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Who's actually going to be standing behind you guys?
It's Team Flosha Trader.
Only him?
Yeah.
I don't like him.
All right, we're going to go talk to Astralis now.
Let's see.
All right, we've got Astralis here.
We'll talk to you early in the morning.
I love the jacket, by the way.
You look sick.
This is a cool outfit.
Is this like a special major jersey we got under that as well?
Yeah, we hide that for now.
Oh, you hide that.
We're hiding into the news, so keep it hidden.
Okay, well, I've come into the Major, not just looking stylish.
You guys, obviously, coming in, hopefully, with some great expectations of yourself here in Stage 2.
I mean, earlier in this season, Stravus was just on the rise and rise, right?
Like, you guys are looking great, but maybe towards the Major,
things started to slow down a little bit for you.
So, how are you, what's the general vibe with the team coming into the Major?
I mean, I think it's fine.
bootcamp the last week so it went pretty well like I think I think we got
really pretty well and yeah I mean pretty much that like last a few events
yeah we made the we didn't make playoffs in Atlanta so that's it but hoping to
get it back let's get something good back here so yeah well lots of first for
you coming into this season you know big organization getting to play tier one
events over and over again we've seen some great performances from you and
maybe some quieter ones so as an individual player what's what's what do
you feeling like your improvements being most from the start of the season to
now was being your biggest improvement I think it's a little bit but it's still
the main thing about like as you see like consistency you know like I can I can
kill three I can kill five you know so it's all about bringing that flower up
you know and yeah I mean I think I have like good people behind me you know like
Hooksie and Ruga, so they always helped me out with stuff and I can always be really open-minded with them.
So I think I'm just evolving, I guess, from tier 3, tier 2 to tier 1 in terms of step-by-step things.
So I wouldn't say there's something very specific.
How important is it that you guys have that support network of experienced players,
like being understanding, you know, it's your first season.
Because I think there's some players that we've seen in the past who've gone into a team and maybe they
You know understandably haven't had a perfect season because no one can expect that really apart from the likes of donk
And these like phenom players
So how important has it been having the likes of hooksy and rugger in terms of making you feel comfortable?
Like if you have a bad game, I'm sure you get your own head, but how do they bring you out of that?
I mean I
think that I
Mean I don't you know, I think they
They're pretty nice. I don't know if they always like if I have the questions or like we do review or like I can always talk to them
Like I don't know. I feel like this is better like this. I don't like or what can I do?
You know, so I think they always like give good feedback
So that's the thing and I mean the thing. Yeah, I mean obviously like you cannot
I don't know you cannot expect insane numbers from a first season, but at the same time, you know, you want some
You want some nice for me, but it's also more consistency. So also I cannot
a neglect that could be going better right? Yeah well I mean it's been going
pretty well so in terms of we'll do we'll lower the pressure on the questions
because I think that's class series starts the morning but so like let's get
to know Rio as a player you know as a person we knew he was a player but you
know what do you like to do in your free time outside of CS is there anything
like what's your main hobby? Outside of CS honestly not too much. Let's see the anime
That one's been there for a while, but no, actually I don't want like maybe I watch something on Netflix or like something from now and now, but like, I don't know, I like to, yeah, if I have free time, I just watch a show or something or like an anime, you see, or I just spend some more time on chess.
It's not like I do something, I don't go fishing or something, you know, on the weekends.
And so yeah, I mean you're in that early stage of the great guy really grind and I mean that's where that's where the hard work
He's done, but I'll let you get on the rest of me. You tell a good chat with the rest of your team now as well
So thank you real all right move over to the picking board because they secretly put in teams over here
So I'm gonna get a close-up shot and see what we're putting these teams
All right, there we go. Oh the pickings are in
I mean, I was gonna ask you guys like where should we put a straw list in the big him?
So you said three zero definitely. Okay. Okay. I think for multi zero three
Yeah, I haven't really fixed it.
Would you like to redo it? Shall we redo it?
Let's redo it.
Okay, okay, okay. Let's take them over here then.
LimbVision 3-0.
Okay.
So some of the games are obviously still ongoing,
so we'll need to predict who we think we're going to move through
from these matches.
But coming into today's games, I guess we've got to predict those first.
So, right, we've got these matches right here.
Who have we got in Liquid FlyQuest?
I think it's a tough one.
I think Liquid hasn't been looking the greatest, you know, but I still think maybe they should
win that one.
Okay, we'll take Liquid that one with FlyQuest, we'll put him on the back.
Alright, so keep Liquid and then Tyloo will envision that battle of the Chinese teams.
That's a good game.
I think like Tyloo, they've been beating the Montana lately in the head to head, but
I still think the vision they're usually performing better at the majors and I'm going with them there. Yeah, okay
Well to limvision then and then big energy
Yeah, I have some former teammates in both teams, but for my pickings for the sake of my pickings
I'm gonna have to take big. Okay. Okay
The personal pickings is better than the personal relationships. I like that. Okay, so this is what we got then we got
We've got Limvision Big coming out of there, we'll look with it.
So, we'll just pick it through then, you give us your pick.
So, obviously we can start with us.
Safe and sound, 3-0.
The easiest. Boom.
Then I think the other contender is, to that is Spirit, Foot, G2, maybe Legacy.
Okay.
Bedroom has been playing good also, but I think I'm going to take Spirit there.
And then for these three, let's put them down here.
And then I think, let's see, LinnVision, I think they'll make it to stage three,
and then it might be hard for them. So I'm going to put them here.
And then Liquid, if they do manage to win versus Flagwist, I think stage two,
it might be a bit too difficult for me.
Oh.
Can I put them here?
When did you get through in Liquid 0-3?
It's interesting. It's an interesting one for sure.
You gotta believe.
Too cheap.
That's a wise word.
Betboom?
Even though they're not playing with the full roster,
I think they've been looking very good.
Honestly, maybe even better with Flymuss.
It's kind of crazy how Flymusses be.
Maybe.
And then...
Another 0-3.
I think it's gotta be maybe either big
big or 9C but I think I'm gonna put 9C there to be honest also then I think
they didn't play no stage one they played the Titebualm Astana that's not enough
for you to believe in get a win I didn't really watch Astana so that's
something I'm concerned about you know then let's put big at 1-3 and also
This is three each here, right?
Yes.
It's with Manta and the Magity 2.
And then, game allegiance to go through, MIBR, Payne and the A8s.
There we go, there's the beautiful shot of Fuzi's pick-hams.
Honestly, it looks pretty good.
I think that seems logically sound.
Yeah, the Lim Visions is a wild one.
but maybe they'll just crazy over-perform.
But yeah, you guys definitely feel like you could absolutely
be a 3-0 team coming into this event,
especially what we've seen from you guys
to kick off the year.
Your individual form, I remember Pro League
was just out of this world.
So you feel like you liked us too a little bit more now,
like after the monotone, you guys have played this season,
you liking it more?
Yeah, I mean, I've never liked it that much,
but I seem to be doing pretty good at it now, so it's all right.
Yeah.
So why do you think that is?
Why do you think you've become more comfortable?
Is it just the reps or is there something
as like change for you individually?
I think just playing in a team where more people kind of play it, you know, all my past
teams kind of, it's been like one of our worst maps and like not only for me but for the
whole team.
So I think just having some more people around me that are more comfortable in the map helps.
And coming into a major with Astralis, it's probably a very different vibe for you because
the times you have been, I've been with like teams that are just like expect underdogs,
get a win here but now there's actually some expectations on your shoulders is
that a very different vibe coming into the tournament it's different for sure
like with white card I think we were just happy to be there you know so it's
different but no pressure yet I think stage two it's stage two maybe when we
get to stage three or pay us you'll see some pressure but I like when you say
when that's good you know I like that I like that just choice of words but I'll
head off and talk to one of the other team minutes while they're getting some
photos done but you get to choose who am I going to go bother this morning
we should talk to jabba if you haven't already
okay I'll go talk to yabba then let's go ahead out there thank you very much
who's he
all right I was wrong the way still talk to yabba but we got a couple players
right in the middle here some miles well it's chance of them
um you want to go see uh I heard oh yeah the banana that's kind of the
best moment the bananas came out of their mouth
what's up I was told that I have to ask you about a skit that you filmed this
morning whether you think it's appropriate. I think Frank has done himself dirty in a
way. Really? Okay. Do you think it's major vibes? Do you think it's like a clone major
vibe? I hope that no one associates this with a major arc alone because it would be ashamed
the legacy. Okay, I'm so intrigued is thought this is going to be. You know, so I walked
up to to Rio this morning, he's like, I'm going to keep this Jersey a secret and then
zipped his jacket back up. Now he's walking around with them. But now we reveal it. It
looks for looks sick. You're a big fan of it. I mean, I think it's all right. The only
thing is, I'm getting a bit of PTSD from J2, but we also changed to like a red and black
shirt right for the major. And it went like, but I mean, yeah, I don't know, like the the
the pants are very baggy. It's more for the young guns, I guess, so yeah.
The zoom refit, the zoom refit. I mean it looks cool. It kind of is giving me G2 vibes though.
Yeah. But that went pretty well for you and Cologne, so.
I mean, yeah, but we changed it for the Paris Major, which if you remember that one didn't go so well.
No, that didn't go well. Not very well at all. But yeah, they were watching apparently,
whoever they are. But you know, coming into this event, you obviously have won it before,
Also, coming into Cologne, what's the feelings?
You're in the city again, you've seen the cathedral.
What's the sort of thoughts that come into your head?
50-50 winways, not bad.
Pretty good, 50-50 chance on the major then.
But it seems like you guys are all in good spirits,
talking to Fuzi, confident, coming into this tournament.
So obviously, the season was really strong for you at the start.
Like, I felt like it was just a straight-up,
upwards trajectory, and a couple of hits,
I would say, along the road.
But as the leader of the team, what's your general consensus of this season?
Are you happy?
I mean, I think we should all be decently happy with it.
I think we fell into the same trap that some of the teams did, where you start with really
low expectations, then you get a result that you maybe didn't expect to get, and then suddenly
that's the standard for you, right?
Which obviously is maybe a bit crazy to think like that, but it's hard not to when you all
of a sudden are in a final or something, and then you just expect to make playoffs every
time or to make deep runs and then you kind of, you know, get slapped back to reality
in a way. So I mean, of all, I think it's decent, but I think this tournament also decides
a lot whether we will be happy or not.
Yeah. One of the things I've really enjoyed about you in particular this season is like
anytime we get like a listening to listen to the comms, it feels like you're just no
bullshit. You know, it's just like straight up like if it isn't good enough, you're calling
that out and I really enjoyed this clip. So is that your mentality in the team? It's
like there's no sugarcoating like we're here to perform like I'm gonna try and
just exert that in any way that I can. Yeah I mean I definitely think that I
don't put you know anything lightly but at the same time I think there's some
propaganda against me from the TOs about showing like how bad of a guy I am. I'm
also cheering for guys sometimes you know but it's like that never really gets
shown but yeah like when I have to be harsh I'm harsh and sometimes it's
maybe a bit much for some people but you know we're in a competitive
environment and I think that anyone who's tried that understands that the waves go high sometimes
and yeah I think it's also important to be straight up to get things fixed and to you know improve.
Yeah and so Ryu this morning who sent you and Rugger a great help for him you know coming in
as a rookie to this level of Counter-Strike and you know as an in-game leader I'm just wondering
like your thought process you've played with a lot of younger players and so when you're looking
player like Ryu, who has been good and has been all the way quiet at times, up and down,
what is your approach to helping a player like that?
I mean, I've tried a lot of thoughts and thoughts myself, so I know that it can
change from time to time, and sometimes you're maybe trying too hard. I think that's one of the
things I've learned that you can end up overthinking or overplaying even, and I think
I think that's something he has to learn, but you can only say so much and in the end
it's a lot of learning by doing and you have to go through the mistakes and through the
emotions.
Also, we had some problems with people being nervous and stuff and hesitating and we can
talk about it from now on until Christmas, but in the end you kind of have to try it
to actually learn from it.
Alright, well thanks very much.
I'll let you go get on with the rest of your media day hook see and I'll catch you in a little bit.
And I'm sure the jersey is just going to be good luck.
So you're going to fall in love with the black and red.
Yeah. Yeah. I think so.
All right. We'll catch it there as well.
Just on the way out here.
So, you know, morning of media day heading into stage to a Cologne major.
I feel it feels special just for everybody involved.
I think from people working in production to the players to talent.
So, you know, coming into the major and its Cologne, your general thought process leading up to this event.
I'm excited. I think always when you just play Cologne in general, you're excited and the Major by itself.
So the fact that it's put together is also very hype.
And as you see in the ticket sales stuff, it'll be packed in the arena.
So I think everyone kind of dreams to actually try to play a Cologne Major in the arena.
What do you think are your chances of making it to the playoffs?
The chances, I don't even know.
From the outside I would say it's not the highest.
I don't know, maybe 30-40% I don't know.
I have no clue to be honest, but I believe in us.
I mean, we just need a strong momentum side
and see us two and I believe we can go for it.
Yeah, stage two, folks.
Fuzzi, how'd you guys go through three and zero?
I mean, looking at the field, it definitely is possible.
I mean, there's some big challenges in there, obviously.
Spirit being the biggest one.
But when you're looking at the rest of the field,
like where do you think you guys stack up?
Who do you think your biggest competitor
maybe outside of Spirit would be?
I think we've had foot, I don't even know, eight times this year.
Dude, that's been crazy.
I think they are very strong. It goes both ways every time we play.
They are one of the stronger opponents we can meet and we also struggle against them sometimes.
I think legacy as well. It's also in very good shape as well.
Just in general, they play in a very unauthorized way.
You don't really need that. They play very in-your-face and very aggressive.
They are also a little hard to play against.
Other than that, I feel like we should be equal with the other teams.
We didn't beat us twice in the USA, but hopefully we can make up for that and get revenge.
Alright, it feels like we've seen so many different versions of Stare inside of Astralis,
like so many different roles, different teams.
Are you happiest right now, like with the way you're playing and the roles that you've
got, or is there been times where maybe you've been a little bit happier about the roles
and positions you get to play?
I think I'm happy now.
Like, I feel like these positions are where I can show myself 100%, like I actually can
perform like to my potential I would say the other roles was more like I was a
filler because there was no other one to take it which was also fine for me
because we had insane good players in position I've been out back in the last
star in Javi Red so I mean for myself and my potential to be fulfilled then
it's for sure the best position for me and also just in general my playstyle I
would say so I'm very heavy now and I think it is like the best at least like
team translation with also how I play and how we play was in time now and I'm
Yeah, I mean, I'm sure there's a level of frustration because you're gonna back yourself
You're gonna be confident in yourself as a player
So is there a level of frustration at points when you were getting some of the roads you didn't want to play or what?
Or did you always have like a positive idea around it?
The first day of stage two brings eight new challenges to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne
major, and a few of them know a thing or two about winning in the Cathedral.
Back in 2024, Donk in his rookie year, Spirit would enter Cologne after cooking up a storm
in Katowice, and play dead last.
That only fueled his hunger to return the year after.
They'd speed through the groups, put down Navi in the semis, and somehow even take it
up a gear to demolish Maus in the grand final.
The stats truly didn't lie about Donk's impact during that game.
A 1.63 rating and almost a hundred ADR over the course of that best of five.
We saw a usually stoic Donk with tears in his eyes after making his childhood dream come
true.
Now they arrive in stage two of the major, fresh off a trophy in Astana and are no doubt
heavy favourites. But if we learn anything from stage one, in best of ones, anything can happen.
Welcome to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026.
Now we have, he is, inevitable, the King of Counter Strike.
Now you can't stop the fire, these people are going to find out who I am, but he's not dying anywhere.
It's a good day to be a Counter-Strike fan as we have eight new teams entering the Intel
Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026 and some big names amongst them too, not quite as big
as the names I have up here on the desk so we've got Ash and Janko returning, very exciting
that we get to see some new names entering the mix today Janko.
Definitely, it's a great day to be a Counter-Strike fan unless you're from North America.
Oh, he's already going there.
I just like last I wasn't even working it. I was sitting at the hotel. I'm watching it and it's just like unbelievable
Like you just feel bad through the screen, you know for energy for everyone involved with that
It's just history was made last night and not in a good way if you're a North American
So I was even left it on our territory 16 to help never forget whoever did that a stone cold by the way
I yeah ash that was I mean literally never happened before a major
That's literally never happened. It was a horrific feat to watch great if you think though
Wow, yeah, let's be heartbreak to be fair like I think that half time you just talking guys guys. We've made it
We've made the next stage
I reckon that's probably genuinely things that were saying joking about it and then you get to the game
You the first like five six rounds bring back. You're still thinking we're gonna win
We're gonna win and suddenly I think everything just tips on its head and suddenly thinking wait
What's gonna happen? So it's just crazy Grimmern made the joke. Yes. Hey guys
We just need the one round like surely, you know, and then all of a sudden you could take like
I mean, it's just heartbreaking seeing him as the game gets tied up like he can't hold his emotions even it's you know
But that's just the beauty of the game right anything can happen
They have to you just have to believe you just have to believe no matter what round by round and
Sometimes magical things can happen. Luckily. We've got you guys to bring a little bit of logic to that in a moment's time
I just want to recap exactly which teams did progress on through that was eight out of the 16 joining us in stage one
Of course some incredible games along the way some incredible upsets in terms of the teams that made it through yanko
I think they and that boom it that does make sense fly question Tyler there
That was that was pretty surprising to them in that three two advanced. I think that's fair
Because they always had the potential. They just didn't have necessarily the results recently, right?
I mean, the cores of those teams are very experienced,
but you were wondering,
is it's been too much for them in this season
with the lack of success and lack of practice,
perhaps in Europe,
Tybalt couldn't even boot camp in Europe
prior to the tournament,
had to play, you know, probably qualifiers
and other things from China.
So then making it through has been a surprise,
especially in how a dominant fashion,
the last two series for FlyQuest,
big, a little bit of a surprise,
I think solely because they haven't really played good opposition up until the major,
but yeah, that's miraculous. Come back, book them a spot in stage.
And Ash, you were totally right. Game of Legion did go through, but 3-1. A lot of us, including
myself, put them through 3-0, but you were right to give them a little bit of a, you
know, anything can happen for them.
It's probably not the only thing I got right, so I think you're pointing it out. I don't
think any of these were massive surprises. I think FlyQuest probably the biggest in terms
going through and look at Heroic and going out, but I mean, Taelu and Big Muff had pretty easy runs
overall. I don't think we learned that much about them, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of
people put them even 0-3 in the next stage because we didn't have the expeditions going in. I don't
think they really massively proved anything otherwise, so it's worth keeping an eye on them.
Big Muff heard us all talking about, oh easy runs, you know, not too much of a challenge,
and then set themselves up by saying, okay, let's pull off the craziest comeback of all time. Let's
Let's take a look at some of the reactions from yesterday. It's going to be a mixture of elation and heartbreak obviously from the side of energy
But this was I mean we've touched upon it already
We did no post-match analysis in the segment because it was one of the most emotional scenes
I've ever seen in Counter-Strike, right? If you're energy you are so close. You're so close. You can almost taste it
And for Nitro, I mean you take the man out of liquid, but you can't take the liquid out of the man, I guess
Yeah, right that MLG Columbus ten years ago, right the game against the luminosity and
the two leads on both maps, one of them being Mirage, the 59 lead goes into OT, they lose
it and yeah, I mean, a picture says more than a thousand words in this case, it really
does.
Yeah, you just kind of don't know what to do when that happens.
It's probably worse to lose in 13-0 because you just, the worst thing is you know for
certain nearly that you are going through to the next stage, you're already thinking
about the next day and what's going to happen and the plans and the celebration you're going
to do and then certainly go through anymore.
That's the thing, right?
I mean, we can obviously throw criticism at anybody which way when we're looking at the
side of NRG there, right?
But did you, when you were watching at Yanco, did you get the feeling that they were getting
a little bit too ahead of themselves because it felt desperate at times in some of those
rounds?
Yeah.
I think it did.
I think they lost control.
I don't think they did a good job of calming themselves down.
You know, after 12, 7, 12, 8, like you're looking at the rounds, they're like, what are they
doing?
What is this in terms of the calls in terms of the executions? Why are they playing so fast?
Why are they you know, they just tried to they felt it looked like all we have still five six rounds
If we just keep brute-forcing it like we'll just win one somehow, right?
But at that point big already got some confidence going you lost a couple of clutches now you're seeing all right
It was 12-6 is great if it was 6-6
But if it was 12-0 and it's 12-6 you got a different sort of a feeling like that starting the little thought
is starting to creep up at the back of your head.
Is there a way we actually do not win this game?
And then Tapsin has the 1v2, right?
And you're not planting the bomb,
and you're just starting to play not to lose.
You're being too scared to make plays.
And unfortunately, even with the timeouts from Dabbs,
like him and Eichel couldn't really come up
with a good solution to give the players an opportunity
because they weren't really after that Tapsin round.
They were not close to winning rounds.
It was just shut out completely by big.
It just felt unfathomable. They couldn't even get one round. I'm glad we have you here, Ash, because you're going to put some, I guess, logic to this insane situation.
You picked out a couple of round examples. What are you breaking down here?
I think this is the one that they're going to be looking back at and kicking themselves with. So, the game is still in the momentum big time.
Entry frag happens here towards B-Short. And even Connector, they're both key positions, kind of open, and they go for some reason, they like freeze, but they leave half of the map open.
I'm not sure what's going on then just pretend B doesn't exist for some reason and they just stay in this position for a very long time
But the round still isn't over despite this 2k and they do a good job of getting back into position
Even get 2v1 and I think that this moment you just see that there's no composure at all
Even here now the two excited and it kind of kept going for the whole game
I think at this point now the game for me felt like it was done looking at their body language and just imagine myself in those moments like
15 rounds in a row at this point
Nitro, see, there's even a player on B short, you can just feel this moment, it's just not going to do a good job
He doesn't even get a kill and the player on short as well
For some reason he was, he had advanced knowledge that this was going to come in
Did nothing with it, dies and then no, see, has no chance in the round
So he just kind of felt like they were slowly falling apart, but I have to shout out
Faven and JDC, I think both of them had pretty bad halves, the first half especially JDC
Those were the two in this game that really carried them through and the others chipped in a bit
I can't say they didn't do anything, it's just these two would, you just felt like they were multi-killing every single round
and you see this round swing here.
They were the difference makers
and the round swing really speaks for itself.
That's 1v2. I mean, you're in look at the energy,
like, they swung together,
just they were sort of lined up a little bit.
I mean, Favon just played a great half.
I mean, he just played
a great game, but it's crazy.
You're 12-2 and you're like 5v3
and that could have been it, 13-2
and just you're even
playing it sort of safe.
You're waiting for them to make a play in the 5v3
and just everything goes wrong and you end up losing the game 16-12, just unbelievable.
That's going to haunt them forever.
It would be an understatement to say there were a lot of emotions going down.
Let's see if Al can stop that.
Well, let's see some team comps from Bresley teams.
It's really important, round by round.
We just need to personally...
Or never.
Yes, exactly.
Let's get this pistol done.
Yeah.
Try to reset. Ignore the score.
We said so many times that we would be out CT.
We just need to prove it again and we will guys, okay?
Yeah, we need to go Tetris.
Yes, yes, yes, I'm running CT.
Okay, let's go.
This is the start, we need it. Good kids boys, come on.
Really sick. Let's go man.
You guys, you can follow.
Let's fucking go really.
Good job boys, fucking good.
Let's go.
They knew that bro.
It's fucking cool.
Keep believing.
Holy fuck, he was fast on bench.
Yes sir.
Could you come?
He's Apex, peeking me.
Nice, nice.
Let's go!
Come on!
They're fast bro.
You got this.
Give it up boys.
They're around.
They're in there.
I think I can drop you.
Yes.
Nice boys, man.
Come on, keep pushing.
Very good comps.
Let's fucking go.
You hunt this bro.
Give it up.
Fucking amazing boys.
Insane, nice Joseph.
Good job.
Thank you.
Okay, let's go three more
Let's fucking go
Okay, I'm blind, one more up-clicked
I'm covered
Good con, one more con
I'm here
Yes, I'm dead
Let's go, one more round
Nice pain, bro
You are fucking amazing, keep it up
Nice, I have power still
I have power
Last palace
Nice, come on
John, I took a cape for you
a fucking insane boss keep it up on let's fucking go man let's go boss wait also
all the briefcase okay really good okay I'm only on the beat fucking go use it
watching that with the benefit of hindsight is insane because you're
going into that half time like ash maybe you can attest to this more than I but
surely at that point okay everybody's saying yes he decides you're amazing we
just got to get the ball rolling just got to win the pistol but surely at that
point are you even believing in that yourself like it seems delusional when
they're saying it, but obviously history writes itself that it may be that having the greatest
practice of all time or something, the 12, zero and everybody, but generally no. But
what I really liked about that is actually the body language at 12, zero. I usually see
people looking very frustrated, head in hands, just you can just see it in the faces. And
I was looking really hard at that then. And actually all of them look pretty good. And
when they win the pistol, 12, zero down to 12, one, all five of them. It looked like instantly
actually genuinely believe. So whoever's given that to you talk a half time, because
probably bits has been caught there as well. It seems like they've really hit all the right
words to say. So we'll keep that going this next stage. There could be some momentum here
that could kick them on. In every comeback, you need one, you need
a highlight round. You need like one round that turns it around from one of the individuals
that really makes you believe, right? That it's a momentum shifter. And it felt like
that 5 and 1v2 was the first one in the tabs and 1v2 was the other one. And after the second
one, it felt like they knew they were going to end up winning. Two HP left on 5 and as
It's just insane in that moment either way we do progress on to say she was means a new round of pickings
And I hear we have Jason ready to do him for us Jason. You plugged in your microphone. Double check my microphone today is plugged in
We have people for that here, thankfully
Yeah, we have audio people to handle that kind of stuff here. Yes, they should pick them. You guys ready to have some fun
Yeah, let's start with the ankle because we did ash last time yanko your time is up. How do we do?
Are we doing this one by one for we do?
I think I'll pick them first.
Let's see that.
I'm facing, there seems to be a mistake.
Oh, that little guy?
Yeah.
That little guy?
Don't worry about that little guy.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Get off.
Yeah.
It did happen.
You did not have, it wasn't a nightmare.
It did happen.
It didn't actually occur.
What have we got?
Let's start with your O and 3s, because this is an interesting O and 3 strategy.
You guys were touching on Big, I think Big and Monty, probably the two kind of teams
you point to for O and 3, but they're facing each other in the first round.
So what's the strategy you got for these O and 3s?
Especially for people who might do that, I don't think that's a bad strategy, to put
both of them there.
I did that initially before I saw that they played each other, and then I changed it.
But I do feel like whoever loses that game will be an 0-3 team.
So that's a way to hedge in a way, but in the end I went with Monty as a 0-3, I think
big.
Bro, how can you not believe in them after yesterday?
No, at least one win.
They're just going to ride that high into today.
They've been playing every single day.
I think that's important versus Monty, who has major rookies on their team.
I think they're going to sort of need diapers after today, just like Griggs was saying.
And I think Griggs will be supplied that by his manager, so he'll be fine for this stage.
And the other team I put in was 9-Z.
I don't know, Jason.
It's just like all these teams, take your pick.
I was always going to put a team that hasn't played in Stage 1.
I think a lot of them will be shaky.
We've seen a lot of nerves from these Stage 1 teams coming into it.
It's not like 9Z is mega experienced when it comes to majors either.
They've been to a couple, but yeah, nothing against 9Z.
I was thinking Paine.
I was thinking Tyloo.
I was, you know, but in the end.
It was in there, as you mentioned.
Yeah, it could be a lot of teams, but I have faith in the Stage 1 teams in these best
of ones just being warmed up.
That was a question I was going to ask.
So you're putting a lot of stock into the whole Stage 2, coming in cold, Stage 1, coming
in hot kind of a thing.
That's influencing a lot for you.
Yes, all the stock, really.
Let's skip to the other side, let's skip to the 3-0s, who you got advancing, nice and
easy, no losses.
I have Bat Boom and Gamer Legion.
And I have Bat Boom because I think they have a decent chance of winning the best of one
against Spirit.
The first one, Spirit not having either of their coaches here with them, I think that's
problematic.
And I don't mean it in a way where Magix is incapable of doing the prep or they're not
helping him or anything, it's just a weird environment, you know, like you're so used
to having someone behind you, when it comes to managing in motions,
someone just keeping the players in check somewhat.
And yeah, I think maybe Bedboom, with the way they've been playing
and Boomage being the highest rated player on stage one,
you know, they just have no pressure.
They're running around, they're gaming, they're feeling it.
I think that might happen.
And then Gamer Legion, they will either not make it
or they will be really strong.
I think they will play up to the level we saw in Atlanta
and they have a chance to go 3-0 if that happens
or they'll play like in stage one and they won't make it through.
And in stage one, they had the pressure of being the favorite
and everyone picking them as 3-0.
And they were trying to, you know, focus too much on anti-stratting.
I think they'll just play their own game in this stage.
And if they do that, I think they can be successful.
You're concerned PR still going to be a little bit quiet in this stage?
You think he's going to bounce back?
If they don't make him push through smokes all the time and run around,
maybe he can feel the game a little bit and do something.
All right, let's get to Spiri, Enko,
because I think that's a headscratcher out of the 3-0.
You're on you're assuming you got him advancing. Yeah, I definitely have them advancing
I mean they're a contender for the trophy, right like nothing in spirit. They very well might go 3-0
But and they're usually very good in Swiss at majors, but I don't know, you know crazy
There's no such thing that's really that's really throwing you for a loop and this is where it's pretty one
It's all the usual suspects, right? G2 astralis foot
Legacy bait that's all your faith in Astralis. Yeah, I go miss
Well, that's the one I have the least. I really wanted to put like MIBR in there or maybe even like someone like FlyQuest
But who is your 6th?
I'm 80.
Bait.
Bait.
But I just stuck with the teams sort of that are supposed to make it and they've been playing good CS.
I'm surprised by people putting G2S3O. Have you learned nothing about this organization?
It's all about content man, and you know 3-0 isn't great content. They need a little bit more.
Honestly, they haven't been super dominant either, still a relatively new line-up with nerds being an addition,
I think all of that points to at least one loss in this stage, but they should still make it through.
Can I pick you for one second, Janko? Because I saw the tweet yesterday about the percentage of
likelihood of people picking teams to go through Spirit, Legacy, Betboom for Astralis.
You quote tweeted that though and said, Hot take, one of these teams won't go through.
Yes. Which one?
Astralis.
Yeah, for White.
Wait, but you have him advancing.
Yeah, but you know I've been wrong before Jason unlike you. I can humble myself sure
And you know say that I've been wrong and then give people a chance, you know
How many did you get correct in stage one?
Six I think is that right? That's a different number than what I've got here. What do you have? I have two really? Yeah
to
That can be right. It was a good two though. He's a really solid two. Yeah. Yeah, how can it to be good to anyway?
Ash correct them correct Yankees pickings, please first draft. What's the ash draft? I've quite similar to five game legion
Going three zero was okay. I have spirit going three zero
It's all a bit worrying with the coach
And I think my main worry with that is that when people don't have coaches behind them
They have a really bad tendency of not taking any tech pauses and just taking the vent amount of the game slowing it down a little bit
Which can have a big effect quite a lot of the time
time. Um, zero three. I have NRG. Oh, sorry, they didn't make it. Sorry. No, I had, I have
Monty as well. I think big have the momentum. I think I agree. I actually put both big and
Monty zero three as well. And I thought it's a tactic. Actually, I'm going to go with Tyloo
instead of nine Z. I just don't think they'll test it that well. They were pretty poor in
the best of ones. You're a boy jam young. You're going against him. Jam young. I think the level
of opponents probably too much a little bit at this stage. Uh, then I had M. M. I. B.
We are instead of Astralis and I didn't have bait going through.
I had someone.
Someone do not have a bait, maybe an M80, maybe a Fly Clutch.
Pick anyone, pick a card, any card.
We'll go with...
Come on, go to M80.
Or any of them.
Just do it, come on the NA train for a little bit.
It's fun.
NA train?
Yeah.
No.
I'll go to bait.
Let's go to bait.
Top right.
Ate back in.
Ate back in.
Bang.
not hot on Astralis. I think that's fair considering what we said.
Is anyone hot on Astralis? Yeah, I put them in going through reluctantly.
Okay. I don't know.
I think the problem is also Fuzzi has been not great lately, right?
And when they had some good results, he was pretty good.
So I think it will depend on him how he performs on the op.
He's a guy who's very proactive, can make the difference, can find openings,
can find a lot of impact, right? Stair has been stellar for them.
them. Yabi has been better. And then it's just in this time off. Can they have the Polish their map
pool a little bit more? If you work on their mental, you know, they had that collapse against
game religion being 12, 4 up at Fort Worth. So yeah, these are a lot of questions that will only be
answered once they start playing.
What's what's the biggest weakness, Yanko? Because you just said you had you'd said they you don't
think they'll make it through, but you still put them going through in case you were wrong. But like,
what's the biggest thing that's going to stop them from going through?
I think the map pool probably like they're they're not great on a lot of maps like sure or pass and they're gonna pick it
So but you know some teams perma ban it. They won't get it in the best of ones
So I'm just to as well
They just can't win on that all and when you play in best of three if you're just losing every time
Zero when it puts a lot pressure you to win your map pick. That's why I'm a bit worried about that
I think for me
I think I'm a bit worried about the form of the players because you kind of at the moment
Kind of a little bit relying on who to be solid with this fracking because right you struggling quite a lot
I think we have the same level.
I'm not wrong with that.
Ash, where do you fall on the whole Stage 2 teams coming in cold and Stage 1 teams coming in hot as someone who's experienced it?
What's your vibe check on that?
Well, we had it in the past. I can't remember one of the majors we went to where we just missed out on the Legends stage.
We felt like it was a big bonus because we got warmed up and the second stage felt much easier for us when we got through.
So I think it will make a difference, but I think the quality of some of the teams is going up quite a lot.
Like for example now I'm like I
Considered putting Tyler through in stage one by fucking this one
I can't even see a world where it's kind of going to happen because the levels quite a lot
So when you see G2 and thought and spirit, this is a big step up and we're gonna take an even bigger bigger step up next time
Yeah, let's forget some voodoo magic like you know big-play Tdu gaming gladiators
I never know the level of opposition that somehow they might
end up facing, but yeah, it has to be noted, though,
BetoBone didn't play for two days, right?
Despite being in stage one.
So for some of these teams,
I think it matters the most for teams
that are played every single day.
For teams that played yesterday,
and are now playing today,
I think they have a slight edge.
Jason, who have you got?
So if you got, I'm glad you asked that, Fred.
We can actually bring it up.
This is all the talent.
I can read mine off a little bit
since those are small pictures.
I went out and put Monty and 9Z,
3-0, I put Spirit and bait,
And then going through I have G2, MIBR, M80, Bet Boom, Legacy and Foot.
M80.
I'm partying, man.
M80, okay.
Okay.
There is a chance.
A lot of the video depends on the opening best of ones like 4-4.
They also look significantly better in stage one than they did in like the month leading
into the major, which made me happy.
That's a big thing for Mitsu, is just like the step up and the improvement from the bad
performances leading into the major.
I think that's a good sign that like they had confidence in what they were working on
and what they were struggling with but knew it was the right direction to head in and now they're getting that payoff.
Pat actually went with the strat. He picked Big and Monty.
He did.
I'm really curious how that will work out. I think that's smart.
I also did it. I'm sorry. I wish I was smarter.
I didn't update my non-spreadsheet. I'm always right.
I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry. But neither did Jason. Neither did you, Jason.
What? Didn't I? Oh yeah, you're right. I didn't.
Yeah, you didn't.
Say, guys.
Yeah, it's fine. It's just a host thing, though.
Girl D, when the stage finishes, you get a wall right.
I did the spreadsheet before I did my pick-ums in Steam, you know? It just happens.
Mason was one of those guys that, you know, that one year was changing them as the games were live
Because it wasn't locked and it's like, oh, this pickings game isn't that hard
You put legacy
Actually, I think I did in my in my steam pickings I have them there. Okay. Oh, so there's you have your steam
I have your broadcast ones. You have your draft for the
It's mostly just because I forgot your game.
You have your social media ones and then you have the ones that you know you actually are going to put in.
That's great, Jason.
I could never be wrong. I just have to refer to the right platform.
Well, it's Jason. It's going to be really handy if you head on over to CSStats.gg
because you can compare and contrast in a global leaderboard versus everybody.
Watch out because there will be 25 different versions of Jason over on that stats.
Either way, you've got some choices to be making because we do have two streams operating simultaneously as always today.
today. If you want to head over to the B stream, that's going to be 90 versus
fly quest. We're going to be hearing from Max ahead of that one courtesy of
Stiko and China Alex will be joining you over on that stream. If you want to see
Astralis versus game, Elysia, no, that's going to be on the A stream with us.
And we're going to be getting a few words from stair ahead of that one. Make a
choice now, or maybe we'll see you on the other side of this break.
Hey Max, can I grab you for a second?
Welcome, first of all, to the Cologne Major.
You get to kick this off as well for today's first game.
I want to ask you about recent results a little bit.
It's been a bit of a roller coaster for 9Z.
Whenever you face good teams, you seem to crumble, but then you come back against lower
opposition.
So, why is that?
Obviously, this is kind of major and pressure is coming at you, but how did you prepare for this one?
Yeah, I think we lack a little bit of consistency. I think the most important thing is the communication.
When we take decisions in group, let's go clear that part of map or let's fight this part of map.
So, yeah, we work on that. And yeah, I think we are good for this.
I ask this because you're playing FlyQuest and obviously they're a little bit, you know, on the paper, you should be beating them on the paper.
But this is Best of One, this is Major and obviously they're coming from Stage One.
So they have this kind of a buff that everyone knows that they're used to the setup and everything.
So any particular thing against FlyQuest that you prepared for today?
Obviously, since it's Best of One, you cannot underestimate anyone.
Actually, we work more in ourselves.
No, don't focus because this is Best of One.
So I think there is no favorites in this tournament, particularly in Major and in Best of One.
So yeah, we work on us on what we need to do to win today.
Last question before I let you go warm up.
In this stage there's a lot of South American teams. It's Paine, it's you, it's MIBR Legacy.
And whenever you seem to face these kind of domestic matchups, you seem to do pretty good.
So do you think this is kind of a secret advantage for Nainzi to have a good run in stage 2?
Oh, maybe, maybe. I don't think so, actually, but yeah, I hope all the Brazilian teams
goes to the Stage 3 because, yeah, for me, the South American teams, I cheer for them,
so yeah, I hope they cheer for us as well.
It would be a lot of slots for the next Major for South America as well. I'm excited to
see how it goes, Max. Good luck and see you on the server.
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It's a new day and it's a new stage.
We've got ourselves 9Z versus FlyQuest.
You can see them arriving now and yes, mounting pressure.
Stage 2 was where things went wrong last major for FlyQuest.
Looking to change that narrative here and they picked themselves up some momentum in
that first stage of competition and their opponents are coming in cold 9z
arriving here in Cologne without of course that same warm-into-the-tournament
that FlyQuest had in the first stage of competition and it has been a while
between drinks. It might be well since their last IEMs if we're talking majors
but the main focus for me is their rise in a start of that some great results
they're picking up some big scouts but then the fall off when they went to
state ranked right losing to Sharks regional team and then FaZe this one
And today you bang on in terms of fly quests that changed from last major Budapest now into
Cologne.
The fact that they've, well, had to go through a bit more adversity.
Last time when they breezed through, they didn't actually work against them.
They went in with too much confidence.
They didn't have to struggle, whereas this time around they did.
They struggled a lot, and then they had to bounce back.
And I think that you have that mental boon, that mental upspring that I think is going
to help them.
And there's no day off.
So they're just straight into things.
They're in a routine, and they're running with it.
Still, 9Z have to be the favorites, don't they?
I would imagine so.
It's just that this is a team that I never know, kind of like as an unknown quantity.
They feel like they're a bit of a volatile presence.
Like I have seen absurd things from the likes of Max.
I love the way he feels the game.
You know, you see him on the camera.
He's always wiggling and jiggling.
He kind of lives inside the server when he's playing.
I think wasso peak is also a real asset to 9Z.
I think they may come into his favorites, but I don't know, you know, part of me feels
like fly quest genuinely the energy they've brought over the stage one.
It might carry over.
bit of a recap of Rora. We had Fly and Diggle headshots, we had multiple smoke impact kills,
we had history in the making, heartbreaking, nation inspiring, 0-12 comeback, 16 rounds
straight. So anything is possible. We've learned that over the last couple of days.
That thing from, not that thing, that comeback from Big yesterday has never been seen before,
but today you're talking about the matchup ahead between these two names. There's a lot of major
rookies joining us for stage two as well. This is just on the B stream today. We've got Maia,
Man, yes, Hwasao Peak, Loochop, that's just in the game right now.
Later on today, I've got Gizmi, Afro, Rainwaker, and a Zewoo.
That's going to be from Monty.
So that's another factor to bring into this conversation.
We have FlyQuest on screen, Justin, definitely the most...
He's got his tape measure out.
Oh, yeah, he's a precise guy.
Okay.
So not only are they warmed in and they're riding the high of yesterday's performance,
you have on the other side some guys who, sure, they've had some decent results
to peak the interest of the public in 9C, but at the same time,
they're going to be a little bit more nervy.
Those names I mentioned, Mayen, Kwasar, Peek, Luchov, for them, Luchov's their best player.
So if he comes in a little bit nervy, then anything's possible in an opening game.
We saw that during Stage 1. There's no doubt that in my mind that it's possible for Stage 2.
We still have the best of ones in play.
We have to work out what map we're going to find these two teams on. Just some fun little tidbits.
We had Inferno as the most played map by a large margin in Stage 1.
15 of those. The bottom was overpass at 2.
You can see here FlyQuest, that's their perma-ban out.
They also removed Nuke, then three bands in a row from 9Z and Nubis. That's FlyQuest's best map.
Inferno goes out and Mirage, both teams, a little bit shaky of there.
Ancient or Dust2, that's what I thought this was going to be between,
and 9Z decided to take this one to Dust2, which is also probably the second most comfortable map for FlyQuest.
Okay.
Still, in terms of data and then playing against international opponents this year, they don't have anywhere near as much as 9Z.
Those recent matches at Astana are the ones that I think have given everybody at home a lot of excitement about 9Z.
We can take a look at the positions as we get this one underway.
So, the T side for Nettik, he's going to be responsible for long.
Now, this is a spot where essentially you're just relaying information,
but you also need to know when to take your chances.
He's going to be going toe to toe with Kwasar Pieck on the other side.
Vexite, for me, he has been the best player.
Him and Nettik have been having some big impact,
but Vexite really found himself after the Aussie derby.
He's been loud now, he's chatting shit, and him playing through lower,
he's going to have some short fights against the AWP,
but also mid to be against Lucho.
Inns, this is where he's been calling a good game, but needs to be vocal in this position top mid, right?
He's going to be supporting the lower tunnels players that he's going to be parting up count for those fights.
So Inns and Vexite for map control are going to be very important.
After that, you're going to have the likes of Story.
He needs to keep the lid on Mayan on the other side, right?
And man, if you take a look at his heat map, we will get there.
He's going to be breaking up in the mid-door smoke.
That's classic, but also going for the extinguish on short and peeking towards suicide.
So that's not the story. Not alone being tasked with that, but needs to be wary of as the AWPer and the import.
And then finally, JKS, he's going to be the upper tunnels. Look, always likes to have a move of his own.
That same deal is the long anchor. You're going to be calling out the intel, but you also want to make plays to apply pressure to the B-defense,
which is where Max is going to find himself.
So we can flick over and we can take a look at the CT positions.
And as I touched upon, Huasal's going to be going toe-to-toe with the Lexanetic, at least on the defaults.
But he's got a tough job, right? This is where, if you don't get the good spawns,
You're gonna have to operate in different ways to be getting this space, but you can see here nothing out of the ordinary
Blue bin mullies with the door smokes just standard stuff
This is the man that I think everybody is quite hyped about right Luchov is someone that we need to keep our eyes on
He can have massive performances and if he gets going early fly quest is not a team that he's gonna respect regardless of his experience
Because this guy can shoot and damn hard and I think being a mid to be player a lot of responsibility
This is max. He's the in-game leader of the team
Oh, the man who's gonna do much their interviews, but it's weird to see any game leader playing Bianca. That is unusual
Yeah, so normally you throw them long. So hey, hey little guy. Yeah, just deal with the long doors
Huh, just sit there and hold it's also harder to read the play from that position, right?
Do normally if you I think long because hey, you can cheat back towards a or the a rotating rifler may and the orper
I think people may have seen it once upon a time in the last couple years and then DGT
for the South American squad.
Let's get this one underway.
Flyquest versus 9 Z to kick off the B stream.
The day one stage two.
So extreme cologne major 2026.
What's going on?
What do we have in store for our second stage?
The first one brought everything.
You've already highlighted just how many high jinx
we experienced and so T start for flyquest
and 9 Z on the defense to start us off.
Best of one.
It's all about those pistols.
pistols. You put the right foot forward. Will 9Z come in cold? The fly
quest is just another day. The routine continues. They're into lower. He was
jump-spotting but I don't think JKS caught the information there. Okay. And now,
looks like they've missed their Molotov. The Xbox focus spewed forward. It
denies the Molly and enables TGT to track the head of Xite Swing. They've even
got lower. This feels like it's problems for FlyQuest immediately. Just like that. They
weren't ready for it. They thought they were jump-spotting it. Inns get to jump scare.
Story does get a claw back onto DGT. It opens up an avenue for short. JKS is in pursuit
of those two intunnels. I don't know how much information he's going to be able to relay
other than they've gone back.
They're across, though, so they're able to slink through lower into upper and man's back
of plat. Story, excuse me, JKS, no to the backpack player. They have to rumble this.
This is not going to be easy. Rotation of the Juleys has joined them.
Turns the flashes has support with the Jule Barrettas and he's tapped the head off.
That's it, really calm.
Loach up Jule Barrettas to shut it down. Story's given us something exciting.
He can get a plant.
He's done everything for FlyQuest and the plant. Surely not the round though.
He should be dead. How is he not dead? 9 HP and finally felled.
Considering everything that went wrong there for FlyQuest, the fact that they get a couple of kills and get the bomb down,
at least they've salvaged something out of a poor situation.
The jump spot doesn't see anybody going lower, Justin also misses the molotov towards short,
and those frustrations they need to try and avoid.
You only are going to get so many chances to make those mistakes, and that is quite glaring early.
Story, with the kills, the bomb plant and the loss bonus coming into this is going to be able to equip himself with an AK.
So let's see if Max and the boys are able to keep tabs on that, but this is easy for DGT.
Right, no molly, it's meant to force that position back, they didn't have the intel on lower and the kills, just easy as you like.
So on the board, 9z, first round of the major.
Okay, they've gone to double smoke so early, I understand this against orbs, maybe they're expecting a Mayan scout into this one.
They've got mid-door and shorts, they really want to make sure that they can get this lower tunnels control and not be harassed while...
Getting the space. It's a group up towards short from DGT man and Huasao, but it looks like they might be parting into a quick mid to B.
Nines he didn't prioritise mid at all. It's all M4s, rather famas.
This is going to happen quickly, Luchov. A lot to do here.
He's up close. He's got that first headshot cleanly, tracks one, but a flying tech, nine draws his cross stand.
Netic able to combine with JKS and now they're into B, just with Max to get past, and he stood his ground well.
Well, it's just Netic here, bomb on his back, and he's getting caught in an uncomfortable fight on the lip.
Lost his accuracy and looks like they've lost the round as well.
Insta try and change things, does peek on out and remove lasso, but at what cost? 4HP all he has to work with.
Easy for Max.
Okay, the call was good. Fred, they had a good little eruption there at mid to beach. Some of the details.
Yeah, the fact that they also they're throwing that impromptu as they've gone out mid
So I think they're getting chipped away over the top of it as they're mid to being
This will have to be the save now they can cheat in with a couple of upgrades, but nothing too crazy
But this is gonna be one of those starts where you might see as a get on the mic for a tactical timeout going into next round
You want to brush away those frustrations some earlier moments in the tournament JKS very clearly tilting in spotted him and he's going back
the problem is you did a decent amount of damage just then with three kills but
now that you're on the quote-unquote eco it's for Deagle sure it's gonna be much
tougher to get a few kills just to soften up the finances so one or two kills if
like West can find this take happy with that great shot from Max that site
doesn't even get a chance he's not playing scared is he happily just welcoming
that fight m4 versus unarmed Deagle the other side of this that is a little bit
tough is if you're not getting the long spawns it limits the calls that Inza's
going to be able to make.
Is that first head-to-head you were highlighting while so versus Nettik and
he's won that first head-to-head story at least providing a trade though.
The chef just peppered in the way there so it's just story to see what he can find.
Still a minute on the clock, the bomb on his back, Luchov is coming his way.
Oh, hurt him. Yep, story knows he's here. Can't convert Luchov very well done.
Three kills for him in the round, five and two.
a score line and an AWP. Inns could drop it, but it looks like they're gonna stay rifle heavy.
Inns are selling back, okay nevermind. It looks like they're gonna work this out to bring the AWP into play.
It does mean they're slightly lighter on U2, but Story gets his AWP Mayhem the same.
Plus our best long spawn possible to shut things down.
Oops, fumbled movement from Mayan.
It's in the mid.
This is so aggressive from the AWP.
How is the parthing?
Is there going to be a flash from JKS?
Wolf-Xite.
Nope.
Dry.
Easy pickings for Mayan.
This is aggression.
The name of the game.
9Z again with this offensive defense.
They're here to disrupt.
Look at this.
The body language from JKS.
Right?
want to be seeing early it's something that he really needs to try and keep a
lid on but in best of ones it gets away from you damn quick and 90 plan for a
game yeah and that's it that they don't respect fly quest why would they
the fact that they're here they had to work hard
yeah there's a cap in must have just looked away this shot from Mayan will
give a second lease of life to Nettik.
And Wasso is pushing for the flank.
Looks like in some might be safe.
He's going to round that corner short in time.
But then get past DGT there in.
Yeah, it's going to have to be what, flash and go.
DGT is blind in the flames.
There's a chance here.
There's a chance for more.
Nettik, the first of the two V4.
Smoke behind them.
What's up with R2?
He is going to do so.
Nettik, what's your reaction to this?
Here's it, aims it, loses his teammate,
and Max picks it up as well.
Smoke break to close it down.
9z of 4th, Flakwester plant.
Non-stop pressure, right?
In the early round and then just the continued swings,
the long push, the break on the smoke that had everything.
And that's what happens when these kills come in so early.
So, in a way, I said I was expecting a timeout going into this first rifle round.
Well, maybe one going into the seconds,
because that bomb goes down, they get the cash injection,
the loss bonus is there and Flakwester can buy again.
But three kills with no resistance.
Nice trade from Max.
Time out.
You have to be cold.
They're gonna go for it. Okay.
Still buying nades at the airway out of spawn.
We've got a long corner smoke in the air and a couple of flashes.
Is Nettie gonna try and have a look and test?
Why so here?
We're on the edge of the smoke already.
The flash is perfect. It does facilitate an opening kill.
Long control gained.
They end the tension draw.
Ooh, that's a beamer!
Netic just blows the head off a man. They know what's gonna be a max is taking all the space over towards upper tunnels
Okay, DGT this off angle nails his first headshot on to vex. I just swinging through the smoke. It's a nice looking clumsy
the hectic
DGT actually an obstacle drop both of those a sub path
Already doing damage in stout to 50 another smoke break available these fights about it gets across with the bomb
Luchov concerned about that short leg. Little does he know. Three are on the ramp and one lingers long.
A pause. A cut of noise. A hoping for a reaction. Max is there behind Long.
He's hoping that that smoke will bait the push here from Max.
Luchov's handle of business though. Finds two clean headshots. There's back to back.
Two back JKS and Story with Max found they don't have to worry about the flank so much. It is only DGT
They've got 30 seconds of using that the entirety of the clock here fly quest
By cutting noise. He was so concerned about short
Smoke or fade should be clean for stories behind the car
Flyquests are on the board. Okay, so they get those long spawns
They use them to great success great stuff from netik and they get that round even though it did look clunky at points
Double smoking, you can tell the comms are not clean for FlyQuest by any stretch.
It was that second kill from Nettik I'd love to see, because he just put man in an early grave.
You think the Orpans are a favored fight there?
And the Luchov double as well, right?
Yeah.
You have resistance to make this one seem equal.
That's quite the shot from Nettik.
Nice shots.
Story, gonna use the long spawn.
It's the AWP.
They've tested Max before and he's passed with flying colours.
I don't think they're going to go any more, right?
When the Molly was up, maybe they were going to test last tick and see if they could put
pressure and find the pick, or just try and bait out that smoke either way.
That has been the realisation as the B block.
flight quest in place. Now working on the mid control. Door smoke and molly short. DGT
gravitating close to the smoke on the break. Story looks ready for this but it's... the
high-fulls. Not the orb, that's short man. He's back. Oh! Exposed for the break! The
Least Inns keeps him level. Finds DGT exposed. Mayans actually gonna drop off the short line.
Lurk's smoke's been thrown on B as well, so if I could stick that out mid-smoke.
Oh yeah, you can see over the top of it if Luchov's lucky, poof, poof, so can Story.
Okay, so you know Max is the B defender,
Hwasau, the long anchor, and Mayen, the AWPer.
You've taken down the two rotating pieces of Luchov and DGT,
but they're going into the stack on A, and Mayen has this line.
He can win the round on his own right here, right now.
He's set to succeed, however, the well-placed flashbang will get them the info.
25.
They have to be quick about this.
He's still got pressure from JKS on the short side. Mayans looking for him.
Through the flame. Easy pickings for Mayan.
Gets there in time for number two. Jiggle bait.
15.
Bulls the shot. Smoke on the cross. They've got to be quick about this.
Mayan can mantle up. Netic taking heavy. Flak from Waasau.
Inns is provided onto Mayan.
Oh, the bomb's loose. 7, 6, and that's round.
9z have taken a fifth.
The clock, the biggest enemy in that one from FlyQuest.
They just didn't have enough time once they got out long.
long. Okay this is starting to fall apart quickly now. Have enough money to justify
two AKs around the same AWP. There's that break, right? It was a bad smoke in the
first place. They were able to get a better in play.
So 5-1, yeah this is what needs to be reeled in.
As they're getting on the mic and we're already halfway through the first half, Bexite yet
to get going, who's the highest rate of player for them throughout stage one.
Currently sitting at 0 and 6.
Now he wasn't necessarily an entry force, but he was a multi-kill force and he brought
energy.
Hard to bring energy when you're not getting any kills.
And the first round of this game, he just got one tap by DGT because of a missed molotov.
And then on the first gun round, he gets AWPed in lower tunnels.
They didn't throw any U2 to deal with it, just dry.
They didn't even give themselves an opportunity to take that fight.
They didn't think that 9Z would operate with a play like that.
So this is looking smooth for 9Z so far.
They are 5 and 1 in the public kill department.
They're embodying that kind of counter strike, that style of counter strike,
where you play with that quote unquote disrespect that you call, you anticipated.
Look at the Utah they have for this round.
Fly quest.
There it goes.
There it goes.
Gosh, what are you supposed to get done with this?
I mean, I guess something quick and poppy.
No flashbangs for sure. Luchov's got an easy one. Hang on on the reload, baby.
Yep, supports arrived. Oh, it's a massacre.
FlyQuest. Six feet deep.
Yeah, might pack this one up early. I don't feel bad.
We're just at the early stages of it, but not liking what I'm seeing at all
at the moment from FlyQuest.
Nines here handling this one with poison, Grace.
Everybody contributing. Nobody missing.
Same cannot be said for FlyQuest and.
They didn't fully invest into that, next round they are going to get the 3400 loss bonus,
so it's not that this is just a throwaway round, but that was the plan of the back of
the timeout to run through the mid to B smoke.
This, that must be prep, right?
If we go back to the LNVG and Tyloo game and we see so much walking through smokes and
a lot of that, you go, okay, what's going on here, this just looks completely out of
the box.
That's the same as what's just happened now.
So in the prep, they've identified that there might be a weakness on the mid to B, but he
was there spam and they still walk through, so just way too easy so far.
as they look to retain the AWP on Story.
It's a long old save.
I think Nettik needs to die.
I think he's just been told.
Yeah, he needs to get this lost burner, so Story can retain.
He was just the bodyguard in the interim.
And there you go.
And there you go. Okay, well, mission accomplished.
Losing this orb after time would be catastrophic for Story.
He needs to get out of there.
He might!
Get out of there, Story.
That is absolute nightmare fuel.
That was 3400 loss coming into the next.
He gets nothing, 850 bucks.
So he can buy it to Eagle.
You can have no U2. You can't run a normal round.
They've been able to drop him some nades.
Why is he not like, crowd staring at the floor behind the car?
that they're not looking themselves to start today.
That's absolutely one of the worst-case scenarios for us.
He's been dropped with a scout.
It's something they can function in a similar fashion.
Double mid-smokes again.
Probably does land this time.
It's very quiet. There's no noise across the map. They now get a little announcement
with presence and more missed utility. The basics. Not looking that way for FlyQuest
to start.
And number one a stage two
The restraint on the util that's great for 90 as well
They still have a boat load couple of smokes couple of mollies were at the minute mark
Black Western not applying pressure across the map. They're not fighting long. They're not spamming up the tunnels
They're through a lurk smoke short mid to be smoke as well, but there's no real follow through
This is just gonna be a short explosion into three
Plus I even has a flash to assist his teammates as they start scaling into a
I
Doesn't hit the flick progress mate find the smoke netik one dgt still on the ramp though
So no they're irritating block smoke netik's gonna throw out break the dgt just stays hidden and now it's getting uncomfortable
25 yeah, they've got bodies here luchoff glass so everyone here clean headshot back netik want to luchoff
There's jks in down to be to you at 18 seconds boys. You see the frags or the plant
Can't disconnect it as JKS arriving late short with no time to win the round.
It's a scout, it's not the weapon, it's not, oh, he hit the first!
Hit the wall bang headshot, unable to find a follow up, clean trade, and another 9Z round.
Okay, well, Vexite is currently 0-4 in terms of opening deaths and is still yet to get
on the board with a frag.
What a stark contrast from the flight quest we've seen.
The one against Liquid, right, that was, they, they owned Liquid, it wasn't even close at
all.
And the one against Thunder down under was a little bit more of an expectation, but there's
levels to this, they're going fast long.
Okay, a bit of a paced jam.
They're not even landing the long smoke.
I, I go...
Yeah, I don't know what is going wrong here, something in the mental.
Oh no, oh no, ASO gets netted because the supporting flashes are there and if you want
You've got to get past the AWP. Vexite has provided his first kill.
It's onto the AWP. Does it have any ramifications? It doesn't feel likely.
Two guillols and a Desert Eagle.
Not many silver landings for Flyquest right now, but...
Look at how Wasso's playing this. He's got five HP, he's just stamping in the open.
He fancies himself an AWP. That makes sense on the low HP.
HP.
Love smokes for the cross.
Another one that can block.
They really want to burn it now that they have this open plate.
Sure.
Gonna drop it out.
Milk a little bit more time.
Max again with the upper tunnels push to make sure that isn't gonna be the plate towards
B.
Which of us combining with him to clamp down on middle.
They have to go A.
They don't know what's behind.
Lightquests have very limited options for this.
It's happening.
The half is very unlikely.
And around like this is gonna come next into the guns
Get to the best shot
Double smoke to avoid the break don't even have any H is left now they're done
Look at the time again.
Yeah, 1,000 seconds.
It just doesn't feel like it's possible.
Two bullets in that gun.
Deagle will have to do.
You have to plant.
You do have to plant, and now there's going to send the area to make it.
Oh, not impossible!
Oh, he can't plant.
He hit the shot with the Deagle.
I mean, it felt like round over anyway, but they are hitting a couple of bangers on the way out of the door.
He's hit himself in all.
Okay, there's something.
A silver lining.
We found one.
Eight to one.
This is just a...
I mean, you could not describe a better star to 9Z's major campaign than being on a comfortable map for you start CT side and you just throw a stage one team around the server.
As mentioned, this is one of the comfortable maps for FlyQuest, but we heard in the little vibe check with Seaco, when Max jumped out of the van that they focus on themselves.
So you wonder how much of this is even, Anty. It's just FlyQuest looking out of sorts.
Oh, and also, you know...
FlyQuest opted to go here, Alex. They banned Ancient. It could have been Ancient instead. They wanted Dust2.
But 9z have played a lot of dust too, you know, this is something that I remember seeing their CT aggression as we saw it over in Astana.
Is it past the point of no return?
If they get four, there's a conversation, but it just looks so sloppy.
An opening kill from Story would be a difference maker.
It doesn't even fire on a lot of these.
I guess he's waiting for the Mayan peak to go head to head, but he's not even attempting to get the tags.
And he knows that they cross close.
Look at JKS.
Max has got the info.
JKS has got it.
He's gonna go forward.
Window! Headshot! Provided!
Water transfer!
In the smoke! Adjust to Max!
That's B! That's gotta be round two!
A little bit of a hero manoeuvre from JKS just says,
Don't worry boys, I got this.
Their money's not great for Nines either,
they have a lot of U2 to give this one a go.
Okay, underhanded Nades not gonna land.
JKS is low back flat, he can be mullied out of position.
Okay.
Or HE.
Could find JKS with their Utah short.
They have another smoke on story for doors,
but it looks like it's going to be the save.
They're conceding. They understand the financial situation.
You got 100 bucks in the bank for the dead players,
Luchov and Max at the 100 for Luchov,
350 for Max.
That was such a difficult path for
JKS to walk a tightrope that he dances on.
It's one of those moves that you need your
extremity players to have.
He's looked for an Aggie peek and landed both kills.
It's been long from Nettig and B from JKS.
Flash in front of you and send the area behind you.
Smoke about to bloom.
Two players on your screen.
The smoke blooms and you hit a transfer.
I mean, I am in awe of how quickly and efficiently
he handled that one.
This is the difference as well.
Vexite with the energy that he brought
in the last two series.
I think that it's a good sign that someone's breaking out
of their shell and doing that.
But I was a very energetic player, too energetic.
It can cost you when things aren't going your way.
Vexite only has two kills.
So he's not the hammer anymore, right? He's the nail.
And at the moment, it feels like awful lot different, and that energy,
it's displaced across your team, right? No one's bringing it.
So can they salvage this? They win this, 90 have no money.
Ooh, and we've got an orb head to head.
This time, Story removing man with an opening kill from palm.
And on the warpath takes that short with the flash.
They should just execute that.
But the fact that you've just killed the orb up,
just executing it right now seems like the simplest solution.
But there's a fight coming their way towards short.
Luchov.
Things better.
I've got jumps away and we'll play a little bit more standard.
It's mostly just the Luchov orbs, you've got to get past.
And they have enough utils to go for a decent A execute.
Also a mid to B, as we can see would be very strong.
Max is actually playing ahead of that lurk smoke thrown out by J.K.
I think he might have blocked it and it's long pushed and blasts out.
Calling Sector Clear.
Huge okay could very well catch in if he sticks around here on Xbox. He's trying to throw the Chris cross and
The flank is coming in while so spots in easy pickings
Did you take him cross?
That's gonna open him up free him up to make the cross to lend a hand because he's gonna need help max just an MP
Seven foot to defend his side
He has a GT and don't need the door smoke if you're gonna take that fight
MP seven nearly found netik and while so onto story in the tunnels once not crossed
Oh, and Luchov's got the AWP on the line, he's trying to throw it across.
Swaso on to net, it's getting clumsy, it's getting hectic.
He's coming times, no one's looking!
1v1, Swaso denied!
The ace, he got four on the flank and it's JKS to save him.
Pfft, that one got damn chaotic there.
Swaso's long push.
An absolute master stroke.
I don't know, the silence, no one knew he was there.
Which is wild.
The silent assassin.
Okay, well they've managed to salvage at least three rounds.
Can they make it four?
They know 90 going in the final round is gonna have a broken bite great shot there
From story, but then Hwasao erupts. There's no smoke for the cross Jks having to hit some bangers
But look at this is cobbled together a deagle 5-7
They'll be rushing for the final round. It's just luchoff here. Oh, it's a good call
It's only got an MP9 just an MP9 versus 5 you'll tuck bricks in car. Oh my god
How's he got to?
How's he got to there?
Okay, you got the bomb down. You should still have an advantage even though they have the numbers.
They might want to come quick. They're going to set up a flash on man right now, but Tunnel's play from Max is miles away.
They do have a kit on DGT. Two smokes to block, one's gone up at Tunnels.
Four smoke fading shortly. It's a lurky one thrown out fading now.
Heavy comms. Nettie responsible for the window search.
Here they come, thanks for forcing him to an uncomfortable fight still, Max good forehand
looking good, the CT's on this compromise by just have to get past stories missed his
first chance, his last chance, 10 second defuse just to tire, he's got the kill on DGT, they
had everything they needed, perfect, work 9z with 9, true to their name, they're looking
It's a start off stage two with a quick one.
I
I
There's the flash, that's gonna catch Briggs out, they're gonna push off through, there we go, yes, we're up, there's Briggs with a straight up, there's Briggs out, no triple, I'm fine now, I'm not done yet.
Can you believe it?
I want to hear you guys.
It's fucking 9-3, we can easily come back on this, okay?
Yep.
You know, we know our CT Dust2 is good.
Right, but we need to start fucking believing.
We need to start, like, playing with some more energy,
more balls, and...
Balls and energy is what FlyQuest are lacking
coming into the second half.
Let's see what they can do on the pistol.
Story tries to take a fight.
We've got JKS, who is laying down the law.
That's two clean headshots.
Max just is willing to take this fire. Oh my god, Vexite. Vexite somehow is gonna lie.
How has he done that?
I think he was expecting his teammates to come through that smoke and help.
He said, hey, listen mate, you're on your own.
Max into 1v3.
Oh, it's somehow winnable.
It is. It is very winnable.
With the way the rounds have been going against FlyQuest and the missed utility,
the lack of comms and energy as a highlighting there.
Vexite, I like the play he's made, not into B.
Max might not even clear this.
this. He's absolutely done. I'm
dirty there. I can't believe he
doesn't go down. He's just
looking the wrong way with his
back turned to Max. It does put
his head, you know, kind of hard
to hit. But I can't know anyway.
He pulls away. So this is the
recipe to start coming back. And
I think when you looked at how
this half started for fly
quest, a lot of missed utility.
The comms definitely weren't
there. You deny the bomb going
down. It means that you're going
a pretty easy round or what should be a very easy round. We can see the level of
investment is just one flash and glocks. They're gonna try and explode out long.
It's in to Jake has to deal with this.
Something gonna wait out the smoke. I think it's gonna be tough if you're 9z to
try and ante the CT side of FlyQuest on this map. If people were paying
attention to their parving at half, their positions for FlyQuest have
changed in their last couple of dust twos. Flash Long, JKS Blind, tucking back,
playing it safe, we'll get the support of Inns. No smoke for the cross, this should
still be a farm fest. They didn't get an opportunity to explode on a straggler. So a
$200 investment and a move, but really it's gonna be tough to get much done. Just
allowing FlyQuest to siphon through what U2 they did have. It's just a handful of
smokes and a flash remaining. Very standard stuff on the EECs. And no rush, I think you've
been controlling the tempo of the game very nicely. The only player who, as far as the
scoreboard is concerned, is not up to snuff at the moment, is Mayen, just with five. And
that's the orb. So, maybe slightly concerning, but you have to see FlyQuest starting to bring
this one back to the backside. He would love a couple of eco-bash kills for the confidence
now. Blocks at range, and he throws down three JKS, combines and story finishes off as we
see ourself heading into the first rifle round of play. A glil for max, AKs for the
rest, U2 is gonna be light on for a few of the 9z individuals and their long
spawns not the best at all so they're not going to be able to just give this one
a go with pace it's gonna have to be something a little bit more standard.
Long corner smoke lined up from the chop to apply that pressure what's the
opener for fly quest. They're gonna be starting four strong towards A so expect
move here that might try and clamp down against the default. FlyQuest are feigning the long control.
Oh, mid with three. They're going to walk up on this.
This fancies his chances and nails it. It was M4 vs Galil. The dink was hit by Max.
No follow-up, no trade. They're going to try and punish towards B. Netic,
he's not playing side right now. They're going to walk through this smoke.
He's completely absent. He might be in the window as Waasso emerges from the smoke.
Nettix got so much work to do, underhands the flat of the smoke, gonna play around it,
Guasso caught with his Molotov out, Nettix does well, he's delaying, buying time, can he find another?
Solid as a rock, the anchor delivers a double, there's more where that came from, Baxa turned,
he might even find a third, heavy damage dealt to Mayan, not enough, and now a 9-5 with 4 on 1,
just DGT tucked on Briggs, I think Nettix done enough.
That's a huge hold for New Zealander there, under a lot of pressure considering the circumstance,
the aggressive play. You can't be strong everywhere if you're making a move like that. And DGT,
you can just salvage the plant, but I don't think they're going to allow it.
I thought it was going to get caught.
If he lobs the molly window, fake plant, they'll run indoors.
Oh, didn't you know JKS had his chance?
Like, West, they do pass the first.
Okay. So, just a slow start for the day, right? They definitely had to sleep in their eyes.
But this is starting to look more like it. Netic, he's had a massive hold here. He's
Look at look the x-ray couldn't tell the story any better of how much pressure the kids under the cover was still in the stable chat
Hey, they had it. They were asleep. All right. Well light by it for 9z now
No plant in this second half so far
In a long pop
Here comes extinguishing go test for JKS in the open in the back away
All the way out of there gets his little fight with waso
Tech 9 not great at that range. Look at Vex, like getting ambitious, but at first he gets...
Oh, a quick reaction shot onto DGT Sui.
That's job done, they're blocked long.
You've got the opening kill.
That should temper the threat.
Oh for sure, I think there, Jack has been open.
If he stays committed and continues to try and cross pit, he's in a world of hurt there.
It's a good decision to back off.
We will see Mayans all come in to play the next round, so that's where we will get the quote-unquote full buy-round of 90, but at this moment it should be a 9-7 scoreline.
Netic playing back of Plat. They don't have Deagle, so you would think he's good for two.
Backside cheating over with a re-smoke.
Well, time, they're gonna have to come through the grey screen.
Netic, tested, gets bullets to his head, now support.
Vexite does leave with two.
Clean from the two of them, that's Vexite.
Three Netic, two, five kills between the two of them.
Okay, and Vexite even got there to pick up that M4, so they're salvaging everything, making sure that the Famous gets tossed aside.
So second half so far a total of four kills for 9z but still it's been the pistol round
It's been one rifle round and then a full eco and a partial bind
This is the first full gun round and bit gets on the mic
South America represented in a lot of different ways in this 9z team. You're a quiet Argentina
Don't forget Chile and the coach being Brazilian
Covered all their base. Yeah, I wonder if this this shows my ignorance, but
Is Bitt speaking to them in English?
I have no idea.
Because they're probably the rest of them speaking Spanish?
Yeah, I presume they're...
Again.
Bilingual, trilingual?
That's a probably... got everything covered.
A couple of good long spawns this time round.
Looks like he might be setting up the boost... or Mayan.
He will, okay, right side.
I had to head the man will happily take story, just crouches into the line and we've already got an opening kill.
Vainberg 90, shoot them first, T side round.
Yeah, that's the risk of going for the mid-pick.
It plays both ways. So what response is there from Flyquest, right? You lose your AWPer immediately.
So if you're 90, at this point, if you're going for an A execute, you know that that AWPer is removed from play.
It can't pick you away as you cross that bridge.
I like what we're seeing from FlyQuest in the sense that, selling long, they're selling
B. Once this short play comes through, they might just clamp down middle together.
Nettik and Vexite fighting middle, Inns and JKS fighting short.
This time on the flash, but it doesn't cost them.
I think he's forced to extinguish.
Pushing back side.
This is outrageous!
Just runs down max and there's no cover from Luchov.
What is that?
Okay, swings back forward.
Forced by the flames.
IGT's made it move out long right now, so this is taking a lot of space and applying
a lot of pressure that like West, no, it's a possibility.
I sure, JKS tracks Luchov's swing.
It looks like Inz is going to be all cognizant of the possibility that he should have him
any day of the week.
That's the info, guess the headshot to 1-2.
Gap to work around.
JKS is the flashbang though.
Being audible and feels like JKS is just gonna try and catch a time through that smoke.
Netic flash of Util flash to the throne.
Swing on out.
He's overlooked him.
He's just in the open.
Oh, he couldn't spot him in time.
DGT finds the necessary frag.
Now up to Netic in the clutch.
He's got an AWP on one side and he's got the headshot to boot me.
And with impact start and close.
around 17. They're beautiful stuff. They're from man right under a bit of
pressure. They still have money for the buy. I don't think we'll see story going
for that again. Az is gonna take another time out. This is before it all gets
away from them. After the buys, couple of players under that 2k mark.
Second. Yeah, I think again it's just stabilizing before the cash goes away
right because at that point if they lose this it's gonna be 11 rounds of
against them at that point, lost bonus not there,
and the game will just slide away.
So whether it's, hey boys, if we are losing the scenario,
let's go for the saves.
I like the move to draw it back.
I thought that was good,
but this was that positional play from DGT that catches them.
JKS coming through and not clearing, right?
That was the difference maker right there.
So,
Same boost middle. Man, just spotting for lower tunnels this time.
Backside. Do I need to make this move?
No, no, no. Twice now. They've walked into this AWP and given away openers.
Yeah, back to backgrounds.
Backside down.
Like, that's a stomaching and early disadvantage.
Already, we got some pressure on the short side.
Lucha, this is a huge play. Look at him go.
Yeah, this is free kill.
He's just looking the wrong way. Oh, ducks down.
What?!
Neo in the matrix just bullet time dodges the shot.
Oh, I like this adjustment as well.
There's no way you're expecting a boost over the top of the smoke.
Mayhem has caught story, though.
And that rival AWP head to head.
DGT is anticipating something on the face.
Yeah, sure. Surely got into it.
Yeah, especially if you walk into the smoke like that.
Easy pickings.
JKS doesn't choose to spam.
Hope for that element.
Surprise, but now it's fall onto JKS.
And in quick succession, he finds two equalizes.
Hwaso is the unknown entity. Look at the minimap. Death in middle.
Now, Hwaso vs. JKS and Abala Witz.
Forroed brown and full focus for Hwaso.
He's gonna get a plant on B for free. JKS currently does not have a kit.
He's there once to scoop up on his way. As you mentioned, all those bodies.
There's one highlighted just in front of his nose.
He's going to get the sound cue of that bomb going down.
And then he's on the 42nd timer.
There's the kit.
Can he find the frag?
Just getting you till this is burning time against him here.
It's a molly and a flash.
He'd send you.
He could prove useful.
Masa has elected to play big box if JKS was to try and force that fight.
He's going to make Masa a little more uncomfortable.
The flash gets the info.
JKS steps up.
That's the impact.
That's a clutch, and he does what he's designed to do.
Okay, that is not an easy round to win.
When the bomb goes down the other side,
and you have no idea where the player can be,
Blasso had the same problem.
He didn't know where JK has got off to,
so after he plants, he doesn't want to move too far away
in case he gets caught in transition.
This is insane.
I have no idea how Inz has won this fight.
He's caught completely off guard.
And you see, we weren't even on action,
but FlyQuest keep overpeaking and giving away fights.
In two consecutive rounds, they've just walked into the AWP.
There, they continued to swing into the orb
After they drew it back, if they win this one, they can just make it a one-round game.
Will they concede an opening kill? Again.
I think, fortunately, if their man does have an AWP.
Yeah, that's a good point.
Story does, though, and he's gonna go sweeping through middle.
Let's respect Molotov.
Going through their protocols for some space.
Looks like they're lining up amidst a B.
That makes sense with the Maktan on max.
A little bit lighter weaponry, they're just feigning default control, but you can see
bombing up the tunnels, it's Nettik on his own, and he's already survived in one of these.
To ask him to do it again is asking a lot from the young New Zealander.
What's his reaction to the lurk smoke classic, send the area behind it, just gonna delay.
I like the Vexite boost, but who's gonna cross to help Nettik?
No one's gonna get there in time.
Lucho's cutting your rotations, Nettik's dumped his Util, he doesn't have that smoke
Play around like last time.
Netic under so much pressure. Wow, gets it despite the blind.
Exite, empty hands. Netic, oh my god, if he gets another, slips off the bricks.
That's gotta be round. The B-side lost.
In's gonna get flanked if he's not careful.
There's JKS finding Bluechop. That'll open him up.
That frees them up to at least close the gap towards the site.
So that's our free take, especially the story takes in this orb.
If he gets into a rifle shore, I've got you two, a couple of mollies to work with.
Kids in play.
Here comes that bush.
And it's a little next-hand shot, finding the follow-up as well through the doors.
It's way too easy.
Story will retreat to save the AWP.
That will be 9-Z's 11th.
Now, Lost Bonus, only 1,400 story.
You need to hold on to this.
You've already had one absolute mare of losing up after time on the T side
and getting no Lost Bonus.
losing what is going to be your biggest weapon into the next.
We're not going to come his way, he's going to be all good in the hood, but it looks like
he wanted to try and do some damage in lower tunnels.
That shows you that FlyQuest had the wrong read on the situation.
The boost from Vexai, sure, but that's him still hedging towards A with that setup.
Nettik, the fact he gets one under so much pressure, he's trying to delay, trying to
do what he can.
Vexai, running through the smoke, I'm not sure if he slipped off the boost or not.
Break from main as well, turning the first flash.
This is where those arrows in the first half come home to roost for flyquests, right?
Only three rounds when it could have been a couple of more, especially if they were
landing U2 and just hitting the basics.
You can't rock up late in a best of one.
You lose both pistols and a clutch.
Well, that hasn't been the case in this one.
You've won some clutches.
You've won a pistol.
It's more your arrows with U2 and the basics and the attitude that was on display in that
first half of play.
other stage one with a win in their opening game, then that's where the loss is kicked in.
Long spawn for Max, looks like he wants to take it, but this is it. FlyQuest lose this,
that's 12 for 9z and they get 1900 to force again into the final round of play.
He's down to this. Max strafing on out, just an MP9, JKS on the back,
pair the long range MP9 headshot, don't know how he's hit that.
And now Story picking off another, he's just got caught the player DGT,
Lower tongue.
He still has full nades, he can break this smoke.
The extra mantle up instead.
Throw down the smoke break, point me open, but not across.
Dangerous game being played.
Distinguished Gandalf, try and play around that smoke.
You have the two-man advantage.
Sorry, he's mulled it off.
The pressure is on Luchov, man.
Smoke short, bombs should be going down uncontested.
Exile started to make his move though.
If he walks the smoke, Luchov's ready.
Mayans already found Netic, hang on a second, a 2 vs 4 starting to take shape. Mayan another, handing out haircuts, becomes the 1v1,
Inks holds his ground, that was necessary!
Another close one there, we saw on day one of stage one against Sinners,
FlyQuest fumble scenarios on Ancient where they had big man advantages in post-plantal retakes,
and that one there felt like it was going to be another added to the list.
So a lot of damage done in that round.
If it wasn't for Inns, that's 12.
Inns can, well, he's picked up the AWP so he can drop that by himself a rifle.
A few of them are going to be touching, guys, so we might see MP9s or Phamuses come in.
And on the other side for 90, they're also walking a little bit wonky.
It's not full AKs.
This is a great camp to show you just how much chaos there is in the situation.
Those smokes, the uncertainty.
The final fight from Inns.
That's a tough one to win.
Vex out, let's out of Rourke.
Alright, never mind.
They have been able to get M4s across the board.
They've got one kit, though.
So if we get into a post pipe, we're going long again.
Okay, first you don't succeed, try again.
This is where you need the response. Nines in the first half took out the tunnels.
This is coming very, very quick. Look at Luchov, he's just looking for a fight.
Yeah, here he is on the path.
Naden has.
Destruction, JKS, sitting dark for Luchov.
Beautiful opening kill, fast parving.
Story disconnected, unable to lend a hand, will have to pivot short, worried about course, then he mid-lurks, but it is a five-man unit in long.
I think FlyQuest are already considering a save.
Understandably.
And they might lose everything though because of this Luchov play.
He's already confirmed nothing CT and nothing close short.
I would allow one or two players to hunt right now if I'm maxed.
Because the amount of damage you can do by taking away two guns with only 1400 loss coming
into the next outweighs you having to buy Galils again.
I think they should definitely have a look for something.
Just making sure it's secure and yes it is.
It's so simple yet so effective.
Just that speed walk from Luchov.
And J.K.Hass has done a good job in a lot of these long plays
and at least getting the opening dent.
This time just caught off guard by the pace.
He just contacted up.
He wasn't expecting that.
And Luchov took the round into his own hands right there.
So very well done from the young man.
Man, we highlighted him as we came into the second half of play
with only four or five kills to his name.
He has been instrumental with multi-kills on the AWP.
He's managed to get himself up to 14.
We'll see it again.
Yeah.
JKS is still out.
I like blocking long minute 33 dead.
Brutal.
JKS has given just an MP9.
Everyone else has retained full Nades,
kits, everything that hope for.
So three consecutive required for
FlyQuest to take this to overtime.
Speedplay.
Last tick potentially.
That tick again with a lot of responsibility here.
How does he react?
Turns tail.
Hits the headshot again onto Hwa Sao.
He's got support as well on the way.
Story in the window.
Fire enough shots trying to go for an event.
Shouldn't he miss the Molly?
He could have peeked, but instead goes back.
Might break on the doors, but he's here in.
Inns goes down.
down max has found him through the smoke jk's quick through tunnel sip bomb hasn't been planted so
they've responded to this swiftly it's a 300 to mp9 at range they're not going to be easy fights
not at all they need the utile of vexite and story to facilitate this another block on the doors
smoke on the bricks not going to really affect them too much may end in this hour off anger
they seem to have a favor for jk's has to play last here comes the utile here comes to go jks
is on his way. That's a turn. DGT is not looking. JKS won. He needs to find all of them. He needs to
find all of them. There's no charge. That's game. Nizi start as they mean to go on here at the Major.
FlyQuest fumbles in the first half, haunt them into the second. It gets close. It's just a cosmetic
comeback after all. Yeah, it's just a sleepy start when you take a look at some of those mistakes
and their unforced errors. U2 not landing. Com's not looking on point and Nizi, the opposite.
These boys were looking sharp. First shots being hit and they were looking like they've been here
all week long, but in questions right, Astana was good, State Ranked was not, but coming
into the Major and if that's the one, Dust2, and they've been able to take home the win.
There'll be another game later today, it's going to be the 1-0 bucket.
We've got games run simultaneously on the A and B streams all day long, but FlyQuest
thrown down into 0-1s, they're going to have to shake this one off, that's not the start
that they were looking for.
Again, Mayen in the second half, very nice turnaround from him, and good impact too, the
He's getting multi-kills with the rifle doing a good job with the AWP finding pigs
That's one of those names that definitely gets a little bit of scrutiny in his 9z jersey. Yeah, but I mean look at the kill spread
I mean Luchov may indeed to see why so one within one killing each other sure Max and you know
He's calling the shots. He was a little further down on 12
But incredible team effort is exactly what you want to see, you know, not some sort of hero performance
I will say if you did get a little glimpse of what Luchov is capable of with some of those impact rounds towards the end there
But Mayhem as you highlighted a slow first half
turned it around on the attack.
They're going to have to prepare for their opponent later today,
but it's going to be a while before they find out who that is.
That's on both sides of the server.
I think for 9z to be able to kick the campaign off with a win
when you're one of the Stage 2 teams coming in and you're rusty to the setup,
but you're not familiar with the environment,
FlyQuest have been playing every day of the tournament so far,
and these two also had no head-to-head.
So that's a prize fact that you could have definitely put in FlyQuest's corner
after they've thundered down under a liquid 2-0's.
9z, their last result was a loss to Faze.
So then coming in, I think the problem is, for FlyQuest, they know it was close.
I understand it was a comeback in this second half to make it possible,
but just some shaky moments in the first.
We're gonna go here from the winners now, Max, standing by.
With the 1-0.
So, 9-Z, side-off relief, I think, so with the 1-0 start.
Can you walk us a little bit through the game?
Because I want to talk about, you know, especially the T side,
when you felt like you told me in a pre-match interview
that you're focusing on yourself, not too much on the enemies.
But I felt like you were kind of, like, anti-strattling them with all the long takes and the B-POPs and Netic was all the time alone on B, so can you walk us a little bit through that?
Yeah, we knew that when we have a force buy, they like to play on mid, like on short and close mid and on cave, so we focus on play on the large and B, and yeah, it works.
I want to ask you because it started very very good for you
But then it got a little bit closer and especially like there was JKS 1v3
Did it a little bit?
It was a little bit painful for your comoman for your mental or did you feel like you shake it off really well?
And you just keep going because I think you guys were smiling throughout the whole game
Yeah, because we talk about that like when we lost around that we don't
And we should win, we don't discuss on the round, we just keep going, focus on the next
round and that works for us.
Max, this is exactly what the doctor ordered, starting with the 1-0 and it's an annoying
opponent obviously, so can you give us a little bit of a backstage insight of what is Nainzi
going to do now, ahead of the next game?
Are you going to be watching all the games because you don't know the opponent?
No, no, no, no. Now we are going to rest a little bit, eat, because we didn't get the lounge.
And after that, maybe see a little bit matches and see which one is going to be the next opponent.
We will see you today one more time on the Serra. First of all, congratulations.
Welcome to Cologne one more time with the winning streak starting on, hopefully.
And we will see you later on today, but now we have to go to the break.
I
gladiators in your opinion. I will just quickly go here. So it didn't go that well. Did you
see there those games and what are your opinions on that?
Yeah, was not good to watch, to be honest, but they know it. But I think it's hard to
say because we from outside it's so difficult to give some opinion. But yeah, I don't know
about the focus on the game and all the work they put. But I think right now it's another time,
you know, if you want to go through any stage you have to work a lot and do like your life. And I
mean, I think they were not prepared to go through. It definitely felt like it. But I ask all the time
when teams arrived that if they got surprised by someone in the Stage 1 so I will spin that question
who disappointed you the most in Stage 1? Apart from Gaming Glideaters.
Liquid maybe. They're still having a chance by the way as we talked to go through to the Stage 2
but the way they play you expect way more from them? Yeah way more. I think not just about the
name after the organization but also the place that they have so yeah I mean thank you for being
honest because a lot of players would dodge that question but you don't you're man of your words
never honest opinion okay okay I did not expect that who the hell expected that so pain without
pressure without pressure no pressure okay another one okay we're looking at the team spirit into
Do you think that these two are the best teams of Stage 2?
Yes, of course. Of course.
G2.
Yeah.
FUT.
A lot of rookies on that team.
Don't you think it's pretty dangerous to put them here?
Yeah, maybe dangerous, but they play a really good counter-strike.
We played against them in Atlanta and it was a very hard game, bro.
Legacy, of course.
Our Brazilian brothers?
Yeah, of course. We have to support our Brazilian friends, bro.
9z.
Okay, 9z. They don't have the hottest form lately, but you still believe that they're going to be making it through?
Yeah, of course. I think they were playing some good counter-strike.
Maybe I was watching Astana, sorry.
And they played really good against good teams, and I think they will make it, should they stay strict.
I think Astralis will.
Astralis will make it. Did you practice them while you were here in Europe?
Europe? Yes. Okay, but what if teams, no, it can't happen. But if it happens, if you're
matching each other in one zero game, who is going to go three zero? I will put legacy.
Okay, so I think game religion, I'm playing a good counter strike right now and Betj
Boon also, they play really good CS, but I will go with Brazil, bro. Brazil again, MIBR.
This is a real patriot, you really believe in your comrades.
Of course, bro, Cologne, last Cologne I think, and the last major of Cologne was SKG, they
changed us, right?
And yeah, Brazil have their way.
Any of these teams do you feel like they could go 0-3?
Because these are obviously from these.
All the Stage 1 teams, and Monta got actually invited into Stage 2 directly, what are your
thoughts on them?
It's very difficult to say about 0-3, but if I would choose one team, probably multi.
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, there you go.
I mean, it's unfortunate, but someone has to go 0-3.
I'm not going to pick your brains too much on 2-3 and 1-3.
That is way too difficult, and that's why in Counter-Strike, it's not happening like
that.
But are you generally happy with what you're seeing?
Obviously, we have legacy potentially in a 3-0 bracket.
3-1-3-2. Are you happy with this? Yeah, I think he did a good job. Probably the
old three will come from that. Okay, that makes complete sense.
Thank you, Snow. Any last words on this? Are you ready for the stage to begin?
Yeah, of course. I'm very happy to be here. I'm very happy to play a major in Cologne
and I'm happy with my picking also.
Hello, Kuzera. Quick word with you. Welcome, first of all, to the Major.
Tyloo, ahead of you, which I believe you beat at their home solo at CAC just recently.
Are you happy with the draw that you're getting?
Yeah, I think that's a good intro to your stature, the major.
They recovered in stage 1 from 0-2 deficit.
You probably watched their path.
Are you even surprised they made it to the stage 2,
or do you think that they are playing that well,
that they deserve to be here?
There were a lot of rumors and a lot of talks about their performances,
but they're here, and what's your thoughts on them?
Of course they deserve it.
They are a pretty good team.
I think they have good players. They have a different playstyle from other teams.
It's not exactly the same. It's a lot of strats, but for me they are a very good team,
they are very strong, and the AM is sharp, so sometimes it's difficult to shoot against them,
but let's see, let's see. Especially tough in best of ones, right, where tactical aspects
goes to the side a little bit and the individuals can overpower. I want to scope out a little bit
and ask you about integration of Safi into the team, obviously. He mentioned a couple of times
to me that he's doing a lot of mistakes that cost you the rounds and sometimes matches.
Obviously, you're integrating him for quite some time now, but do you feel like
this pain is better with him or with NQZ? How's the dynamic working there from your POV as an
Nigel? Yeah, for me it's better because he's not the kind of player I just play for individual
ratings or stats, you know. He just wants to win and I think it's a kind of mindset that
we want in the upper, you know. Once again, Big 0. Welcome to IAM Cologne. First match is about to
start. I don't want to take any of your time from the warm-up. I will see you on the scene.
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Well, checks and so it is.
The Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major and now we're getting into the real meat and potatoes of it.
Stage 2, pain rocking up. Let me see how their opening affair goes.
There's been some highs for sure, definitely a team to keep your eyes upon and then they're clashing with Tyloo.
That's not the headline for me, it's this NQZ safe scenario. Obviously we know that the safe is here to play with the squad.
We don't know what's going to happen with the future of NQZ, but what that means is they've only played 19 official maps together.
So it's not an awful lot of tape, it's also not a lot of official practice, but
sure, there will have been a lot of practice.
These boys getting some practice in right in front of our very eyes, from 0-2 to Stage 2.
You're going to see if Tyloo can continue to build upon that form.
0, Major Rookie.
Like what we've been seeing from this man on our screen right here.
1-0, 2-0, and 2-0.
2-0, Alex in that first take.
2-0, Alex in the first take.
2-0, closed it down.
I think he even qualified with it with an ace.
Yes, not Inferno, for sure.
It's a three-match win streak, right?
Maybe they went down 0-2 and then they turned it around best of three merchants. We call them. Okay, so what happens now?
Another best of one. No, you just lost to you recently. Yeah, that's the biggest issue right is the head-to-head pain
They have at least the leg up there
CAC, but I
Think use some of the same qualifiers
We just had in the conversation with the flight post versus 19 again
That'll be the case all day long with the teams who have qualified from stage one to stage two and the teams who are coming in a little bit
Rust, yeah. So, Tyloo should have the edge in terms of comfortability on the environment.
And Payne again, like the lack of officials with SAFE will see how much that comes back to haunt them here today.
I do like watching SAFE play, though. He feels like a very safe pair of...
I wasn't pun absolutely not intended, but he is a safe pair of hands.
Feels like he's gonna hit the ones he has to.
Yeah, his rating compared to NQZ's, not as high, but at the same time it is a smaller sample size.
Yeah.
It maybe that should actually work in his favor right if you think smaller sample size
But either way right plugging into a team right you're having to learn an awful lot and we'll see what they can bring to the table today
With these two rosters squaring up because we have the matchup from not that long ago
We hit we have an idea on the map pool so seeing this pop up on the screen right now
It shows you guys what the bands are gonna be Tyler
We're gonna remove dust to an ancient to go out from pain
And if you look at that last matchup the way that the Vito went it saw
Mirage being picked from Tyler new coming into the choice of pain and then overpass in the third and decider
I don't foresee it going to overpass again. It would seem unlikely
For the battlefield to be there. I'm thinking that it's it's going to be more of a mirage territory
You don't want to let Tyler play in Ferna ready. So that's going to go out of the map pool the pain I
I think because of that result on Mirage last time, I'm happy to play there again.
But I think for Tyloo, that's not traditionally how well they perform, right?
I think we can get a little bit more out of Tyloo on that very map.
Also safe to assume that, you know, you've got recent game experience on that map versus...
Is Mirage? Okay, so Mirage is going to be our battleground, but you've already seen the tape,
you know, you probably scrub through that demo, seen some shortcomings, seen some of the approach
the pain are going to be utilizing here. You know, I highly doubt the pain are going to be
able to completely reinvent the wheel. It's interesting the pain the ones who
have removed overpass in this situation I think that maybe there's a scenario of
which side would they be starting on or should I invest in one. Either way we're
being Nuke and Mirage the two maps that started off last head-to-heads Vito.
We have to take a look here at the parthing of these teams and what to
expect in the first 30 seconds of their rifle rounds. We had a very odd game
from Tyloo versus Linnvision and it wasn't odd because of Tyloo it was odd
because of lin vision. It felt like they over prepped and they were in their head
and they were making some decisions that looked awfully baffling from our side of the fence.
If you sit there and you go they're looking at the tendencies and how much they played against
one another, it could play in a little bit more but some of the plays just felt inexplicable.
Took a word for it. I think we're going to get that flavor out of Tyler because they back their
individuals an awful lot right and there's no reason that's going to stop right now and the
and the fact that they're warmed into this scenario,
they also get to set the tone by starting on the T side.
So we'll see what type of pace they want to operate with.
It's the CT side where safe getting plugged in as the AWP,
nothing changes for your extremity players
or your connector or your short player.
It's all very similar, right?
The AWP is going to get up to the same antics
regardless if it's NQZ or safe.
Which does, I imagine, accelerate your integration, right?
it's not going to feel as much of an obstacle to overcome.
I think that the question mark is what type of fights does NQZ like going for that safe does
and advice versa because that's what you need to try and facilitate.
There might be one that NQZ like to take that allows you as a rifle to get away with a certain play
that maybe now you can't. You see a VSM on our screens, he's seen the short play out.
There he is. Here we go, he's safe. So they haven't got too much tape together, they've only played
this map twice. As I said, 19 officials, so only two mirages. So not really too much to be able to
glean from this. One of the coolest names in Counter-Strike, Rodrigo. Well, you think you should
change the alias to Rodrigo? We need a Rodrigo. Hey, Rodrigo. Big is there. He's got nothing on Rob.
But yeah, we've got of course the young gun Snow. Somehow he's a beacon of sunlight, isn't he?
This is when you hear him talking, he could light up a room, enthusiastic, young man.
Absolutely, and fourth major, I mean fair play, he's been farming.
He's been ticking along very nicely.
Piria is a player that I think we need to keep our eyes on.
Probably him, he's going to have to do his B anchor.
But this man, he's got some sharp paint, good output, but let's get things underway.
You know what that music means.
The best of one for the day on the B stream.
TG side start with paint.
And just to reiterate, last time, very recently, last month, they played Mirage with 35 in their best of three.
Payne winning that one convincingly. Chad doesn't seem to believe that it's going to be a similar result as far as such a dominant win for Payne.
Likely, Tyloo going to be coming in hot.
Three best of threes off the trot to secure stage two. Now back to the best of ones, though.
This is a 50-50 for me.
Okay.
Based off the fact that Tyloo have had the reps in here throughout stage one and Payne coming in cold.
And I've thrown that head to head, not out the window.
that uh...
might be chubbler in small
two players
uh... lost
yet
with happiness is snow
it's been ten years since there was a major in color
it's a nice opening spot to snow
action down yet heart shots to hit just about face finds the head shots it's a
Brawl and Tyler Blur coming out on top. It gets weird for Zero now with the bomb down
But he doesn't want to try and take a 1v2 on his own Mercury scampering over to Blender
Hand and a headshot from Zero. He doesn't need any help
Just safe up against the world. He's been thrashing from every angle. That was track a new headshot
It would be the ace from safe. This new pick up tonight by Gaggong. 13 HP in it. It's safe it feels unlucky.
Oh, golden opportunity for a real fire starter in the pistol. Wow. That just turns into an absolute brawl
More of that please what a battle that was okay. I can't believe they're taking the fight to aim is like tyloo
That's a shot. Gee. It was not an easy one as well. He's got USBs chasing him down long-range clock edge
Incredible shooting from the USP jam young that does save time
Oh fuckers!
He's hit him with the bow!
Well, G and Snow, the two of them.
Solar panels of the Counter-Strike world.
Look at what those kills from SAFE is allowed.
BiggieZero gets an M4. Thanks to that.
We love a selfless king.
So, hooking up there.
You can go later and con play up.
Probe towards middle from Tyloo.
Now looking to dart back into an A finish with the Bomb Mercury.
Just juggling some utile.
Playing retake, hey, it saves over to Ward's ticket, so nobody borrowed in sandwich or balcony or site.
So the A execute should be very strong, unless Biggizerra can play ahead of the Util.
And Snow's calling mid-clear, so Biggizerra might start to path back to assist, safe.
Here he has just smoked off towards Palace.
Does that change the timing of this execute?
I think he's just his window smack.
That's the execute.
Safe and unarmed as an eagle.
It's not the weapon you want.
Salad V from Barge, G provides the opening.
That M4 gets absolutely nothing.
Nice from safe still.
Find some output.
The OZ like bigger zero really needs to get more.
I'm gonna have a damage here.
Yeah, they-
The flank, the flank, the flash!
Nooo! Get some both, Imperia and Unison!
Onto zero, suddenly looking good for pain!
A second round, fourth by one kill away!
You've got to get past Yum Yum!
And that's easier said than done!
Around the corner!
Oh!
Quick into snow!
Ooh!
Snow does it all, did that flash?
Bro, he took his sweet old time, didn't he?
But two of them just clustered around Tetris with absolutely no idea.
That is an insane round to win, especially with how close that pistol got.
Snow!
Crazy!
Jam Young knew he could have won that as well.
He dodges the spam, steps out, and Snow still gets him done.
What a start to this map.
Yeah, what a start.
I see on the radar, two players parting back, someone's going to look at Snow, but it's
that flash that couldn't have been better timed for the kid.
It's just, I mean, you couldn't believe it, you're round the corner, you've got two
tees, not looking at you blind.
I mean, he closes it down versus Jam Young.
Okay, well, they're gonna force by back the other way to high loot. I mean, don't forget came down to a 1v1 of the pistol
It's not like they've got extra cash
Safe does though
WP round three swing in middle period. Maybe not anticipate such early progressions. Can yeah jam young's now revealed period exposed head
Now pressure from Mercury as well. This is up for debate
I'm back from G's D. It's no BSM. I do well
Well, locking it down, down goes BS7.
Yeah, he's done well with the Tech 9 as well.
So, your bomb's planted.
It's a 2 on 2.
Safe is begging them to overextend CT.
And he gets what he wanted.
A second, perhaps.
Zero denies.
A missed shot from the AWP puts it all onto Peria.
Zero's anticipated this perfectly.
Cross has not on the money, but he controls it perfectly.
Start to this game.
Back and forth, tit for tat.
AWP falls into Tyloo's hands.
OK, this is an electric start.
This is what you want to see, a best of one counter strike.
Tyler, out the gates there, they do a top cat smoke
so they can par through it to get close con.
They've done the deep con smoke out of spawn,
and they're immediately taking that fight.
So Jam Young, straight in their face,
I don't know how Mercury gets a kill on short,
and this is G's, Diggle kill onto A.
I believe they had a bit of pressure.
Seeing Zero in the clutch, I want to remind people,
nobody even knew this guy's name before 2026.
Major rookie and clutching on the big stage.
They've been packed throughout.
He got them to stage 2. Now he's going to try and put them further.
And he's noted the push. He was just motormouthed right there.
They found that they pushed 2 into Palace. He's just going to back off completely.
The rest of his team are not there for support. They're taking mid control.
They're looking for underpass control.
And Snow continues to push.
Could be an easy pick. Look at the angle you're on.
That's enough from Snow.
His position and whereabouts noted.
Is there a reaction? It seems like...
Snow and Vario will completely back away back onto site, mid-util dropped.
If Tyler wanna go back to A, which it appears they do, you will have to consider the idea of somebody in Palace the entire time.
So if you are able to get out to Tetris, someone will need to stay there, or you're gonna need to smoke or molly it off while you plant.
Because it would be strange for Pain, even though they were noted, to give up such strong territory.
And that's what's facilitated them to cheat a couple of extra numbers over towards B in the intro. Here they come.
You have to know this is a possibility.
I hope the center's smoke could be there.
Gee, is that his belt rung by Perius M4?
He mullied it off, but they haven't planted your shit's smoke.
He's not looking at Activate, he's playing late.
CT centric, G likely to pick up an easy frag here.
Despite that low HP.
Scoped in and ready.
You tell my catch him.
Sendio makes life awkward for Jamia.
Forcefully low-take, doesn't hit the first shot on that AWP.
So, Mosey is there onto VSM.
Now Snow's starting to creep, starting to crawl.
It's not the perfect weapon, but he's put lots of damage down range.
Good tracking.
G. Mercury getting the job done, but look at their health.
There's just no time for safe to win this.
And walks on into his demise. Mosey with impact frags.
As soon as the bomb goes down there, they can play it as that sixth man.
And that was well-handled from Tyloo.
They took a lot of casualties short, but they know that pain now will have to stomach an eco.
So, Tyloo 3-1 should very quickly become 4-1 in the score department.
We had an action pack up in the rounds.
You see, they just restricts the possibility for the rotation through Connect-Up, as well as Jungle.
The bomb is planted open, so unless there's a smoke on the bomb, it's not going to cause too much chaos.
It keeps many alive if you're Tylooing around like this, whereas the pain, hoping to soften them up,
keep the cash low as the Deagle shot whistles by a big user up.
Opening death as the rest are just on these USPs
Torhenar G win an insane USP round yesterday against big which in hindsight
Maybe it would have been better if they had just lost in two
Big is there a third opening death within the early stages when you do have your in-game leader as the con player
He doesn't fall into the category of one of these in-game leaders who lacks hands
We know the big is there a can shoot so I don't expect him to keep giving away these opening deaths
So I think that's gonna change but they don't have a single opening kill within the fire ground to play so far
The guns come out into the next I think that's that may very well change
So clean stuff from Tyloo and just simple be execute
Polatov's help alleviate the pressure of all these nasty angles against the pistol upgrades
As we can see what's just the dig on high shot from Peria
giving an opportunity for another one there G walks on in Mercury he can just
hold this line and they can look to exit elsewhere but Mozia or zero they're
gonna have to make the space for G to get out so they want to try it through
market they want to try and pipe through short you do want to hold on to these
guns you don't want to give anything else over
don't have to stand and fight this now and we'll win the duel should be able to
find that gun and get out of there, happen to murder hold, zero, protect the president
of the AWP and that'll be that, just snow surviving, no tree goes down with the ship
and as it takes down snow over towards A, so job done, four one and now we get the buy.
Safe can glass cannon and he will.
So immediately invested upon he had 4.9k, gives himself a 9.5 excuse me, he gets himself
flash and the orb. No defuse kit for pain and ricks on the mic with the tactical timeout.
One of the problems if you get into a force by war early, especially on the CT side,
and you don't come out on top, because it does have some really big flaw in effects to the
finances, it's unfolded perfectly for everybody to see in this game, right? You are going to
chase the dragon of the force by wars, okay? You are able to win back in a second,
And you lose the third, well of course we're forced by it, we want to win out this war
of attrition financially, but if you lose it, it means that even your first rifle round
is imperfect and it limits your opportunities and options and I think that's why Riggs wants
to get on the bike now to make sure that they have a very good game plan and how they want
to approach round number six.
Yeah, the economy of your Util, every need calculated, can't be throwing anything willy-nilly.
I think it's normally meant to land a little bit shallower on the mid ramp so you can still
parve behind it somewhat.
I think that when you do that you also want to try and take a fight towards window so
So I do think it was a missed top cat smoke.
I doubt this, they get this mid control.
Con smoke, window, molly.
Underpass waiting for HEs in response.
Oh, they're going up. Sure. Bees open. Bees open.
Wide open. Wide open. Just around the corner in time.
Bigazera's going to scamper over towards the mark.
If that's the bomb now lost, an important fight from Peria.
Now, back turn, Mercury finds.
I think they're away now. They can pivot.
25 seconds.
What's the go? What's the go?
Snow's going to be starting to hear this.
They're in jungle.
Might be a little bit late.
Jamion gets a cross.
Just about 18 points of health.
Jamion's safe passage for the bomb.
Has to plan safe.
Mercury CT.
Yes, I'm coming from the ramp. That is an important vantage point
And because there is who we've taken the head to head dual jamming goes down just trying to cross
Comfortable for Mercury three versus one. Okay
Because there has got that flank if they can keep his attention drawn. Yeah, he's not even considering it
So pain will find their second round off the back of big who's there at three
His period is killer as well. Okay getting that bomb loose on G led to a pivot. It was a funky one
Well, I don't know if they're gonna get to retain this AWP. They're trying to scoop it up
I don't know if they're gonna get there in time. They're a little bit late to that
Oh, they get that kill nobody started darting for the AWP immediately. So that's unfortunate from pain
They they should have been on that a little bit more. They had a 10-second defuse
I think they were just making sure they guaranteed the round
They do have the AKs at least carried over but safe is gonna have to get dropped something here
Yeah, maybe safe not quite as a monosy coded where monosy is just yelling all ball ball ball ball ball ball
Hey
Have that come back to cost them
Honey you're ready
Right
Tyloo
He's still able to get out the a case before a galil for mercury
Zero's being told he needs some utils. So he's gone into a galil as well
DSM with that signature cheeky smile. I think he's got to be a funny character old VSM
I'll see us go to representing
The essence of short play starting A. All from pain is something A split or A pop
If they get what they were looking for
Island box taken by jam young mercury top cat those year in the underpass zero apps in G ready to go round
He's off. Those years for on his progression. I mentioned big zero zero and three in that department now. He's found his first opener
Thank you very much to say probably come up
I'm just peter out now Tyler it's not that they're lacking an idea they've just lost
one of the prongs of this mid attack.
Window smoke top con, he's telling of a B split it's just a period there so they get
a little bit nervous on that side of the map and want to cheat over to help him out.
Damn your research.
Don't break your door attention, they're perfect.
into destruction. Zero finds the SM comfortably, so now the Joker removed and audible his
mimicry on those stairs. A spam nearly found Big Xerobo, he stands his ground for one more.
So I get one crown. Yeah, comfortable.
Well they were in that setup from the start of the round and it worked out perfectly.
So good call from Paine, understanding the lay of the land and now Tyloo are gonna have to take an eco.
I found a fight to be seen zero win that he shouldn't.
But it's like, you know, one game, one day it would be easy to get smashes like a good day.
Because every time we pass.
Yeah, it does feel like it's quite consistent.
Okay, Tegel for zero.
They're trying to build those vibes.
Cleaner themselves, two consecutive from the CT side and it should be three.
So much damage done right there, zero.
He wants to get the Deagle in someone else's hand.
He lost his gun. There we go.
Well, you guys can all pick it up at its curse.
That Deagle ain't going anywhere fast.
It does take a little bit of damage,
but I think he might be getting himself an Eco Bash AC.
It's just two more to find. BSM comes in and snatches one away.
Two will get four for his troubles.
So a clean one as the CTs can start working on a bit of that bank balance now.
Everyone's flush for cash.
A residual buy as Tyloo buy back in.
I wonder if Mercure just calls them into something direct again.
It was very hurry up and wait in their previous rifle round once they had the space and then
they got picked apart.
The round didn't completely simmer from there but it was definitely difficult to get back
in with the man advantage and there it is direct going into an A execute.
It's just safe.
I was going to say on A. Sorry, snow on A. He's starting over towards stairs on his
lonesome.
They are preparing for a mid-take, currently pain.
Does he play to disrupt?
Well, he has a HE, he can break the smokes on the way in.
So, as he gets vision on Zero, puts him down half.
Doesn't stop his flight path.
I'm going to break a explode, he's close yet hooked by snow.
There's another one. Keep harassing.
I'm being planted, you've got Zero across CT.
Spam back, as safe on 40.
0, playing on the fade here, trying to be a disruptive force, a disruptive presence,
he does manage to get the one and done.
Big Uzerra again with impact in the feed, his ninth kill.
Jam young back from Palace, over the top, G catches the stairs player, easy.
Hi, Loot.
This post plant, forward, oh he's not ready for this, G in his blind spot, just getting
walked on, should be picking, superior, still Mercury can clutch this, low HP, Snow can't
handle it.
Well played from Mercury, safe pair of hands for the close.
Yeah, the time was definitely starting to run in there for Payne.
I thought they might call it off and go for the save,
but fancied their chance in that one.
I think Jam Young's just supported Fraggs as well from the palace position.
He gets to there.
And it's all the timing on the brakes, right?
So, Tyler, they're aware that that possibility is going to come in,
especially once it's identified that it's a retake setup.
But if you get caught in the open, you get caught in the open, right?
You don't know when they're going to use it,
and you're parting into the side, you have to clear sandwich,
underbought, bow, everything in sight.
There's a lot to worry about, so Tyler were quite fortunate they didn't lose more casualties in the throes of that as we get the second tactical time out and double orbs.
So Piri up, we'll be able to take that over towards B and get some very deep sightlines that freeze safe up, could be a little bit more aggressive at the start of the round.
Also VSM to some degree as well, and he can play heavy at the middle as long as they get Piri on that line, so you'll see if they decide to start that way.
And you can already see how light on time in this scenario.
So the first man on the scene, the last to fall, and the money, 1900 loss bonus for either team going into the next, so very pivotal rounds for both teams.
Look at the speed on Jamiah getting across the tab, straight mid.
Ramp taken.
Zero and Merzia will have heard that. They would have heard the steps and the flash. They understand there was an investigation towards a ramp.
She'll come back to plug the push and now SAFE gets a chance to search because Piriya has this deep life.
Approach and nearly gets another G on top of default.
Nice barbing.
Morton trade and the Morton round.
Tyloo's 6th on the T side.
There's no way you can deal with that unless they all just drop off the balcony one at
a time but the fact that everybody jumped in a different direction, it's no got more
than one kill.
Tip of the hat to the kid, that was very tough.
They have to save as mentioned 1900 lost.
Tyloo are going to guarantee 6 rounds on the half.
So already a whole lot better than it was at CAC.
And that's the thing.
Like, I understand Payne having the video go down
so you can mirage.
They must have known it was going to be mirage.
So they're feeling that comfort from the last head to head.
But also, Tyler were the ones who have the bigger learnings,
right?
We say, it's not a loss.
It's a learning.
And looking at the way that went down,
that was actually nine CT rounds of Payne.
Could be the case here.
Or you also had the buffer of the best at 3.
So...
This time in the best of one environment, it's going to get a little bit tougher, so behind the saves, they're going to fully equip themselves,
Hannis is joined the fray.
Still the double orbs in play.
The airtime's going to get the boost.
Another direct call. Well, if it's a be execute against an all right, you get the smokes in towards market
You're sitting pretty vs. M's the only one who'll be able to contribute if that's the util used
She's got a smoke lined up for now, but they really are prioritizing this double-orbs so much
Yes, he's ahead of the short money. He can help
Does get the opening dips through the smoke as well has support has another period racking him up now
Couldn't get the quick scope for number three jam young under scrutiny smoke on site, but Biggie Sarah VSM
It's just a roster run down. It's VSM with the double to close
Clean shut down period demonstrating his prowess on that EWP
So you can see Tyler that hope being that painted doing something aggressive towards middle and around like that
It was the Molly the one that bounces off the lifter towards B apps and cover short
BSM he had plenty of time to play ahead of it and because the position for period
He's not getting flashed. It was very very fortunate
fortunate that they played ahead of the smoke as well. Final round of the half, Tyloo, they're
by, not great. Techninic allil, can they get seven or are they going to tie things up?
He's lost the way by the flame.
Here he is, Pussy. He's done it a couple times. He's had a couple of big push-ease.
He's hearing you.
I thought he's an all-picker. This round he's in T spawn.
It's gonna be a minute and fifteen on the clock.
He's won the round, surely.
Okay, he's about to have a jumpscare.
The other one is holding, he's sitting there with his nade lined up, a quick tap to the
face and a quick reaction from Jamia.
Whoa!
Ho ho ho!
Perrier, Jr.
G?
Over the top of the smoke?
Okay, good claw back.
That, unfortunately, is a bit of an overcook there.
That opens some options.
It forces VSM to rotate back to B.
Snow then has to head over towards middle.
and the defence gets a little bit more strung out.
He stayed alive.
Ground feels like a guarantee, but with the time, maybe it still is.
There's some fakery going on here, Mr. Birchow.
Yeah, I'm not sure what the play is.
You're gonna have to win these, just get past the AWP.
I think he's there at balcony.
Can you get past the AWP line?
You can't zero down.
Yes, I'm not moving on B.
Press what we like to see.
So he sees that bomb on the radar.
He is not moving at last, so it's that last round.
Here comes VSM's patience and its reward.
It's just no time for G to clear these corners diligently.
And that's six.
Okay, dead even on the half.
It's a whole lot more competitive
than the last time they had this head to head,
but who's gonna start off stage two with a win?
Oh
It's a major!
Pain versus Tyloo, second half of this best of one.
The question is, will Tyloo win a best of one at the major?
It was all best of threes to secure themselves a spot in stage two, up against new arrivals, Pain.
He has opened up the account, period.
He was shooting damn hard in the first half.
He was a big reason they closed the gap.
It was Tyloo in the lead.
Here, Pain have managed to tie things up at six each.
Yeah, that's come way too easy.
So now this is a 4v5 for Paine to overcome.
You are limping.
Are they going to be executed?
You can see the position from Jam Young here.
This is very cheeky on the back.
So when the smokes come over, no cure or flash,
oh, he's misthrown the flash there.
It was a bit early as well.
Now Jam Young's going to have to try and do it on his own.
He still gets one.
Quick trade for the big Uzerra.
Gets in for 1-2-B.
Spots out two and parving forward.
Yes, I'm good for it. There's G.
God, just destruction on the USP! It's G!
Oh, ha! Die, oh, ha!
Nutty start to the second half.
The first one comes easy, but he makes the rest look the same.
I'm glad Mercury can keep a smile on his face right there,
because if that round went wrong,
you would have been feeling quite sour.
I think I am impressed.
Jam Young even gets a kill there,
but this is some very nice shooting from the AWPer in Tyler.
a little bit of pressure but the dual beretta's a goosh and a cavalry has arrived.
Five man shutout against the eco now the guns.
I have more concern for pain on their T sides than their CT sides with a
standing. I said like 19 officials this is the 20th it's gonna get a bit
tougher yeah in contrast Tyler we've got more than that on just mirage in the
last three months so I understand people can discuss the level of opposition
but still official reps just a bit going an awful long way we're seeing that right
now Tyler is starting strong zero just waltzes in and then gets flashed
Oh, that's horrible!
He shouldn't be winning!
He shouldn't!
But he does! Zero is winning the impossible Jules period!
Drops down the ladder, it's just a consolation frag.
It's round's done.
Crazy.
He wasn't blind.
And he was on the sweep back as well.
Yeah.
Fair play to see that, man.
I mean, Tyloo Clear, you know the scouting report, they found a talent.
There is a player from China called Tsuki, and because I've been watching a lot of Y-Quest games in China,
I've been watching a lot more Chinese games than normal, and Tsuki's a monster.
I wonder if it's a roll thing, right of why they've ended up with 0, but either way, I'm pleasantly surprised with what 0 has been dishing out.
He's definitely hanging here.
The sin is one yes if the big result versus energy wasn't real that could have been some
of the biggest jokes of the stage.
I doubt it was a 12-7 scoreline they had some real opportunities doing the roof but I think
that's a bend back a good bridge a good bridge aha you're right wasn't enough arch in the
back and the arms were down on the ground they should have been didn't bring his hand
Planted.
Okay, well.
That's hand push. In through the nose, out through the mouth.
Hey, if you go down after time, did they...
They're hunting him.
Don't think they heard him. He did make a couple of stabs, but...
Moses...
Okay, that is safe.
Not poking his nose in that direction. They've cleared out T spawn, and Saif gets to hold on to the AK.
The light's smattering with U2. It will have to be partial by behind this.
lost bonus for them next round 3400 so for safe's case you would like it if
Big 0 would call around where the bomb can get planted and I know that it's
like oh there's not the objective of every round well not if you just go mid
and try and brawl right if you do like an execute and you can force them into a
retake or guarantee a side take that extra 600 bucks a go a long way for safe
having to fall by next round so there you go they're going into an apex and this
is still potent tech 9s run and gun G ticket zero tucked in
needs to go. Zero G, first man on the scene. Poptic always take it. Zero will activate.
Gets himself set up, transfers it to Big Zera. It's not enough because VSM's done well.
His Tech 9 connects, no HE for the smoke break. Just smoke spams, not quite connecting so
now bomb planted, still the job not done. Mosier hoping to be overlooked on this staircase.
They're masked by the smoke and they're lining up for him!
Quick double kill out of Mosier and that is all you get!
A couple of kills in a plant.
Very threatening for a moment though.
He's making him jiggiggle.
How's Amanda in?
That's terrible.
That's mostly sign language is how I get by it.
Yeah.
The GSM makes that very threatening with the double.
He did?
I'm most fortunate with that lineup, isn't it?
So the trade under 0, he gets the double,
playing to the smoke, Mercury trying to assist,
and this one couldn't have been easier.
Sure, he has to adjust after the initial contact,
but when they're lined up,
we're just holding down mouse 1, getting the job done.
So he gets his AWP, but running out of rounds now.
10-6, 4-round gap.
I'll just push from G with the AWP.
Now he's throwing aggression into the mix.
He is feeling the game, doesn't second guess it, has the spawn, and provides the opening.
Beautiful to see G hit this kind of flow state right now, an opportunity squandered from safe,
just out of flash and mercury's flesh. Now this here is a little bit over committed here.
Yeah, he's on the wall hugging it.
And now with that smoke up he's on high alert, dumps his utile.
Zero wants to play through. They want to fight for mid control. Jamyun's coming over mid as well. They're gonna brawl this.
We stopped for Jamyun. Seen this work out before.
I like their restraint from Tyloo. They're here ready to go, but they need a signal.
There it is, there it is.
Smoking the final thing.
Sarah then jamming, catches via a sense.
The tip of his head visible.
I'm pling up on the bricks now.
Smoking it.
Oh, hang on.
Overlook for two.
Get some nice one.
Safe onto those.
Makes it into a winnable clutch.
I say winnable.
It's tight, isn't it?
35 seconds.
G will be there on time.
He's going to be scoped up on apps if you're not careful.
He's already here.
Oh, geez.
Just feeling the game.
He's quick.
Stars and closes.
Bookend, frags.
from the Chinese offer really struggling with opening kills in the
second half that's got to be yeah last time out what what you got to say rigs
those four in a minute as we can see I'm not sure if that's gonna be the
follow-through it might be a couple of upgrades but still making sure next
round you're full by but then that means you need to win six consecutive
rounds just to take it to overtime so your choice is do we want to fully invest
right now we have like a pocket strap that we know can be Brawley or do we
half buy we give them 12 and then we play for overtime that's the choice yeah
you got close with your half buy last time yeah simple a execute wasn't it
and zero doesn't get to like that every day of the week great from Jeep using
his spawn and period no chance
you did go further than that
same as hearing him at that point I just like yeah I know he's there he's just
quicker okay so snow in with the AK still got 900 bucks so with max loss coming
through he's gonna be able to buy this one is not looking to be executed heavy
this time there's a full face not looking well polished a pain I think safe
spotted Jamia.
They're not working with that info, maybe Mercury before this wall!
He does, Snow still can't crack it.
How has Mercury done that?
He was caught off guard just quick reactions.
So Snow's gone and yeah, it feels like the round is going down as well.
Everything's so well ironed out by Tyloo, not letting that mirage slip through their
fingers.
This would be their first best of one.
We're about to see if he did spot him bent or not.
How diligent are they on this?
I did hear a lot of comming as Jamion hit the deer.
Okay, flash in.
Turns the flash, nails the kill.
The SM will at least trade it.
Oh, but with Peria trying to activate zeros just caught him so.
Yeah, but rough idea with these two were because there was a flash and the kill.
So you know that they were both around Mittle somewhere.
Bombs on Biguzera's back.
There's the Armadeagle.
He's responsible for Ty.
And that's the reaction.
Waiting for, just can't track their head.
Round done. 12 for Tyloom.
They're looking for the perfect run to the finish line.
Here's a 6-6-1.
with empty hands on their T-side. They've just got nothing going, nothing flowing, and the opposite, the Tyloo.
I mean, these rounds have been convincing as well.
Yeah, this second half has been great, right? It all started with G's pistol shot on superior top middle.
And then the amount of times we've seen him just be happy to take these Jules G is very emboldened in this matchup.
And again, returning to just a couple of weeks ago at CAC, the scoreline read completely different.
It's one of the problems if you go back into this territory, Tyloo have made a lot of adjustments since then,
and again, they're warm in this environment.
DSM on his own top middle,
the rest of them are towards B apartments.
They're rid of a crash and throw into the mix by Mercury, top middle.
Jam Young, not gonna go down to Pyrir as he tries to apply pressure in early B.
Ultimose, you're back.
Mercury, playing around the fade.
He is committed to this, it's gonna be a head-to-head just him and DSM.
Behind the iron box, turns the flash, spots the flash of leg.
Doesn't give a shot necessarily as Sam survives and provides.
It's their first opening kill of a half.
Gotta be good on that.
It's scary going B against Jam Young.
We talked about this the other day when we were telling this over.
Some maps Jam Young plays an anchor position when you'd expect him to play a map control position, but...
If they do end B, this man is a mechanical monster.
They're selling A, they're playing for mid and B, so the setup looks pretty good.
Okay, he's going into the spark, this is further than you'd expect.
They're next to each other.
Surely, sorry.
Mozi Pickens!
Easy Pickens!
Moziar racks up the double!
Swinging for more!
He was just feeling himself.
He's given them a way back in for the three on three, but blocked on B.
What do you do now?
Oh, they've...
They've...
They've had a bit of a gap.
VSM's wormed in towards A.
Okay.
So they've completely committed to this.
Because Eric can easily have safe passage of the bomb.
So an over-rotation from Tyloo could result in Payne's first round.
And he's dropped now, Xurus starting to head back over, Biggie Xurus, he's gonna waltz into A, but with Xurus still alive, you think he wears the anchor?
God, did I know it was a full gamble.
Tyler have a lot to clear on the retake, Jam Young and G both in B-app, so they just gonna hold on to AKs and...
Save him for the next...
It's fine.
Just was a very winnable round after the Merzia double.
Yeah, and you could totally justify it with the cash in your coffers, but
When you only need one yeah, and this guarantees that hey, we're very unlikely to run out of money
It's gonna be more gun rounds that pain after breakthrough
So pain maybe a little bit perplexed that there was that snack, but Tyler taking some risks
Finally streak has come to an end six straight on this CT side for Tyler
Not everybody can do their best big impression.
16 straight rounds. Guess what, they're coming up next. Big versus Monty.
That didn't inspire to run a mile. I don't know what did.
Zoki wants this done now.
He's not joking around.
Also, Kinging around, I guess I didn't know was it was subtle. It was subtle. I don't know if I've ever got it for the people in the back
Crazy
I mean I imagine incredibly crazy. I here he has had some crazy deaths in this first second half
Excuse me like he's been off by G's been usp by G's just been caught out by a very aggressive smoke push of Mosier
So that's just the first of what needs to be meddied.
They're pushing mid.
They're smoking mid.
They're hiding this.
They want full control.
Mosey and Mercury.
They're limboed top mid.
Makes no secret of it.
Spam the majority of his bullets as well.
So this is brave from Mercury.
Cheeky from Mosey, the way that he's watching underpass.
What's just from window to make sure that they couldn't get flanked, right?
The smoke was fading and he jumped up, back over the bench just to pick this up.
So this is slowing the roll of Payne's default.
You don't get that mid space and now if you want to retake it, Snow's gone back to spawn to throw out a window smoke.
So...
That's so tough.
Yeah, well...
They didn't know it.
Well, he's got the full midline and it's stalled out their underpass play.
Don't break for June, come catch the top middle.
Okay, confirmation they are going mid after this delay.
Big Uzerah is walking through Conn.
Opportunity to disrupt jungle, there's going to be a back turned here.
Mosier is so distracted, so focused on something else.
Now trigger discipline being exercised here by Big Uzerah.
There's sound cue to hear another.
Well, Jam Young just the one and done.
Snow on to interbeat.
Gee, to react though.
He has got the AWP on the line, this could be good, and he's nailed the first.
An equalizing frag, takes Tyloo closer to closing it here and now.
Swing through, sweep with the angle.
Saves found zero, just a tip.
Where's that bomb going?
It's just period, he needs help.
G's hiding out on the site, and just enough time.
Safe will catch G.
Pain find two, consecutive, and they need a whole lot more of that.
Orc would ramp for both.
I like the move from Tyloo, take the fight to them, restrict the default play.
Then the fact that that smoke didn't actually get blocked and just dump down to overpass,
I think Big Ezera is saying, it hasn't landed perfectly, they can spot you from window.
It just was a little bit clunky both ways, but then Big Ezera makes the play, finds the gap,
and then this just becomes chaos, right?
At that moment, just the eruption.
You know there's money for the buy.
It's just a four-round game, if Paine want to bring this back to OT and they're lining up for an A-execute.
Short player, Moes yet joining zero on A.
So, a good read of the situation.
They keep floating Gs off towards the B site.
The Joker in the mix, he can't find them in the pack, Periyu does provide an opening this
time, he even got info on to zero, saw him retreating, hang around triple, look at that
fight with Snow, now position notes, it still gets one, an adjustment, removes Periyu, Jamyun
caught out, tried to overextend over the smoke but pays the ultimate price, VSM, onto him.
close enough by to at least have a voice in this conversation.
SM spotted out by G-Zor.
How could we try to use that gap?
Not by Snow Sandwich. Yeah, clean headshot.
Oh, now they can plant. I know where the orb was.
We need to try and retain this. As mentioned, they had lots of cash that
earlier save. Helped him out a little bit, but try to
I'm trying to cut him off at the pass as big as Zero, so that he can lead on the hunt immediately.
Gee.
In two mines right now, it looked like he wanted to head towards T spawn, then back to B, then back towards T spawn,
but he is being hunted. He has about 20 seconds that he has to be able to waste to hold onto this AWP.
Next round, 2400 loss.
If he holds onto this, he can drop. That'll hook up Jam Young, and everyone else on his team should be just in by range.
He knows you, and the worry points. A big Zero on this hunt. Can he remove the AWP?
He'll go a long way.
Bomb's about to go off.
G.
It's a snow. There's more to come.
They ripped this away, remember?
They made it by a little bit tougher.
G can't hold onto it, okay.
How does that impact the buy?
G can buy an AWP, or he can buy a rifle for himself
and drop one for Jam Young.
So that means they could be M4s for all five.
I'm looking for the reflection of what they're looking for.
So, okay, Jam Young's gonna go down to an MP9
and G will be allowed to work your own so the difference
well they've made it work never mind yeah just last second swapped it out
hey it comes at the cost of nades
well selling A again
zero what you got for us
respects the smoke beachy from Mercury for a smoke break
Oh, wait, never mind. Just go swing it. I think he assumed there'd be a second smoke there. It's just the stairs piece.
Took a call in the open. Didn't expect it. Higuzera profits. Gee, catches VSM trying to take that CT control.
It's gonna open it up for Jam Young.
Bomb goes down default.
4 on 4. Tyloo on this way back in.
Smoked on Palace's period. Taken out of the place. Snow catching flak from the HE down to just 19.
Trying to lay them with the last pieces of their util. That is the last piece.
Time spotted. Zero executes him. Gives him the advantage. Time is ticking in favour of pain.
Jesus, the kit.
Going to get up close to the gap towards the side. Easy pickings for Mosier.
He jumps in, looking good. Just safe remains. They just have to stop the defuse with so much cover.
Mosier should have him dead to right. They're on the defuse in time.
Tyloo secure the best of one!
The team can now g-let out a roar and he tops the tables here. 17 to Franksbeam and this one alongside of 0-21.
Two of them delivering impact throughout the pain.
They start their IEM Cologne Major campaign with a loss in the best of ones.
CAC, that was a different time here in Germany.
The Chinese get the better of the Brazilians.
We never thought it was going to be easy, right?
We know Tailu hit high.
It's the best of three, but they've been doing their better work.
But today, they were looking sharp.
I'll be playing later on in the 1-0 bucket of teams.
This is a big win for the boys.
Must get revenge a couple of weeks after the loss.
Hey, for me, it's the force by wars in the first half
that really hurt their CT side.
The fact that they did win that second round
but couldn't convert consecutive into the third.
The tip for Tatt, the back and forth,
that did build this foundation
and better rounds for Tyloo in the first half to go 6-6.
And then the way that they came out the gate
swinging in the second half,
just so many opening kills on the CT side, right?
I understand Payne were in the washing machine,
they couldn't get the full buys going,
they're having a tough time there.
But Tyloo, they were dictating the turn of the game,
they had aggressive moves, really nice play.
The players playing with a lot of confidence,
they even could have shut it down right here right now,
but it wasn't 4-8, gamble stack call.
I have to give my additional flowers to zero every time he shows up in the server.
He's at the tippy top again with, you know, a 20 frag all very impressive.
But it is that stuck cold engine for pain, you know, Tyler won a very familiar with the environment here in Cologne.
And so it's, yeah, it's not how they wanted it to start.
We sort of do in their pick-ums ahead of this one put themselves in that three zero category.
I set on that next stage of competition, but a slow start and unable to hack it on Mirage.
Yeah, I just think for pain, right, this team coming in, if you don't have NQZ,
I think safe is definitely serviceable, but it's going to hit you in areas where other teams are going to have more depth, more polish, and in a fester one,
you know, we talked about the pistols going against you, you lose a couple of clutches.
Well, that was the rescue for success here for Tyloo today. So, paint, and we'll be down in the 0-1 bucket.
And we get to hear from the victors. Gee, standing by.
Tyloo are making it in the stage two with the winning ways from the get-go. Obviously, this is huge win for you.
And I saw it as soon as you won the game, you started screaming, you started hugging your teammates.
This is beautiful motion coming out.
What are we feeling right now, obviously, with such a good start?
I mean, very excited, you know, because in last years and this year, two years, we lose three times for pain in three times.
In China, one times Hong Kong, one times Shanghai, one times Chengdu, we lose three times today.
It's a revenge match. I'm very...
It's too cool.
I don't know how to say it, it's very cool.
It's revenge.
It feels great.
It feels great obviously, but I want to highlight one thing where I think you kind of broke the match.
Your pistol round, right after your 4K in the CT Cypress pistol round.
I think that kind of dictated the whole pace of your CT side after that is...
How are we feeling individually?
How is G right now as an individual?
Everything good?
You're in your own personal state.
Ah, I mean, I still want to say Chinese.
You want to say Chinese?
Ah, I think...
I'm very happy to be able to stand out in the first game today.
And to take the key game for the team.
And then, I think...
The real game is not over yet.
This is the first game of our stadium.
I think...
Our goal is probably not the only one.
I think we will...
After we go back, we will do our best to prepare for the next game.
And then...
I'm still very confident
He's so happy that he got the 4k in Pistor round and converted that round for the team
but our journey has not ended
We still need to continue to work hard and continue this form through the whole major
You started with the 0-2 start in the first stage, now for Binz in a row
Feeling good?
Of course, but I think in the last two major, Austin and Budapest, instead of we all have
the when they will start and once we go home, but this time I don't want to change something.
The beautiful start for the stage two, obviously we will see you one more time today in the
best of one.
So best of luck in your journey and thank you G and Jack for the translations.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I'll kill you!
I'll kill you!
I'll kill you!
As you can see, every player has their own individual practice.
routine leading into a major like this but coming into the clone major what was the main thing
you were prioritizing practicing coming into this? Honestly just practicing the fundamentals
because you can't really practice like the special moves because it really depends on the
opponents you're going to play but yeah I think we didn't take it too different as the other
tournaments to not you know build up on the pressure so I think we just take it as another
tournament but obviously like coming coming back from a center where we didn't have the best showing
I think we are very like hungry about like showing showing a very good face so yeah so after us down
you know looking at yourself as an individual is there anything you noticed in stana that you
wanted to improve on coming into the major can't say can't say yeah okay interesting interesting
you know obviously a great chance here in montaigne you guys are surprised everybody with the level
that you've been able to get to at certain points throughout this year, but you guys
remain playing at these tier 2 events, these smaller events, so has that been a struggle
or a strength for you guys do you think?
I mean, playing the tier 2 tournaments obviously gives you a lot of experience because you
play a lot of games, as KKF said I've heard, and it's very nice also because the tier
2 tournaments are evolving a lot so now it's like almost a one environment, so obviously
like you get used to the pressure, get used to the environment, which is good. And also,
like, yeah, the only thing very different in tier one tournaments is obviously you play
against tier one teams, tier one coaches, tier one analysts. So it's a bit harder to
like play your own system, your own things, because then obviously like they understand
very well how to counter what you do.
Yeah, I spoke to a couple of our players, you know, ones that play in North America,
etc. like, and they were talking about how when they're playing in their own regions
or against these weaker teams, they don't get punished as much for playing like common
angles so for you when you go from the tier 2 to almost playing the tier 1 events is there anything
different specifically for the AWP role? Yeah I mean I don't think I'm getting punished or
anything I don't feel like that I feel like I'm more getting avoided which is uh yeah very different
than when you play tier 2 or tier 3 teams because they just play out their own system
but in tier 1 they just understand that yeah maybe maybe they just want to avoid me because I'm
playing active or something or or maybe not maybe I'm wrong but it's how it feels yeah.
It always feels like you're just going somewhere else wherever you go.
Is there anything that you go into the game and work out, like, how can you be a little bit more unpredictable
and a little bit more dynamic when it comes to changing your positions?
Yeah, I can see.
Okay, okay, okay. I'll keep in the secrets. I like it.
Okay, well, I'm looking forward to seeing you guys perform here in Monty.
Definitely a surprising team at certain points throughout this year already,
so let's see how they do with the Major.
I'm going to grab, I'm looking for a Zulu, because I can't believe, I'll say to you after,
I can't believe you're a French player.
Did you ever think you would be playing with so many UK players on your team?
No, I hate them actually, but it's all it is.
So which team is it?
That's far enough. There we go.
Let's fucking go.
Use it if we smoke.
Let me.
Palace still.
I can pass.
I can pass.
I can pass.
Last Palace.
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Drona, I took a game for you.
Let's...
I'll pick it up.
Hey, fucking insane boys.
Keep it up, man.
Let's fucking go, man.
Let's go, boys.
Wait.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
I'm in Rost.
Nice Ben! You are fucking amazing!
Keep it up!
Fucking amazing boys!
Keep going boys, okay?
Let's go, three more
Let's fucking go
Nice boys, man!
Come on, keep pushing!
Very good comps, let's fucking go!
You're honest, bro
He's Apex, peeking me!
Nice!
Come on!
We got this, keep it up boys!
That is a good idea
I think I need to follow
Nice!
Let's fucking go really
Good job guys, fucking good
Nice, let's go
They knew that bro, let's fucking go
Keep believing, holy fuck it was fast on bench
You need to go Tetris
Yes, yes, yes, yes
I'm running CT
Nice!
Okay let's go, come on
This is the start we need it, good kids boys
Really sick. Let's go man.
I'm here with BMS from Monty, returned to Cologne after four years, returned to the Major after five years.
For the first time you have in-game sticker.
Tell me about the level of emotions. What's going on in your head?
The emotions were crazy. When I first opened my game and I saw my sticker in the game,
it's something that I think every player wishes and it's a total dream come true.
I've been dreaming about this for 10-15 years, I don't know, ever since I was a kid. So yeah, it's crazy.
It was one unfortunate situation. You already played before on the Major, right?
But there was Stockholm and the stickers were only granted at the top eight, right?
So it was kind of like you didn't make it there, but now you're here. You're officially embedded in the history of Counter-Strike
I want to talk about if you speak of history yesterday something historical happened as well the biG comeback
There's standing right there, but you obviously had to watch it because well there your opponents
What do you think about that game? It was one of the craziest things we've ever seen
Well, it was actually funny
We were in the practice room and it was third map and the big were losing 10-0 and we're like, okay guys
We're gonna play Tyloo probably so let's prepare already
You know against them and then like 10 minutes later or 15 minutes later our manager saying wait guys. It's overtime. We're like what?
It's crazy. It's crazy. I have no words. This is one of the most craziest things that happened in the major I guess
Talking about you specifically and your team
What are you coming into this major with what are your hopes and dreams and expectations? Obviously everyone wants to win the major
but what result would Montagang be happy with here in Cologne?
Yeah, obviously we need to be realistic, we don't have that much experience in LANs,
especially in tier 1 LANs, and I believe we have four major rookies.
I think I'm the only one who has played in the major in this team, so we need to be realistic,
but I believe reaching the players would already satisfy all of us.
So you're like a dad of the group, you know what's going on already.
I'm an uncle at 22.
Well, welcome to the Aang status, so we will see how it goes, obviously good luck in the
best of one and welcome to the major one more time.
Thank you very much.
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Now it's time for us to study an experiment of momentum in Counter-Strike.
Big Clan were 12-0 down and came back up against a Monty who were fresh-faced, you know, they've
just rocked up looking to start off with a bang here at Stage 2, but they're up against
a team that caught fire and turned heads yesterday.
History being made yesterday, it's insane comeback.
Obviously we had the jump and dig from Ultimate, we had the two smoke impact kills, that's
It's already crazy enough, but ever in my life have I seen a 12-0, a 15-0, especially
in the context of a major.
The mental that Big had to dig deep to yesterday to put them in the position to even make it
remotely possible was insane.
And Faven, a big part of that as well, keep your eyes on him if you can keep that up today.
Clashing with Monty.
Now, technically, you know, world-rank-wise, Monty are higher ranked than Big Clan, but
I imagine they're still going to be framed as an underdog, even though they're the stage
2 team.
How are we framing this?
50-50 game. I think that there's a bunch of European teams who have eked in here who don't have
the best records against big names. I say the best records, just tape, right? That was the
conversation around big during Stage 1. It's like, well, let's see what we can get. And the fact
that they were able to pull that game out yesterday, that's massive. Going up against the likes of
Monty today, though, I still think we're pretty equal as far as the field is concerned. I made
this one a 50-50, and mainly because of the major rookie factor, you've got Gizmi, Afro,
Rain Waker and Azubu who are all rookies on the side of the server for Monty and also coming in cold against big who
Unless they're still on the cloud nine of yesterday
Should be very comfortable in this environment because we're going to take everybody through this energy CT side third map
They have to bring it back on you but that the wins and big rounds big could have closed this to zero
Then we go into Mirage and they are just getting flat line. I think it's like a 15 minute first half of Counter Strike
I think it's done, right? The end of the campaign, the German squad getting sent home early with their bags packed, and then round after round
Clutch after clutch
They started to piece this comeback together, and nothing like this has happened at a major before
I mean to get 16-0'd in CS2 is just phenomenal
It's it, yeah, words cannot describe, and there's two sides to this
There's the one that is the mental required for Big to bring us back to JDC, a huge part of that
The other is for NRG, and that's something that rounds like this. It's something that they will never forget on the other side.
When you have that 12-0 buffer, you're going to take risks and chances in the early stages that maybe you wouldn't otherwise.
And then when the game gets closed, you can see it's insane. One T side round one in the entire game is the final round of the game.
I've never seen anything like this. It was an insane comeback.
You hear there from being in the interview saying,
yeah, you know, our manager came back to hold up boys
at the comebacks on.
I had a Stralis just down the hall from me,
their door open, I think the rooms get a bit sweaty.
They're hooting and hollering, going crazy
as the comebacks on.
My thoughts closed.
I'm watching it on my telly as well.
And they're going nuts.
It just, the counter strike world.
It stopped.
Everyone stood up and took attention
to that one yesterday.
100%.
And I'm just so curious to see if it's gonna be.
It is.
The same.
It's absolutely the same.
Now, I wanna let everyone know
But here it says Monty CT side, that's incorrect.
So Monty will be starting T side and they didn't select a side.
So how does that work?
Well, it's done digitally.
And that means whoever's doing the video did not select a side.
Yes.
So that's a mistake on their behalf, which means you just put big back on the CT side
where they have all the confidence in the world.
Auto assigned their side.
That's bizarre.
Right, so a little bit of a mistake there for Monty kicking off their campaign
before they've even played around a counter strike.
Yeah, and you've got a lot of interesting characters.
You've got some UK representation, of course, on Monty.
I'm always going to have a soft spot when I see a zoo and Gizmy in the off-tee jersey
at a major, no less.
Yeah, we've got Afro the French AWPer.
We've seen him a bunch of times in the past,
but the fact this is his first major that definitely stands out.
And then Rain Waker, people might remember him from the Liquid campaign a couple of years ago.
around this one out. He's got that. Orimas. That's what he's got. He's done well there.
I thought it was funny in the interview with Steve because yeah, we'll be pretty happy
with the playoffs. Sorry. Did I hear you correctly? Let's start with a win. Let's get it done.
Let's start with a win. And then we'll go from there. Afro is an AWP that I think is
a lot of fun. He likes getting in your face with the AWP and a little bit Mac-a-resk in
that way. So we'll see if that gets to unfold today. And you can see on the minimap just
how he's everywhere.
On the other side, obviously, Gricks,
he's one of the other major rookies
we have on the B stream today,
but he started to definitely warm in
in some of their matches, being very impactful.
For me, this is a 50-50 match.
I have a hard time drawing the line
because there's no head-to-head between these two.
I'll give Big the same edge
that I've just given Tyler and I've given FlyQuest.
They are familiar with the environment
and they just had a bit of a belter.
So, those three teams coming through today off the highs of wins.
Yeah, like I said, I think this is going to be a case study in momentum
because nothing is going to give you more momentum than thinking you're out of the major on home soil at 12-0
and then pouring 16% into ground.
In fact, that doesn't make sense.
To find, you know, that I mean you just want 16 straight rounds to secure yourself as flying stage two.
Now you've got Monty in front of you, same map, but you do start on the side that you did it on.
You know, you're gonna be doing the CT side. Let's see if they can start strong here.
Two P250s on this T-side pistol.
I can't say that too often, but one, sure, but two in the mix, so...
That's one Pivus and Afro, and they're ready to take this mid-fight.
Blame F and JDC, they're coming.
P250 designed for that fight right there. Doesn't hit the head shot he wanted,
and now they're here too. P250s and Blame's not scared.
He elects to take the fight, and it forces Afro Smoke just to get the bomb out.
That's a very tough situation to find yourself in early,
expending a smoke in that fashion.
Can they alleviate pressure?
By taking down Favon over towards B,
it would start to force the rotations a big.
Here's the coming.
Positioning himself well for the double.
Oh, and make it three.
Pair of pistols, farms up Monty,
and this could not be a flatter start if you tried.
Look at the smile on his face.
He's just being team flashed.
That's all good points.
Nothing could feel like it could go wrong at any point.
The score line could read, I don't know, 12-0,
and they probably still keep believing.
That's what I'm saying.
It's just going to, for a while, when I was doing my pickups
last night, I did have big as 3-0, just as like a-
A ride in that high.
Ride the high all the way through.
It pivoted in the end, but I do have them going through.
I do suspect that this is going to start a fire for big one.
If it doesn't, nothing will.
The fact that they haven't really taken a blemish
This pistol can't even get to the top of a forecourt, beautiful start.
The Germans kicked things off with the pistol victory.
That's 17 consecutive rounds now.
Oh, too shaggy.
Unglaublich?
Unglaublich.
I was practicing my Deutsch this morning, just to make sure.
That's, it was unbelievable.
Yesterday was unbelievable.
It was, truly.
They did it, the mindset.
I would have to say.
I'm close.
We're trying, we're trying.
We're pretty close.
Sorry.
Fully go.
Let's do my line.
Yeah. So zero kills and a lost pistol.
Yeah.
And now a four clock.
And you didn't end up selecting the side of the beta.
What I'm kind of curious about is it felt like they were kind
of anti, in the sense like we got P250s hoping for the mid
push.
Like you got what you wanted and you got nothing.
Yeah, strange.
This one is going to have a flavor to it.
Obviously, there's a caca for the coach of Monty once upon
a time, Donny and the Big Jersey.
So there's a relationship with some of these players over
big so they don't know one another somewhat. I hadn't thought about that however it is
it's also what it has the possibility of thinking you know what they're gonna do you know thinking
what the you know the players inside and out and it not meeting your expectations. I think there's a
difference being the blame after the game. It's just his team run his way so their approach to the
game is going to be somewhat different because once upon a time we were oh big they've got geeky
Remember that was that was the conversation around these days. 18 rounds in counting. There we go. Hey, we've got someone on the tally sharp
We'll see how long that can last the two zero clean and easy for big against the you can't have the guns come out 5ak
47s vested upon for Monty leaving them a little bit lighter on the util
Finding up the insta window
Pop cap
They're going to have the nerves on four of these five youngsters.
Here's as well, it's been a while since we've really had to take notice of this gentleman.
Smiley top midfielder from JDC, that's an airball.
For the tempered start.
He's having tucks into the same position he was on the pistol.
So he gets to the midspace and I think back towards the spawn is Afro with the bomb.
Looks like this will be the A finish. They just have a handful of smokes, a couple of mollies, and a flash for the finish.
Trying to call them into position. Tabs and tucked-in sandwich, gricks over towards ticket.
Blame F connector and JDC can even chip in from jungle. The setup looks very good for big right now.
the
critical response to
the late mid-window
two HEs thrown by Blaine and JDC with no targets, look at them wakers just walking out
attacked out palace, now the info pay drops, easy swing
off of the Tapsons down, Griggs however quick on the follow up
and they just hit their shot, Beamer just found a lovely double entry
kept it bay by the flame but they've got the space
Tom needs to be scooped up as he was disconnected
and wow, Faven commits to the fight.
It's a bomb.
But it's a one and done from him.
I'm still worried about this lurk.
He's been here the whole time.
He's going to walk into this.
Yeah, I think you're right.
Oh, he just looked away.
What?
No!
Gizmy reacts!
Blame overlooked it.
Didn't expect him to just keep on walking.
And so the streak, quote, will could be brought down
and round three.
That's a crazy play from Gizmy.
I guess he's thinking I want to connect with my teammate at least give some trade potential, but he dies there bomb lose blame
If can just start high-tailing it away and towards a that's very fortunate. Forgive me
I'm sure that's I'll be half the reason blame not looking is because he's not thinking anyone's crazy enough to just hang
Stairs. All right. Well, Gricks has his op
Auntie on the board. He can be broken for being if they lose this one. So a very important round for the Germans
One more time
I am baffled that he's taken that peak after messing up the boost twice, but confidence goes a long way Afro on the other side of this
You do not want to be losing the bomb?
No, actually with him on his lonesome
So instead he wins the race apparently from Monty, very tempered tone
Be fake from Afro, Griggs calls it clear that does nothing, it achieves absolutely nothing
Absolutely nothing.
Don't get your reaction, but you do get your boost through window, fave and down, and now
you've been, oh, you can really clamp into A if you wanted to.
Afro's of course got to bring the bomb through, and oh, that's nice from Tapsin, by bringing
the fight relieves the pressure of Palace.
Pulls him back into an equal four on four.
Bomb maneuvering back, actually, but Afro is going to return to Palace.
Taking some risks with that bomb.
same position will it be a same results one done be must good for a second this
galil has been feasting we're already with control jungle and now the bombs
out palace JDC's on this oh not anymore after I was around the site where I'm
in there looking for taps and time now gets the bomb on the floor gets really
awkward if they don't find this kill quickly but be must as great for it
He's doing everything right now.
Winnable for Greeks.
No anymore! Azuma puts him on the floor!
Okay, first kill for Azuma, they're a very important one,
and that is going to break the money off big in the early stages of this.
2-2 all tied up, but they will have to take the eco.
I mean, a lower credit has to go to BMOS as well.
Some really important follow-up kills and trades.
Curious tone as well from Monty, right, in terms of the pace there.
They didn't give away that they were going for that control through underpass,
and they faked B.
The faked didn't count for anything,
but they didn't give away any smokes or mollies
to tell that we're going mid-space,
so they still got the jump with that window booth big.
I have Blame, who wanted to play through the window,
looking for a fight on the E-coast.
The eagle tags away, but just one.
Oh, no.
What even?
It looked like it was on him.
I can't never mind.
Oh, man, I need some glasses.
They're still going into this B-sack, though.
How far can these USBs get, yeah?
You don't want to be visible?
And when contact is found, everyone action...
Yeah, contact!
Let's get from a zoo whoop!
And I think they've worked it out!
Surely you cleared the boost, it was a beast act.
You will.
There you go, that's me.
Siligent staff, okay, force staying alive.
Very tidy work against the eco, and now the gun's again full big.
I'm out taken, then on the mic.
I think the feeling of losing that is better than the feeling of big felt winning it.
Isn't it? Yeah, it's great. Yeah
That cloud will maybe never leave you. So I know do this morning
on the way out
Understandably feeling pretty good on the halftime. Yeah, the opposite at the end of things
It does make you feel a little bit ill. It does. Yeah, like a second my stomach. Yeah
That's a good as a WP.
More pace and pet to this one.
Azul was just going to go early farther.
On the top rope, Griggs.
Not a chance.
Okay, Azul.
Yeah, interesting to see him heat up.
One of those names who are definitely not at the tippy top of the screen all the time,
but one of the promising prospects out of the UK.
There's not many of those.
That's not even meant as a dig.
No, it's just that in reality...
It's a very easy opening pit coming their way.
Normally they've been waiting very slowly with this broad net for Big to re-aggress.
Now they're allowing them to clear out middle.
They're completely evacuated. We get the kill, we evacuate.
Big come, they search, they find nothing.
And then they go back and they take the space.
Perfectly timed from Gizmy.
Exactly what Gizby wanted, you could see he was like,
motor-mouth talking this one through.
He's got a good read of his opponent, understands what their...
protocols may be.
Windows smoke, but Favon also blocks con.
Captain vs. Rain Waker in this, uh, standoff.
Fade is a dink exchange, AK Reigns Supreme.
Flames still in his signature position on the ground.
the staircase down after one it's an azumu double he's done very well to start
us off you see ticket looks like you're gonna be completely not like they
think JDC flushed out still not just to remove rain wager and put the bomb down
but with the trade from Afro Zor that should signal another Monty round
I'll plant open everyone will save and Azumu and Bemis will start to hunt
They don't want to allow him to hold on to anything.
Very methodical.
I'm very fortunate, right?
You're pointing out the fact that the difference between the M4 and the AK,
that Tapsen's going to be feeling a little bit hard done by in that fight.
The other guy had the better gun, both achieved the same thing.
The round's very good, OK? Don't overthink.
If he's playing with the CXA, you're going to be a really good reed.
Let's just keep going, OK? Yeah, let's go.
It is going to take a lot to bring down the middle.
So unless they start making some really poor choices
They're gonna keep that belief and they get to play another best of one today for both teams where every team
This is a steady start from Bonta
They lost the pistol and they lost the full eco in convincing fashion mind you
Now they're four on the truck figure on the partial
He's me locked in
Okay, JDC. Love a little aggressive manoeuvres. Flash does connect, but he's got support,
gives me backs away, and throws a molly to try and keep him at bay. But I mean, there's
more where that came from. Interesting approach. So two push-ups. It was blame and favour.
JDC, okay. The double-dip might be overregging the pudding there. Especially because he got
left on his lonesome after that blame darted away
and understand if they wanted to group up and really trying to cause a bit of a
kerfuffle but maybe Jetty's he was expecting his presence to be respected
a little bit more
in a way it is just a partial and if you don't cause the chaos in the early
stages when they have to do it in the late
window boosting it to the Mach 10 and if this was an AK I would have greater
Concerned juicy little slip if he gives me as he's tucked in and the rest of his team start to pile up through connect to be
I'm like at that late piece again. No faith is actually gonna have a really good time
Rain waker does it make this is big
Yeah, superflat from fave and beautiful side of the head afro combat or to respond a quick scope
So, he dies off another shot, D.G.O. overlooked, Griggs hits his shots, it's a one on one.
Oh, Chaff throws Tech 9 on the drive by saves Monty from red faces.
I thought Favon's play could have done a whole lot more.
Oh, that one got out of control damn quick.
Okay, I thought after that opening kill on a JDC, it was looking easy.
I understand that we're going in towards the stack there, but Rengwick gets nothing as the X-Romity player, playing a little bit earlier than the rest of his team.
Difficult balance in that role, but second tactical timeout called.
5-2, and the same in terms of opening jewels. I have a favour of Monty so far.
I have straight run.
Rixas Orb comes into the mix.
Paneer Kits, Paneer U2, everything big desire to start whirring this CT campaign into action.
That's a big clutch from our throat.
Flames being left another HM window, we'll see if it's for the brakes or if it's for
underpass.
Fast pace, fast pace, you see me all connect to leg shot onto Gizmi, but the zoo has already
managed to get to chair.
Just a note that was off of a break, blame I blew that open so Griggs could take that
pick so unfortunate that it wasn't the kill that would have been and much needed an opener
for Big.
And they have completely given over this window boost, that position from Griggs this early
in the rounds, he's not going to be frozen here forever but the fact that they're already
considering the fact the window boost could be in play that is a little bit concerning.
Speaks to conceded space.
And that smoke also tells you that they're feeling pressure everywhere.
Now I'm going to want to re-round and try and fight in middle. Can you find Azumu?
Yeah. How good is your clears? Azumu's been here since the start of the round.
I'm just looking. I'm just clearing.
Oh, you're over. Look at it. You're amazing clear and Azumu gets the follow up onto JDC.
Monty are cooking.
Burners on!
Well, nameplate would tell you you want to go away.
It looks like the bomb on Gizmya, you start to maneuver in that direction.
Look at Rainwaker as well, completely entrenched over the wood stickhead.
Respect as the roof does, just stay there.
They've got them trapped!
Well, we have a rough idea of where they are, so if they want to get it, come and find it.
If I don't move, he won't move.
So Bombs gonna get planted default, Rain Waker has that CT control,
and I think they really just want to turn the knife into big right now,
but they're not gonna allow them to walk away with these.
Blame's found a little bit of a gap that's not being considered.
Rix goes down the interim.
Blame has a safe haven, sure.
A haven between a rock and a hard place goes down to Bemis,
and now it's just Blame looking to hold onto this M4.
Max loss bonus into the next means it's probably a partial.
This could go a long way. I would expect Blaine to try something a little bit more aggressive next round if it is a partial behind it
See if he can insert himself in the play and find an opening pick, but the detail there of just that it's not even a miss shot from Griggs
It's just not lethal
And they still have five alive at the end of it. Yeah, this is a
Sorry gives me the
Yes, as you said lazy Clem from Taffy
It looked like he was pre-amming, I think kind of just...
I can guess that.
I can guess that, worried about top mid.
Well, Azul was currently 3-0 in opening, so he's doing a very good job in that to palm it.
Oh my...
Giddy up.
Junga, Junga, Junga, what's this?
That's just too few.
It's I'm out.
Shit, that is a huge...
Sounds like they're reviewing something from the previous round.
So, JDC just said it's important to let them do second stage and then fight them on the second stage.
So at the moment, they're getting first stage and then bigger the ones who are coming back in for the clear and they're just waiting.
The fact that Zou is a tap there, he's, I'm sorry, he was a tailpan.
It's showing that...
Essentially what JDC is saying is, can we let them actually try and take somewhere on the map before we fight for them?
But that's that's the because it does feel silly when you're on the defensive side and you're kind of giving them what they
Desperately need kills. So this is where
Kakafa might turn them into a bit of a more fast-paced poppy team because
He's gonna be discussing their adjustment
And oh, what are they likely to do and then now if you go for an execute you could find yourself in a strong position
So the game plan for Monty so far has been brilliant. We'll see how they adapt this one
I'm not too concerned about because they know they're up against another partial the next gun round is the key
Obviously, they have to get past this one
But it's more the tone of the remainder of the of the half
Okay, you say chunks combination down to 30
I'm not sure if you can see.
Rain waker and Tapsner about to
flash. It's easy pick into the
AK-47 important rain waker. I
wouldn't say struggling, but he
was two and seven before that.
A couple of his fights.
Extreme timings. Who has removed
blame for the pack and it's a
nice one back. Faven's degraded
there and bricks open to punish
rain waker. Afros really, really
Oh, he's getting clips out of Griggs! How's he hit both in quick succession?
You're clutching this one, Afro.
He's completely out of the realm of possibility.
This is big plans round and a helpless tech 9 spam really does embody just how little chance he has.
Wow.
Desert Eagle.
Deadly in the hands of Griggs.
Tip of the head.
This shot, opportunity squandered.
You just want to run at him, surely? You have to hold yourself back.
Check his in-frame and just want to get stuck in.
They want the clock to go, I mean you can kill them all at a time, he's gonna have to run at you.
Yep.
Kill me.
Aphro is just begging. Kill me. Kill me.
Please, kill me.
Ah! He's trying to throw his old bat of bounds!
Alright, well they will get Grix's AWP and he earns it with those Geagle kills.
Let's cast that in the replay, please.
Yes, please.
It's this, this.
And then the follow-up.
That third is...
It was a wallbang kill, I just wasn't sure exactly how that manifested.
What was that?
in that last time out, I would imagine at this point.
Oh, Gricks down to our fro.
I think that's what JDC was saying,
like, let's wait until they actually do something
before we get stuck in and,
well, Gricks has given away another opening kill.
Blames picked up the AWP.
Well, the hero of the last,
he might be the villain of this one.
Gricks is gonna have to sit by and watch.
He's gonna be regretting that type of a pick.
He just helped the team out with the fire start a moment.
They are playing the agonizing Counter Strike multi. I hate playing against teams that play so slow like this. You get impatient. You never know exactly what's going to be coming your way.
Nice one back. Let's go.
finds himself that floor back and now he's served his purpose he's back on the
m4 off and over to boost works out for JDC
Tabsin as well five-way breaker on the ramp side
Monty trying to apply the pressure off the flash his beamers need to follow up
here onto Tabsin as support Afro look at this aggressive AWPing beamers does
succeed on number two JDC too much to handle he's made it winnable though but
oh you're right favorite CT Afro is just not considering this time either
You're trying, clear it.
Just a quick no scope and then plant.
No, it completely gets the info though,
Favon trying to put the pick up.
Seconds, got to hit that shot.
He hasn't, that's round.
Ooh, they come back from the early disadvantage.
And again, I think Greg's going to be wiping the sweat off his brow,
seeing that one go down.
Fela could have given him away back in.
But it's too consecutive and the first time out called by Monty,
they've forced one, an extra chance for Zen on the mic,
as he's burned through three in this first half.
So what's interesting in the mind game to this here is big made the necessary adjustment and Monty didn't change the way that they're approaching
Even though they got that opening picker probably made them feel like hey the rinse and repeat of what we're doing is great
Yeah, the problem becomes now is you have a choice. You only have two rounds left in this half
The money is a little bit slim on some of these players
Do you operate with something that's going to be a little bit more direct or pop you could still go late?
You could put you would just do an execute you wouldn't be so dead by a thousand paper cuts coming in from all these different angles
But with that in mind big also know that there's a likelihood you call an adjustment
It's a big complaint for that
2400 loss burners going into the fun around a regulation for Monty. They've still been able to bring in a handful of AKs
So it could look much worse its rain waker and gives me on Glock's and Util and the other three with AKs are very curious looking by
They're looking to try and punish Faven on B. He's starting things off with a massive
pistol round on the Jull Barrettas, so as soon as this smoke fades, JDC sure is the only
man that can help him.
The rotation from the other three, significant time away.
JDC has good Util to help. No incendiary, but a smoke and a HE.
The transfer is Rain Waker.
Bathe from ready to zane.
One in a way is perfect.
Exactly what he's looking for.
And instead, it's a clean headshot.
All on JDC.
It's just JDC tucked.
The rotation's on its way from Blame. JDC trying to delay.
Swing again. Fever's handles it. Double entry.
Now up to the aim and car transfer is Afro that picks up the pieces and a well-constructed round with just three rifles to blocks
I was running away to save bricks you might want to do the same
On around the half coming up next and you're gonna get yourself 2400 loss bonus
Which will in bricks can drop a gun for blame and everyone else would be good. So come on be miss. I
Be miss is putting a ship
He is he's hitting hard right for this kid
I think it definitely does interview on HLTV
But it would have definitely been a tough couple of years because you got a taste of what top tier counter strike was like in the big
Or five years later. Yeah, it's a drought and you think well, what did I do wrong?
Sometimes it's not even you exactly and he's not squandering the opportunity at all. He is hitting hard today shout out to Venus
I will 5 in the best of 1 on the CT side. It's not great, but it's not the end of the
world. Swap halves, you win the pistol, you get it flowing. The problem is yesterday they
did only win one T-sided round, so we'll have to wait and see how deep the playbook runs.
The mental, we know it's there. There is absolutely no doubt about that. The remedy in the final
round of the half to this slow crawl appears to be double orbs that means
they can channel the U2 elsewhere.
Blame like the way it felt that moment.
No throw across the tap, hoping to catch it over extending JDC.
Which he is there.
He is.
Oh, and our throw provides.
They've been killed goes Monty's way.
Yeah, and that's been a common theme Alex.
They only managed the first two opening kills of the whole half.
That's it.
I like the reaction, it's information, Tapsen's clearing procedurally.
They always look prepared for it don't they Monty?
It appears to me the gameplan is after we get some territory we expect Big to move.
And that's what's been happening throughout and you have to do it especially when you
lose the opening fight, it kind of forces your hand, it makes you make a play.
potential all-peter head here and Griggs has the advantage
Oh my god
He's in!
No!
Bro number 2!
Griggs!
Caught by Counter-Strike timing.
There's a clawback at a half from Blame.
Just digs his heels in on jungle.
Double spray onto the Brits.
Tamsen in this forward position.
Can't play disruptive, but he's actually going to throw the
neighbor trajectory betrays.
They know exactly where he is and Faven's picked up the AWP.
We're going to make a palace, wow, wow, quick on the last one as well, okay, who needs opening
kills I guess, don't you worry, being a recovery, they get three of the last four rounds and
we swap sides.
Oh
Look at that time this 7 seconds of brotherhood!
Get 20, don't kill me!
20,000 more frames!
Still a lot of room!
We got it, time to call!
Close.
I can tilt some more corn for you if you need to.
Yeah, go.
Corn, corn, corn.
One more in short.
Up, up, up.
Set up corn.
I'm close.
I was one.
One bench.
Watch myself.
There's that.
Corn, on the palace.
Corn, let's go!
I'm close in default.
I play default myself.
Hey, make steps for us, Conn.
Just make it.
He's still here.
Let's go, boys. Let's go.
Nice, boys.
Come on, we got the smell.
Indeed, did stabilize.
Monty had to lead, swapped sides.
CT's 4, Monty and 5 for big clan.
They got 3 out of the last 4 on that CT side.
Now it's a question of if they can win T-Round on Mirage.
A couple of bad moments there.
We just saw that Diggle round win, but then also the 3v5 at the final rounds as well
So tough one there for Monty can Afro do a favorite impression
Looks good gets his first just the one humbled by Tapsin retentions. Yep
Yes
Yeah, he's already got a nice click, but
So the site is lost. Okay, they're gonna have to settle into this as we were quick around the world on the flag
Rain's wake coming in through market the two of them will need to combine
I think let us who would play first
I'll play should have it. Yeah, it looks like he's got booked
When is it out makes it a two on two that draws Griggs's attention away
He doesn't find the clean headshot does it on the third bullet. It's just a zoo who thrust into the clutch
Gricks not going down to that first tap makes life a whole lot a little difficult
He's just gonna dance around now for bullets and two targets, and he's got the back turn
He's gonna surely go down JDC secures it
I'm surprised the knife didn't come out of there, back completely exposed.
I think it's about the right balance.
Yeah, for sure.
It's getting a little bit lost in the source there.
Gizmy's rotation, it was there in time, but he was caught in the open coming out of market.
He just goes down for free.
Classic little in game leader of rotation there.
Trying to do too much.
That's both pistols for big.
spy for Monty. Well, it's a good call considering it's just Gizmy here. Zewoo might be able
to get here at a time. Oh, that's a terrible info. Still going? Now stop going. Three here,
Beemas joining the party.
Garage flashes.
As he wound, he finishes off the first.
Taps him going down.
Oh my god, gives him his deagle.
Takes down two.
Spotted the head of Afro, as well as he scavenges away on Mach 10.
They've already set themselves up for success.
They still have five alive and big clan with the pistol under their belt unable to convert
versus the force spy.
Ricks tagged.
Even worse now.
Tap out for the low.
You are just in the hurt locker here.
Beemus will finish it off the job as he turns onto Gizmy and Beemus will close it down with a quick MP9 burst.
After Gizmy spotted them early, I'm surprised they didn't cancel.
It's similar to the Thunderdown under out of apps on Inferno.
If you play, you got spotted early and you still follow through.
Or was that flightless?
That was Lee has made.
Yeah, it was Thunderdown under.
It's not only just you get spotted with the bomb and a lot of numbers, but you also flashed off.
But you also, like, there was a H.E. from someone else, like, it felt to me.
You knew they were multiple-body. And you did have time to call it off, and you still had more nades after that.
It's not like you were doing that in the last 30 seconds of the round. It is going to be a force back.
It's not a full force. They've left a little bit of extra cash on a couple of players.
Griggs makes sense. He wants to get out of the AWP. But this one was void of an idea, right?
And it's like, when I see deagles, it's normally, let's just search and see if we can find a couple of players overstepping the mark.
Yeah, like, Greg, could you just do that again on the T side now?
I got three kills.
You guys an eagle?
He's here doing an awful lot of talking.
One boost down, here we'll try and bait space.
Now he's been spotted.
Now this is where just Counter Strike fundamentals come into play.
There's absolutely...
No need to fight them, but if you fight them together, together, Monty's strong, as Miss
does go down to Favons Deagle, so just one little chip in, as when Rain Waker brought
down to 60-ish points of health.
Oh, this is getting ugly.
Let's just sketch
To blame has a good idea on all three players
He took the fight with the zoo and window he understands that gives me just killed one over towards short and
Afro was over towards a on ticket, but it looks like he's gonna say the safest option and hold on to the AK
So at least he can wield this into the next he can drop his pistol to somebody else and they can still say threatening
But unfortunately for big Monty are about to secure their ninth round of play
So 9 to 6 the score will read with them going into what is essentially an eco with this saved AK
So then they know as a matter of fact that AK was saved
Okay, then what's four guys apps? Is he part of that pack? Yes he is. Marvin is a late
piece on this. Is he going to go underpass for the lurk? Is he going to apply pressure
and hope that it... Don't mind this call, Rainwaker, I'm not trying to signal him out
here but he hasn't looked the cleanest in the AIM department. He has looked rough around
the edges to say the least and it's a lower responsibility on his shoulders right now yeah I
could see him getting overrun fortunately afro support is here with more than enough time
right okay this seems this feels me with a bit more confidence that you could just get that M4
spray down as they try and flood out the smoke
but wait out the smoke yeah I think because you want to wait out the utile anyway they're in no
rush so max value out of this would be helpful to get a plant for blame he's
gonna be really struggling in the buy department next round so even if you just
get one kill and get the bomb down I would consider that a bit of a success
for being now faving gets to play
he will be able to come up con
they're gonna wait for him to get close up see if he can find any backs turned
Who's not looking currently?
Yeah, Afro's checking. That's Bomb Bomb.
And that's that. Multi-kill for Rain Waker. Takes down three comfortably.
Blame to AK47 for mains, and he's going to do his best to make it costly. Couple of kills.
Okay, so at least he got himself an extra 600 bucks there.
If the bomb went down, he definitely would be in a very strong buy position,
but unless one of his teammates want to give him the AK, they will do.
Okay, so he gives the G'lil over to Fave, and Blame gets the AK. It makes sense.
It makes sense. We know the output of blame. There's no denying that.
So no AWP for Griggs.
Very limited utility for three of the four members of BIG.
Three of the five members of BIG. Excuse me, it's a bad man's team, I promise you that.
He's out. Looking for a fire. They already taught me blocks.
Griggs had a chance. That was a pretty small opportunity there onto Aphrodite.
Aphrodite's hanging around!
Back for more! You're not expecting him to go for the Regress Blame, sir.
It wasn't that is a
Oh, I've been spotted middle. Hmm. Maybe I should go back out. I'm underpassed. I like every fair play play
Let's expect in one thing. He got the other I just can't believe
You're just committed fair play gets to did more than get his yeah
No, I can't open in kill department is insane in this game. It's
What's that trust the damage big have two opening kills the entire map so far well
They've got two opening kills. They've got as many opening kills as they do pistol rounds.
Sure, okay, well.
And yet the score reads 10-6 to Monty, soon perhaps 11.
Okay, information relayed. A ZUWU 4 position tetris. They're gonna double up here.
What a shot.
Rainmack has to be somewhere.
Yeah, there he is. Does well for one.
Quick to quick on the trade with that AWP.
2v2.
Yeah, and if you peek jungle, you are a dead man.
Oh, you know what, Cricks has fallen off the line, and he must down to the ground.
He's doing everything right now.
That's his third in the round.
Oh, that gives me your chance at the 1v2.
Okay, in the open, quick adjustment, nice aim, and an awkward beat.
Hang on, I'm in shock from Cricks, gets awkward.
Could all of those kills be for naught?
It's such an uncomfortable position to be in person.
Aw, Cricks, four kills, gets Binklan their seventh.
Have to work hard for that one. That is similar vein as what happened in the final round of the first half.
Afro gets two kills on the AWP, they give themselves a 3v5, and they end up losing the scenario.
So a really good battle back in here from Big to keep themselves pouring into this game.
If they win this next round of play, they humble the finances of Monty, and they can make it a one round game.
So this one is extremely important for Big on the comeback as JDC let down a roar.
The comeback kings are cologne and are looking to do it again.
Yeah, it was Grease's interview that just said that game was gonna change me.
You're easier to believe when you've got some evidence.
This time no Afro audaciousness.
It's actually all five of them are big congregating in middle.
That's the reaction. That is exactly what they were setting Gricks up for.
A little bit of a jiggle for info from Azulu, and you're down to the sniper.
That's their third opening kill. So, you know, it's late, but it's there.
Femus has been boosted, but they're ready for it.
I know with two players on now, that could be enough info to make the finish.
Okay, now for one to blame.
Remarking needs a multi.
Yeah, he's got one.
Back turn, Grick's not ready for this, he's just racking him up!
Oh, he nearly had Tapsen all done!
It's fine though, Afro's gonna pick it up.
Monty will ascend to 11.
They knew their money was on the ropes there, but that goes both ways, big as well,
only getting 1900 as their loss burn is coming into this,
and for them, they might have to stomach the eco and give over round number 12 to Monty.
The choices are very limited.
It's a bit clumsy.
No!
Sikri!
Sikri!
Let's rock and go, man.
Yeah, they're G and M up.
You got her.
He's finding his footing in this.
When you're coming in cold.
It's also very tough on extremities.
When you're like ALERKS, if you're...
Like, they were getting rounds, right?
But they were getting the rounds, and then they just kind of had all the space.
But there were some fights that felt like they were a little cause for concern.
Remember the dig?
Anyone else into the glocks as they are mantling up for the window boost?
Zulu has a chance to farm.
The dig's not part of it.
Flame's over towards the apartments on his lonesome, so these will be the easiest fights
of Zulu's life here in middle.
There's more glocks sound off that, yeah.
That's as I want those.
Got a Zulu's name written all on.
And now he's just playing his life.
Lame's gonna search B.
12-7.
Textbook.
Okay, now you know what that number means.
It's a plan. You've seen 12 against you.
Ha ha ha, now we, now we, now we play.
Now you can play.
Does have to be on the harder side though.
A T-side is a different kill of a fish.
How could he be taking the time out? So either he didn't like the opening that was being called from Monty, or just wanted to...
It's curious when Big Clan have none left, you know, you kind of...
You're giving them 30 seconds to organise themselves.
Especially for a team that thrive with all their additional time.
This is looking like we're going to keep it as the teams who are just appearing here for Stage 2, other than Pain.
pain with a bit of a spotless record so far. We've had a chance of a game that led to 90 of a
fly quest foot over bait that was Tai Lu toppling pain. We've got M80 versus G2 currently raging on
on the A stream with Moses and Dinko. I'm around left in this one potentially and then coming up
next to on the B stream we'll be legacy taking on MIBR. Just to find a round for big on opening game
stage 2 let's find out.
Let's see on the north path middles throw some bullets down range as a
Zulu that is going to press here. Wow with the flash from B mass he's able to
find one. JDC catches Afro on the short side gives big clan a necessary leg up.
You've got the advantage. Izmi's getting pushy. Blemess anticipating this kind of reaction.
They're very aware of it. It is Blem.
Izmi's playing to get a few tucks. That's great.
It's huge to play to contain this situation. He has more than enough information now.
If they finish short to B's in a strong spot, if they head back B apartments,
he should be good for at least one.
In B, they call the freeze.
I know they have the advantage.
I know that Monty has to play.
Right now the cluster of Bmess and Rain wake around jungle and Windows just chillin'.
Then forgive me. I got a buffer around so they can take a few more chances
Now blame you can see he's mouth moving calling them into the finish so you're in through underpass
Get he's in quick start to move maven
Gizmy's timed as well
Understands around that 42nd mark. They're gonna start to congregate
He must goes to ticket which which he will do they'll be an announcement of presence. There might be a jungle smoke
Oh, doesn't finish him off, Griggs 1-8-T.
In the small position for the fight, sees the balance being seen, gets caught off by the light.
They hit an end ring, yup.
He's called it off, he's gonna look to retain this M4.
It's a good battle back there in middle, right? The fight comes their way, they lose the opening exchange, but it's the...
...trades back, do make the difference.
We have a smoke and a kit. Maybe we can start getting excited for the opportunity, but liking
both key pieces to make this one possible, it's a good time to take stock right now in
the finances of Monty. So they are only going to get 1400 loss bonus. Gizmo will be able
to drop one, Rainwaker will have enough money to be able to buy himself, and Bimus and Afro
the same. Zulu has invigorated that gun. I do wonder. This, this round I would like to
time out, but now that I have one left, maybe don't burn it. They have actually been able
to facilitate the ult. Thought that was going to be lacking, but I think Rainwake has been
able to drop that one over. Wow, the proximity of his mouse to his keyboard on a Zulu there
It's like never seen a mouse so close. It's on the mouse pad to the keyboard. I mean
Yeah, he's gonna be in this blind spot
I don't have no idea he gets the flick down JDC a hectic spray didn't go for the instant tap
Just commits loses vision loses life big clamp need to turn this one on its head
But opening kills hasn't been how they've won rounds.
The Chad's been highlighting this.
They have turned these rounds on its head before.
This one, however, is for their stage two opening match.
Rick's somewhat of a win condition.
He has the bomb on his back, responsibility.
He's not being offered anything right now.
He's going to have to force a fight.
He's going to lose the bomb if he rounds that corner though.
So we'll back away.
Two audible ramp. It's Tapsin and Favon. They can have a stink.
Molly, that's gonna be info. Coordinates.
They met from Griggs through Khan. They know there's someone close jungle. They heard him.
We'll have to give him the fight. They met from gonna give him the wide swing.
Oh, and he tracks it! 5-on-3! Monty to start off their major with a huge win!
Instead of playing with Gricks, he's putting up a bit of a fight here, a bit of resistance.
They've only got 25 seconds though, and with 2 CT, Beemus can be conning in that blink of an eye.
Gricks demands Faven gets the bomb down. Thanks!
Oh, Faven gets enough! Just enough! He clears out CT with a quick follow-up onto Azumu!
Has he got another clutch hit him?
Fresh bullets, fresh bullets, up against Pima, swings and that's it, Monty!
Heavy start to the major, one hell of a start!
Come on in, messing up the Vito, not selecting a side, not going to cause them any worries whatsoever.
Big yes, there was a buried tail today, you've been brought back to reality.
That's a big win.
F*** if we're making sure the defuse comes through before he has the celebration just in case the keyboard got disconnected.
The 20 kills for Beamerster, 17 for Appra, 19 for Azulu, that was the engine of this team.
They all had some really big moments and then Gizmy and Rain Waker as the extremity players did what they needed to do.
It was a well-called game. I really like the game plan that we saw in the first half.
Take stage one, wait, big re-aggress, you delete them and Monty.
They handed themselves four major rookies in the server to kick this off for them, and they pick up the victory here today.
And you've got to reply to that.
I mean, especially when you consider the fact that Big would have had so much momentum coming into the same map as well,
you thought it would just be a rinse and repeat, but far from it.
And you highlighted it as well. It was the agonizing pace on their T side as well.
I think that's going to serve Monty very well.
I can see a world where that's going to be catching another team off in the best of one.
If they can keep pulling it off, the individuals are hanging.
It's not much, you could say, there's negative about Monty and their debut game here at the Cologne Major.
Again, we had no head to head between these two teams and I put Monty as your seniors, your bigs,
and put a couple of other names from Europe in a bucket where we want to see them locking horns against some of the bigger names
to see what type of counter strike they can really offer up.
13-8 score line and one that had some highlight moments.
Afro still doing Afro things, right?
It's been a while since we've had him on the big screen, but it's been great to see he's at such a...
a
He's a thorn in the side. He's a stubborn author, right?
He's not going to back down. He's happy to play around the cast and always that he's aiming for the belly mate
He just knows that one bullet you're done and dusted. So big game there from Monty big
They joined the zero one bucket starting to fill out nicely with
Game a little down there fly quest bait and pain a couple of more names to add to that list before we get the redrawl
Monty do kind of stick out as a sore thumb a little bit as well when you look at that one zero bucket your Astralis foot G2
Tylo, Nymsey and now Monty. Now we've got the interview standing by, let's throw it
down to here from the victors. Monty takes it over the line and obviously
Vimas is here with me. I spoke with you before the match as well so I kind of
want to pick your brain on what just happened because this is as good as it
gets start to the tournament but it took me through it a little bit because you
made them burn like three timeouts in the first six rounds of the T side I
just heard Kakafu actually your coach talking that he's a little bit tilled
about the T-Side? Do you know why is that? I have no clue in the game everyone was positive
about the T-Side. To be honest we lost the pistol, we lost the second round and we still
got seven rounds on T-Side. This is crazy you know. Like look what happened yesterday.
None of the teams got T-Rounds you know and we just showed a really insane T-Side. Thanks
to Jack's calling, thanks to Kakafu's also coach call. And yeah everyone did their part
good and yeah I'm happy. You were performing extremely well but I wanted to ask you was
Was this due to, let's say, preparation, or just mid-round calling from Jag, or was
it everything tied together with the cherry on the top that you were just fragging out
of your mind?
I don't want to jinx myself, you know how it can go.
What I did is I changed my crosshair after five years.
Maybe that helped a bit.
I've been feeling really good lately in practice games, so I was only praying that I also show
it in officials, and, well, first official, I've been feeling crisp, so I'm very happy.
Maybe it's a crosshair.
Maybe it's a crosshair.
You have to post on Twitter the code after, okay?
It's Don Crosshair.
Of course it's Don Crosshair.
Everyone is using Don Crosshair.
I don't want to agree with you too much because obviously you will have another best of one
later on today.
But how are you feeling on this setup in general?
Obviously you won and you must be feeling good, but give me your more honest opinion
because this was the B-streamed and you probably want to play on the A-stream as well where
we have a different setup.
So are you excited to just be here and have a good time and obviously start with the winning
ways?
For sure, I'm excited. And with this set-up, it's perfect.
It's like, this is as good as it can get, you know?
We've seen everything.
This Monty Roster, we've been in every kind of a tournament.
I even had to play with a box under my elbow,
with chairs and armrests, so this is top level.
Well, you deserve the top level because you're the major
and you're starting with a great way, obviously,
with the win and we will see you later on today,
the next best of one. Good luck. Be a nice. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Something special to tell us to go
And that's it, so do it now, Prince.
Gotta get some!
We are back!
Legacy, recently won a tournament, lifted a trophy and the one man in particular lifted
MVP trophy as well. Can you guess who that was, Mr. Lato?
Yeah, Legacy AC.
This is a magic tournament for you. Back-to-back wins in China out of nowhere.
When you were coming into the tournament, I was secretly cheering for you because I like you guys.
But I didn't think that you would pull such a feat that what you did last year as well.
What is happening with Legacy in China? Why are you playing so good there?
Yeah, I don't know, it's magic, I think, but it's amazing playing China and I don't know,
the team coming to go to China and before that we have the game at Atlanta and we play
well in Atlanta, so we go more confident to China and I think in the start we are not
I think it's Falcons, but yeah, we played well and we won.
Falcons in the final. How did you guys prepare for it?
Because obviously Falcons are known for the final disaster classes, so did you have that in mind as well?
Like guys, let's just play our game and I know it's Falcons, but this is the grand final.
It's a curse for them so far. What was the mentality going into that?
I'm just curious, what were you thinking? Because clearly you came into the final as a heavy underdog.
maybe underdog. Yeah, we lost to them the group stage. And when we played in the finals
against them, we only said, guys, let's play our game. The pressure is in the Falcons.
So let's play our game. If it's to win, we will win. So that's it. And enjoy the game.
It's only, these are mindset, I think. Overall, any team that surprised you or
Player that surprised you in stage 1?
Yeah.
Before I said that, but they are 2-2.
So...
I mean, they can surprise you even if they don't make it.
They surprised you already, yeah?
Yeah, yeah, I think they played well in stage 1.
And maybe they can go through stage 2,
but I'm trying to tell you, because I like to talk with G,
he's very friendly, and I think they are doing a good job.
Okay, G in particular, I mean it makes sense that you love Chinese teams because you love
China because you're just going there, grab the trophy, grab the MVP, have a good time,
obviously winning and now you're here in Cologne in Major.
Any thoughts about that?
I actually wonder, how many majors did you play before?
I think it's five majors already.
Is this the absolute, like, the best form you're coming into the Major?
Yeah, I think it's the best form.
In our team, we almost go to the playoffs.
We almost go to the playoffs.
And in the last one, Budapest, we don't play good.
We go to the tournament a little bit struggling inside the team.
And now I think we have a good shape to go to the column.
this major, because we are coming to, after that we are in the CAC and we won the tournament
and now we divide inside the team, it's very good. Everybody is liking to be together every
time and I think it's the best shape. Everyone is liking it, apart from Nysim obviously. It's
locked in, focused on the media day. I want to thank you guys, I want to thank you guys and
I'm not going to interrupt your media day because you have a lot of prep to do as well
and I wish you best of luck in stage 2.
Thank you very much.
And it's good to see you like this because you're smiling, they're clearly ready.
Guys, watch out for Legacy, they're coming!
Art is here in the building, Legacy is in the building.
Welcome to Cologne Major, first of all.
This is a special place for NACS player and this is Vibechick.
So I want to ask you, was Vibechick in the team?
Do you feel the nervousness or maybe excitement
or is just business as usual for you guys?
It's always different to play the Major, so it's not as usual, but we try to think as it is,
so we can perform the best we can, so it's important.
Right now you have MIBR in front of you. You played them a couple of times this year,
I think four times, it's two wins to lose. It's obviously with a previous roster without you being
in it, so can you tell us a little bit why it's so, let's say, difficult or always close matches?
Is it just the rivalry of Brazilian teams or any specific things that come to your mind when
when you're about to play MIBR?
Yeah, it might come down some,
because you play a lot of CS with MIBR,
so they know how to play, we know how they like to play.
There's like a derby on there as well,
but they are good individuals as well,
they play well as a team,
so it's a close match, either way,
so they're playing good CS as well.
You just are riding the high of the trophy from CAC.
Can you tell us a little bit and share inside
how it was between the trophy and this major,
those two weeks that you were probably preparing, because sometimes, you know,
people can get a little bit lazy when they win the trophy, which obviously shouldn't
be coming as a main point, but sometimes it just happens, so from your POV as an
ideal, do you think you worked just good enough before this major to make sure that
you iron everything out for the stage two? Yeah, it was not like a whole two weeks
of practice, we had a little bit less time, so it's not enough to redo everything
or just fix everything so of course we took like a day off but we start playing right after that
so you know that's important to prepare for the major so we just practice the as much as we could
and we feel prepared to play. I know you did veto right before this interview so I don't want to
waste any of your time and go prepare with the guys and I will see you in the best of one on the server.
Thank you very much.
The legacy taking on MIBR as we get themselves situated to start off stage two.
We've got an interesting one.
Sorry Chad.
Sadzins.
Shave his head.
Oh he has.
Okay.
Sorry.
I don't know, maybe. Interesting head choice. I would think differently. But look, it's great.
You know, maybe it's nice in the shower. It's easy to get out of bed in the morning.
You can focus on the games. Yes. That's a far for round with his head.
Fair enough. Well, this head to head, we just had Martin there talking about
how often these guys see each other. Obviously, this is the second time in a CAC. We'll get
into all that good stuff later. But legacy one of these teams who are joining us for stage two.
I think that they're most recent resurgence. I think I'll call it a resurgence, right? Because
They started off at EPO earlier in the year and they were able to make it to the playoffs
and then they kind of dipped away at Bucharest and Rio with some flat results and then since then
it's been pretty good. They're in Atlanta versus CAC. So not too shabby whatsoever.
I don't envy anybody that has to go up against an art team.
No, especially in a best of one. You know, like there's, I understand that perhaps it's a little
different as highlighted in his interview with Martin there, just that there is, you know, we
We know each other very well. We know their tendencies because I I would feel like I'd give legacy more of an advantage if they were going to
I guess the team that the zero head to head is it what you're saying just because they are so they're a team that can be very
Explosive can be very difficult to read and can exploit gaps in your communication that I don't know if it's going to exist in M.I.D.R.
Even though it is this kind of you know, Furia-esque blend of Brazilian talent and then imports.
I think for them, the engine of the team obviously needs to be Insani and Klim, and then if it's
going to be up to that, we'll have to wait and see.
What you're talking about in terms of getting caught off guard, everybody has a good idea that
Legacy likes to do things out of the box and aggressively. It's about blending that style
with more traditional Counter-Strike right, and that's the balance that Legacy have been
hoping to find, and they found it at the right time. Here we go. This is the semi-final clash
we were talking about at CAC just a couple of weeks ago and Legacy, well, 13-5, 16-12 obviously,
Mirage getting close there, but still a 2-0. So they have the confidence coming to this one and
I would consider them right now, well, I was going to say the best Brazilian team, but we have to,
we have to make sure we respect Furia, right? Obviously the Stage 3 Brazilian is going to be
rocking up in a couple of days time, but Legacy, based off their results, you could make that argument.
I don't know, I would like to see the two of them clash, actually, Furia versus Legacy. Let's go
head-to-head at the major, shall we?
Yeah, that would buy.
Now, we obviously have some imports on the MIBR.
So, the server, you're going to have to remove Klim.
He's a talented prospect for the future as an operator.
You'll get to see it on display today.
And, of course, LNZ, the Swede, the in-game leader,
having to call the shots at this point
because they played so many officials with each other.
I'm not going to use language as an excuse for anybody, right?
They've been playing together all year.
They were doing a lot of farming of domestic tournaments
in Brazil earlier in the year.
And now they're a little bit more settled in and trying to get those international reps.
Obviously one of the Stage 1 teams who've progressed to this point.
Take a look at the map pool right here. You can see MIBI will be removing Dust2.
And likely, well, this is it with Legacy, right?
I feel that there's some teams who do try to...
I always have a hard time with this. They try and flex this whole 7 map pool thing.
They clearly have technically played every map.
Yeah, it's the same with Big 2, I'd agree.
Right.
But in a best of one, we're going to simmer down to some middle ground.
So we might see one of the two maps that we saw in their head-to-head last time round, but it depends on, well, the prep, right?
Do MIBR feel a little bit more comfortable coming into sight that maybe last time they banned?
We'll get the video up on screen right now. So there's that Dust 2 getting removed, Inferno followed up.
We're going to see Anubis go out, which I would say is Legacy's ban, Ancient, and then Overpass.
So it's going to leave us between a Nuke and... Okay, it's going to be Nuke.
So MIBR had the choice here. They decided to take it to the territory of Nuke.
It gives Legacy the opportunity to start on the CT side.
And that's where I'm probably the most concerned.
I understand that Ellen's Ennis boys are warmed into things.
But the tone of which the fight can come your way in a CT side nuke versus Legacy,
the half can get away from you before we even get going.
We're going to take a look right now at the parving in the first 30 seconds on their rifle rounds.
You have this combination of Lado and Dumau as your top defenders.
The two of them are going to be key to shutting down A.
I'm gonna be quite aggressive towards heart and squeaky it starts in your all parts
So this is your rotating piece
You can start staunch outside to shut things down
But you also needs to cheat over the water ramp to assist that
Obnism up heaven right breaking the smoke walls trying to get the information for his in about one of the most important positions
Other than the outside rifle, which is art
So if you see these boys lose a pistol and they get a couple of kills art might just call for a drop them for and everyone else's
EECO right you're gonna see those crazy buys. Yes those crazy buys that drive yanko insane
when they worked it really. I'll never forget when Janko was ranting about that Mag7 and
saying look at this what is this idiot doing and he just what Mag7 and four USPs wins their
own. It is nice though that some players can break the expectation that we have playing
top tier counter strike. Even when with this deep into Counter Strike's life. Yeah so it's
always a little bit fun. Here's Nissen another one of these players right we're talking about
a period before this kick in here. Nissen's aim is another one and you will think he's
playing VR without close dismantling the monitor. Not right now, but when the game is live.
On the other side, it's a few more fresh faces. We'll just call him Venom. We can do the
Zero if we want, but I think it's just a suffix.
Yeah, exactly. Yuzera's.
So he's going to be assisting Yard.
Yuzau's.
Yuzau's, that's right. Yardee and Zau's.
Klim, the Orpah, so you don't have to operate T-Side and Nucleot. I think it's not essential
by any stretch of the imagination, but we'll see if they're able to get it into the hands
of the young man.
LNC, of course, is going to be throwing all of the youth till.
What an in-game... in-game leaders' life.
Isn't that a fun one?
Learn all the line-up, throw all the nades, come into every situation last, and when there's
no nades left, run in first and die.
It's, uh...
His path's an interesting one, isn't it?
Oh, man, he's been everywhere, ain't he?
All over the shop.
It looks like he was doing, like, the okey-cokey with young Ninjas and NIP for a long time.
Zangal, Heroic, and then going to maybe Brighton Shores in January of this year.
Yeah, it's interesting, right, because you got the ticket at MIBI a little bit earlier, right?
LNC thinks that they can have someone to call the shots, but I'm going to say Aizwan Insani for me on this T side.
He's without a doubt one of the best Brazilian players in the world.
So we got our K Serato, we got our Jury, we got Insani in front of the next half.
Don't forget Lado and Tumar, they're on the other side.
So you see Champs coming in off of a high.
They can come in with a pistol victory. If you are just joining us, it is stage 2 of the Inter Extreme Masters Cologne Major for 2026. We find ourselves on day number 1 with the best of ones. Well, technically day number 5. But who's counting?
Day number 1 for Legacy. It is rocked up.
two-man ramp setup is with the HE from art so this one takes contact and
aide comes in it's a top fake
moving the muscle
HE, tracking, combination of the Jull Baratas, Klim and important trade
provided awkward flash makes things really ugly look at the health now
remaining on LIDR it's getting worse but still Insani stands his ground versus art
Oh, Insani! How have they bailed out of this one?
It's just Doom how they are low, though.
He could find Insani.
Oh, bloody hell! Bloody smock on his face as well.
That dude was low HP for all three.
Yeah, drop the eye-changer to an A. Right, this guy.
We get to see if it's such a fun player.
It's, yeah, he's a bit of a monster.
Like, it is peripheral vision for half a second before he hits the flick.
I mean rapid
Yeah, I changed the eye for any I like that because this is a crazy
When they kick it off with the pistol in now they just need to steady the ship against the force you win this you force down to an eco
And the setup of the pistol from legacy right they knew it was gonna be some type of a ramp pop
just couldn't get them stuffed in that choke point so it was an important kill
from Tim you know and starting to steal all the attention but he was the one
that stopped that from spiraling with the Jules Verretta's.
Nissan and Lato already started down B and they were tending to secret early
they can shoot back over and you've also got a rotation from Art down the vent
Squeaky doors just been blocked and LNZ has found Satsen with the scout.
in them back a it's such a good call this three CTs be take ramp cut noise
root lobby it feels like it's round doesn't it does walk out squeaky with
your residual you too yeah the fact that all scouts dropped in satin unless
you're getting headshots you're gonna get overrun what's he supposed to do
with us flying back tens back turn do you know nearly went down there selling
sadden right now yeah poor guy not the weapon you want in that position do now
Now it does still manage to catch something.
It's himself a 5-7, about kill and a Mach 10 upgrade.
I think you should save. I don't think there's any worth just throwing everything away.
Hold on to your upgrades.
Zuma will be able to drop the Mach 10 or the 5-7 into the next and they can go for a double dip on this,
but otherwise outmaneuvered.
So we'll handle from MIBR, tough one, but it's better when you can do it without the bullets.
At least from an in-game leaders perspective, you feel like you've completely big-brained them.
brain them. You force that rotation you were looking for and it's actually really important
in the flow of the game. I understand this is only against a force by, I say only, right?
It could be one of the more important rounds of the game, but you get anything here, sir?
And okay, chips away. We'll get out of there. Jimmel did go down with the Mach 10 and the
Mach 7 and this is us, they are mine.
I do actually really, I like to call it a lot for an anti-force round. You know, you're
going ramp, you're sure you run the risk of running into some sort of crazy stack, but
Once you confirm, take that space, it's going to force a reaction out of the CTs if they
want to be involved.
Bit of a mic issue here with the tech.
We're on board with Klim, so just working out how this one needs to be sorted.
Yeah, struggling to hear him.
I think Venom wanting to offer some assistance, but not meant to be taken the headset off.
Those are the rules.
Same reason that maybe if you're noting at home that the coaches are very stoic.
Yeah.
And bounce restrictions at majors.
you are taking it down and further away from the fault.
Uh-huh.
It happens because of the fault you found in that.
You were like saying it at the fault.
Okay, so it's your fault, Clim.
Yeah, it's not his fault.
Can you just keep it directly in front of your mouth?
If you put it close to your mouth, you can hear you.
Yeah, if it ends up around your chin, it's more like a hat strap.
Yeah, it's not going to get you far.
Now, listen, if the boom was a little bit, you know, saggy.
I don't remember who told me, but the tip I've always used as someone that wears a headset
every day is I always just kind of stick my lips out like I'm pouting and get my microphone
to just grace the lips, and that's when I know it's in the right place.
Okay.
You guys still put a funny face at home.
Give me a few teammates, can't hear you.
Cheese.
Cheese.
Oh, it's a MagSeph.
Of course it is.
Yes, it is.
We knew it had to be.
Come on.
Well, this one's solved as- Ooh, not live. Not live, not live.
I wonder what the issue is now, is it? Which side of the server's having the qualm?
That's one of the lenses you tear to. I told you!
Keep it by your mouth!
We can bring up console, can't we? I think the MC's made that possible for us, but we can see some of the timings going on here.
We get the gossip
Let's try again, shall we this one's a false start. I reckon this is it. Okay, we get to go
Well, the problem is it's a little bit anticlimactic. We're going into well partial. I know who I'm watching those of you on go TV
It's CS TV these days Alex actually
We're boosting them accept, okay, fuck
BOOM BOOM
Nisman starts down B
Sani gets set up outside with a smoke wall, crossing secret taking space
Nisman could have a head to head, there is the ramp explosion
Oh does Nisman push the shot? I think he's just going to sit here so we might have to take action on R
It's just him and his trusty shotgun
gun. But he's actually playing for this first fight. Like he's not going to let me in.
He was going to be hard cleared. It's a light buy of course you cleared this. Team flashes
don't help. Team flashes don't help.
Oh but there's Venom. His parthing was perfect. Off the flash. Art was forced away. And now
there's a reaction from Nism that Insani's ready to receive. He looks well positioned
for this. Sure there's timing. Doesn't look like he's even considering this option.
This is insane.
This is so close.
Oh Nism, it's him.
Oh, this is gonna be the same!
It's the free-frag and Sani's gonna be spewing!
Damn, two windowside Latoes, D.
I think she breaked. That's a lot of info. Lato's gonna relay that to the squad.
Fingers of saving the AK.
I would hope so.
Oh, no, wait, come down, Fett.
Is that gonna go?
He's going single? Okay. They feel like they can kick up a fuss.
I mean, he's gonna knade off the door. That might expose LNZ.
And down goes the AK.
Alright, well, I maybe save that now.
I think that's on second thought. You had a look but that AK is gonna be valuable going into the next round
Well, I get on the dodge sadson dipping away
And do mount we'll escort him out of town. So three zero sold start of the MIBR venom's been left the leash
He's going to spawn he got team flash on that first first ramp. Yeah, but he kept moving having exactly. I love that I
I do like that Sanzin passes it off with his low HP, so we will rather put Kevlar on Dumal.
Well, he takes him with him.
First gun rounds.
Not to grace our screen, Sanzin will get the AWP.
We get to see how crazy it is out of the gauge.
get keep our eyes on up who fortunately because that ak with save gets
dropped in and fall from two now so that means that they have all the uterite
they won't be any compromises here there's the kit there's the or there's all
the goodies but the full by on the same side climp he's got his big green
and an opening kill immediately talk about T side Luke or pink Lynn
proficient
Very slow start for legacy into this one being down a man first rifle round. The last two don't really matter
Oh nice claw. Oh finds Clem on the peak in just up on the box
Brenno an audible step the nissan will relay
Job done for Brenno applying pressure. This is what I'm talking about these squeaky pushes. Yeah, this is dude mouse specialty
It's caught off by Brenno returning. I think the steps on the roof were kind of baiting. We're now in a little bit there
I think you're right.
Ah, I think arts are dead man, that's what I think.
Yeah, they don't know what's happening.
They've lost track of the situation legacy.
Enemies just behind enemy lines.
You should have it.
Put game in, get around and then kill if it's not Insani beating him to the punch.
What?
You get both?
Oh, no, no, no you can't.
Well just go ramp right?
You know where they are.
I don't know if Art's going to be able to get away with this.
But Brenno is really cutting off the pass here if the Art wants to exit.
He's low on HP, he's brought up the USP to just try and finish off this frag, but he
is looking for the save.
It is going to be 4-0 T-Site start from MIBR, so this is looking comfy.
They banned this map last time round.
I mean, to go to Nuke in the best of one, you know that they're going to pick CT start, so you better have a good plan.
It seems they do.
Well, he is going to get away with this AWP.
So retained for sads and into the next.
Yeah, and that was an attempt from Breno to hold on to...
Klim's AWP, so...
Just a little extra financial damage, still NRVF, not fixed.
We've got 40 rounds already.
And they've been good with the openings, right? Obviously.
Twins opening up to Saturn in this one, but 3-1 in that department in the early stages.
It doesn't cost you venom, it's alright, take a breath, it's all good.
We have a fucking insane city side, and nobody in the world right now have a really good T side.
So you have a really good city side in the world.
Okay, confidence that once they do swap sides, but the fact they already have 4 on the T side,
in my opinion everything from this point on is cherry on top.
Double orbs in response here from Legacy.
I'm searching for an opening on the other side, that's out, catch his flag, missed opportunity
on Tbrenno, he knows where he is behind that red box, flashed a bailout as teammate, that's
nice team play, the biggest concern here is avoiding the saved AWP, but now that there's
2 in the mix.
LNG, look, you see that?
Exactly.
So looking to turn this into a top pop, LNG wants to come out hot, here we go.
Yeah, I'll tear that.
See our beautiful movement from MADISON.
It's getting really awkward.
Really hectic now.
This is where MAK10's going to do their best work into the site.
Insani and LNG break through.
Art overlooked.
Playing around the smokes doing art things.
He's got to be found by the spam.
Surely no.
It's SADZIN onto Insani chasing him down.
Klim finds it to the 2v2.
It's an S in main.
That smoke has faded.
Brenno, are you considering this? You might present your back if you're not careful. Easy pickings for Nysim!
Plym, spammed as well!
Down to half health through the smoke.
Oh, very doable. He's been giving the good graces to get this bomb down.
Not going for it immediately. He's looking for Nysim.
Some good restraint, palving back. Does he want to try and slip down the vent?
Gotta hit this headshot.
Nysim gets the info safely.
Plym, I missed opportunity. 20 seconds to piece this together.
No, Vence. At least that was his plan. He just doesn't have the health for this.
Nism's made it so difficult. He's got 10 seconds. It's going to be right down to the
wire. They can try and chase him. They should do. He has to sit at the planet. Sajin just
has to run at him right now, trying to get it down safe side. Just about enough cover,
but he's just going to run at him. Beautiful little underhand HE. And legacy start off their
major round five. Okay, so on the board it was the double
orbs. A real nuisance. It forced the hand to call into the topside. Archers delaying
around those smokes. Very chaotic indeed. But it might be I know that legacy they're not
out of the woods just yet, they're struggling a little bit financially. Scarls that made
him beautiful work denying the plant. Well it's a Mactan for Venet, it's Galil's for
LNZ and Brenner, no off for Klim.
Every D-Bram, smoke that they're gonna have to breach through.
LNZ trying to limit rotations, they wanna go ramp to Nissen.
Yeah, here we go.
Protester Nissen, again, BNMT flash.
Ooh, double out of Nissen.
Pretty good output.
No rotation available because LNZ was patrolling that vent.
I mollied the vent.
Into the hut clear, Dumau's got a third gear, spots a pit of LNZ and that's enough to remove him.
These are the two I'd want alive though in a 2v3 first play.
You're absolutely right, Jax. 7 kills and 6 respectively for Klim and Insani.
An audible vent drop for Lato and his neazy pick. Insani removes him, you can't go vents.
It's closed, Dumau forced on that long rotation through secret stairs.
They're not connected these two. Sure, Art has the kit, but they're on polar opposite sides of the map on the retake.
This is going to be extremely tough. I think MIBR have done them here.
Sany feels that way, you're like Clem is destined to frag on top, he's not gonna miss a headshot like that.
Safe.
Simple.
So yeah, convincing, MIDI quickly rectify.
Now it's just a galil that's gonna be held onto here and AK coming his way from Insany.
Okay, the cheers started early before the confirmation they knew they had a tactical timeout taken from ADR.
Interesting with Legacy in recent times. They did change coach this year, but
They've also been more changes in that department, right?
There was Revass who was there for a really short time and
Then I think it was health reasons that he was out and then ADR has been put in the coaching chair
But they found an uptick in results in the last couple of months
So I'm not sure if those two correlate at all, but it is just, uh, something to note.
3,400 boss burners going into the next. Legacy note that they're able to hedge in with a couple of investments.
And forth the dinner, scat for Sazer.
Actually, that can be a lot easier every day of the week. Okay, that got the rest of the boys fired up.
That's a major exclusive.
Okay, well that this time turning their attention to yard with a stroke or a sign leaving the charge
Renault just deals with lobby. I mean your yard player has got a PT 50 as far as your defense of this
They're taking lobby very early
So at least they should be able to put pieces in the right place
The question is do that might be I just take the secret control to finish B
Or do they try and take warehouse control and then finish heaven and hell it looks like they are just gonna cross secrets safely
And the ramp push is starting to take shape now, they've just slashed forward.
Sides and set that up to take the space.
L and Z does keep options open with this warehouse room.
But with the amount of nades that...
Ooh, coming down the vent, alright, this is again about to get brawly.
Art and Lado.
Five, seven and a P250. At least Lado's got the Kevlar.
They're allowing them to take the space.
You can see the positions that Art and Lado have just opted for.
Well that break of the window will make Dumau's second guess his angle, he just crouches under
the angle.
Dumau went out the window.
So much happening at the same time.
This full contact B.
And then he wins out onto the jewel with Sanzin elsewhere, you still can't find them, they
just borrowed into those vents.
They can't really do it, now they can.
Now they can, there's a weapon as well, Thanos gone down, it gets a bit uncomfortable.
He's doing a great shift on the active lurk and yeah, looks like it's falling into place that's I was a K though
Putting it to good use just for the one and sunny quick on the draw
Yeah, keeps a leash on that situation before it gets out of control
And this one will get something he has a kit and they do get 3,400 next round. He's gonna give it a look reload in
Sonny
Farmers up with them Zera polar opposite of the scoreboard
Secret of his presence if he wants to give it a go he has to go now
I can't believe he's pulled that off. Miss him. That's so composed.
He could shift the tide of battle right there. He's lost track of the situation under the pressure of this scenario
But he's had the defuse. He's got to be counting in his head. He swung just too late
Even if he waited four seconds and swung right there wouldn't have been time to finish the defuse after that
Money rocky now for MIBR. They lose this one. They are gonna have to save the eco
That could be it. That could be the round the changes things. It is gonna have to be a run from legacy
Right there might be our I think the difference is they could have had a crazy good half sure they still can
Five it's enough. It's just a way in yeah, it's a dent to the confidence to
You've just lost to a partial investment and now Insani's gone down in the opening fray of round number eight
You pull your pennies into this one
The mouse rotated down B so they don't know what's cross-secret.
They're addressing that with his presence.
On the outside lobby entrance still, LNZ floating in yards.
This is going to be a late finish, it's better than just squandering this and walking in
one at a time now that you have the man disadvantage.
LNZ activating for this main flank.
but it looks like they want to try and split towards A.
And they get past SADZEN's tight line.
Well, you can now.
It's all usage.
LATTO's found VenomZera,
and it's just easy for R on that fight on main.
Piece by piece, they collapse.
Five alive?
Five alive!
LATTO with three.
Should be a one round game.
And that's where it feels like a time
could have been taken from MIBR just to say okay well before we do lose all of
our finances let's make sure we have a really good plan maybe they were happy
with the call right let me there another import to this team it will be that
eco and nothing invested upon at all for MIBR so this will be as easy as they
come it's a good opportunity right now for us to draw your attention to the
mainstream you can go take a look at Spirit vs. Batboo that's the final game
on the atrium for the opening round two in stage two.
Plenty of simulators out there if you want to take a look at what those next matchups could be.
This one could just be a bomb test.
Ah, the first to take a bit of contact.
As you just throw yourself into this, you know it's the Glocks, and now they sound off, that's confirmed.
So the meat grinder and squeaky-climble get something for his troubles, but he's not long for this world,
as Juma confirms that, and as you mentioned, a one-round game.
5-4 still in favor of MIBR but that can change quickly, MIBR now they take the
time out. First thing wiping away that partial bylaw, second understanding we
already have five rounds on the T side of Nuke and then up next if we can get
anything more just to halt the momentum from legacy going into the half-time
break that would be fantastic, 6-6 that would be a thing of beauty, 8's available
short and we heard it from the voice comms they might be are got a lot of
confidence in their CT side when we do swap and we'll see how misplaced that is
you know how to quiet half as couple of those ecos are going his way maybe that's
gonna be enough to kind of get a feeling himself again doesn't be yelling either
True. So we'll see when that starts to activate. Maybe he's gonna be a bit more contained this time around potentially.
I remember the last time we saw a clear moor.
Didn't think it was gonna factor in too much here on the T side from MIBR.
Slow and steady diagonal smoke wall.
Right now still retaining a good chunk of information inside. So that
Breaking close, making sure no one's scaling to the wall into the warehouse or secret, and he's got the deep line now it's the second wave.
You do have to acknowledge the potential of the cross, especially considering there's more utility than just the smokes being dotted across, but it's a ruse.
They want you to rotate at least one down towards B. They're going to activate from behind main into potentially a top split.
Once left on Saturday, it's been deployed towards half
You've got your workout here. Just get caught in transition fighting insani's good though now do now will activate
That's a down off the one venom. Sarah's got the bomb and he's got bullets in his ribs. It's gonna be a 2v1 for LNZ
Treatable but he's trying to find isolate the jewel he'll scoop up the bomb
30 seconds to solve this puzzle down the fence feels tempting
But not if Nism's nailing shots like that just on the pixel
It took him a moment longer than it should have to understand that situation because he knows it was the AK
I have to know that dipped into lobby and then it was a silent stem for that was shipping
So maybe his teammates just said both lobby while he was looking towards heaven
Right, but just that moment of him taking a split second longer than he needed to to piece it together
It's a difference in him planting and yeah, right. He had he had the pitcher just not the full one. So another partial
and this some clutch has spurted forward with a four-round spree
front-boost outside, Sani, past a curious
1 minute 42 we basically made, heard the sound cue as well knows where you are or he's coming for you now
oh little bit of movement from up, evades the spray, solid on the hold, Venom 0-1 back
Lato should have him, yeah, look all looking the wrong way.
Enough of the distraction for the P250 to do some damage, but no kills Lato, it's saddening.
Had a couple of bullets hit them.
Okay, now they're starting to find a little bit of that energy and a second time out called
in this first half for MIBR.
I'm going to try and tie things up to the run they went on.
Five of the first six rounds have played the pistol of the conversions.
Now, with that round, that 1v2 lingering in the back of their mind, they need to remove
the doubt.
That's on the task ahead.
Keeping it costly.
That's not going to count for anything going into round number 12, plenty of money for
Legacy to get everything they need.
It's the double orcs again.
This time it's not Arten Sadson, it's Nisman Sadson.
And Klim needs to have one in one round.
Well, tough when your finances go down the gurglar.
Everyone has a kit, they've all got the head armor,
everyone has their nades,
they've got flashes of spawn,
they've even left an all-get spawn.
Just in case.
Should the situation amounted it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Insani, I think, has seen Sads and Cross Warehouse.
He was talking a lot there.
Sads has rotated back during all of this,
but at least they had some early intel.
and actually the rerout of satin gives them all the info yards so they should
know that something's coming to a day
I'll go to the defense or does he? Insanity will catch him as he emerges so
opening kill kind of gifted to them maybe this is an opportunity for MRBR to find
that 6th
I'm curious if this one's down secret, it's top fake, pram play.
Yeah, then I'm accelerating into the open ramp.
If they were to finish B, there's no way to go.
Even Sani is a nice one back from Dumau.
I have a molly for double doors and a smoke for single.
They're quicker, they seem a lot to already down.
This one's all primed and ready, he's picked it up and put it to no use at all.
Looking good.
What's up with the R?
Dumau just in the flames, what's that about?
You could find a quick kill, surprise him.
Instead, it looks like MIBR will...
What a T-side, and look what it means to LNZ.
MIBR 6 on the attack.
We swap sides, we come back.
See if Legacy can turn it around.
I
I don't want it so much more
It's gonna leave that you may never know
How hard I'm holding on to this fast
How hard I'm holding on to a letter
I would rather fall this low
But I'm still hoping on
To this fantasy
Oh, I'm still hoping on
To what will never be
I don't wanna let you go
I don't wanna let you go
I won't ever let you go
he's double double cross
nice guys
good job good job guys six rounds is fucking good
yeah it's very good you can hear the satisfaction in the miber camp because
now they go over to the favorite defensive side
it's the best of one on nuke and you've already done the hard part the heavy
lifting on your t-side
miss him save legacy from what could have been a whole lot worse of a scoreline
A 1 vs 3 clutch with a misstep from Venom Zera.
Yeah, help them get out on top of that money, didn't that?
Just 6x6.
Think you're happy on both sides, more because Legacy at least recovered the half,
but MIBR, with how confident they sounded in their CT side, all the...
Lip.
Okay.
Well...
Oh, okay, Doom outcourt. Couple of those.
Easy pickets. Just too easy. Way too easy.
MIBR put themselves in a 5 vs 2.
It could be worse as well. Ask what I head to head, Julie's not feeling confident in.
If he could just slam the bomb, it could be something.
That's suicidal.
That might cost them.
Problem goes down.
Two kills from Lato.
Art doesn't have the health to really be disruptive.
And yeah, just gets run out. What's he doing? Looking at the floorboards.
Lato has the ace clutch.
Good luck, Art. Fun. Double swing.
Yes, tap the heads and they're not happening.
Nice little cramp.
Walk into the angle.
Another eruption.
From LNZ, MIBR will take pistol.
Important triple there from Venom.
Came so easy to-
He did, right? One door, one heart.
Okay, well, one at a time. Yeah, that's gonna make it an awful lot easier.
I guess they're expecting an overrotation once that yard cross is spotted.
That's, uh, had their number.
So many weird jewels in this.
Sadzen jumping back was trying to get spanned.
That squeaky door one was a bit strange.
And then even out there, over two walls dark.
He just got caught off guard, even though he could hear them coming down ramp.
Well, the plant at least facilitates a juicier-looking buy.
we get two AKs, a Galil and then some Deagles for R and Lato. Legacy, can you get going?
Brenno with a very early Org.
The earliest.
They need to spot a block.
Quick rotation, they believe this secret space has been taken. L and Z cheek down immediately.
President Sendiary, so yeah, they know the rotations happened.
Just the last second of that smoke, they get across away from the glim spam.
And when the bomb was... look at this, doom out, just so brazen about that, just...
Smokes fade, waltzes into warehouse, so it gives them some room.
So that makes sense from MIBR, right? It's anti-force.
They're not overextending, not taking jewels, not giving away picks.
It's hard when you don't know what to buy. I'm sure you know there's a couple of upgrades for sure.
The AK has been confirmed with a few bullets.
Ooh, but they're not ready for this. They're not ready for this at all.
I'm so surprised. The possibility was always there. There wasn't eyes on the entire time.
So now you're making noise lower, but you're letting Doom out cook, right?
You're gonna see if you can get...
They're gonna go vent, hey. They're gonna go vent, hey.
Doom out, get heaven. They pop up the vent, they try and split, hey.
I thought it would, okay, as he spray Insani solid, gets himself a double, heaven still
occupied by Brenno, puts that awk to good use.
LNZ at the vent.
Sides in to get flanked here, yeah, going right out, gets him off the bar, gets the head
shot, now eight seconds, you've got to be sticking this, five, four, has to hold it.
Brenno doesn't choose to run.
He's trying to call the blast, but it's the headshot necessary.
Breno keeps that IBR flowing.
Yeah, and Sami's looking straight at him, letting him know right there.
Sure, that one comes down to the wire.
Banshee Whale from Insani.
Yeah, well, obviously there's...
With domestic opponents, I know there's that European flag.
Oh, but for sure. Make no mistake.
This one still definitely feels like it's a domestic derby.
I think legacy should take a time out right now
and just discuss what they want to do with the vibe.
with one player surviving. I understand we're starting to get to this end of this, but you could justify another full force.
You know that we're walking a little bit funny on this 3-2 side.
Oh look at this, correct eye contact. Hopefully someone looks back his way.
Alright, they're just gonna partial. 2900 is next, so they can keep the threats up.
up.
There's no more yards, squeaky door smoke as well.
So they have to respect the possibility of event dive.
I think Ellenzie might have the angle.
Well, they can path through the smokes.
He might not catch this if Nism tries.
And the oscillations we'll see.
Okay, so he's through.
So Ellenzie doesn't have it covered.
Are they aware?
That's tough.
That is very tough.
Well, if you can block Ramp, no harm, no foul, really.
Yeah, they can't. Brenno's got back up, but...
This smoke slips out, and Brenno looking for him does well.
Even some damage onto Lata with that through the smoke.
Flim to lend a hand. Oh, it's so seamless. Beautiful.
Well, this line's in there, beautiful, and then this one doesn't even really get a chance to play.
And it looks like they have identified the situation, immediately starting to bear down on Ramp.
Clem's got him.
Bounce, bounce, bounce, shot, full cap.
Ah!
And my VR strong starts to both of their halves.
OK, well, the guns come out now for legacy.
It would be a full bite.
Taddon did invest an AWP, but back into an AK.
So the call requires him to use the rifle.
What's Art thinking?
It's fine margins now.
I can't believe this call has worked. I can't believe you call something as audacious as
that just a haste change top site. It's a sign of them having any names at all as well.
To the bare minimum, you know, a Nade door and a couple of flashbangs made.
That's where, as a player in arts team, you would build so much confidence behind the leader and the crazy calls that he makes,
because if you get away with that, the way that you're getting stuff there is if they start to Heaven, right?
And they do Molly door, Molly hard, they HG hard, double, right there because they were playing two main,
as soon as you smoked off main, you have a very tough time being able to contribute there.
And your best option is Nade break.
Yeah, and you did.
And because they ran out hot, right, you can't even spam through squeaky to try and slow any of that down.
So, right, legacy, doing it their way as usual.
Nine to seven.
Four, five stayed alive.
In a one to five situation on A, I can't, I can't do much.
Plenty of money to get another bite.
The MIB up.
A couple of kits, glims, or...
I'd like to see Legacy go for a similar play.
Expect something a little bit more standard.
We're going off, question awards made.
This time, it did start to happen.
I'm not sure if my team is either. He's going to play around with Smokey throughout.
Let's go out by Doom out.
Necessary trade. Insane drops into the site, does control for another, but out of bullets, has stopped off with a USP running and gunning into a 3 vs 2.
And Brenno's behind that smoke on Heaven. Clem's completely discompleted. What's he supposed to do with an AWP in vents?
I think you should save.
Yeah, I think that's your best bet, but he is flirting with Ladder Ascension. No, okay, let's be serious.
If you want to go fishing and just hang around, sure, but then there's no reason he shouldn't start halving up.
Okay, well now Brenno, licked by the flame, will have to back off and we'll call that one done.
It's quite interesting that the previous round they decided to run out of heart right condition MIBR immediately into the next
They started to up heaven instead, which meant they used squeaky doors to park
They threw mollies into the site which is something that even the furious under art back in the day would do right
They would throw like two or three mollies into the top site CT event one that lands on the back wall
And they would spam to make it so that you don't really have anywhere comfortable to stand on that top site
We'd saw a lens East Piazza right so
We're two rounds off the back of each other there beautiful call from art and they've just waltzed through that so
Any on the microphone third task of time out called from M.I.B.R
They start to feel this one slipping away so a safe day and a saved orb glim can drop a rifle
Renault could drop a Famous
Could justify the investment but with the 2400 loss into the next I think that they'll just go for partials
behind these two guns this is where what you practice you hopefully have a move
right okay well Clim where can we set you up to find a pic with this AWP do you
want to get crazy do you want to get on hot jump down in front of squeaky do you
want to be in hot do you want to just take the orb towards ramp and then we
stack out everything is fine boys like we have this under control we already have
a good house let's just continue let's win this round
okay well up there's upgrades are starting to take shape
I went to a 5.7 and I was able to digle Insani just with some util that's being donated across.
It's not a gimme for legacy, but they're in the driver's seat, that's for sure.
Interesting to put the Ault ramp and then also block it yourself.
And maybe that makes no feel that the Ault's not there.
big. It's just left away. He
pushing in. They're going to
play. Yes. Understandably,
and internal double orbs in
where he is. Oh, and Fedem
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a rifle and AWP and now n
30 seconds. You know one
you just have to hold on
Okay, severe the expectation with the block smoke on ramp satin goes looking walks into clean bomb gets loose
They can't pick it up Brenner gets out put a his save gun as well
And this is a massive round for MIBR. They find double digits
In such a cool way as well
Manipulating legacy's expectation both teams have had you know good cause in this half
That's one credited to my VR so no loss bonus for these two
and this will be able to drop a gun at 5.2 that's this is more than knockout blow
that Brenno kill it in the exchange and then the flank to make sure at the time
would have always been a problem and they had double orbs in radio at that
point right which sounds crazy but as soon as they get a bit more space they
can make sure you can't come in from hell it was looking to be a lockdown
well legacy they have to respond here it's only 2400 for them into the next
round of play a plant here could go a long way and I'd be I just three
three rounds away picking up the dub.
Oh, that's a catchy head.
Bullets!
I'm through the mollets off down to nine.
Okay, well that's not how he wanted to start his round.
The way that they combo through due pressure.
There's a main there, he didn't even have a chance.
Oh, again?
Perfect, perfectly positioned.
Glimms in the right spot.
They're trying to amplify pressure, but he's got support.
Oh my god, too easy.
Ah, just walking around, looking the wrong way. VenomZero will get a free beat.
They are set to collect now, and Brenno just borrowed at the back of ramp. If he times this right, he gets another kill. That's round over.
It's the bomb. It's the bomb. They lose. Satsun can't keep the bomb in his hands.
Flashed out and found by Nysim.
Two versus five for Dumau and Nysim.
We already had a one versus three from Nysim.
from this in if legacy injection of momentum but this one feels too hard
unobtainable if you want to finish be it's just venom down here at rotation
point likely gonna be insani through the van I assume venom is just playing for
the info here not yeah fight oh insani's joined him now so they're too strong now
Now we can take a flight.
28. Does that let the plane-
You too. I don't know how you're possibly even meant to get the bomb down in this situation.
You make a sound cue, the doors swing open, and the round goes MIBR's way.
Yes, you're gonna have to drop into plant, or they're gonna fight single.
Okay, the sound's perfect.
See ya!
Easy pick-ins.
Impossible for Nis if nothing he can do.
MIBR 2 rounds away!
Very well handled, and Klim, we were talking about him lacking the AWP, T side, not really end the world, CT side, you want your AWP to have his AWP.
He has the most opening kills for MIBR so far, 4-1 in that department, and 3 have come with the AWP in his hand.
So he's delivering, when he gets the opportunity, sitting at the top of the scoreboard, 17 kills deep.
And he's been everywhere in this last couple.
You want your AWPer to pick their shot on the CT side of a map like this.
You're outside rifle and your AWPer, if they're feeling fluid, right, if they're able to dictate the tone of the game,
it does just make the T side too agonizing.
As legacy, they are going to shove.
I'm talking about a plant going a long way.
They're still, without that going down, able to get themselves two AKs, a Galil, T-Gull and a Tech 9.
They've got the HG on this, and a blow-over from the door.
RAAAAAAAGH!
But the only rounds that they've won in this half of play have been top plays,
one out the heart, one out the door, so I tell you what I'm expecting if I'm LRVR.
I definitely be...
There's four smokes in the air from the T side right now.
Four off the rip!
Which means you need to take space off the back of this.
You cannot...
get stored.
Oh, god...
Clean, okay, missed shot, and EZ gets it on the re-peek!
Lato and Dumau! Both gone!
Gets leisurely now.
I mean art is just contact walking B side with the bomb on his back and there's no rotation these steps gonna be heard
Brenno is gonna have to start to head down now. You can't rotate vent. It's too risky
It means that Brenno likely the man to take first contact
The vent called clear they're gonna go single door
They don't have a smoke that they can limp out to path through but again
They are given the room so it might be our deciding if they go be we'll play a 5v3 retake
Olly Vent, they're wrapped into sight, looking to plant Astralis is Art.
Plenty of nades for this, sure, but it can still get clunky.
40 seconds on the clock and ticking.
Let's see how well drilled that retake's up.
It's off angle, getting absolutely nothing.
Quick from Insani, trade available.
Just the two of them, Sanzin are gonna do their best, but they're already on the bomb. They've closed this gap all too easy.
I know they're not, but the cover from Cliff. Now Sanzin, hang on! Oh, just enough time!
Yeah, they got the kit.
And we are let you setting in now for a moment. You are just one round away.
It was close! Bit of an hour by there, but they get it across the line, okay.
Well, it's gonna be another one of those for legacy. At least they use all their timeouts.
We're talking about 4k high end, 3.5 low ends.
And that looked like MIBR maybe overplayed their hand there a little bit late, but
Tatsun couldn't get it done.
If MIBR win this, there'll be only the second team in Stage 2
who have come from Stage 1 to pick up a win in the opening round.
The other team being Tyloo.
Ashral as they picked up there win, 90 the same foot, G2, Monty, Spirit.
Just this game right now before we get the redraw completed.
There's the last 30 seconds, it's four rounds straight required from Legacy to take us into overtime.
I'm sure it wasn't the opener for Klim, but it was definitely impactful.
That one from Nis and he's gonna be kicking himself.
So we had that one dead to rights.
And G.A.S.T.
Casual from us, but they knew they had it.
AAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Galil's, Tech 9, and no margin for error.
Oh, closing self into the mix early, wants to try and get something.
Well, LNZ clans for vent rotation.
He'm having a tussle against Art and these moves throughout. Let's see how LNZ can fare.
It's crazy, you're putting the hopes and dreams of converting this best of one into what looks like a risky smoke walk.
Oh, they have the impact! Art still hits Art on to Insani, hang on a second!
I don't know that door though, and LNT's here.
That is super uncomfortable, supported by Klim.
That's a really nice kill onto Nissan.
He's going to put them in back into the 4v4,
and then Klim's trying to be disruptive, and he's got their back turned out,
but luckily he didn't expect Lato.
Oh, and he controls the spray, has Klim low.
Two kills deep from the AWP, but now bleeding out.
That appears to be both. No both.
Klim's on the race to ramp.
Sazen has a smoke.
Get to Astralis, where no plant behind the site.
Sazen trying to close that gap.
Hp
Pokes his nose out trying to have something sat in couldn't control the spray Brad look at the health though
This is winnable for Lato MIBR there one killer way from securing it
But three bullets could do it
There's the first clean to the skull clam closes it down MIBR pop it off
If you asked me which stage one teams would start the best of ones off with a win
It wouldn't have been Tyloo and MIBR, I'll tell you that.
Fast counter strike, great first half for play from MIBR.
They had a very good understanding of things, and it could have been even better.
Nissen with a 1v3 that really restarted.
Legacy's running that first half of play,
but I think the second showed that once they warmed up and ready,
the other coming in cold, not hitting shots, looking a little bit rusty.
Nissen's normally a player hitting that first bullet headshot,
and he had a tough time at his today.
And again, the only bounce in his tee half from Legacy were top plays.
One at the heart, one at the door.
But we're getting a whole lot of derbies here in Cologne, another one take shape and revenge for CAC just a few weeks ago.
The champions, they took down MIBR in that semi-final right now, they're the ones 0-1 to start off their major campaign.
We'll play it again later today, but MIBR, they joined the big boys table, Astralis 90 foot, Tyloo, Cheat 2, Monty and Spirit.
It's gonna be our next set of matches.
He's got a lot of admiration for Klim, just what he was providing as well once he got over to that CT side.
You just saw impact on impact be discussed when it was happening, but just finding those opening kills you were talking about, just how many he was generating.
I don't know what he ended on.
Still with the 4-1.
Yeah, closed it down at the end as well.
The one that was the key for me in the second half and where they decided to take the save behind the saved orb in the AK
and they got that output there.
Blocking Ramp, Santony's just sweeping and he gets picked.
Breno saved AK over towards secret and from there they're able to shut out the game.
They're very well done from MIBR, they came in with a goal, a mission accomplished to kick off the day.
Yeah, no complaints whatsoever. Legacy of Furore Brown, that is the opposite of what they probably envisioned.
But we are going to hear from the victors now standing by.
In this Brazilian derby, MIBR come on top and honestly I was a little bit worried when I saw you guys playing against Legacy
because I remember how you guys played in the first day of stage one in those best of ones.
it was a little bit, you know, up and down.
But now, I feel like it's so completely different in my VR.
Do you confirm, do you feel the same?
Yeah, I agree.
I think, as I said, a lot of times now,
it's all about momentum.
And when we only got here to the major,
we were a bit rusty, we were a bit cold.
And I feel like as the games went,
we were kind of getting the engine up.
And now we're good and we're confident
and we have the momentum, so we're just sharp now.
It also felt like with the engine and momentum going up,
you started the game, it's all very happy.
Like I remember your fist around on T-Series,
like a few HP and you made a triple kill or something like that.
Are these emotions helping you to play better Counter-Strike?
Or is it different? Is it like good Counter-Strike
helps you just be more positive on the server?
Or is it like going hand in hand?
Yeah, I think it's hand in hand. I think both goes up the same way.
I think as soon as we got to the match
we already talked a lot about in the pre-match.
So we're coming confident. We know that we need to keep the energy up
to start with the energy up to keep it going, so yeah, I'm happy with the team.
It's still important to keep it going for today, because we will see you one more time
on the server in the best of one. Obviously, I personally don't know who you're facing
yet, but how are you feeling with the teams coming in, and there were already a couple
of upsets before you started the game, so how's basically your chances in MIBR going
into this day? Do you feel like you can actually pull it for 2-0?
I'm very confident that we can do it. I think we're showing up a good CS here and the thing
that we researched the most is consistency, right? And that's what team struggles the most.
We can see an organ against legacy. This time it played better, and being more consistent
is everything we look forward to. So, the job's not done for today, and for sure the job's not
done for this stage. So, we have a lot of work to do and we'll look out to our next opponent.
It's a beautiful interview. Thank you for this so much and we'll see you later on today, once again.
Thank you.
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I don't like the way you make me wait
Cause your eyes have started so no fair way
Yeah, the bad luck won't even know your name
But there is a kind of sin of sweat
Now you wanna be fine
And you can't let it down
Oh, I'm not a fallen rose
I've been looking for you all the time
I've been chasing you around all the time
I've never told you I'm done
But I'm coming away
I'm coming away, I'm coming away
Spice on your mind
Spiders on your mind. Spiders on your mind. Spiders on your mind.
I
I make it easy, and that's the difference
I'm showing up here on the fence, I try again, it's all pretend
I burn all over you
You burn out so quick
But you take your time with everything else
And I'm sick of it
I die right in you
You hide, then I crawl through
The bend, and I break through
I wish it was the other way around
I wish it was the other way around
Yeah, you've got options
Oh, I've gotten true
But I'm not the one standing around
I don't know what to do
You say you're all I've been missing
But you call for me when you're still talking
All I know is that you're not walking
And I'm not walking
I die right in you
You hide, then I cross through
That bend, and I break through
I wish it was still the way it was
I wish it was the other way around
I wish it was the other way around
Don't wanna sleep on the ground
You
I'm on the run
I'm a run, they won't stop me
You just don't find it
You just don't find it
They won't stop me, I'm fine, Please build a count for me, I'm fine, They won't stop me.
Earlier in this season, Charlottes was just on the rise and rise, right?
Like you guys are looking great, but maybe towards the major thing started to slow down
a little bit for you.
So how are you, what's the general vibe of the team coming into the major?
I mean, I think it's fine.
Like we had a bootcamp the last week, so it went pretty well.
I think we got really pretty well and pretty much that.
Last few events we didn't make playoffs on Atlanta, so that's good.
But hoping to get it back, get something good back here.
Lots of firsts for you, coming into this season,
a big organisation getting to play tier one events over and over again.
We've seen some great performances from you and maybe some quieter ones.
So as an individual player, what do you feel like your improvement has been most from the
start of the season to now?
What has been your biggest improvement?
I think it's a little bit a little bit, but it's still the main thing about consistency.
I can kill three, I can kill five, so it's all about bringing that flower up.
I think I have good people behind me, like Hooksy and Ruga, so they're always helping
and I can always be really open minded with them, so I think I'm just allowing this from
tier 3, tier 2 to tier 1 in terms of step by step things, so I wouldn't say there's something
like very specific.
How important is it that you guys have that support network of experienced players, being
understanding it's your first season, because I think there's some players that we've seen
in the past who've gone into a team and maybe they, you know, understandably haven't had
a perfect season because no one can expect that really apart from the likes of Donk
and these like phenom players.
So how important has it been having the likes of Hooksley and Rugga, you know, in terms
of making you feel comfortable?
Like if you have a bad game, I'm sure you get your head, but how do they bring you out
of it?
I mean, I think that I mean, I don't, you know, I think they, they're pretty nice with
I don't know, they always like, if I have a question, so like we do review or like I can always talk to them, like, I don't know, I feel like this is better, like this, I don't like or what can I do, you know, so I think they always like give good feedback.
So that's the thing. And I mean the thing, yeah, I mean, obviously, like you cannot, I don't know, you cannot expect and see numbers from a first season, but at the same time, you know, you want some, you want some nice for me, there's also more consistency.
So I cannot neglect that, could be going better, right?
Yeah.
You guys definitely feel like you could absolutely be a 3-0 team coming into this event, especially
what we've seen from you guys to kick off the year.
Your individual form, I remember Pro League was just out of this world.
So you feel like you liked us too a little bit more now, like after the monotons, you
guys have played this season, you like it more?
Yeah, I mean, I've never liked it that much, but I seem to be doing pretty good at it now,
so it's alright.
So why do you think that is?
Why do you think you've become more comfortable?
Is it just the reps or is it something that's changed for you individually?
I think just playing in a team where more people kind of play it.
All my past teams, it's been one of our worst maps, not only for me, but for the whole team.
So I think just having some more people around me that are more comfortable in the map helps.
And coming into a major with Astralis, probably a very different vibe for you because I think
the times you have been, have been with like teams that are just like expect
underdogs, you get a win here.
But now there's actually some expectations on your shoulders.
Is that a very different vibe coming into the tournament?
It's different for sure.
Um, like with the white card, I think we were just happy to be there, you know.
Um, so yeah, it's different, but no pressure yet.
I think stage two, it's stage two.
Maybe when we get to stage three or pay us, you'll feel some pressure, but
I like when you say when that's good.
It seems like you guys are all in good spirits, talking to Fuzi's confident
coming into this tournament.
So obviously the season was really strong for you at the start.
Like I felt like it was just a straight up, upward trajectory.
Then a couple of like hits that would sail on the road.
But as the leader of the team, like, what's your general consensus of the
season? Are you happy?
I mean, I think we should be like all in all, be decent to happy with it.
I think we fell into the same trap that some other teams did where you start with
really low expectations, then you get a result that you maybe didn't expect to
get. And then suddenly that's the standard for you.
which obviously is maybe a bit crazy to think like that,
but it's hard not to when you all of a sudden
are in a final or something and then you just expect
to make playoffs every time or to make deep runs
and then you kind of get slapped back to reality in a way.
So, I mean, of all I think it's decent,
but I think this tournament also decides a lot
whether we will be happy or not.
One of the things I've really enjoyed about you in particular
this season is like anytime we get like a listening
or to listen to the calms,
It feels like you're just no bullshit.
You know, it's just like straight up.
Like if it isn't good enough, you're calling that out.
And I really enjoyed this clip.
So is that your mentality?
And it seems like there's no sugarcoating.
Like we're here to perform.
Like I'm going to try and just exert that in any way that I can.
I mean, I definitely think that I don't put, you know, anything lightly,
but at the same time, I think there's some propaganda against me from the
T.O.'s about showing like how bad of a guy I am.
I'm also cheering for guys sometimes, you know, but it's, it's like
I think that never really gets shown, but yeah, like when I have to be harsh on harsh and sometimes it's maybe a bit much for some people, but you know, we're in a competitive environment and I think that anyone who's tried that understands that the waves go high sometimes.
And yeah, I think it's also important to be straight up to get things fixed and to, you know, improve.
Yeah, and so it's Ryu this morning who's sending you and Rugger a great help for him
You know coming in as a rookie to this level of counter-strike and
You know as an in-game leader, I'm just wondering like your thought process
You've played with a lot of younger players
And so when you're looking at player like Ryu who you know has been good and then has been over quiet at times up and down
You know what what is your approach to helping the player like that? I?
mean
I've tried another fucking dance myself, so I know that's
it can
It can change from time to time and sometimes you're maybe trying too hard.
I think that's one of the things I've learned that you can end up overthinking or overplaying even.
And I think that's something he has to learn.
But you can only say so much and in the end it's a lot of learning by doing.
And you have to go through the mistakes and through the emotions.
Also, we had some problems with people being nervous and stuff and hesitating.
and you know we can talk about it from now on and until Christmas but in the end you kind of have to try it to actually learn from it so yeah.
So you know morning of media day heading into stage to Cologne major it feels special just for everybody involved I think from people working in production to the players to talent so you know coming into the major and its Cologne your general thought process leading up to this event.
I'm excited, I think always when you just play Cologne in general you're excited and
the Major by itself, so the fact that it's put together is also very hype and as you
see in the second sale stuff, you know, it'll be packed in the arena, so I think everyone
kind of dreams to actually try to play a Cologne Major in the arena.
What do you think are your chances of making it to the playoffs?
The chances, I don't even know.
From the outside I would say it's not the highest, I don't know, maybe 30-40% I don't
know, I have no clue to be honest, but I believe in us, I mean we just need a strong
strong momentum side and say it's two and I believe we can go back.
Yeah, stage two, folks, Fosy, how'd you guys go through three and zero?
I mean, looking at the field, it definitely is possible.
I mean, there's some big challenges in there, obviously, spirit being the biggest one.
But, you know, when you're looking at the rest of the field, like, where do you think
you guys stack up?
Who do you think your biggest competitor, maybe, outside of spirit would be?
I think we've met foot, I don't even know, eight times this year.
Dude, that's been crazy.
Yeah, I think they're very, very strong.
I mean, it goes both ways, every time in play.
They are one of the stronger opponents we can meet and we also struggle against them sometimes.
And I think Lakers as well, it's also in very good shape as well.
And just in general they play in a very unorthodox way.
You don't really need to meet that, they play very in your face and very aggressive.
So they are also a little hard to play against now and I feel like we should be equal with
the other teams.
We can beat us twice in the USA but hopefully we can make up for that and get revenge.
I feel like we've seen so many different versions of Stare inside of Astralis like so many different roles different teams
Are you happiest right now like what the way you're playing in the roles that you've got or is there being times?
Or maybe you've been a little bit happier about the roles and positions you get to play
I think I'm happy now like I feel like these positions are where I can show myself
100% like I actually can perform like to my
Potential I would say the other roles was more like I was a filler because there was no other one to take it
which was also fine for me because we hadn't seen a good player from the position we have been in now,
back when we got started on Javi Red.
So, I mean, for myself and my potential to be fulfilled,
then it's for sure the best position for me and also just in general the best place, I would say.
So I'm very happy now and I think it is like the best, at least like team constellation,
with also how I play and how we play for some time now and I'm very happy with it.
Yeah, I mean, I'm sure there's a level of frustration because you're going to back yourself,
you're going to be confident in yourself as a player.
So, is there a level of frustration at points when you were getting some of the roles you didn't want to play,
or did you always have a positive idea around it?
Back then, I was fine with it. Like I said, when we got the Danish Super Team,
I called it with 4 or 20 players, I just played whatever,
because I was the best of the team or the striker, I would say so.
So, I was up to take that challenge to become a full-time anger, how I want to call it.
And I think it was fine at the start, but when you start having a down period where the team doesn't perform and we generally don't win that much,
then you kind of feel a little sad that you cannot play to full potential because you chose to play like some position you're not used to.
But I said yes myself and I was up for the task and I thought that we'd be best for the team, so I didn't regret it or anything.
Yeah, I mean you've always just been like a consistent performer for Astralis, so I guess it makes you like a more balanced player overall.
I mean maybe I think you also learn like when I try to play like how like anchors
things sometimes and how like they also so to say don't think and just want to
shoot the people and just stand like that ground to kind of get the plant like a
tree we say sometimes where you just stand around so you also learn different
aspects of like how how you think on bombsites which also helps you when you
actually have to play against the run so I think it was also good for me to try
it actually. Right we got these matches right here who we got one in liquid
I think it's a tough one. I think Liquid hasn't been looking the greatest, you know, but I still think maybe they should win that one, so yeah.
Okay, we'll take Liquid out on FlyQuest. I'm going to put it on.
Tyloo, the vision, that battle of the Chinese teams.
That's a good game. I think like Tyloo, they've been beating them kind of lately in the head-to-head, but I still think the vision, they're usually performing better at the majors and I'm going with them there.
Yeah, okay, we're going to Limvision then.
For my pick-ums, or just taking my pick-ums, I'm gonna have to take Big.
Okay, okay. The personal pick-ums is better than the personal relationships. I like that.
Okay, so this is what we got then. We got Limvision Big coming out of there with Liquid.
Okay, so we'll just kick it through then. You give us your pick-ums.
So, obviously we can start with us. Safe and sound, 3-0.
the easy boom. Then I think the other contender is to that a spirit foot g2 maybe legacy okay
bed pill match I'm playing good also but I think I'm going to take spirit there
and then for these three let's put them down here
And then I think, let's see, Lynvision, I think they'll make it to stage 3 and then
it might be hard for them.
So I'm gonna put them here and then Liquid, if they do manage to win this Blacklist, I
think stage 2 it might be a bit too difficult for them.
Oh, god.
I'm gonna put them here.
Lynvision to get through and Liquid 0-3, it's interesting, it's an interesting one for
sure you gotta believe to cheap that's a wise word but boom even though they're
not playing with the full roster I think they've been looking very good
honestly maybe even better with flameless is kind of crazy how flameless is
big maybe and then another zero free I think it's gotta be maybe either big or
90 but I think I'm gonna put 90 there to be honest also them I think didn't
They played well in the Stanna, that's not enough for you to believe they can get a win.
I didn't really watch the Stanna, so that's something I'm concerned about, you know.
Then let's put Biggit 1-3, and also, as he's 3 each here, right?
It's with Manta and a Magity 2 and then game allegiance you go through, MIBR, Kainan V8.
There we go, there's the beautiful shot of Fuzi's pick-hams.
They're shooting at us.
Obviously there's a little bit of a scramble here, because someone else was doing it, but...
We started with the 9Z, obviously.
3-0 advanced. What else? Which team are we thinking about in 3-0 department?
I don't know if they agree with me, but...
Yeah, yeah, okay, but we just put team spirit thread into three zero
But I will have a question on man for you if steam spirit and 9z meets in one zero
Game who gets three zero
I think we played before and it was blessed at our man a couple months ago
We need to take a revenge so no chance for them now
we move into 3-1-3-2 and this is getting a little bit you know theoretical
legacy they should be here they're a good farmer right now they want khaki they
they're playing very good maybe G2 as well okay G2 I think besides those two I
I would say there's no favorites no favorites after these 3-1-3-2 picks
I hope they have a lot of rookies on the team.
Yeah, but they didn't go well in the last tournament, right?
I think MIVR.
Okay, Brazilian blood.
Yeah, South Americans are sticking together clearly.
They're playing good and we need the win also for Martyrs Lothen.
That's what is happening here. I can see that it's tactical.
He's got me.
Okay, he's saying that he's watching and he's ready for you to put pain somewhere.
In which slot would you put pain in?
Okay, so we have another team in 3132.
Very good team.
I think I will put big because...
Because he's playing at home and they really want to play off, I think, so they will play with his life.
I'm not going to let you go like that, because look at this.
I think I will put Monter.
I'm not sure, but between all those teams I think Monter.
Did you practice?
Yes, we practiced with them and they played really well, but in this stage everything works, so I choose V8.
Okay, it makes also sense.
I think they had really good tournaments before, but when they started a tournament and they didn't start well, it's more difficult for them to come back.
So I think maybe they start lose the first match and then go 0-3.
anything can happen after that's here.
Trump spot from Cemetery.
Execute over top from Short.
First bullet whizzes by and we can see that Util zoning nobody.
Oh, Insta-Gush for him to have to stomach inside a tank.
And Moshe is going to just push forward slightly.
This is Zero to stay on Optimus.
Going to try to just fly in off that flashbang.
They spam this corner as they start the retake.
Good pre-active move to do so.
to do so, Tyloo now 3D5 firing back, it's a bloodbath,
and it's all on Mercury suddenly.
All he's able to catch is that one.
Now that is the kind of team play,
and I think Jacob just used the right word, tenacity,
from all the sudden, a foot that comes flying
through the dumpster, pre-firing a corner just in case,
and they were right about that spot being preoccupied.
So nice retake to get that CT pistol win.
It's good and explosive, and they really trusted themselves,
and it almost as if the smoke helped them get out,
because they've topped out of three different positions.
Obviously with the assistance of their flash from Kerbenny,
it made that look like it was way too simple,
but retakes on the A side overpass,
not always that simple.
Good to see a foot looking like themselves,
even on the biggest stage.
That bomb plant's gonna fund Tyloo's buy in this.
And it's definitely not horrible
with the triple golels, Mosia to be allocated solo outside of B and we float again for Tyloo.
Demons not going to wait too long before he tries to take over the short side and you'll
meet no resistance. We saw that door fake last round so trying to play with his head.
Oh, they're ahead of this and it's actually not being spotted, no one close. Flash perfect.
it's spot and Mosia makes his move. Nice defensive scramble, demon catching
Mercury in the back end of things as he looks to support this short hold. It's
gonna be four members of foot all coming in from short B. Will Tyloo
anticipate this? Will they hold it back?
Krobenian locks, it's a killer piece, it's the bomb dropped in the middle of all
that and 45 seconds for Zero and Mosia to try to figure this one out. You can go
for the bomb plant, again you're worried about Heaven but it really is all in on
Short side so many bodies here they can go for a boost
That's a nice trick to try to catch one, but nobody behind that pillar means no point of contact
They're not seeing zero. He's kind of avoiding their crosshairs. Oh, it's just gonna miss this
Longson's gonna just stick that MP5 to the back of the head and Mosia single kill
Another successful retake at a foot two rounds in a row and I like that push off of the bomb site
You can see Tyloo kind of scratching their heads
unawares to where the hell foot have gotten off to truly and even when they
are stuck outside of that site in the smokes there's no hesitation from foot
they're still making moves trying to gain what they can with that boost over
the wall this jump spot confirms there's a player there and then that is a bit of
awkward timing that could have cost lots but it's yeah it's brought to you by you
know the fact that they couldn't find any of the CTs and zeros thinking they
must be exiting somewhere right now so timing works out for foot but I like how
Well, they find something to do even when they have to wait out a smoke, or they want
to wait for most of it.
Timing works out beautifully.
I think Tyloo on that exact were really missing a poly or a smoke for short themselves, otherwise
that deep hop would have been huge.
And the CTs will be a little bit more aware of watching that choke point this time around.
For conversation about foot in this game is that they're already the favorites, I'm going
to list off some of the teams that they've beaten on this very map, Payne, NRG, Bait,
G2, Astralis, Astralis again, Aurora, and I think that is a hell of a list of names
to say that you are better than on Overpass versus a Tyloo that's shown an affinity for
trying to make this map happen so far in Cologne, but tough challenge in front of them here
right now.
I like seeing Jam Young on Overpass, that's for sure.
Throw it all out the window.
I don't care who you beat, Jam Young just busted you up.
Beautiful Deagle shot to start this.
Kind of threatens Krubeni, and so he feels squeezed, goes back and forth, tries to find
a fair duel, makes sense that he locks in on this long player, odds are that guy's alone
and he is correct.
You can leave the site itself to Longs and now just Kerbeni to support this.
He times it nicely off the teammate.
Jam Young in with the AWP.
Curious turn of events with that one.
Yeah, that was an unforced peek out of Kerbeni, so he dies with three, but at 22 seconds,
what are you really going to do here?
Jam Young's making a long rotation with his AWP.
Tries to move it back around.
He's met by Amolotov and by the time he gets over there, his teammate's now dead and that
Oh, wait.
Oh, he's throwing it out.
Oh, die after time.
How about that?
Dies in the final five instead.
Better of the two options.
We've got foot up 3-0 here to start this best of one.
That's probably for the best that he throws it away because they are flanking long at
that timing.
So, we'll not be able to save it.
It would have been a nice weapon to take into this next round though.
It is T-side overpass.
You're not always going to be able to find opportunities.
seeing some good things here from Tyloo, being able to approach sights, get opening kills,
get the bomb down in a couple of situations, but this might, this round might be the hardest
of all. They have a bit more to lose, and we know they were playing a little bit more carefree
in that second round, popping through monster. Very nice. Moses got both. Wow. I mean, this is
just done now. If they stick the landing, and they will, heroes gonna find one as well. So
So convincing kills coming out of Tyloo the moment they've got their guns.
That's cool to see because the same praise that went over to Foote for being themselves
is also applicable to Tyloo who aren't afraid to come forward with like really low telegraph
plays, contact plays, and I trust their entries.
Not wasting any time.
you can't afford on overpass.
Let those first gun rounds get totally stuffed,
I don't think so.
And so this one, a prime example of it.
And Mosia takes to the front of this Tyloo unit
with that double kill in short.
Two duels he could have lost.
Pretty damn fair those fights.
And he picks them both up at only half of his HP.
In Italian Fisherman's favorite pasta.
He's out of ammo.
Okay, we got him.
Is it still fishing if you're catching crustaceans?
Get punched in the stomach?
Dissolves.
Zero really guaranteeing it on that one as he was stuck behind the molly.
And there's a question mark on foot, Molo instantly in round five.
Two pistols.
Let that M4 go.
Krebbeni wants contact, pushes closer to the fountain, eats the flash, all tries to
pre fires jam young steps into the
stream of shots
takes a bunch of damage but it will be crud been the first death in this one
and a loving all the opening kills that are coming on this tea side
that's great connector wallbang spams from the b-site to get zero as low as he
is
let's see if this turns into a punishment or one more kill for ty lu
demons got a hard line on the cross and right now moses
passively watching it but his teammates are gonna have to come over and actually
might be hard for him to step out into this. It's a very good angle to try to
isolate.
Zero should be done for, especially as he swaps over the knife the moment he
walks into that angle so really not ready for it. Jam Young could definitely
die to one of these pistols. Mosie goes stomping by and because of that,
Judge knows he's got the jump. Now you've got two players walking damn near dead
already. Vox and Demon with the M-Force here to try to clean house. And a boost is a solid
call. You'll throw one up and over, Mercury just down beneath it. Oh, that's G now tagged.
And Demon activates, kills two of the players that were down low. Mercury's that third one
still sitting in the mud. Demon caught off by that ramp, and it's a nut. One last player
with a full bar of health. And that's the guy that posts those two kills needed to get
Tyloo their second couple of big plays out of Mozia in this game
That's uh, that's that's awesome because they really tried to make you feel as uncomfortable as possible playing
behind default
In a position where you don't have that high low advantage where the CTs can wrap around you if you spend too much time
In updating information you will eventually die. You have to be proactive and that's just what he was
Curia, baby.
Now we've got Jam Young sprinting in.
Already taking over the site. There's a lot of bodies here.
You have to skip the clearing process and that's the price you can pay.
That's all they've got.
That and two kills already.
Thanks to locks. Now the Deagle activates.
Gubetti's Desert Eagle to try to make this difference.
Down to the 2v2. Quick look from G.
Round that smoke. Push onto the bridge side.
Shut out. And Juggs with the Deagle up.
Has two players in front of him.
This round was not meant to have anything to say, but you rushed the process.
Jugs, aw, tries to just walk up along that wall, and it'll be Tyloo to survive the curveball offered up by a WSP opening.
You know, if Tyloo win this half just even off of close rounds, that's totally fine for them.
Like, you know how good foot are gonna be, no matter what they've got to work with.
They have absolutely insane aimers, so...
They're close shapes here, but surviving is really impressive.
They've had so many good moments where they've stuck it out in the end, and that's sometimes
criticism for Ty Luth, that when a team tries to confuse them or break apart their structure,
they can sometimes end up playing too reactive and not taking control of situations.
But today it looks like they really do have their feet beneath them.
The one moment that looked a little uncomfortable was when they couldn't smoke or Molly's short
side.
Maybe they knew they were long grenades and it was going to be a tough round anyways.
But outside of that, it's been pretty strong.
Yeah.
And I still think that round with Boote having four players on that short side made it that
much more of a pain point.
Yeah.
Yeah, that was such a weird way to play it.
I totally understand.
Got to double layers up versus Tyloo.
So we'll forgive him for that one.
Let's keep a close eye, his foot by back in this. Cemetery's op falls back immediately.
Didn't even kind of stick around for early contact.
We'll find G overtop of two of his teammates.
We'll see if this timing can catch Cemetery off guard.
They have gotten by this line. It flusters him slightly.
Oh, Jam Young goes through the fire, feels like it's worth it.
Mercury grenades in hand, and Krebbenny starts to activate.
You can see these players all unprepared. Not a single one of them had a gun out.
Now Krebbenny escapes, not free.
We go back and forth because it was a lower B death at the hands of jugs over top of the one tyloo player that was trying to draw everybody back.
They wanted to leave.
Wow, they went so quick.
And now they've got options because the CTs are split.
Tyloo have kind of had these momentary pauses back and forth, but they'll go running into this.
Mercury starts walking too late.
Man, they're making so much noise.
Yes, sir, locks on high alert because of that, but they do surpass his angle.
He could try to walk up and strike them down with this unexpected flight.
You're going to turn the corner?
They're in bank now.
Oh man, are they going to get confused about this because they have actually gotten a way out
where the rotation must go the other way and Longs has to be sure that he can flank.
No way they come back.
They're actually thinking about coming back, but the thing is, are they going to clear out bank of all places?
I think this is just free for, yeah, for longs.
He's not running again.
Oh, bomb planted.
Or, excuse me, denied in that like final second.
Forces zero into an awkward spot.
Feels like he's got to do it. He's got to do it now.
You win the fight. You got to scoop that bomb up or miss it. Oh, I can't just missed it that moment of hesitation
Oh, he got it. He got it. No, he's got one the round for three. Oh my goodness. Oh
It's like that close. Yeah, we saw three on the clock. That's
Jesus just that close that one extra has you know, he got the kill in bank
He kept his a k out for an extra second. Yeah, you have to argue in that one
You know, that is how close those moments can be and Tai Lu
just missed it but dude that entire round hinges on tiny timing yeah getting
into bank wrapping back around through the dumpster I almost thought the bomb
was planted just off the first attempt because there was a moment of
hesitation even from foot by a longs there's like a one in them I don't know
if it's true in CS2 but in CS go I tried it a million times myself and if the
clock says four then you can always get it down says three there's technically
like 25 milliseconds or something where you can plant but you never see the
situation. I don't think in CS2 you can at all. But I thought that was a bomb
timer. Yeah it was. It just showed up after the round.
You can blow up the bridge, you just didn't do it fast enough. You know?
terrorism it's on the clock it pays now ty luge gonna have to work overtime nice
streak of rounds but foot answer and that streak was made possible by some
lesser buys out of foot it's time they're gonna just surpass the bathroom
set up two players in front of bathrooms bomb goes back into connector as we get
this peek from cemetery. Gun starts to go low, but he just keeps enough bullets to
pick up a second frag with only a quarter of his own health gone.
Long's cautious considering that somebody could be exactly where Zero's at,
and sure enough, still playing with this MP5, just blasts Zero away. I think Long's
can do what he wants at 9 and 6, and we'll see what this 2v5 has left to say.
Krabeni on the search and interestingly with G is actually moving into an upline to get
a free frag but at 28 seconds it's just looking like a prologue save.
The CTs are scrambling back just to make sure that they don't try to late round into the
A site but that's not happening.
An op and a lot of good utility to save for the next.
We're still on pace for a very decent T side.
Foot will be totally comfortable if this is the last round, obviously, that Tyloo get.
But it does feel like right now, Tyloo are showing us an individual level that can keep
up with foot in some of these rounds, which is, I think if this happened a stage ago and
it was like first game for Tyloo, like, they probably get destroyed.
Right?
Agreed.
They were one of the teams that found themselves O2.
I think with as many crazy things that happened, i.e. the big NRG come back to finish off that stage,
I don't know, I feel like I haven't heard a lot of the discourse about Tyloo surviving the dreaded 0-2 best of one opening to a major.
Yeah.
Still crawling their way back into a second stage.
Impressive, because they got criticized on resilience a lot, so they proved a lot.
even eats a flash, Mosiah eats a flash,
Mates go out, so we're playing a game of
rock, paper, scissors here with Util,
and it's gonna be Mosiah still looking for space.
Ninesi started their journey in stage two
with a win against FlyQuest.
It was a pretty close win in the end,
but right now Astralis, a little bit different beast
standing in front of you.
I wanna ask you about that FlyQuest game
because everything went according to the plan,
I would say, you guys were playing well.
You particularly, you didn't have that great game.
Anything going on?
We spoke about off-camera, about your short situation, and you want to comment on that a little bit?
Yes, I think we started very well because we started communication very good.
I don't know, proposing things, we talked a lot and searched solutions about what they were doing.
So I think that was the most important thing that we did well.
So I think we have to maintain that for the next game.
different style of game so another map also so let's play. Let's play obviously I
have to ask a couple more questions because is Astralis and their match
first match was very smooth against game religion so I want to ask if that is
any takeaway that there may be coming in very hot form and you know good shape
do you pay attention to that or you're just taking the game as it comes because
you will win the pistol and maybe we'll start 6-0 and you never know how it
No, I think we really don't care about that. I think every match is different and I don't care about that.
I think they also don't, so maybe that, I don't know, if you start a game well and you get more confident that you have to,
maybe it becomes a bad thing for you.
Confidence is the key word here, obviously.
What did you do to bring back the confidence from that first game?
Because as I said before, you didn't have the best game, but right now you had to reset.
So what did you do?
I think it wasn't my best game about the stats, but I think I did great things,
and maybe I got some entries, so I don't look so much about the kills and deaths,
so I don't think it was a bad game.
the game. The impact was there but it was just through communication and through
the calls and ideas for example? Yes, I don't know, I did a lot of that
in the round so every player would have some rounds that missed shots so I
I don't think about that a lot. I know in my career I had a lot of rounds with
the miss shots, maybe more than I'd like to admit but obviously now it's
Astralis ahead of you. Anything you want to say to the fans, maybe to Astralis
some fighting words? I don't know I want to say that watch out. Watch out we will
see how this one goes another best of one ahead of you 9z against Astralis
let's see how this one goes.
Cologne at stage 2 baby and now we've got Pickham's to talk about Hugo I just
watched the guys on the a-stream trying democracy this I'm gonna go about it a
different way okay you know the copypasta the missile knows where it is
Because of where it isn't unfamiliar. Okay, so that's what we're gonna do. All right
Everyone's trying to come up with the list that gets you everyone through
I want you to build me the worst list possible and that's how we're gonna arrive at the picker
We're gonna go backwards. I want you to get zero
Okay, so I'm gonna go for my three O's and I'm gonna put them in O's
Okay, that's a good start, all right?
That was making a sense, all right?
Keep going.
You're gonna get zero then, right?
Keep going.
Okay, so wait, so I go for my three O's?
Oh God, who am I?
I don't even know who my O3s are, Harry.
Don't think about it like that.
Can you help me out?
Who would be the craziest three O?
That's how you have to think about it.
Who would be the least likely three O?
Probably like M80 on this stage.
Okay, easy.
I think we're up there.
Maybe even a,
oh, I'm not, I'm not a, maybe a fly quest.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That would be insane.
Let's go to three one, three two, advanced.
Who's not gonna make it?
That's hard.
I've gotta keep picking.
What would be the craziest teams to make it?
Well, Monty have gotta be up there.
Ty Lue joining the conversation, big on the glory run.
Can you help me out here, Harry?
Yeah.
Uh...
Who's not making it?
I think it's kind of crazy.
Oh, all right.
Let's throw that in.
We haven't seen them.
I also think it would be crazy if these guys made it.
I think this is...
I think this is gonna be a crazy list right now.
This is shaping up horribly right now.
What else do we need?
We need one more.
Ah...
I would, I might lean MIBR, I think it's hard to know
with these South American teams right now,
Astralis, Kuchok, I'm gonna go with MIBR.
I think that's pretty crazy.
So this is the worst possible.
This is the missile knowing where it is,
because of where it isn't, Hugo.
So now we're gonna swap these round, right?
Okay, sure.
We're gonna go ahead and exchange these back and forth.
This is the kind of mind games you have to be prepared
to play if you want a diamond coin, all right?
Jeez, no one's taking it seriously anymore.
We're the only people out here doing science.
And so, boom, we rest our case.
Here it is, the perfect pick'em ball at Hugo.
I feel like that.
And we used science to get there.
That might be the perfect pick'em.
What do you make of that?
If this works, that's how we're doing pick'ems from now on.
I think that's actually what my pick'em is.
Did I do it perfectly by accident?
There we go.
Absolutely nailed it.
Give this a try.
I am Cologne, stage two, day one.
Let's get into the game.
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Eight teams exited Cologne, and so eight more will enter here at stage two of the major.
We are into the BO1s, the second round of which, an Astralis versus 9Z.
The game on our screens going on in just a moment.
BO1 still keep coming, so we go down to a single map through the bands and we're playing
on Nuke for this one.
It's an Astralis who came in off the rip today looking lights out and knocked Gamelige down
a peg versus a 9Z who grinded their way back against FlyQuest and finished after a 9-3
half in a pretty close game.
Astralis, definitely on the top of our tongues right now,
a team that has gone international
and actually looked pretty good for it,
versus 9Z representatives from all over South America,
combining in Spanish to look to show up at a major.
I'm here with Harry.
What do you make of this one?
I hope for the appearance of Astralis and 9Z,
that we're able to get them starting in good form.
I think that's been one thing to note here about stage two,
one of these things that we often say,
the majors are these stage one teams can be feeling kind of warm and ready to take to the server, but
Hasn't hasn't necessarily fallen entirely into place today. Has it?
Absolutely not for the most part. It has been the stage twos to come through only two exceptions to that rule
today in the first round of bo1 being tylu taking down pain and mi br over legacy
And that's a domestic matchup as well
So for the most part it has been the new birth stage two teams taking clean victories, which I'm all for I like that
We're in this position. Yeah
it also justifies, you know the
Stage two birth the VRS looking good. So often you do see there's updates. I think
Upsets rather we've seen historically in majors stage two teams struggle
But not today
Both these squads coming straight from this stage and we're going straight into this B01
One of these teams will end the day a single B03 away from the top 16
We were hanging out with Hooksy yesterday because we're cool like that and he seems to be in
Great spirits heading into this major
So let's see how a Stralis look they've got a 9 ZT side pistol and exec in towards a to worry about
out. Lock over here in main. And he's hunched forward, looks for that opening.
We'll come down to a retake here for Astralis. One of those flashes comes out
very early for Hoogsy and I'm not gonna say it was the best flash I've ever seen
in throw, but now he's got the rest of his team joining him in heaven. Let's see
if he can nail it. Second time around. Flash goes in and this time it works
It's Wonders, but response in.
That's our peak, keen double kill.
And so 9-Z looking to clean house in this pistol round.
It's only real left and not for long.
That's our peak with a big triple.
That is the best post-mortem position in this A site,
isn't it? Right below heaven on that yellow ramp.
It's just hard to play because you typically don't have
the main control in the T side post-mortem.
You only want to smoke it off in a gun round.
What down here by 90 you just let him come in and it's very hard spot to clear here for
Astralis.
Pistol gets taken and Astralis come in with a force by in round two.
I think the thing for me in this second stage other than you know we get to see Spirit and
Fertz who I think are two more interesting squads is just how are the South Americans
doing right like not just 90 who obviously had a great run at Astana but also Legacy
who have been on a hot streak as of late, even taking trophies back in CAC,
pain who we haven't really seen on our screens all too much this year,
and of course MIBR who graduated from stage one and have already taken down their countrymen in
legacy. So lots of questions for these South American squads here at the Major.
Always a point of contention because not always do we see these teams get to play
Top tier European competition, but when they do they often leave a mark
That looks to be the goal today for 9z
Coming in hot and hard on 2b o 1s
I think we're thinking that's threatening about a team like this 9z squad is you know
I think you can make an argument around consistency
But on a good day, they are able to beat top squads and look at legacy as an example of yeah
You know a similar team back at the Austin major look at the run that team went on one even meant to be there
went all the way to that third stage.
I also think that's why people have been struggling
with these stage two pickings on a real note.
You know, there are a number of teams in here
where you look at them and it's like,
do you think they're gonna go on to win the major?
Probably not, but can they do damage
to even some of the top teams in this stage?
Almost certainly yes.
There are a number of them here in stage two,
some of these dark horse squads.
I love your point about consistency
because I think that is the key takeaway.
On a good day, pain, am I, am I biar, I guess?
A moment, pain, legacy in 9Z can be anyone in this stage,
for sure, they can do it dominantly,
and we've seen that even this year
from some of these squads.
The question is, is that day-to-day?
Does that day happen to be when it matters on the double B01?
Do they get the right draw?
Do they win the pistols?
And then suddenly this team is just off on a mad one.
Yes, I think it's already quite promising,
within that lens, within that framing and looking at things,
when you look at these early results from the first B01,
right, maybe with the exception of Legacy,
you fell to MIBR.
But the idea that you've come in,
you know, we saw it back in stage one,
just the idea that if you have an off day,
today is not the day to have that day in the B01s, right?
Go on two downs, suddenly you've got to try
and reverse sweep, that adds so much pressure to this run.
And so not an issue for these squads,
already a game to the good, but chance to be a best of three away from that next stage is a massive opportunity.
There was only one team who were able to come back from 0-2 in that previous stage.
That was Tyloo, and they'd gone on to even win their opening B01.
So there's always a way out.
But why make it hard for yourself?
90 looking to do this quick and easy.
13, they're pistol right now, or are they?
Stare has that galil.
He's putting it to use that bomb in the door.
That is bombed down, the pistols tear through 90.
Myern's gonna try and regain control of the lobby going into this pistol fight
but stairs upgraded and point it forward, stairs ripping heads off.
That is a robbery out of Astralis.
Collection of pistols, a scavenged gun and they put it to use.
And to be the guaranteed 3-0, they had the lead,
they had the pistols against and they had the advantage.
Stare in the door, puts that galil to work.
Awkward round to lose for 19.
Costly round to lose.
We have Fuzi's warp immediately as a result.
Uh oh.
Dropping a paradise here.
His pistol's donned by 19.
I can just pop our ramp right now.
Right here for real.
Lots of damage, but they're still going to get closer with no kill.
This could be a problem.
The Nade alleviates that a couple more shots to find two frags here on the ramp.
Not bad as food moves in, but he misses up close.
That is claustrophobic in the hallway.
Mac10 runs him down.
Luchov's stuck outside.
This guy's been one to watch, but on a tech nine,
pressure stays on, and Stair will not relieve it.
Max has got this AWP off of Fuzi's body.
He's taken it to heaven of all places.
2v3, where they would love a kill to come their way.
Nothing's getting given.
instead just starts moving.
So timing is very awkward here for 90.
Every time they've missed him,
they're closing in,
might just have two kills on a platter.
Timing couldn't be better for him if he tried
on that lobby walk.
Max now turning around,
and I think he's been spotted there.
No, actually, it doesn't look so.
So Hooxy will run to his demise.
still stair closing in yabbi patting out that lower site and time expires there's
just a save attempt for max we'll get out with the AWP at least but is that a
great thing sure it's a very big gun but it does put you in a weird money spot
super early into your T side it does but I think this is probably the best map to
have that position because not only is it very viable to save on T side of this
This map has lots of ratty positions, T spawn, roof, places like this, but also, it's a great map to find opening kills with an AWP.
There's lots of different options available.
Astralis can't say for sure where this orb is going to look for an opener.
And so, ramp is the destination here for Mayan.
For Astralis, it's just about blocking that opportunity for the orb, not playing obvious positions and taking straight up fights into door.
So they take off angles, doors not broken, ramp player on a headshot line, Astralis doing everything they can to not give away this opening kill.
But if pistols pop out ramp, Ryu is looking committed here, so he's going to need two kills at minimum. Even then, you're giving a gun to your opponent.
How much can Ryu do?
Flash coming in.
Try peek for the AWP.
So awkward, they run in front of his scope, he can't get the shot to connect.
Still, as I said, gun retrieved, 9z with a shot.
Double rotate though, stairs already down and lower, he's got Yabi moving in to join him.
Stabbing at real force of nature.
We'll just get brushed aside actually very easily by Max.
I'm going to work with, saved out of that last round, overran by Yabbi.
Now looking for the AWP.
Shadow spotted, he's got the info, but goes instead for that planter.
Still manages to plug in the numbers.
I'm going to pretend this is an easy 1v3 for DGT, dead at the door.
Yabbi with a massive 3K in that retake.
Yes, saves that from getting very out of hand, very uncomfortable.
Bomp on is a nice relief here for 9Z.
But it's going to be the all-pattern right back over in Astralis
with a clean enough round to keep them happy on the CT side.
Remember, this should have been 3-0 lead for 9Z,
but they lost the pistols and now to Astralis taking that third on the CT side.
Finally a 4-by coming back out for 9Z.
For Astralis here, I'm going to be keeping a close eye on a couple of players, right?
I think Stare was in a good run and form
has been heading in to this major. He's currently I would say delivering on that
and you kind of see him playing with confidence, belief in his timings, belief in the gaps that
he's been finding, that's all well and good. It's the international components that really,
when they moved into Astralis, propelled them to being such an exciting team.
Ryu and Fuzi. Fuzi had a pretty disastrous time. Now in Atlanta it was a pretty rough
tournament for him and as a result, I'm looking at him here, I wanted hitting hard for the major
because when those two are switched on, that's what elevates the Stralis.
That's what takes them above the team that they were.
Now, Rammside, really good for the first.
Mayans traded as they blitz on through that smoke
and straight away commit to this lower push.
They're really abusing Ramm, aren't they?
He's gone out though and he walks into that line.
Smoke comes down, everybody just have to go through
and even though the smoke connects, he finds that kill before it pops.
2v2 and you're alone in this B site.
You don't feel safe to plant so back goes my own
I mean Yabi has read this one
It's not hard committed to be they're looking for this lurker right now
Wondering if DGT is going to try and group up on this lower site
But it is in fact my own who's interested in the top site instead
I love how hard Astralis are committing to this top side right now
Who wins this race?
Up the ladder.
I think Fuzi wins the fight.
I am not clearing this.
Back turned.
Nice.
That's free.
Bomb did tumble into the site, but with DGT, 10 points of health.
He's really in no place to win this round.
Gabby can fly at the vents, and even then, Fuzi
has no reason to peek, really.
He can just wait for that bomb plant
before he commits to anything.
Molotov doesn't really even deal with this problem.
Smoke for Fuzi.
You can just smoke that off and run right through, that's what he does.
Plays it forward, looks for the gunfight and backs his aim.
Smoke didn't even put out the molly either, he doesn't seem to care.
All disrespect from Fuzi.
And I mean that distraction at least got Yabi up the fence,
and that was not winnable for the low health DGT.
Just really nice from Astralis, realizing what's going on
when they see the outside lurker, even though he finds stair.
It just, the penny drops for Astralis, they realize there's no way
This player can part on the B bomb site with all these doors open on his own
So here we go, not a game out of Astralis starting strong
It's worth against them. I did that pistol round
We're coming very very well
Cheers love
I see you have fairly consistently been finding this room rampside and so they're just gonna
keep going back to it. And not really been able to get past where you cleanly as such.
It's always been this, a one for one trade out towards ramp. Still they get the space
they were looking for and an extra gun picked up to help them in this round.
I see I'm not complaining at one for one's on ramp. I'll say that much. They're not even
needing to commit either. This is weird timing. You have a season coming, but you're not going
to be able to finish this meal.
They're now very armed. They're very dangerous here. Three guns in this.
Whoa! 9z, but it's the Tech 9s on these drive-by peaks doing all the damage.
Who's he dead back in heaven instead? Throwing in to the clutch.
They nearly line up for him, but ducking and weaving is 9z.
It's not like Astralis had even caught out of position really in that round.
Sure, Yabi gets caught awkwardly, missed his fight in the lobby,
but door player just gets drive-by,
And the AWP in heaven looking the wrong way as they peek him back site.
Astralis' positions are strong, it's the running tech 9s that overwhelm.
Frustrating rounds are losing, 9z deliver an eco win right back the way of Astralis.
He's a last-gauge force buy.
And Rio is definitely going to keep his eyes on this ramp position, for now he swaps out with Fuzzi.
4 point ramp is a nice change but it's one that 19 won't notice going outside with a
second wall.
You're on this pixel angle.
Or at least I wanted to give it a go.
Blocked by the smoke.
What's it going to be?
They're trying to break this.
They're trying to force this fight.
Ryu is not expecting that.
Core out in the open.
Fuzzi's next up on the chopping block, rotating towards lower on the AWP.
His team have cleared out Lobby in the downtime.
Astralis know this is looking to be the B finish.
Under no illusion, miss shot from the Fuzzi AWP.
The South Peak baits it out of him.
And you might just have to commit to this save.
Fuzzi's still hanging around, but his team aren't.
That one kill, bomb's still not planted.
it. Maybe a party you was considering for Astralis, but I don't like the conditions
on this round. Some realistic isn't it? You have no kit, you have no smoke to block anything
off on B and you're all in the lobby. So Astralis had done. Were you probably feeling
like a silly goose after that one, Harry? So his head touches his head after that one,
thinking why am I fighting? And that is the question. Really could have just backed off,
his life, gone towards single-door, then standard B defense. He was the one guy in command of the
round and he just sits behind the smoke, hoping they're going to run through to give him easy kills.
Bit too keen to fight in that one. When he hit a nade, you know it's too late.
19, come gunning and yeah, some of these rounds are pretty simple but they are effective.
Group Counter Strike, hitting ramp a lot, for you getting all the action that anyone could ask for, maybe too much.
Astralis was just so dependent on that one lower player to hold his own. Love how Glacier Peak baits Fuzi's shots as well.
I really thought he was going to go for the white swing there, but Fuzi fires early, that gives the room for 90.
Astralis have to make a breather, collect some cash as the save comes in.
You can see talking a lot of this time out.
Actually, Astralis are buying in, they're putting all their money on the table.
Is this a bluff?
Let's see what the cards hold.
It's a peek with the opener and it's onto the Fusey Orp no less.
Oh, our loot shop just threaded the needle on that timing.
Yeah, but he's trying to steal himself away, but it's hard to get out of that with more
than one that wants their out and through the heart.
Charles, regret it when they see the river.
Too late to fold.
And a 2v4.
They just want to save their guns.
R90 gonna let them.
This stair is stuck out here in the yard.
And as the smoke fades,
his exit to CT gets even more treacherous.
I see eyeing up a strong T side on you cry now
I could get sweeter, Strollers have to heal, play for that last half, that's giving over
six at a bare minimum.
That's his two rifles can do something ridiculous.
Again with a quick pace towards this A site.
Oh that's awkward, Yabbi lines up the double back in heart and look at the lobby aggression.
He's in behind enemy lines, he's running away!
And DGT goes on to do that!
All the room in the world, nothing from it.
And 9z in pole position.
Chance to really run away with this T half.
Four in a row, opportunity to break Astralis heading into the final round of this first half.
They are feeling very, very good right now.
Absolutely massive opportunity.
Making the most out of these B.O.1s right now.
Team that refuses to be doubted.
They were back in Astana, they found multiple upsets to make it to the playoffs.
There, and the smoke on the fade finds Luchov.
It's Mayan, cordoning off his escape, stays off the flashbang.
As he's still got this player trapped out of red box, he really wants to fight, but Stanz
is not giving it away.
Mayan, twitchy.
Hey, Mayan, stay and just back out.
See ya, 5v4, and all the time wasted.
That's a little ugly for DGT.
That's up five for Hoogsy, and DGT had the drop on him still. It furthers the advantage for Astralis.
Down now, and Hoogsy's still trying to take some liberties out here towards this squeaky door.
It's ill-used to make life a little bit harder for Hoogsy, and he will get a dink downrange before he's done.
I like to think that's enough for him as the rotates arrived two players up here in the heavens and even on fight
All this top site
On back for my own, but he does not like what he sees
No info on the bulk of his strahles 20 seconds left to work with doesn't paint a pretty picture here
Also thinking there's no reason to save
I'm going to leave.
Almost hit it.
He stops in his tracks, no difference made by going or saving there, as you say.
So, not the end of the world.
Astralis, do at least stay in the game right now.
That was a risky fight taken by Hoocsi, man.
5v4, captain wants more, swings in the door.
He dies there.
That is a massive hazard by the A-bomb sniper.
Hoocsi holds strong, even gets a dink on the next player.
flood peak having together like that from Astralis whole spiel meant to rhyme or
was that just a happy accident just happen sometimes it just be like that
let's see if Astralis can it split the difference on the half
Greshan into the lobby and it's well-timed there is nobody here for 9z
still they'll get themselves a yard opener I said we'd be keeping an eye on
fuzzi here right questionable form heading into this major was a huge addition of the australis squad when he first moved in but
Comes off the back of a rough tournament out in Atlanta
Or an eight in this first half and it certainly had opportunities to try and make that a prettier score line
Here is the first man to fall in that orb duel out in the yard
Like most orb prospects right now very hard to find that consistency
But when they're on man, they take over the server fuzzi knows
Great shot from Marcel Peek over the top of Heaven.
Isaiah flooding in. How can Ryu save them?
Trying to come up the ladder.
Nades were pulled on both players in Heaven.
Still not able to convert. One bullet would have done it.
Stair draws attention away and...
Ryu's got five shots left as he lurches into Luchov.
It's a one-out-half, 4-9-Z pole position.
And with the CT side still to play.
I've been searching and searching for quite a long time
Been looking all over without a sign
Through highs and lows that I've never seen before
Now found from this same point that I've been looking for
I've been searching all over, through night and day.
I've been looking all over, in every way
I've bought somebody that grows from dark to dark
And I've found someone that seems to have been searching for me
Yeah, I had a funny boy
Yeah, I had a funny boy
Yeah, I had a funny boy
And I've been looking for
What I've been looking for
I've been all over
From East New Wave
From Cubs to Cubs
In the North West
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh my, that's the first long track!
He's the best at double!
The CO2 player has 30.5 on him!
13 and 3!
Oh my goodness, how did he do this?
How did he do it again?
Listen to my voice now.
We are panicking, we're panicking and we are scared.
Which means that when we start playing now on the seaside,
Let's shake it off, okay?
Shake it off and just...
Panicking and scared are Astralis as the force of 90 run right at them.
We saw Tech 9's ripping heads off all half in a seven round T side.
But it's 90 in position for a fantastic day one of the major Mayan.
Massive head shot on the way out against Stair.
And we got a 5v4 for the South Americans in this pistol.
always feels good doesn't it hitting a fade away like that well one tap down
range to kick start your pistol round on a winning half already they want more
oh really? I can see him but that came from nice shot DGT decked it's already a
player in that lower site the bombs got to make it down though to reunite
with foosie or do they just run out door a is the gap
it's two I'm gonna drop that I already am here's all this oh it's the first man
out foosie tapped in the back of the head and now a reposition oh dear max
nearly takes up from Astralis two quick kills still the bomb goes down
Rotate's gonna start to arrive out on the rampside. It's my own up next
Seize that planter
Idea on the whereabouts of the second player Ryu still floating around the vents
Now inform both of them DGT starts to close in spotted and dealt with no problems
He's in the matrix 90 somehow lock in this pistol as strong as unplugged
They are not in the server. They are not in that pistol
He jumps real whiffs like dodging every shot. That's not a purposeful job. That's a panic scroll
lands on his feet and
Put this pistol on the board ridiculous stuff for my own
My god
That one hurts
Reeves had a rough game he got tested all first half long on ramp now in the neck
And that is the worst possible round to lose I think they got the a entry and that entire site was open
Still go down bed to reunite with foosie. Look what it does to them
I mean, we heard the comms coming into the second half right and around like that won't
do a lot to inspire you.
Max, locked in.
Jumps won't save you this time.
Blank is fast and the AWP hit that shot through the wall.
My God, it did.
Blink of an eye and Astralis is forced by thrown to the wayside.
Shadow in the stair.
Wow, nice shot.
Can he really make something of this?
Oh, baits it out again, but can't finish it.
That being the force, double digits should be a guarantee for 9Z.
And I tell you what, you know, this team does start really powering through this game.
I think it gets very exciting for the 9Z's position in the group.
I would say they're a very momentum-based team.
If Astana taught us anything, if we're talking about the wins they had there, the upsets,
can you just remind us of the names that they took down?
They 2-0 Taravish, and they 2-1 Falcons, new Falcons, and they 2-1 Mowls in the Swiss stage.
To go flawless, to go 3-0.
A Rio into the playoffs, to the playoffs, to the 1-1 event.
Then they lose to the debut, like rookie team, the massive underdog in magic, which, you know, maybe that's comes with the pressure, the territory, or
for a stage experience.
Yeah.
All we know is in a group stage, lethal, especially when they get a bit of wind in their sails, and they would be in that exact same position as they were back in Astana here at the major, just a series away from the next day.
might remember that run because of the 13-1 win over Falcons. I remember the guy in the
server as well. Do you remember those games from Luchov and just how insane he was looking?
He was unbelievable. On it like 30 and something, 30 and 9 I want to say.
Something crazy. I mean, they've got some really strong maps to this team and Nuke being one of them,
most played in the last three months. More than happy to face Astralis on it,
beating both Falcons and Maus on this map.
Beat Maus twice on it, with both rosters, so...
Blind see, man. Yeah, momentum on a good day.
Right now, it's a great day for 90-2-0, looking possible.
Looking likely.
Yeah, look at that.
Very, very possible, man. It's right there and up for the taking.
Astralis finally get to don guns on this T-half.
Is that anything in this game for Astralis?
They've just been hanging on the entire map, and they don't even hear them running behind them.
They are full sprinting on ramp.
I mean, that's just awful, isn't it?
You're trying to lay out the round, trying to plan what you want to do.
You get run out by 9z, and now whatever you were talking about, whatever comms were covering those footsteps,
they don't really matter. You've hemorrhaged so many players early on.
got to try and recover this 3v5 and Ryu has caught a blinding double out in the yard.
The South Peak with the trade.
There's a nice round opener, but what will they do now?
Looking to regroup on map perhaps.
Max hanging around in the lobby.
Hussle Peak, early rotation. If he doesn't get into a good position,
they're going to open the door in his face.
He is back turned to this single door.
And they come. Hwasalpik with another and more on top, four frags in this round.
Shut down Astralis on the 90 bonus buy.
They're taking your paycheck too.
He's just done this so many times as well in this game, right?
You try and double face him, you try and play together,
and it feels like it just creates a target-rich environment for this guy.
Hwasalpik is not Mr. B all game long.
Mr. Beast.
Even Huxley laughs it off because this is just a disaster for Astralis.
Ramp here, that's the aim of the game here.
Smoke fades, Astralis are going through.
Into a double setup though, a lot of just moods in, wasn't able to get to a good position.
It's a pressure on for Max, his map, his map control has been shut down.
and taken.
Good job!
Swings out for a double and 9Z Cleanhouse.
The Stralis have never been able to get to anything favourable on this T side.
Yeah, because it still happened so quick, they've not been able to even kind of ascertain how 9Z are playing right now.
At this point you're probably realizing, okay, we need to run some sort of fakes.
We need to distract them, pull back mid-round a bit, because everywhere they go, everyone is there.
I'm more from the north, it's 90 bringing the fight to Astralis in this map, 12-5 and
it has gone by very quick indeed.
I said I was going to keep an eye on Fusey in this series and I'm glad I did because
he's still struggling.
You go 5-13 right down bottom of the board for this team.
Here's your T-side AWP.
Can I get to play with one before Nuke is over?
He was so explosive in the early stages of this Astralis team-up.
You don't want it to be a major defined by him going missing. He held so much promise.
They're knocked to the confidence maybe.
On the run up to this major.
Gonna try and shake it off.
Yeah, it's a good one.
And same play.
We've done this before.
Stare coming through this smoke like Ryu did.
Look, he know what a web.
What a miss from Stare.
He's taking his headset off.
Because he knows where this one's going.
Man, it almost blows himself up.
What's that?
Was he feeling bad for Stare?
Wanted to give him the trade?
5v4 and it should be the other way around.
Just felt awkward as well. It just feels like so many pieces of the toolkit have gone missing for Australia.
They're not getting these opening kills. They've constantly gone against them.
There's been a lot of aggression from 9z, so you never feel like you're able to run your game plan here.
They will get a couple of kills in response, but it's down. Hoogsy and Fuzzy, they've got five kills each in this 2 on 3, and they're worlds apart.
One of them has got to get to the other. There's 25 seconds left to play with in this round and with Fousey dead at the door
Astralis's chances out the window. This is a 9z win
All they've got to do is reach out and grab it and there's the killing blow
9z 2-0 on day one
statement made here from the South Americans coming in and
Absolutely smashing their way through the first best of ones. They are now straining the BO3s
looking to qualify to the top 16 that would be one hell of a run here for this
plucky underdog but it wouldn't be their first success in a Swiss system as we
said coming off the back of some great tournaments this year taking on top
teams this is just another day for 9z. Yeah and really really promising signs
as far as the individuals go right top to bottom the floor was high the ceiling
was higher. This was a fantastic day one out of 9z. You couldn't have asked for anything
better if you're a fan of this squad and the journey we've seen them on on the run up to
this major. It's just hard to know what to expect now for the rest of this stage for
Astralis because their first game was so promising. Eating back at game a legion who looked pretty
hot although they weren't playing their best in stage one. They still made it through relatively
unscathed during one and for the most part Astralis batted that team to open up their
day. So, yeah, the battering
ram comes right back into their
face in this B01 on Nuke.
Maybe giving 90 their home map
bit of a mistake in this
single map B01.
And they learned that the hard
way. Thirteen five absolute
domination. Astralis back to the
drawing board. One one on the day.
It's worse places to be. Yeah,
I hope we hear it as well. Cause we got
an interview coming up in just a moment with
that with bit 90 coach. I'm really, really
The confidence they picked up from Estan is translating across here already success in Swiss stages
This one by comparison should be far easier. Let's hear from 9z
It's the coach of 9z is here with me and oh my god this day couldn't be better for you guys or could it
Is there something that you still think that you use it somehow lacked or didn't do too well in this kind of games?
There's always like some things you can improve game by game
I think in general, we did play it very well, but there's always something you can look like.
Maybe this Nuke, we lost the ECO round, the third round, and then on the game against FlyQuest,
we lost a couple of rounds at the start of the Decidon show. There's always something to improve,
but I'm happy we got both wins in the BL1, which is very important, especially in the Major,
and I'm happy about our performance today.
Did they, on the other hand, surprise you how Astralis performed?
Because in their first game they absolutely trashed their opponent and obviously coming
into this probably they had confidence all-time high.
But you managed to tame them and cage them into this kind of bad performance I would
say.
So was this due to reads or maybe preparation or people were just shooting better?
Well, I think we had a... Honestly, I didn't watch the match today against Gamelasian because, yeah, it was ancient, we knew we were not going to play ancient against them, so I think the preparation was kind of like, not very like, we didn't have much time, but since we played against Spirit, not so long ago, we played against them in the Blast, I think, and I kind of had prepared a lot of things about Spirit, so...
And we knew we were going to play either Astralis or Spiritually, depending on my VR winning or not.
So we kind of prepared for Astralis and yeah, it helped because in the end there's always some things you can make some rounds
because of maybe one read or another one and yeah, that helps a lot.
Speaking about reads, obviously you had the overview on the whole game.
You heard the comms of every player and everyone was fragging fairly well.
I want to ask you in your opinion who had the biggest impact on this win when it comes to communication ideas
Who was really feeling it on the server?
I think everyone was playing very good today. I think there I think mayor and played very good the whole day
I think he he's doing very well this major. I'm happy for him because yeah, he's a rookie
Right here. And yeah, Lucho as well. I think everyone played very good today
Yeah, I think those results, you know not getting 10 rounds in two matches. I think you have to play good
Yeah, it's not random definitely, but you are now going into the best of three
So love you let I will see you tomorrow going for that. Hopefully three zero finish
Get out of here!
Get out of here!
Something special to do is to go up and catch up to what happens.
Got it, sir!
We are back!
No!
I see you've got to be strong!
I believe in you!
The Tango is strong!
What happened with gaming gladiators in your opinion?
I will just quickly go here.
So it didn't go that well.
Did you see those games and what are your opinions on that?
Yeah, it was not good to watch, to be honest.
But they know it.
But I think it's hard to say because we from outside
it's so difficult to give some more opinion.
But yeah, I don't know about the focus on the game.
and all the work they put, but I think right now it's another time, you know?
If you want to go through any stage, you have to work a lot and do like your life, and I mean,
I think they were not prepared to go through.
It definitely felt like it, but I ask all the time when teams arrived that if they got surprised by someone in the stage one,
will spin that question, who disappointed you the most in Stage 1, apart from Gaming Gladiators?
Liquid, maybe.
They're still having a chance, by the way, as we talked, to go through to the Stage 2, but the way they play,
you expect way more from them?
Yeah, way more. I think not just about the name of the organization, but also the place that they have, so, yeah.
I mean, thank you for being honest, because a lot of players would dodge that question,
but you don't, you're man of your word.
Never.
One is your opinion, okay?
Okay.
I did not expect that.
Who the hell expected that?
So, pain in...
Without pressure, without pressure.
No pressure.
Okay.
Another one.
Okay, we are looking at the team spirit in the 3-0.
Do you think that these two are the best teams of stage 2?
Yes, of course.
Of course, G2, yeah, FUT, a lot of rookies on that team, don't you think it's pretty dangerous to put them here?
Yeah, maybe dangerous, but they play a really good counter-strike. We played against them in Atlanta and it was a very hard game, bro.
Legacy, of course.
Our Brazilian brothers?
Yeah, of course. We have to support our Brazilian friends, bro.
9z.
Okay, 9z.
They don't have the hottest form lately, but you still believe that they're going to be
making it through?
Yeah, of course.
I think they were playing some good counter-strike.
Maybe I was watching Astana, sorry, and they played really good against good teams, and
I think they will make it, should they stay strict.
I think Astralis will.
Astralis will make it.
Did you practice them while you were here in Europe?
Yes.
Okay.
But what if teams... No, it can't happen.
But if it happens, if you're matching each other in 1-0 game...
Who is going to go 3-0?
I will put legacy.
Okay, so...
I think game religion are playing a good counter strike right now and Betj Boom also.
They're playing really good CS.
But I will go with Brazil, bro.
Brazil again, MIBR.
This is real patriot.
Like, this is... You really believe in your comrades.
Of course bro, Cologne, last Cologne I think, and the last major of Cologne was SK Gaming, the champions, right?
And yeah, Brazil have their way.
Any of these teams do you feel like they could go 0-3?
Because these are obviously from these, all the Stage 1 teams, and Monta got actually invited into Stage 2 directly, what are your thoughts on them?
It's very difficult to say about 0-3, but if I would choose one team, probably Monti.
Yeah, okay. Well, won't that there, there you go. I mean, it's unfortunate, but someone has to go
0-3. I'm not going to peak your brains too much on 2-3 and 1-3. That is way too difficult. And
that's why in Counter-Strike, it's not happening like that. But are you generally happy with what
you're seeing? Obviously, we have legacy potentially in a 3-0 bracket, probably 3-1-3-2.
You happy with this? Yeah, I think he did a good job.
Probably the ultri will come from that.
Okay, that makes complete sense.
Thank you so much. Any last words on this? Are you ready for the stage to begin?
Yeah, of course. I'm very happy to be here.
I'm very happy to play a major in Cologne and I'm happy with my picking also.
Can I catch you for a quick word? Welcome. Welcome again in the arena. Talk to me honestly.
Okay, you're a big man. I'm scared now. What happened today? What happened today? What happened
today? Just unlogged game. Everything was unlogged. That's it. Honestly, like, did you
rewatch the game and you came to conclusions that it was just off day for, well, hopefully
of half-day for BIG?
No, no, it was not on log into Burnest.
I think they played better.
I think we played a bit scared to Burnest.
I think we didn't take much initiative mid-round,
which was very enforced,
because we did it very well yesterday on the CG side.
So, yeah, I think we had, I mean, one more personal,
so there's not many shoes left.
We played for the bet, we need to play better now,
and we'll do that.
Can you walk us through a couple of these hours
that you were at the hotel?
Like, what was happening?
Were you just full-preparing or like, anyone to snap?
Did you go for a walk? Did you go to the gym?
Just straight up fighting each other in the practice room to be honest.
Seeing who was to blame for all these mistakes.
Someone said it was me, I said it was him.
In the end it was the coach fault actually. That was what happened.
Send, put, send coach. And obviously sharing the blame is the best way how to deal with issues.
We will see how this goes in the best of one. Good luck.
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Well, someone call a doctor because we've got big pain and that's the battle that's
about to go down here on the B stream both these squads and L in their opening round
matchup.
The pain, they fell down the hands of Tyloo.
right deal to have this slow start on day one. The O1s can shape your whole fate at the major.
I'm pulling up after some time to go back to the drawing board, revise the game plan. At that
interview with Blame Earth, he was keeping a bit of a jovial tone, let's say, in it, but what are
some problems for Big in their opening match and playing scared? Are you serious after the comeback
We saw to get them to this stage. That's the last thing you would be expecting on big
It was a bit of a shame to see from the start right there one pistol CT mirage
You expect 12 straight rounds instead. They only get five in that first half not enough for big to feel satisfied
And if you want to get Monty a team that many have had low expectations of put in the o3 a
Recent string of struggling results. They still get through big and put them down here in this zero one bucket
So can Pic, lift their heads back up and stay resilient as they did the entirety of Stage 1.
You'd expect to see so.
Well, I've got some good news for big fans and that's that.
They get a fantastic map Hugo.
We haven't had to beat a roll on screen yet, but I already know what's up.
Yeah, Harry, there's two details at play here that we can reveal.
One, that the map is indeed overpassed.
Two, Payne have made a massive blunder coming in.
They did make a rather sizable blunder.
They got the chance to pick the side and they either forgot or didn't select the side.
I don't know what happened, they let it time out and they've ended up with the randomizer.
It's put them on T-side overpass. That was not their choice, but they made that mistake and here they are on T-side overpass out of choice somehow.
So the randomizer has done them wrong and that is on them frankly as it looks like Big will get their go-to map on the best half
and a chance to redeem themselves here in this BO1.
I know it's not a huge part of the lingo nowadays,
but that is a fairly massive yikes.
Yeah, I think on this map more than any other...
In the BO1s, a map down, or, sorry, a series down,
01 on the day heading into this second game,
and now you're on one of the toughest sides in Counter-Strike,
on Big's best map.
Yeah, I mean, I don't look too happy about it.
I'll say that much.
to be trying to stay focused.
Light hearted was playing F in
that interview and this is going
to have a nice bit of confidence
here for big coming into a very
important match on home soil for
the Germans.
Back at a major after missing
the last two.
Pain it's hard to know what to
expect really.
A squad that's had highs and lows this year, you know, I said, even in the last series, we haven't seen them as many of the top tier tournaments as maybe we would have expected.
And to be fair, when they have attended, it's been pretty dire getting grouped for the most cases.
back at CAC, not able to find any significant wins, you could say. We've been seeing them
grind local lands in anticipation of major qualification. Getting a stage two invite
is nice, but not if you go out with a whimper.
Yeah, I mean, also, you know, you remember after Budapest, they looked to make changes
to this roster, right? This was a new roster for the new season. They bought in the S&M
period to try and change the vibe, hoping that that would give them an edge. But I think
it's safe to say the results haven't been there. And even though you want to believe
that with enough time, they'd be able to slot it all together, well, that time is up. You're
at the major now.
So you want to play your best game. Yeah, they also have to kind of plug in safe back
to this team. Even though he's technically now a part of this roster, probably properly,
It was meant to be temporary. It was NQZ stepping down for personal reasons. Don't know why.
Safe was filling in the shoes for some time and then eventually that just became a few
weeks later.
A high move.
This is our offer now. We've seen highs from Safe, but we've also seen NQZ in the semifinals
of the Austin Major. It was just a year ago when Payne made a ridiculous run all the way,
beating Furia in that Brazilian derby in the quarterfinals and QBZ was a huge part of that.
So, you know, getting your second choice of AWP in Brazil, maybe not best case scenario here for
pain. And so pressure is unsafe to perform especially on a map like Overpass, but I have
shunted him by putting him on T side.
It was dropping and dropping and dropping all the way through till he eventually departed
It's a curious how they try to to utilize safe in this system now
It's also interesting with this squad I know I'll see at the end of a lot of tournaments for pain
What if folks feel like snow has been an issue?
in these big tournaments because Error has never given up on this guy, sits off to the
side of him, has done for the longest time. At their best moments, they're a very kind
of captivating duo to look at, right? They bring a lot of energy, bring a lot of hype,
a lot of noise. Who's got his kind of signature voice line? We all know it, I don't need to
say it. But at the low points I think you really feel it man that energy suddenly
dissipates it's gone in an instant and if you're a team that's always loud then
the silence is very deafening by extension. On the other side it's big
with a bit of fire lit beneath them feeling like they played scared early
on maybe that's a warning you'd rather have right at the start of the day than
a conclusion at the end of it.
See big smiles for JDC.
He was given a lot of credit at the end of that comeback, right?
Not just Gleimath cooling a fantastic game,
but JDC keeping everyone motivated, everyone in it.
Favon as well got his fair share of praise,
what with all the impact rounds he was able to find,
not crumbling under the pressure.
I think it's been one of the cool things for Favon here,
actually, at this tournament,
is seeing him dealt some rough hands,
whether that's slow starts or just impossible score lines.
He seems like the type of guy who doesn't give up easy.
That type of a player will be invaluable
with some of the situations we've seen big in across this tournament,
whether it was stage one, real close losses being unable to close out games,
or of course, historic big comeback that went down at the end of stage one.
I mentioned his mentality to him yesterday after coming back in the lobby and he'd be sort of laughed it off and said yeah
I think people were probably laughing at me at 12-1, you know cheering after you're the pistol and
bringing the energy early, but all I said to that was well, who's laughing now?
It was from the get-go big felt like they were believing in that comeback shockingly against NRG
And so are you going to do all of that only to just kind of disappear at the start of stage two?
especially when you get very winnable matchups here for Big Monty didn't feel like the
most difficult draw pain, also the same with their recent form. So they're like big have
gotten themselves pretty decent matchups.
Let's see if they can make the most of it.
It's finally dawning on pain that they will be starting on the T side of Overpass after all.
And so this has looked like a bit of a distraction, should I say, ahead of the game.
Not what they were anticipating in this duel-die-must-win BO1.
But here we are anyway.
I mentioned Austin and the run the pain went on, sure it was a very different pain, they
had Imports, they had NQZ, but they made it from stage 3 into the major playoffs from
0-2 so no stranger to difficult day ones you're in a major stage doesn't make it
any easier to swallow that pill though
appears we're still waiting on players here to get ready in the server Harry a
bit of a bit of a tech delay, which is never fun.
I'll talk for a little bit longer but seeing if these get fixed quick or not.
You also have that A-stream ready to go if needed.
Great. Great's just joined, so I'm holding it.
Okay, well, we'll keep chatting.
I also want to see, I want to see what form BSM's in right now, man,
because in my head, this guy is actually meant to be a big game player.
I'm thinking back to the days of round about like the old plano time for him
You know going back a good few years in that but he was always someone who kind of liked to play up to the cameras like to try and
you know talk a bit of shit and I
Think oftentimes the players that are down to do that are your big-game players
You know that they're down for the interaction
But I wouldn't say I've seen a lot of that since he stepped into this pain squad and he's actually been on a bit of a rough
run of form at the last few outings. I want him to come in looking fired up into this game.
Here he has also had some good performances in the paint jazzy. Look at this Hugo. We didn't need the A-Street.
We didn't need anything. They fixed the tech problems right on time. This one is ready to go. Pain versus big.
0-1 on the day. One of these squads is going to be
squaring off in best of threes to try and stay alive with their backs against the wall the whole damn time.
JDC solo, eh, you wanna talk big pain where he's got a broken foot right now,
and I have to run away from this amass of pain, pushing middle, five players,
running him down, and they're gonna get right past this player.
If they don't go toilets, you won't know for sure,
telling his team we are already in a retake situation.
The SM leads the charge, dead at the door.
Important double for Tabsin.
Won't be able to stop everyone making it through though, Snow Imperia,
Kessel it back.
Avan's up next and with snow alone, teammates a little slow to join him.
He gets plucked out of the round and there's no chance of the trade.
On down, dropped, Imperial hiding.
Do they flush him out before Big Ezerra gets in position to punish?
They've actually just managed to walk all the way back round to the bomb site.
JDC is now safe again.
Could pick his fights on long side.
chance here for Big U, but he does hit the bink, maybe Piria can punish. He is hit here for some time.
The USP pops his head up, looks for the fight. Favon, that's a commitment, an over-commitment,
as it's left him high and dry. No more flanks by MF, considering that rotation. Still back in
spawn. Nice shot from JDC on low health. Piria has a single or two health left to work with in this
2v1 and JDC just walks on to him so big will take that pistol it's a little bit scary there they get it under wrap
Nice one!
We can hear the pain
Just wanting to maximize the gun rounds which makes the most sense here on the T side of overpass
Oops sweaty fingers
Oh, Perrier!
It's one deagle in this round, but he's certainly lent a lot of intrigue with that double-up!
Line up on Long and the deagle sings!
Here he is being Payne's top performer.
Since he moved in to this squad,
the guy to keep an eye on in this match,
and he really makes a case for it here in this round, doesn't he?
It's a really hard round to win.
I mean, there's a great eagle shot,
but with no utility with three Glocks,
you're still gonna probably need more from Perrier.
Yeah, I mean, he's got hot hands, though,
feeling good after a double-deag like that.
Let's see if the Glocks can set him up.
20 seconds. You're never supposed to win this round.
JVC, though. They're all around him.
Peria's Deagle rings out for a third.
Don't tell me one man and a pistol are enough to make a difference.
There's even more damage put down range,
and that makes it nice and easy for safe, Peria!
That is ludicrous!
Remarkable, Deagle.
That's a full eco with one pistol and he just puts four headshots on the board
Period pops off
$700 invested
And a one round after these shots
Oh damn. Oh
My goodness, that's why he's the guy to watch
Make no mistake about it
He's ridiculous
Big they have struggled with pistols in this tournament. They finally win one they lose to the eco
Well at least they're resilient, but they are anything but rich deagles of their own
pain the map is theirs big plane within the confines of the site greeks is
scouts only primary weapon so pain-filling a lot of freedom of movement
right now flashing long what they've got
Rex needs to connect something here on this long position bigger in a very
difficult spot I will say 30 seconds as pain are going for this a hit so the
execute has to be clean they've been playing a very slow t-side in these
This first few, the Deagle at JDC.
Tag down range from Grakes, 15 seconds here as they're trying to close in,
but a man down, smokes, making an awkward and hit him within them.
All the rest of Big taps him behind enemy lines, and that's a big problem.
A think down range, BSM poor low.
Babin, Deagle, Spam, Cook has ended it right now, and that's the reply.
Oh no.
Birria got it done on his own with the Deagle, and they're last this time for Big.
It's a team effort, but those Deagles, they snatch it straight.
back JDC with bangers on long just swings out with a flash finds two diggles and somehow
big winning right back full stacked in that a side pain just had no control they're throwing
the execute from the back of long no one's even pouncing on the util there they get given
a massive opportunity to run away with the T side star and look at what happens so please
can we give period the AK yeah he has eight kills right now he's been the only guy to
do anything in these first couple and sure his eagle is fantastic I'm not
doubting it I mean we're we've got an orb in this round I know safe wants to
pull it out but this is still very difficult to wield when you have pistols
around you and you could be giving it to big if you lose it so there's the risk
I lost to say this you've been playing a very very slow T side can you afford to
do so in this type of an environment limited util safe just needs to find
picks. That's what they're hoping for. He's certainly going to have the element of surprise.
I'll say that much. You do not think there is even a possibility of this gun being in this
round. When you die to it, you're saying, how does he have an AWP? He just lost.
Here we go. Save might be a catch a jiggling jumping player on this A site. It just puts
A lot of emphasis on that first shot, doesn't it, right?
Like, because once the element of surprise is gone,
they aren't going to give you long-range fights.
Not spotted.
They know it's an orb.
They're going to move up elsewhere.
They don't want long. They want to fight these pistols.
Snow's AK in toilets.
Called upon by flash as they go wide, snow running in.
Look at the bait for blame. This is perfect, though.
He's gonna tuck in the corner and deliver a double and now that Alps in trouble stuck in the long corridor with the bomb at his feet.
Nice shot from Perri, this eagle is indomitable right now.
He's got a rightful to put to use, saves there as well.
2v1, but look at the time, five seconds, bomb is down.
Favon 1v2, we know this guy likes a clutch, can he grab it?
1v2's, they've been in specialty here at the Major, but not this one.
And Piriya is an electric 10-2, and with safe sawp hitting hard around him, it becomes quite the combo for Payne.
Is that a 2v4 in seconds right there, Piriya and the AWP on safe just coming out of nowhere?
Like, the safe double is fantastic, right? Moving in with the AWP, but we have to talk about that, Piriya turn around on the deagle,
Him and Blainef walked right by each other in the smoke.
I just got a feeling on that fade.
He's thinking, where have I just walked past?
Who is this guy?
What's Blainef known for?
And I like this timeout because it's pain going, OK, look.
We choked that third round.
We absolutely should never have even given
bigger chance to get the money back.
But now we have our next opportunity,
and we can't afford to waste this one.
If pain win this round, they're going
to start running away on the T side,
thinking it's going to be full broke.
big after force here, but they have less. So here we go.
Well, they finally make up for the mistakes and actually break
Biggs Bank.
You got it. You have to. You can't let them do it again. And I
also don't think you can afford to waste the game. It's this red
hot from period. You want to feel like this is more than
enough to push you over the edge because if this isn't enough,
then what is okay? Well, he's gonna get tested. How many he's
got here. And two to get the ball rolling and a chance to sweeten the deal now tucked
in this corner. He's been spotted and the pistols close in. Well, Baben and Tapsen striking
in tandem. We keep it coming. And we're not off this wild ride yet. Long control for
pain. That's what they're left with. They've completely conceded B info there for Faber
on the push. That's allowing a heavy A side setup to very ugly whiffs in this round from
pain and the pistols overwhelmed they are big. Now got an M4 and an AK. Pain slowly clearing
this top site. Briggs, I like the back off here he's got no support really. Tapsen's
only just getting in position so put grips, but Griggs behind default. And look at the
flank they're buying time again. It's going to be hard shots but this won't matter now.
I'm gonna have to push this bomb site before no way you check this actually check this what a kill the issue is now
The site is stacked
They're just gonna go getting that kill only confirms that fact right roll out to try and send them in big kill for VSM
But it's traded
I'm not hanging back waiting for a push on this smoke
You know it does die, but he's got a crossfire between him and JDC and just waiting for that push
It's no throwing into the clutch, doesn't know about JDC in this close position, and
so a teammates for big on their four-spy.
Back and forth we go.
These Executes are really ugly for Payne.
It seems like they don't even know what they want to do with it.
That's their smoke back-site for the record.
That's Payne throwing that.
They don't know where to go.
They're trying to walk around it, look for a gap.
They don't know what fights they want.
They drop off the orb, they hand it over to Greggs.
And so just really looking uncomfortable in this case, they're the ones who want to
keep trying to force these A-executes and big just have numbers in position.
I've given Peri of the AK dropping it over to that top of format. Nice.
I want to say like seven of his 10 kills are from the Deagle right now.
Let's see if it translates.
I mean both teams have done a little bit of trolling in this game already. It's
3-2 and no back-to-back rounds you can certainly make the argument it's more
important for big on the CT side in the sense that you don't want I mean it's
more of a waste it's more of a wasted opportunity for pain because they've
had the money twice and both times have lost it to 5-7s chance now just to
deny a run at free t-side rounds to pay you want to end these forced by wars here
in now. Rick's AWP. Hang him wait.
Except that he was feeling the pressure in that stage one game. Wasn't feeling himself,
wasn't playing up to the level. Here in stage two, that's a keen double. Molly is going
to burn him out. Still, he's done his part in the round with his teammates here to back
him up. There's no entries for Payne. No road left to run. Big claim to in a row and finally
restore some normality to this map.
Griggs is a turret. That's the one thing I like.
That's a good example of it, right?
Because when he has to worry about too many things going on,
move around too much, pick his position,
we do see him sometimes struggle.
But when he is scoped up on the line,
this guy is very dependable.
And this is the perfect map for this.
Pretty simple fights.
Tunnel vision is appreciated.
And so hits his two bangers on the orb there,
and puts Big in position to start storming ahead.
I just think pain have to be kicking themselves.
You don't just get one, you get two opportunities
to break Big's bank and both times you fumble.
Shot from Gricks.
Back he goes.
They're gonna 5v3 against Glocks, there is no period D to stop them this time.
Love the big haven't throw in really any U-Tile in this round.
So often that's why you're playing it slow, you're any of Glock's, it's like okay, it's not going to be fun guys, but we're just going to take our time, get as much of the U-Tile out as we can, force the re-investment.
Think of not subscribing to that at all, they're thinking why would we block them?
There's no worries man, we've got long sight lines, we're sitting back with the rifles, let's just fight them head on and win every single one of them.
Just a nice way to kind of shore up the money even more, right?
Five a live round and you have to invest in next to nothing, heading into this one.
Just a nice little micro economy detail there for big.
Somebody team is just kind of on a type of autopilot, not wanting to run the risk.
We'll get the UTL in, we'll try and stop any type of a Rossini,
any type of a cheeky little flash play or whatever.
And no worries, for big clan, they get that conversion on the back of a drawn out back
and forth, forced by war, and now in comes the pain bite.
Double long set up here for big, chances some aggression in the mid round, here the Grigsaw
fire off, certainly could overlook the idea of a double long set up, spot for safe but
but he only saw one player. Flash goes in, JDC blind.
That's where Blainef comes in with the cover.
Okay, Blainef for himself, but he delivers the results.
That grenade just blew the AK to him.
Yeah, just gonna hand him a little upgrade.
He always finds a way, tells his teammate to run back
and holds the smoke.
I'm trying to cover this reaction,
but they will not come through.
Hey, wait for the fade.
I wanted to take the risk. Nice kill for Peria.
What's happened with an ugly fight through the wall?
Necessary commitment here, and it's given Payne an opportunity.
JDC recommits to toilets. We'd blame that because they're going for the B hit right now.
They're already in. Tabson's bombsite under scrutiny.
VSM with the entry.
Two low players here in this post-plant.
Nade kill would be big, but it's off the mark.
It's done. There's gonna save, right?
I mean, unless Blame is going for the gigaflank.
doesn't feel likely looks like they're just playing a contain that's really
awkward low damage but low health rather on two players but big don't like their
odds in the man down they can feel unwinnable but money is certainly a
conversation this early in the half
There's no rounds to play for.
Playing perhaps here to punish at the very end of all.
No way, the bomb takes down Figuzera here, and so Blame survives, two from pain live
to tell the tale, and they find their third round on this T side, but we're just getting
started here.
This guy from Fathom has really opened up the round, leading just one player in B.
Mind if you missed the start of this too, right? We've ended up on overpass, it's big, kind of home map.
It was pain with the choice of sides, but they missed the window to pick it, and so they got randomised onto the T half.
Yeah, they weren't happy about it.
certainly didn't look to be
Right now looking for a small collection of rounds. That's really all you're hoping for T side of overpass
chance to
Try and bulk some together in the future. They're able to string some rounds together
It's hard to know if they even kind of worked out for them because what this could have been versus what it is
It's very different right two opportunities to fall break big. They still haven't found that chance
Oh, careful. Great. It's already out. They're already out, but they missed the shot
with a huge whiff on Grick scoped deep and he lives to tell the tale to young players.
Both struggling in this moment. This is a messy game right now. Yeah, you're hoping
that that doesn't become round defining, right? That could have been an entry. It would have
been the all power of the picture by far. The most threatening thing in these a plays
is the AWP. There's a lot of goods in this game right now, not a lot of haves. Plenty
of mistakes. 30 seconds, and lots of Utah left for big. This is feeling like a fake.
The bombs and toilets. JDC could ruin the whole game plan. He's also going to hear these
rotates up, he knows it's a fake at lower. JDC knocks down two on that rear-room through connector,
but the timing pieces it together, Snow's already shot him in the back, but those rotates are now
arriving. Snow and Safe. Get into a post plant, but they don't have a lot of room to work with.
They hear all the rotates up through CT, so they're not looking over their shoulder here,
But it's a big battle in front of them
Safe first to take the contact
Blame f a lens paid a helping hand. Let's see if snow can capitalize
Well be three looks to isolate the first fight but blame F shuts it down convincingly double digits for blame F
Catching up with JDC up top of the board
Absolutely makes up for that team kill no worries here for big real
They felt close, real over rotation for Big to be honest, but
you know JDC gets all the information even though he doesn't cotton on
that there's more players in toilets here, Big don't try and charge the bomb site
they let the bomb go down, they play it together, they've got a huge number advantage
nicely handled retake there for Big
and we have pain forcing on pistols, here we are on a hill
There's a lot of money put in
Quite an investment, they're going to be rushed, that's the only way they can justify it
Three players here, it was a heavy B-start for Big.
And here's them getting in, up over the top, he'll get out with a double.
And now as BlaineF takes this position, there's no spillover from Payne, they're just getting iced out.
And so absolutely no worries there, repelling the B hit, that was the force out of Payne.
Attempted a little pocket cool at a spawn.
This major run is going to go up in smoke for pain.
I mean, this feels like a very frustrated game of Counter-Strike right now
because there is one in ten hard to cool from that position.
Perius been the one safe pair of hands and even some of his madness
hasn't necessarily been conducive to rounds.
I mean, yeah, even then, he was ten and two at the start of this game.
You know, one and five since that point.
He looked lights out in the first couple of rounds,
but first couple of rounds aren't the whole game.
You got to keep it up.
Even more money put in here as they give him a hero gun.
Yeah, it's a good investment, it's definitely worth it, but it's just kind of...
There's no one really accomplishing anything for Payne.
That's the big worry.
Because era 1 and 10 is already concerning enough.
That tells you a hell of a lot.
This is a captain who usually puts up massive numbers.
at majors in the past for him. He has been the reason his teams were successful. He's not one
of these low-fragging IGLs who gets by by the cools. He is a guy who will deliver you rounds,
will deliver you clutches, and there's been none of that in this game.
Perrier is rushing because he hit the Rumboo side of Spawn. He has good timing. We're going to
be beating the Molly right now. He doesn't get the kill. That's Favon on 12 health. That's a huge
opportunity, but hasn't that just been the story of this game? Opportunity is not capitalised
on for pain. That is very low. Let me go for the boost. For another chance, and as big
do the same as kills on the plate, and I spray high damage on this B site right now. My need
to panic rotate. Big have got to block this B hit. I know it's pistols, but this feels
punishable. I mean, it's been a really nice little string of gimmicks to do all this damage,
right? From the run boost to start the round to the boost over at B, but eventually surely
you run out of tricks. It might not matter. On a map like Overpass, you can run over this
B site hold. A couple of running glocks can hit a dink each. Suddenly, Big have got to
save. Three players on B is nice. They're going to push in though. They walk into Payne's
trap. Right now it's only because they're here. I'm getting inquisitive.
Oh, you're just telling yourself you can't afford to lose this rifle. Timing it goes
awry. The aggression is short. Actually going to send Blame F almost out of position.
A shot.
Ricks can't follow up. Left it the chance there with the no scope. And Piria's found another
on this rifle. There is a serve for Piri of the one man army. The one guy outputting four
pains. Shot for Bigazera. Now that JDC get back in surely Piri is done enough. He's got
one health. You can't expect him to clutch the round as well.
3, 2, 1. Swing out from the short side and Snow secures that trade. Piri's efforts are
not in vain. Thank goodness. Pain closed that round. That would have just been another kick
in the teeth that would have been the worst round to lose as big as there are pushes up in a 3v1
gives Shady see the way back in they swing together they get that final frag to cement an eco win
blocks and a hero ak it's not pain's first rodeo with that kind of buy this is about as close to a
1v5 as you can get yeah she has the same kills as his entire team combined and he's trying so hard
to keep pain in the conversation and you know they're setting him up they're giving him the guns
they're boosting him at the same time but it's not like I wouldn't say this is a great cool T-side
right now for pain it has just felt like a one-man army they've lost favorable positions plenty of
times here's the thing T-side you can almost get away with having your entry piece having
Peria set up in all these moments CT though you can't have weak play snow is sizing the gap playing
the triggers to play. Would you or do you just bring your team into this A play? I mean,
he's got two potential kills. They just grab one of them. Does nowhere. Blame's gone off
to blocks long. The blame's in the toilets right now. So bomb is still a problem. JDC
cut it off. Oh my goodness. They have no idea. Chains it together nearly gets awkward, but
we'll get out with the double and then blame F arrives. So this great timing, the threading
of the needle from snow may not come to matter as he gains all this ground out towards a his team
cut down in middle and period falls with it any hope in this round jdc just going beast mode right
now you want to talk period he's 18 and five how are there this many kills going round his team
are popping off as well dead man walking locked out our pain that's big with an eight round defense
pain with a frustrating hub. A lot of charters, a lot of what ifs, but not a lot of rounds.
I don't even mind, I don't even care about you
Gonna need some money, I'm just a thief
I don't even mind, I don't even care about you
Gonna need some money
I don't see one. One from far. Nice. One more, one more long. On top of side.
Cross side.
Wait wait.
Dead. One more long.
Ten seconds, boys.
You can make chaos now.
NICE!
NICE!
It's insane!
It's insane, John.
Really, it's fucking insane.
It's really insane, Jarosz.
What a flash, bro!
Jarosz was so smart, really.
In the battle of big versus period,
big certainly aren't playing scared.
The one-man army approach for pain
didn't pan out in that first half and after some swings and misses, some failures to capitalize,
they're left lagging behind, T side now for big on their home map, Blaine F opening up in the pistol,
B site charged, the SMs feeling some pressure, but with Bigazera covering, all hope is not lost.
Shut down on this B hit and Tabson left as the last man standing, 1v4 required from the veteran.
I mean, is there a finally feeling the impact as well after a very quiet game as a captain of pain put to the double?
Absence just hunting kills a running away not gonna escape that fight absen given a chance
Don't count them out of the impossible in this one v4
Player back behind the site spotted
Barrel with big and period will flank to finish what he started big round for pain
see if they can try and find the comforts of smiles on their faces. Maybe the first time
in this series because it has been a painful game indeed. They did enjoy those team comps
coming into the heart though showing kind of the communication for big, adding again
more flowers to JDC's cabinet because I love his dead coming there in the Diga round they
win. Saying when to hide, when to add chaos, low time, keeping track, really turning into
a solid, showing off solid team play across this entire tournament, good mental, good
resilience and a great game like this, 18-6, it's not just fracking outputs.
No, 100%, I mean, his individual performances have only gotten better and better as the
tournament got on there. Hell, even in some of the early games back in stage one, he was actually a liability, I would say.
The only thing he was bringing was good vibes, but it feels like not only his individual form got him better,
but what he's bringing to the table in terms of levelling out this team, some mid-round cooling, you actually feel like you're getting a lot out of it.
He's kind of hitting like a very dependable individual,
feeling a bit like a coach when they need him to be, and offering a lot in these mid rounds.
JDC looking like the full package for big.
Oh, weird spot to be in.
Rightful cleaning up.
And it's all OK for paying to have them boxed in.
Nowhere to go.
Perrier is buying them so much time.
They need to wake up.
The rest of the gang have to arrive.
18 and 9, they're on the better side now.
You've got the whole CT half ahead of you.
Perrier's kept you in this.
Now level up on the rest of the troops.
As big of taught us in this tournament. It's never too late. Harry. It's a lesson
We should all take into our games never give up never stop fighting
I think a lot of squads will genuinely feel that way after watching it come back like that
It was something that gripped the entire CS world when you see it
We've literally never seen before and I don't think we'll ever see again, especially with the stakes that were at play
Nice to know it's always possible
And here, they've got the mental. That much is unquestionable at this point. First gun
round of the half, taps a 5-to-5-to-4 and even gets out of danger zone.
I think value from his utility is 2 days land.
Pain have to kind of play here, but their 4 players in B, it's a stack down at low.
And so they need something from this. That's a wild way to get it. That's not what I had in mind
But safe spam connecting on a tabson. That's enough to start to this dismantle this stack and they're gonna try out at the top site
Smoked already down and JDC so deep just cuts down bigger Zera on his rotation
He's feeling it at this point big. No, they've got pain out of position
Unplanted man down
This might just be a save
Damn, mid-site smoke doesn't really put much fear in being there for the bomb down on truck.
It means they probably still have to stay in this bomb site and fight,
but the pain really want to challenge this right now.
Have they got set you till all this retake?
It comes out towards the truck. No problem for Big.
JDC is committing and he has been so dependable in this map
that they're crossing out back behind the site.
VSN with a big kill.
Favon tucked in waiting for his time to get them off that bomb,
but they are deep using in the smoke and last bullet in the mag.
Will connect the frag, Favon falls, safe has a chance, can he win this? No kit, no chance.
He picks it up, but I think it's too late.
They're gonna run at him.
Oh! He's trapped it!
That was milliseconds off the bomb.
Saved by the bell, safe picks up the round.
Stick in the smoke.
He was running around looking for that kit.
I thought there was no way.
I like playing F thought there was no way either.
I had deep uses in milliseconds.
Disastrous round to lose. Think about what big had there. They had the advantage. They had an empty A site.
But truck plant gives, truck plant takes.
Look how out of position you feel playing anywhere but in the site.
I want to know what the actual timing was on that, because that feels incredibly close.
Yeah.
It's into the point zeroes.
Okay, pain.
Look, they are still here.
Maybe you make of this game from them, it's been wacky, but they are around behind being
on the favoured side with the economy to their advantage.
They can break big right now.
Take the lead.
Haven't cleared out short, comes back up connector.
This is looking like an early attack on this A site, only period home.
It gets the spot early, gets the hell out of there, decides it's not worth going down
in some vain effort to fight for top site with his teammate so far away.
Big pickup for Favon and now blocks the connector trying to charge this one down
in an important trade for snow. Not up for the task of dealing with the second man back
here in the toilets.
D4 plant two nades as well, you gotta save.
I think bigger say it, let's never plant truck again.
Make sure to get that one down for the toilets and it's a way more comfortable post plant.
I didn't really feel like a necessary truck bar, it's just because they didn't really
have a lot of control and I guess it could have been a flank up connector if they got
chased so it's more of a desperate plan when you think you're going to win the round off
of position.
I think one of the most important things for big when you, you know, because we spoke
a lot about the comeback and what you're imagining it's done to this team, but all throughout
this tournament, they've tried to keep very level heads under the belief that they can
claw back any game. I want to be honest, we didn't really see that from them until that
comeback. But I think that's why it's so important. You know, you can keep saying to yourself,
we can come back from anything. But until you actually do, those are just words, big
at least, not only did they come back from a wild disadvantage, but they delivered on
what they've been telling themselves all tournament long in the most extreme way possible. And
I think that galvanizes you believe that you really can do anything things were looking dire here
But a chance now to break Payne's money and look to break away give yourself a bit of breathing room on this map
Save allowed to buy
I think what's crazy right now is the fact that Painer here, every integral round of
this game that breaks the money. Big one. Like pain of never broken big in this match.
Not really. So the fact that they're just two rounds behind and they have another rope
here, obviously offered to save getting guns. It's just shocking to me like they shouldn't
Oh no, you're dead. You are done for blame spots period coming in on long and yeah, this
might be the real money breaker now landing for big wall bang coming in good recovery
for the double, but Pig is still moving forward, lurching into this site, AWP dropped in the
open, JDC is not done, puts another one in the box, and JDC on one health grabs the AWP
as that plant comes in. There is no saving this for Snow unless he sticks in the smoke.
It is, but now low, dinked on that fight, JDC 1 HP, MP9, meant to put fear in him, he
Where's the line?
Massive 3K out of JDC who has just been an absolute gift to Big as the tournament's gone on.
22 and 8 man. What a monstrous performance.
What a time to do it when you have Piria popping off in the way that he did in the first 10 rounds of this map.
JDC is still chugging along.
Dude, you know you talk about Piria, feels rough for him there, right?
Think about the map he's had, think about his contributions.
I would say the only reason Payne are even in the conversation
is thanks to what Piria was bringing to the table in that first half.
But he feels a little desperate to try and make a move,
feels a little desperate to try and get involved,
and ends up just giving away the opening that unravels that round.
Some awkwardness timings all across the board for Payne.
In that one there, safe as well, didn't get the spot on the long side.
That's what started JDC's reign of terror.
It's now money broken for the pain squad.
They've got a period dig to rely on.
Little run boost here, give Griggs a better timing on the AWP.
He doesn't look to do much with it.
All right, period.
You've got a deagle.
You've got nothing to lose in a round like this.
Seen it before.
Flash set up a monster right now.
That's a vying for a pig in it.
Well, they almost got what they wanted, but now they're pushing short.
It's as big, storm out into this site. There's still a lot of players around this corner, so flashbang connects, but it blinds everybody.
Pain can't see much. They come running in and a Molotov will fight frags here on this short position, both connect.
5v2.
Big against eco, no problem this time.
While the USP's attempt to whittle away,
just gotta get that bomb down big and there's no problems
there is no where near in the action right now
big and not even planting they don't even care they just want the kills right
now and whoa feel that get a frustration setting in I guess you're
spotted? No? Just mad he's even in this situation. Done all he can but not even a teammate on
double digits. I do feel for Peria man like this is meant to be his kind of big break
Moving into this pain squad for the longest time.
Climbing in and out of bounty hunters and fluxo.
If you go all the way back with Morgan Academy days,
he was in that Furier Academy squad with Drop,
the guy who ended up getting the call up,
getting all the opportunities.
I think Piria was very likely floated in that conversation.
Yep.
Oh, good, boss.
Rather silly, good, but we don't need to freak out again.
Yeah, yeah
So this whole time just kind of been grinding his period looking at cement himself pain biggest squad he's got to be a part of
This major he's the only guy showing up for them
Okay, finally something from safe on this CT all
You couldn't have picked a better player, could you? JDC been nothing but a thorn in your side all game long getting rid of him. Everyone breathes a little easier.
Here you're going to try and aggressive down here in the connector risks it on that fight and tabs and is the one to close.
close. We see him take the orb here.
Gricks is fighting in the middle right now.
There's a timing push along for safe.
Perhaps something to find taps and coming in low health.
I fell. I'm just going to hear him.
Connect that with ease bomb loose as well.
They're walking our monster.
This is attempting to be fake into an A play.
Now you won't expect a monster luck with a bomb on long.
Safe's going to try and play for it.
Gricks is here.
This is crazy for safe, but he's still going to hit the shot.
Gricks will not. 3v2 and safest doing this solo-dolo.
At the timing, connected by Snow.
Play math. What's he up to?
I'm winning the round. I can tell you that much.
You know, these timing pushes for pain, they're given, they take.
In this round, you see it at its best.
you know, some unorthodox moves trying to get aggressive,
maybe feeling forced to do so and for safe, it all works out on that long push.
But is that sustainable?
That's the big worry, because you've seen the other side of it, right?
You've seen these timing pushes where their whole round gets thrown into disarray
in seconds, giving themselves a much needed second chance on the CT side.
It's right before, right beside it, Favon and Griggs looking to find an advantage.
You have to worry about Griggs attempting these openers all too much, so this is something new for Paine to consider.
Oh, what a move.
Talk about it, right? These mid-round timing pushes. Here's another example.
Peer, you're trying to get aggressive down in the connector. Heard footsteps coming back, thinks otherwise,
and with a missed chance at the opening for Greeks,
he'll nail it the second time around.
Bigger Zera walks right into his crosshair.
Still seem aware.
Period does hold his own.
Even though Griggs was checking that position,
taps and could chase us right now.
It's a risky move.
He's going to sneak down all over the map.
Disaggression in the mid-round.
Mavin gets his.
Blamess dealt with Piriya back there in the connector.
Mavin's telling himself, look, they've been so aggressive.
They've just bought the fight to us.
So if I sit here, maybe I get rewarded
and he would be right in that VSM just on the corner,
beats him to the punch.
It's the two top performers for Big, left, alive,
JDC and BlameF.
What have they got for us?
These are the two voices of Big.
It's been quiet game.
It's gonna get quieter, Blame hit to banger,
safe rotate in, he was the hero of last round.
He's got no kit, so time is of the essence.
After just trying to extract a player but with the bomb already making it in there's no pressure on JDC to try and get into the bomb site
Gonna go forward looking for blame F looking for that bomb planter
Saves got to be real quick with it here real slick with it
Can't hit the turnaround 180 won't connect
Big get on to match point money broken for pain
That is slippery from BlameF, man. Why is he there holding that? I mean, that's our last position
You should expect but he reads that the gap has been taken by safe perfectly deals with him
He's now matching JDC's kills with of course less deaths 22 and 5 by MF masterclass
He did drop his gun at the end of the round and he lost it but
But right now, big suffering from success, it doesn't feel like it will matter.
There's pain, anything but.
I've just had horrible money for most of this match.
See, a lot of sweet misses from Griggs at this major.
They will get his AWP for one more try.
I'm not picking connector last round 12 to 8 big can just make this easy by
closing it out here and now there's a 5 7 and SMGs in play only a single M4 on
six kill Captain Biguzera
it's the easiest chance you're gonna get to close this game is the right place
SM's gone very, very early.
Now from the truck.
Flashbang! MP7, mows him down, and VSM proves to be a safe pair of hands.
A monstrous rat out of VSM, out of absolutely nowhere.
Last thing you're ready for is VSM coming through that smoke with a nice high flash from his rotators.
And so Big Think they have a better room to put that bomb down.
Now they are broken, fully.
And suddenly this game gets tricky that lost a care the end of round 20
Coming to matter as only blame could afford to buy everyone else on pistols and I have to do their best period impression
I think big necessarily hate this though, they know the pain have been getting super aggressive
They've really been looking for these timings. They've been keen to try and take away map control and it's not
At least more often than not. It's felt like it's a lot of solo ventures, right?
Even thinking to that like safe round over on long where sure you want it.
But he was entirely alone in that aggression or some of these peaks from
Peria down in the connector. So early on they hold the default. There's
Tabson's Deagle finding Peria out-conside. And with the advantage they might just hit
the go-button. Blaine F has just secured the opening. That's in this B site under a
a microscope, it's only snow gets round behind them, charged in his rough-to-bomb plot,
now it's pulled, but it's off the mark, and his teammate's getting cut down,
snow has done all he can, it's left in the hands of the captain,
before it's ripped right from them.
Big show up, and walk this one home with a hero rifle round to close on Overpass.
Just a brutal game from big high to low, blame F and JDC performing admirably,
Putting on an absolute show as individuals, a frustrating game for Paine,
where they lost every important round, every economical round, spent most of the game on pistols and forcefights,
they certainly made the most of it in this B01, but a slow T-side start on Overpass comes back to bite Paine,
and big bounce back.
And 01 at the start of the day, they split it in 1-1 by the end of stage two.
And so it's not too bad of a day in the office for Paine, when you consider what's at stake.
Resilience is the name of the day for this team of big and they showed it against NRG.
They look to show it in stage two again.
Doubt them all you want.
They have goals of a run here at the Cologne Major.
Yeah, good stuff for big.
You see JDC hobbling along there.
But boy was this guy a force of nature in the server, not just bringing great energy,
but now the performance is to back it up.
JDC looking like a very complete player now.
as we've gone deep into the stages.
But Payne, this is disappointing.
I think there's no other word for it.
They came in looking frustrated into this game,
what with the blunder in the VO,
not getting to choose which side they start on
because they missed it.
And so they get off to a really rough T-side start
with that back and forth four spies.
A lot of chances in this for Payne,
but they just couldn't capitalize.
Slow start for bigger Zera that never really recovered,
lagging behind big tactically.
The only guy with hero moments was Peria, and by the end of the game, frustration was shining through.
This is now a bit of a dud start for Payne.
0-2 down, they're into the BO3s, just one away from getting eliminated.
Super early into IEM Cologne.
Yeah, just super messy really for Payne.
It's an organization and at least a couple of players on this team that made major runs, gone by.
I think back to Budapest Stage 3, I think back to Austin, semifinal.
But for now, they face elimination, but let's hear from the victors as big walk on by.
BIG, avoid disaster start to the stage two, obviously now with the wind against pain.
I want to ask you, what happened right after GG?
There's something, some difficulties there, right?
Well, I mean, I just forgot that I have pain and I was so hyped after that wind that I just stood up
and I instantly got a little step back, you know.
Life, let me know you're not healthy yet, but it's okay.
How's your health overall? Is it a little bit better? Is it not affecting you too much?
You know, you just beat the pain, but the pain is in your legs.
There's a lot of puns here that I can go with.
Yes, very clever. No, to be fair, the pain is nearly gone when I'm not moving.
Yeah, they're gone from the server as well.
Oh, bro! You do like that, I respect it.
I don't think it is affecting my game anymore.
At the beginning it was tough, but right now I got used to it.
It hasn't much impact.
And I'm just happy that I can be here and it's on my hand and it's my leg instead.
Jadis, you were playing and moving on the map. Nothing is bothering you, you were having an insane game.
It started a little bit roud. There were a lot of back and forth rounds at the beginning of the game.
Can you walk us a little bit through that? What was the breaking point where BIG actually ran away with it?
I mean, it was a very crazy game in the beginning.
And it's always like this, if people win anti-eco, they want a full eco, I think even against us,
because Pira hit insane deagle shots from long.
At the end of the day, it's just CS, you know, if you want to shut people with a digger, you can lose a round.
It's unfortunate, I think we did very well staying in the game mentally, no matter what happens,
because you can lose focus after this, like losing a full E-Quest City overpass is kind of rough.
But I think the team we have right now is a unit, and everyone knows their role, everyone knows what to do,
and everyone just kept on going with what they have to do, I think we just did great.
I like the vibes inside of the team, everyone is having fun tomorrow, another best of one,
Are you satisfied with how we were playing overall?
Not individually, but as a team.
Today was a pretty good unit, especially in the second game, right?
I think we're not fully satisfied yet, because we are actually doing those mistakes.
Of course, we had this history comeback yesterday, which was amazing,
but we still went down to 0-0.
So, of course, it was incredible by everyone, but we still need to...
We don't want to be in that position, you know?
And today as well, we played good, we won the game, and we played it solid,
but we still lost two Ecos, I think, or two Fourspies,
which made the game crumbly a bit on CT,
and those things are not what we are happy with,
but we take it as it goes and we will learn from it, I'm pretty sure.
In the spirit of German efficiency,
we're always looking for ways to thrive and improve,
so this is a great mindset to have.
Obviously, I wish you good luck tomorrow,
we will see you in another best of one,
and you know what they say,
no pain, no gain,
but B.I.G. just gained another way into the tournament.
Come in towards middle, Afro popped, nice climb through, G2 hit that pause, but Gizmy's got more!
A double kill that brings this immediately back.
That bob has to cross, right across Rain Waker.
15 seconds and Hunter on the cross, swings the duel straight up.
Gizmy would have to go above and beyond from this point, but he does have the timing to still keep this close.
He never got to reload in, 16 bullets in the same mag that set up this 2v4.
2v4 and he's got two separate duels if he protects this and wins it and still has just the same amount of health to try to
Finish it. It's a heavy god position unbeknownst to him
Is he gonna think about jumping up and his heavy guy gonna start to swing out slowly? Yes, he is
There we have it G2 win it out. Oh
This skin of their teeth this gives me tries to be the hero yet again now fighting himself with a positive KD
That's G2's first of three
That's a hunter with his two kills and one to save the round save the match here
And oftentimes we've seen g2 with a good start to the round and Monty really working their way back in this one's the opposite
We've got a throw with the opening up kill again, and he's delivered a lot of openings
And now that we're in overtime we're gonna just get more op presence from him
Again is the score lines deceptive. I'm I'm seeing a lot of impact
The job isn't finished yet. You know mentally G2 or not in the right place right now. You
can already tell. They've showed us both their A game and their D game in the same
match. And Monty look really locked in. Oh man, it's eats it. Oh, no way B-Mass loses
That's kind of crazy actually. Had him blind for so long.
And you catch that on a Madis who's been struggling as he has.
Well, that's just what G2 needed.
Yep.
Don't let that be a sign...
...of changing tides.
But it's a fast climb from Nertz in through the window.
Batch turned unprepared for that one.
Okay.
Isn't able to finish his food. There are real issues coming through mechanically now.
Nurse has been shot at by Gizby, heavy god slides out Palace, spots another, but then loses his head as Azumu keeps the rifle work clean.
He's operating on his own. Bomb eventually is going to arrive from behind him on the ramp.
He's whittled down to 27 health and his teammates, taking a bit too much time from the catwalk play, are not here to help.
Yeah, they aren't approaching him. Mattis is low and he has it off.
Azumu's not yet to consider that ramp play, so Sunpaius just slices right through it.
And now Monty have to consider a save.
Yeah, I think they're thinking about having this off for next round. It's actually a problem for them.
And they'll get away from this, so G2 skate by.
Looks sketchy, but they do have that flight coming in the entire time.
And they may be in their best interest to try to go for the full punish.
As they'll quickly realize that Monty aren't going for the retake.
take. Scary for Afro. And Gizby's got eyes on the window, it's not a bad place to save.
Still gonna have to fight for it. Oh no, that's not a big risk to take. I mean also Gizby
could adjust. I mean, he was also low. Well, okay, that doesn't make the odds for
Monty any better. I'll tell you that. Raises the odds of another overtime though,
which is pretty fun.
By still comes through for Monty, obviously. Final round of the CT. Attempted
sweep, but it does lack an AWP and there's only two kits. One for Afro, one
Forgive me grenades light and a strong unit of gene two players take to the top of middle first
Sunpius seeking to wreak havoc bottom middle
But there is no hyper aggression this time for Monty and so the bodies of G2 start to work their way inwards
Deep smokes really gonna give Sunpius an angle to post on yeah, he's gonna be able to clear on a lot of stuff
It's an assist here as they start to walk up through connector as you move
They'll get caught off guard.
Well, they lost by this.
Cat players got a little bit of damage in,
but Sunpias turns and finds it.
Afro from Jungle popped.
And so with a single point of health,
Sunpias finds impact.
And with three rounds in a row,
G2 find another overtime.
We're losing to go down.
It's flawless on the comeback.
It's all T side.
It's all T side, excuse me, for both teams.
And it didn't feel like Monty we're gonna let this half go.
The G2 did have to dig deep and play well, play perfect to be honest, to make that happen.
The mentality of your place in this major changes so drastically, especially in a match
like this, when it's free at some points, when you could have closed it.
It's not as if this was one-sided and one team got crushed, no.
Tied at the finish line multiple times.
Ouch.
Oh, see ya.
does find space at least in sight, but it's a full crunch coming out of Monty.
Oh, nice return.
Mattis is starting to get it together.
Yes he is, and Nert strikes as well from inside of sight.
Goes over into Gizmi, who's then going to get rebounded back on by Hunter through the
wall bang.
Man advantage established with that one.
Aphro scours the top of default.
You better keep yourself crouched.
And that's exactly why both those G2 players stay low.
Heavy God gets hit, has to hold his nerve.
does not move a muscle. Maybe he should have.
Astero connects and his hunter looks to go wide.
Will they consider a second one in this position?
Why?
Oh, what a penis.
2v3 retake comes through for Monty.
They are right back in the lead.
And it's the early damage to assist the punish on the knee
that's peeking out on the side of default.
They tried to double up at firebox.
It's not the right plan.
Apar was too careful about how he cleared everything.
And they'll grab an early lead.
Just a super sound peak at a B mass.
He has not a lot of HP to be able to miss bullets.
You can see by the mics next to the names, everybody on G2 getting into this conversation.
Meanwhile, it's Kakafu to just do all the talking.
Feels like this comeback has been a collective for G2.
mentioned that Matt is starting to find that return to form.
I want to know who wins this game. I have no idea who it's
going to be. Can I talk to you for a second? Come come come
here. So we we see you are feeling obviously not the the
start that you wanted to the stage to something that you
didn't have to endure in the first stage. Obviously, you
grabbed that win from the get go now on the opposite receiving
end of it. What are we feeling? How are we resetting from that? Just review the game,
relax a bit and just reset. We've been here before. We're trying to make it
different, have a different outcome obviously. And yeah, let's go. Vamos. What are
we thinking about the opponent that did you? I think we're pretty happy with the
match-up to be honest. I think we match up well against Legacy. And we're looking
forward to the Vita and just looking forward to the game. If I scope out and
go to that first game, so it felt like Nainzi were really beatable, especially I
I mean, there was a certain point where I thought that you were actually winning with JK as 1v3.
Can you guide me through that a little bit? Does it give you like extra hope, extra confidence
coming into that you are able to be beating these Stage 2 teams that are coming not that hot into the tournament?
I mean, that's what we spoke about after the game. We said at the end of the day, we felt pretty good
and we didn't give ourselves enough rounds to work with. We messed up a lot of things in the T side
and we came in very shaky, to be honest. And yeah, hopefully we're going to come in differently.
going to start stronger. What needs to happen? Give me some actual things that
needs to happen for you to grab the win against Legacy because you can take it
subjective and you need to start stronger and have a good base around
whatever but something that you can control like is it the mood is the
communication is the vibes between the between the IGL and everyone else? I mean
we need a bit decisive we need more confident and we need to trust each other
and also convert the advantages we definitely can't let the advantages slip
for the best and better teams now, they're going to capitalize and it's as simple as that.
Thank you for this, I'll see how it goes. Thanks man, cheers.
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More fates a dangle in the balance here as we see the Brazilians
Versus of the Australians legacy back in the major and here off the back of some stunning
results lately. Today didn't start too strong though, willing to MIBR while FlyQuest fell
to 9Z. That leaves us in another 0-1, best of 1 to redeem your day. Legacy, this is a
team that's come on the back of recent trophies, recent finals, recent runs at big events.
This is a FlyQuest who were mostly unconsidered until their run in the previous stage, destroying
liquid in the final day as well, maybe adding some faith in FlyQuest, as we've seen better
energy, better individuals and an uptick from JKS and a lot of clutches to boot here for
FlyQuest. I've personally enjoyed the Vexite smack talk. He's been going hard in the paint
these last few days.
Yeah, he really has. And I like, you know, in the interview leading up to this, he kind
of he's get away from the the funny answers making light of this situation.
We actually got a pretty locked in a pretty dialed in back site in that interview talking
about how they can't throw away these advantages they need to work on holding on to them because
they're playing better opposition and they will get punished.
It's a good awareness to have heading into a game this important and versus a squad that
are in good form.
form. At least they were supposed to be all down versus MIBR earlier has that left a mark
for legacy. Are we going to see them rise to the occasion? Nothing more than a bump in
the road. Yeah, you're willing to consider that this was a domestic matchup against MIBR
and obviously, Clint also popped off on Nuke. It seems like a bit of a go to map for MIBR
at the moment. So whether that's just an asterisk or if legacy or a team to be worried
about this major. I think this game will give us a lot of answers to that for
fly question. We kind of know we can expect this just can they peak in this
matchup and actually close out in the late game because they've made pretty
much every match competitive at the major. They have not been blown out of a
single map so far. We're talking over times. We're talking double digit losses
and we're talking considerable wins against Liquid and Thunderdown under.
They smashed both those teams in BO3s. BO1s, however, not where they've done
their best work so let's see what we end up here for this veto in this bo1 legacy and fly quest
banning down to what looks like dust 2 legacies home map most paid in the last three months a
map that we've seen legacy take some very good teams down on i mean it'd be falcons navi twice
mouse twice in the last couple of months. That's a serious experience, shall we say,
for Legacy on Dust2. Up hill battle for FlyQuest somewhat.
Yeah, 100%. I mean, you know, just the difference in level of opposition and the successes that
have come with it. These squads have on Dust2. I think there's a lot to make you nervous
here. This year alone is just
been the go to map for legacy
without a doubt like they've
taken maps off of some of the
world's best teams here on dust
to so absolutely no sleeper
roster. You know, I've enjoyed
watching legacy recently. It's
not just been there actually
picking up trophies at events.
It's been the change of style,
the redemption story for art.
You joined this squad four
months ago. You know, got a
bunch of young, hungry, keen
players looking to make that jump to the next level and my god if they run with
it trusted in every word he said I guess he right now are number six in the
world off of the Valve ranking improved since the time of invite so fly
quest this might be a very difficult day in the office at the dawn of stage 2
This is just going to be a repeat from Budapest. We saw this exact same thing, right? FlyQuest.
Well, not exactly. They went 3-0 in the first stage. They stormed through, followed up,
went 0-3 in the second. I'm wanting to repeat history here.
Something else that could give you some concern is, FlyQuest made it here, sure, after being
1-2 down at the end of stage 1, right,
besting their countrymen and thundered down under.
And if you remember, absolutely dumpstering liquid
who were not there on that day.
But Dust2 was not a part of this turnaround.
It hasn't really been a part of their nature
until this stage.
They lost to 9-Z on it to open up their stage 2 game.
That's how they ended up in this position.
And maybe there's the idea that they went away after that game.
They went over the footage.
They had a little look at it and so maybe feel like there was enough to go on
But just the fact that this is a home map for the legacy squad
This is an underdog matchup fly quest are the underdogs
They are the guy that's supposed to get beaten up beaten down
You said that they've been able to make most of their games or all of their games rather at this major
Competitive will that keep up today? Will they have a chance versus legacy on
Their home map time to find out we're into it. You know one
0-1, Stage 2, FlyQuest on the T side of Dust.
Gonna need a big game out of Story today, that's for sure.
Portuguese player in this Australian squad.
Oh, he's quite a nade from R to open up the round.
Story's also got 4-bit of utility.
He really can't afford to get plucked here in middle.
Walk down lower, Dumau fights on the short.
Nice headshot, keeps him passive.
Sends a back, smoke in middle, up cat.
Or maybe not, right through it.
Alright, you know what, I'm keen with the double.
Aggression, JKS, dealt with on that upper tunnel's lurk.
And this split is now just two players desperately trying to survive the night down here in middle.
That takes doubled up.
Is this something to root for in this round if you fly quest?
What's it gonna be? This is a complete change of plan.
The sooner story peaks the better, they're not looking at long right now.
This is low health on both players and story just takes that headshot.
We've got a flash for the cross, but USPs versus two tagged up T's.
Like I see, might just be able to kill these guys making it past.
Ash gets a bit of room, but the fight ensues and Satsen is doing damage.
Bond makes it in.
Quest, making the most of this very difficult 2v4.
He's done the hard part, you've got yourselves in post plans now.
Rest is on you, Netic with that swing, gives up his position, sads in, closes in, him and
Lato strike decisively to regain control over that round.
What a damn good attempt at the turnaround for Flyquest though, no denying it, that could
have been a dominant pistol round against him, they at least get out with a bomb plant
little bit to look forward to in this round as a result.
The call is cheeky but it's so unfortunate for Flyquest, the art is just pushed up ahead
of that flash bang, they throw a flash out the mid doors, but he is right ahead of it
by one step, so it doesn't affect him in the slightest, so if we get two kills there in
middle. That is not what FlyQuest bargained for. Now into the bargain bucket, buy yourself
some tech nines because FlyQuest are forcing off of the plant. Two Vlels, two pistols.
Got to say, I do like how decisive FlyQuest were in that 2v4. And I hope that's something
that carries through the rest of this game because especially when you're playing versus
these art led squads, you really have to be decisive, be quick on your feet, be willing
to adapt on the fly.
Yeah, something Astralis couldn't do earlier versus an aggressive South American squad.
They were just getting run at by 9Z.
They didn't seem like they ever really realized what was going on.
They kept inspecting respect, you know, you kind of tell yourselves, well, eventually
the European will get to them.
They will slow down, but it just doesn't happen.
This is a fake
Getting that site down in spawn site to cut rotates, but be hit coming in
It's him
Good for the first he's got Lato here to try and trade this out, but story has hit a timing
Yeah, he goes for the check. He's got the bomb down at this B site his footsteps in the window
Closing in but can't stop him
Now you got a question for do now you up for the task of a very tricky 1v2
You're taking this. B-Side's tough enough. That's before you take into account Vexai still floating around in the spawn.
Does have a chance to isolate this fight. Sure. How much time does he dedicate to it? Not enough.
How did Vexai get two kills in CT right there? That's a ridiculous round out of Vexai.
Sure, Inz gets the round winning kill on B to get that bomb back under control and put it down.
But Vexai with a tech nine in CT spawn gets two frags off rotation.
Oh, they've just walked through on him.
He got both there.
Set his team up perfectly.
No!
And we're seeing that to get loud as well.
Usually a quiet guy, but it's getting infectious for FlyQuest.
Okay.
It's gonna throw a spanner in the works.
Pistol's locked out of long right now.
You'll notice legacy have five smokes.
What are they up to? Looking to delay this hit.
They're not using any now at long. When will you use them?
Because FlyQuest are moving up.
You felt like they've missed their window.
Yeah, like there's no smokes down at long. They use 1-B. FlyQuest are going.
Too late. They're in.
One drop there from R will at least slow the roll.
at least slow the roll. There's another one. They're putting them all together. Why not?
What is this? FlyQuest are thinking.
Are we back in Australia? What do we see him right now?
This is a smoke call from the CTs in the bomb site. They're throwing smokes inside of smokes,
but it's so early. FlyQuest can just wait it out, and that's the call. Guys, we have great
positions right now. Just chill. Let them fade.
So, he should be fine.
AK Advantage here.
How good is a 5'7"?
Let's see.
He's in.
He says, very.
He gets out with his one.
There's a follow up.
He's in!
That's it!
He needs to regain control over this round and he'll manage it.
Bit of help from Story.
They didn't know Art was here.
Still sitting pretty out towards Gandalf with the eagle.
Gonna try and close in.
He will get a swing in about a moment.
Tying backs up into it, and then he's giving it away, and now Story's got to hold on.
One shot, can end Arts Round.
He can't spot him. Doesn't know where Story's gotten to.
Still waiting back at the car, just playing in this cubby, and he's none the wiser.
Gonna tap on that bomb, try and force a fight out of his opponent.
Story does not give it to him.
Swinging out now on the perfect timing, and he handles that with real composure.
Good stuff from Story to stop that, getting out of control.
I love that post one position for store. I don't think I've ever seen anyone play. I won't be one tucked in that hard into that corner story
Doesn't bite. He knows there's no chance. They've got kids after seeing five smokes. It's a fun round for legacy
I don't think fly quest panic at all. I think they play it pretty well in this slowdown
But five sevens up close those smokes put them in powerful positions legacy make the most out of that eco
nice little catch on the cross just to
improved morale for FlyQuest. Yeah okay they're in a great spot now they get rid
of that very dangerous pocket strategy.
It's just funny because I think there's one team that kind of know how to
respond to the chaotic nature of that last round it would be FlyQuest if we're
playing a lot of tournaments out in Asia you see some truly unique stuff in
some of these. They've seen weird counter-strike before so it's going to take more than that
to put the fear in the little bait switch set up here on the long side and Art had a
chance to drop that bomb. Netic denies. Nice shot from Netic because that was bomb with
no close trade player. They're going to hunt down these pistols now. Should be simple.
And so it is, do you know how hiding it behind boxes?
A flight quest, methodical on this T side.
Katzmo comes out from long, taking all the boxes.
This one guy in a county fall, missing is missing.
Jk, see him there?
Looks like he did.
is making steps he knows three one five alive reassuring recovery after losing
pistol but here's where the guns come out and the going gets tough legacy with
the orb and everything else
I'm not opening match earlier versus MIBR, Sadzin was massively outclassed by Klim in
the AWP battle.
It was not even close, so coming into this, Klim absolutely popped off.
He did demolish this legacy squad.
It's going to be seeing if Satsang can keep up with story for the side of Flyquest.
Another man who struggled in that game, maybe uncharacteristically so, usually a fire star
of a legacy was Dumau.
He's opened up this one with an 0-4 star, finally donning a rifle.
You want him to switch himself on early in the match if you can.
An electric player when he's feeling it.
to throw these two mid to B cross smokes but to be triple long might come as a bit of a
surprise in the legacy that's getting flashed off the line they lose long info but they
know this is a bit of a ruse right now however have they realized what's happened?
Vexite has plugged himself through these two CT smokes into spawn once again looking to
be a nuisance in the late round.
Flyquist scaling up into the site has to stop them.
He's done a good job to a fine one.
to Netic. Vexite still here, they're running right past him.
Vexite spent more time in CT than Legacy have.
And there he is with a backstab on one, this is dead down and lower, that's the B site
calling.
The bomb is stuck.
With the bomb is trapped on ramp, they've got to go help Netic.
And that might be what costs you.
Had the chance to get out of here, but this one could still get weird, R playing it very
late in the day with this play-in for the one denied.
Vexite climbs up and over the top, saving the day with a heroic hat-trigger kills on that CT flank.
There were seconds to spare. Their arc was squeezing out as long as he could back behind the site,
but I think that Killfeed gives it up. They know he is still somewhere on A,
and so Vexite comes chasing in to bail out his team from a terrifying round.
What a play from Vexite.
FlyQuest setting him up so well, puts him in spawn, lets the rotates cross and then shoots him in the back.
Absolutely loving the game he's given you, aren't you? Not just great energy, but strong
performances to back it up. Flash exchanges out towards long, Lato able to keep things
even in this partial.
They can bail, that's fine, but they've got to go quick because they need to get away
from that two man hold because, like I see, they're moving fast as well. They didn't even
grab those AKs. They are already in CT. Got to hit this B site and got to hit it hard.
Sim's still here, 5-7, very potent, tricky to deal with, and now the other two arrive
on rotation.
Windo Dink comes in, Netic with the response, and in these very tense moments, Hero Figures
have been emerging for FlyQuest.
Netic is the guy this time around.
It's just him and Vexite taking turns wearing the cape.
They are playing an extremely confident brand of CS right now.
I feel like this is frustrating for Legacy.
They're getting dealt tricky rounds, well-cooled, set plays from FlyQuest, and momentum counter-strike, not afraid to run at you.
And Bexite said coming into this, right, they've got to be aware, they've got to try and maintain their advantage,
so you acknowledge they're playing better teams here, you're going to get punished a lot more.
So I really do want to credit FlyQuest for the speed, the dedication of so many of their reactions here.
They're being very decisive, and you said confident.
This is a very good looking game of CS being played right now from this FlyQuest squad.
Yeah, I don't even want to take anything away from legacy.
I think they're getting down some really difficult problems to answer on the CT side of Dust2.
The amount of space Netic is getting and the fakes the FlyQuester pulling, keeping legacy
on their toes.
So don't count the Brazilians out from a recovery in this half.
What will be necessary soon as FlyQuest is swelling on this T side?
5-1, and is this just a set mid to B?
I mean, with how FlyQuest have been playing, you really don't know the intention of this mid smoke.
You're paranoid, is Vexite trying to play through it, he's done that twice already in the game.
You kind of want to go get the info out in mid.
A pick from Sadson goes a long way.
You spot the bomb, scaling up through short.
You get some good info on the back of it.
XI going to try close in, but he's dry fighting in AWP.
It's a task easier said than done.
It's a kill. It's just all across the board here for legacy
as they look to finally offer some resistance on this CT side.
Do now yet to frag.
JKS will spot in, Story responds with another, they're both low and the Nades alleviate the pressure.
Yeah, it doesn't feel like FlyQuest wanted to rush Kat in that round,
but they just felt like they had to chase that Orca down who found a 5v4.
It cancels the play, they were slow in middle with U2 ready, and they just chase Adzine,
and he could get a 5v3 before FlyQuest even get a shot off in this round, so playing catch up the entire time.
With money on the line, and after the streak getting broken,
a lot of squads, I think, would call in a pause just to try and get ahead of it here, but...
Azra hasn't elected to do so, and I think...
Maybe it's because of what you were just saying, right?
The idea that the hands were a bit tied in that last round, doesn't want to disrupt the flow.
Faith and Fly quest to maintain this lead, but they lose Vexite longside.
Netic tries to barrel through and regain the space. It gets denied.
It's a nice drive for Vexai getting very deep there along, but good reaction from Legacy flashing that peak and then
teammates swinging out on odds reload to find that second kill.
Likewise, again chasing to punish
because they're feeling confident right now, but Legacy have finally denied it and back to backgrounds.
I'm gonna have to dig deep here in this 3 on 5.
to be back at car. So, we'll
allow cross. No, he'd break
it here for the boost over, but
you now just spams the smoke,
put in on one health, maybe dead
as the Nate connects. So, perfect
reaction here from do mouth 3k
round for him. Jks beginning
This will leave his money
Gone along with his team on a minimal loss bonus
Legacy as we said getting activated it felt like a matter of time
Maybe 2k in the bank per player after this round at JKS is not guaranteed a save
how much do they want to chase this oh it's becoming expensive they really want
to knock this all out the danger is now in any one of these fights you're to
death off the time for JKS so they're gonna go hunting and that miss shot
costume dead after time 300 dollars for jks and that's a hunt that sure becomes a little costly
but i think would be killed coming in when it did it feels worth it for legacy great
fly quest apart now it's full eco and jks won't even be able to get a rifle next round unless
his teammates are feeling generous so very important for legacy
to keep their thumb on FlyQuest. Essentially using this like a timeout because to be fair
some of these rounds look pretty convoluted for FlyQuest. The last two have come down
to the opening move leaving them in 3v5s and so things kind of failing from the get go but the
rounds they win we're seeing you know smoke throwing across the map
if like us want to get their ducks in a row before they decide to proceed
Well, I guess you're getting in position just in time.
Kill box.
It's legacy with the time out.
Interesting.
It's unexpected, right?
I mean, you know that FlightQuest just had a big old conversation on that eco round.
So maybe just trying to get ahead of it, right?
Keep building on this momentum, keep building on this lead.
I'm just gonna have to come over the game plan again.
That's him with a bit of extra freedom, what with the money being in a weird spot for FlyQuest.
Also on the HUD day, you see Doom now getting highlighted, we touched upon it right, he was
I think 0 and 5, slower to get going, but last couple of rounds and started to find
his impact and FlyQuest much preferred it when he was struggling too late now he's
awake so his art top of the server pushed up in the long doors of this round
and it's very aggressive stance it's all across the map for legacy not just two
players out here fighting on me but an active guy on short miss him pushed up
into that tunnel smoke and Art ready to pounce on Longside.
Art's fighting the demons to not play right now,
but to do so in a 5v5 is just leaving it down to chance,
so he's going to wait for his time to strike.
Finally moving in the 5v5 is so palsy.
It is so crazy.
And it might just work.
I mean, you had so many pieces in positions to move to get involved.
But of course, the poor Ignatia or Counter-Strike needs it.
has to be art the guy to come in with that backstab finds the 5v4 art with a
high flash from long allowing his teammates to scale at CT gets the orb
onto the ramp you won't be ready for this inskets gun on in time and a good
flash from netik tees him up for that kill before bomb planted finally a good
post plant for fly quest jks on a mid lurk clearing it up to try and siphon
one from the ranks as they did commit to that check hard. He's done his part into the round.
Now it's down to the rest of his squad. They look for the fight on R at the long side and
that gives you a lot more room to maneuver. You were trapped in the bomb site. Now you
can hide, steal yourself away and prepare for these short fights.
Seeing FlyQuest grow as a team, I mean the moment they get that 3v2, Vexi jumps back,
Goose, everybody tucks him. They know they secured the round from position and so they
guarantee it, FlyQuest not here to mess about in these important rounds. And it is a captain
with all the kills, all the impact to get them over the line.
Yeah, decisive really is the word of the day right now for FlyQuest, right? I think if
games gone by, you would have seen them umming and arming a little bit here, kind of struggling
to get on the same page, but the decision there is straight up. It's okay, JKS got us the info.
Let's make it so he died for something. Let's go fight Art alone on long, and then it's so much
more comfortable in that post plan. This is a great game of Counter Strike right now.
Let's give this take. Legacy didn't roll over at 5-1. They've come back. They broke FlyQuest's
money. FlyQuest still in that last round, and now we have a double orb for Legacy, so the plot
will thicken. The FlyQuest had more in the tank, an impressive T side, and one that could be oppressive
if they win this round. It would put Legacy with very limited money for round number 12.
They don't know about the double orb though.
Art holding Cat sat in the spawn, sneaking in the middle, allows Lato to escape.
We've seen almost no contest on this B bomb site in this game.
One round there for FlyQuest.
Flash up Cat. Flying Shot connects.
And seeing Art in the feed tells you all you need to know, right?
The double AWP set up in play.
Hey, the price, though, to get that information, Vexite, out of this round.
Yeah, sometimes you're going instantly off the flash into angles like that, where you
expect the AWP isn't the move.
You never know where that AWP sits.
Art taking risks.
He's just flashed himself through the CT smoke, just to keep presence here and deny them
it to be.
pressure on this beat it. It's him blinded at the turn of these flashes. They try to
prefire him up there. Jks gets it. Lato next on the chopping block needs a multi kill and
boy does he deliver. That's bought you time. That's bought you pressure seconds to move
on over and with 10 seconds left bomb out in no man's land. Arts got the cover story.
as he might there is no winning this time decides it and legacy bring it down to a one-round game
That's fair the story to just be instant on the same you could have got another shot off taking another gun
But he wanted that all for the next round. This is the only way to get it
My quest have to run away solid be hold for Lato
He's been sitting back and waiting for game not have the fight come his way that he delivers
He never saw this him either that was running shooting through the smoke. It made him panic fire back. I gave away position
and a couple of huge kills from Art's second AWP as well,
not just on Vex's side,
but to stop JKS from ever even getting back to that bomb.
Nice to see Art showing up in this series, 13 and eight.
And they're just gonna go for it again.
I'm up for this, him.
That is, I'm shocked they went for that, to be honest.
Half the team is back in spawn.
A jump of the gun here for Flycrest,
trying to catch legacy off guard but it has left him in another one of these
seemingly unawinnable positions and this flash plate looking well timed.
He was able to steal himself away long enough for story to move in on that orb.
It's Art trying to close in on a fast backstab that really could complicate
matters but they're already going through. I think this works to Art's benefit.
He's on short way quicker than they're ready for and there's a smoke in his way
but when's that ever stopped this guy? Art looking to come through and he's got
kills on a platter they all line up for him legacy go on to level out with arc kicking up a storm on dust
I've been searching and searching for quite a long time
Been looking all over without a sign
Through highs and lows that I've never been before
I found the missing part that I've been looking for
Yeah I found the missing part, I found the missing part
I found the missing part, what I've been looking for
I've been searching all over, through night and day
Been looking all over, in every way
I've bought so many big things, from door to door
I've been searching for
Yeah, I've been searching for
I've been searching for
Yeah, I've been searching for
What I've been looking for
What I've been looking for
I've been all over
From East to West
From coast to coast
In depth or no rest
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
is any like was playing a damn good game but right as they level up so the legacy
they're bringing the energy but will that be enough
is he looking on bother I think that was pregame that lie down there but yeah
vex I is definitely making noise and for good reason but legacy leveled up in that
hop it was a five one lead it n66 the Brazilians will not say no to a good comeback here
JKS sees him out long, has to concede, we've got a triple B with a push into upper tunnels, it's nice, but Info is not the problem, it's this push on A.
A little bit of chip damage there on the cross, but nothing to write home about yet, you're up for a retake now, FlyQuest.
They got one flash to try and make it happen.
Well, the spawn core has put Legacy in a fantastic position, and with no kit, you gotta go quick.
I
Using the flash to clear short
I don't have that in there repertoire for later time ticking off this bomb quickly and with Lato giving a freebie pitside
Are coming in to help him?
There is nowhere left to turn in this pistol for flight quest or at least there wasn't meant to be a
Couple of kills, but that's all it is
Exide is out of their pistol for legacy to kickstart their T side campaign
Yeah, it's a shame to, you know, seemingly lose the pistol off of just the cool out of spawn,
FlyQuest stack B, legacy rush long, you're out of position, you don't have a kit.
It's very difficult to fix that round, so legacy just keep on rolling with the good times.
They are streaking rounds right now. They have one, six out of the last seven.
Just one blemish from FlyQuest.
And so momentum has definitely gone for the Aussies despite some explosive early rounds.
All rifles here for legacy.
Again, it's long left open.
Legacy take the space.
Well, there you tell that towards B, but they did just deep clear middle.
So that at least takes your eyes off short.
I don't want to shoot on that flash.
It's a lot of damage, isn't it?
5-7 charge out of Inns, JKF trying to do the same.
Spam exchanged on this smoke.
Big damage either which way, but when all is said and done, its legacy's squeaking out
the advantage.
Again it might just be the save, Netic and Vexite saved many a round for FlyQuest in that
first half, but expecting them to do anything here in the 2-on-4 is wishful thinking.
They are out of there.
Yeah, that is a good call on the fact that no one shoots the legacy flakos don't realize how far they are up on long
It was a good pop through the smoke friends, but just damage spread across four players
I think they made that like even crazier was actually in that exact moment. They had no one anti-flak that flash blinded
Everyone
Okay
Welcome to Pracarin, bro, you got me shitting my pants and shitting.
I'm nervous, bro.
Disagreements, maybe.
Looks like I was still trying to bring a good vibe.
Damn, that's sweet.
Right now, time's getting tough.
It's an interesting little tidbit, right? We don't have the full context on that, but if there are little disagreements spawning after a 6-6 half, that's not ideal.
Gives me more questions than answers, really.
Moriko, before flight quests really get a shot, his legacy are just storming forward in the last few rounds of this game.
I've only done that great thing.
the board for legacy. Oh, and that's it. That's nice. Oh, and there's the follow up. Don't
go giving this away. They're both low. That's it. He won't be ready for do now out here
in top mid. And so that's what ends this damn good effort on that Diggle. Oh, net.
You can just scratch the head going. Why the hell is he there of all places? That was
about to be a ludicrous round. All right, flight quests have abided their time, but
now they have to really do something in this point of the game. It was a super exciting,
promising start, but legacy never slowed down once they got in. Just been running away.
is out the story, hit some rifles.
Highland Center for B.
Black West looking for a fight would love to take a 5v4 at this point.
Let's get one of the defaults. Getting out lower.
You have to take a cat.
Postering in the middle of a map in that means FlyQuest lean a third towards B, but is that
just what Legacy wants?
Story, stuck in on the long angle, it's got a lot to do on this A site if Legacy come
his way.
Smoke is well timed as they're grouping, but once it fades, this feels like the cat pop
This is into story's orb, this round is down to story.
And he's the guy who's got to make a world of difference and with DMAO going on a Vexite
style lurking through CT. He actually has way more angles to worry about than he might
realize.
It's not going to go a little nervous, you get on. Only just crossing in now, but Story
doesn't hang around to fight this and now Dumau, the trump card, gets activated down
here in CT. They didn't know about it and he causes chaos in the back line of FlyQuest.
makes this retake feel almost impossible now. These nades aren't going to find kills.
And so with FlyQuest not getting off of the way back into this round, if they're not going to
force it, they have to save their guns. Story really only got one shot off with the AWP. They
were spamming flashbacks for him and even the punish on the hunt. This hope is boxed in. It
might not save. It's worth risking your life to hunt this AWP at this point in the game.
Legacy can full punish, and they will.
Beautiful shot out of Sazin, one that comes with criminal consequences here for FlyQuest.
As this game has just slipped through their fingers.
It really has.
They're up to six rounds in a row for Legacy.
That lead that FlyQuest once held a long distant memory.
I think the thing that's feeling particularly brutal is in a number of these rounds,
it's just the way you set up, the one gap that's existed on the map,
That's where legacy you've gone, right?
The game started pistol round, if you remember, in the second half,
they had the B-stack, one guy over at A, legacy go and take long.
Same again with their four-spire, they get dodged on the long side here.
Gap was catwalk with a triple B setup.
That's where legacy go.
So you're trying a variety of different looks out of spawn,
you're changing your setups, and every time legacy seemed to find your blind spot.
Again with a triple B, they seem insistent that eventually this B hit's gonna arrive.
Maybe it's less insistent and more just hope because that might be their best chance of
winning a round because that was just a beautiful execute from Legacy and if they're gonna keep
running rounds like that, FlyQuest probably don't stand a chance without an orb and they
only have one rifle in this round, so the stack connecting is your best way to win.
Coming from a place of desperation right now, good grenade.
Couple of them land, but his rifle's all over middle right now.
Oh, just get spammed, he shoots right back through the smoke.
Zero 80 recommits, and they're gonna get it, side of the smoke up on the catwalk.
Like, we're just running into these guns, and they are getting massacred in the middle.
Low health on two more players.
Time pressure is the only thing that exists, but low health means these players won't last long, and so wallbangs connect.
Legacy just need to take that bomb to a site.
And they picked the right one.
The AWP on the line, Sads in, won't mess that up.
What a recovery from Legacy and the fact that they have gone on and had one lost round since
they started winning.
This is extremely impressive from Legacy.
Some really nice set piece executes, you know, we were impressed with FlyQuest early on
in those first six rounds of play but legacy looking to one up them and even
when FlyQuest try and brawl in middle they get shut down.
You can see why this is legacies go-to map. Remember I said coming in I mean
they've got wins two wins over Navi a win over Maus a win over Falcons more
teams in that list in the last three months. Pop European squads fell to
legacy on this map FlyQuest looking like they're gonna join the ranks and go
down O2 on the day.
Here's that B-Play flight quest we've been waiting for, only two players here, which
is so often stacked this side of the map and now you're going to do it with just a double
story and netting, both get openers and there's that story of fighting even more success.
We've been waiting a long time to be in the position to make a difference and story does
in this round rotates arrive at a comfortable one for FlyQuest. Maybe that's why they've
been hoping this B hit comes through. They make that look easy.
Shocking the AWP is on this B bomb site, right? Why is Story starting there? Maybe it's a
read here from FlyQuest, but it is the perfect one. Triple kill from Story. They get into
the site right next to him. He uses that toolbox perfectly. Story finding three connecting
shots and flyquice getting their first round in some time.
And it feels like a huge deal that ends up being a fiber live round when all this said
and done.
Just the idea that, you know, you don't scrape by, finally break in the streak and then lose
only to get broken up against 12.
You've got a bit of staying power now.
Through that smoke, they're going for it.
Fast up through the long side, at the helm, as he so often is.
But a lead by example, try and create some space for the team.
Molly's haven't burnt him forward.
He's allowed to hang out round the side,
and so it goes overlooked on that smoke push.
Sands in providing cover.
It's just wave after wave of fly-quest players
going into this crossfire.
Good catch. Fnetic deals with this.
It's flashed to try and send him in,
but Art is just getting away with murder.
He's wearing an invisibility cloak or something.
They never knew.
He's standing right there on the corner,
and four kills, he's walking to his crossout.
to say two team flashes in that right? Not just the fall of the flash necessarily. JKS is feeling
the pressure. He goes for a second too soon. He eats that flash right there in the 2v2 at the
end. Second last player swing CT full flashed. Fly quest. It's so chaotic.
And they pay the price. Messy long hit denied.
And what a round out of arts the captain has been leading from the start of the game the whole game
He's been at the forefront of the server
At the top of the scoreboard and now when you deliver around like that
To break fly quest back after they win their first all-half
What kills from the captain were redemption from arts it's sick you delivered on it
But also, you know, you got four players half of them blind back turned I can't believe fly quest
Never tried to take the fight to him. They were so worried about dealing with the crossfire
They just overlooked our but they didn't think he had it in them. Yeah, but he did looking for numbers on long side
But he just stays there anti flash
Oh
Man, this is a painful game to lose for fly quest. I really think they had a good shot
This if they lose now, it's gonna be the most one-sided loss. They've had all major
Story doesn't fire off the flash
Oh, he never will.
Desperate move, friends.
Tried to scale up, but there's so many bodies out through short.
Legacy, go for the throat.
They want to end this here and now.
Dumau, massive 3K.
Just a fleet of openers for him.
Come back in this T-Siders, Dumau.
0-5 to start the game.
Goes 16-11 past that point.
Hell of a recovery.
Molly's falling.
No way he gets out of there!
All he was meant to punish, it does nothing in the sword.
Are we going to end this with a doomow ace?
No, Lato!
Steals away that final kill and legacy level out at the end on day one.
What a time for it, man.
It was a high pressure first half of play.
FlyQuest were off to the races in the first few rounds.
Six-four up, but past that point they managed one more round on Dust2.
It was a really, really impressive T-side out of Legacy, you know, the fly-class success.
That was a long time ago now, they had just an empty half of Counter-Strike on that CT side,
not able to stop a single hit, except that one pocket punch on B out of spawn,
Legacy showing depth on standing tall at the top of the server and do now on the recovery with a 4K in that final round.
Beautiful game out of Legacy, now that is the Legacy we've been looking at in these last few months,
the back-to-back CAC titles, the deep run in Atlanta,
and the recent string of results.
That's what we expected to see at the top of the day
from Legacy.
me right now okay cut this fucking tool shit out all right I know we fucked
some rounds but we need to fucking connect to you okay these fucking rounds
right now these last few rounds our connection has been absolutely fucking
dog shit okay yeah I've got Johnny tilting I've got Josson tilting boys
stop fucking tilting get it together
The founding holidays for each one of them here are coming each time.
Now the WP is getting his shoulder on the spot!
Let's forget it all!
Yeah!
Something special just for this demon
And that's it!
Human package!
Calvator!
We are back!
I
You can't touch me now!
Eating in my heart is open
Eating in my heart is open
I found the dark side of your silhouette
I
Trust me, guys, they're losing grounds. They're not happy with themselves. I can see it in their faces.
Let's go boys.
Yeah, these pocket watching their emotions.
I think that's true until the 12th round.
Yeah.
You know, he's right until the 12th round.
So, I think that's a bit to just kind of wash off the distaste of giving Gamer Legion 4 rounds,
because for a moment it felt like that boom had a total lockout.
We'll see what the pistol winds up giving us, but Boomitch leaves a little out there.
Towson, he's got Zorte, Dan with the Berettas, and he'll double down as they try to exit
out through that hut.
This is a gamer legion slicing through that boom in the pistol at a CT side that's gonna
kick off with an advantage.
Magnet Jazz has been found out, so loses the element of surprise and only has a third
of his health left.
Make that 3 HP, but a second kill, nothing to scoff at.
Bomb plant, now Possily.
Oh, yeah, he's got it down.
Not bad.
Anything here is just icing on the cake.
Snacks is also low.
This would be one of those unthinkable clutches.
And sure enough, PR silently creeps up and close,
and will cut him down to size for Gamer Legion's fifth round
win.
No stress, except for letting the plant go down
isn't necessarily small, especially not when
it was a 1v5 for a second.
It's three rounds to come back into.
CT side can be fun but it's not like it used to be on Nuke, it's not necessarily that easy.
And already the buy comes through.
And on the other side of the board, it's going to be four M4s to just make sure that they
win this round.
But they actually don't have kits.
which I personally find terrifying.
Not putting pressure down on this.
Bro, okay, there we go.
There's some damage.
But it's a little bit, just like, only a little bit of spam.
No one really to catch that noise.
I'm not sure if sacks saw something yet or they're just responding to the cross smokes
Yeah, he just drops his smoke ahead of time
So now like the CTs are a little bit scared right now, I mean snacks isn't a good spot to get information sure
That boom
May cautious on the approach now the numbers confirmed snacks watch out
Takes half the magnet Jez off 30 seconds to the clock triple control side for these pistols
That galil of magnet Jez hasn't gotten into the engagement fast enough to keep all the pistols up
They're looking for the ball nice nade sort a donks it on him from distance
Numbers are even doubt high pecs is wounded flammus single point of HP. I mean one hell sort a's got a deagle
This is a very manageable retake
Ooh, MagnetJazz, leaves a little to be desired.
Flommis, no way.
What health.
All he needed, Desert Eagle on Zortay.
They know that Flommis is stuck in the back of the site.
Deagle misses its chance.
He goes to swing from the back of site.
Now it's going to come to the Zortay crossover.
He allows the one to get onto the bomb,
catches one awkwardly, jumping.
And if only Zortay had a more reliable gun
to work with, this stick, still down to the wire.
It's good, right?
Yeah.
Woo!
If he had peaked on that cross, as soon as Hypex made it, that would have been the round over.
So really important that he got there at that moment, and it looks like the day is safe.
And even though they have, you know, the one pre-move into lower with snacks,
just feel like they were playing slightly blind and didn't want to rotate too lower.
It was... that boom had one idea the entire time, committed to it.
There's two bomb plants for them in a row.
Quick word with Zayn ahead of the game against B8, obviously today you want to finish today
on the good note, but you're facing a team that not long ago actually beat you in the
first stage and it was two pretty close maps. What is going to happen today that is not
going to go the same way as in previous days?
Yeah, obviously we're in. I think if you watched the last game it was kind of like a close
affair on the first map and then like an overtime affair on the second map. So yeah, we were
definitely not happy after we lost since we felt like we should have closed it out way
earlier. And in the end they got the upper hand that day. But we're here again, we're
facing him again, this time we're best of one, and this time we're going to get revenge.
Do you think MNAT is actually improving game by game?
Since stage one, obviously you kind of surprised that you went 2-0 after your first day, and
then obviously you closed it down in best of three, but how do you generally rate the performance
of your team?
How they're faring on the server?
Honestly, we played really amazing.
I think the nerfs got to us in the stage one loss.
Now coming into stage two, we had a loss with G2, obviously it's a better opponent, or
the best opponent we've faced so far, but today I was not as happy with ourselves and also myself
of course, but yeah it's time to bounce back and we got another opportunity to do so. Absolutely
love it, I actually got a production in my talking about any lucky charm that you're having right
now, maybe something that you have on? Well I'm also a bit sick right now, I got sick today
unfortunately but to keep me warm I got my my gaming socks I usually yeah I
just put them over my socks like especially right here in the studio
because the like the ground is like it's like cement so it's really cold so I
like to play with shoes off and yeah I hope they got my good luck I was from my
grandma I usually use them for flights for long flights because it's gonna get
cold obviously but yeah I hope they help me out today he said it's from the
grandmother that she made it yeah she knitted them wow this is you have one
pair that you're like using for all the matches and since I've been home I've
used this pair but I have another pair and it's what is this color it's like
more blue than the one so you have like a backup thing yeah I have another one at
home this is so sweet I have never seen such a such a sweet thing as a lucky
charm I hope it brings you luck because well best B8 is ahead of you and they're
a good team so you can get in luck you can get yeah of course they're a good team
they play good CS but yeah we won't revenge when we are hungry let's do it
good luck and the best of all. Thank you.
Bait made it through Stage 1 here at IEM Cologne without a scratch, but they've already taken
a dent to open up Day 1 on Stage 2, losing the foot earlier, leaving them down in this
0-1 position. It was a close game. It was a nail-biter of a game. Two promising young
squads faring off their foot coming out ahead. They now have a bone to pick with NA's hopefuls
in M80.
Yeah, I mean, it was an impressive game for base. Sizi was really quiet the first half.
He showed up on that CT side of Ancient, but it felt too little, too late. An essential
put on his carry cap to try and drag bait through it. Now they're up against, you know,
more of an underdog in M80 right for quite a prospect coming into stage two with the results
we've seen from them earlier especially in this year but M80 uncertainty as they enter the server
today they got swept out by big a bit of a cosmetic comeback at the end of that map but
obviously two teams have already played at this major and we remember what happened back in stage
one. It was solid for bait. It was a 2-0 victory, but it took some rounds, didn't it, to close out
an overtime couple of them and a 13-11. So it's not bait's first rodeo here.
Question is, can M80 improve upon their previous head-to-head?
I'm also curious how this will shape things up with the veto, right? Are we going to be
returning to any of those? It was a Dust2 decider from when they faced off in the B03s.
We're ending up in this B01, and they do love a long game.
Yeah, sure.
You're referencing fanatics apparently.
Yes, I do.
71 rounds.
Remember it like it was yesterday.
Of course.
Still playing the highlight reel.
Hell, even here.
You said about how competitive this series was.
2 to 20 was the closing scoreline on Inferno. 42 rounds of action.
These guys only play each other at majors.
It's the same thing. Back at Budapest, it was 13-11 on Mirage.
They're looking happy, looking confident.
Let's shoot for 60 rounds.
Yes, why not?
We've got nowhere else to be. It's the last game of the night here on the B-stream.
And so we let C.R. Vito as well down to the B-01.
So one of these teams actually picks their side today with a couple of these go very
wrong in this second stage, Mirage.
It's that map they played back in the major last year in Budapest, but some time ago and
some rosters ago as well.
What a potential for Bates has been on their new acquisition, their AWP.
And man, what a prospect he's been when you consider that he is the youngest player of
the major, 16 years of age, obviously his first major.
And coming from absolutely nowhere, plucked out, not even from Academy, straight into
this team, he's made quite a roar in the few months we've seen him on the scene.
Is that actually the video?
That's kind of interesting.
Why?
Well because nuke was the last map to get removed it survived all the way to the end
And he is instaban
Did they get any still the last band though? Yeah, as they just saved it
They did you know, it's a week map for pay recently. It's not, you know, a B a B
Here at the majors so they know if they get that last band they could you get rid of it?
But that's still interesting that they would even
float that all the way
But then that's them trying to force bait to ban
Yeah, I'm gonna get the banded out of bluff that they're willing to play their insta-ban in this important matchup
They say hey you want it. Let's try it and then I'm gonna say psych
We get a mirage comfortable middle ground for both of these squads. I would say
What a reps on it for bait same can be said for M80
I'm just gonna say what we're all thinking.
I've seen an MAT at this major.
They're already dead, Harry.
I want this one to be even more fun.
It's a different team.
It's hard to tell.
It's crept up in a couple of games for MAT at this major.
I think that's a good point.
What we do find is maybe this
changes for the last game of the
day, but most of these teams in
these interviews on the first
stage often come and admit they
say like I didn't watch my
opponents other game obviously
they've only had in some cases a
couple of hours between new
You know, obviously this being the last one of the day, maybe that's different.
Either way, it's the old average focus on your game.
They have definitely got quite the game to focus on. They've been on a hot streak as of late, so let's see if they can keep that up here at the major.
Simple stage 1 3-0 run against underdogs and you fall to foot in their B01 but now they get to redeem themselves against a team
They have already beaten at this very event just a couple days ago
See if they'd have got it in them to do it again
three maps to the good
MAT lots of utility for this pistol round and no kit notably for bait this amount of util you almost expect a bomb plant
Vitality, huh?
I just hope your opponent's underestimate you and think that this is a really limp fake.
That's not the case. Three players emerge out through short and M80 get their wish.
All the entries come through. You don't go over extending here.
Bait aren't even in a position to give this a look in.
No kit. So let's just say no chance. I like that pistol from M80.
Even though Bait are double B site, the hope is also that the short player will turn around
and look at apps and then boom, you've snuck up cat late with double mid smokes and you
You can just get behind them, but even though Beta Double Sight, they don't have anything
to show for it.
Run over by Glocks.
M-80 pocket pistol.
And it works wonderfully.
I do like that, yeah.
Also just to kind of be like, oh, look at how bad we are.
Look at how obvious this fake is, a G.
Sike, it was the real play the whole time.
and he allowed from the get-go screaming the building down
got a four-spy in or on the cards for bait
No, I'm not, I'm not ripping on you. Everyone calls it head armour.
Yeah. Why?
It's a good point.
I've always wondered that.
Bet you won't again.
One of the lack of helmets might come back to haunt them.
BXX, continue, we've got left lucky, under AXX, under the cards, and then we've got a
magic trick.
A little flash pop here, just to clear a close-round player.
They don't throw it in, instead just peeking it dry, swisher.
provides the entry
Now they hit the go button
Leaks even taking away space out towards jungle doesn't hang around a fight for it
He's got eyes on I'm gonna say bigger things look like you want to tend towards CT that spam bought him down low
You will end up pretty claustrophobic here in the site made finds a lake out towards the connector
If that temps them into a failed round, but they're not winning this retake
You're locked out by the utility and there's guns in hands of M80. They should save
Surprised they're eyeing this one up. Let's see what they've got
And they gave it a look in see if anyone's out in the open see if anyone's desperate to give this round away and M8 you were not
Solid rounds out of M18.
Clinical stuff right now.
Both executes landing exactly as intended
and winning rounds, barely firing bullets.
Uh, if you jump, you can get a pretty good splash on this one.
You don't matter, although it was possible to get back in.
This would be quite the swift revenge for M80.
Let's not get ahead of myself.
They have another eco round,
and a few more bits of pieces.
Two T side rounds already.
That was a good one.
I'm going to stop now.
That is the last time.
Fire.
I have a couple of Germans in this M.A.E. squad.
It was nice of NRG to let both German teams through to the next stage.
I'm at LSE, beating the 2-1.
Oh, Lake, it looked like you'd missed the timings.
Gets him behind enemy lines, but I'm able to extract one, and so now the round is very much in play for bait.
They lose Sizi out towards the spawn, but they've done good damage.
MagTan can't seal the deal of a kill, and this is a big problem.
Slax won't get that trade. Low HP on Swisher. This is a disaster brewing for M80. Trying
to force an engagement, they will get given one. Important pick up for Slax as he chains
together a double.
Why the best rifle is always AWPers? Slax has put them in a powerful position. Alex has
to get past this crossfire, he just runs it in and Swisher has the cover. Low health plays
first, M-80 converts on their pistol win. That is an impressive round. It gets chaotic,
bait push him in. It's slacked, fake planting on triple, forcing Kensa's ult into the fight.
He gives away that advantage. M-80, don't waste their opportunity.
I'm not really sure I'm going to see slacks up around like that.
Had a decent look in the opening map of the day for himself, but otherwise for this M80
squad we've largely looked towards the rifle trio, the Americans to be the difference makers
for this team.
Nice Alex factor having in a promising form at Jaybert dead first
Gens is always lending a hand the Mac 10 tries to give chase for the central covers incomes the scissor
Sin left as the sole survivor back in the apartments. How long?
PL is a long way away holding on to
Fall back through mid only closing the distance now. So sin is on a timer
and shot from the scissor as he's allowed to reposition things get rough
for sin back in the apartments pincid on all sides he bring out the guns and
instantly find success he holds is he looking good to start the map which is
nice it's been you know some slow starts for him major games
A couple of young debut AWPers at this pager, this is the youngest.
Funny, bottoming out here for M80 we have an AWP and a TEC-9 in the same round.
There's no fear of a boost, fear of a timing.
That window is closing.
All the surprising hits.
Me Smoke comes in, essential, puts himself back in the bomb site,
and we even have this flank, is it from MPL back under.
So, plan's about to get ruined here.
Oh, good spot.
Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho!
Alright, Slaggs!
That's fantastic!
Sure, they get the info, but it's cost him a man,
and they're going to change their mind on the fly.
They think they're walking into a stack
Change the direction here. It's still into a two-man a-hold
I always wonder you're thinking that you're gonna catch bait out of position here Alex top of ticket
The thing that will really come as a surprise is the Sizi orp in tow rampside. So scared. I've got no idea
Plank can get denied Sizi misses his timing, but will strike knocking one out of the post plant
It's a store really hard round to win for base sure
They have strong positions right now, but MAT are desperately searching for that next kill. Sin is on a huge wrap round.
Essential timing is everything. He spots it. He can't hang around forever. Swish a building window. Slacks connect here.
He's over the top, missed shot, and that was a chance to make this round theirs.
They are on the defuse and Sin could do nothing about it. Tried to keep that b-fake going.
Instead, he runs to save. Bait recover very well, despite conceding that bomb.
They thought that was, you know, a set plan for M80 was a last ditch, panic back under after spotting that flank from MPL.
And so, Bait are able to contain, pick up that retake, and M80 just relying on this one gun now in an eco round.
Bomb spotted, bunch of players, all the info on a millisecond jiggle, no risk and lots of reward.
8, you're really taking that time in every one of these rounds, hoping that someone from
Bay gets curious in this one and gives Sin a chance to put this rifle to work, but that
main happening, boost on short, gets rid of the first man.
Neighbor off to an ice cold start here.
Kenzozor, that's a lineup.
He gets out with a good chunk of damage.
25 seconds left here for M80.
They don't want to be alive too much longer.
Just going to pick your end destination.
They're going to start charging at Sizi,
and he promptly shuts it down.
I'm skipping a jump into that.
Bob says he has yet to miss a shot of, on the CT side rather, 6-1.
Lights out start from the AWP and M80 call of timeout.
Very impactful as well, because you highlighted him coming into this game, right?
Little bit of a struggle for him earlier.
Good to see that getting remedied with a strong start to Mirage.
From the word go with this AWP.
Very exciting AWPer.
when he switched on some of the highlight clips from this guy phenomenal
yeah he's young you know we're gonna see him make mistakes we're gonna see him
overwhelmed by pressure likely and definitely have bad maps but he's so
early in his career that you know it's great to watch someone develop and to
get these opportunities so early on not many players can say they were at the
an agent at 16.
Keep an eye on it for right now.
M-80 get another gun round out and after that timeout from death
I need to break back into this game.
Three rounds at a row from Bates.
Not particularly close in any of them.
I can't smoke low lobbed in and that's to try and bring about the
tension over here towards middle give you an option to try and get up short sin won't
Survived the crossing, makes drawing a lot of eyeballs over here towards middle though, with eyes off the b-site, Sizi will get the AWP online in time
They've still made it down, but will they make it in? First man crossing is locked out
Sizi waits for this reswing flash, and Archd you knew what was coming, an important chase for slacks
Still has more to do
A lot more at that attention right now is on essential and he's not able to find him on that swing out
Alex not even required in that retake that felt super promising for M80 late getting that trade in mid
Finding a short player. They just didn't see the orb even though he got through the con smoke and into jungle behind bait
Perfect entry onto be
In the second two slow on that entry for M80, they're gonna get lined up and collected, but peeking dry in their post-part, having over the kills to a sexual, who delivers around to fate.
M80 did the hard part, could not close it though.
Now I left it just this solo AK in an eco, lots of utility for the captain.
I can see a Pacey around here, right? Been a very very slow tone sent from M80 on this T-half.
In the apartment's early armor this is where almost everyone resides
At least burn a good chunk of the utile out of bait minute mark
all over the map right now are M80, bait, letting them set up in these rounds, very,
they keep mulling under, I wonder if this is like prep here for bait, worried about the
window boost that M80 like to do because they have mullied under pretty much every round
this game in the same position just below the window boost. Keep spamming Nate here, well timed.
Pressure is on for M80, it's 35 seconds here, they don't have a shred of information as to where
bait are playing in this late round. Orp is back in spawn. Oh, they fumbled the molly on short a
little bit too, so Kensa's AW will be able to peek around behind it. Spam starts to come through
out towards the connector and bait keep it flawless.
That's why Bait don't feel the need to force these fights or get up middle, give M80 all
the room they want, not a single kill in that eco round.
Let's come back out.
Downside's always keeping a really slow pace on this T side as Bait are holding onto so
much utility.
There was 40 seconds left as they lobbed the mollies into lower.
Not even doing a p.m. smally
There it is
No problem
It's not even 4p here, mate
Quite a gamble
A is empty
But this is where it comes to the territory
Because M8 you aren't playing quick
You feel safe to go for this
You can group up, look to fight mid
Try and exchange some blows here
I feel like MPL was meant to be a dead man
As he was wrecked by these flashes
Flashes, but he's somehow still alive.
Finally finished off with the rest of M8.
He got cut down.
Sure, Jaber found the gap, but eyes on it now.
Once they've cleaned up middle, they just
feel so comfortable with what they're up against here.
What a perfect time for bait to make the set cool, right?
They have four players starting B to throw flashes,
double push off cat, guy and connector swinging.
They molly the top mid boxes.
They double native when it gets smoked.
M80 spend all these rounds setting up playing very slow expecting some respect and they throw all that out the window
By pulling in middle really nice shut down from bait
And that's a gun round for M80 where they probably have a plan
And if something you're trying to set in place and it just gets completely disrupted off of the riff there's a punish
Sissy I mean it looks like a good fight for him, but I miss shot
like drops that all but oh baby don't get ahead of yourself boys these are only
pistols but there's now an all-pup for grabs
look at how paranoid they've been about this boost all game it hasn't happened
happen once in this T side and they dealt with it from jungle MPL's been in this
corner a lot. There's that free
op for an 80. So they will take it.
Take it five for Alex. Very dangerous.
Actually with a scavenged AWP down
here in middle. Looks like it's just
going to always go for it.
Careful.
Thanks found another M.A.E. looking
for a breakthrough round here. They
secured themselves a five on three
with that missed shot from Slacks, cost him dearly.
Alex firing on all cylinders!
As he takes matters into his own hands, a massive 4K.
Leaves it just on Jaber, gets his first kill of the map
right now on the AWP.
His job's not done.
It's not getting any easier.
Time ticking down.
Bait close in, and they will keep this flawless run going.
7 in a row and turning around a 3v5 there with a massive play from their captain out spawnside Alex
Lights out stuff from CT. What a beautiful set of kills from Alex in a high-risk position
Miss shot from slacks cost M80 everything
And he finds four kills captain back in sport seeing the eye tests on Jay
But not looking great right now not his day remember that Mac 10 chase kill on stairs and like round three
He fall whipped on a guy not looking at him and now we're seeing just more miss shots more missed opportunities for J.
The slow starts of this game. The thing that was such a shame man
You remember J.
Vr is that wild cob roster when they went on the Shanghai move and every game there was in front of a crowd
It was it was really really cool to see because he definitely had a bunch of struggles in the early set of games
But after a while really felt like he warmed up to the pressure
Well like he was someone who could actually hang in these type of environments, but we're not getting that right now
He is missing. Well, these are your late games. You lose this you go o2 on bo1s you face elimination every step of the way
And maybe never even got into that danger point back in the previous stage
Up of pace trying to get a pack
Entered all the initiator and Jaber finds him
Integral opener
From the man under the microscope 5v4 and there is more slacks follows up
M80 reset middle a good call just got a pump and execute together. The danger is bait is still making moves
Essentials pushed around but with every step he gets he tells his team to stack that B site
Yeah, very important for M80 even though they're going to the stack they see this one through
I don't think you can stomach losing two five E3s back to back
City in position
Alex moving over
It's the AWP and the hero of that previous round the hero's got the orbs gonna do it alone
Sissy like a turret lies in wait back in the site dead after one
An essential was embarking on that flank even though the money's fine
Keeping an AK in tow feels too important for bait more valuable than any
You cannot prove damage at this point in the half
MAT are gonna get that by for the last round and bait will meet them there a fourth round conceded
a couple of early kills go astray and MAT don't mess up that round. I think that some
credit behind that they still throw really nice utility on be they still execute pretty
hard. We see how full flash those players are on the B bomb site because numbers on everything
you can lose those rounds with bad spacing bad nades. And so MAT refused to go down without
a fight looking for a five round half here on the T side. Big impact from J. Behiever
hit that window player as well, setting slacks up for the easy kill. So, double from J-Bert.
Right as we were talking about him and referencing that Shanghai performance, I do remember it was
after the string of bad games, he was in one where he was off to a particularly rough start,
and then he just kind of got his first multi-kill, and that was where the switch flipped in his
brain and suddenly he came alive. CT Mirage on short. Yeah, exactly. You remember the exact
I know when you're yeah, it was a great game
He he went like 20 and 5 the second half so you know we're at another major around here in Cologne
Let's see if lightning can strike twice. Are you gonna get Jaber activate it on the back of his first multi-kill?
Another miss here starting to get more frequent now as M80
on this A site
Tetris with an orb
Barrel spotted, easy kills as he connects and they need a trade right now.
Lakers getting chaos in the connector coming through that smoke.
He does find that trade on the AWP.
MPL still in the fight.
2v2, they chase him down.
Sim with a big frag.
Central 1v2.
Jabas giving him a jiggle.
Bomb has been planted.
You're looking for that post-plant on this jiggle.
Would love to OCT and have the bomb to play around,
but you end up with the info instead.
Now you just got to play this one together. You can't give him two 1v1s here.
Essential 9 and 3.
Been very solid all across this first half, so you can't count it out of it.
Back and over. It's back-to-back. Multi-kills for J-Bert as he looks to try and recover.
With it, come two bonus rounds for M-A-E down the tail end of their T-side.
There's the flash, that's gonna catch Grimms out, they're gonna push on through.
Mbk gets one, but Grimms with a straight up, he got Grimms out on the triple!
The fanatic are not done yet!
Can you believe it?
It's Slim at Margin's here on a Mirage, it was looking like a very dark hour for M80.
Hemorrhage, seven rounds in a row, then it came Javel with a couple of key multi-kills, trying to course-correct.
He was sitting down bottom of the board, he's climbed himself up there, looking to join the lake, topping the charts.
M-A-E, some way to recovery, mustering up a five round T side.
Bait now, move over to their T half, and there are no slouches on this side of the map.
Pest is just beginning.
They're back to back maps for Bates over M80 back in stage one.
They were competitive though and this one appears the same.
Aton T side bringing in the execute to this A site.
That is a tap on the smoke balloon for Lake.
Quick headshot comes in, Bate have to respond.
It's J, but a follow up, a messy site hit now,
needing as CTs bottom through the smoke.
Essential good for a double, but Lake is just not stopping.
Back at triple.
Maybe a triple kill. Sizi is just chugging shots into this site, but nothing is coming up.
And MAT with the bomb on their feet can 3-2-1 this at a moment's notice.
Sizi's got a stew in it.
I love that M8, you aren't rushing this, just wait till you get contact and then suddenly
there's three players fighting him.
Sizi should have no chance, tries to force the fight, Lake cements it with a massive
hat trick, he's been red hopping, the one guy showing up throughout this whole thing
for M8, 14 and 11 far and away, top of the field.
It's an important step in the right direction here for M80 if they do want to have a second wind three rounds in a row.
And a chance to extend that with an eco coming up for bait.
Other one late shows up. He was a real nuisance in the connector in that first half.
Keeping that going with a CT pistol triple.
This game gets tight all of a sudden.
Two Deagles, three Glocks.
for us.
Mika is getting aggressive in top mid and he's the one guy you feel like you don't want
to run into right now.
They know there's no reason to hang around and fight this.
The pressure is on bait to go and get that bomb.
You can just sit pretty and wait for the fight to come to you.
Exactly what Lake does back there in Connector and a triple swing seals the fate of bait
in that eco round.
Seven all tie game.
Rifles coming back out for bait.
I can de-plush, but it starts to get de-plushed.
And when you consider all of base rounds, it was in one long streak.
I wonder if they can get back to their winning ways, as AKs come out.
Yeah, they have had their momentum broken, right?
You know who's the guy, though? MPL on T-Sides. He's 4-9 right now. Let's keep that in mind, because on T-Sides, this guy is a beast for bait.
So just, uh, off-day, we wake up.
This gets heard in Palace, but there's no over-commitment from M80.
Central doesn't even...
Yeah, he goes back, checks it out, makes sure they're not banking.
Since he will join him.
I'm not sure what he's doing.
I'm not sure what he's doing.
Jaber has full nades to block this, and Molly first, so he's actually going to wreck the
time in here.
This bomb can be a plate shutting it down in connector, only good for one.
Now that Utah might not come to matter unless they can stem the bleeding of this connector
spillover.
Jaber's got a lot of responsibility and it proves to be too much.
Sissi just walking the ramp smoke, gets his and with Alex covering out the con side,
his A-split takes place, poor bait.
M-A-E still waiting on the fringes behind these smokes.
Important pickup for Slacks, can't convert the second.
HP for Sissi.
Essential waits to try and peek off the back of him from the rampside.
Sissi will get off it up, but an important reswing, well timed and essential.
They will maintain this lead, they'll let you tie the game up, they're not going to let you move into pole position.
Important trade for essential, because that last play almost sneaks his way behind B-Fault when Sizi gets caught in the open, trying to reposition.
They almost go very, very wrong there, into 2v1, and they're leading the entire way.
I don't have money, I'm Japanese, just a pistol and sin, four rifles, spamming top mid, Alex
will hear those two guns, three sources used, that means they sooner is better on this execute.
I'm 80, I've set a trap in place, balcony and sandwich.
two players committed in front of these smokes.
Oh, was that?
Yeah, it burns it.
Bring down that sandwich guy, needs rain in, slacks.
Hello?
Just gets hopped right over,
Kenseth's all goes looking for something bigger,
something meaner.
Player out towards connector, just gets flushed aside.
I can't find him.
He lost track of slacks in this smoke,
and he'll swing out doing them in.
Javer!
Wait!
lending a helping hand, and this is all chaos across the board.
MPL, what's he got for us?
Oh, it needs out in no man's land.
M-A-E embraced the chaos of that A-hit.
Four players there, and it's a mad scramble for the round.
They left one behind.
They ran right over the top.
They did not kill Sandwich, and I didn't think that would even matter.
Slacks was 34 health.
He comes out, round that smoke, gets a double.
Jaber the same.
I think that was a 5v3 before those two M4s swing out together.
Look at that from slags!
They're just delivered to him.
A coach that's not meant to be for NPL.
And M80 win a shocking round with that A-stack.
Well, they're ahead of the molly.
NPL Deagle waits for someone to hop into his crosshair.
Sin does not take that risk.
Oh, what a round to lose there for Bates.
Oh, like it was their ticket to recovery.
Now we stand, you know, for the first time since the pistol, M8E looking to move into
the lead.
Playing catch-up all game long.
Don't lose to this D-Ground.
Palsy fight for slacks, knows they're on the line, knows they're holding for that exact
engagement, takes it anyway.
Oh, well, I'm all for confidence, but that second swing out in a minute might be a little
too overzealous.
Alex, here's rotations. Here's them slipping away. Good catch for Sin. They start to get
paranoid about this B site. Three players shuffling over for M-A-E. But everyone being
here, the early entries on this Diggs might be forgotten about as it's just the clean-up
for the rest of this M8E squad.
Lead taken.
Position they haven't been in since the first three rounds of this game.
And yeah, Jaber has absolutely recovered, hasn't he?
He was 1-8, he's now 10 and 11.
It's quite the return to form here.
As M8E do take that lead, as you say, and they barely get a buy-in.
They've got Glillswood to get an 8, they've got no AWP on Sizi.
I'm not saying Jaber very provably a momentum player, right?
All it takes is him getting a couple and it can reinvigorate this guy.
aids for slacks over here in the window. Use them to either try and harass lower or break
these smokes open, maybe even a combo of the two. It goes for a pretty audacious play, but
those mages start raining in, and there's more where that came from if slacks wants there to be.
Barrage, once they get the spot on these lower players and now more util to back it up.
Flush them out of middle. Fourth HE used under in this round.
Offense is split up now on the back of that mid control getting denied. You're going to begin a very lengthy rotate all the way through T spawn.
If you want to meet up with this bomb, you've been denied that A split.
They're going to leave Kensesor to lurk it a little bit later. It's Lake getting curious out towards ramp.
I don't like the quick-switching.
Pull your gun out.
Free players here ready to receive.
It's an EVARDS battle for bait.
They need clean entries if they are to turn this one around.
Lake and Javer, killer piece.
And even though they've got Javer trapped behind these boxes,
winning this round is not in this reality for bait.
They are out of there.
Shouting right now.
The round's not even over.
just had a nice from Lake.
And 80 roaring to life here on the city side of Mirage.
Great resilience on display to keep themselves in this man.
Seven three down in that first half getting beaten up.
The only success they found was the pistol.
Get the extra two and pass that point.
Seven of the last eight rounds going M8 is way.
This is a bait who have struggled to graduate.
They improved back-to-back majors making deeper runs
all were one game off of playoffs in Budapest
Delta Navi in that 2-2 game
but is this going to be regression in stage 2?
Not the team you'd expect them to lose to
but M80 have been playing solid in this map
Another explosive A hit the bait but not a lot to play with only this single A-game
I'm already low on essential.
One guy crosses in, but these parades are very scary.
Slax is yet to find a shot.
One goes down.
NK handed over.
MPL's chance to wield it from bottom of the board.
Bottom of the server.
The patients will pay off here in this post one.
M80 holding off on short.
The rest of them coming in through CT spawn.
It's about to be a bloody brawl.
That AK, roaring to life. MPLs double up. That's what we were waiting for. On this T-side, it's sent M80 out of the round and sent them packing.
Pistol's chasing them down and Slax hits one, but he will not be surviving this as essential glocks the last, and Baitwin and Eco no less.
That is an unlikely entry to this game.
And it triggers an immediate timeout.
Not the round you are supposed to lose, not the time for it.
M-A-E in a very tricky position.
That's given them a good talking to.
As they throw their money into this round, their economy is at breaking point.
That econ win could have given Bait the edge to close on this game.
If you break M.A.E. this late in the day, that would be devastating.
PL, huge impact here, a lot of trust there, you can scare the AK at the bottom of the
board, but he's double his kills in the last three rounds.
Ooh, an M.A.E.T. getting stared down.
Let's bait, bring themselves back to life.
The shot from the young hole.
His leg gives it a jiggle in window.
Silence in the middle because I need to go investigate the elsewhere, push in the palace
for J-Bot.
It's a great position to have.
Just freeze up extra players to rotate if you want, right?
It's power position.
Jay, they can sit up there and either elect to wait for footsteps,
wait for info, sound cues, whether that's bomb plant, steps, ramp side, anything.
I already can try to commit to a flank a little bit later.
When do you feel like it's the right time to get on the clock?
You're going to wait for at least more utility to land before you do something.
And a cash trap round though, facilitating a triple B is a nice thing,
and it's the result of this push.
And that's my con, just galvanize as your player, you're gonna see Slack start to rotate as Baco into the stack.
Are you gonna hide out, trying to play Joker?
Let's these B players face early before he plays his card, Swisher.
Stella double up, and him and Lake just trade the contact back and forth.
You're left looking on at MPL, having to do the impossible again.
Bailed them out in the eco, but far removed from this round.
He's said to keep an eye on him on the T sides.
Where's the limit lie, AWP on this line.
MPL pops over the top of it.
It's a smooth move, but it doesn't matter.
NAE with an instant reply in a must-win round.
What a info play on A, a risky maneuver with the MP9.
You get an AK in there, you are done for,
but it allows the stack and everybody holds their own.
Huge double from Lake and Swisher, respectively,
holding on to that B site.
And they go right into the trap.
11 to 9, 2 round lead, money on the line.
This could be the upset, this could be the revenge for M80 and it's right there, they just have to reach out and grab it.
Might be 4 for M80, or staying mobile.
They regrouped back on A, going back into behind the slag, sees a player creeping through
B and so Lurka dead as well.
This is happening, they just have to go.
Jiggle with the spot.
Gonna come down to a retake here, knocking one man out is a nice touch.
Jayburn Lake for v2 and a bit of control out towards CT
No way for this smoke to fade before the retake can begin or posted and Lake will be facing this alone
Slacks scoped up on the line tries to team up with a flashbang
But Lake doesn't go on the back of it instead
They wait for the off to move in and now Alex is really feeling the burn
They're all around him closing in. It's M80. Huge 3k from Slacks on that orb. He delivers
important kill out towards CT to even get that retake going.
And M80 now have three chances to close. Money in a rough spot for Bate. This is the best chance
you're going to have. Yeah, we're not really spoken about it, but you know, the German imports here
for M80 playing in the Cologne Major. It's not just big still, lasting on 1-1 for the day. M80
want to meet them there, got a lot to fight for. Slacks is showing up in a huge way on the CT side,
20 and 12 right now. Three chances to close this series and end the day on a high 4M80.
Two very close maps in stage one against Bates.
But now looking for the finishing blow.
No.
Like jiggly, he's got four nades here, they're going for the window boost, MPL, common move
forehand.
Nobody considering this right now, but Lake's looking to reposition, he's getting to a spot
before he's caught in the open, MPL is going for the mega flank, background behind B, spots
in jump spotting, maybe he's feeling like he's not spotted there but he didn't, turn
a round. Swisher. What? What? Where did that come from? They realized something. Tingling
in the back of their head. Swisher looks over his shoulder. 5v4 and the whole plan for
bait cancelled now. Yeah, and that's so awkward, right? You were fully adjusting. You were
ready to fully collapse down on upon that B site and MPL's timing. So now you're just
trying to shoehorn in this split. Three players up through the short side going in to this
B hold. Break on the smoke. Slax has missed every one of these timings. Swisher and Sin
have to lock in as the full bait army comes their way. One man late through the apartments
could catch Sin off guard. He's missed that opportunity that Sin just hoping to buy a
few precious seconds. Can't hack it. I'm planted. Man down. We need something if you do want
to go for this M80. No. Not being offered anything and they might just get turned away
here. They're closing in on the short side but apparently didn't get the memo. Everyone
else is out of there. This first chance for me. It sails on past sin. Just had to swing
there, man. He just had to take a fire. He was trying to buy extra time, but they were
splitting him every second. He was just give bait more room to close up on that solo B
player and look at the health on bait as well. These were winnable fights. Three players
tagged up. Oh, that's expensive. This is really expensive. Really, really costly. That will
They don't win the round, but M80 set themselves up with the best possible chance. We got no one above 38, 3900 coming into this next round.
Yeah, I mean, you know, we said that last one, that's going to be the best chance you get. That's actually not true anymore with the punishment as that bomb goes off.
Tom goes off, play in a contain.
It's by for bait worse than the last.
Coming with a good chunk of limitations.
Lacking the firepower. Three glills in play.
Mag 10 for MPL.
Little lighter on the util as well.
So less chances to fake.
Really have to consider every smoke, every need you throw.
Punishment for M80.
It's the best possible round loss available at this point in the game.
They have everything they need.
Try to put the fear in that there would be this midtake.
That's very resource intensive and M8 you've played through these smokes. They confirm that it's not middle
Now they have to adjust because the B hits coming. He's alone. He's got no help
Swisher finally getting there, but that Molly misses it lands on the floor. They're flooding out of apartments right now
No kills yet for M8 on defense. Swisher
Breaks in quick trades everybody falls and it's Alex the captain 1v2 to keep this series alive
Does he want to slow it down?
Back he goes
M80 acclimatize in a 2v1 they make him make the next move any steps he may
hurt in the apartments so he shifts all the way
I'll be a retake, just won't be on the site, M-80 initially thought, Alex has no nades
to make his life easier.
She can't have to trust this, put that bomb down, but that gives him the best possible chance.
It's not a bad position here.
Duck out of there, try and play around this bomb.
He can isolate really well from Palace, this is on.
Still all this Utah, though. Molotov-Fijaber could be massive.
Gonna use it early to clear out the bomb site, so they won't have that to fall back on.
It's nullified a couple of positions.
Alex has one massive clutch to his name already.
This is to try and get this in OOT and Jaber shuts it down great awareness from an AE
They read him like a book and just like that they'll level out on the day
They were three seven down here in that first half
They were getting beaten up, but they showcase tremendous resilience
No two rounds in a row for bait in that second half. It is an NAE CT master class
Yeah, incredible game out of Lake here, across both halves, he was chaos and connector on the T side, he was dependable on the defense.
Slacks was hitting shots of the orb and Jaber's recovery can't go unnoticed. 1-8 down, he ends 13 and 13 and that is exactly what M80 needs.
Revenge against Bait here in stage 2 to secure 1-1 on the day. That is not a bad hole for M80, all things considered as they will be kicking themselves
about a strong start, but a slow finish.
Yeah, it all just kind of came unraveled, right? They get to the T side.
Not one that usually lets down this squad either.
I think that's why you gotta give some credit to M8, you man.
There were a couple of rounds in here that really could have broken them, right?
Where the entire nature of the game could have changed.
I'm thinking about that eco win with MPL on the AK,
but able to collect themselves and rebuild in time.
Individuals having to reactivate as the game goes on there was a lot to be excited about here
And this is a galvanizing win
This is versus a squad that we're able to 2-0 you back in that previous stage and sure they were close
They were competitive games. This is a very sweet kind of revenge for M80
Definitely as we've got them out of the hour late coming up right now to join us to chat after that win
Got to be feeling pretty electric right now because we had a lot of energy out of M80 in that game
I'm excited to hear from him, man. I'm gonna unmute this microphone for the guy.
And your life. Congratulations!
What up, buddy?
Thank you, thank you.
That was a nice win, eh?
Not too bad, not too bad.
Dude, so I want to kind of, first of all, this was a rematch, obviously. You guys already
squared off back in stage one. It felt nice. You know, they were close games. There was
There's a little 42 rounder in there, and you guys get it done in regulation this time around.
I mean, nobody beats us twice.
Plus, you're a top 10 team, then you might.
Yeah, alright.
What changes, right?
You play...
I've asked a few teams about this.
You play an early B01 today, you get a couple of hours.
I think you played what second round of B01s?
Or third round?
You get a couple of hours, you come back.
Do you actually get to look at your opponent and like look back on the game they played
earlier, think about the map?
What did MAT do between those few hours?
I mean, we had, what, I think it was three, three and a half hours between the games,
at least when we got back to when we actually started playing.
So I had like two hours to actually look and we knew it was going to be two maps in the B01.
So just looked at both, prepped the both and felt pretty good.
What was the other map you were ready for?
Dust.
Dust, okay, yeah, makes sense.
I want to talk about your teammate, Javelin, as well.
I mean, you had a great game, but Javelin was really quiet at one point.
You guys were three, seven down.
He was one and eight.
He has two massive multi-kills to get you your last two T rounds.
He ends even as well.
You know, how do you facilitate that recovery? The vibes look really good in MAT like you're pumping each other up right now
Yeah, I mean the vibes are obviously gonna be good. He's a bit of a quieter individual. That's it
But he's actually been cheering a lot, which is super nice. I'm having somebody else with a lot of energy on the team
Especially when some of them are kind of down at some points, you know, I have my moments
I'm super hyped, but you know, sometimes I'm on the other end. So it's super nice having him
Just be like the kind of rock we need on a bomb site and if we can facilitate get him kills
It always feels nice for the team and him so
Yo, yes, so we have a couple of rounds to show you I see this little tiny monitor
I'm gonna direct you to this cuz I want to show you this was this was round 19
They're eco with MPL out towards the stairs this kind of cooked your guys money to like put it in a bit of a weird spot
You didn't have a full bite. Yeah, what was going through your minds is this one unravels
Oh, we got a chalk prep to be honest. This was definitely on us
Um, we knew they liked these rounds, um, decided not to play heavier towards it.
So yeah, that's just on us.
And, uh, and then in the follow-up, cause you guys take attack time out,
you have this limited by, you go on to recover, you're doing about full rifles here.
What was the adjustment?
Cause you had that, that little palace aggression come through.
Yeah.
What was kind of the change?
How did you course correct?
Cause that felt like it could have been the turning point for where this became a
bit of a, a bit of a joke.
I mean, so just based on Fritz likes, doesn't have his moves, you know
So he just decided he was he had top spawn so he's gonna take a peak Pals
If that comes Josh decided he was gonna take Pals info off that once the info comes, you know
That's kind of the a lurk spot. So not there. Okay. I start to shift towards B. Fritz is still there
He's just take it looking towards gone. They threw like bottom con smoke twice
Typically signals a B split for the most part. So I knew that my read was pretty correct
We had send push out find out it was correct and then could just one the two before me and Mike did on D
Yeah, all right. I love that dude. I mean, it was a good show of resilience from you guys today
I want to ask about the Germans as quickly because obviously, you know, we have big hit still here with with three German players
You know, do these guys talk about it the fact that they're in Cologne is a little bit more to compete for obviously
It's already the biggest event of the calendar in general and then you put the major moniker on it
Does it being a clone factor in, do you guys talk about it?
We didn't really talk about it, but obviously it's super important to them.
It was super important to us when we were in Austin, you know.
It's a major you want to make the playoffs for.
And it's no different for them.
I wouldn't say it really adds the most pressure,
but it could for sure add some for them.
You want to play in front of your home crowd
to who's been cheering you on pretty much your entire career.
It's a dream for all of us.
So trying to get them there for that is pretty important to us.
And I want to ask, just because Harry mentioned it,
the NRG big game, did you catch any reactions, anything you want to say or you're going to
refuse to answer, or did you make it up?
Yikes!
I mean, I wouldn't want to be them.
That's the only thing I'll say, I wouldn't want to be them, that's a confidence shatter,
to say the least, but condolences to those fellas, that's the only thing I can say, I
wouldn't want to be in their shoes.
I also think we just learned who your next opponent is.
What have we got?
I actually need the reminder here because I was listening to the answer. It's Betboo.
Betboo.
Betboo.
And so you guys are going to be playing next. Any early thoughts on that?
I mean, they've been playing pretty good CS, even with the stand-in. Obviously, they've
had them prepped for a while, but it should be a fun, interesting game.
Right, right. Well, Lake, thank you so much.
Thanks.
And good luck in the rest of the tournament, bro. It's always good to see you popping off.
Thank you, thank you, boys.
We'll get him out of here. That is day one of stage two, and that was Lake from M80.
Colonn's looking fantastic, right?
I'm really liking the games that we've had thus far.
We had the Stage 2 teams in the opening come through, looking good, right?
None of these slow starts for the teams, no adjusting to the setup.
I think that's a bit of the Colonn magic and good results on the day,
with a lot of teams not pulling any punches to get this one going.
No, also nice to see the Stage 2 teams actually show up.
I think that's been differing major to major,
but here in the first round, at least, it was like every Stage 2 team,
except two of them showed up and won their opening B01, so that's solid.
I don't know exactly if A-Stream's still going on right now,
maybe we get that in R here, because no, that's done.
We're done for the day then, Harry.
Damn.
Spirit 113 won.
All right then. Well, in that case, I guess all that's left to do is say, see you tomorrow.
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