying to grind the VRS points to get to this major in the first place
they don't want to go out with a whimper in stage one.
Whoa, scary with a missed mid smoke. That could get punished.
And he didn't get the nade out in time, so he's actually missed the timing on the crossing down middle.
An opportunity eluded.
I mean, this guy used to be such a sighting player to watch on the AWP.
Going back here.
Good while, thinking back to his Furia days.
Someone who when he would get kind of rooted in place and just have to be like a turret was was so exciting to watch
Had a very turbulent career as this guy
No one does too you would love it if he could put his best foot forward
One control fake down the logo is back and so it's feeling like that late mid to be
Would not be a bad move here, the 2MP9 stuck together on this bombsite.
Luke can look to make a move though and catches Neelo changing weapons.
That has gone very wrong indeed.
He's not going to over commit.
Youngstar with the bomb here has to run away.
B-play coming in with Jota set up at the window.
Good for his one SMGs.
Oh!
He's rolling.
No worry, Crisen, no one saw.
Suckers bailed him out.
So this will be a bomb plumb.
But three on three think you're still tempted here if you came in gladiators. At least you should be
You know, we saw it looking just fake footsteps into upper
So there's gonna be time wasted here for heroic or other positions wasted is you have to hold on to that
upper
Everyone coming in through mid together easy shot for suspect not able to find a second for very low
But chrisen the same so odds are still in heroic's favor and the bomb is ticking ever quicker
find heroic chances in their first gun round. Young stop, the peek out will take his alongside
prison and that is that. Pack it up. Kenny looking to save. Where did that all go? He's
got it. Oh no he doesn't. Disaster. Tech coming out early here in this game for heroic it
looks like, but they are on the board Harry. Don't have to wait too long for that.
If you want to look for some positives here for heroic even in these lost games
Something that's been very reassuring. I think is seeing that the form that x-cloud has come into this tournament with
Wizz has been kind of one of the firestarters inside of this team and actually I think when they
Almost were hitting their best. It was on the back of some phenomenal x-cloud games
I know we often look towards that guys like Nilo right was very talked about very hyped up when he joined this squad
The output from their their Turkish player
it has been phenomenal and so you hope he's brought that with him into this
elimination game today because he is just one of these rifles who can take
control over a whole map
It's like it's an issue for Youngstar.
Just a quick monitor swap and we're back in, hopefully.
You know, Learon, you said kind of vibes team.
I'm talking about this heroic squad.
And I'm talking about Youngstar.
Yeah, exactly.
I'm inclined to agree with Youngstar.
I think it brings a lot of good energy, but will that translate in this game?
That's what I'm curious about.
Also, I don't love that it's him with the tech issues for that reason.
We're gonna get the AWP here, at least as an option for gaming gladiators.
We have money spread across this team.
I'd say worth considering, so Joe to buy it up, throws it over.
We are back live.
We're gonna work.
We're not out of the woods yet, we're not coming down to just one player surviving.
Looks like they just want to pounce on this B bomb site.
Long deep smoke, looks like it's missed.
And so they've got to go quick.
I got these nifty little pop flashes here.
I'm not going to be super close, but that's what the second set was for, gets the 5-7 off
the line, they try and chase Neckis down, and they are going to deal with him.
Look how fast it's breaking.
This flank is arriving straight away through the tunnels.
Joe is ready to go, waits for the fade instead.
Numbers now spotted back at the tunnels.
Oh, dear.
Not about the Henny Orb as well.
He's gonna be adjoined by Fer.
Will you expect there a full-format in tunnels retake?
They will now. They've just cleared middle.
They've just checked it out entirely.
Now they should be ready.
They know the tunnel orb is a factor.
Surely you just run away with some fear of middle,
but they're letting gaming gladiators walk in.
They want to wait for this rotation to come their way and take the easy kills look at any
Right now. He's falling for it. Perfect set up switch hook line and sinker heroic
That's a really nifty little play
Heavy tunnels flank and heroic sit back and let it come to them at gaming gladiators kicking themselves. I
Don't think I've ever seen around like that. No very very interesting slowdown right and just kind of
of lulling them into the idea that you took that gap.
You took the A rotation.
When do you see the four man tunnels?
Never.
You never see a round like that.
That was full by.
That's shocking.
I mean, well played by Haroak.
Whoever calls that, late in the round to re-clear middle.
Very nice move.
Again, look at how much game gladiators
have taken this tunnels control.
Near about every round of this city site,
they are in position, rushing this Molly now.
It does get them one.
Harokin's speed up, they've seen a presence on this side of the map.
He's going to send them in to Jota.
Lukens' Deagle moves into position, you'd love him to find anything.
With the A site falling, it won't come to matter.
Jota's plant lead now taken.
I gotta say, I do like that Nilo's putting in a solid shift at the start of Dust 2.
It was a little underwhelming here to start off with the Major.
first one and so at his debut right learning the part way like many of these kind of hyped
up individuals have that the pressure that comes with the major is different all together.
There you see his first one well in that game against big it was just one one round and one kill
from Jota in that match. Quite the lesson learned.
Jota left Aurora for this.
Youngstar on the orb, hits his shots.
This long brawl has not really panned out.
Oh, now knows that there's a player trapped up close and first down at the P250
It's a bit of help
And he arrives just in time to at least get the trade
But it turns what was that advantage out towards long into this three-on-three and info for heroic
You know about the long stack Joe who was tagged on the cross if you remember great position though
As long as he doesn't peek I don't think you're ever clearing this. Why would you expect still to be after that long ball?
And 84 in the window, Joe. It's a primed and ready.
As he holds the shot, doesn't feel like he can. That low on health.
Kind of a fake dink there through the wall. He's still very threatening, but dead after
one. And it's Youngstar plunged into the clutch. He's got the AWP counterpart of Gaming Gladius
to go up against in Henny. He's on the rifle. And with Youngstar looking the wrong way,
that smoke proves to be the right move yeah if you don't learn your lesson
when you don't know where game gladiators are check the tunnels every
single time and yet to be fair you don't expect the orb to retake from that
position as well but any nice clutch well placed at this point needed here
for gaming gladiators to stop heroic from swelling out of control on this T side
It's a messy long fight and how fur used this whole mag to get put down to the pistol either.
But Game and Gladiators will take it one way or another.
Don't start knowing the orbs in play, it doesn't want to take that mid fight.
Smoke blues, and it is very smoke.
Three of them.
If it's smoke, there's fire.
Big gap right now over here towards the cap.
It's a gap that will get plumped by Heddy trying to come back to the crossroads if this is where
heroic head, but it's a heavy beeling right now.
Oh, baited.
But Nilo doesn't fall for it, knowing his role has to remain passive here.
So the rifle runs away, Yorke takes the line.
Nilo is extremely patient because it looks like they do want to go back to Kat.
Look at this mid-utility, bit of a fake right now for heroic.
I'm gonna get X5 Alphid or looking to sell something.
Aw, the Gladiators buying. They've gone for a gamble themselves, three on B.
This fake just keeps that B stack in play.
It's at the majority of your players.
Can he get left out of the action here? If the entries come through cleanly, this
round's over on position, so Fer really has to withstand this.
Any long side, some awkward miss, and he's left it to Johnson.
Chance isn't on his side!
A man down now and weighing up a retake that you just really can't even attempt here, right?
The one round they won, they had one player surviving, it was that henny clutch.
You might just have to cut your losses and try to get out with these guns. It's really the best option.
Save is definitely the right call here. You know, you make your gamble, you'd have to live by it, unfortunately, around like this.
And to be fair, Kim Gladiators had a chance to make this round interesting.
Fer gets a 5v4, Hennie gets three shots off with an orb, before Nilo eventually commits and punishes.
Should not have taken that long, but if Hennie can get away with that kill,
suddenly we're talking about gaming gladiators with long, in-a-man advantage.
It would definitely be worth throwing their hat in the ring. Instead, Heroic...
Keep themselves alive on this T-side, keep their money in good standing.
I just think it's such a massive boon to Heroic.
The fact that, you know, they're getting these on a metaphor,
it was a rough first aid for him.
But a very integral piece of this roster.
And he can bring so much to the table, so...
Having him set up top of the board, looking to have a better day in the office here,
that really does bode well for them.
Absolutely, and hierarchy keeping it pretty basic as well, right?
A bit of a fake in the mid to be there, but for the most part they're starting very grouped,
going for long control or going for tunnel control
and just kind of committing off the early move. Look at this, perfect example, no one in that B site.
Don't even need to door smoke just yet because head crossing in
and the bomb's coming through as well. Neckis kind of has to commit to this.
Luchin does find a 5B forward, even conceding this site with an advantage
keeps heroic in a favored position. Chris is picked.
And so tunnels flanked tonight this time. How do they get back in?
I don't think they do.
Guns get saved again.
Yeah, I think sadly you're already looking at a tricky round in the 5v4, right?
Once you've given up B. Don't have guns on everyone.
And it was Joe, I think he had a bit of a timing there on the tunnels, right?
He was playing around in lower the entire time, tries to close in early, extend night
advantage.
If he gets the kill, suddenly you've got the tunnels pressure, you have players outside the doors.
Gotta say, Chris is called a good game here so far. It's been, like I said, a pretty, just, just group play here for Heroic on the T side.
And even when they've walked into stacks, it's not like they've knocked clear of their corners or pulled knives out or presumed anything.
Now Youngstar's getting hyped as this game starts to get very good for Heroic.
They've got him on the rocks.
Amy Gladiators slipping.
I'm thin ice.
I'm also just been back to back very clean rounds now for Heroic.
They're starting to get a bit of staying power in the half.
And there's a lot of reasons to feel paranoid for gaming gladiators here.
They feel the same. They punctuate this round with a timeout.
They lose it, money broken again, in appending the save.
If you get broken here this late in the game, that just kind of feels like the whole half
slips away from you.
Okay, with another shot on the AWP, with his Xbox Smoke, no break, we'll get him involved
here in middle.
But another gamble for Gaming Gladiators, Joe's are hiding out at the back of Goose, but that
leaves me so susceptible.
It's a big pick as well, young star.
It can be P5E4 and onto Henny no less.
Seize them up perfectly.
Now that does likely draw them into A, so it still gives Gaming Gladius a chance with
the stack.
Nilo will go down later along, but Jota has a chance to do something massive.
Oh, hell of a shot for Nilo, though. And now you're feeling pressure on the long side.
Luke and tries to reposition. Jota plays it forward, hoping to bail him out. They pick
a fight there, right? Feeling the pressure from the long side. They try and deal with
the short here. It's just a numbers game, really. So many players for heroic coming
out through short. It's the full exec. You're up against and that one ends decisively against
gaming gladiators is real shame because it first a little more passive and doesn't give that kill over when he does
Even if he dies, there's just gonna be more chance for gaming gladiators to win out on the gamble
But they feel like they have to play aggressive Luke and a Jota push up on default because they've lost long
They can get shot in the back of the head at any point. So, yeah, just the timing of fur with that fight leaves them
in a horrible position
And that is just fighting for survival, but the bomb will take him down, he's got to run.
Youngstar's here to hit this shot, so Heroic starting to really run away with Dust2 right
now.
Dude, that's a really expensive hunt, but it's so worth it for Heroic.
If that one gun even gets out, you're looking at, you know, three rifles in this round.
It could have been a pretty threatening buy, one that you'd certainly have to take seriously.
Instead, Heroic commit nearly everyone to removing that rifle, and it just weakens the investment here so substantially.
Yeah, and we're seeing dismayed faces here for gaming gladiators, because again, more positions are winnable, but just getting given up and feeling like you don't even have a chance in them.
These rounds aren't exactly close.
Don't let the kill count tell you any different.
Oh, Youngstar has missed this timing, Neck is.
They don't know about him.
He's got multiple kills available here.
And he's gonna hear Susp rotating off a B as well. Susp has no reason to doubt this position, but it could actually work out for him.
Oh, steps heard. At least forced to take this kill, but it can't get it! He cannot get it!
Susp lands on his feet and get them out. This round is done. It's just pistols.
Oh, first making a mad dash, trying to stop the spillover, looking for this gun.
They can't deal with him, he's been a real nuisance! Everyone else is dying first still alive!
Luke is fighting in T-Spawn, none of that matters though, because Haro just needs to whittle him down and they will bomb down now.
Luke is probably going to save. I mean, that hurts. Mech is in T-Spawn with the drop.
sauce jumping knife out and he lands it
as latest to this
Youngstar still showing them down this work by the 7T round on this Dust2, they're picking
the series.
Oh
Jump the random jump actually just do some that info. That's crazy
I think you know that there's a way for gaming gladiators here in the grand scheme of the series where they can
You know, even if they kind of feel the loss on Dust 2, even if this does get away from them
I think you just don't want to feel like you got steamrolled, right?
They've got one rifle round thus far on the CT side
There are the two coming on from the the pistol and the conversion
I think if you can just scrape by a couple of handful or a couple of handfuls arounds, maybe
You've got inferno up next. It's been a real struggle some map for heroic. They're on a lost streak here
It's be one of the better ones for gaming gladiators
You've got to believe, you know, there's greener pastures on the horizon.
I think that really does depend on just not feeling like you got absolutely annihilated map one,
and that is what we're on the verge of.
It's starting to feel like that, right? Just really clean rounds for Heroic,
or really ugly round losses for gaming gladiators.
And he's got another try. He does connect it.
All right, 5v4. Let's see what they can do with that advantage.
still leading heavy beaters. How do you feel like he has to rotate back to A?
There's no pressure on the map right now. I work on kicking any dust up. Even lukin re-aggressing.
I mean, if there was a guy for the job, it would be lukin.
Pk on the headshot angle. Fighting is time.
The house is now, Nilo. At least gonna catch the trade there.
Holly will deny any closing in on the AWP, so you've got yourself a bit of room here.
Two players B site though that you've got to get past and...
past and Lasham Youngstar just arrives way too late to leave much of an impression.
HP for Neck is short, star drops in, Joe, and now right under the window, up close!
Stuffing the bro on that!
And this could be another disaster brewing, it's Heady and it's Fur left to finish this
2v2, both players for Heroic at low, but Nilo at 11 and 7, Red Hot from the word go
on Dust2.
now we're staring this alongside him.
Chris is not giving up yet, sitting here tensely as he watches his two wounded warriors try
and bring home this very unlikely round.
Only Henny now and Chris knows that they've done enough.
Heroic steal that one away, a disaster of a round for gaming gladiators as that 4v2
gets away from them.
No round is feeling like enough right now for the Gladiators.
They are just losing from every single position.
That was a perfect reposition for Jota.
He put himself in the best spot possible,
given his circumstances, and just whiffs it.
A dink, and not enough to find that kill.
And now we've got another young star on the cross,
picking Neckis.
Nilo with a second AWP, even hit a tag.
Oh, they just can't catch a break.
So B rush comes in, and he just throws himself
through the window, but suspects and bangers.
And Heroic can do no wrong right now,
avoiding the spam as the smoke comes up.
And so this bomb can just trot its way into the site.
This is the last round of the half.
And again, we're relying on a tunnel's flank.
Fer has been out of the picture on this CT side,
stuck back along.
And now he has to play, but what have you got to play with?
It's Heroic 4.
Left him a little gift in T spawn.
He's grabbed an AK on the run round,
meant to make his time to kill feel a little bit better.
Let's see what first got for us, just off the mark on that timing.
And so this is Heroic on the verge of a fantastic T side,
only one gun round for gaming gladiators.
As Dust 2 goes firmly against them.
Heroic in pole position, looking for a win on their map pig.
We're going to play in the time!
Huronik looking to right their wrongs here in the clone major after a dismal day one.
Two close maps that slipped through their fingers.
They look to make up for it here on Dust2, a best of three fighting for survival at the bottom of this stage.
And it's gaming gladiators who are going to be leaving that first half feeling sour.
Everything that could go wrong did.
I think now this becomes a bit of a matter of just saving some face, right?
Feeling like you're still in this in the grand scheme of the series.
I'll climb up onto the catwalk for gaming gladiators.
Get here quietly.
For the drop on X-File, but he's got that spot there.
So info gained.
Are we ready for this A-hit?
X-File doesn't really play the A0 too much.
This could be a great time to grab a couple more kills.
Flash off the angle, dinked already.
One-for-one ensues, gaining gladiators are in a strong position, but we've seen this before, haven't we?
Furlough on ammo. Gotta be careful, bomb will make it down.
Youngster inside of this smoke. No way to really go from here.
And so, it does feel like the Brazilians are on for yet another pistol in this map, chasing down
those final couple of kills, chrisen fighting for survival at the car. It's a very late comeback
from Susp, upcat, and they run away, not wanting to fight.
Julie's eliciting some fear as they peek one by one.
Nekkers gives over a fight.
There is just no reason to give Susp a chance,
but he's taking it by force right out of their hands.
Has he really got this defuse?
Oh, that's that is ridiculous.
That is absolutely, unacceptably ridiculous.
Just peeking him one by one!
Oh dear!
Help the companion, man!
Push the fucker and go in the middle!
It is not a good day
for the gaming gladiators.
And that's the thing that's like the roughest, isn't it?
Right? Like you...
You could lose a game at this type of a scoreline
and just feel like you got blown out of the water.
It was a slow start or whatever.
They've been in a number of good positions across these rounds.
Seen them lose a couple of really, really rough ones.
That is just the latest addition.
That is the worst one.
That is a 1v3 that they should never give away.
1v3 in the pistol.
Had that 4v2 over towards the B site.
Well played to Sars.
It's not like they've not had chances.
Yeah.
at a certain point you need to be just locking these rounds man like
haraaka doing a great job of exploiting it but some of these rounds just
like they're radar moments they're impossible rounds to lose
but haraaka given a chance and they are running away with it so
what should have been a guaranteed pistol is now just forcing till the map is over
I
Don't know what to say okay now we've got to go forward I guess right here into x-flat
he's got support from young stuff it doesn't need it no it's a massacre what can you do what can
you do truly nothing hurrah all the airside by side x-file finds a triple but it was that lukin fight
the exact fight he wanted as you said the gun for the job crosshair in the right place isn't
meant to be the more reliable piece of this team he's holding for that exact move that is the exact
You know the one angle the one thing is prepared for is that long push. It's an AK versus a Famous and he is the drop
On Cris'n's long push he caught him, you know look in the wrong way. He was clearing other angles
So you've got to get the first couple of shots off. You've got the gun for the job
It's the exact fight you were looking for and you had the element of surprise
I mean I respect the eco here
Can't help but feel like this one is too late
I might have only just started playing again, but hasn't stopped him dipping his toes into
the mulberry deagle.
Bringing that out in this round, let's see what he's able to do with it.
We're talking skins now.
That's how desperate it's getting.
I think this is a map that could go down in history.
Well, it could for just great examples
of how mistakes get punished at the professional level.
How giving away any inch, any edge can be...
Oh, hang on!
He was under something there.
It's a nice sequence of fur.
I still got it on an individual level.
Nice to see.
He's top of the board for his team.
Hey, big triple D, but these are just highlights.
They don't convert to round wins.
Two time major winner.
It's equal part.
It's really nice to see for having a decent game,
topping the charts for nostalgia's sake.
But it's also a bit worrying given by his own admission,
he was only practicing the month leading up to this event.
I think the thing that was a shame was he stuck
long on CT and heroic which is doing B hits and doing can splits and there were a couple
of rounds where Fer definitely could have done more but for the most part he was left
retaking B more often than not on going around so it's kind of impossible for him to get
anything done in this game.
But at the end of the day you shouldn't have to be relying on Fer who as you said has only
had a month of practice joining just for the major. A handful of maps here.
Hang for a man who's done as much as he has. Kind of a baller statement though. Telling
the team, I don't have it in me to be a player anymore, but I'll play the major.
Yeah.
Alright, what could be the final round of Dust 2?
Look at the guard wall.
Prison tries the moe down to get this one over the line, but only gets out with one and a half.
Gonna fall to X-Cloud here. Flash is coming early, plays up close, right behind this smoke.
Spam will connect!
I'm with Luke and finding his out towards mid.
This one's over.
Surely Susp doesn't have another one of the X in him.
Even he is gonna find the limit, run away.
So he will give it up gaming gladiators with pics all over the map put another round in of the major. Yes, I
Mean this is
Now there, you know the most rounds they found in a game
Joint with the four rounds against Pet Boom also on dust two
And I mean these two games they were first first dust two maps in this roster
So Susp get's going out, we're going to see drops over and heroic in another swing.
of
death
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death
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The poor ex-flout, span to a smog last round, perfect flash, peek on this one, 5E4, let's
see what they do with it.
The flash is going to get dodged, prison is the drop on Neckis.
So that's going to send them up a catwalk into this A-play.
A site fully open.
Prison the first guy to respond on this rotation up through CT.
Now he's ready for this opportunity there. It's striking one from the tally.
That's a young star down in the pit, but he can't get too early.
I don't really have any business winning that fight, but he's managed to.
So now you're under long pressure as well.
This almost forces you if you were going to pick a post plant to try and take short,
but so much time is elapsed and with the smoke down, you don't feel like you can.
So you're going to have to stuck in the bomb site. Reblock is big.
It's got about a few seconds of wrong man as well as pop through this so that is their
best bet. They've got numbers behind this short smoke. Molly comes down. Looks like they're
backing out though just looking for exits. Damage and a conceded fifth. They can afford
it. That much will be said. It's a very conservative way of approaching it, but I do like this
move from heroic. I don't think they're under any real stress or pressure in this game just
yet. Oh, nice shots.
We're kind of expensive.
Bombs going to blow it.
He does get the off over Joe to grabs it.
So it's not really worth it for heroic.
We're losing the players.
No, they were going to save on four.
I feel like they just had to insta commit to that.
Yeah, they were they were more going for damage.
It felt like just trying to make this next round super expensive,
but Luke hits two really nice bursts.
And so, yeah, suddenly it's not worth it for heroic.
They also just want to for a live round like, you know,
There's no breaking the money at 12-5 if you win the round you win the game. It's true
I like they were just gonna back out play their own money look for the long game try and end this quicker
Mixed between confidence and responsibility clashes
I hope he's not calling the shots right now, he's got one of the two rifles, Chris has
got all the Util.
So we'll fight for this round nonetheless, even with USPs.
At this point, honestly, I won't count them out, 12-5-up.
Honey long rush set up, first being sent in to the wolf pack.
Oh no, it's Cloud USP gonna find him.
Those flashes have netted you a gun on the long side.
Down the gaming gladiators here.
They're gonna have a quick reaction to this, right?
You just got the info.
There were a lot of bodies long.
What's the adjustment gonna be?
They'll go quickly, take in the short space.
This still leaves them walking into the heavier A side lean.
I don't know if they'll expect this reposition afterwards Goose, no molly for his position
either.
Youngstar has an important role to play in this round.
I'm scared.
I don't check it.
Youngstar gets his up and over and E-Lo can drop this bomb on that orb shot.
They just crumbled down with three USPs, heroic get it over the line, it felt inevitable, and so it is such, gaming gladiators are mapped away from elimination at the bottom of the Cologne Major, and heroic looking to rewrite their wrongs after a dismal first day.
Right now, they are on the way to do it, gaming gladiators, and poor showing here on Dust2, and it might get worse on it further.
I
This round begins with a little more space for MAD.
They burn NPL's corner that he usually plays in.
They pop open the smoke to try to catch him on the fallback.
No kill off of that.
Despite the utility investment,
Smoke Grenadebo will deny him his angles.
But with two players facing into the front of cave,
there's always that looming threat
of getting attacked from the flank
once you do take over mid control.
So MAD tiptoeing their way into it.
It's present spotted by Kenzie Zor.
He doesn't want to fade away with nothing.
NPL also tries to test the waters,
but Slacks is going to find that op kill.
B players are here.
They forego cave control and look to stack up
inside of red instead.
There's just so much information with that.
They know immediately the A plays on their minds.
He's got to get smoked.
Check this out.
He's been drawn back from the site.
The B split, but actually falling back.
It'll hypnotize the CTs that are standing here.
But the thing is, there's so many of them.
He's still hesitant to move slacks his patients plays off. They go up five versus three off the back of two off kills now from slacks
Alex dives through the CT smoke and all this time now Swisher's been trying to clear out this B
So what's this one defender dump tool? He's dead executed in the side of the head. Sissy doesn't have his angle
Perfectly out position off of the tactical timeout once more. Hey, but a slow squeeze
It's needed that slacks still picks up these two kills tough shots to hit under pressure up close
They had I'm so confused smoking in the CT spawn there and making it feel like they were trying some
Play towards beat leaving the op such a smart move and you know when they can activate slacks
It's obviously when it's looked the best
And for the most part slacks in the second half we haven't got that much not that much of JBA in both
It's mostly been laked swisher, but again as you mentioned off of the tack pause
We do see a little bit more team play clearly those have been very effective
And they run circles around, babe.
It was one pause in the first half that strung six rounds in a row.
Here's the first of the necessary four.
Nice!
Come on!
Nice!
Yeah.
Sorry.
You want to break it?
Such a nice guy.
Yep.
My bad.
Yep, I'll bet.
Excuse me.
That's crazy.
Nice, come on.
Nice!
Yep.
All right, let's see.
A noticeable lack of utility here for bait coming into round 22.
Kind of conclusion that we get on this game now I'm really curious.
Oh, Slax is taking it towards mid again.
But he's ahead of the utility.
And he is operating on his own. It brings Lake with him.
There's a big trap here set inside of middle, but you know,
someone needs to be spotted by Kenzie's door to activate MPL.
And if not, it'll be the clock to activate.
Actually, a sentiel comes in.
But because of this window smoke, there won't be any timing available.
Yeah, there's a real threat.
These red room players pop on them.
A lot of bodies here.
Here it comes.
It's covered up by Lankinsen.
A headshot of peace.
Yeah, that's perfect coverage.
Red room players get melted, and then again, M80 just hit that pause button.
It's a 3v5, demanded of bait.
The economy's on the line, and Sissy's given a free one.
That's going to open the door for the operator to rotate.
Kenziezor has second ideas, pauses momentarily,
and allocates himself back into donut.
Sissy's drawn towards Red Room.
Fuels kind of stringy suddenly by M80.
There is a high likelihood for individual duels
at 30 seconds on this clock.
They are still not grouped up at all.
And that's key that Lake finds this head shot.
Kenziezor's heard that audio out towards him.
His reaction is going to land the shot.
His reaction times have been fantastic.
And this is a round for M80.
They will at the very least secure the double digits and for the first time win back-to-back T rounds.
I'm with you though, they got like a little bit separated and if not for a lake winning his duel
and then causing a little bit more insecurity on the CT side and bait walking into another frag,
it could have fallen apart. So this one's a little bit more narrow in the way that they close it.
But ultimately great map control and it's another moment where M80, they have the power on the map.
It's bait who feel like they have to make a desk move, they try to flash themselves in through mid,
None of the CTs are the T's are blind who are holding and that looks way too easy for M80
I'm wondering he wasn't even anti flash on that wall, so
Was it because they just try to right click a flash behind them or what happened?
I just feel like no one was blinded, babe.
A little bit too stressed out when you're winning.
Well, you're winning, but you win five of the first six rounds of the first half.
Yeah.
You win five of the first six rounds in the second half.
You got both pistols, you've converted them cleanly, you haven't made those mistakes,
And yet still you can't put M80 down just yet.
That is definitely going to feel like these are two halves now that start to get away
from you.
It's not out of the round of possibility that Bate just close out.
They'll take their second time out.
We've had great success on M80's side with the tactical timeouts.
So let's see what they can do to try to gear up this close before things get even more
uncomfortable.
Because this round doesn't feel to survive for Bate.
This is AK on Alex.
This is talking about the next two rounds, surely.
Slacks quick to it, Alex. There's that one, AK.
And just as quickly as he takes that first fight, he falls all the way back, hoping
that instead, bait come to him.
He's going into his nade set now.
Swisher careful because if he loses this AK, there's a pistol player behind Alex to come
grab this guy on the set feels trying to make it awkward at least Alex gets his
kill goes back the pistol player in the site goes down they're gonna try to force
their hand or are they they pause momentarily tag Kenzie down to half
JBA with a double kill his eighth and ninth of the map lake slide through
down goes the AK and down goes bait in round 23 24 rounds of counter strike
needed here on ancient baits map pick and it's the pause to bring it that
attack pause to try to bring it all the way back in both halves. Again against
pistols and conversions. Here we are in round 24. A close game as promised.
Is that a 1v3? Last second to fuse. Anything, any small mistake could be the
into the match.
A lot of damage for Lake to have to stomach, but it's also a lot of presence for M80 over
towards the B side.
If they've got the balls to go through this, Alex dodges the flash, stuffs two players on
the smoke, and M80 feeling the squeeze because they lose that mid control, walk into their
demise, working so hard to bring back this half, and now you've got to do it from this
position.
They'll be talking about the pistols after this game is over, a 3 on 5 needed to bring
overtime.
NPL just sits down beneath his ledge. You know that he had gotten that forward mid-control.
Lake saw it all early.
Double up inside of the cave as well.
This is a good position for Bait to just try to hang on to the site.
Slacks is looking to be the difference maker.
Denied!
Low HP there as well.
And it's gonna have to be JBA from the bottom of the board.
It is not gonna happen.
13-11 here from Bait.
Closing it out in the final hour.
Saving off another comeback within this second half of action.
M80 bringing the challenge to the favorites of Bate so far.
I think as much as M80 made this a close game, Bate are going to be happy with themselves.
Closing a pistol is going to be an important stat for them at this major.
They're so close to being able to advance from this stage.
We've got to take it to the desk for some final thoughts.
That wasn't 10th game. That wasn't...
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the gaming gladiators to return from 0-2, they still go to stage 2, do they have it in them?
This would be the first step and it feels pretty safe so far with the Dust2 we just endured.
Gaming gladiators some really difficult rounds in there, safe to say.
Not sure how else to characterize it Harry, with some of the 3v1s, 4v2s, 4v5s and the
likes that Heroic managed to steal away.
Yeah, it was a pretty ugly look for gaming gladiators.
They've got to have some faith that there's more left in the tank here on Inferno, right?
They're not picking the series.
Look, I think I'm struggling to look for silver linings, I'll be honest.
There was some really, really rough rounds given away there.
Meanwhile, heroic, you're getting a lot more of the kind of mileage you were hoping to see.
You know, strong performance from young star.
You really picked it up.
Sure, X-Cloud was quiet.
use firing on all cylinders day one but didn't really do anything on Dust 2 and it wasn't
a massive problem. Instead, Nilo, fantastic from the word go, suspects in really important
rounds down the stretch. You kind of just had all the usual suspects making their appearance
for heroic and keeping it in a nice neat tidy package too. But for gaming gladiators, I'm
struggling to see much success on the horizon here. Just kind of the fashion that you gave
Dust 2 away is what's going to hurt, and that's from a squad that have really struggled in it this major.
They've managed five rounds on day one of the tournament in both their games combined,
and they've managed five there on map one. That brings into ten rounds total across the entire major thus far.
Surely they can win a map of rounds in this major, Harriet.
I mean, the bar is pretty low and it's a point up to ten, but yeah, it's just been dismal.
The disappointing result on Inferno is something for Heroic to keep in mind here, four losses in a row,
but definitely against stronger opposition than that that they face today.
I think, you know, without completely writing off a chance of a comeback from Gaming Gladiators,
I do also want to zoom out a bit and think, can Heroic feasibly make a return in this stage,
find more favourable matchups? You've got to remember that when we look at day one for both these teams,
Yes, it was disappointing for right. Yes, it was also leads lost
But it was also closer maps than game and gladiators went through they as you said got five rounds
Who I had two very close games
Looks like we're getting ready though inferno second map of this series game gladiators pick their hope their dream
Their chance to stay alive here at the major
T side star calling the shots. We saw a bit of team play towards the end of dust too in that second half
So if anything maybe T side will do them more favors
I thought Chris got the spot there
Yeah, no type of reaction suggests he did not.
And now he's leading B, so...
Uh-oh.
All right, Susp, you had a cracking pistol round back on Dust2.
Have another.
No Jules, no chance.
Gotta smoke the block though, that could buy some time if they go abs.
I know Gaming Gladiators all over the map, and I think we really are feeling like this is the B hit right now.
Fourth player leading over, Utah getting used. This is a good fake at the moment for gaming gladiators.
Now selling this very well.
I also think that a heroic have done a really good job not expelling these smokes.
Holding onto them till there's barely any time left. If one of these goes down, that could be a round-ender for gaming gladiators.
Just going to drop his in now as he hears all these footsteps up through short. That smoke blocks no one.
Oh, not luckily there for everyone involved, but Fer picks up the entry and that's the A site taken.
Chris needs help, he's boxed in.
Oof.
Gonna try and chase down Jota, he'd love to just get out with one here.
Oh, what about more than that? Lines up to double and now, heroic in trouble, 2v4.
This could get away from you, you've got an expired flank through the apartments, that's the one thing keeping you interested in any shape or form.
no excuses on this pistol here for gaming gladiators.
They need it at this point in the series.
And so 4v2 looking to lock it in as, yes,
running away with the save.
We've got kits and smoke and armor
to keep it to that next round.
So heroic, except their fate.
A really well put together pistol here for gaming gladiators.
They not only don't give Chris and that info,
I think their position is pretty purposeful.
They're not made to allow the jump spot to gain no info,
but then they even sell it further
by throwing flashes up card, getting a player into position, keeping heroic in that B-stack.
We're just overrunning Susp.
Big pistol, but of course heroic still have confidence spilling over from that last map.
They're gonna force up lots of utility here
Had a bit of pace behind this round by the looks of things they're not deterred by their smoke in top mid
They're gonna play through it on the fade.
I've missed this long smoke, but all's well that ends well.
They're gonna use this space.
It's blocked actually by Heroic.
So an interesting way to try and nullify this long take.
Let's say, look, you can have the space over towards Arch.
You can't go anywhere with it.
Oh, that's a shot, isn't it?
Bomb as well, so it just keeps five players here.
Look, nobody's at B right now.
Heroic are all in.
Welcoming them into this site.
They're also worried about Susp being the danger man in the apartments. I think seeing him down in the pit, you might overlook clearing Youngstar here.
Oh, that gun is just so busted, isn't it? 5'7 tapped to the face, Neckis had no chance.
Because they don't have any control anywhere else, they still feel like their hands are tied, having to commit to this A-play.
Oh, they hit that timing, they've managed to cross.
Now, Araka's starting to doubt themselves, 20 seconds back to B, caught in the open, fully rotating.
Youngstar is still here though, causing a commotion in pit and more damage done.
I don't think this is winnable, the bomb is in CT spawn, there's 15 seconds left.
This one is cooked, they're saving.
How?
You don't want to die. Yeah, don't
think you're caught about it.
All right, round snatched away by Heroic.
It just kind of peed it out.
It leads to nothing for gaming gladiators.
So dedicated to the A-Play.
They hang around wanting to recommit.
They don't have control anywhere else.
I've seen rounds that I've never seen before.
Yeah. I've seen rounds I've never been played in history.
Heroic are two as well, right?
They rotate out there.
And you can understand why.
I think a lot of teams would be expecting
fall back over towards B. You've seen players in the feed that, you know, kind of out of
position, not like you would usually find them.
This is a game where if you're a heroic, like they're going to be saying, what are they
doing?
Like, I don't even know what they're doing.
Okay, here we go.
Try at mid.
Two rifles.
A huge gap, and Gaming Gladiators have found it, an opportunity here, but we need quick
rotates out of heroic.
They've got bottom banana, and they've got it re-smoked.
So, moving to fill up on Longside, a big smoke coming down, firm kneading that kill, but now they go.
Milo gets damage off, Glammy Gladiators pick up the pace.
And then they get blocked to Moto again.
Honestly, it's a smoke worth going through.
Especially with how it's fallen, right? A little more shallow than usual.
They're just going to wait again, hope that something opens up here.
They see that re-smoke down in mid as well as they give it a little glance, they know
that B is off the table, so they have to commit into this 4v4 at A.
Flash is to try and set them up, double pit crossfire here for Heroic, very potent, hard
to deal with and not even a dent made by gaming gladiators.
Barak is just lining up perfectly.
They don't rush that one either, ducked down in pit, head low the whole time and they let
Gaming Gladiators just get into aggressive positions and they get stuck.
Poor Lukin is alone at Lycrae, has nowhere to go, they don't even flash an aim.
And then Youngstar just crouches into that, uncrouches rather, it's perfect.
I just like to see game gladiators commit with that position. They had all of long locked off a job. They get motor smoke
Pistols at the end of the day
I make you with that position
I'm little denied Milo gets four
And we're seeing the heroic that we used to see in
This game lots of multi kills everyone looking reliable
anyone can put on a round came and gladiators with another full buy
I'm trying to change the pace in this rightful round, barreling up mid.
I feel happy that they at least traded that through the smoke on the spam, so keeping
this in a 4 on 4 skill recoverable.
I think if anything, maybe glad that the pace gets sucked out of this a little.
I know they've used a lot of their utile here, but just the chance to take a breather still plenty of time left
You haven't fully conceded that banana control this time around either
I think in the past they've just been too dedicated to these a place and it's left them in these weird rounds of limbo
Where they're standing around not really sure what to do
This time Joe is at least keeping a porch light on for them and the chance to go back
back. Lots of reclare at B but it might be worth it because of the lack of utility right
once smoking CT and just trade out on their B site. Chris installed utility. He can perhaps
cross in. And would probably be worth it just to actually fight for the site and thin the
herd before the retake is on 35 seconds. He just drops the smoke in anyway because they're
Here, you know, you don't need the info anymore. They're going I'm just gonna try and contact through this prison
I want to get gone on in time snatches the advantage now. It's down to a retake
Gun is very scary even through smoke that 5-7
Pressure on that Molly could be a problem
So it's to be postplot. We've seen for gaming gladiators on this T side. Let's see how it stacks up
So low has to turn from that. Our second one is a thing of beauty. What a combo from heroic
Still looking with a chance to line them up here, but they peek one after the other. Good trade 2v1 now, back side Jota nowhere to go, got to hit this headshot immediately and he can't do it.
Youngstar on a flawless game, 7-0, he's bringing the energy and he is backing it up right now in this must win matchup. 4-1 lead for Heroic, Youngstar at the forefront of every one of these last few rounds.
rounds. Yeah and you know you got a credit heroic you're seeing good synergy on display here in these
moments right thinking we saw the POV and all the gaming gladiators players in every one of these
fights you just look at how unfair it felt right with double flash to deal with fur up through banana
then that that well timed double swing where they kind of deny the lineup they deny the transfer
as they come out through banana and then two different angles peeking in for the close in the
2v1. Yeah a lot of synergy on display and that much was true of Dust2. Think about the well-called
Crescent T side. Everybody grouped up trading out well and we haven't really seen any big
individual moments, any player on Gaming Gladiators at this major looking like they can
put on a heroic multi-kill round and bail them out of these positions.
I've seen some shaky aim on display.
Oh dear, burn early.
That's Mush, and wait, Youngstow got that.
He's crazy.
How?
We didn't catch that on the stream, but that was, that was ridiculous.
Pull that one up.
5v2.
I've never been more glad to be watching a different P.O.B.
What happened?
What?
I don't explain it.
I will hang on we'll wait for this one. It's over. Dude. They they did a pop flash to send a player out through the apartments
And it all blinded the guy on bouts us to be holding it susp
Youngstar just like which 100 degree flick then dealt with the guys. He's trying to kill him
It was actually a great flash as well. Oh, that's
Doesn't it I
That could have been a double entry
Right now, you know, only three players with kills for gaming gladiators.
Hurry up, we were joking whether they were going to win enough rounds to win a map across this entire major, and now it is actually a conversation.
Yeah, it's one thing to show up with like a month's worth of practice with Ver and the squad and get eliminated, it's another to do it in like really rough, rather embarrassing fashion.
And I think that's what you're trying to dodge right now if you're gaming gladiators
Yes, it's not the score necessarily it's the fact that it could have been so much more in some of these games
I we've seen them in winnable positions
There's still time to remedy just all's out in this round
Okay, young star is flawless. I found myself questioning is he ever gonna die? There ever
was around for it. It's tech 9 rush. He's awping in the apartments. One miss costs you
dearly. That's if they come his way and they're not doing that. He's out of there. It's like
with the cover, so they managed to get up through short, but in comes Nilo. Ready to back up his teammates.
Both player revealed over towards A, and that should give you all the info you need, starting to rotate round through Banana. They're just taking all the room.
This is really nice. They've got smoke as well to put down here in CT. They're just going to charge in. Nobody is home.
This is a free bomb on right now.
Chrison doesn't realize he's back open to this B bomb site, walking in as they plant the bomb.
Jota is still selling this. Finally, the penny should drop.
You're really out of position, and you've got to worry about Jota out here.
Oh, you did have to worry about it in the library.
It's going to be a late-in-the-day retake, though, with two players heading up through Banana.
So we've credited the synergy of Heroic in these moments.
It's another test of that now.
Krizzan trying to bait for his teammate's Banana side.
Flashes are awkward, but Suspwn's a must-win fight.
Spam and the ball didn't connect and so Neck is in a powerful position here, time running
real low and that time has expired.
Gaming Gladiators second round secured, they waltz in to an empty B site and Youngstar
still flawless at 10-0.
And he got a glock kill, and he got a glock kill and Gaming Gladiators pick it up.
At no point did they realize the opportunity to rotate out was there and I think it's because
of that previous round where they really slowed down along and recommitted back into the A-Site.
And so, Herok feeling a bit burned from earlier. Really slow on rotations. They lose out to
pistols. That's a bit of an awkward round for Herok to lose. You'll see the matters in
the grand scheme. That certainly gives the gaming gladiators a boost. The AWP is back
cow, and he saved for it.
He's ready to break this banana smoke,
made flash combo, nice combo for gaming gladiators.
That's one of the best things I've seen all series at least,
and it's found on the 5E4.
I feel like Suspezer's an insane habit of winning fights,
He is absolutely no business winning.
And Lukas was holding for that move.
I've said that a couple of times in this series about him,
just been a little slow off the mark here.
Chris, I'm going back to spawn to pick up Nades, I presume.
He's got a deep banana block,
or are they just full gambling?
My, oh my, full gamble?
I feel like you have to reclaim it,
or if you're going to do this and, oh, I like Nade
I think if anything, you're glad that they just used you till to take this space, right?
You were going to waste time clearing the apartments, clearing up mid.
You hear that nape on banana?
You don't think twice?
Start trying to close in on this backstab.
Won't kill for any.
He hangs around to hold this.
Oh, they're going back.
Oh, God, they're going back right in his susp.
There's the lineup.
This is the bomb.
Tearing this round away from them and now he's suspicious. He's thinking why would they go away?
Well, Neckis gives it away with the footsteps because he's gonna get a move on. No time.
And he's too far away. There's no winning this throw in the towel. He heads for the hills.
A rough round. One that Susque is more than happy with. He adds another multi-kill to the tally.
Yeah, I barely think there was time to even make that rotation happen. At what point are they running back?
Their bottom banana at 20 seconds, they could have just made it if they run into zero players, but I think just the presumption that they were running into a stack there, scared them out of that B commitment.
Instead, it's Heroic Heavy Flank.
Great round from Sars, we've still got deathless game for Youngstar.
Lots of like from Heroic.
All was saved, so again going to need one of these openers from Hennie, but long has
been open to a lot of these rounds.
This one is no exception, Nilo just comes in off that B site and backs up.
They're waiting for a pick that will not come their way.
Criac not feeling the need to fight in this round.
Oh, that bounced weird awkwardly, but it's pistols up short.
Shot for the young star, they're closing in.
With the long player dead as well, he's feeling a great deal of stress.
First death of this game for young star.
Suspear to play clean up. It's double orbs for gaming gladiators. Bon planted it hits his oh
And a tag on there through the smoke suspe cleaned up as well
It leaves it all on explode hasn't had to do a lot in this entire series and it's not gonna start now massive 3k for Jota
Gaming gladiators breaking through
Very unlikely round. Yeah, that one miss shot the young star really cascaded
He's only going to get a couple more off in the round, and Gaming Gladius get very close with the numbers to trade, so good work from Jota on pistol, orbs.
Pierce Heroic in this site, and you had a nice try from Suss piling out inside of that smoke, but tries to move in with the pistol alone, and they're good for it.
So here we go.
Bro, trying to get ahead of the game, right?
Anticipating that a B hits, I think it's been a super A-focused game.
They start triple B, they look for the fight and they win it.
Uped.
options open here for the Brazilians bomb left back in banana going for the
pick on a three players moving in any dry faking this B site is throwing all
his utile so we'll have to come back and bring this bomb but heroic again they
They just don't really move on these setups, they only move forward, they only move in for the fight, pushing through the long smoke now.
Star and Sars still have plenty of UTL to take the pace out of this round, they're not scared back by this top mid play with 70 numbers floating around.
So we'll be a fullbacker via towards B.
We can even selling this well with a big kill on young Star.
It's all on X-Floud though.
One guy to do it all.
X-Floud, been waiting for him to have a big moment, and there it is, a keen double,
Blitzjoker down low as well.
Lukens closing in for a backstab, Nilo's got a temporary window at this 1v1, it's closing
quickly, he actually goes looking for the CT fight, and with Lukens dead, it's a low
HP Jota, Susp has been super reliable, and the Utah will get a forced Jota into an awkward
position, can't close on that, Susp continues just to put up these pivotal moments,
and with Xplow delivering a key multi-kill there,
and what's been a quiet series for the guy,
Heroic, move in to a winning half, seven, three, up,
and money, and a weird spot for Gaming Gladiators.
The Util gap has just been massive, right?
Heroic getting away with so much strong on the fly,
Util across these two maps versus Gaming Gladiators.
Sure, some of their best moments have looked like
a well-convold utility or some set T flashes,
but there's just not been many instances of that.
A lot of their fights coming in dry,
a lot of their fights just petering out.
Heroic, making use of everything.
Even Susp there, trapping that last player up top in honor,
a perfect flash to make him turn.
7-3, and yeah, you say it's an X-File,
not been a great game, but that is a round
that will have ramifications.
It will keep gaming gladiators on very poor money towards the end of this half.
I feel like we could have another fast round approaching.
Got a Tech 9 and a Mach 10.
I feel like I'm not even buying Nades because he's going straight for the apartments.
He's just dropping that smoke preemptively and does he know that is the perfect move right now because they are coming through the apartments.
My GPS is pop.
Rash is getting laid up in middle. Here they go.
Oh, Susp has been so switched on in this map.
Youngstar hits a flick out towards the apartments and Heddy in a very tricky spot has to get
past this AWP.
Right, closing in, helping, in prison, not far away, bales out his AWPer.
Not much faith in his teammate to get his back.
He drops off Molly so he doesn't swing back site.
It's crazy.
Yogg's just having fun with his styling on them right now, 12 and 2.
I mean, you get a real idea is to just how A-focused this game has been when you look at the A-players' kill counts, man.
They're playing an entirely different game to chris in an X-flat over at that B site.
Yeah, you have 7 kills on the A-Plays, 8 on the B-Plays.
Sure, Banana Control can be really hard, you know, it can feel random at times, the util
that comes out of the CTs, but I feel like when you're an underdog, this is the place
to abuse, you know, get Banana Control, go for that full execute, often just one guy
in the site, maybe two, you can 4v2 them, you have your best dodge, you're getting a
post plan feels like a lock in. So, surprise to not see so much fight on this side of the map,
but in the final round of the half they'll give it a go. A round that will have to consider in
this post plan, 4v4 bomb not yet in. I know a lot of these rounds they've fallen prey to
Lucan Lurks, so really being diligent here before they begin to rotate. Helped out a little by
My gaming gladiator is slowing this bomb plant, not getting it in straight away.
It's allowed them to close the distance and...
So I suppose actually faking banana.
Lobbed in a molly to make it sound like he's going for the retake there.
Instead it's the full wrap round to join his team at CT.
Here's the push, prison.
Oh, lined up.
See.
Now they're paranoid about banana.
But no one here for heroic, and a lot of time ticked off this bomb.
I don't know if that ruse is gonna pay off in the grand scheme.
Let's go boys.
Moving or don't, starts with another one. No, not last second, steal away, but denied by Henny at the door.
Almost highway robbery from Heroic. Instead, gaming gladiators take another round and stay in the competition for a few more, at least.
Oh! A fire! A choppy double!
Bokeh!
What a thing!
How did he do this?!
Call the sabre libidozny with your play!
Yeah, Coco Tomache.
Okay, I'm gonna respawn a bit.
Pretty somber.
In the game, in Gladiators camp there,
They're put rounds away from elimination here at Cologne.
0-3 record, it's staring them dead in the face.
Just 14 rounds across every map they've played, added together.
Looking to change that a little now,
moving on to the CT side of Inferno.
Narrowick hoping to go for the late in the day recovery from 0-2 down.
Scott, we had some expectations for here and at this first stage.
They've got the long road ahead of them, hoping to go 3-2.
Gotta start here and now with a comfortable win.
That would put some pep in your step, wind in your sails.
To be here, here, into the stack for gaining gladiators.
Messy round, big smoke block, gets in the way,
but still heroic, somehow squeeze out two more shots,
making it a 2v2 from a two-man disadvantage.
bomb goes down. I feel like that block smoke was enough for the gladiators. Instead, they've
got to pick this one up in the post-plot. Four pistols on two players and no kit.
That's a bit of time pressure, doesn't it? We were crediting the synergy of heroic, but
two individual fights taken there and shut down. I'm only trying to hype them up a little.
I feel like, you know, that's a, well, they're having fun at least.
I feel like Heroic kind of jumped the gun on that one, absolutely.
Like, they're feeling confident, but 2v4, they just both swing together.
A few more seconds of playing that bomb would have guaranteed the round with no kit.
So, I do hand it away.
I will go a long way, gaming gladiators.
Not the pistol round here in this series.
Not really been the problem.
It's often been converting it.
They lost to the force last time in that first half. Let's see if a roe can do it again
I mean four spies on the front it can be really hard to deal with right you lose one opening fight and suddenly that the whole round can be
imperil
We're fire here on the pushdown banana, but Jota will make it into the cubby
Two more smokes in banana available.
Yeah, Rook, come through.
That's what Joe's just playing for.
Let's take it blocked. Rook, change their tune back up middle.
Rook here gonna cut out one of the rifles from this mid-hole.
Molly gets fur off the boost as well. Good utile here to displace that, that triple mid-set-up.
Horse in gaming gladiators back in a more passive positions and with that comes a withdrawal from the info
Triple B is the right call
Despite the triple B they're still hanging around a fight on banana here
And I think if you're heroic you imagine you've done enough to sell this face
So double stack comes as a surprise. It's an important double kill for Susp.
It's Hennie though that was getting set up the entire time.
Peyton Switch, he's burned out by the Molly.
Great Util here in a limited round for Heroic.
They make every dollar count.
That's a young star. Absolutely incredible molotov to throw in when you've just dealt with the,
you feel like the entire B-hold, both players in fighting in Banana.
Still, they check their corners, mollying out Quad and ruining the Joker play from Gaming Gladiators.
So that is, again, as this game began on Inferno, pistol for Gaming Gladiators forced by for Heroic.
The worst possible way this can go for you.
Sure, two M4s looking like they're going to get saved, but it's Heroic taking the economic control immediately.
starting this off
I
Kind of hit a similar feeling to how dust to wrapped up right you feel like you have to force here
You don't have the rounds to play with you lose your
Antico see put all your money in but what does that really leave you with down the stretch you're gonna have
If this doesn't go your way, you know one proper rifle round before Inferno gets away from you
I know youngster uh been fantastic here on this map right he was what like 10 and 0 at
one point I could be 11 or even yeah I feel like Suspice had so much impact and then someone
who kind of feel like a bit of an unsung hero right the idea that teams kind of need a player
to almost be like the the soldier the guy who just does what he's told willing to kind
to pick up the slack if needed. I think that's very much
suspect inside of this squad. He is coming to his own on this
Inferno, man. So many just key multi kills, key trades.
Willing to do whatever's required, whether he's the guy
getting trades, whether he's out there trying to look for
openers. He's done a bit of everything here.
I've been there. There's Swiss Army knife for them. Oh, this
round is feeling cooked for gaming gladiators. Look at them
getting boxed in on the short side right now. I'm just trying to hide in the site, looking with a nice spray.
But how much could he really do on his own? Two kills before Crisn comes in.
A smoke full short as a gap.
It's still with that bomb down. Should lockout gaming gladiators and a well-placed free smoke.
Just a guarantee there is no way back in.
And he's lining up for Molly, but I don't know if this one's really even winnable.
Hoping for a mistake.
Neckis moves in, waiting for him to short.
Hilo gets kneeed out, that's an advantage for a second.
Will it remain?
Hilo covers, young star back side, both of them combined for kills
and jumping over the site, Henny, close, but no cigar.
Very nice try.
but this is a heroics game it's felt that way since dust 2
gaming gladiators just feeling like an obstacle and a surmountable one at that as heroic bit
by bids. Send them out of the major.
I think it calls the bluff.
Oh, you don't love the dink there, if there are any.
You've learned what the rifle is.
Might just try and get away from it.
Nade's found really good damage there over the top.
That's just going to play for distance away from that M4.
You know, it's the only thing to worry about in this round.
Now the M10 as well.
Try and finish off at A.
You see Johto beginning a rotation,
hoping to get ahead of this.
It's pistols and an armless SMG to try and hold on.
They can switch down here in the pit.
Youngstar can't connect.
Nilo will. Are they ready for a second player down there at Mini?
Yes, they are.
Strong clears.
Nilo just a spinning top.
Let him rip.
And so that one rifle round that we prophesied after they fell down
of the four spy is right around the corner. If they don't win it, the time of the major is over.
And to be honest, it's hard to read into what heroic we're going to get moving forward. This is
kind of more of the heroic we expected to see yesterday. Close losses, just clinching
defeat. But I still have some optimism for heroic across this major. The opportunity
is certainly that match up dependent to make a bounce back from zero to I don't know if
this game, you know, it makes them look good, but it's not going to get easier.
No, it certainly won't. But I think this is like an important confidence booster, right?
We talked about Alfa Nilo. This is his debut major. Sure. He had a really really rough day one and
majors you can't really afford to have an off day
What would the double BO ones that decide so much of your run?
But I think this is a much needed confidence boost for the squad right in it
You're gonna read into the opposition too much if you're a rowing you're not gonna say oh well
You know we are much better than them. We should have won this handily
I think you just kind of ride the high a little of how dominant this series was
try and bring that with you into these future matches. Henny AWP. If he misses
this shot, oh my, all starts to come unraveled. They're fast up through short.
Molly does divide the push and Crisen's dead. So Henny will make up for it.
Stops the ace spillover and that's gonna slow the roll of heroic for a moment.
Yeah, heroic to try to end it with a bang right there, but no one smoked down Molotovs, so they can't commit.
He was up in apartments, no one had one.
So back they go. Back to banana, back to Jota. Yellow still on a lurk, gives him an opportunity to change their mind.
Since that smoke comes down a rogu, don't really mind it, still gives him good timing. On this B hit they are walking up behind it.
Jota got to be very careful about his position now, as they get ready to pounce.
And this is a 3 on 1.
Oh no.
There.
Helo's lurk gets disrupted.
3v5, but don't count your chickens.
Smoke.
4 CTs, so having a brave the crossing dry.
Should spell disaster.
One for X-Flightback has to make a mad dash for the bomb and it's as he tries to grab it that they close in.
in. Good stuff for Hennie. Down the stretch in this game.
Yeah, they all get to play a few more rounds on this CT side.
Thanks for that missed shot on short for sure. Follows up on the Crizzan, swaps off with Luton,
and goes on to find those kills in spawn. Good com to repeat spawn and not let Harouk pick up
that bomb. You know how threatening a post-bomb position is, even in disadvantages. So Harouk
on a lot of opportunity
or see is pretty interesting i think it just comes with the territory right the idea that you can still reset
and gladiators you can leave yourself in a very pretty position
you know you saw her like the very conservative with that big lead on dust
down to wait for the perfect moment to try and end the game
I hear the risk feels like the reward is worth it.
Jota tucked in.
Neck is with retake utility, but...
I should hold off heroic.
Flash getting set up by Cris and Joseph is trying to back up in time, this could get
messy.
Timing nearly very awkward there, Flash is good, that's Jota dead, straight away!
X-File with a stellar set of openings and that's the round over, two kills, all it takes!
Just caught out of position here, perfect pop from Verroc, they actually thanked for
that smoke, doesn't my world of good coming through with Tech 9s.
a little too close there, can't
escape, fully flashed. That is
a ludicrous second headshot onto
the coffins player from X-File.
It's funny because we've seen
X-File not really have a lot of,
you know, average round, he's done
nothing. He's not like getting away
one KPR or anything, but he's had
like two or three massive rounds
in this game at huge points that
Gladiators on pistols or put heroic on that point in this instance
Here the massive be hold to give her a dominant first half with the 3k on his own
So nice to see entry work from the Turkish player to put heroic on match point gaming gladiators
A moment away from elimination here at the Chloe major
And Fur, I mean, two-time major winner, 3 kills, 14 deaths, bottom of the server right now,
had his moments on Dust2, unfortunately constricted by position on that CT side where the majority
of the game happened but here on Inferno, he is just struggled to get going, get into
the mix, so the player life was not for him, one final victory lap here at a major but
It might be that final lap!
This game gladiators stumble to a halt.
Shippin' on it, smoke spam does well for the gladiators.
Playing for that...
...anger lifeline.
And the luck's gone a long way.
4v2, no excuses here.
It's Youngstar and Susp. Two very heavy hitters still in this heroic.
Yeah, give it up entirely. That could have gone very wrong. We just saw what happened
with this smoke flash play. They're going to wait in the fade together. Gaming gladiators
get to set up and play it on this B site. Bruce is good.
These have been two very influential players for how Inverno's played out. Youngstar willing
to throw his life away trying to set up Susp for the clutch.
Oh, bomb. It's got it.
I'll have a plant available here.
Fire doesn't call the bluff on that,
so bomb plant in.
Saspazza, 1v3 to his name
already from Dust2.
He's looking for his second.
Strong position.
Spot. Oh, no.
Oh, that doesn't make it any easier, though.
Saspazza, chaining them together.
And is this really how it comes undone?
3v1 and Susp, it looks like a walk in the park. There's the killing blow!
And Heroic live to fight another day.
For the old boys, in-game in Gladiator is the oldest team in Stage 1.
They learn why it's called the Cathedral and not the Colosseum
because the time of the Gladiator is over. Their journey in Cologne comes to an end of 3.
Yeah, we call it a young man's game for a reason and Heroic embodied that.
It was a shambolic day one of the major bouncing back in the BO3's though is the goal here for heroic
And certainly with the pedigree to do so some of these young players looking very sharp today in this
Epic victory against the gaming gladiators better getting close across any of these maps winning some ridiculous clutches
Some 2v4s and the light and so great to see heroic
Rebound from a dismal day one and look to reset going forward here in this first stage for the Brazilians
It is all over a red rover out with a whimper not with a bang
Yeah, it kind of a sour note, right? Like there were chances to make this prettier
It didn't have to feel quite so one-sided and it really was I think with the multiple 1v3s from susps
It showcases the big problems
They didn't actually have issues getting man advantages being in good positions
In fact, they won more opening fights than heroic in this entire series
They struggled in the mid rounds in that with the decision-making maybe that comes with the month to practice
Maybe that just comes with the territory
But I think the overwhelming fear here is that this major was too much too soon for gaming gladiators
Yeah, and too late to save themselves for joining in an admirable move from a major
Legend of his own right a couple of them on this server on this team
Hennie from a major final some time ago, but it's a sour note, I think, for the
gaming gladiators knowing that, you know, even if this win wasn't exactly within
their reach, a prettier run, a prettier game, a couple of prettier maps were
certainly available with, you know, the positions we saw this team in. So a shame
to see, but I definitely still have my eyes on heroic for the remainder of this
tournament. I don't think they're out entirely. I think a massive confidence
boosting win, a reassuring victory, one where everybody has their moment, everybody has a pop-off
and plenty of clutches in there to boot, and hopefully add some life in this heroic roster.
They in fact break a seven series loss streak with this win today, dating back to three lands
in a row. So that is quite the comeuppance from a team that certainly had poor form as of late.
Yeah, I think the thing that gives you some some confidence, right, we're crediting them for this
synergy right having some really nice mid-round moves playing off of each other really well some of the kind of double set-ups or flash plays they
uh, I think it stood out even more in this series or with gaming gladiators kind of lacking on that front
Uh, they they overpowered them through and through so yeah confidence boosting for heroic
But uh, let's uh, let's hear from gaming gladiators at the dawn of their elimination
Not the uh, optimal time instead of here and try to catch up with the gaming gladiators
they have been eliminated at the Intel Extreme Masters and cloned the major itself.
Neck is so graciously giving me some words here towards the end of this one
and I want to talk about not so much dust to perhaps locking in on Inferno,
getting pistols, losing that following round. How painful?
I don't know. It feels like the whole tournament was not good for us.
It was disappointing to be honest. We felt that we could go maybe to next stage
or even dreaming about maybe playoffs or whatever.
Because we have experienced players, but it doesn't mean that experienced and old players, they are bad, you know.
So, we believe in ourselves, but I don't know, that's it.
During this tour was tough.
Today, we thought they were going to play one game.
We focused on that, and during the game we forgot to see what it feels like, so...
Inferno, I think that's the side we have a couple rounds that if it was for us, like 2v2, 3v3, if we won those, we probably have a close match.
So yeah, that's it pretty much is disappointing the whole journey here in Cologne, but it is what it is
Well, that brings me to my next question. What are the future goals for you guys?
You know this project is relatively
Young and old in the sense that there are some of you guys that are around and when I say old I do mean like the
Average age being the oldest one at the tournament itself. So, you know, what does the future look like?
It's hard to sell right now. We have for right now, which he he's not gonna stay with us
He said that he's going to play only for Cologne Major, so we probably need to have more and more players right now
and figure out how the future is. Of course we want to play all the best tournaments for sure.
So yeah, we just have to wait right now the whole tournaments to end so we can figure out the next player and go to the next season.
Looking forward and to all the fans, do you guys have around the world? Is there anything you want to say?
Of course, everything that you guys say is important to us in a good way, of course.
Of course, we have, when we bench-fell, we had a lot of haters, but it is what it is.
I really want people that like us.
Of course, it's hard to like us when we lose, of course, but it happens.
But of course, I really like the Brazilian fans, they are always for us.
So we're going to be back stronger, that's what I have to say right now.
It's the cliche and I get it man, especially I appreciate you taking these moments with us and commiserations. Yeah
Unfortunate exit here for gaming gladiators coming out with the least one round of any team that has played in the Swiss system at a major
Dating back to Atlanta in 2017. That is a crazy headline
Coming off the back of this result for gaming gladiators
But we could feel it in the server Harry some disappointing rounds and disappointing moments and ultimately a disappointing exit
as heroic live to fight another day.
We've had two eliminated teams today in Cologne so far.
Obviously, Sinner's also bit of a shamble,
choked against Tyloo in that first map,
also fell short and went 0-3.
But we also have some victors, Harry, in the first stage.
Pet Boom made it through, looking really, really good to stage 2
and currently MAT and Bate battling on for the same fate.
Yeah, that's still going on, by the way.
Oh, you've been over here sending teams home. They're looking for progression. That's going on over on the a stream
So definitely well worth checking that one out. I know that's what we're gonna do and this is all over
Yeah, so end of the day going on the a stream right now
Go check it out for the final stages of the first stage of the cologne major
It's been a pleasure covering these games with you and we'll see you tomorrow and the day after and the day after
Oh, no way here at cologne
Looks like we're doing it all
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I never complain or possibly do it, but there's a battle of how I feel
If the wind blows, I think I'll never be born
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He blew that smoke open to unite the front out of M80.
Best looking round so far here on T side.
There was some resistance like it was in a perfect path but they had multiple eyes on
each target which is what DEF called for when they were looking for their trades.
Really giving themselves a chance in this series.
He wants the mid-pick, slacks, reads him like a book.
MP9 here in the apartments.
This is his counterpart.
As J-Gro's smack 10 gets some damage,
but it's a pinch between the two.
And M80's trades looking more and more efficient.
Numbers strong once more as they set their sights on NPL.
He will try to op this site instead of Sizi.
To take a risk.
Going for the wider peak.
Finds contact in Boiler.
They're going to try to cut him down in the jumping lake.
Classic, Ascentfield's Desert Eagle versus four members of M80 trying to push through that short side.
Nothing he can do about stopping them from the site and this will be M80 to secure their 12th.
I like them seeing the opposite go signal. They already had a flash in place to start hitting into lane.
They picked their timings on their attacks very well.
I have the best looking to pick up a couple extra upgrades.
I still even be able to find that.
Okay, this could be funny.
Nope.
Oh
That's one at least yeah, and B9 does push from Alex. I just wanted to pick up guns though
So doesn't really matter that much for bait
They go in for another buy three round come back needed for them just to get to overtime
It felt like enough luck had gone their way with the rounds they won and how quickly they got to nine that they were gonna
Be able to close out at Burno
In spite of you know how many misfortunes that may have made it gone through but it feels like no matter how much goes wrong for a matey
They still continue to play well
That faith has done a lot of heavy lifting for the steam who come in very well prepared
So many grenades primed here inside of brackets they try to chuck them out
Hope they hit a clock, but not theirs for the taking.
We've got a kill out of a sentiel, tries to fall back, takes damage through the wallbang.
Lucky to still be alive on this 13 health.
Heavy hitter and swisher down.
But they're still JBA.
Get utility out of the back of the site before it's really crunch time.
I mean, MPL's already got the flashbang primed here.
And Sentinel's just going to look to be setting up Alex who's behind him in dark.
We'll see what more he can do, nothing.
Drops with little damage.
We'll see if they let their guard down.
Yeah.
Oh, that's the bomb dropped by Alex, tripled from the back of Scythe's.
Oh, but the spray pack from JBA is solid, 20 on the clock.
Kansy source on top of bomb, but JBA just keeps ripping his teammates one by one off the site.
It is a 3K from JBA, but not enough.
That would have been a classy way to close out of JBA. Needed 4 in that clutch.
Double digits from bait off of that one, they just draw the...